Lilia, Brooklyn NY

I was very excited to try lilia as its very hard to get a reservation here!
We had the cacio e pepe frittelle and housemade mozzarella with bread to start off with. It was okay, it was basically all cheese. It gets tiring after 2 bites.
We had the mussels with herb butter which was definitely my favorite! I wish they gave us bread to dip with the sauce. For the pasta we had mafaldini pink peppercorn and i can really taste the peppercorn. Fettuccini lamb was good, the lamb flavor was definitely highlighted. Highly recommend sheep's milk cheese filled agnolotti! The service was excellent. I would like to go again to try the other dishes.

Fabulous fine pasta that is cooked perfectly.

I had been to Lilia 5 years ago when they first opened. The attention to detail and high standard of delivery still remain.

We (2ppl) had the following
- CACIO E PEPE FRITTELLE
- HOUSEMADE MOZZARELLA, TOASTED GARLIC BREAD. LEMON. BOTTARGA
- RIGATONI DIAVOLA, SAN MARZANO TOMATOES, CHILI, OREGANO. PECORINO
- MAFALDINI, PINK PEPPERCORN, PARMIGIANO
- FETTUCCINE, LAMB SAUSAGE. TOMATO PASSATO, LEMON. PECORINO
- GRILLED CLAMS. CALABRIAN CHILI, BREADCRUMBS

We definitely ordered too much and skipped desert.

The fettuccine was may favorite dish. The pasta’s bite with the combination of the sharp cheese, rich fatty meat and fennel worked really well.

Great atmosphere with a scent of smoke from their wood fired grill and 90s sound track in the background.

Customer service was also on point!

Very challenging to get a reservation but worth the wait! Astounding dishes w/ fresh made pasta from scratch daily!

Great food! My favorites were the focaccia bread and artichoke appetizer. I loved the Agnolotti but the Rigatoni was just okay. The Crostata was amazing too. Great service and friendly staff. Highly recommend!

What is there to say? It's everything you've heard and more. The focaccia is a must-have. The service is perhaps the most welcoming in the city. I can't wait to eat my way through the entire menu.

I remember this place as being better. Another Williamsburg staple that is now heading downhill? Perhaps. It was still okay but nothing really wowed us. The broccoli and artichoke were the two best dishes we had. We each had a different pasta, plus agnolotti to share, which was the best dish. The sommelier was very helpful, and knowledgeable hence the 5 stars for service. I'd give this visit a 3.5 if I could. Next time I am craving Italian in the neighborhood I'll definitely be going to Antica Pesa over Lilia. Not worth $100+ a person.

Unfortunately this place didn't live up to the hype for me. I was really looking forward to it since I finally got a reservation. The malfaldini was way too Cheesy n bitter. The agnolotti was very good but not worth $30. The squash Appetizer with Walnuts was amazing. The homemade Mozzarella was good. The cacio e pepe balls weren't good at all. It's a shame because I was so hyped for this spot and the staff were so nice.

Amazing!
Went there for our 10th anniversary and we LOVED it!
The house mozzarella was fresh and delicious.
The scallops were out-worldly delicious, too bad there were only 2 of them.
The pasta are the best I have ever had. The ones with pink Peper corn were amazing. Our favourite were the agnolitti with saffron and honey which are to die for and that we already plan to order next time we visit.
We also took shrimps, which were excellent but came with the shell which makes it a bit less glamorous and dirty, so not ideal for a date.
We also tried the olive oil ice cream and the olive oil cake, again both excellent.
I highly recommend going to Lilia. Book it 30 days in advance and I can't recommend the agnolitti enough, this combination of saffron and honey with pasta is just the best and unexpectedly delicious.

I am going to call this experience the “Theater of Food”.

I have been looking forward to eating at Lilia, so much so that i brought my mom, dad, and 91 year old grand who came straight from Italy.

We made very clear to our server that because of allergies and different wants we will be ordering separately, without sharing.

Right off the bat, the server lets us know that the chef is “particular about how the food gets out. ”

This is when the ridiculousness starts. So bad we actually started laughing.

My grandma and my mom have to watch me and my dad eat two salads for 20 minutes. They were so vinegary that we probably got first degree burns.

Then, my dad and I have to watch them eat prawns, their main course, for 20 minutes.
At this point we remind the server that there is no point in holding the pastas back because those are our mains, and we would like to all eat at the same time. Nothing.

After 20 minutes, my dad gets his pasta, and they still bring 4 sharing plates, even after we reminded them again that we won’t share.

Here, we all watch my dad eat his pasta and wait for another 15 minutes until my pasta comes. At this point, all my family has the pleasure of watching me eat my main while they are all done.

They didn’t say sorry or acknowledge that we all watched each other eat individually.
The pasta was actually not even that good, or at least not worth the experience.

Unless you love watching each other eat like at a food theater, I suggest you pay visit to the hundreds of better Italian restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn.

Food: 5/10
Service: 2/10

Honestly, my favorite way to enjoy Lilia is sitting at the bar and watching the chef working the grill.

I had the grilled scallops and this lovely Mezcal sour.

Service and ambiance here is immaculate. However I do find the overall experience over hyped. Our meal was fine. Not bad but not mind blowing either. Biggest disappointment was the roasted squash antipasti, strange texture and underwhelming flavours. The saffron Agnolotti was the one and only amazing dish that stood out.

Food was delicious; clams, agnolotti and vanilla soft serve with honey and olive oil in particular were excellent. Great service too.

The best food in Brooklyn, easily lives up to the hype and well worth the price. If you are lucky enough to get a reservation, thank whatever god you pray to and enjoy this modern take on Italian.

Very simple, yet delicious pasta! We were wanting to have some oven-baked pizza hut Lilia doesn’t sell it. A local friend recommended us this place. Go early or make reservations online. Being tourists, we managed to steal a spot at this place 1.5h before the dinner time.
We had a pasta and a grilled lamb steak. The meat dish was so large and good for sharing! The place had a nice atmosphere and good service staff.

You have to book with time because is always hard to get into. It is a must in Williamsburg. And the reason is you will get a perfect pasta! Al dente, perfect amount, right layer of sauce, grated cheese on top…truly amazing!

I loooooved the food here. Best Italian food I have had in NYC and totally worth what we paid for. Service is great too! The bread, grilled artichoke so good, scallops were huge and delicious, black bass no knife needed, loooved the mafaldini, fetuccine with lamb was good too, and the olive oil gelato was very different and interestingly delicious. Can’t wait to go back.

Fantastic! Their scalops are amazing and the safron and honey pasta is just out of this world. I definetly recommed this place.