Lily Kai Chinese Cuisine

Name: Lily Kai Chinese Cuisine
Address: 1881 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon, CA, United States, 94920
Telephone: (415) 789-5667
Price range: $30 and under
Rating: 4.3

4.3 (77)

$30 and under

Chinese

1881 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon, CA 94920

About this restaurant

Great for scenic views
Good for groups
Neighborhood gem

With a spectacular view of the San Francisco Bay and city we brought our award winning cuisine from Petaluma to lovely downtown Tiburon. Come savor our dishes that won Best of Petaluma 6 years in a row and afterwards take a scenic waterfront walk; with a view spanning from the financial district to the Palace of Fine Arts and beyond to the Golden Gate Bridge. Make your reservation today to get the best available table for your dining pleasure.

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Dining style
Casual Elegant
Price
$30 and under
Cuisines
Chinese
Hours of operation
Lunch: Daily 11:00am-3:30pm Dinner: M-Sa 3:30pm-9:00pm
Phone number
(415) 789-5667
Website
http://www.LilyKaiTiburon.com/
Payment options
AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress
Private party facilities
We have a private room that seats up to 20 comfortably. In our dining area, we have the means to accommodate upwards of 120 and all table arrangements can be catered to your needs.

Location
1881 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon, CA 94920
Neighborhood
Tiburon
Cross street
Paradise Dr.
Parking details
Free validated parking in our spacious private lot.
Additional
Beer, Corkage Fee, Delivery, Gluten-free Options, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, View, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Sweet and Sour Pork (Fried)$7.65
Lightly battered fried tender pork with pineapple, bell peppers and onions in a sweet and sour sauce.
Salt & Pepper Pork (Fried)$7.65
Snow Peas with BBQ Pork$7.65
Curry Lamb$8.65
String Bean Beef in Black Bean Sauce$7.65
Manchurian Beef (Fried)$7.65
Tender beef dipped in light batter and deep fried. Coated in a honey sauce.
Mongolian Beef$7.65
Stir-fried, tender sliced beef with onions and scallions in a spicy garlic sauce.

Chow Mein

Chicken Chow Mein$7.25
Noodles with carrots, cabbage, onions and bean sprouts. Available with Chow Fun or Hong Kong Crispy Noodles ($1 extra)
Beef Chow Mein$7.25
Noodles with carrots, cabbage, onions and bean sprouts. Available with Chow Fun or Hong Kong Crispy Noodles ($1 extra).
BBQ Pork Chow Mein$7.25
Noodles with carrots, cabbage, onions and bean sprouts. Available with Chow Fun or Hong Kong Crispy Noodles ($1 extra).
Vegetable Chow Mein$7.25
Noodles with carrots, cabbage, onions and bean sprouts. Available with Chow Fun or Hong Kong Crispy Noodles ($1 extra).
Prawn Chow Mein (or combination)$8.25
Noodles with carrots, cabbage, onions and bean sprouts. Available with Chow Fun or Hong Kong Crispy Noodles ($1 extra)
Tan Tan Noodles$8.25
Stir-fried noodles with chicken breast, zucchini, bean sprouts and scallions in spicy brown sauce.
Singapore Noodles$8.25
Stir-fried rice noodles with prawns, chicken, BBQ pork, egg and onions in a curry sauce.
Shanghai Rice Mochi$8.25
Minced pork sautéed with scallions, bean sprouts and rice mochi.

Fried Rice

Chicken Fried Rice$7.25
Stir-fried rice with egg and green onion and chicken breast.
Beef Fried Rice$7.25
Stir-fried rice with egg and green onion and beef.
BBQ Pork Fried Rice$7.25
Stir-fried rice with egg and green onion and BBQ Pork.
Vegetable Fried Rice$7.25
Stir-fried rice with egg and green onion and vegetables (egg or no egg).
Prawn Fried Rice (or combination)$8.25
Stir-fried rice with egg and green onion and prawns (or combination).

