Lilli & Loo
“Here are my favorites so far (all off the GF menus):
Fresh Saigon Roll (Delicious, love the mix of avocado and mango..”
“Lillie and Loo is the best Asian Cuisine I've had since moving to New York 2 years ago.”
“I have celiac disease, so I have had a difficult time finding asian food restaurants that I can safely eat at.”
Lilli & Loo
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Years ago, I came to Lilli and Loo and it changed my world. I went through college with the one goal of finding a job in New York and getting an apartment across the street from Lilli and Loo so I could have their food weekly. Their gluten free dumplings were THAT good!
Fast forward five years, and their dumplings are still the best (and only, to my knowledge) around. I've tried the frozen gluten free dumplings by Feel Good Foods, but they just don't compare. A few times, my mom has brought some back on the plane after business trips. But being able to go to the restaurant again myself was HEAVEN.
Seriously, if you're gluten free and missing dumplings, you can't miss this place. Book a trip to NY and come just for Lilli and Loo!
The rest of the food, however, is kinda eh. I dined in once and had the gluten free orange chicken. The sauce was super gelatinous, and the $17 price tag had me wishing I'd ordered two more portions of the dumplings instead. An order of two eggs rolls was $8.50, and they were each barely two-and-half inches long. The value just wasn't really there.
But man, for gluten free Asian food, Lilli and Loo is definitely something you need to experience. There are menu items you won't find at PF Changs, and the gluten free variety in itself is something spectacular. You'll finally find the things you've been missing for years. Oh, and did I mention the dumplings…?
The Yelp prompt on my page pretty much said "You've checked into this place 16 times… you're the Duke… so just write an f'in review already!" So fine… here we go:
I still remember the day that I walked into a PF Chang's in Broomfield, Colorado, and discovered double pan-fried noodles with chicken. Oh those thick crispy noodles, wilting beneath the heat and weight of that viscous, gravy-like, MSG loaded sauce that enveloped it. Pure. Chinese. Crack. It was the stuff that heart attacks are made of I tell you…
Then I moved to New York, and there was no more double pan fried noodles. Sad. Day. Sure, there are many chinese restaurants that have something similar on the menu, but it's just not the same. There was a little void in my stomach.
Lilli & Loo however, has a decent facsimile. If it weren't for this one dish, I probably wouldn't eat here as often. While it's not exactly like the stuff at Chang's (nothing ever will be), it's good enough to satisfy my craving for it.
Now I just wish they'd add it to the lunch special menu so that I can order it in a smaller portion size and not feel like a bloated pig every time I get it. The thing can seriously feed 3 people, yet I somehow manage to choke it all down in one sitting… then I just hate myself for 2 days after… but you don't need to hear about my food problems… or do you? PM me… we'll talk.
After being diagnosed with Celiac Disease, it was impossible to find a safe Chinese restaurant. My doctor sent me a list of restaurants and this happen to be on it. Once I arrived, I realized I had been here 2 years ago. The first time I went here (pre-celiac), I loved it. It wasn't in my neighborhood so I soon forgot about it. After being diagnosed I've been here countless times. Even my non-celiac family and boyfriend love it. There is a separate gluten free menu and its 5 pages! They have every Chinese dish you could think of. My favorite is the GF egg drop soup (it has corn pieces in it too) and the chicken and broccoli with white rice. The only thing I don't recommend is the dumplings. They may be fine for those who are not gluten free, but for those who are, I do not recommend. The tables are a bit close together, but it's Manhattan. Overall, I adore this place and wish I could rate higher.
*Seamless Lunch Order*
Great sushi lunch specials! $10.50 for two rolls (6 pieces for a roll) and a miso soup! Standard menu item selection. Delivery was very quick. I'll order there again.
3.5 stars, rounded up for how amazingly sensitive and awesome they are in accommodating dietary and allergy needs. Well-paced service, only one hiccup in our service, friendly, clean, no frills, affordable (I got a drink, app, and hearty entree for $30, including tax and tip, in this area, an I ordered from the regular menu! Friends who ordered from the lunch special menu got an even better deal!), flavorful, and all with hearty portions.
They were even gems about offering to split our check five ways, even though we forgot to ask for it before we ordered.
Solid option in the 'hood!
The lunch specials are really good price for the area. And with that, you get good food. The BBQ spicy beef was delicious with a good amount of spice and flavor.
The bathrooms are clean and the entire place is nicely decorated.
Service was so so. Not so slow like other yelpers have said, although I was one of two tables there at the time, but also not the friendliest of people.
Can't have it all I guess:)
Tried this place today with a friend. We went for lunch and shared everything.
Chicken pad thai-delish!
Roti bread was amazing!!!!
Yom Yom soup- tasty and very comforting
Salad was OK.
Bubble teas-yummy
The service was great (we sat upstairs). We took our time and they did not rush us out one bit!
Next time I want to try their lychee martini. Yes, they have drinks too!
L&L is a solid multi-ethnic AZN spot near Bloomingdale's that somehow manages to place a ceiling on prices on quality food. Principle cuisines are Chinese (Beijing), Thai, and Japanesem including sushi. L&L is to be commended heartily for a SUPERB P2P ratio (price to portions). We're talking like 12 bucks for enough pad thai to feed 4 people during the meal for 2 people for two meals. Damn! I highly recommend the Peking crispy duck as well and the homemade dumplings. (I'm AZN, and I can recognize from-the-pouch stuff any time. Plz.)
My two criticisms. The tables are too closely compressed, a transparent effort to fit more people than the space should really accomodate (sp). If you want to discuss sensitive subject matters with your date, friend, significant other, whatever, good luck. This also caused a fiasco when our tiny table couldn't accomodate (sp) our plentiful order, and my water cup fell… all over my crotch!
The name is also annoying. Lilli is an unorthodox spelling that makes this place hard to look up at fine sites like yelp.com We wasted 15 minutes looking around for it and finally found it, no thanks to the stupid name and the search difficulties it posed. I bet we're not the only customers this happened to — and they may have LOST the others.