Lamill Coffee Boutique

(323) 663-4441

1636 Silver Lake Blvd
Silver Lake, CA 90026 34.0885 -118.2688

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Neighborhoods: Silver Lake, East LA

Hours:

Sun-Thu 7am-10am

Fri-Sat 7am-11pm

Price:

$

Last updated 1.14.10

Category:

Restaurants, Coffeehouses

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, Discover, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Local Favorite, Breakfast, Brunch, People Watching, Lunch Spot, Dine At The Bar

Cuisine:

New American

Editor's Tips

What People Are Saying About Lamill Coffee Boutique

Featured Review

Martha Burr

Contributor

In Short – The purr of La Marzocco espresso and Clover machines is usually overwhelmed by the buzzing mob of Silver Lake's coffee aficionados at this neighborhood caffeine haunt. French baroque motifs frame the elite space, where nonchalant chicks in Chococat baby tees rub elbows with old-school skate punks, tattooed soccer moms and alt-trepreneurs. Tableside servers brew a deluxe list of limited premium blends with a sliding scale of complexity for varying levels of coffee snobs. There's the ubiquitous plunging French press; the scientific drip brew of Chemex; the hi-tech, vacuum-brewed…

Editor's Tips

Know Before You Go:
Although the space opens daily at 7am, cooked breakfasts aren't served until at least 8am.
Save Time:
Weekends are jam-packed, particularly at brunch time, when lines for tables flow out the door. Seats are more plentiful on weekdays and off hours; on weekends arrive before 11am to beat the rush.
The Extras:
Walking distance from the Silver Lake Dog Park, the shop is a great place to stop for Oscar's house-made dog biscuits.
What to Drink:
The menu offers 22 blended teas and many herbal varieties. There's also Valrhona chocolate milk and a virgin "mojoto" lime spritzer. Both the tea and regular house Clover-brewed joe are more affordable than the table-brewed coffees.
ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. “Great atmosphere, terrific menu.”
  2. “think this place is great the ambience is wonderful”
dessert
50.0% positive
  1. “The cafe/boutique is beautifully decorated, the staff is friendly and very well trained and their $9 miniature-size sweet potato pie dessert is just enough to tease your palet, (never enough to please it, never mind sharing!)”
  2. “Now, if you can enjoy just one coffee experience alone and perhaps, an expensive snack or bite-size dessert for the price of a dinner, I find no better place to splurge than here.”
drinks
66.66999816894531% positive
  1. “but the price for a cup of coffee is so expensive.”
  2. “Not so great coffee.”
  3. “Everything created by hand, (even the Valhrona ganache is homemade), and they are doing creative drinks that no one in the coffee industry is doing.”
  4. “those of you who are into coffee will love this place.”
  5. “Now, if you can enjoy just one coffee experience alone and perhaps, an expensive snack or bite-size dessert for the price of a dinner, I find no better place to splurge than here.”
  6. “best coffee, best food, and celebs”
  7. “cafe/restaurant. I can't think of a better place to spend a Saturday afternoon, sipping one of their exquisite coffee drinks and nursing one of the amazing pastries baked on site by their 4 star pastry chef.”
  8. “Addictive coffee, but VERY EXPENSIVE HABIT TO MAINTAIN”
  9. “the coffee is so bitter but they didn't do anything to make it better.”
food quality
92.8600025177002% positive
  1. “Their tiramisu expresso is delicious, but again, EVERYTHING IS TOO PRICEY!”
  2. “This place has amazing food with the same purveyors as Michelin starred restaurant, Providence.”
  3. “The cafe/boutique is beautifully decorated, the staff is friendly and very well trained and their $9 miniature-size sweet potato pie dessert is just enough to tease your palet, (never enough to please it, never mind sharing!)”
  4. “best coffee, best food, and celebs”
  5. “the crab scramble amazing.”
  6. “cafe/restaurant. I can't think of a better place to spend a Saturday afternoon, sipping one of their exquisite coffee drinks and nursing one of the amazing pastries baked on site by their 4 star pastry chef.”
  7. “this new twist on a classic is tasty and good (but not great).”
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. “Great atmosphere, terrific menu.”
service
100.0% positive
  1. “The cafe/boutique is beautifully decorated, the staff is friendly and very well trained and their $9 miniature-size sweet potato pie dessert is just enough to tease your palet, (never enough to please it, never mind sharing!)”
value
50.0% positive
  1. “but the price for a cup of coffee is so expensive.”
  2. “place can be very beautiful but if the prices are unrealistic then the beauty becomes superficial.”
  3. “Worth every dollar, and the attention to detail impressive.”
  4. “Now, if you can enjoy just one coffee experience alone and perhaps, an expensive snack or bite-size dessert for the price of a dinner, I find no better place to splurge than here.”
4 Star Rating: Recommended

