Incredibly friendly service. The peach sangria is the greatest. Same with the pizza. Try the steak and cheese spring roll. It’s a revelation. Clean plate club x3.

This is my husband’s favorite pastas restaurant. He brought me over there two weeks ago. At first I wasn’t really exciting about a “pastas restaurant”. I simply didn’t want to pay for pastas. But those pastas. THOSE PASTAS. THAT IS SOMETHING! I love this place, it’s tiny so don’t try to come in big group...but it’s perfect for an usual and original date. The food is wow, so well cooked, explosion of flavors in the mouth! Don’t hesitate, GO THERE!

WOW! This place is really great. my boyfriend and i both ordered fuzzuli noodles with the meat sauce. i got feta cheese and my boyfriend got bacon bites in there, along with that we also got meatballs. the pastas together were $35 and the meatballs were $5 for 5. The meatballs are a good size, they do NOT skimp you in anyway. They fill up the bowl all the way to the top. The wait was about 25-30 mins, which im guessing gives them enough time to boil the pasta and get the sauce on it. The pasta was super hot !!! Very very good and flavorful. We WILL be coming back here again!!

Delicious food,tasty,great flavors,creamy pastas. You can build your own pasta. Not expensive,small window seating area. First time here and will be back,my recommendation.

Awesome pasta, wouldve loved to have more seating options.

Best Pasta around town!!!!! I ordered the lobster pasta and it came with pink crab sauce! Wow. Fast and super delicious!

I order(ed) from here at least once a week. The driver usually calls when the food arrives. Tonight the food was just left outside without so much as a call. My neighbor tripped over the bag when leaving the building... so you can imagine what happened to my food.The food is tasteful but I will not order from here again.

#1 best pasta dishes in Boston! Highly recommend!

The restaurant is a tiny, clean place for very good pasta. It tastes delicious and very fresh! I loved the view over the street and the old church! Also the music played in the restaurant is pretty good! Keep up the good work!

Great fresh pasta cant beat it.

Small place, big taste, visiting from Houston Texas and this is our first meal here, with portion sizes big even for Texas, and a taste to match, I definitely recommend!

Looking from outside is small simple place, however I was surprised by the food quality.You pick up a type of pasta, sauce and the topping, it will be quickly done with fresh ingredients. Also they serve sandwiches.I got the spinach ravioli, and it was delicious.

So so soooooooo good. 10/10 every time.

I have taken classes on pasta making in Italy, Boston and Ireland and apart from my own kitchen Lilly’s is the only place I buy pasta.

Make-your-own pasta dish style eatery. Their homemade pasta is super delicious ! Its a small place so theres not much seating but they have delivery and free delivery to nearby universities.

Good value for pasta they make it fresh to order and fry pasta with the sauce

Yummy, fast, and filling! This is gonna be my new regular spot.

Favorite Italian spot in all of Massachusetts. Homemade pasta and life long connections. My father knows everyone at Lillys so its a second home when I visit. If you havent had Lillys, you havent had pasta.

Italian food? Avoid it!I ordered a big group order, my colleagues were all disappointed with the food. i had a couple of shrimp scampi linguine, but they gave me spaghetti, and the food was super salty. this is definitely not a place to get Italian food.

Great food and very friendly staff!

I work in Boston a couple of days out the week and I always google food near me. Lillys had popped up and decided to give it a try and Im glad I did. Absolutely one of the best Pasta Dishes I have ever had. The Pasta was fresh the portion size was unbelievable I had it for lunch yesterday, and had enough leftover for dinner for My 7yr old daughter and myself. I got the Tomato and Basil sauce with meatballs and sausage I was expecting 3 meatballs at most I had so many I couldnt count and they were definitely not small. Highly recommended this place

I am not a big pasta fan until I ate at Lily Gourmet Pasta Express. Ive worked in the area for about 9 months and this was my first time eating here. My son and husband had their hearts set on eating here. From the minute I walked in Tyler was great from helping us figure out how to order.....to giving us tips on what to add. EVERYTHING....EVERYTHING was delicious!!! The staff is so friendly and the spot is so freaking cute!!! If you want a great plate of pasta from really great staff.....order from Lily! You will be very pleased!!!!

Best food Ive had out of Boston. Cant wait to go back!

I am shocked that Lillys doesnt have more reviews! The restaurant has a casual setup, yet I ate one of the best pasta dishes Ive ever had (the mushroom raviolis). I felt extremely welcomed from the moment I walked in, and I enjoyed the positive nature of the employees. It is not easy to find real (not boxed) homemade pasta when going out to eat. This pasta sets the bar high! I hope they continue to do well.

One of the best restaurants in Mission Hill! Italian food made right. Just as good or better than the North End.

Best pasta place in Boston!

Great pasta... eggplant Parmesan

I spent 65 dollars and they didnt give me forks,knives, or napkins.

Absolutely delicious! Ive had the shrimp scampi & cajun shrimp alfredo with chicken💣

Horrible service! More than 20 minutes waiting for a pasta inside de place. Does not worth it.

The delivery driver was nice but the owners/managers were very rude. I tried to pay with a gift certificate and he said he couldn’t accept it. I said I was explicitly told I could pay that way on delivery so he called his manager. Even after I told her I just got out of the hospital and can’t come down to the restaurant just to hand her my gift certificate she wasn’t going to let me have the food. I told her it was my dinner and I didn’t have anything else. Luckily the driver talked to her for me and eventually was able to take the food. I feel like if they’re going to be that serious about gift certificates they should write “only redeemable in store” or they shouldn’t deny someone like that. It’s poor customer service. The food was okay, the bread was really good and my friend’s salad had bacon on it even though we didn’t ask for it and she’s a vegetarian. Next time I get a gift certificate to this Place I’m probably going to just get rid of it because it wasn’t really worth the trouble.

This is one of the best pasta places in Boston! If youre looking for North end or better definitely try them out. Ive had almost everything on the menu and its all great!

They failed to enforce their own NO MASK NO SERVICE policy.Aside from that, the cashier was well-mannered and the eggplant lasagna is excellent (by carry out standards).

A friend and I were very hungry and wanted to eat close to the event location we attended. This wonderful spot was .4 miles away. Great! Staff was friendly and the food was FANTASTIC! Just yum all over the place! Im ruined from all other related restaurants because they were so good! Grateful for leftovers😊

Awesome. Love fresh made pasta.

Lady working the counter wasn’t wearing a mask.Chicken tenders supposed to come with blue cheese but they did not.Food was good tho

Wow! The food was fantastic. Do not let the small storefront and the word express fool you!This place has all the flavor and quality that we expect in a restraunt.The pasta that they make is all fresh, and the lobster ravioli with crab meat cream sauce....... It was phenomenal!The best part of our experience was not the food but Tyler!He was patient while we took our time ordering and ensure that we got exactly what we wanted.And when the order was done, it was done to perfection, even to the extra sauces that people generally forget.It was interesting experience because this other worker was yelling about tips and honestly very inappropriate- but Tyler stayed calm and continue to hustling through the waves of orders, while giving customers the customer service that was deserved.He is an asset to this company, for he is a hard working guy!Will definitely come back when we visit!

Sooo good. fresh made pasta at a great price.

Got sesame chicken and chicken chow mein for about $20 and split with a friend. Pretty good food and the price was average. Came here because another place had too long of a line.

Blown away by how delicious the pasta was here. Really suggest the house red/meat sauce...it was absolutely wonderful. If you are anywhere near here, go treat yourself to some great pasta. We ate outside on the sidewalk, actually pretty nice even during the heat wave of 18.

Some of the best pasta in town! Really good serving sizes. A bit small inside, there is some seating available but very limited. Its more of a take out joint. Gotta try the Cajun shrimp and chicken!

Good food

I want to preface this review with I am a very picky (definitely annoyingly so) Italian from northern New Jersey. I generally do not even bother with Italian in Boston since most of it, in my opinion, is horrible and often drenched in red pepper to make up for the fact they dont know how to make sauce. One day I decided to give this place a shot and now I get take out from here all the time. Definitely not a sit down kinda place since there is limited seating and it can be cold in the winter but the pasta and sauces are really great. I cant speak to anything other than the pasta because I dont think sub when I read Gourmet Pasta Express but maybe thats good too. Definitely worth ordering from here especially since they dont charge a delivery fee.

I think this is a local chain, but dont let that dissuade you. The owner is a nice guy who talks about his time with the Boston PD. All of the pasta is handmade. The sausages even pleased my father, a fresh-off-the-boat European. I was taken aback!

Hole in the wall place with some of the best pasta I’ve had. Had to wait for 20 min or so for our order to be ready, but it was phenomenal. Great, freshly made pasta with tons of options.

