Lily's Vegetarian Indian Restaurant in Tameside

My wife is vegetarian, and I’m not. The food here is amazing. The staff are so friendly and welcoming. The restaurant has a nice ambiance, very relaxed. The food was that good, I ordered the same again to take away for later 😂👍👌

Nom nom I'm not even a vegetarian but I still love it here! They do a tiley on a Thursday a bit of everything at discount and it's bloody lovely!! Food that good you don't notice there's no meat! Sorry no photo I eat it all!

We visited this restaurant's deli counter around 8:15 PM, even though the closing time was 9 PM. While the staff was polite and took our takeaway order, there was a senior lead or manager—a square-faced guy—who seemed completely uninterested in serving us. He kept saying items were unavailable, contradicting the staff who were saying otherwise. After receiving part of our order, we noticed the same person leaving the restaurant while we were in the car, clearly in a rush to go home. His lack of interest in serving us left a bad impression. The rest of the staff was good, but this person's behaviour made it a disappointing experience. Will not visit again.

Visited with friends, great food, really excellent service from H who has good chat and we felt would also do well as a children's tv presenter

Food bit oily but test was nice.

Best Indian restaurant I've ever been to! Helps that I can have literally anything on the menu

Unnecessarily Overpriced and average tasting vegetarian restaurant.

Authentic Indian Vegetarian Restaurant

Food was absolutely amazing, but service horrible! The restaurant team is not trained by someone who has been in hospitality before clearly. Our table was served by 4 different people, we had no idea who our server was. This lady at the front had no idea what she was doing and was just stood there, the other staff looked so unbothered and no one had smiles. Sat down and felt to judged by all of them staring at you. No one does check backs on any tables here, and they expect you to pay immediately after getting the bill. We ordered one more dish and drink during having our meal and the waiter literally rolled her eyes at us, we were so confused what we did. Staff is very very untrained and don’t think they have a manager? Whoever is the manager is not hospitality trained! When you have customers dining, you go back to them after they have had a few bites and check whether everything is okay with their food and whether they would like anything else! And you need more kind previous experience staff! Either way the chefs made amazing food!

The quality is somewhat good but the quantity portion for the main meal is not good enough at all based on prices for food items, we ordered Sizzler(full of paneer, not enough vegetables or salad or rice), pav bhaji (very small portion), uttapam (size of roti and not fluffy as it should be) and Soya chap masala(half of quantity compared to shown in their special food menu).

I visited their sweet shop which is adjacent to restaurant. Sweets and snacks taste good. Service is pretty fast, neat and clean place. Tried their restaurant as well. Good food with great taste. Loved it.

The food here is incredible, eveything is clearly made fresh and to order! Very highly recommend. The atmosphere is really good (music isn't too loud etc), and finally the prices of the food is very reasonable, espcislly considering the portion sizes. A gem of Manchester!

I am a meat eater and this is my favourite restaurant. The food and service is outstanding. The food is always perfect. An extensive menu brought to you by very attentive staff who are happy to advise on any dish. I can't wait for my next visit

I visited Lily's last Friday with my sister and from start to finish the service, food and atmosphere was excellent. We were firstly greeted by Lajaana, who made us feel very welcome and made sure everything was ok for us throughout our visit. We had the afternoon tea, which was delicious, very filling and I would highly recommend it. Thank you so much to the staff for making our 1st time at your restaurant a great experience and we will definitely be back.

Fantastic food and service. The staff are very friendly and attentive.

Great place, great food, great service. I'm not vegetarian as a rule, but wow I love the food here. Always good.

Amazing food as always at Lilys! They do a vegan paneer and it’s beyond incredible - I have since been back twice to have some more! I also recommend the Lilys Vegan sizzler (pictured) My 2 children loved the food here and the curry spice level can be adjusted for them which is great for fussy eaters! We also ordered some noodles from the indo-Chinese menu just incase the children found things too spicy, however that wasn’t the case and everything was devoured!

This place is such a gem! The food is always outstanding and the service fantastic! We love coming here and look forward to the bright and cheerful atmosphere and the smiles from all the staff!

At lily's ordered 8 King Fisher's, the best draught beer its out of this world. Only came for drinks and deli snacks. The service is next level. Hiren and Abhi served us. Also Jess and Lajaana are very brilliant staff. Service is great and staff are very friendly and not forgetting Parul who welcomed us in.

Y first time here - a family get together for my father's 80th birthday - we managed to get a late booking after our original venue fell through. Lovely place well worth its reputation. The food is very tasty and they are happy to adapt things according to allergies and tastes. The staff are extremely helpful and lovely. Will definitely be back. Recommendations are just based on our order - we didn't taste everything on the menu!

