Lovely Day Menu (Update 2025)

Lovely Day, located in New York, offers a unique fusion of Irish, Thai, and breakfast/brunch options. The menu includes a variety of small plates like Edamame, Pork, and Shiitake Mushroom Spring Rolls, and Seaweed Salad. Their soups, such as Organic Miso Soup and Asian Herbal Soup, showcase a blend of flavorful ingredients. Sandwich options like the Fried Egg Sandwich and Irish Style Breakfast are consistently tasty according to patrons like Fernanda S. and Shah Q. Customers appreciate the friendly staff and cozy ambiance, making Lovely Day a staple in the Nolita area for over a decade. Shah Q. recommends indulging in dishes like grilled fish over spicy green curry and enjoying their selection of wines, beers, and cocktails. Richa T. highlights the large portions, delicious noodles, and divine spring rolls. Overall, Lovely Day offers a delightful dining experience with a diverse menu that caters to various preferences.

Small Plates

Edamame

With sea salt. GF, vegan

$6.50

Julienne Vegetable Salad

Sweet chili, peanut and lime.

$10.00

Lovely Day Salad

Coleslaw with spicy mayonnaise.

$10.00

Young Market Greens

With cider vinaigrette. GF, vegan

$10.00

Green Papaya Salad

Green chili, tomatoes, long beans, fish sauce and peanut. GF

$12.00

Summer Roll

With fresh herbs, shrimp and tamarind dip.

$11.00

Pork and Shiitake Mushroom Spring Roll

$10.00

Kimono Fried Shrimp

$12.00

Ginger Fried Chicken

With spicy aioli and lime. GF

$11.50

Sauteed Chinese Broccoli

Ginger, garlic and soy.

$10.00

Chicken Satay

Peanut sauce and vegetable dip with mini rice. GF

$12.00

Seaweed Salad

With sesame dressing.

$9.80

Fried Tofu

With sweet chili sauce and crushed peanut. GF

$10.00

Long Beans

With garlic chili sauce.

$11.00

French fries with spicy mayonnaise

$8.00

Sweet potato fries with Worcestershire sour cream dip

$9.00

Side of Brown Rice

$4.00

Side of Japanese White Rice

$4.00

extra peanut sauce

$1.00

extra spicy aioli

spicy mayo

$1.00

extra chili sauce, Sriracha

$0.80

extra chili garlic sauce

Vietnamese Chili Garlic Sauce

$0.80

Homemade Vegetable Dumplings

$7.00

Organic Miso Soup

With shiitake mushrooms, string beans and onions.

$5.00

Tom Ga

Coconut milk soup. Onions, shiitake mushrooms and red pepper.

$8.00

Herbal Soup in chicken broth with vegetables (GF)

Carrots, lotus root, burdocks, shiitake mushroom, daikon, goji berry. Broth from simmering a whole chicken and Asian herbs for a long time. Medicinal. Good for immune system.

$13.80

Kabocha Pumpkin Soup

Ginger, coconut milk, chick peas. smokey paprika. Vegan and GF

$8.00

Asian Herbal Soup

Herbs, carrots, daikon, lotus roots, red dates and goji berries.

$15.00

Soup

Sandwiches and Breakfast

Irish Style Breakfast

2 eggs, baked beans, sausage and organic seven-grain bread. Eggs are from pasture raised free range hens.

$13.00

Omelette with 2 Items

Seven-grain bread and mesclun salad. Eggs are from pasture raised free range hens.

$13.00

Omelette with Irish Sausage

Baked beans and seven-grain bread. Eggs are from pasture raised free range hens.

$16.00

Fried Egg Sandwich

With avocado, tomatoes, spicy mayonnaise spread, seven-grain bread and mesclun salad. Eggs are from pasture raised free range hens.

$9.00

Fried Egg and Irish Sausage Sandwich

With avocado, tomatoes, seven-grain and mesclun salad.

