Cafe Lilli

This is a restaurant that me and my partner visit often, unfortunately this time wasn’t up to their usual standard. My partners starter was missing 3 of the food items that were on the menu, including the main part of the dish. My main course came and was missing a food item as well, and the desert was not what was described. We ordered a brownie and ended up with what could only be described as an incredibly dry and dense sponge cake. We will be giving this place another chance as it is one of our favourite restaurants, but this visit was very disappointing.

A busy and a bit noisy Saturday night. Crab starter had a piece of shell otherwise lovely. Bean risotto taste dominated by goats cheese - left half of it. Enjoyable belly pork spoilt by lack of crispy crackling. Portion small. Sweet Date and dry brownie desserts needed more ice cream - just one small scoop provided. Service good but staff not familiar with menu. Disappointed overall.

Haven’t been for awhile and was a little bit disappointed. Not as good as previous visits. I think it is now over priced for the small portions.

We had a brilliant night with great service and great food. We will definitely be going back again. The staff were very kind and helpful and the food was lovely

Was recommended by friends. Expected it to be good .... From bar staff, to the waitress, to the quality of the food, to the last cup of coffee..... Good no, it was excellent. Thank you.

Busy but the staff are very efficient and friendly. The atmosphere is pleasant with quite a good selection of meals. We would certainly go back again.

As always, the welcome was warm, the service was good but not intrusive and the food and drink were locally sourced and beautifully cooked and served.

The food was fantastic and the staff were very friendly. They kindly wrote happy birthday on my partners plate which was a nice touch. The only down side for us was the price of the house wine we got a shock when the bill came!

Lovely meal as always and staff happy to change meal slightly due to pregnancy and also make me a lovely mocktail thoroughly enjoyed ourselves thank you

Good was Delicious, well thought out flavours and well presented. Good atmosphere and very attentive staff. Particularly liked that all ingredients were sourced locally with the suppliers named on the board.

Really nice atmosphere. Friendly and efficient service. All of us enjoyed the food which was super tasty and pretty good value. Overall, a very enjoyable experience.

Our first time at Cafe Lilli tonight for my birthday Beautiful sweet potato soup followed by a massive bowl of mussels in a gorgeous ragu sauce Just enough room for hazelnut sponge for dessert

Fantastic food, ambience and service second to none! Never disappointed when visiting this gem of a restaurant. Rob and his team are the best and know how to run a first class restaurant.

Excellent quality, locally sourced food with outstanding service! I’ve been eating here since it opened and I never disappoints. We took our two children and they even accommodated their tastes with several choices

Lunchtime menu had lots of choice. As it was hot I ordered chicken and prawn salad which was gorgeous. I’m not really a salad person but would certainly have it again. Service was efficient and friendly.

First visit food was excellent and service was very good too. Staff very friendly and competent will definitely return and would recommend to others too.

Great food as always. Was a very hot night despite the back door also being open. Busy at times so initial service was a bit slower than usual but was otherwise fine later on.

The fixed menu offered a good range of dishes with paired wi es. My only disappointment was they I felt the wine with dessert were too dry and the optional dessert wine was a heavy pudding wine which I found too strong for my pallet there are light dessert wine's which would have complemented the light dessert.

Great service, great atmosphere, waiting staff attentive but not intrusive. Food ammmaaaazing and served quite quickly ❤️ Really lovely! Would go again. With a visit.

This is definitely the best Resturant for atmosphere food and service in the Teeside/County Durham area we traveled 45min well worth the journey Brogan Hodgson

Another visit to Cafe Lilli, again I have to bang the drum to say fantastic venue and amazing food with a good selection of wines

Always a great night with great food and fizz our favourite place for date night

Wonderful food and great service. A lovely meal with family.

At first we thought the prices were eye-watering and that we should restrict ourselves to lunch in future, but after the exquisite meal we couldn't fault, who cares about the money. Yes, I know we're lucky we can afford it.

Excellent food at a reasonable price. First class service and a boss who speaks to all his customers. We had a lovely evening at Cafe Lilli celebrating our wedding anniversary.

