Café Lily Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Café Lily, a delightful Mediterranean gem nestled in Decatur, GA. This charming restaurant serves up a varied menu, featuring both classic and contemporary dishes that capture the essence of the Mediterranean culinary tradition. Start your meal with tantalizing appetizers like Gambas al Ajillo or the hearty Cold Mezze Platter, perfect for sharing.
- Salads offer vibrant flavors; try the Horiatiki Salata for a refreshing taste of Greek summer.
- For the main event, the seafood pasta dazzles with succulent scallops and a light lemon-cream sauce, while the signature lamb dish showcases culinary finesse.
- Don’t miss out on decadent desserts like seasonal pumpkin bread pudding to cap your experience.
Guests have praised the attentive service and perfect ambiance, making Café Lily an ideal spot for everything from casual brunches to intimate dinners.
Supper Club
Dinner For 2
Salad for 2, choice of appetizer, choice of entree for each, dessert. Lemon sponge custard cake.
Gigande Bean Salad
Greek broad beans, tomato, onion, cucumber, Hawaiian sweet basil, feta cheese, and red-wine vinaigrette. Gluten free.
Horiatiki Salata
Tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, olives, fresh oregano, feta, EVOO, sea salt, and black pepper. Gluten free.
Orange Blossom Salad
Beets, baby arugula, gorgonzola, candied walnuts, orange-blossom vinaigrette. Gluten free.
Caesar Salad
Shaved grana padano cheese and tuscan croutons. Add anchovies for an extra charge.
Insalata Mista
Field greens, Roma tomatoes, tuscan croutons, balsamic vinaigrette.
Salads
Appetizers
Cold Mezze Platter
Hummus bi tahini, taramosalata, marinated olives, Nana's eggplant, sweet onion, valbreso feta, hot pickled peppers, dolmas, and grilled pita.
Nana's Marinated Eggplant
Served with roasted red peppers. Gluten free.
Hummus Bi Tahini
Pita bread and marinated olives.
Fresh Prince Edward Island Mussels
Either a la creme, in white wine, basil, and garlic-cream broth, or Posillipo, in a spicy tomato seafood broth. Add pommes frites with aioli for an additional charge. Gluten free.
Calamari a la Plancha
Not breaded and fried, served sizzling with olive oil, garlic, scallions, and lemon. Gluten free.
Gambas al Ajillo
Large wild Georgia white shrimp, sizzled in EVOO, white wine, garlic, herbs, and fresh lemon. Gluten free.
Beignet de Crabe
Lump crabcake, sliced avocado, orange wedges, and lily's fresh aioli.
Jerusalem Falafel
Served with feta-dill sauce and amba.
Ravioli Formaggio di Capra
Goat cheese stuffed pasta, olive oil, organic baby spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh garlic, toasted pine nuts, and pecorino Romano.
Ravioli di Zucca
Butternut squash stuffed pasta, sage-brown butter sauce, pecorino Romano cheese.
Gamberi Alla Rossa
Marinated, chargrilled wild Georgia white shrimp, atop fettuccine, tossed in a light tomato cream sauce, pecorino Romano cheese, Hawaiian sweet basil.
Shrimp Pasta a la Creme
Wild Georgia shrimp, diced roma tomatoes, and asparagus, simmered in a light lemon-cream sauce and tossed over fettuccine.
Seasonal Gemelli
"Alla Carbornara" - sauted with pancetta, garlic, green peas, and white wine, tossed with fresh eggs and a splash of cream to make a light saucce, garnished with pecorino-Romano cheese and Italian parsley
Pasta
Bistro Plates
Chicken Gyros
Grilled chicken, lettuce, tomato, onion, warm pita. Side-feta-dil sauce, french fries.
Falafel Gyro
Jerusalem-style falafel, warm pita, lettuce, tomato, sweet onion. Side - insalata mista, feta-dill sauce, and amba. Made it vegan upon request.
Greek Salad
Tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet onions, olives, feta, and pan-roasted potatoes, red-wine vinaigrette over hearts of romaine.
Lamb Gyros
Lamb tenderloin not chopped and formed, marinated Greek-style, chargrilled, lettuce, tomato, onion, warm pita. Side-feta-dil sauce, french fries.
Lily's Lamburger
Colorado lamb, on a ciabatta bun with lettuce, tomato, and onion, fries and feta-dill sauce.
Salmon Caesar Salad
Grilled salmon atop fresh romaine hearts, traditional Caesar dressing, Tuscan croutons and shaved grana padano cheese.
Vegan Nicoise Salad
Jerusulam falafel, field greens, potatoes, nicoise olives, Greek broad beans, roma tomatoes, fresh vegetables, tossed in balsamic vinaigrette. Anchovies upon request. Gluten free.
Petto di Pollo Alla Parmigiana
Hand breaded breast of chicken, baked to order in a savory tomato sauce with capellini pasta, melted fontal, grana padano, and pecorino Romano cheeses, Hawaiian sweet basil.
Salad Nicoise
Grilled ahi tuna, field greens, potatoes, nicoise olives, boiled eggs, roma tomatoes, fresh vegetables, tossed in balsamic vinaigrette. Anchovies upon request. Gluten free.
Moroccan Jerk Chicken Sandwich
Chargrilled, rubbed with our chef's own blend of Mediterranean spices, chargrilled, toasted ciabatta roll. Side - French Fries
Pinchitos
Our signature dish chargrilled spanish spiced lamb tenderloin, sauteed white sweet potatoes, and green beans, picante salsa verde, manchego cheese. Gluten free.
Risotto con Gamberetto e Asparago
Chargrilled wild Georgia white shrimp, saffron carnaroli risotto, fresh asparagus and Grana Padano cheese. Gluten Free
Charbroiled Faroe Islands Salmon Steak
Lemon garlic mashed potatoes and mango dried sour cherry salsa.
Moroccan Jerk Chicken
Marinated, chargrilled chicken breast, casablanca sauce, pearl couscous pilaf, grilled zucchini.
Steak Frites
8 oz. certified angus beef hanger steak, pan seared, bordelaise sauce, pomme frites.
Entrees
Dessert Menu
Homemade Tiramisu
Italian savoiardi ladyfingers dipped in lavazza espresso, layered with fresh imported mascarpone cream and sweet Ghirardelli cocoa.
Torta Ciocolatta
Bittersweet chocolate is combined with toasted hazelnuts to create a light but intensely rich flourless cake, served warm, garnished with fresh whipped cream. Gluten free.
Lemon-Sponge Custard
A lily signature - fresh lemon custard and light lemon-sponge cake raspberry sauce.
Vanilla-Bean Ice Cream
Bread Pudding
Bread Pudding (Contains Almond Extract, Raisins, Cinnamon and Cardommon)Topped of with Bourbon Caramel Sauce and Scoop of Ice Cream
Grilled Tuscan Bread
Grilled tuscan bread served with herb olive oil.
Pretoria Fields Hand Sanitizer
Extras
Sides
Side of Anchovies
Side of Grilled Asparagus
Side of Sauteed Asparagus
Side of Avocado
Side of Feta Cheese
Side of French Fries
Side of Sauteed Green Beans
Side of Pan Roasted Potatoes
Side of Roasted Red Peppers
Side of Japanese Sweet Potatoes
Side of Taramosalata
Side of Sauteed Zucchini
Side of Grilled Zucchini
Salad Nioise
Grilled ahi tuna, field greens, potatoes, Nioise olives, boiled eggs, Roma tomatoes, fresh vegetables, tossed in balsamic vinaigrette. Anchovies upon request (GF)
Lunch Salads and Pastas
Lunch Lily's Signatures
Petto di Pollo alla Parmigiano
Hand-breaded breast of chicken, savory tomato sauce with capellini pasta, melted fontal, Grana Padano, and pecorino Romano cheeses
Fresh Salmon Steak
Chargrilled, served with Insalata Mista and a cup of soup (GF)
Falafel Sandwich
Jerusalem-style falafel, warm pita, lettuce, tomato, sweet onion. Side insalata mista, feta-dill sauce, and amba
Chargrilled Moroccan Jerk Chicken
Chargrilled, rubbed with our chefs own blend of Mediterranean spices, chargrilled, toasted ciabatta roll. Side French fries
Gyros
Lamb tenderloin (not chopped and formed), marinated Greek-style, chargrilled OR Grilled Chicken, lettuce, tomato, onion, warm pita. Side feta-dill sauce, French fries