Poultry

Citrus Duck$8.65
Cashew Chicken$7.65
Chicken stir-fried with zucchini, celery, mushrooms and water chestnuts in a tasty brown sauce.
Lemon Chicken$7.65
Lightly battered and fried sliced chicken topped with a housemade lemon sauce.
General's Chicken (Fried)$7.65
Chicken lightly battered and fried with spicy ginger garlic sauce. Garnished w/broccoli.
Pineapple Chicken (Fried)$7.65
Szechuan Chicken (Fried)$7.65
Spicy Basil Chicken$7.65
Chicken breast sautéed with fresh asparagus, snow peas, onions and bell peppers in a spicy flavorful basil sauce.
Chicken in Black Bean Sauce$7.65
Kung Pao Chicken$7.65

Seafood

Prawns with Deluxe Vegetables$8.65
Princess Prawns (Fried)$8.65
Prawns in Lobster Sauce$8.65
Spicy Basil Prawns$8.65
Kung Pao Prawns$8.65
Prawns stir fried with celery, zucchini, bell peppers and onions in a hot and spicy sauce. Topped with Peanuts.
Spicy String Bean Prawns$8.65
General's Prawns (Fried)$8.65

Vegetables

Spicy Broccoli Tofu$6.75
Deluxe Vegetables$7.75
Kung Pao Tofu$6.75
Ma Po Tofu in a Chili Sauce$6.75
Spicy String Beans$6.75

What 77 people are saying

Lily Kai Chinese Cuisine reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

Overall ratings and reviews

4.3

4.3 based on all time ratings

4.3Food
4.2Service
4.1Ambience
2.7Value

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77 Reviews

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NicoleR VIP
San Francisco Bay Area2 reviews
1.0
Reviewed on September 30, 2017
1. Overall 1
Watch out for this place!!! Lily Kai engages in deceptive and deceitful business practices. The staff presents you with a "lunch menu" with a lower set of prices and then deceptively lures you into ordering "a la carte" which is, in fact, the "dinner menu" with a much higher set of prices. I was pointing to the lunch menu when I ordered. However, when the bill arrived, I was charged prices that were double. When I questioned the bill and explained the confusion, I was treated to a rude outburst by the unprofessional staff. Only then, and after I demanded to see it, did they show me the "a la carte dinner menu". My question to Lily Kai is why didn't you present me with this additional menu option upfront by giving me the actual menu? This is a restaurant that thinks they can take advantage of the people in Tiburon simply because they have money. Guess what? These people deserve respect too and are too intelligent to put up with being treated in such a horrible and disrespectful manner. I will never return to Lily Kai again and hope they go out of business soon, so that they can be replaced by restaurants like Servino, Salt and Pepper, and Trattoria Don Antonio, places that know how to treat their customers with the respect they deserve. I only wish I could rate this place lower. One star is one too much for what I endured during my recent lunch at Lily Kai.
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AmyH VIP
San Francisco Bay Area17 reviews
5.0
Dined on May 4, 2017
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Best Chinese food in Marin County and with a spectacular view of San Francisco
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ElizabethF
San Francisco Bay Area11 reviews
5.0
Dined on April 30, 2017
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Wonderful food, nice atmosphere and view ♡
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marty
San Francisco Bay Area52 reviews
3.0
Dined on April 1, 2017
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
Having dinner at Lily Kai was like going back to the Fifties and the Chinese dinners I used to have with my parents. We ordered fried squid as an appetizer, and enjoyed the fresh, crunchy bits. Salad appeared on the plate, but no sauce to dip the squid. Then we had sweet and sour pork, which we shouldn't have had because it was fried also. The server didn't alert us to this. We enjoyed the view and the setting, as well as the entertainment of seeing the ferry dock and unload commuters. We wondered if the restaurant would survive if in another location with a less spectacular view.
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Bill VIP
San Francisco Bay Area84 reviews
5.0
Dined on March 18, 2017
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Excellent food and service.
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ElizabethB VIP
Jacksonville / Northeast Florida795 reviews
4.0
Dined on February 24, 2017
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
The wonton and hot and sour soups were excellent values, providing several cups per bowl ordered. My Mu Shu pork was the best I had anywhere and my 3 companions were pleased with their selections (Hunan chicken, chicken with cashews). Service was friendly and efficient.
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MarinDiner
San Francisco Bay Area4 reviews
4.0
Dined on February 17, 2017
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
The folks who work at Lily Kai's are friendly, professional, and fun. Our waitress made some good recommendations when we couldn't decided about a couple dishes. We celebrated a friend's birthday and ordered a number of dishes, all of which were perfectly prepared and tasty. We started with the salt and pepper calamari, chicken pot stickers and shrimp dumplings. That was followed by General's chicken, General Tsao's tofu, vegetarian moo-shu, and walnut prawns. That was for four of us and there were leftovers to take home. When they learned we were celebrating a birthday, they put a candle in a bowl of ice cream and the staff sang Happy Birthday. It was a wonderful evening and we all look forward eating at Lily Kai's again and exploring more of the menu.
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foodmaven
San Francisco Bay Area37 reviews
2.0
Dined on January 2, 2017
1. Overall 2
2. Food 2
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 3
We go to Lily Kai often as it is a very convenient local restaurant. The service is usually good, fast, and food is good. We have several favorite servers, who know us and are always very accommodating. However, there are a few servers who are not particularly friendly, even to the point of being surly. The man we had on New Year's Day for an early dinner was the later. He was abrupt and impatient, although the restaurant was not particularly crowded. Additionally, I had a coupon for some free items that had been in a mailer. Although no where on the coupon are there any stated restrictions for the use of the coupon (other than certain items are free depending on the overall cost of the meal), this server would not take the coupon because it was New Year's Day. The coupon doesn't state "not valid on Holidays", nor any other stated restrictions. Therefore, I felt he should have honored the coupon. We were at Lily Kai recently on May 27, 2017. I don't know if the management has changed, but there was a marked difference in the service, quality of food, and prices of all items. There were only two servers in the whole restaurant, and there were very few tables occupied on what is usually a busy Friday evening. The cost of all items on the menu appear to have been raised considerably and the quality of the food has diminished. The friendly neighborhood feeling of Lily Kai was not apparent either. We have gone to Lily Kai since it opened several times a month and all the servers knew us and greeted us warmly, often asking about a member of the family if that person was not with us that day. This last time there was no greeting and we waited a long time to be served. Despite the convenience of having a neighborhood Chinese restaurant, I can no longer recommend Lily Kai and probably will not go there again.
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Lynn VIP
San Francisco Bay Area42 reviews
5.0
Dined on December 31, 2016
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
We really enjoyed our dinner. The special was basil chicken and prawns, it was wonderful. The service was attentive and friendly. We will definitely be back soon!
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foodbuff
San Francisco Bay Area14 reviews
4.0
Dined on December 23, 2016
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 4
We were a party of 9 and enjoyed having a round table. The food was very tasty and well prepared. The service was abrupt - almost to the point of rudeness. I don't know whether the restaurant was understaffed and our waiter had too many tables to look after, but the service could definitely have been friendlier.
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1881 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon, CA 94920

