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5757 Westheimer, ste. 112 Houston, TX 77057

713-952-6969

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Critics'
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Best Shish Kebab
Award Winner 2005

Cuisine(s): Middle Eastern

Hours: Mon-Thu 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm

Price: $, $$, $$$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, Diners Club, cash

Attire: Casual

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Delivery, Private Party, Business Dining
Serving: Dinner, Lunch

Reservations: Accepted, Recommended

Parking: Free

Description

Punchy Middle Eastern food comes in a friendly mom-and-pop package at this tiny storefront. Spry standards (baba ghanoush, hummus) are augmented by unusual specialties: lemony lima bean salad, haunting vegetable stews (try the okra), minty fatoush salad tossed with pita croutons. Deftly marinated chicken kebabs and baby cups of cardamom coffee are guaranteed mood elevators.

2005 | Best Shish Kebab

Three different kebabs are available here: beef, chicken and kafta. The beef and kafta are the best. All are served with a rice pilaf, pita bread and hummus or a salad. The skewered beef kebab has small cubes of prime filet interspersed with onion. The chopped raw onions and cilantro, which sit on top of the kebab, add additional tastes, but the real flavor comes from the flame charbroiling the meat undergoes. The meat is so tender, there's hardly a need to chew it. The kafta kebab consists... More »

Sampler Plate: This Week in Food Blogs

By Katharine Shilcutt | Wed, November 30, 2011

2 Dine For: New food blog alert! You can now catch our own Christina Uticone over at new Houston food blog 2 Dine For (don't worry; she's still writing for EOW, too), where she and fellow writer Joshu... More »
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes: #31 The Sampler Plate at Cafe Lili

By Robb Walsh | Mon, May 31, 2010

Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historica... More »
Nostalgic Onions

By Christie Taylor | Thu, October 03, 2002

If your mom's green bean casserole is wearing thin but you just can't get enough of those crispy thin fried onions that come on top, the lentils and rice dish ($2.75) at Cafe Lili (5757 Westheimer, 713-952-6969) offers an excellent alternative. Th... More »
Hot Plate

By Alison Cook | Thu, April 21, 1994

Quintessence of Kebab For years I thought that of Houston's ethnic eateries, Indian places were the most consistent. Nowadays the honors go to Middle Eastern spots; there's scarcely a mediocre one in the bunch. Oh, once I had a bad meal at Cafe... More »

Main Menu

Starters & Sides

$12.99

Sampler
includes humos, tabouli, baba ghanouj, spinach pie, meat pie and fried kibbie.

$8.59

Falafel Appetizer
five pieces of falafel served with sliced tomatoes, chopped parsley, and tahini sauce.

$11.99

Fatoush Salad
mixed vegetables, toasted pita bread, special lebanese seasoning with lemon and olive oil dressing.

$8.59

Fried Cauliflower
deep fried to perfection and served with tahini sauce.

$8.59

Special Humos.
humos topped with ground chuck beef, onions and pine nuts.

1/2dz $4.79
1dz $9.49

Stuffed Grape Leaves
stuffed with ground beef and rice.

1/2dz $4.79
1dz $9.49

Vegetarian Stuffed Grape Leaves
stuffed with rice, peas and tahini sauce.

$3.99

Humos
a puree of chick peas and tahini sauce.

$4.79

Tabouli Salad
chopped parsley, cracked wheat, green onion, tomato, special seasoning with lemon and olive oil dressing.

$4.29

Baba Ghanouj
a puree of grilled eggplant and tahini.

$4.29

Yogourt & Cucumber
homemade yogourt, dried mint, cucumbers and garlic.

$4.29

Moujadara
lentils and rice topped with caramelized onions.

$4.29

Feta Cheese Salad
feta cheese, green onions, tomatoes and special seasonings.

$3.99

Green Bean Salad
fresh green beans, cooked with tomatoes, onions and garlic.

$3.99

Moussaka
fried eggplant served with sautéed chick peas, tomatoes, onions and garlic.

$3.99

Lima Bean Salad
large lima beans tossed with chopped parsley, fresh garlic, lemon and oil.

$4.29
W/feta $5.29

Dinner Salad
romaine lettuce, sliced tomatoes and house dressing.

$3.99

Laban
homemade plain yogurt.

$3.99

Lebne
we take the laban, place it in a cheese cloth overnight to let in concentrate, then it becomes lebne.

$1.89

Fried Kibbie

$1.89

Meat Pie

$1.89

Spinach Pie

$1.89

Cheese Pie

Salads
All Served On Fresh Pita Bread.

$15.99

Beef Kabob Salad

$11.99

Chicken Kabob Salad

$11.99

Kafta Kabob Salad

Sandwiches
All Include Romaine Lettuce, Feta Cheese, Green Onions, Tomatoes, Toasted Pita With Special Lebanese Spices And House Dressing.

$8.59

Falafel
falafel, chopped parsley, sliced tomatoes and tahini sauce.

$9.29

Kafta Kabob
kafta with sliced tomatoes, chopped parsley, onion and lebanese seasoning.

$9.29

Chicken Kabob Original
chicken served with garlic sauce, mayonnaise and pickles.

$9.29

Chicken Kabob American.
chicken served with garlic sauce, romaine lettuce, mayonnaise, sliced tomatoes and pickles.

$9.29

Shawerma Beef
thinly sliced seasoned beef served with tomatoes and tahini sauce.

Entrees
All Served On Fresh Pita Bread And Fries.

1/2 $15.99
Whole $25.99

Beef Kabob

1/2 $11.99
Whole $16.29

Chicken Kabob

1/2 $11.99
Whole $16.29

Kafta Kabob

1 Skewer Of Each $24.99

Grilled Combo

Specialties
All Plates Served With Rice And Choice Of Humos Or Dinner Salad.

$8.79

Foul Mudammas
fava beans, lemon, garlic and olive oil. (served hot)

3 Cold Appetizers $10.79
4 Cold Appetizers $11.79

Veggie Plate: 3 Cold Appetizers

$11.99

Chicken & Rice.
always good, served with dinner salad. (there is good chuck beef in the rice.)

$11.99

Beef Shawerma Plate
served with humos.

Desserts

$2.49

Date Cookie.

$2.49

Pistachio Cookie

$1.99

Baklawa

$3.99

Carmel Custard

$3.99

Rice Pudding

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Cafe Lili

5757 Westheimer, ste. 112 Houston, TX 77057

713-952-6969

Description

2005 | Best Shish Kebab

By Katharine Shilcutt | Wed, November 30, 2011

By Robb Walsh | Mon, May 31, 2010

By Christie Taylor | Thu, October 03, 2002

By Alison Cook | Thu, April 21, 1994