Have loved this place for many years and has been a standby, but disappointed by this last visit. Our chilaquiles were mostly just chips with minimal meat to speak of and eggs that were over-cooked. The fries that came with the burger were tough and stale. We'd asked for children's eggs to be unsalted and they came salted. In the end it felt very overpriced for what we got.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
Yersika Torres
I love this place, the first time a waiter asks if we have any food allergies, wow they are attentive, the food is delicious, the cocktails are exquisite and the location is very good, you can walk near a large lake, it has different places for ice cream or anything another craving.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jay Shen
My friend and I went there for a Saturday brunch and my experience was overall pleasant. Everything was smooth ranging from seating to our server approaching us at a reasonable time to our food served at a good time. The only reason I would give a 4 would be due to food taste. It was good but not spectacular, and some items were better than others, which I will elaborate on very soon.I recommend the Benedict, first of all. The salad was a standard salad with leaves, but the muffins were very tasty! The ham was soft and succulent. The eggs were well-poached so as soon as I broke it, the yoke was starting to cover the muffin. The hollandaise sauce was a bit sweet but it accompanied the savory very well! I also loved the beet salad, as it contained a mixture of yellow beets and red beets, along with pecans, goat cheese, and even orange slices. It wasn't a common combination but it definitely worked! The brown butter vinaigrette accompanied everything very well, too. I will definitely get the beet salad again when I return here at some point.The turkish eggs were good as well because they had the right ingredients: dill, garlic yogurt, and roasted tomato. These ingredients represented some of the most common elements seen in Turkish dishes. I just wasn't sure if it would classify the item as "Turkish eggs" but this one could just be me being ignorant! Regardless, the taste was good and I enjoyed it!However, the Cacio y Pepe was mediocre at best. The parmesan mixture was too soupy and didn't really stick to the pasta, which meant the temperature wasn't hot enough when mixing cheese and water. It also didn't feel like the parmesan was Parmigiano Reggiano as there was some powdered texture, but I could be wrong on that one; adding some Pecorino Romano may help more. I also didn't think rigatoni was the right type of pasta because experiencing a dish like cacio e pepe should be rolling a fork around a stringy type of pasta like linguine or fettuccine.Overall good experience and I would definitely recommend this establishment to those visiting the area! Enjoying some Sebastian Joe's ice cream afterwards and visiting Wild Rumpus, the bookstore, right after brunch would definitely complete the experience even more.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beet Salad
Carrie C. Valentine
Tilia introduced me to cacio e pepe years ago and now I enjoy it whenever, wherever I can. I love a simple dish. At this last visit Tilia was making it with boxed spaghetti noodles. Good thing you’re not Italian. You’d be committing a food crime.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
Augustin McLaughlin
Pros: Good cocktails, amazing service, cozy interior.Cons: Nothing really.Drank: Two CocktailsRecommend: Yes
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Rich Jett
We placed an order to go. The food was made right on time. The staff was courteous and professional. Everyone in our family enjoyed the food. My burger was top-notch.They made a mistake and forgot to put an order of fries in our bag. When I went back to report the mistake, the staff went above and beyond to take care of the issue!The whole vibe of this place is great. Mistakes happen. It's all about how they are handled. These people are world class.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cloe Vieira
So good for breakfast! Turkish eggs were new to me but I would recommend. Our server was very helpful and attentive. Food was beautifully presented, fresh and delicious. Very light portions.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Emily Chaney
Tilia does a great brunch. Glad this spot is still turning out delicious food with great service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish Torta
Elizabeth Stekly
Food was phenomenal and well presented. The drinks were delicious and also well presented. This place has a cute little romantic candle lit vibe. Went here for my birthday highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Weo Kick
Steak tartar was the highlight and absolutely detectible!! Cocktails and beer were lovely. Service was excellent (thank you Sara!) and atmosphere cozy. Our main dishes were a little less mind blowing than the small-dish starters... One was rich but really toooo rich, making it heavier than is enjoyable, while the other entree had outstanding flavors that didn't quite blend as they should... Sharp and tangy beets, grilled cauliflower and minerally fish not melding quite right. The flavors didn't create a symphony, but also kept me intrigued... maybe it has to grow on me? All in all a very good experience and we'll definitely be back to try more original recipes. Happy this unique dining experience exists so nearby.
I absolutely love this place. The food is amazing and proportioned right. The wait staff is great. And the place has a great vibe to it. Highly recommend Tilia for brunch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Michael W.
This was our new year's day brunch. Fabulous place for a smaller place, we sat at the bar right by the door...brr! Every time someone came in you got a blast of cold air on tour back, it was the only negative to the experience. They need to switch to an air curtain instead of the cloth curtain. Now on to all the positives, as I said we sat at the bar which made getting drinks easy...I had a beer while my wife and her friend had a grapefruit mimosa(super tasty). We started off with winter fruit and lemon poppyseed bread(better than my mother's...don't tell). We followed that with cauliflower custard and bruleed yogurt & blood orange cream filled profiteroles. We chased that with our entrees Tonarelli pasta carbonara for me and the El Greco and bouillabaise with shaved truffles for the ladies and we shared the potato pavé. For me the pavé, the pasta, and the profiteroles were the stars. Definitely check this place out!
Lee H.
This is one of our favorite Linden Hills area restaurant, especially for brunch with friends!!
Sarah Pumroy
fantastic food and atmosphere, best food i’ve eaten since moving back to minneapolis in 2020.butternut squash soup: delicious, flavorful, light. a little heavy on the sunflower seeds but still a great dish.beet salad: wonderful. loved the presentation, dressing and panko bread crumbs.seafood pasta: surprising and delightful. the lemongrass pomodoro sauce was out of this world. dreamy flavor combo i won’t soon forget. a little light on the seafood. generous portion of pasta.drinks and dessert were good too but those three dishes were the standouts. can’t wait to go back.Vegetarian options: veg options present on every section of the menu, and there was a cauliflower main dish that looked very interesting.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joel Pierre Bond
Best brunch in the twin cities!!!Kid-friendliness: They offer lunch boxes full of toys, for kids!
Have loved this place for many years and has been a standby, but disappointed by this last visit. Our chilaquiles were mostly just chips with minimal meat to speak of and eggs that were over-cooked. The fries that came with the burger were tough and stale. We'd asked for children's eggs to be unsalted and they came salted. In the end it felt very overpriced for what we got.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
I love this place, the first time a waiter asks if we have any food allergies, wow they are attentive, the food is delicious, the cocktails are exquisite and the location is very good, you can walk near a large lake, it has different places for ice cream or anything another craving.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My friend and I went there for a Saturday brunch and my experience was overall pleasant. Everything was smooth ranging from seating to our server approaching us at a reasonable time to our food served at a good time. The only reason I would give a 4 would be due to food taste. It was good but not spectacular, and some items were better than others, which I will elaborate on very soon.I recommend the Benedict, first of all. The salad was a standard salad with leaves, but the muffins were very tasty! The ham was soft and succulent. The eggs were well-poached so as soon as I broke it, the yoke was starting to cover the muffin. The hollandaise sauce was a bit sweet but it accompanied the savory very well! I also loved the beet salad, as it contained a mixture of yellow beets and red beets, along with pecans, goat cheese, and even orange slices. It wasn't a common combination but it definitely worked! The brown butter vinaigrette accompanied everything very well, too. I will definitely get the beet salad again when I return here at some point.The turkish eggs were good as well because they had the right ingredients: dill, garlic yogurt, and roasted tomato. These ingredients represented some of the most common elements seen in Turkish dishes. I just wasn't sure if it would classify the item as "Turkish eggs" but this one could just be me being ignorant! Regardless, the taste was good and I enjoyed it!However, the Cacio y Pepe was mediocre at best. The parmesan mixture was too soupy and didn't really stick to the pasta, which meant the temperature wasn't hot enough when mixing cheese and water. It also didn't feel like the parmesan was Parmigiano Reggiano as there was some powdered texture, but I could be wrong on that one; adding some Pecorino Romano may help more. I also didn't think rigatoni was the right type of pasta because experiencing a dish like cacio e pepe should be rolling a fork around a stringy type of pasta like linguine or fettuccine.Overall good experience and I would definitely recommend this establishment to those visiting the area! Enjoying some Sebastian Joe's ice cream afterwards and visiting Wild Rumpus, the bookstore, right after brunch would definitely complete the experience even more.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beet Salad
