Nestled in a sleekly renovated garage, this Williamsburg hotspot serves up chef Missy Robbins' acclaimed wood-fired Italian dishes, showcasing her divine pastas and creative cocktails.
"A Williamsburg favorite for pasta, located in a former garage with exposed-beam ceilings, offering dishes like mafaldini and grilled clams."
"If Spiaggia in Chicago is what put chef Missy Robbins on the map, Lilia in Williamsburg is what rocketed her to stardom. Lucky diners might encounter Robbins hovering over the flame-spitting wood grill. Consider a plate of grilled clams followed by fettuccine with lamb sausage, tomato passato, lemon, and pecorino." - Eater Staff
"Missy Robbins, the chef behind Brooklyn pasta powerhouses Lilia, Misi, and Misipasta, writes in her cookbook Pasta that making fresh pasta is “all about touch, and the well allows you to get acquainted with the dough as you mix and knead it and to commit the texture of the final product to memory.”" - Jaya Saxena
"Verdict: Lilia isn't that good. That's a lie, and we apologize. We just want you to stop trying to get a table at Lilia, so we can go more often and enjoy a better quality of life. This Williamsburg Italian restaurant continues to serve top-tier pasta, and, yes, those sheep's milk cheese-filled agnolotti are still on the menu. So is the gelato. Order it." - bryan kim
"Lilia isn’t accepting walk-ins, which saves you the trouble of thinking “this’ll be the night,” only to be told that the waitlist filled up five minutes after they opened. If you do manage to reserve one of their outdoor tables online, which are available Wednesday through Sunday from 5-10pm, then you’ll be able to get the same fantastic sheep’s milk agnolotti and grilled clams as you would have if you’d ever gotten off the waitlist in the past." - matt tervooren
