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Lily's Cafe

4.5 (263 reviews)
InexpensiveSandwiches, Salad, Soup
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Good for kids
Outdoor seating

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Pastrami on ciabatta
Helen Q.

Many people I personally know, love this place and recommends their beet salad, and turkey sandwich. However, I'm not a big soup, salad, sandwich person, but thought heck, why not. Let's give it a try. I opted to order the pastrami on ciabatta bread. It was good, however, the ratio of pastrami to bread was lacking. A lot of bread and not a lot of pastrami. I probably wouldn't order this again or change my bread type. Would love to try other items on the menu though.

Pastrami sandwich
Ashlyn D.

Good but literally the skinniest pastrami sandwich i've ever received and its 15$ Unfortunately not worth that.

Turkey Chili
Joe Z.

This was my first time trying Lily's Cafe. The owner, Lily, and her helper were both very friendly and welcoming. The inside is small with around four tables, very clean, and has cute decor. After looking over the menu, I decided to order their turkey chili and a PB&J with banana sandwich. The turkey chili was good and came with fresh bread. The PB&J was packed nicely and actually pretty filling. The only surprise was seeing my sandwich made with JIF peanut butter. I was kinda expecting Justin's or something, lol. All in all it was a good experience. Street parking and cash only

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Food and coffee were great, the owner was really charming and in general a great experience. Broccoli soup delicious.

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9 months ago

A very tiny locals spot for soup sandwich or salad. I had the salad with tuna and it was delicious. Great ice tea too.

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I always get the tuna sandwich there and it's really like a homemade wonderful Ben going to Lily's for many many years

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8 months ago

Lily's has always been a great place for a delicious meal. The service is outstanding. Super friendly!

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2 years ago

Love Lily's! Everything is fresh, made from scratch and delicious. The sandwich bread is amazing. And Lily is a warm and welcoming host.

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1 year ago

Just tried and loved my sandwich! Great vegetarian options that aren't super basic. Cozy ambiance and lovely service.

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1 year ago

Friendly family owned cafe. Great food, good size portion meals & of course tasty too. Thank u

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We absolutely love Lily's Cafe. The soups and sandwiches are so fresh and taste homemade. Lily and her staff are kind and friendly.

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4 years ago

Everything very delicious in here, specially the Kale salad on Fridays, your going love it any food you get!!

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Vegan Bahn Mi? I…read moreasked if the bahn mi was vegan. She said yes. I ate it. It was friggin delicious. The end. ***not really? Here are the details: PARKING This place is in the shopping area near Vons. Easy to park. SEATING inside is a beautiful casual space. It was warm out today, but the air con was pleasant. Unfortunately there is no outdoor seating. SERVICE Everything is made to order. If you think your food is coming slowly, I think there are only a few people in the kitchen, and LOTS of take away call in orders. There is a special space for "pick up" to wait in the back. One server. BUSY. Like: "too busy to chat" busy. Be ready with your order. One server at lunch on virtual roller skates getting through the end of lunch rush well. The menu says "vegetarian bahn mi". My receipt said "vegetarian sandwich". Probably just the missing something like siracha mayo? Idk. I asked if it was vegan, they said "yes", rang it up, handed me a receipt and was gone before I asked more about it. It was DAMN GOOD FOOD Bahn mi VEGAN (?) Tofu delicious and soft Bread crunchy outside soft delicious inside Pickles (kinda soft, not so crunchy) Jalepeno (always vary, but today flavorless, no heat at all) PRICE A little high for bahn mi sando, but worth it to support this restaurant's efforts.

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I brought my friend here for her birthday. We sat down for 40 minutes waiting for the food to come…read more While I overheard the host tell the customer who just came in their food would be here in 15 minutes. I went up to the register to ask the server if our food was almost ready and he said "yeah, you guys have been her for awhile let me check". The same employee comes back to our table and tells us that their system was down and that our order was never placed. This was 11/27/2024. I thought I was over exaggerating so this was never written back in 2024. I am here again 3/ 15/2026, sad to say that a similar thing happened to me again. Over a year later and I am here patiently waiting for my food as I'm watching them bring out other people's food that came in after me. My order was placed 15:57. Thank god, I got up after 30mins to ask what was the status of my food. Their girl who appears to be shift lead saw me standing at the front and asked a guy who was here for a pick up how she could help him. She then walked away and left me standing at the desk. Thankfully, this younger gentleman (Coal) noticed me and asked how he could help. I told him I wanted to check the status of my food. He then went to the register and said he didn't see my order. It wasn't til this point that the blonde girl decided she was going to help me. She refunded my food, but how do you replace someone's time. I hope this place can fix whatever issue this or or is it plain racism as some workers pick and chose what customers deserve their attention.

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Everything was great! The food was amazing, the staff was very helpful. Elsa was our server and she…read morewas checking up on us frequently which we appreciated! The restaurant felt very intimate and home like! The only down side about our experience was the menus, they seemed pretty old and damaged. Some of them were just falling apart completely! 8/10!!

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Such a solid spot for breakfast, coffee or lunch in Toluca Lake. The inside of the restaurant is…read morespacious and while it's casual, it feels more elevated than your average breakfast spot. Plenty of outlets if you want to come by with your laptop! I usually come on weekdays and it's not super busy. You order at the counter and then they bring your food out to you. I love their coffee drinks and I've never had a meal here I didn't like. Most recently I had the breakfast hash and it was delicious! It came with salad and toast so it was a pretty big meal. They have lots of healthy salad options for the health conscious folks and pastries for those with a sweet tooth! It's a great place to take people for a variety of menu options. Service was great and all of the tables were extremely clean. If you don't mind the self serve vibe, you've got to check it out!

The food can be very good here, if you dine in. And when you are dining in, the staff is great…read more Different story with deliveries. I am recovering from a leg injury, and really wanted the great kale quinoa salad. Since walking is quite difficult at the moment, I decided to place a delivery order. It took a while, but the salad was finally delivered, but when I opened the package I was surprised by the look of the salad. It seemed to have a topping of bread crumbs, but upon inspection I saw that it was a small little dump of quinoa. Hmmm, usually there are lovely shavings of Parmesan, but nope. There was a smidge of Parmesan, not the usual amount. But the real failure was the missing sunflower seeds! Whaaaat???!!! I paid $27 for a bunch of kale and lettuce with a couple tbs of quinoa and a few Parmesan shavings?! I called just to see how they would handle the situation. First I was hung up on, before speaking. Then I was put through to catering though I pushed #6, the general number choice. I was then transferred to someone else (not sure which dept) and I explained about the missing sunflower seeds. After checking with the kitchen he confirmed that yep, they ran out of sunflower seeds. He said I could get $.50 refund, and he would transfer me to another number. The phone rang for several minutes but no one picked up. My painkiller turned me into a total "Karen", because I expected so much more from a favorite place. Oh, well, there are other places. Though that kale quinoa salad is really good when it works. Just don't trust their delivery.

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