Cuisine:

• East and West
• Middle Eastern
• Lebanes
• Mediterranean
• Vegetarian
• Others

Ilili Restaurant Description:
New York City's premier contemporary Lebanese restaurant offering inspired Mediterranean cuisine. The menu mixes authentic Lebanese dishes with modern Mediterranean influences to create a culinary journey for the palate and senses. Complementing the international cuisine, Ilili offers an impressive wine list that includes wines from all over the world and features favorites from Lebanon and the Mediterranean. The restaurant's decor echoes the diverse menu, combining the architectural richness of Old Lebanon with an attitude and style that is unmistakably New York. A DJ sets the mood with music from around the globe and soft, amber lighting punctuated by candles create a sexy, sophisticated atmosphere in which to enjoy a relaxed meal. The cuisine, décor and ambience come together to create a new world for your senses to explore, whispering gently in your ear, ilili.
Set in the Flatiron District in a chic high-ceilinged room bedecked with wood, ilili is a near anomaly. Until it swung open its doors in late 2007, Lebanese food was mostly available via take-out counters and vending carts sprinkled throughout the city. But chef-owner Philippe Massoud, who previously manned the stoves at Georgetown's Neyla, is taking the cuisine to new heights, synthesizing traditional Lebanese cuisine with modern flair. The meze, or appetizers, consist of creamy hummus, chunky baba ghanouj, and savory Brussels sprouts with fried grapes, fig purée, walnuts and mint. The black cod sautéed with dried zaatar, pomegranate molasses and fennel is worth the visit alone. Other dishes such as Lebanese pasta stuffed with beef, lamb and minted yogurt or the Wagyu kebab skewered with shishito peppers and tomatoes will tantalize your taste buds enough to ensure a return to this Mediterranean oasis.


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