Went out for a meal as a family group with young children. Mostly vegans. Restaurant is very family friendly. Casual. Large menu with many vegan options. Lots of choose from. Service was friendly and efficient. Food was fast, fresh and warm. Loved that we got fresh cutlery and warmed plates between courses. Ordered several things to share. Was amazing meal. Thank you to staff for making it a great evening.

The food is beautiful. My Dhosa and my wife's Uttapam were divine. We'd never been to a vegetarian restaurant before,I was apprehensive with there not being meat on the menu. I needn't have bothered,our food was fantastic. The gentleman that served us was friendly and welcoming.The place is immaculate. Very highly recommended. If I could give more stars I would.

Been going to Lily’s for years (when it was over the road next to ASM). With some time off work we went for Thali Thursday and the food was beautiful. Highly recommended

Not been for a while but we met a friend there for lunch yesterday. Forgot how good the food is, excellent service and reasonably priced.

Great choice of vegetarian and vegan dishes. Food was delicious.

Love this place. Always amazing food and the staff are brilliant. They're super vigilant of any allergies to the point that they ask if birthday cakes have egg because it's totally egg free. There's only me in my family that's an awkward vegan and when we come here they all love it.

Lovely food and service. VFM, easily the tastiest and best Indian restaurant I've eaten at. Enough said!

All veggy - I can have anything on the menu!! Delicious and varied snacks, starters and mains, can be quite hot but all totally delicious. I recommend the Paneer Tikka starter and the Papri Chaat cold mixed plate mmmm......

Vybhav served well.......Thanks Vybhav for the stunning picture.....

Excellent place. Those who I went with have been there many times. Great service and lovely food. Full of flavour! : ) I personally really enjoyed the Gobi Manchurian, while those with me had a Chaat and a Birayani (I don't know which ones but) both really enjoyed them as well. Fair value for money. Just check their hours at they close early on the weekend,, on Sundays anyway. Booking a table in advance is recommended.

I made a reservation prior to our visit. The kitchen closes at 8:30 but the restaurant still opens till 9pm. Staffs are very friendly, and polite. Most of the dishes are good and some of them are decent. You can request to adjust the spice level. We had Pani puri, bhel puri, biriyani, puri and channa palak. Pani puri was slight disappointing to us, the other dishes were very tasty. We can also shop snacks outside the restaurant.

Food quality was ok but staff service wasn’t nice We ordered food & It takes ages and after serving nobody come even once for asking food is ok or not Or if we need anythingelse.

A nice place to have a relaxing meal. We enjoyed all our dishes including the samosas, idli and thali. Nice decor and ambience, parking available on side street. We booked in advance & deli shop also available for sweets & savouries to purchase.

I rarely ever post reviews, but this place definitely deserves a 5*. Lovely and informative staff and the food was amazing.

Myself and a couple of friends were there last week. We had ordered papdi chat and tea. Papdi chat was a joke. I was served something similar to Bel poori with 4 papdi on top. We did double-check with the lady hotel staff, and she went on a defensive that this is how it is made. The tea was great. Half eaten pic below.

Lily's is one of the best Indian restaurants in Tameside offering a unique experience on vegetarian cuisine.

First time visiting this place, which we have been meaning to visit for sometime now There is a great little deli at the front of the restaurant and then lots of seating space inside The chairs and the boots and tables are all really well presented and clean and tidy The service was lovely. Everybody was really friendly and we were getting lots of food. Envy was looking at other peoples dishes that were being brought out. We ended up choosing the spicy noodles and the paneer makhani curry The curry was probably one of the best ones I’ve tasted with some of the nicest garlic naan bread I’ve had in a while The spicy noodles on the other hand were a little bit of a letdown and quite boring. I think they may have missed out some of the vegetables as somebody else had had one delivered a few tables down which looked really appetising and I was just didn’t fit the bill. Everything was great Poppadoms yeah, we’re lovely and fresh and the chutney tray was very tasty. The only thing I think that would’ve helped me whilst making my decisions was maybe some pictures of the food I had a look on the Google page and on Instagram, but there was hardly anything For the specials menu, they did have pictures of the food there. We took home some Rasmalai from the shop - it was really nice, but I thought it had too much cardamon in there for my liking. Then again I’m no expert. We also took some samosas home and they were lovely also.

