Lillo Cucina Italiana 331 Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

"The cutest spot with the sweetest owner. My new favorite Italian spot. Everything was cooked absolutely perfectly and the sauce in every dish was incredible."

"Tiny pasta restaurant -- only a few tables. The food was excellent. You might fall asleep after this meal, but it is absolutely worth it. I had a mushroom cream pasta. There is tiramisu and other (not pasta) items on the menu too, which I didn't get to try. Cash only. Just do it!"

"I think it’s really easy to find good Italian food but very difficult to find incredible Italian food. This food was incredible - so much so that I was talking about it for 30 minutes after. Lilio Cucina is a cozy and comfortable restaurant in Brooklyn that offers imo, some of the best Italian food the city has to offer at incredibly reasonable prices. We sat down for about an hour and dined on mussels, fettuccini speck e carciofi, gricia (a rigatoni dish), a tiramisu as dessert, and a post dinner cappuccino…everything was perfect. The only things to note are that the space inside is very limited, the establishment is cash-only, there is no alcohol (or byob), and there’s no bathroom….but whatever, I’m absolutely coming back many, many more times"

"Cash only and a small place - there’s only 5 tables inside. One of the most genuine Italian restaurants I’ve been to. They perfectly prepared the clams so they didn’t have sand in them which is pretty hard to do. Everything was great. Got hot chocolate to go. Seems like they make a lot of things from scratch."

"Just like an Italy, where you can walk into a nameless storefront and have one of the best meals of your life, Lillo delivers proper and classic dishes that make you feel like you're being fed by a Nonna. His forte are the Roman pastas, and his desserts, as he hails from Rome and is an accomplished baker and chef. Even his sandwiches are second to none. Every meal here is a feel-good experience."