Despite how it looks, this place makes amazing pasta. Stopped by Friday night with a roommate and a friend and built our own orders. The alfredo with whole wheat pasta, caramelized onions, and mushrooms was exactly what I was craving. My roommates butternut squash ravioli smelled and tasted very good. Garlic bread was fresh out of the oven and nicely toasted.The only down side was waiting for the food. Since we lived so close by, we just walked over. Half an hour later, we walked out with our food. To this places credit, it was very busy when we arrived and a big group arrived to pick up an order they had called in. But while we waited, the guy taking the orders gave us a free cookie.Next time, and there will be many future times, we will take their advice and just call ahead.

Fresh pasta? Fresh ingredients?Whats not to like

The alfredo is to die for!! Occasionally, wait times can be lengthy when its busy, but absolutely worth it. The ultimate comfort food and great quality ingredients.

I am sitting with a friend at the Brigham and Womens Hospital ER and knowing it was going to be a long wait, we reminisced about the best takeout foods weve had over the years, and that when we realized how close we were to Lillys, one of the places on our list!Knowing we had approximately 5 hours of waiting, I went over to grab some food and it was delicious as always. The mushroom raviolis are huge and stuffed really well, and paired with the red sauce is great and hearty. Added the breaded chicken and they definitely didnt skimp on that, even for takeout!The location is super easy to get to walking or by bus, and with the windows open, its a super cute cozy atmosphere. It will be hot in there in the summer, cause I can only imagine the losing battle into trying to keep an open kitchen format restaurant joint like that cold would be.They also have giant sketchbooks on the counter that you can entertain yourself in, and I found the ones my friend and I did years and years ago.Overall, some damn great food, a cute location and always really nice counter staff and cooks!!

Pros: homemade pasta thats good in textureGreat alfredo sauce that was creamy and rich. Perfect for a cold day.Amazing portion size for priceCons: garlic bread was pressed sandwhich bread with some butter slathered in. Not much garlic taste at all and definitely not worth $4.Red meat sauce came with barely any meat and was grainy in texture. Do not get it unless they run out of everything else.

The cajun chicken and shrimp pasta was really good. Cant wait to try another dish.

The best place to eat Italian food in the area, I highly recommend Lillys!!

Ordered my dinner at 6:50pm for pickup, was told it would take 30 mins. My lunch break is from 7-8pm. I headed there, waited until 8pm for my order. Was told it was still not done but it would be delivered, and was ASKED for the delivery address... it is now 9:18pm. I called, inquiring about the order and the RUDE woman that answered the phone told me it was there, waiting for me. I was never called or notified, i was told my another worker it would be delivered. She pretty much told me i was a liar, but PROVIDED the delivery address i gave the employee when he said he would deliver it . When i asked if it would be remade, because their MISCOMMUNICATION, and having me wait over 2 hours. I was told no, it is super busy. No refund, no compensation. No apology!!!! If i didnt already pay for it i wouldve cancelled it!!!!

Great food, good service; but, a little pricey.

Ahhh, mission hills treasure cove. The food here is amazing and they somehow are able to deliver in 15 mins or less. Amazing!

One of Bostons hidden jewels..they make their own pasta fresh daily. Located in Mission Hill. Despite the North End being the Italian neighborhood of Boston and known for its Italian cusine..chances are, you might be eating Lilys pasta.. because these guys supply alot of the North Ends pasta. The beautiful thing about this place..is you can totally customize your meal. Pick your own pasta, sauce, toppings. Perfect for vegetarians and meat eaters. Places like this save marriages. If you dont want to customize, they have their own dishes also. Crab cakes are killer. Place is small, Id like to see them eventually move into a bigger place. I think they would do well. I really like and support these people.

Great food

Great staff, good food quality and portions

The pastas are delicious (possibly 4 star worthy) but pricing is absolutely terrible. The pasta alone will cost like 10$, then each and every veggie (and meat too) costs extra!To get the dish you actually want, youll end up paying an extra $5 just on toppings alone

Best Pasta Ever! I usually get cajun alfredo sauce with chicken cutlet, broccoli, and diced tomatoes....soooooo good!! The cannolis are excellent. They put shaved parmesan and sun dried tomatoes on the ceasers salad. The pasta really is homemade and super fresh. I cant wait to eat there again.

The best food in Boston area. It is so delicious and awsome. I recommend it to everyone to only try it once and see it for yourself. You wont be disappointed.

Delicious home made pasta limiting seating. More of a take out.

They got my sandwich wrong. Drove all the way back with the sandwich and they offer to make another, then tries to charge me again. When I refused to pay dude says ‘ oh you got a free sandwich ‘. What?! I should have gotten the sandwich AND a refund for my trouble. And it wasn’t even that good. Won’t be back

They had delicious food and really nice service. Worth the visit!

Didnt like the wait time, but it was good considering 😎

Horrible experience with attendant named Jorge over the phone... had the audacity of calling my phone with inappropriate language including The F bomb over orders he forgot to turn in for pick up.I’m writing this to protect future customers from similar experience. I will never buy food from there...

Easily one of the best places for pasta I’ve been to in a long long time, for a great price. Surprised to find a place like this in Boston.

The best Italian restaurant in mission hill. Tastes fabulous and great plating as well. Recommend!

Lillys is a great locally owned option for getting a quick bite or a more substantial meal during the work day. Catered food delivery is always a hit with the team and the owner is friendly and supports first responders and regulars.

Fantastic pasta and grilled chicken, generous portions. Will be going back again

Great ownership. I love ordering here. They are very convenient. Any combination of food they will help you select.

This place is definitely a hidden treasure of the area! Their food is incredible and filling. They have something for the adventurous with an interesting collection of unique dishes as well as traditional pasta options rounding out their menu. As well as their signature pasta dishes, they also have a wonderful selection of sandwiches and appetizers. With delivery and reasonable prices it is a must try gem. Om-nom-nom, Lillys.

Really amazing pasta and customization options, its a little expensive for a mostly takeout restaurant but still well worth it.

The pasta here is just YUM. Everything that my girlfriend and I ordered was amazing both in quality and quantity - weve been eating their leftovers for a few days now! If I could eat there every day, then I would.

Best pasta Ive ever had. No joke.

BEST PASTA IN BOSTON

Good food, friendly service... parking IS rough.

Like they say, Gourmet. Even though it doesnt look that fancy, their food is amazing. Their Lobster ravioli is a new favorite of mine. Cajun alfredo chicken fettuccini is another favorite.Always order from them and theyre are consistent in delivering amazing food. Amazing mac n cheese bites as well.

Had an Eggplant parm. Flavor on the sauce is good, and it had plenty of gooey cheese, but the eggplant was cooked to hell...very mushy and unpleasant. Stick to the pasta.

This place has the best pasta in the city. I recommend it to everyone.

Lillys is amazing. THE best pasta in Boston. The owner is a real stand up guy as well.

So lucky to have moved just down the street. Pasta is fresh-made daily, and you can create whichever dish your heart desires. Recommend the pasta puttanesca finished off with a cannoli. Built for takeout and delivery, but also a few bar seats if you want to dine in.

I really recommend this place if you are looking for some quick and tasty food. The staff is really nice and the food is decently priced with some good options.

Love the canoli

Wonderful place...best food Ive had in Boston. Will definitely be back

Delicious and high quality. A little more expensive but entirely worth it. The crab cakes are very good, and the crab sauce for the pasta is a must try

No forks and knives

Came to boston from CT and was looking for a yummy pasta spot similar to the old Vapianos restaurant near Boston common park.... This place was amazing! Pasta was so fresh and packed with flavor! BUT i didnt expect to pay so much... $40 for 2 meals at a hole in the wall place was a bit much.. food was good, just wish it was cheaper so i could visit more often!

Awesome Carbonara! Fresh fusilli is the best!

Pleasant staff, interesting theme, perfect pasta.Will be coming back often

Best pasta Ive ever had in my life

Food is amazing along with the service. There is very little seating,but they seem to be mostly a take out restaurant.

Great pasta! Great view of the Prudential!

Always Delicious! You pick the ingredients, and they make it AMAZING!

Hey everyone. Just a heads up; if youre ordering from Lilys online be sure to be stupidly detailed. Ive ordered a steak n cheese from this place twice and both times Ive specified in the comments with everything plus hots. But apparently this place is the only restaurant that doesnt know what that means in regards to steak and cheese subs. Sad part is that the condiments and additional ingredients is what makes their dry subs somewhat tasty. Plus when Ive called to let them know they gave me a snarky attitude. So Im Not ordering from this place again but feel free to check it out yourself. This is my experience.

Bruh...Cajun Alfredo any pasta any day of the week.

A bit expensive. Around 12 or more for a meal. But nice takeout/delivery location if you are on the hill.

I have no idea what any of the above commentors are talking about, my pasta carbonara was a profoundly terrible experience. It may be because I got it takeout at 4 pm, but damn... The chicken piccata was also pretty damn bad. The fries were pretty good though. I literally couldnt eat more than 5 bites of my food and I was starving.

Best fresh pasta in Boston

Delicious food especially there rice balls.The buffalo chicken riceballs are amazing!