"Lily is a fancy Vietnamese spot that will make you feel like you’ve jumped up a tax bracket or two. Vietnamese iced coffee is adorned with a dense salted duck egg foam layer, and the only phở on the menu is finished with fatty roasted bone marrow, because Lily is just luxe like that. The space is also red carpet-ready, so expect shiny leather banquettes, carved wooden ceiling panels, and a mural of an ancient Chinese scroll on the entire back wall. Eating here means feeling like an A-lister from start to finish, whether you come for birthday dinners or anniversaries." - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez