The food was very well balanced. Enjoyed the fact that the menu is seasonal based. The food combinations were paired well as in protein with vegetables. The trout with the cream pecan sauce was very complex and earthy with a hint of sweet from the pecans. The salmon dish had a pickled garnish and it was very light and zesty. The banana bread pudding was phenomenal

Excellent staff members and quite the location to dine in! But if you are going just for eating then be prepared to pay entrance ticket as well.The food, the ambiance, the setting is great at longleaf restaurant.When we arrived on the weekend, it was packed with customers but the food still came out in reasonable time tasting delicious.Definitely recommend!

Great atmosphere. Eat outdoors. Come hungry leave full. Good for the family. Then explore The Gardens. Fun for adults and, or kids. Enjoy your day.

Good food, love the the rooftop, a little slow but friendly service!

What a great way to end your day in the park! Reasonably priced and the food was pretty quick yet delicious. We had a super food salad the prime rib and an amazing dessert called chocolate bomb, theres no picture because we dug right in!We also didnt have to wait which was a huge plus lol

I was surprisingly very impressed...service was great and they spaced tables out for social distancing. I was expecting the food to be overly fancy with little taste, but the catfish and grits plate was really delicious! My husband had the porkchop and it was also tasty. They have a nice wine selection and of course the view is nice. The decor inside the restaurant is really nice as well. Reservations seem to go quickly so I’m glad I was able to secure a table and give it a try. I’d definitely return.

Very crowded around 12:30. Asked if we made reservations, which we did not. Hostess was very nice and told us she booked us reservations on her tablet for 1:30pm (unlike the other hostess who was telling people, sorry no reservations, no room). I ordered the chicken salad sandwich, sweet potato fries and unsweetened tea ($15.25 plus $4 tip). The food was okay. I had to ask my server to refill my glass of tea 3 times. She never noticed on her own the my glass needed refilling. Server was friendly so she got a $4 tip.

Only decent place to eat at the gardens. the food is pretty good. please make a reservation if you want to eat here on the weekend. be advised the food takes forever. typically takes 40 mins to prepare.

Server was great & got seated fast even without reservation

Visited this week and both service as well as food were fantastic. I had the chicken salad sandwich with salad for lunch and must admit, it was the hands down BEST chicken salad sandwich I’ve had in my LIFE! If I lived there, I would probably have one at least once a week- IT WAS THAT GOOD!

The was a great addition to the tour of the gardens. Food was good. The young man serving us was super polite and respectful.

Located inside Atlanta Botanical Gardens. Beautiful gardens. Food was delicious and service was great

We visited Longleaf because we were in the Gardens for the holiday light show. However, I found this restaurant very, very good. Staff is great. Ambience, lovely. Food was amazing. The duck confit with lentils was excellent.

Long leaf is a not so hidden gem inside the Botanical Garden. We recommend stopping by, even if just to cool down with a tea, charcuterie board, salad and dessert. We suggest this place after the exhibits and before the kids area. It is the perfect cool down and get ready for the next half of the garden place. Make sure you make a reservation for faster seating. Service and food were great. 🐝

Very nice restaurant and sorta fancy for some people. But overall the place is nice and quiet. You can sit inside or outside. The staff are friendly and very courteous. Very well handled. The food is delicious and very well prepared. The grass fed burger is delicious and has a very good taste. It isnt your average burger. The service was not bad. Just took a little to get the food. But no complaints there since they have to make the food.

4 Burps! I visited this past weekend before i started my garden walk. The entire team, without exaggeration was spectacular. The food selections were great, down to the fine details. I look forward to returning to explore the menu and enjoying the vibe.

Dont waste your money. Extremely bland food. Too many good restaurants in midtown. Their menu is also very limited

Terrible service, the bathrooms are a mess, cocktails (garden mule, aperol spritzer) were terrible, the order came out wrong to the three adults on the table. On the other hand, The taste of the turkey sandwich and the banana foster bread pudding was great but overall I do not recommend this place.

On a trip to the botanical gardens this is a great place to get some shade a cold drink and a bite to eat

Super yummy, best chicken sandwich my boyfriend and i have ever had. the ambiance of the restaurant, amazing food, and excellent customer service has gotten this restaurant into my top picks in atlanta. i’ll definitely be back when i visit. it was so worth the time and money.

Service wasnt great. Waitress didnt let us know what was on the cheese or charcuterie board. Dessert I ordered was the chocolate mouse, it was nicely plated. They allow you to order a wine to go, so thats a nice plus.

Great food I thought - pricey but really good. Good service.

Stopped in for Sunday Brunch and food was very good. had a party of four adults and two kids so got to try much of the menu and everything was very fresh and quite delicious. The restaurant got pretty busy over the course of our meal and service started to get slower due to that but our waitress was attentive when she stopped by.I enjoyed the Shrimp and Grits and my wife had the burger which was also good. Fries were a hit with the table, especially the kiddos and we tried the root vegetable hash which was very delicious. Kids had blueberry pancakes and grilled cheese, and they devowered both, and we snuck a bite of the pancakes which were very good!Some cons were that it did take quite a while for us to get our food and to also get the check, but overall it was a good brunch.

The food was so fresh and delicious. Our waiter Jospeh was the best! Great place within a beautiful location

First, Ayanna is a wonderful server. She gave me plenty of time to decide what I wanted and when I wasn’t sure she was on point and ready to give me suggestions. If you can, I’d tip her well. This is where the 5 stars came from.Second, this restaurant is very well lit and has a delicious range of food. I got the bbq shrimp as an appetizer, and the trout for the meal.Lastly, visiting Atlanta, Georgia from out of town this place is friendly, welcoming, and cool!! I highly recommend checking out the botanical gardens and the restaurant. I’ll be coming back to Atlanta just for the bbq burger with a fried green tomato!

We arrived just in time for lunch. It was very filling and inexpensive. The food was very fresh and delicious! The fries were so good! No ketchup needed....They sell Natalies OJ( best OJ ever) I was in heaven. If you arrive hungry youll definitely leave full! We had a wonderful server....great service. Thank you.

I had made a reservation in person 3 weeks before I wanted to have dinner with my friends before members night. The young girl took my name and phone number and said she would make the booking. A week before my booking I had repeatedly phoned the restaurant and left manny messages to confirm and no one would return my calls. I finally resorted to emailing botanical multiple times complaining and just wanting confirmation. The night before I finally got an email saying I had no reservation as they was closed for a private event. I was upset because they could of let me know this 3 weeks prior and did not. I emailed again complaining about how bad their customer service was and someone returned a call which I missed but they didn’t have the manners to leave a voicemail all I had was a 2 and a half minute message of background noise of the restaurant. I have eaten here many times but usually just pop in while I visit botanical gardens. 3 times I have actually attempted to make reservations by phone and they never returned my calls. Very very bad customer service

Great fine dining and a wonderful kids menu. Great stop for lunch at the Botanical Gardens with kids.

Pathetic customer service. I ordered 2 scoops of ice cream with sprinkles on top. They made me wait for 12mins finally gave it to me but it was all most melted and they forgot the sprinkles on it. I have go back again and told them they ice cream is melted. They replaced it again but no apology. For 2 scoops of ice cream I wasted more than half an hour. If you have options and not super hungry don’t go to this restaurant.

The food was delicious. The service was not. We were pretty much ignored by our waiter.

Delicious cuisine and superb service. Sat on the outside porch and enjoyed the beautiful views. Atlanta’s version of Tavern on the Green in NYC. Very enjoyable lunch.

Have been here twice now, and each time the food is so good, and the service is great. Each item is carefully prepared, delicately seasoned, and simply presented.

Outstanding simple seasonal menu. Carrot, curry soup with coconut milk and the winter vegetable entree were top notch.Only got a pic of the desert cause I was really hungry, Angel cake with lemon mousse and raspberry coulis.

Asked what the availability was for a 4 person table at 12:15pm. 40% of the tables were empty. This little blonde hostess said they were only accepting reservations. I asked what time the earliest availability was, she rolled her eyes and said, um 2:45. When we then went outside to call, their restaurant number goes the main botanical gardens line. Ridiculous and pathetic.

Excellent atmosphere and good food!

Portion size is very small based upon the price for the entree. I ordered the shrimp tortellini. I’m received 4 small shrimp in my plate. This is the type of restaurant where you leave hungry after spending $30 for an entree. Absolutely ridiculous experience. Food taste was average. The food did come out quickly on Christmas night with limited capacity. Parking to get to this restaurant required that we buy a ticket to the botanical gardens but the restaurant doesn’t not coordinate reservations with the event time so we had to wait an additional hour until our event time came to get in. We had to rebook our reservation for the restaurant.

Waiter took a long time to get ordersFood was not cooked as I requestedItems we ordered were forgottenOverall a poor experience, after paying for admission to the garden just to eat at Longleaf.I will not return.

Had the catfish PoBoy & it was rad! Good size, tasty, fair price, interesting menu & amazing setting. Server had a great personality too, & obviously knew his game! I would love to take people here (my out of town guests loved it as well, and its a perfect end to a tour of the Atlanta Botanical Gardens). Its a great impression of the city.

My wife and I came here on a date and to see the Christmas lights. The service was great and the food was really good as well. I would highly recommend coming here.

Amazing seasonal foods and drinks! Come in and warm up with some winter squash soup and homemade sangria! Thanks to the manager for his lovely service during the crazy holiday season.

Nice atmosphere, friendly server. Food however wasn’t what I expected. Fried chicken sandwich had an odd smell I’m assuming from onions marinated in vinegar?? Either way it threw the taste of the food off.

Thoughtful renditions of easy to enjoy dishes. We have been 5 or so times and have not been disappointed and all of our servers have been very pleasant.

Everything was delicious.

Beautiful view of the garden while you eat. Food was okay

The ambiance is something that you notice from outside, before even entering. The open, yet intimate experience is something that I didnt expect when I made my reservation (which I highly recommend doing). The food is spectacular and worth every single penny. Kendra took great care of us and offered sincere opinions of the menu which resulted in a fantastic meal. Im sure everything on the menu is fantastic, but the recommendations were a home run. The next chance we have to come back here will definitely result in reservations at Longleaf. One of the easiest 5 star ratings Ive given.

The shrimp and grits are amazing

After a day-long tour of the Botanical Garden, this is a perfect place to relax. The excellent meal selections add to a great experience. Josh, our server, was very helpful. Thank you for a truly memorable dining experience.

I wouldn’t eat there again. The salad was descent. The steak and chicken is just average. Not a destination restaurant. The staff is not informed about the food or wine. When I asked if the duck was good, she replied with, “it has the leg in it.” (?) The chicken has the leg too. So I guess it was as good. The menu is very limited. Very disappointed.

Tbh McDonald’s is better for half the price with better service

Nice atmosphere and good service. Food was underwhelming, but decent.

You would expect restaurant in Botanical Garden to be more expensive. But this restaurant surprised us with good prices and absolutely satisfied menu. Kids enjoyed their French pizza toast, I enjoyed very delicious and warming soup and wine with deserts. Great place to go and enjoy your time.

I dont know who the chef is, but this place is fine.

This restaurant doesnt deserve the negative reviews. My dining partners and I have had 10 meals here in the last year and have had nothing but excellent food and polite prompt service. The menu is not large but has plenty of variety. Wonderful deserts and a very good wine list. A delight is a lunch or evening meal here after visiting the beautiful and superbly groomed gardens.

Everyone experience is different. For my wife and I we loved it! The service, scenery, food and the atmosphere was wonderfully delightful. What more can you ask for - great food and a romantic walk around a beautiful botanical garden!! We will definitely going back.

We had a big group for a birthday. The service was excellent, they got the checks exactly right. The food is overpriced for what you get. I ordered a salad with shrimp added on. It tasted like someone just heated the shrimp up in a microwave, not even salt and pepper for seasoning. Would not eat again, only gave 4 stars because of the outstanding service.

The Atlanta Botanical Gardens are a wonderful place to visit! We enjoyed all the flowers and gardens such as native plants, the orchids house, tropical forest house, and deserts gardens. We were fortunate enough to visit summer of 2018 when the topiary statues were on display - amazing and beautiful.

Horrible waitresses very impolite

The food was good, the setting is fancy, but the demographic isnt. Its a very strange setting. The wait staff was very young and inexperienced. Never got a water refill. And never order a drink here. My whiskey sour was 80% or more sour mix with a splash of bourbon whiskey. Overall not great and overpriced.

Fresh, delicious food and a beautiful atmosphere! My second time eating here while visiting the gardens this year, and I’m sure I’ll be back again soon. The waiter lost our order somehow, but fortunately they caught their mistake so quickly that we didn’t even really notice the delay. The manager still explained what had happened and offered to pay for our whole meal, which we didn’t expect but of course appreciated! Thank you to the team, we had a great time.

Truly a lovely experience. Will hopefully get to come back one day!

A Beautiful Eatery In The Center Of The Atlanta Botanical Gardens. Absolutely Delicious & Truly A Delightful Experience. Enjoy The Farm To Table Taste In Your Expertly Crafted Dish. Oh, And Dont Forget Dessert. . . . Mmmmm!!!

Due to Longleaf’s location inside ABG, I was expecting a nice sit-down dinner, and I’m sorry to say it didn’t meet my expectations. The food was mediocre, the table legs were wobbly, the service wasn’t particularly impressive, and the tables are very close to one another, making private conversation all but impossible. I’ll definitely be back to see the Garden but will eat elsewhere.

Burger was delicious.

My wife and I are frequent visitors to the garden and witnessed the entire construction of this venue, but were uninterested in eating there. We eat out frequently, but not at expensive restaurants, preferring places like Homegrown, Heirloom, Ponce, etc. I am reviewing the Grueryere Quiche I ordered, it was astonishing. It was made the classical style, but it was the execution that floored me. The texture, flavor, and crust were what I would imagine a perfect Quiche would be. The portion was small, but appropriate to the richness of the Quiche. It has been about three weeks since we ate there and I have felt guilty for not leaving a review.

Amazing location and wonderful friendly staff. Bonita and Brian will take care of you with a level of service usually reserved for fine dining. There are great flavors on both the food and cocktail menus. Its just a lovely place to spend the afternoon and really enhances the botanical garden experience.

Everything was so tasty and fresh! The burger was so good I bit my finger and cracked my nail! 😂 I recommend this place to everyone!20 Stars !

The setting is lovely, floor to ceiling glass windows right in the middle of the Botanical Garden. The service was relatively quick and friendly. The salads were very fresh and the food was good but I would not consider it a destination restaurant but for the fact that it is in the Gardens. Great place rest, replenish, cool down, and the explore some more.

This is an amazing restaurant, with the best salads and a value kids meal. The entrees are pricey (30+) but the rest of the menu offers very tasty options for under $15. Perfect ambiance- honestly my favorite restaurant right now- not just necause it is located in botanical garden!

Served with warm smiles and sass fromJacob, our waiter. I picked him to be a Nicholas. Great red hair and energy. I ordered the White Bean Tuscan Soup with Kale, aged southern ham crispy served on top. Signature Soup!!!! Congratulations Chef Linton Hopkins.

Amazing staff, great food, wonderful atmosphere!!!! We were visiting a friend in Georgia & Brian was our server & he went above & beyond to make sure we were happy. Hes got a great personality & was very pleasant. Nate was the manager on duty & he was amazing too, making sure we were satisfied & consistently checking on our table. He suggested a delicious wine that was extraordinary!!! This place is fancy because of the fact that it sits in the middle of the botanical garden but the staff were very down to earth & friendly. When you visit, make sure to order the sticky buns because they are out of this world!!!!! This will be my go to spot whenever I visit ATL again!!! ❤️💜❤️❤️

My server was Bonita. She was a friendly server with a beautiful smile. The food and the service was great. I love those sticky buns. They were delicious.

I have always avoided this place because I assumed it was not that good and overpriced. Wrong! The price is right and the food was excellent. There were a few veggie options. The endive and hummus appetizer was delicious. My biggest disappointment came when I saw the waiter throw my beer can into the trash.