The food was fabulous, a must for vegetarians. Great starter options.. which can be shared.. very much tapas style, crispy bhajiya, crispy okras, pani puri, samosas. Spoilt for choice on mains with paneer options, dosas, etc. Highly recommended. Special mention for Hiren, who took our order. All the staff seemed very friendly. There is no on-site parking, street parking on single yellow line after 6pm which we used. There is paid parking behind a cash and carry next door. We didn't use it, so we were unable to verify the cost and how busy it was.

Amazing food, the paneer tikka was gorgeous!

One of our daughters is vegetarian so we booked Lilys for a family meal, the restaurant is clean & modern and we found the food was excellent, we ordered a variety of dishes & they were all good. There is a well stocked self service shop attached where you can buy all manner of ingredients to cook at home.

Decent indian food.. good sweets

Great place for Indian food and ambience. Prices are bit expensive and other than that everything is fine

The place was amazing. Food, atmosphere, dessert. The whole package if you’re looking for a vegan friendly Indian place. Very fast service too!

A return lunchtime visit to one of the small number of entirely vegetarian South Asian restaurants in the metro area. Vegetable samosa to start for one of us. It’s not in the slightest bit greasy and comes well balanced, with a background kick of chilli but not such that it overpowers. There’s a mint raita to soften things. Masala dosa to follow. A nice crisp pancake filled with spiced mashed potato, which would have stood a bit more spice. There’s a nice sambhar, coconut chutney and a yoghurt dip. It’s fine – not the best dosa we know in the area but pretty good. The other starter was papdi chaat. It’s a well thought out dish, both for texture and flavour – crisp papdi and sev, chickpeas and potato, mixed with yoghurt and a sweet/sharp chutney (tamarind?). It’s a generous portion that would possibly have done you as a main course, if you hadn’t come with much of an appetite. Fortunately, I had brought an appetite, so was able to also enjoy vegetable Jaipuri. It’s a richly flavoured dish, reflecting the cuisine of Rajasthan – mixed vegetables, chopped very small, cashew nuts and grated paneer in a creamy tomato sauce. I ordered that with a couple of Gujarati roti, liberally smeared with melted ghee. Good lunch. And we then popped into their shop to buy a selection of sweets to nibble on over the coming days.

Good food although not as good as it used to be. We were kicked out at 9 because of closing, so couldn't have dessert or coffee.

Lovely place, great food and service. The dosa was amazing. The atmosphere wasn't great as it was a very quiet Wednesday lunch. Have been before when it's been buzzing. Will definitely be back...

If you are looking for an authentic Indian place which serves a wide variety of Indian Snacks and meal items , ALL VEGETARIAN, you should visit this place. The spice level was on point and the atmosphere was lit. Recommend it 10/10.

Absolutely amazing food. A superb feast for the senses. Cannot wait to return on my next visit to Ashton. Loved it!!

Pure Vegetarian food at its best, very friendly staff

Went here the weekend for my birthday. Opening hours very unusual for an Indian restaurant closes at 4 or 5 or 6 depending on which information is correct, as the times on the door are different to the website and then different to times u can book a table online. They do paneer makhani and dal makhani but couldn't make me a mushroom one. Infact couldn't even change the mushroom and spinach curry to not have spinach which suggests it's not cooked fresh. Came out very quickly again was it just re heated! Food was OK had much better Indian food at other places. I am vegetarian and encouraged my bf a meat eater to eat their because it was my birthday. Really disappointed wouldn't go again. Plus a bit over priced for what you get portion wise.

Such an amazing and welcoming place! The staff is brilliant! An abundance of food choice for vegans that are gluten free ♥️ and the food is sooooo delicious you’ll be addicted tomit

Amazing food. Excellent service. This may be the best Indian food I have ever eaten. A little noisy - but with food like this - it does not matter.

Great Great quality food, very busy. Have to reserve seating.

Usually when it comes to vegetarian restaurants everyone has to is perception that it’s not gonna be tasty and they would lack flavour and option! Well let me tell you that this is not the case when it comes to this place. Food was absolutely amazing and felt it was cooked fresh. You feel like you are in India. Everything was super authentic and flavourful. Options are endless and you have some many too choose from to a point that you will end up ordering more than you can handle. But have no worries as you will finish them all cuz they are super tasty. Staff are very attentive and helpful. Definitely recommend this place and I am sure you will go over and over again.

Usually when it comes to vegetarian restaurants everyone has to is perception that it’s not gonna be tasty and they would lack flavour and option! Well let me tell you that this is not the case when it comes to this place. Food was absolutely amazing and felt it was cooked fresh. You feel like you are in India. Everything was super authentic and flavourful. Options are endless and you have some many too choose from to a point that you will end up ordering more than you can handle. But have no worries as you will finish them all cuz they are super tasty. Staff are very attentive and helpful. Definitely recommend this place and I am sure you will go over and over again.

