Lyla Lila
Restaurant · Atlanta
693 Peachtree St NE UNIT 118, Atlanta, GA 30308
Highlights
Upscale Italian with creative pastas, duck lasagna, and wine
Upscale Italian with creative pastas, duck lasagna, and wine
"Lyla Lila, a Southern European restaurant near the Fox Theatre, draws theatergoers and couples who want to spend their evening in green velvet chairs, surrounded by sleek marble tables, under the warm glow of soft lighting. It all sets the tone for a relaxed meal of crispy duck lasagna, featuring silky pasta and a cocoa bechamel sauce that adds light sweetness. And the caper-topped scallop dish is breezy and light since the buttery shellfish practically dissolve on your tongue." - jacinta howard, juli horsford, nina reeder
"Midtown’s Lyla Lila is the ideal place for a meal before catching a show at the Fox Theatre. The sweeping curtains, stone walls, and large windows with downtown views make us want to dress up to match the setting. On any given night, the place is filled with couples making the most of the posh, romantic scenery, too. Just note that dishes, like the crispy duck lasagna with velvety pasta and cocoa béchamel sauce, may upstage any theater performance you see after dinner." - nina reeder, jacinta howard, juli horsford
"Chef Craig Richards describes the food at his Midtown restaurant, Lyla Lila, as “Italian in spirit and technique,” but with an “expanded pantry” featuring Georgia-grown ingredients. The menu spotlights flavors and dishes found throughout Italy and southern Spain, and offers several of Richards’ handmade pastas and risottos. The crispy duck lasagna is a cult favorite." - Eater Staff
"When we’re on a mission to see if our date's face actually looks like their profile pic, we hit Lila Lyla’s well-lit but small dining room. When that’s full, and it usually is, we'll settle for the dim bar and accept our catfish fate. This Midtown spot is the area’s most upscale pasta place, so you can get all dressed up in your finest threads to dine on fancy-sounding things like duck lasagna before or after a show. But we prefer the appetizers over most of the pasta dishes (if there was wagyu beef in the black truffle ravioli, we sure couldn’t find it). But the crispy artichoke appetizer, intricately shaped into roses, is crunchy on the outside with a buttery center, and we would gladly eat the lemon-mint aioli out of a tub." - nina reeder, juli horsford, demarco williams, jacinta howard
"Owned and operated by chef Craig Richards, Lyla Lila has become a neighborhood gathering place and a destination restaurant near the Fox Theatre since opening in 2019. This casually elegant restaurant is where pasta, like the luscious crispy duck lasagna (a permanent fixture on the menu), really shines, alongside squid ink spaghetti, tuna crudo with pumpkin seed butter, cold-smoked scallops, and whole wood-grilled fish with seasonal vegetables. Make sure to order a cocktail here before pairing the meal with wine. Reservations encouraged." - Eater Staff