Food was not worth the crazy price they ask, if you get a salad be aware its $10 extra to add chicken on top of a $10 salad. Also they have no ranch in the entire building. You can only order your burger medium or rare. Simply pathetic.

Honestly didnt eat here because of their uppity attitude. We were told they had a snack bar inside the restaurant & we wanted to inquire about a future visit because of my wifes food allergies. We were out walking that day & had on athletic gear & the main restaurant was closed because of a wedding. We stood there for 10 minutes while the staff did absolutely nothing. There was one table with guests, thats it. About 4 employees made eye contact & completely ignored us. We were not there to eat that day, but their customer service drove us to never come back & cancel our membership at the gardens. If youre restaurant treats MEMBERS that way, then why would we ever spend another penny in your park? Beautiful place, ugly customer service.

Beautiful restaurant with mediocre food. Am expecting more from an establishment with this high a price point. Bland tasting fish dish. Pasta dish with no sauce, specked with a few pitiful pieces of broccoli. Pasta dish with shrimp had promised eggplant. Where was it? In the undercooked ravioli filling? The only thing reminiscent of a high end place were the small portions. The service was very attentive.

Visited this restaurant for the first time two years ago to celebrate my birthday. Then Visited two more times after that. Each time, we had reservations but still had to wait over 30-40 minutes. The manager at the time was Ranea she had honor Our reservation time by serving us herself because they were understaffed. When she had to return to her management responsibilities, unfortunately the servers were not attentive.The next two visits to this restaurant or similar: long wait, on attentive servers, food with Donna good value for what we paid.The last visit in May 2019 we unfortunately got a very rude server. Although the Restaurant was not as crowded as the other times we had visited, I kept trying to assess our server where our feet was. We waited over an hour for our food. The last time I asked our server she said “Ican’t you see ’m busy” and waved her hands up in the air.I had to bring it to the attention of the manager, Dan Whitaker, he apologized and immediately was able to get our food.He Was very apologetic and offered to make up our bad experience by giving us a gift card. Now over 3 months we are still waiting for that gift card !

Amazing food and very good service

Interior is elegant and sharp. Food was great. Prices not so bad. Cool addition to the BG. Had the burger but should of tried the club because it looked awesome.

Botanical Gardens themselves are great. However, my wife and I went to the server’s station directly at 2pm and requested a table. The hostess said that they were no longer accepting seating for lunch because seating ended at 2pm and they would not be serving again until 4:30pm, so we could go to the cafe in the back and grab something. My wife, who is in a wheelchair and has an auto immune disease (which extremely limits what she can eat), politely asked the woman if there was anyway she could seat us because it was still 2pm and the cafe had nothing she could eat (cookies, brownies and chicken salad sandwiches). The woman pointed out that it was now 2:01pm; my wife then again asked if there was anyway we could have a seat because it was only a minute after 2pm and she gets around a little slower than everyone else. The woman refused again with a, “Yeaahhhh, I’m sorry about that.” Extremely disappointed as there was tons of seating available and we arrived at the hostess station directly AT 2pm. Very snooty vibe here as well, I definitely agree with the other reviews. A gentleman standing by the hostess almost seemed as though he was amused with our attempt to be seated. We would have happily brought our own food to compensate for my wife’s dietary restrictions, but outside food or drinks are not allowed into the gardens.

Nice space but food lacking. Veggies seem to have been cooked way in advance and haphazardly heated up and sent out to the table. Service was lacking as well even though the restaurant was barely half full. They definitely need to up their game in food and service

We went to lunch at 1:30pm and they were out of three of the five options to choose from (on the entree menu). They said it was because we were eating late. Really!?! Then they screwed up our order. We also ate there for dinner last month and three of us got the steak. All three were so tough that we could barely cut it, let alone chew it. We most likely will NOT go back. Its a shame because its a lovely Restaurant and very convenient if youre touring the garden. :-(

Good food and fair prices. Services was phenomenal. I had the pot pie. It was prepared very well.

Very delicious. Grass fed beef burgers, chicken salad sandwich, and croquet madame sandwiches to name a few. Centered in the beautiful botanic gardens as a good lunch spot on your day in the park.

Great place to grab a bite in the beautiful Botanical Gardens, and if you are really lucky you will have the pleasure of being serviced by Bonita B. She was fantastic. Made me and my friends evening! Will definitely go back and will certainly ask for Ms. Bonita!Thanks Bonita...

Nice surroundings, satisfactory service, very mediocre food. We went for Sunday brunch and were disappointed with the food quality. The French Omlette was worse than any youd expect from someone with more than one day of cooking school. Basically a slab of hard, tasteless eggs. For a garden setting, the food was devoid of any fresh herbs and local ingredients. Longleaf will feed you when youre on the garden, but its not a destination in itself.

Excellent lunch spot in midst of Atlanta Botanical Gardens. Great service and food and nice rest after lots of walking and enjoying the beautiful gardens.

The food was delicious. Really loved the carrot soup, quiche and the chocolate dessert - excellent! Great Mothers Day lunch!

Lovely physical facility. Uninspired food with little flavor. Grouper serving was small and flavorless and served on some field pea and broth. Heirloom tomato salad was passable but no better than Picadilly Cafeteria. Waiter Azha was very good. Manager offered free dessert which was good but did not make up for a $40 dinner. Will not return unless reviews improve. Have now talked with others who concur with my experience. The bread service was presented as if it were golden. It was bread p for goodness sake.

Very good food (surprisingly so) in an unexpected locale.

Food and service were excellent!

Vegetable plate was not good. The deep fried mushrooms tasted like oil. What a terrible thing to do to a beautiful mushroom. Save your money, there are plenty of places nearby.

Great food great people and wishing the salted caramel with lavender cream topping dessert comes back

We had a lovely dinner after a fun afternoon in the garden. The food was delicious and the serving staff was outstanding.

We went to the botanical gardens on a Wednesday morning. Around lunchtime we decided it might be convenient to just eat at Lintons since we were already there. They told us the wait would be 30 minutes. There were tons of empty tables. They kept telling us people had reservations but most stayed empty for the entire time we waited. We also had our hungry one-year-old with us.Almost 45 minutes later we were finally seated. We had already looked at the menu so knew what we wanted but it still took the waitress a while to come take our order. We waited and waited and finally decided we could not get our food (A salad and a sandwich),eat, and pick up our daughter from school on time. We found the waitress and asked her to just box up the food and we would take it to-go.By the time I finally got to eat my food I discovered that the to-go boxes were terribly thin and flimsy. They did not include any plasticware. The dressing had leaked all over the place. The salad was just OK and was way overdressed. It was also tiny and definitely not worth $20. Overall it was just a terrible experience.

Service and atmosphere was great. Good was severely lacking. I had a vegetable dish that was flavorless and a steak that was very over cooked. On the bright side - the cocktail I got was enjoyable.

Excellent meals. Fabulous Service. My daughter and I were treated like royalty. Even recieved a gift of on house treat of delicious chocolate ice cream, even a heavenly cup of coffee. I have eaten there many times and each time left very satisfied. I highly recommend it. And to that, the decor beautiful with view of part of the garden. Keep up the fastastic work.

We visited the restaurant Thursday while in the gardens with our homeschooling grandchildren and their mother. Our waitress, Bonita, went out of her way to help us out. The littlest child ordered off the children’s menu and didn’t get fries. His older brother ordered off the regular menu and did get fries with his order. The little one was eating his brother’s fries. Bonita noticed and brought out fries for him. I had dietary issues and she went out of her way to bring food I could eat. The food was very good for lunch but the service made this restaurant one we would go back to in a heartbeat. You just don’t get that kind of service in most restaurants!

Very disappointing. Had the shrimp and grits. Everything was bland. The shrimp tasted like they left the shells on. You had to chew the grits the grains were so large. This not good food. And for the price, it makes it a bad deal. Will not be back.

Orange cheesecake is the best thing Ive had in years. If you had one spoon of it youll order one for sure. Its a must

We had to wait for about 45 minutes although the food was great