Cafe Lily

42 Avenue O, Brooklyn - 11204
108 reviews
Russian Korean Uzbek
(718) 872-5500

One of my friend from the past leaked that there is this Korean-Uzbek restaurant somewhere deep south in Brooklyn. It was such a random cuisine I’ve ever heard of, so never forgot about it for many years and somehow managed to search it out from Google map.Btw, I’m Korean.-Koosi(국수): Very strange and yet familiar taste at the same time. What I mean is that I can’t exactly name any Korean dish that is equivalent to this one, but the taste hits my mother tongue and old memory. I loved it and wish I could have this more often. 미역냉국에 단맛을 덜고 매콤한 맛을 더한 냉면의 온도를 가진 국수요리…. 라고 표현해볼수 있겠네요. 정말 맛있었습니다.-Manti(만두): Dumpling skin was very nice and something I was familiar with, but the inside is something quite different from Korean cuisine, so I suspect it’s more Uzbek type. Sour cream was really no no combination for me though.-Egg salad(forgot exact name): can’t say this menu was anything special, but have to say I enjoyed it very very much. And it also went very well with the breads we ordered as side menu.My guess is that the owner herself or her great grandfathers are those who had to escape from Korea during Korean war (고려족?). I regret so much for not talking to the owner who kindly came to us, introduced herself, and offered serving foods for us.Will def make my visit again sometime later.

The food is simply amazing! Great prices and friendly atmosphere.

Nice place and affordable prices. Dishes taste great, but the waiters should work better - wear gloves when touching the plates and cups, and be more concentrated

Stellar Koryo Saram food. Learned about this restaurant years ago and finally made the long trip from upstate NY to try it. Wonderful experience and worth the trip. Ordered the kuksi, lagman, and plov. All fantastic. Plov was much more flavorful and well seasoned than other places I've been. Good amount of meat too. Kuksi in particular was outstanding. I've eaten a lot of guksu and naengmyeon, the kuksi here is without exaggerating the best I've ever had, out of any Korean noodles I've eaten, cold or hot. Something about the toppings just made it perfect. Felt like I was in somebody's home having a lovely heartfelt dinner. Honest, wholesome, and unique food. A great meal and restaurant with a lot of cultural and historical significance.

My favorites are the U-Kadya soup, manty, fern salad, the plov, and much more. Sometimes, they have chak-chak, which is very similar to a Chinese I ate in my childhood.

The food is very tasty like home food! Delicious-Delicious-Delicious . The staff is attentive and nice. The interior is clean and beautiful. Overall great experience! Thank You !!!

I didn’t taste other foods. But order Lagman which was horrible. I tried to order lamb or beef shish they did not have them. Waitress in sunglasses was rude when asked her to bring 1 glass compote only for myself instead of the pitch. If you don’t like job you do you have to quit find another.

Place is nice. Post USSR Korean food is really good here! But most of the time they’re either closed or not everything is available. Also their open hours on google differ from their actual hours so make sure you always call before coming.

Finally Uzbek-Korean fusion place with real fresh and delicious Kuksi, best in Brooklyn.

I went two time so good workers nice friendly place also clean but they don’t have more food that’s why second time I just left the place without food!But first time nice not bad