Lilly's French Cafe & BarEmail Me
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1031 Abbot Kinney Blvd
Venice, CA 90291 Get Directions
Venice, CA 90291 Get Directions
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RestaurantsRestaurants, French, American Express, Visa, $$$, MasterCard, Outdoor Dining
Top Sentiments among Lilly's French Cafe & Bar Reviewers
Nice wine list
Great dinner dish
Classic desserts
Great mussels
Good toasted bread
Love hangar steak
Good goat cheese salad
Best French Onion soup
Nice bottle
Great fun meal
Customer Reviews (39)
Rubempre
on Citysearch Oct 12, 2009I brought our group of eight here for a celebratory business dinner--a well-traveled, upscale group--and ended up embarassed by the listless greeting, the indifferent waitress (an 18 percent tip was added ... (more)
nevermore
on Yahoo Mar 22, 2009I was so disappointed! I read all the great reviews a long time ago, so LillyâÂÂs was on my To Go list. The place is just another pretentious, overpriced, not-so-French âÂÂFrench LA restaurantâÂÂ. The ... (more)
CanadaGehle
on Yahoo Dec 25, 2008The food here is very average and the service was horrible. They were unable to give any recommendation for wine, when the appetizers took forever to come out the bread basket went un-refilled. Dessert took 20 ... (more)
canadam
on Citysearch Dec 23, 2008In a great neighbourhood we were expecting the typical excellent service you experience on most of Abbott Kinney. Sadly, this was NOT the case at Lilly's. There was no reccomendation for wine; and it seemed a strange ... (more)
NicoleMyden
on Citysearch Nov 30, 2008For some, it's all about the food. For me, it's always about the atmosphere... This place made me smile so big as soon as I walked in - the energy is great, it's quaint, no fuss, no lines, just good old fashioned ... (more)
jthompson01
on Citysearch Sep 15, 2008I'm a local Venice resident and I like Lily's. However, I'm very very disturbed that they serve Foie Gras. For those of you that don't know this is a food product which is created by a disturbing torturous method that ... (more)
carencritique
on Citysearch Jul 26, 2008We sat under a piece of art work twenty feet long made of neon bright melted plastic and squashed solo cups. The entire night was unbelievably distracting because, and I am not joking- as the staff would stampede past ... (more)
Mary N
on Yahoo Mar 06, 2008How on earth can Lilly's end up on the home page of yahoo as one of the best French restaurants in LA? I have eaten there and one experience has been worse than the last! The service is horrible and the food is worse! In ... (more)
Fooditude
on Citysearch Jan 31, 2008In a nut shell: The watier forgot us, then forgot to submitt our order, then forgot our order, then forgot to submitt our order, then forgot to submitt our order a third time!! When we were ready to leave the waiter ... (more)
georgesue
on Citysearch Dec 03, 2007Well on the whole Lilly's was not worth it. First the staff was cold and disorganized, the food was fair to poor. The appetizers where weak, escargot lacked flavor, the lobster bisque had no lobster and was more like ... (more)
