Leonelli Restaurant & Bar

"What It Is: A new hotel restaurant in Nomad serving Italian food Perfect For: Dinner With Parents The city doesn’t need more Italian restaurants at this point - especially Italian restaurants in hotels - but everything we ate at Leonelli was good. It was also all stuff you can find at a lot of other Italian restaurants. We liked the chicken liver mousse and the spinach lasagna with bolognese, and the space is very nice, with high ceilings, green banquettes, and a relatively quiet dining room. So maybe we’ll add Leonelli to a guide called Perfectly Good Hotel Restaurants That Aren’t Impossible To Get Into. The Verdict: This place isn’t destination-worthy, but it could come in handy the next time some out-of-town friends or relatives are staying in the area and you want to eat some pasta." - hannah albertine, bryan kim, katherine lewin, hillary reinsberg, chris stang, matt tervooren

"Next month will feature lauded chef Jonathan Benno of New York’s Leonelli restaurants as well as Marc Rosati, who started working at the tavern’s famous wood-fired grill (for free) and is now the culinary director of Shake Shack." - Joe Harper

"Lindsey Bittner's slew of well-executed Italian-ish desserts." - Eater Staff

"The city doesn’t need more Italian restaurants at this point - especially Italian restaurants in hotels - but everything at Leonelli is good. It’s also all stuff you can find at a lot of other Italian restaurants. We like the chicken liver mousse and the spinach lasagna with bolognese, and the space is very nice, with high ceilings, green banquettes, and a relatively quiet dining room." - Bryan Kim

"Acclaimed former Lincoln chef Jonathan Benno’s Roman-inspired bakery Leonelli Focacceria e Pasticceria opens in the Evelyn Hotel in Nomad today, serving Italian pastries and focaccia in a bright setting with lots of marble and brass." - Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya