European and Russian cuisine made from scratch with fresh local ingredients — borscht, chicken Kiev, pelmeni, vareniki, blini, and fresh salads for everyone at the table. With a play room for the kids.
LEO & LILY is named after our own children — this is a restaurant we built for our own family first, and we run it the same way for yours.
Borscht, chicken Kiev, pelmeni and vareniki — the dishes that anchor our kitchen, made from scratch every day.
A supervised play space so parents can actually finish a meal — and kids have their own reason to look forward to dinner.
Greek salad, roasted vegetables, and a pumpkin velouté — a lighter direction for expats and health-conscious guests, alongside our comfort classics.
Soups are made here, pelmeni and vareniki are folded by hand, the chicken Kiev is put together on site. Some ingredients arrive on the island frozen — that's how Samui works. What matters is the rest: we cook our own food instead of reheating ready-made.
From slow-cooked borscht to hand-folded pelmeni, our menu spans comfort and lightness — cooked here and served while it's hot.
LEO & LILY started as a simple idea: a restaurant our own children would want to grow up in. That's still true today — chef-owned, family-run, and built around the same table we sit at ourselves.
"Our kids disappeared into the play room and we actually finished a hot meal for once. The borscht is the real thing."
"Finally a place on the island that isn't pizza or seafood. The chicken Kiev tastes like it was made by someone's grandmother."
"Ordered the pelmeni on Grab and they survived the delivery perfectly. Will be a regular."
