Lovely Day
196 Elizabeth St, New York
(212) 925-3310
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Red Miso Seared Salmon with Kinpira and Hijiki
Ginger Fried Chicken with Spicy Aioli and Lime
Kabocha Pumpkin Soup with Ginger and Carrots
Grilled Salmon over Green Curry
Spicy Green Curry
Chicken Satay
Red Curry
Pad Thai
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Pad Thai
Bean sprout, black tofu, fish sauce, tamarind sauce, chili paste, crushed peanuts, scallion, egg, and lime. Gluten-free option: tamari gluten-free instead of tamarind sauce. Please specify if you like this option.
Spicy Green Curry (Lunch)
Eggplant, bamboo shoots, shiitake mushroom, chili pepper, bell pepper, and fresh Thai basil over brown or Japanese rice.
Thai Chow Fun
Oyster sauce, sweet soy sauce, egg, and Chinese broccoli.
Red Curry
Eggplant, bamboo shoots, shiitake mushroom, chili pepper, bell pepper, and fresh Thai basil over brown or Japanese rice.
Seared Salmon (lunch)
Gluten-free. Mashed sweet potato, market greens, and orange cream sauce.
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Pad Thai
Bean sprout, black tofu, fish sauce, tamarind sauce, chili paste, crushed peanuts, scallion, egg, and lime. Gluten-free option: tamari gluten-free instead of tamarind sauce. Please specify if you like this option.
Spicy Green Curry (Lunch)
Eggplant, bamboo shoots, shiitake mushroom, chili pepper, bell pepper, and fresh Thai basil over brown or Japanese rice.
Thai Chow Fun
Oyster sauce, sweet soy sauce, egg, and Chinese broccoli.
Ginger Fried Chicken (lunch)
Gluten-free. With spicy aioli and lime. We use potato starch, not flour.
Hobo Noodle
Oyster sauce, spicy chili sauce, red chili, bell peppers, onions, and fresh Thai basil.
All-Day Breakfast
Omelette with Two Items with Organic Seven Grain Toast
Please choose two items from tomatoes, baby kale, cheddar cheese, sautéed onions, avocado, shiitake mushroom. All eggs are from pasture-raised free-range hens.
Free Range Egg Sandwich
Served with avocado, tomatoes, spicy mayonnaise, organic seven grains, mesclun salad.
Irish Style Breakfast
Two eggs any style, English baked beans, Irish pork sausages, and organic seven-grain. All eggs are from pasture-raised free-range hens. Honey is from Tremblay apiaries (upstate, new york).
Free Range Egg and Irish Pork Sausage Sandwich
Served with avocado, tomatoes, spicy mayonnaise, organic seven grains, mesclun salad.
Small Plates Lunch
Summer Roll with Fresh Herbs (lunch)
Shrimp and tamarind dip and crushed peanut.
Julienne Vegetable Salad (lunch)
With sweet chili, peanut, and lime.
Long Beans (lunch)
Served with garlic chili sauce.
Sautéed Chinese Broccoli (lunch)
Garlic, and oyster sauce.
Fried Tofu (lunch)
Served with sweet chili sauce.
Lovely Day Salad (lunch)
With coleslaw, and spicy mayonnaise.
Sweet Potato Fries
With Worcestershire Sour Cream
Young Market Greens (lunch)
Gluten-free, vegan. With cider vinaigrette.
Chicken Satay (lunch)
Marinated in curry sauce, with peanut sauce and vegetable dip with mini Japanese or brown rice.
Ginger Fried Chicken (lunch)
Gluten-free. With spicy aioli and lime. We use potato starch, not flour.
Green Papaya Salad (lunch)
Avocado, green chili, tomatoes, long beans, fish sauce, and ground peanut.
Edamame (lunch)
Gluten-free, vegan. With sea salt.
Side of Japanese Rice (lunch)
Side of Steamed Brown Rice (lunch)
Soup
Organic Miso Soup
Gluten-free. With shiitake mushrooms and seasonal vegetables.
Tom Ga Coconut Milk Soup
Shiitake mushroom, onions, and red pepper with your choice of chicken or tofu.
Kabocha Pumpkin Soup
Served with ginger and carrots.
Asian Herbal Soup
Herbs, carrots, daikon, lotus roots, red dates, and goji berries.
Lovely Day Classics Lunch
Pad Thai
Bean sprout, black tofu, fish sauce, tamarind sauce, chili paste, crushed peanuts, scallion, egg, and lime. Gluten-free option: tamari gluten-free instead of tamarind sauce. Please specify if you like this option.