$10.00

Seared Salmon Lunch

Market greens, orange cream sauce, sweet potato mash.

$21.00

Flank Steak Lunch

Market vegetables and tamarind sauce over rice.

$23.00

Lovely Day Big Salad with organic roasted beets (GF, vegan)

Wild arugula, baby greens, crunchy sprouts, roasted beets,crispin apples, cashews, avocado with miso agave ginger dressing. Vegan.

$14.00

Grilled Salmon over spicy green curry

Over spicy green curry and vegetables with brown or Japanese rice.

$23.00

Seared Wild Tuna Roll

Market greens, wasabi and peanut sauce.

$21.00

Lunch Entrees

Lunch Lovely Day Classics

Pad Thai Lunch (GF Optional)

Sweet, bean sprout, black tofu, fish sauce, tamarind sauce, chili paste, crushed peanuts, scallion, egg, and lime. Gluten Free Option: Tamari GF instead of tamarind sauce. Please specify if you like this option.

$14.00

Thai Chow Fun Lunch

Sweet soy sauce, oyster sauce and Chinese broccoli.

$14.00

Hobo Noodle Lunch

Spicy, red chili, bell peppers, onions and fresh Thai basil.

$14.00

Coconut Curry Noodle Lunch

Sanuki udon and vegetables in curry soup.

$15.00

Spicy Green Curry Lunch

Eggplant, bamboo shoots, chili peppers, fresh basil over brown rice or Japanese rice.

$15.00

Red Curry Lunch

Eggplant, bamboo shoots, chili pepper, fresh basil over brown rice or Japanese rice.

$14.00

Pineapple Cashew Vegetables Lunch

Dried chili, onions, bell pepper and shiitake mushrooms over rice or Japanese rice.

$14.00

Fried Rice Lunch (GF)

Vegetables and scallions.

$12.00

Pineapple Fried Rice Lunch

Vegetables and scallions.

$13.00

Seared Salmon (GF)

Market greens, orange cream sauce and sweet potato mash.

$23.00

Flank Steak

Scallion mash potatoes and steamed asparagus.

$25.00

Pork Chop

Mashed potatoes, thyme and sauted fuji apples.

$25.00

Charcoal BBQ Pork Spare Ribs

With mash potatoes.

$17.00

Grilled Salmon

Over spicy green curry and vegetables with brown or Japanese rice.

$25.00

Lovely Day Big Salad with roasted organic beets (GF, Vegan)

wild arugula, baby greens, crunchy sprout,crispin apples, cashew, avocado with miso agave ginger dressing. Vegan.

$14.00

Charcoal grilled Lovely Day burger with fries

$14.50

Dinner Entrees

Dinner Lovely Day Classics

Pad Thai (GF Optional)

Sweet, bean sprout, black tofu, fish sauce, tamarind sauce, chili paste, crushed peanuts, scallion, egg, and lime. Gluten Free Option: Tamari GF instead of tamarind sauce. Please specify if you like this option.

$17.00

Thai Chow Fun (GF, V optional)

Sweet soy sauce, oyster sauce and Chinese broccoli. Gluten Free Option: Tamari GF instead of tamarind sauce. Please specify if you like this option. Vegan option: no fish sauce, tamarind sauce or egg. Please specify this open

$17.00

Hobo Noodle

Spicy, red chili, bell peppers, onions and fresh Thai basil.

$17.00

Coconut Curry Noodle

Sanuki udon and vegetables in curry soup.

$18.00

Spicy Green Curry

Eggplant, bamboo shoots, chili pepper, fresh basil over brown rice or Japanese rice.

$18.00

Red Curry

Eggplant, bamboo shoots, chili pepper, fresh basil over brown rice or Japanese rice.

$18.00

Pineapple Cashew Vegetables

Dried chili, onions, bell pepper, shiitake mushrooms over brown rice or Japanese rice.

$17.00

Fried Rice (GF)

Vegetable and scallions.