My first visit and I don't think it will be my last. It was great going somewhere where the entire menu was vegetarian. It was overwhelming having so much choice when I'm used to picking from a few options! For my first visit, I played safe and went with a dish I'd had elsewhere so I had something to compare it with. I ordered paneer tikka shashlik, jeera rice, and a side salad. I was impressed by the portion size of the side salad and Shashlik - I thought they'd be smaller so these were definitely sharable. My friend had a curry dish which felt more "personal" sized. The staff were friendly, but not quite as available as we needed which is why I rated 4*s. Didn't feel rushed to leave, and the atmosphere was good (we did go mid-week in the evening).

We visited for a family meal after visiting Lily's and having takeaway food for the past ten years. We haven't been in a while and we will not be going again. The service was awful. Very slow and didn't seem to know what we'd ordered. The onion bhaji starter was the worst we'd ever had. A few in our group left theirs. They were tasteless, soggy and cold. The mains weren't much better and were also cold. The manager came to our table talking about the bill when people were still eating their main and they didn't even get a chance to look at the dessert menu. We then had to queue to pay and it took nearly half an hour for the pleasure. It was a really unpleasant experience with no apology or acknowledgement of the issues.

We have been coming here regularly for years and the food is always amazing, more importantly the service is what makes the restaurant so good. The staff are welcoming and in particular Hiren makes the experience enjoyable with his conversation and helpfulness always with a smile!

Always pleased with this place. Great staff, atmosphere and food.

Excellent food. Variety of street food, classical snacks, thali meals and more formal dishes. All vegetarian or vegan. Really fresh. Superb staff. Highly recommend

Amazing food Lovely people Beautiful place One of my favourite restaurants, highly recommend

Another amazing visit to Lily's, the food is just out of this world, the spicy cashews are delicious 😋, I also had a new dish from the specials it was amazing (can't remember what is was called, but it wasn't the soya mince dish), its just amazing every time we visit, the atmosphere the friendly staff, I like my meat but I would pick Lily's over anywhere else Keep up the amazing work guys 👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️ We had 7 dishes and 5 drinks

Service is very good. All the food that we tried was great, well seasoned and delicious except the vegetarian biryani. It was very disappointing.

Unbelievable vegetarian food. Speedy service and great atmosphere. The staff are attentive, even the owner/manager came over for a chat to make sure we were enjoying our time

No value for customers especially the ones standing in the front.

Awesome food!! You must try the Dosa!! Service and food only gets better, favorite veggie restaurant!

Visited Lily's on Good Friday (visiting for a few days from London). There was a great atmosphere. It was nice to be in an Indian restaurant that didn't have TVs dotted around the place and the music was low, so you could hear each other talk. The service was great, all staff were polite and spoke to you with a smile on their face. The food was tasty. We only had starters and dessert (paneer tikka, pani puri, masala chips, ice cream and chocolate fudge cake which was to die for). The food was priced fairly and even though all tables were full, the level of service didn't drop at any point. The food came out very quick, I think we waited less than 5 minutes for drinks and 10 minutes for starters. Would definitely recommend going here if you're in the area.

Have done ala carte here several times. Food is reasonably good. But some dishes tend to taste sweet to my palate. I wonder if it's the way they want it to be. I have tried their Samosas and to be honest didn't like it maybe because of the sweetness of carrots in the stuffing and also the oil in which they are fried smells wierd.Tried the Jalebi as well again had the issue with the quality. I prefer their in-house dining options over their snacks. Ambience is good. One more thing to add is they are not exactly friendly with children with special needs.

To start I must say I am not a vegan or a vegetarian , Lilly's is a No meat restaurant and Wow. The food is amazing the staff are very attentive and it's set in a lovely atmosphere. There is a shop and deli as part of the restaurant and I made use of this also. All in all an authentic most enjoyable dinner

Loved the steak and chicken options my wife Linda loved the salad and free rose toys in the bathroom would recommend I'd like to say tho I think my rose toy was used because it was sticky n white idk why lots of love paul

Such a lot of choice. Great value, great taste, lovely staff!

A gem of a place. Proper authentic South Indian food. Best Dosa in the North of England. Really great sweet house, love the kaju katli

Never fails to impress, where I find most probably the owners of a restaurant actually walk around and take the time to talk to you! It’s a great place, the food and service is excellent. Lovely vegetarian restaurant. Please go if you haven’t been!