Visited last night, service very slow, food was nice but small portions for the price, this used to be my favourite restaurant but will be looking for a replacement.

Food as wonderful as ever. Service a little slow but some would just say un-rushed.

Fantastic as usual! Love this restaurant and always look forward to return

When I come home to the north east I always make a point of visiting Cafe Lilli. The food is amazing and each time I go the menu always seems to have something new that tastes even better than it sounds! Also, the service is always fantastic and without a doubt, it's my favourite restaurant in the north-east.

Yet another delicious meal. Service excellent with happy, helpful and knowledgeable staff. I always bring my visitors here for a meal as a good evening is guaranteed.

Overpriced for such small quantity of food. Rib eye Steak, 1 mushroom, 2 1/2 asparagus tips! Came out hungry! Waiter / waitress service good though. Won’t be going back.

Great food, great staff, great place. The only downside, if there is a downside is that it only opens 1 Sunday a month, which is a shame.

Top food and service as usual . Always a great variety of dishes on both standard menus plus the specials board. the pork belly was fantastic.

Great restaurant, fantastic food, perfect service from pleasant and welcoming staff. All in all a fantastic restaurant well worth a visit. Put it in your diary

Great ambiance and feel, food and drink exactly as I would expect having eaten there on several occasions but I just felt ( and my wife too) , that we couldn’t hold a conversation due to the ambient noise. Granted, everyone has a right to talk but the group next to us we bordering on shouting they were so loud. I mean, I could recall the whole conversation and feel like I was part of it. We’ll be back because it’s great and we both love it but just hope the people next to us aren’t shouters.

Thoroughly enjoyed our evening at Cafe Lilli. Excellent service and excellent food- seems to get better every time we go which hardly seems possible as already of a high standard! A gem of a restaurant on Norton High Street.

Super 3 course meal as usual but always limited vegetarian options except the usual pasta and risotto and soup. Difficult if you don’t like mushrooms.

Without question this is the best food in the area, fresh local produce imaginatively and creatively cooked,staff very helpful,the wine list is also reasonably priced

Excellent as always great food and ambience The service is always very efficient as well I have never had a disappointing meal there and we have been going for many years now Well done

Great food, ambience and service as always. We have never been disappointed when we visit ..... fish and steak were exceptional tonight on our wedding anniversary .

Great service staff very friendly . Lovely atmosphere and food was delicious. We had been recommended Cafe Lilli by some friends who had been so the half hour travel to get there was well worth it.

First visit to Cafe Lilli and not disappointed.Food delicious. Staff attentive and friendly. A good vibe to the place, a mix of couples and families with children, will certainly visit again

As ever we enjoyed our visit to Cafe Lilli. The staff are really pleasant and helpful. The atmosphere is lovely and there are great menu choices.

Always great food with a lovely atmosphere. The staff are very friendly and happy so makes you feel very welcome. Would visit again in the future.

Been here lots of times to eat and drink, it's consistently good food and atmosphere, Roberto runs a tight ship with regard to customer experience, can't fault it, would be my choice first time every time for a good meal when going out.

Such a shame as most recent visit was really disappointed. Small portions. Uncooked vegetables. Then charged for 2 desserts when only had one. Food usually gorgeous. Last Friday was average 🙁

This was our first visit in a couple of years as we have now moved away from the area. Booked for 5.30pm as we had tickets for a show that evening. Quite quiet when we arrived but by the time we left at 7pm the place wa full, just as we always remember it. We had three courses. Everything was delicious and beautifully presented. The highlight was the desserts. An incredible chocolate marquise, which was rich but not overly so, and the lightest lime cheesecake I have ever tasted. The early evening fixed menu looked to be excellent value for money.

Lovely meal. Great food. Portions just a little on the small side. Three courses required if you wish to be full. Been may time before and will return!

Our favourite place for date night. Great food lovely fizz and polite staff

Superb food, great service. Our favourite restaurant. Menu changes on a regular basis. Great choices in food, wine and good selection of gin available. Well recommended.