Tilia introduced me to cacio e pepe years ago and now I enjoy it whenever, wherever I can. I love a simple dish. At this last visit Tilia was making it with boxed spaghetti noodles. Good thing you’re not Italian. You’d be committing a food crime.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 4
Pros: Good cocktails, amazing service, cozy interior.Cons: Nothing really.Drank: Two CocktailsRecommend: Yes
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
We placed an order to go. The food was made right on time. The staff was courteous and professional. Everyone in our family enjoyed the food. My burger was top-notch.They made a mistake and forgot to put an order of fries in our bag. When I went back to report the mistake, the staff went above and beyond to take care of the issue!The whole vibe of this place is great. Mistakes happen. It's all about how they are handled. These people are world class.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
So good for breakfast! Turkish eggs were new to me but I would recommend. Our server was very helpful and attentive. Food was beautifully presented, fresh and delicious. Very light portions.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tilia does a great brunch. Glad this spot is still turning out delicious food with great service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish Torta
Food was phenomenal and well presented. The drinks were delicious and also well presented. This place has a cute little romantic candle lit vibe. Went here for my birthday highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Steak tartar was the highlight and absolutely detectible!! Cocktails and beer were lovely. Service was excellent (thank you Sara!) and atmosphere cozy. Our main dishes were a little less mind blowing than the small-dish starters... One was rich but really toooo rich, making it heavier than is enjoyable, while the other entree had outstanding flavors that didn't quite blend as they should... Sharp and tangy beets, grilled cauliflower and minerally fish not melding quite right. The flavors didn't create a symphony, but also kept me intrigued... maybe it has to grow on me? All in all a very good experience and we'll definitely be back to try more original recipes. Happy this unique dining experience exists so nearby.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
I absolutely love this place. The food is amazing and proportioned right. The wait staff is great. And the place has a great vibe to it. Highly recommend Tilia for brunch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This was our new year's day brunch. Fabulous place for a smaller place, we sat at the bar right by the door...brr! Every time someone came in you got a blast of cold air on tour back, it was the only negative to the experience. They need to switch to an air curtain instead of the cloth curtain. Now on to all the positives, as I said we sat at the bar which made getting drinks easy...I had a beer while my wife and her friend had a grapefruit mimosa(super tasty). We started off with winter fruit and lemon poppyseed bread(better than my mother's...don't tell). We followed that with cauliflower custard and bruleed yogurt & blood orange cream filled profiteroles. We chased that with our entrees Tonarelli pasta carbonara for me and the El Greco and bouillabaise with shaved truffles for the ladies and we shared the potato pavé. For me the pavé, the pasta, and the profiteroles were the stars. Definitely check this place out!
This is one of our favorite Linden Hills area restaurant, especially for brunch with friends!!
fantastic food and atmosphere, best food i’ve eaten since moving back to minneapolis in 2020.butternut squash soup: delicious, flavorful, light. a little heavy on the sunflower seeds but still a great dish.beet salad: wonderful. loved the presentation, dressing and panko bread crumbs.seafood pasta: surprising and delightful. the lemongrass pomodoro sauce was out of this world. dreamy flavor combo i won’t soon forget. a little light on the seafood. generous portion of pasta.drinks and dessert were good too but those three dishes were the standouts. can’t wait to go back.Vegetarian options: veg options present on every section of the menu, and there was a cauliflower main dish that looked very interesting.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best brunch in the twin cities!!!Kid-friendliness: They offer lunch boxes full of toys, for kids!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger