Cafe Lili — Restaurant in Houston

Best Lebanese restaurant in West Houston but still could improve on a few things. Menu provides a good variety of Lebanese dishes from which to choose. The sandwich dishes are ample but you must pay extra for a side of fries or a salad. The “plate” dishes come with ample servings of meat and either rice or a salad, both of which are delicious. The standout dish for us was an appetizer of hummus. Excellent texture and flavor as evidenced by the empty plate at the end of our meal. From the table next to us I heard very nice compliments about the Tabouli and will need to try this next time.

I had the Kafka kabob plate with rice. The kabobs were well prepared and excellently flavored with Lebanese seasoning. The rice was also flavorful and a very nice accompaniment.

My lunch partner had the shawarma beef plate. There was a large portion of thinly shaved and flavorful beef but it was a bit dry. The accompanying salad was fresh, and very appetizing with a light and wonderful Lebanese dressing. Unfortunately the Tahini sauce for the shawarma was a bit bland and could definitely use some more garlic and other spices.

A complimentary Turkish coffee served at the end topped off a very good meal

The service was friendly and prompt. I will definitely be back to try out the Tabouli, the Lebanese beer and the other...

We saw a tv show touting Lili and our foodie tax lady told us we needed to visit, glad we did. We loved the fried kibbe, looks like a little football, the outside is made with beef and cracked wheat and the inside is filled with ground chuck beef, onion and roasted pine nuts, then deep fried....everything we had was tasty but these for me, were the best. We enjoyed a kofta kabob plate from the lunch menu. two pieces of ground beef with parsley and onion mixed in....grilled to perfection. This came with a pile of flavorful rice and pickled onions. You have a choice of hummus or a side salad, wifey and i enjoyed the hummus...the only thing average was the pita bread. The Turkish coffee was strong and very much to my liking, my wife not so much which was not surprising since she's not into strong coffee. She spotted some Lebanese wine and snagged a bottle for our son and a friend. Well worth a stop on my personal foodie bucket list and a speedy return for...

So I walked in and the place seemed empty it was crazy but there was a reason why I was empty most people go out to eat there during lunch time and it is pack at dinner time is very few people The food is excellent tastes really good I'm very impressed and the gentleman Ian I believe his name is was outstanding super cool smiling and he seemed like it really enjoy what he does and not really is what sold me his smile and was happy to serve and to help out and you ask him a question and he was smiling as he was asking a question food is exceptional I highly recommend to come to this place and yeah you should try it any given time prices are very fair I have tried another falafel and around the corner and it was not a good experience but this place is definitely a good good place super clean the kitchen is super spotless it's amazing so five stars...