Lily Market Oriental Food & Gifts

Really get disappointed when they short you on a side. I ordered the 3 item combo and seems to only consist majority curry. This happens a lot when they want to get rid of the older batch of food!

I live nearby and often shop there for fresh produce as better prices than at nearby Winco or Fred Meyers. The selection is smaller than those places, but that’s fine by me.
The prepared food section is delightful – I enjoy their pad thai and pad see ew. My partner loves the homemade sausages.
The staff are great – no fuss, no muss.
I love Lily Market, it’s my favorite place in the whole neighborhood.

I like the deli, and I’ve also learned to make some decent noodles thanks to one of the staff who took me around and showed me which ingredients to use. They have good quality produce. Worth the trip from Gresham.

We absolutely love Lily Market — it is a stop of ours anytime we are in Portland. From the grocery items you can’t find everywhere to the ready to eat food in the back — it’s all great. The owners remember you as well — even if you don’t go often and it’s been years.

My awesome coworkers brought me here
For lunch and it was really really good.
So, it’s a grocery and goods store with hot food.
I just loved the smell as I walked in
of Anise and other spices. Hot Food
on the northside of the store
As I walked up, I noticed there was a
Line and it was like 7 deep. but
moving quick so I got in the line.
I’m glad I did because the food was very
tasty and authentic and had all
those wonderful Flavors that you
would find in a Thai restaurant.
Pad Thai ~ very fresh and light, one
Of the best I’ve had in a while. And I
Don’t even really care for pad Thai,
But now I do.
I also had the dish with Eggplant
and I think Pork skin… esthetically not
great but the flavor ! Oh my it was good.
I had a couple of bites of their home made
Sausage too. This was very good.
I was stuffed and my taste buds were
happy.
I’ll be back when the mood for Thai
strikes.

What a great thai secret. I go here for lunch whenever possible. Authentic and affordable. I usually order the pa nang, or pad se ew, or pad thai, or sale rolls, and they’re all really good.

Like this place! I go to Chang Fa, hong phat, an dong and fubonn a lot. So, their price and variety of goods are awesome. Not much cheaper but cheaper is fair. Didn’t notice any typical Asian market smell either. Husband found the place interesting and we just stopped here to check out. He got very excited bc there was Thai basil and he found very cool bamboo dish mats that I love too. Never seen elsewhere. I like their taste on the collections of kitchen wares. Mugs were fun too. I gift a matcha ice cream in spite of the existence of the baskin basket right by it. I’m also happy they carry the expensive little can of matcha tea power. Like here a lot! Gonna go back.

Great family business that has been open for 30 years. They are the Trader Joes of Asian markets. They all know how to cook so you can ask him how cook Thai dishes.

I like Lily Market. The market is clean. There are never a lot of crowds (compared to other asian markets). Their prices are a little high compared to other asian markets. The owner is extremely friendly and he is willing to give recommendations. This store is very small compared to the other asian markets in the area.

Awesome place! Been eating and shopping here since 2009! If you’re looking for oriental product or food this is the place

Super awesome smallish market, yet has just about everything you could ask for of a local market.
In one fell swoop I can grab mats to prepare an upcoming dinner using bottled sauces, frozen fresh ready to use ingredients like lemongrass, and packaged curries. Next are packages of treats for the kids lunchbox, a yummy FRESH lunch, and a sweet fresh dessert!

I love this asian store the store is not so big but full of asian stuff, you can easily find everything you need for asian stuff here even some food that i would not think they sell here but they do have!!! The owner is really nice and they sell fresh food too, delicious asian food. I live this store and its just walking distance from my home which is so good. Must try their sweet drinks with coconut milk and palm sugar, also the fried sesame ball… They are awsome!!!

Love the ready to eat section, especially the Laotian sausage, what value! Unfortunately, the egg rolls aren’t made in the traditional Cha Gio sense, they include cabbage or lettuce, so it’s more like a Vietnamese/​Chinese combo roll. Or maybe they’re made the true Thai or Lao way, but I’m not a fan. Lily offers a nice little seating section that’s good for lunching.
The homemade fried pork skins are wonderful.
Then there’s the grocery store, obviously it can’t match Fubonn in terms of selection, but it offers much variety for its size. Staff is generally friendly and parking on the Halsey side is easy.