Thai Chow Fun
Oyster sauce, sweet soy sauce, egg, and Chinese broccoli.
Pineapple Fried Rice
Brown rice or Japanese rice, market vegetables, scallion, and egg.
Spicy Green Curry (Lunch)
Eggplant, bamboo shoots, shiitake mushroom, chili pepper, bell pepper, and fresh Thai basil over brown or Japanese rice.
Red Curry
Eggplant, bamboo shoots, shiitake mushroom, chili pepper, bell pepper, and fresh Thai basil over brown or Japanese rice.
Pineapple Cashew Vegetables
Dried chili, onions, bell pepper, and shiitake mushrooms over brown or Japanese rice with a light oyster sauce base.
Fried Rice
Gluten-free. Brown rice or Japanese rice, market vegetables, scallion, and egg.
Hobo Noodle
Oyster sauce, spicy chili sauce, red chili, bell peppers, onions, and fresh Thai basil.
Coconut Curry Noodle
Sanuki udon, and vegetables in curry soup.
Lunch Entrées
Seared Salmon (lunch)
Gluten-free. Mashed sweet potato, market greens, and orange cream sauce.
Lovely Day Big Salad with Roasted Beets (lunch)
Gluten-free, vegan. Wild arugula, baby greens, crunchy sprout, Crispin apples, cashew, avocado with miso honey ginger dressing.
Seared Wild Tuna Roll (lunch)
Lightly sautéed in rice crepe, market greens, wasabi, and peanut sauce.
Grilled Salmon Over Green Curry (lunch)
Over spicy green curry, and vegetables with brown or Japanese rice.
Flank Steak (lunch)
Flank steak, tamarind sauce, vegetables. Brown rice or Japanese rice.
Condiment
Extra Peanut Sauce
Extra Spicy Aioli
Spicy mayo.
Extra Chili Garlic Sauce
Vietnamese chili garlic sauce.
Extra Hot Chili Sauce, Sriracha
Extra Chili Sauce, Sriracha
Beverages
Fiz Ginger Ale
Natural, cane sugar, upstate NY.
Ginger Beer, Jamaican Stone, Fizz (12 fl oz)
Sweetened with hundred percent cane sugar.
Thai Iced Tea
Diet Coke
Fiz Seltzer
Natural water from upstate NY.
Mexican Coke
12 ounce glass bottle of Mexican Coke made with cane sugar.
Fresh Squeezed Limeade
Jasmine Green Iced Tea
Dessert
Warm Homemade Flourless Chocolate Cake
Gluten-free.
Sweet Mochi Rice Cake with Red Bean & Roasted Sesame
Peanut Butter Cookie
Gluten free
Walnut Shortbread Cookie
Pandan Tres Leches Cake
Naturally colored and flavored from the fragrant pandan leaf. Ground buckwheat sprinkled on top.
Chocolate Chip Cookie
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Pad Thai (dinner)
Bean sprout, black tofu, fish sauce, tamarind sauce, chili paste, crushed peanuts, scallion, egg, and lime. Gluten-free option: tamari gluten-free instead of tamarind sauce. Please specify if you like this option.
Long Beans
Served with garlic chili sauce.
Chicken Satay
Marinated in curry sauce, with peanut sauce and vegetable dip with mini Japanese or brown rice.
Spicy Green Curry (dinner)
Eggplant, bamboo shoots, shiitake mushroom, chili pepper, bell pepper, and fresh Thai basil over brown or Japanese rice.
Grilled Salmon Over Green Curry (dinner)
Over spicy green curry, and vegetables with brown or Japanese rice.
Small Plates Dinner
Summer Roll with Fresh Herbs
Shrimp and tamarind dip and crushed peanut.
Julienne Vegetable Salad
With sweet chili, peanut, and lime.
Long Beans
Served with garlic chili sauce.
Sautéed Chinese Broccoli
Garlic, and oyster sauce.
Lovely Day Salad
With coleslaw, and spicy mayonnaise.
Fried Tofu
Served with sweet chili sauce.
Young Market Greens
Gluten-free, vegan. With cider vinaigrette.
Chicken Satay
Marinated in curry sauce, with peanut sauce and vegetable dip with mini Japanese or brown rice.
Ginger Fried Chicken
Gluten-free. With spicy aioli and lime. We use potato starch, not flour.
Green Papaya Salad
Avocado, green chili, tomatoes, long beans, fish sauce, and ground peanut.
