First Bite: Zagat Readers Review The Leadbelly

Oysters at The Leadbelly

By James Mulcahy

Last night, it seemed that all the cool kids in town were at new LES joint The Leadbelly to gorge on oysters and down some cocktails. The chic, ramshackle room was packed with a boisterous crowd when we showed up - it was a perfect setting for our latest reader review dinner. We brought in three of our fans to give their take on a meal at the new joint - Zagat reviews are always based on user-generated comments, so who better to give their take than some readers (though it turns out that the idea of a eating may be kind of a stretch here)? Lukas F. works in publishing, Lily N. is a journalism student and Elisabeth N. is a typist - but they are all food savvy folks.

Click through the slideshow below to see what our panel had to say about the joint, and read their full reviews here on Google+ Local. If you want to get on a future panel, give your editor a shout-out at jmulcahy@zagat.com.