04/16/11

Weekend Brunch with Friends

by Main Street Graphics at Citysearch

One of my favorite places for breakfast with friends. I had Wieser Farms Fingerling Potatoes, Bacon Mushroom / Wild mushrooms, scrambled eggs, and my favorite, Vanilla Latte. Small portions but I was full, so not complaining. Everything was delicious. Parking is in very short demand so be prepared to drive a bit to find a spot. They don't rush you which is great.

1 Star Rating: Poor

09/30/10

Why so RUDE?

by dave7133 at Citysearch

6:50 AM

La mill not open. OK. surprised. (just seems a little LATE for a coffee place, but then, trendy folks arise a litttle later)

I'll wait 'til 7.

7:05 -- door opens I mention that it is 7:05. no response.

I order a lb of whole bean espresso, from the man at the register and mention that it is 7:05.

"well, our register says 7"

I say, lightly, well gee, Intelligentsia opens at 6!

"Well, you go there then!"

ARE YOU JOKING???

lamill, you:

1) OPEN VERY LATE FOR A COFFEE JOINT.

2) OPEN EVEN LATER EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN SEE US OUTSIDE AT 7

3) ARGUE OVER THE TIME with the customer

4) INVITE A CUSTOMER TO GO TO THE COMPETITION.

this is the kind of arrogance that damages business. I must assume that this attitude comes from management.

I have never been treated rudely at intelligentsia or any other coffee place -- ever.

Dave

SilverLake

1 Star Rating: Poor

10/18/09

WARNING!!!! HIT & RUN INCIDENT

by cloud0301 at Citysearch

after having over priced coffee and over priced desserts at lamill i found out that my car which was parked in the rear parking lot of the premises was hit and the person responsible for the damage to my car had left without a note.  i noticed 2 survaillance cameras and told the manager/owner about the incident but she was very INDIFFERENT and could care less about what had happened to one of her customers and simply left on her black cayenne.  i know this incident was out of her control but her lack of concern and lack of sympathy really upset me and my friends.I WILL NO LONGER PATRONIZE LAMILL COFFEE BOUTIQUE AND WILL SHARE THIS INSULTING EXPERIENCE WITH ALL OF MY FRIENDS!!!

  • Cons: WARNING!!!! HIT & RUN INCIDENT
2 Star Rating: Below Average

05/12/09

Beautiful but expensive

by terelui04 at Citysearch

I must say that I recently visited this boutique and really like it. However the prices are really insulting. I end up paying $24 for a Risotto that did not even come with bread or salad. That is really ridiculous, specially considering that it is not a high restaurant but just a cafeteria after all.

I hope that you can be more conscious of our times and adjust your prices to be more sensitive of the economic reality.A place can be very beautiful but if the prices are unrealistic then the beauty becomes superficial. It takes away a lot of points.

Good luck!!!

2 Star Rating: Below Average

01/06/09

Not so great coffee...

by lucylue27 at Citysearch

I think this place is great the ambience is wonderful

but the price for a cup of coffee is so expensive.

I was there yesterday and this girl that assist me is so rude.

the coffee is so bitter but they didn't do anything to make it better.

That would be the last time I would visit that place and would not recommend that place to anyone.

The Details on Lamill Coffee Boutique

Place Categories:

  • not recommend place
  • great coffee
  • very well trained miniaturesize sweet potato pie dessert
  • amazing food
  • creative coffee drinks
  • good new twist
  • very well trained staff
  • great atmosphere
  • wonderful ambience
  • amazing crab
  • expensive snack
  • impressive worth
  • best celebs
  • impressive attention
  • terrific menu
  • amazing pastries
  • delicious tiramisu expresso
  • pricey everything
  • expensive price
  • expensive bitesize dessert
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