Lovely Day
“i.e., fried egg & irish sausage sandwich, the special that day — seared scallops, and hobo noodles.”
“The only thing worth noting is that they only take cash and Amex, so be prepared.”
“If your considering it just try it you wont be dissapointed
Get the coconut soup, skip the tuna.”
Lovely Day
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Weird. Thai + Irish?
The decor is some kind of rundown kitsch. The red tables look like the ones from old school Chinese restaurants. The music is way too loud. The service is polite but incompetent. They're really nice but truly bad at their job. The food is mediocre and I don't see how any of it is Irish.
There was a table to 7 that were waiting for pay and get change for about the whole 20 minutes we were waiting for our table. Once the table finally left, one waiter started cleaning it up in the most inefficient and ridiculous manner. He could only carry one small stack of glasses and 2 plates on the other hand at a time…and this was after multiple tries and deliberation. It was a complete joke. I do have to give him credit for being careful and wiping the table thoroughly for cleanliness. Oh, and they also calculate each and every bill by hand via a calculator. I..can't…even…
Finally, the food.
Green papaya salad was pretty good and I liked how they added avocado.
Pad Thai was served with the wrong protein (we asked for shrimp and they gave us chicken). The waiter took the dish back and gave us a replacement very quickly (despite taking a long time previously..which makes me wonder if they just used the same noodles and switched out the meat). Now that I think about it, they must've recooked the same noodles because this dish was very watery, soupy even.
Green curry is okay.
The pineapple cashew vegetables tastes like a Americanized-Chinese takeout dish, neither Thai nor Irish.
PASS.
Seated and forgotten. Server staff collectively found their conversation more important than the customers actually giving this place business (and tips). Took forever to have server get my order. Food was okay – nothing special. No check ups at all on the food – and I had no drink and wasn't asked for any refills. I couldn't even flag the staff down for water as they were busy huddled and having a conversation. Took forever to get my payment. I wasn't asked about payment until after I had my jacket on and was about to walk out. I still had no water, even though what I got was spicy. Really horrible, cold, impersonal service. I understand that sometimes there is a time for girl's night out, but when you are on shift at a packed restaurant, that may not be the best time to socialize. Now for the positives, the small portion of red curry chicken was very tasty. And the inside was nice. I would assume they must be alright as the place was packed on a Tuesday.
Lovely Day is a cute Thai/Irish diner. Not sure how Thai/Irish quite work together, but what this means if you can get pad thai and irish style breakfast from the same damn menu, and that's pretty legit.
We came here for brunch, tried a bunch of different dishes. the fried rice was definitely a stand out. My scrambled eggs were an odd color and consistency, and the ginger hash brown did not impress. Salmon and egg sandwich were decent.
A big plus for me was the delicious thai iced tea, and here you can get it with soy milk! I'm a huge thai iced tea lover but I'm also lactose intolerant, so being able to get soy thai iced tea is a done deal for me.
Loved how cheap this place is, but the service was inexplicably slow (we were one of 5 tables during a normal brunch time). Because of the fried rice and thai iced tea, I would definitely give this place another shot.
Another long overdue review of Lovely Day. I want to start of by saying that the food and prices are phenomenal, however the loud music and not so good service kind of ruin this place for me.
I have only been here a couple of times, however both the times my friends and I have waited a good a mount of time for the food. Personally I don't think waiting for the food is unreasonable when the place is packed (which it often is), however being totally neglected by your waiter who does not even ask you if you would like water, or when you ask for water still do not show up with water just don't cut it for me.
One time the waiter even removed my drink before I was finished drinking it and spilled it all on the table. She barely apologized! After that I really haven't been back.
I do miss the amazing food though!! A is a marvelous taste experience. If you can sit through some poor service it is absolutely worth a visit! Waiters can always improve so you might even get lucky !!
This place was highly recommended to me by several friends, so i tried it out. I'm sad to say that I will not be returning anytime soon.
Food: They call themselves a thai place, but the pad thai – the most basic thai food known to america – was terrible. It was smothered with ketchup and all we could taste was the ketchup. It was lukewarm when it was served to us, which made it even worse. How do you mess up pad thai? Also one of our party ordered chicken curry but they brought out shrimp curry so that took another 10 minutes or so to get the order fixed.
Service: Slow. It's like, uhh.. please take our order please? And when we did order, it was like uhh… could we get our food please? And when we wanted to pay, it was like uhh… could you please take our credit card please? I was so surprised by the slowness in every front; given the number of seats I thought the table turn would be faster.
Sad to say it was not the greatest experience and I will not be returning unless I had a compelling reason.
WHATS THE HYPE ABOUT?
very small
staff doesn't understand good service
Pineapple fried rice = wet/mushy/flavor-LESS
Everything in the pineapple fried rice had NO flavor. The canned pineapples were cheap brand and NOT sweet, the greens were very watery so biting into watery greens with wet mushy rice = gross.
STAY AWAY FROM FRIED RICE IF YOU LIKE YOUR RICE FRIED… I would recommend the noodles.
Was running late so I popped in here without reading any reviews. My mistake.
Douchiest bartender ever. Seriously, the worst. He maybe said three words to me. Don't expect things like utensils. Don't sit at the bar. Don't ask him for recommendations, or water. Just don't.
Food was meh. So many other choices around here.
Just don't.
This is definitely a unique brunch spot. It gets crowded but if you catch it right you get seated right away. They have an odd mix of menu items which made our brunch far from ordinary. Food was hot, fresh, and the service was really good. We will come back again soon!