Lilly's Café - LA 70130

Ms. Lily welcomed me upon entering with a warm smile and spirit. As you can see based on my reviews, I eat a lot of Thai & Viet foods. I needed some lemongrass tofu and thats what I got! I even asked for a drink that Ms. Lily went out of the way to make for me. After a long day at work, it was greatly appreciated! Sorry, for the yellow pics. The food is really tasty and the pics dont do it any good.

The yummiest Vietnamese on magazine! The staff is friendly while they rush around assisting, giving out good communication to the people waiting and queuing at the door. I only have a pic of my completely empty plate because it was too good not to finish. I had the rice spicy chicken and it had a good heat, not too spicy.

Lilly’s is such a healthy and authentic pho place. Super reasonable prices and a great selection of vegetarian options. The butterfly shrimp rolls with plum sauce can’t be beat! Also the lemon grass tea warmed me up on this cool fall day.

Really friendly people and profesional, but food (especially taste) could be better. We ordered pho and bun with pork. The pho noodle was too soft and the broth wasn’t beefy enough. The bun didn’t have enough veggie and the pork was not marinated well. If we could be blunt, they didn’t taste authentic enough to our liking. But we still appreciate their smile and friendliness. And the table across us was super loud we could hear their entire conversation. Not nice, folks. Lastly, the price listed wasn’t what we paid. All items were “inflation adjusted” (or so we think) by $0.4-0.6. It would’ve been great to know beforehand.

Let me say I was not my best when visiting Lily’s cafe but just what I needed after my wedding night! Cured the hangover right away with their delicious pho!! The broth was soothing and not overly salty and well balanced! The noodles were perfect and the meat ratio was generous! The bahn mi was also delicious with just the right amount of crunch and softness. The summer roll was also perfect, and again the ratio of filling was generous!! The restaurant got packed fast as this was around lunchtime but there were a fair number of customers getting carry out too! I would highly recommend getting there earlier if you can. Lily herself even came by to check on everybody and greeted everyone despite how busy it was!

Great spot with delicious food and even better value! Lilly’s cafe was a pleasant lunch affair for our group of six. We had a combination of summer rolls, fried shrimp rolls, and vegetable rolls. I had these for my main, the other people in my group had pho. We phoroughly enjoyed our food. A great restaurant to escape the typically greasy cuisine of the south. Highly recommended visit. Lilys have clearly won many awards for their outstanding restaurant (pictured). I have never particularly understood some of the more brothy Asian cuisine such as pho or ramen. I understand it’s nice, as people I’m with often request it, but to me it is somewhat boring tasting, and does not fit my typical meal time requirements. Certainly a suitable dish to be had when escaping from the heat.