Everything in there is absolutely amazing!! Do not change a thing please. Food is amazing no matter what you choose, staff always friendly, desserts are out of this world. There should be more places like this in Manchester city centre or Greater Manchester itself.

Just great all round. One of my favourites places to go. And price wise, can compete with anyone.

Amazing food first class service

We were a table of 6 Waiter was so polite and friendly helped us with the menu All our food came out fast and hot Waiter happy to offer boxes to take home what we had left First class food, service, restaurant Thank you

If I could rate this -1000 stars I definitely would. The food was horrendous with absolutely no seasoning or flavour. The customer service was beyond atrocious, the waiter looked like he didn’t even want to be there, he had no enthusiasm what so ever not even a smile on his face. Furthermore, the food is definitely different from traditional Indian food. Even the starters were flavourless. Don’t even waste your money on this waste, it’s not worth it.

Rubbish food, zero customer service specially with asian customers

Great food and lovely attentive staff. This was our 1st time but not our last

Amazing customer service, delicious food with a great selection. I even took some treats home from the deli afterwards. Will definitely come back!

Excellent meal & excellent service. Worth the money!

Being vegetarian, it's so lovely to go to a restaurant and to be able to choose absolutely anything from the menu and not just have a choice from a few dishes. So much choice that it took us a little while to make our decisions! But everything was absolutely delicious, especially the samosa chaat and the idli. We were really looking forward to coming here again and it didn't disappoint.

What can I say this place the food is so tasty and the Currys are mega the staff are really nice

The best dosa in Manchester. This vegetarian curry house is our favourite. The food is varied and interesting with a friendly ambiance.

It's a fairly regular haunt. The food is top notch, with a great variety. Everyone enjoyed their dishes. I think their thali nights are still the best thing they do, as well as they pau bhaji.

Absolutely stunning food! I'm not a vegatarian but I choose to go here anyway. The service is always fantastic!

I have been coming to Lily’s for years and every single visit is as good as the first (and the first was outstanding). Attention to detail from servers when ordering giving due regard to allergies is always comforting and helpful and the chef has on occasions modified ingredients to facilitate a wider choice of menu for people with the most severe allergies. Food is always delicious and my only gripe is that I want to eat the whole menu every time I come. To say I’m spoilt for choice is an understatement. And as busy as it gets, the service is always prompt and exactly what’s asked for. Add to that the fact that the cost of a big meal doesn’t break the bank, it’s our go to venue for a treat day or night. It’s accessible and the toilets are always clean. Five stars never seems enough.

Buy Dhokla and jalebi today and Dhokla was almost 400gm and they give one chutney cup complementary when I asked for one more cup they said you have to pay for it and also when I asked for some green chilies again the lady on the counter said we are not providing green chilies with Dhokla it's only for gathiya I mean what is this behavior every restaurant provides chutney and green chilies with every snacks. Now I will not visit again very disappointed please improve your customer satisfaction.

All the food we ordered was either stale or tasteless

Delicious food, great value and service.

Finally got to visit lily's, it lives up to its reputation of being the best vegetarian Indian in the area. We ordered the thali, it was amazing lentil dhal, ocra, and paneer also a all the trimmings you might expect. The staff were really friendly and knowledgeable we also had the chance to visit the amazing shop next door that boasts a wide range of Indian stacks. A must visit for the area. :)

Absolutely fantastic food, great service & warm and friendly staff. Love this place. We will be back again soon.

Had a great evening celebrating my partners birthday here. Staff were friendly and attentive but not pushy, didn’t feel rushed at all. Food was amazing! Will definitely be back. Only slight negative is that the toilets could be cleaner.

Utterly sublime ! I'm not Indian but I've been addicted to the food p for 50 + years . I had almost given up hope of finding good pure vegetarian Indian food in or near Manchester- that is until this evening . I booked a table ( probably necessary because the restaurant is so popular) and was ushered to my seat promptly at the " appointed time " The Bhel was superb as was the Masala Dhosa in fact each dish I ordered was divine culminating in the home - made kulfi that was "out of this world" The restaurant ambiance was delightful as where all of the attentive staff. Prices were very fair indeed in fact for food of this quality you could easily pay twice as much. Let's not ignore the spotlessly clean superb takeaway - counter which had a vast array of enticing treats and sweets to take home. Unmissable!

Expensive for veggie Indian food. Food Quality was OK nothing to shout about.

Lovely food and atmosphere! Some of the best pav bhaji I've had in the UK!

First time here. First time having no meat for a meal. Ordered far too much but loved every dish.

Love this place, food is so tasty and the staff are lovely.

Amazing food, friendly staff, speedy service, great atmosphere!