Lilly's Restaurant Bar & Grill London

4 2 Reviews

Other Restaurants in London - Wapping
75 Wapping High Street , Wapping, London, E1W 2YN
+44 (0) 20 7702 2040
http://www.lillysrestaurant.co.uk

Lilly's is a typical brasserie and bar open for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. The food is carefully selected and simply cooked, with everything on offer from bar snacks to an extensive menu for dinner. Set lunch menus during the week offer good value and there is a Brunch menu at the weekends. A selection of cocktails are available at the bar.

Tags: american food, bar, brunch, burger, cocktails, diner, dinner, international, jazz, lunch, restaurant, vegetarian dishes

Lilly's Restaurant Bar & Grill London Reviews

Sean O.

7 reviews

Decent American Diner style food - Is it possible that a restaurant in Wapping can survive next door to Il Bordello? Many have tried and failed. But this place might just have a fighting chance.

The concept is simple and unpretentious: good American Diner style food of burgers, grilled meats, chips etc. The decor and ambience are agreeable and understated. The service is polite and unassuming. The price is affordable.

I liked it. It won't win any Michelin stars but places like this don't; yet it's consistent and solid and every community needs a place like it so I'm glad Wapping has Lillys.

Great place if you're getting rid of the remnants of a hangover btw....

Update April 09: I opened with the line asking if it was possible for a place to survive next to Bordellos, turns out the answer is No. This restaurant closed earlier this year and there is a Turkish restaurant in its place. It's a shame. I'm sorry to see Lily's go. 09-01-09

Tags: American food, burger, diner, restaurant

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Andy M.

122 reviews

Brunch, Burgers, and Jazz - The food at Lilly's is unpretentious and simple, so much so that it can at times be decent but a bit on the plain side. But they do some things really well, and the restaurant is really charming and comfortable. For one, they do a quality brunch with great eggs Benedict, pretty pancakes with berries and bananas, and a generous gammon steak with chips, amongst other options.

There are some good choices for later meals too. Being an American burger-snob, I tend to avoid burgers in London. Your basic pub burger is interesting only in that anything so grim could ever be passed off as a burger much less food. But Lilly's has a really good, straightforward burger - no portabello relish, or crispy pancetta, just honest, high-quality beef.

My favorite time to be at Lilly's is when they have the jazz trio in the bar (not always predictable, but usually on Sunday evenings). Go in for an espresso or a few beers with some friends, hang out, listen to some pretty good jazz in a comfy place - it could get a lot worse than that. 11-06-08

Tags: bar, brunch, dinner, jazz, lunch