
About Lilly's Café
Lilly's Café is a beloved East Los Angeles gathering place where genuine hospitality and community spirit shine through. This independently-owned café offers a charming atmosphere perfect for morning coffee, intimate conversations, or special events in their newly expanded space. Visit Lilly's to experience the authentic warmth and personal touch that only a local, owner-operated café can provide.
What People Are Saying
from Google & Yelp"Very cute decor but the pastries, weak coffee, and slow service is the reason why I'm crossed it off my list of coffee shops to visit and also why I will not be returning. It was a rainy day last week, and there only one other person before me in line and there was one other person waiting for their order. I've been to many, many coffee shops in LA as it's my thing to visit coffee shops, and for it being a very slow day, I waited for my order for thirty minutes. I ordered the biscotti iced latte and an almond croissant and my niece ordered an horchata latte with cold foam and a coffee cake. Our order total was $38.00!! Talk about overpriced but I if the food and coffee is good I'm willing to overlook the price gouging. After waiting for an eternity for my order, we went to the car and tried it. I did not like my biscotti latte at all. There wasn't a taste of espresso really. It tasted watered down. The person in the reviews below that mentioned that the pastries tasted like they were made the day before is correct. My almond croissant was not flaky or buttery. It was very chewy and cold. My niece did enjoy her horchata latte and I gave that a taste and it was good but as someone who doesn't like overly sweet coffee drinks it was just okay. Her coffee cake was not to my liking. She said it was good but she also just loves way too much sugar. The lady that was making the drinks also looked to have a bad attitude so the place was not inviting. The decor was sooo cute and it's a really cute girly shop and if the food was actually good, I think they'd be a lot busier. Every time I pass by there I don't see too many people there as a good coffee shop should be."
"We were fortunate to host a private event at Lilly's beautiful, newly expanded café. Lilly and her team were extremely kind in preparing the very cute space, providing coffees, pastries, and delicious cakes for our special day. The coffee is great and we really enjoyed the chocolate mousse cake. I highly recommend this gem of a coffee shop and will be back to try their new gelato!"
"Cafe de Olla & the horchata iced latte are delicious. They have a variety of pastries. I got 4 different ones, and they were all good. It's a pink vive coffee shop, pink everything inside. I also loved that they have many different options for purchase on mugs, cups, tumblers, and other items. They were all very pretty & cute."
"This bakery has to be the pinkest store I have ever been to. Putting that to the side I say the service is very welcoming and presentation is second to non. As small as the location is, it has a lot to offer. Now with that being said. I didn't find the bake goods to my liking, I don't know if the people in that region prefer their style over regular baked goods, for ex. I ordered a coffee cake and a tiramisu 'cake' - so what I got was cakes that had tiramisu flavors, sort of. and a cake that had a coffee taste. And I also ordered a vanilla cone, but the filling was more of a butter cream type than like an eclair filling type. So it's not fair to judge on my bias. But I will compare it to other details from other small cafes. I found that the baked goods tasted like they were baked from the night before and not in the morning like some others do. It's not stale but it's not as appealing as other cafe offerings. I do want to note that this location does offer a certain collection of KETO treats which is hard to find in a bakery type location, so major props for that."
"Very cute local shop and owner/ staff was friendly. Lots of fun cups and pastries availavle. But I did not expect the drinks to be as sweet as it was. I didn't think to ask if sweetness is adjustable, which was my fault. Would be great if they ask customers since the default really is just too sweet. I had to toss my drink 😔"
"Such a cute coffee shop . Everything is pink , and girlie, this place definitely has something for all of your sweet tooth needs . Let's support our small..."