Leo

The Colombian Chefs Revitalizing the Country's Food Scene | Condé Nast Traveler

"Located in Chapinero, this restaurant is known for its “ciclo-bioma” tasting menus that earned Leonor Espinosa the title of the world’s best female chef in 2022. The menus weave together ingredients from Colombia’s diverse ecosystems, including mojojoy rainforest worms, Andean cacay nuts, and pulantana, a decaffeinated coffee alternative from the Guajira desert, highlighting little-known native foods in a fine-dining context. Above the restaurant sits La Sala de Laura, where sommelier Laura Hernández Espinosa, Leonor’s daughter, showcases Territorio, a range of seven distillates made from native ingredients such as passion flowers and coca leaves, created to disrupt the state monopoly on spirits that has historically suffocated artisanal production and to honor women around the country who are protecting their traditions and families." - Stephanie Rafanelli

The World's 50 Best Restaurants | Previous Lists

"Leo is listed at the The World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2025 as rank 53." - The World's 50 Best Restaurants

The 33 Best Restaurants in Bogotá, Colombia | Eater

"Leonor Espinosa’s creativity and talent for rescuing forgotten ingredients from the country’s remotest areas has earned her numerous awards, and her skill in the kitchen has solidified her status as a pioneer of contemporary high-end Colombian cuisine. Leo’s tasting menu and its innovative fermented beverage and wine pairings capture the technique, flavor, history, and aesthetic vision for which the acclaimed chef is known. On top of that, the modern architecture and design of the new location, decorated with Colombian contemporary art, is stunning. Upstairs you’ll also find La Sala de Laura, a cocktail bar overseen by Espinosa’s daughter, Laura Hernández, where the focus is on cocktails using specialty in-house spirits that represent various ecosystems, such as páramo (alpine tundra), desert, and Andean forest. The bar also serves an a la carte lunch menu and three different tasting menus for dinner." - Liliana López Sorzano

"Rank: #48 "Local celebrity chef Leonor Espinosa’s flagship restaurant showcases little-known Colombian ingredients such as copoazu (a genus of cacao), arrechón (an aphrodisiac drink) and bijao (a banana-like plant), while championing local communities and gastronomic traditions. Since opening Leo she has had a great influence on Colombian cuisine and in 2022, Espinosa won the title of The World’s Best Female Chef, sponsored by Nude Glass."

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"A Bogota restaurant run by Leonor Espinosa De La Ossa that barely made the Top 50 at No. 48, a contrast the author emphasizes given Espinosa De La Ossa's recognition as this year's Best Female Chef." - ByAdam Reiner