Side of Japanese Rice
Pork and Shiitake Mushroom Spring Roll
Pork and Shiitake Mushroom Spring Roll
Edamame
Gluten-free, vegan. With sea salt.
Kimono Fried Shrimp
Kimono fried shrimp with sweet chili sauce
Sweet Potato Fries
Sweet potato fries with a worcestershire sour cream dip
Side of Steamed Brown Rice
Soup
Organic Miso Soup
Gluten-free. With shiitake mushrooms and seasonal vegetables.
Tom Ga Coconut Milk Soup
Shiitake mushroom, onions, and red pepper with your choice of chicken or tofu.
Kabocha Pumpkin Soup
Served with ginger and carrots.
Asian Herbal Soup
Herbs, carrots, daikon, lotus roots, red dates, and goji berries.
Lovely Day Classics Dinner
Pad Thai (dinner)
Bean sprout, black tofu, fish sauce, tamarind sauce, chili paste, crushed peanuts, scallion, egg, and lime. Gluten-free option: tamari gluten-free instead of tamarind sauce. Please specify if you like this option.
Thai Chow Fun(dinner)
Oyster sauce, sweet soy sauce, egg, and Chinese broccoli.
Red Curry(dinner)
Eggplant, bamboo shoots, shiitake mushroom, chili pepper, bell pepper, and fresh Thai basil over brown or Japanese rice.
Pineapple Fried Rice(dinner)
Brown rice or Japanese rice, market vegetables, scallion, and egg.
Pineapple Cashew Vegetables(dinner)
Dried chili, onions, bell pepper, and shiitake mushrooms over brown or Japanese rice with a light oyster sauce base.
Spicy Green Curry (dinner)
Eggplant, bamboo shoots, shiitake mushroom, chili pepper, bell pepper, and fresh Thai basil over brown or Japanese rice.
Hobo Noodle(dinner)
Oyster sauce, spicy chili sauce, red chili, bell peppers, onions, and fresh Thai basil.
Fried Rice(dinner)
Gluten-free. Brown rice or Japanese rice, market vegetables, scallion, and egg.
Coconut Curry Noodle(dinner)
Sanuki udon, and vegetables in curry soup.
Dinner Entrees
Lovely Day Big Salad with Roasted Beets(dinner)
Gluten-free, vegan. Wild arugula, baby greens, crunchy sprout, Crispin apples, cashew, avocado with miso honey ginger dressing.
Seared Salmon (dinner)
Gluten-free. Mashed sweet potato, market greens, and orange cream sauce.
Seared Wild Tuna Roll (dinner)
Lightly sautéed in rice crepe, market greens, wasabi, and peanut sauce.
Grilled Salmon Over Green Curry (dinner)
Over spicy green curry, and vegetables with brown or Japanese rice.
Flank Steak (dinner)
Flank steak, scallion mash potatoes and steamed asparagus
Pork Chop
Mashed potatoes, thyme and sautéed fuji apples.
Condiment
Extra Peanut Sauce
Extra Spicy Aioli
Spicy mayo.
Extra Chili Garlic Sauce
Vietnamese chili garlic sauce.
Extra Hot Chili Sauce, Sriracha
Extra Chili Sauce, Sriracha
Beverages
Fiz Ginger Ale
Natural, cane sugar, upstate NY.
Ginger Beer, Jamaican Stone, Fizz (12 fl oz)
Sweetened with hundred percent cane sugar.
Thai Iced Tea
Diet Coke
Fiz Seltzer
Natural water from upstate NY.
Mexican Coke
12 ounce glass bottle of Mexican Coke made with cane sugar.
Fresh Squeezed Limeade
Jasmine Green Iced Tea
Dessert
Warm Homemade Flourless Chocolate Cake
Gluten-free.
Sweet Mochi Rice Cake with Red Bean & Roasted Sesame
Peanut Butter Cookie
Gluten free
Walnut Shortbread Cookie
Pandan Tres Leches Cake
Naturally colored and flavored from the fragrant pandan leaf. Ground buckwheat sprinkled on top.
Chocolate Chip Cookie
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Recent Reviews
Always a lovely day at Lovely Day! Nice spot to come with friends or family. Must get the ginger fried chicken. Cozy and casual and one of the last spots in this area where anyone can fit in and a normal price point. Food always tastes fresh.
July 2025
I enjoyed my meal here, the flavors were more herbaceous and umami than spicy. Very plant forward menu and I appreciated the portion sizes. Not the best ambience and service could have been better but I would go back!
July 2025
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