Additional information

Cross street
Paradise Dr.
Neighborhood
Tiburon
Hours of operation
Lunch: Daily 11:00am-3:30pm Dinner: M-Sa 3:30pm-9:00pm
Price
$30 and under
Cuisines
Chinese
Dining style
Casual Elegant
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
Free validated parking in our spacious private lot.
Payment options
AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Additional
Beer, Corkage Fee, Delivery, Gluten-free Options, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, View, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Website
http://www.LilyKaiTiburon.com/
Phone number
(415) 789-5667
Private party facilities
We have a private room that seats up to 20 comfortably. In our dining area, we have the means to accommodate upwards of 120 and all table arrangements can be catered to your needs.

Lily Kai Chinese Cuisine

About this restaurant

Not available on OpenTable

There’s more to explore

Additional information

Beef, Pork & Lamb

Sweet and Sour Pork (Fried)$7.65

Salt & Pepper Pork (Fried)$7.65

Snow Peas with BBQ Pork$7.65

Curry Lamb$8.65

String Bean Beef in Black Bean Sauce$7.65

Manchurian Beef (Fried)$7.65

Mongolian Beef$7.65

Chow Mein

Chicken Chow Mein$7.25

Beef Chow Mein$7.25

BBQ Pork Chow Mein$7.25

Vegetable Chow Mein$7.25

Prawn Chow Mein (or combination)$8.25

Tan Tan Noodles$8.25

Singapore Noodles$8.25

Shanghai Rice Mochi$8.25

Fried Rice

Chicken Fried Rice$7.25

Beef Fried Rice$7.25

BBQ Pork Fried Rice$7.25

Vegetable Fried Rice$7.25

Prawn Fried Rice (or combination)$8.25

Poultry

Citrus Duck$8.65

Cashew Chicken$7.65

Lemon Chicken$7.65

General's Chicken (Fried)$7.65

Pineapple Chicken (Fried)$7.65

Szechuan Chicken (Fried)$7.65

Spicy Basil Chicken$7.65

Chicken in Black Bean Sauce$7.65

Kung Pao Chicken$7.65

Seafood

Prawns with Deluxe Vegetables$8.65

Princess Prawns (Fried)$8.65

Prawns in Lobster Sauce$8.65

Spicy Basil Prawns$8.65

Kung Pao Prawns$8.65

Spicy String Bean Prawns$8.65

General's Prawns (Fried)$8.65

Vegetables

Spicy Broccoli Tofu$6.75

Deluxe Vegetables$7.75

Kung Pao Tofu$6.75

Ma Po Tofu in a Chili Sauce$6.75

Spicy String Beans$6.75

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