This is my go to store for Asian supplies and Thai deli food. The prices are more expensive than Pacific Market or Hong Phat. The staff are friendly. Their pastries and deli good are fresh and I don’t have to worry about buying something rotten. This store is busy so I know the veggies and other supplies are fresh. This is the only place I will buy larb. I have tried larb at Thai restaurants and it is usually hamburger with larb spices. Larb is minced lean beef, pork, chicken or fish not ground left over parts as with hamburger. Larb at Lily Market is authentic. Papaya salad is also authentic.
My only complaint is with the papaya salad, there is no labeling if it is mild or super hot. I have bought it mild and super hot. The friend banana price is expensive at $ 0.75 a piece. Minor quibbles. As with most Asian stores, if you are not satisfied, you cannot return a product. It’s not Freddy’s or Costco customer service.

When am I ever out on 110^th and Halsey? Just about never. Until recently. Sue and I came out here twice within a week.
Our first trip was a reconnaissance mission. We wanted to check this place out to see if they had everything we were going to need to make Thai dinner for some friends. We bought a few things on this first trip (I bought some nice bok choy) and made mental notes on where to find these things on our next trip out.
Lily Market is packed to the gills. I’m not sure what the rhyme or reason is for where things are in this establishment. Haven’t quite figured that out, but I know where the dehydrated mushrooms and lily flowers are. Want some inexpensive cashews? They will be on the floor (in plastic containers) toward the back.
On our second trip we loaded up on all kinds of goodies. Everything is pretty damn inexpensive here. We walked out of the store with a huge bag of Thai ingredients for around $ 35. We still have more food than we know what to do with.
This place is really great. We are new to making Thai food, but I think we found that market that we can do most of our shopping at. It is a bit of a schlep, but well worth it.

It’s an ok size Asian market. Bigger than Thanh Thao, but smaller than Fubonn. They got a lot of stuff stacked up all over the place so some of the aisles are only big enough for one person to walk through at a time.
It’s got a lot of the basic stuff and some little items my mom says she can’t get at Fubonn. In general, however, Fubonn has more. It’s a great place if you live close by. If you live far, I would probably drive to Fubonn, but it’ll cover most of your basic Asian needs for grocery.

I think lily market is the only thai market in Portland. While there are plenty of Asian grocery stores in Portland, they lack the more nuanced thai items that I seek. I love this store even though its a bit more expensive than its competitors.
The hot deli has delicious food but its so damn oily. The noodles especially are drenched in oil. I’d recommend the room temperature or cold food items they have instead.

Lily Market is a little (well, not so little, maybe medium sized) Asian Market that sells dry goods, produce and some prepared foods from a deli counter in the back. So far all I can account for is the deli counter, which looks pretty damn decent from a quick visit.
I came in after some papaya salad and surveyed a deli counter boasting some hot curry and spring rolls, fried rice, whole fried fish, sausages, bao and more. The cold deli case has salad rolls, laab, som tum and similar salad-​y items. There’s also an interesting-​looking house-​mad beef stew in the refrigerator for take-​home. Tempting.
My samples were the beef laab and the som tum (lao style). The lady at the register warned me that the som tum was Lao style (made with fermented pickled black crab) — which means it’s fishy as hell. She offered that they make a Thai style as well. I opted for Lao, which true to form was super stinky. On the papaya-​salad-​scale, this one rates upper-​middle. Tasty, not spicy enough, and plenty stinky. For $ 7, the serving portion is a pretty decent size and it comes with some rice noodle on the side. The beef laab here is adventurous, as it’s heavy with tripe. They serve it up with a plethora of herbs and some birdseye chilis to chop in if you want it hot (I did). The laab is a little short on lime, though, and I would have loved a wedge to squeeze over the top. With the tripe it’s kind of gamy. They also offer pork and chicken laab (ground meat salad).
The folks here are friendly enough and it looks like they do a bustling business out of this counter, so get there while the getting is good and try out some interesting things for lunch.

This is a fun little Thai grocery, and I like the deli.
It’s on the way to one of the many places I go in Portland, and if I’m near it around lunchtime I stop in and grab inexpensive, yummy hot food from the deli. The noodly and riceish dishes are very good (pad thai type noodles, and some eggy rice thing with veggies)… and cheap! The deli lady is usually very friendly and kind. She tolerates my pointing and will attempt to explain things to me if I ask questions.
I like to buy fish sauce and chili paste, curry paste, rice noodles, that kind of stuff in here. It’s smaller and there’s less chance of overbuying than say, Fubon or Uwajimaya.
Well, as long as my kid isn’t along, that is. (she loves it in here).

This has been one of my favorite stores for years, I’ve gotten many people hooked on Lily Market. They have everything you need, many things you don’t need until you see, and a great deli with some really tasty stuff. Produce, frozen pot stickers, amazing concoctions you’ve never imagined, you’ll find it all here at good prices.
Try the pad thai and the almond cookies, they’re my vices. Until I cut the carbs, that is. What a shame. They still have plenty of good things for everyone, every diet, and every meal you can imagine.