Sara S.
Yelp
I believe if you haven't tried different cafes, whether they were middle eastern or not, then Lily's might be amazing to you. However, I've been to more than a few and this store, along with its sister location, are one of the most mediocre cafes I've tried in my time. I'm just going to combine both of my reviews into one.
I've been to both stores, and my family and I were really disappointed overall. We ordered 3x5 sets of lokma in different drizzles, a cup of chocolate covered strawberries, and a pistachio latte.
The lokma's were really good but they had an oily aftertaste, not sure if it was just the batch we got but it was fine.
But upon receiving our cup of strawberries we noticed that the chocolate was nearly nonexistent so we kindly asked for a little more. Mind you, we are comparing our cup to the last 3 they made in front of us for other customers. They seemed reluctant to give more, being stingy with the second scoop again and it was embarrassing to ask a third time, so we accepted it as is. I didn't understand the hesitation, it's literally just chocolate drizzle and it's a scam to be stingy when you're paying nearly $11 for a cup of strawberries. The Vienna location was better at this (picture attached), so maybe it can be a hit or miss.
With all of that said, my biggest concern was their coffee though. I can see how it can suffice if a person is not used to drinking quality coffee, but it was really disappointing. It was more like 80% milk and 20% coffee, like a drink made for a child who doesn't like the taste but still wants to be included. It also really confused me how it's being sold as a pistachio latte, but all the pistachio spread is drizzled on the side of the cup (absolutely none on the bottom) so you can't taste it. Like at all, unless you scrape it with your straw.
I will say that when I requested an extra shot of espresso to correct this, they were very quick to accept it back and fix it for me.
It is a very cute store with great photo opps for instagram, quiet and nice to go out with friends to, but if you care about the quality of food then I personally don't recommend. For the prices they are charging, they should be following the same standards that Shotted has. I don't think I will be coming back unfortunately.