$13.00

Pineapple Fried Rice

Vegetable and scallions.

$14.00

Catskill Mountain Natural Water, 16.9 oz

From Catskill Mountains. Catskill Alkaline Water is rich in minerals, resulting in a higher pH than standard bottled water

$2.50

Natural Sparkling Seltzer Water, Fiz

From upstate, no sodium added.

$3.00

Ginger Ale, sweetened with cane sugar, Fiz

From upstate, no white sugar added.

$3.00

Ginger Beer, sweetened with cane sugar, Fiz

No white sugar added. From upstate, cane sugar. Non Alcoholic. Great to mix or as it is.

$3.50

Mexican Cole

12 ounce glass bottle of Mexican Coke made with cane sugar.

$5.00

Pellegrino

I liter bottle

$5.00

Diet coke

$4.00

16 grain botanical tea, caffeine free 16.9 oz

All natural, GF, sugar free, zero calorie

$3.00

Hot Tea

Tea bag only.

$3.00

Fresh Squeezed Limeade

$4.50

Black Currant Lemonade

$3.50

Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice

$4.50

Aqua Panna

1 Liter

$5.00

White Label Yerba Mate Soda

From Brooklyn. Organic yerba mate/organic cane sugar/ashwagandha

$3.50

Grapefruit juice, Natalie's, 16 fl oz

No preservatives, no GMOS ot artificial ingredients

$4.00

Iced Jasmine Green Tea

$3.50

Thai Iced Tea

$5.00

Beverages

Breakfast Sides

Irish Pork Sausage

$4.00

Baked Beans

$4.00

7 Grain Toast, organic

$2.50

English Muffin

$2.50

Seasonal Jam, Red Jacket Orchard

$1.00

Ginger Potato Hash Brown

weekends only

$2.00

Bacon

$2.00

Pad Thai Brunch

Sweet fish sauce, bean sprout, crushed peanuts, scallion and lime.

$11.00

Thai Chow Fun Brunch

Sweet soy sauce, oyster sauce and Chinese broccoli.

$10.00

Hobo Noodle Brunch

Spicy, red chili, bell peppers, onions and fresh Thai basil.

$10.00

Coconut Curry Noodle Brunch

Sanuki udon and vegetables in curry soup.

$11.50

Fried Rice

Vegetables and scallions.

$9.00

Lovely Day Brunch Classics

Brunch Sandwiches

Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

Includes banana on organic seven grain bread.

$5.50

Nutella and Jelly Sandwich

Includes banana on organic seven grain bread.

$5.50

BLT Sandwich

Served with spicy mayonnaise spread and mesclun salad.

$8.00

Smoked Salmon Sandwich

Served with wasabi cream frache on an English muffin or organic seven grain bread.

$9.00

Fried Free Range Egg Sandwich

Includes spicy mayonnaise spread on organic seven grain bread.

$8.00

Fried Free Range Egg Sandwich with Sausage

Served on organic seven grain bread.

$9.00

Warm Homemade Flourless Chocolate Cake with whipped cream

$10.00

Crispy Banana Roll

With Il Laboratorio vanilla ice cream, New York upstate wild fallflower honey and sesame.

$7.00

Full Flourless Chocolate Cake

A full version of one our favorite desserts. 9" in diameter. Great for a celebration or a dinner party! Gluten Free.

$48.00

Assorted Cookies

A mix of our homemade cookies.

$12.00

Homemade Shortbread Walnut Cookie

$3.00

Quinoa Chocolate Cookies

Gluten free/dairy free.

$3.50

Chocolate Chip Cookie

$3.50

Peanut Butter Cookies

Gluten free/vegan/dairy free

$3.50

Sweet Mochi rice cake with read bean and roasted white sesame

$4.50

Pocky Matcha Biscuit Sticks

Matcha Green Tea Cream

$3.50

Homemade Carrot Walnut Cake

Served with warm English custard.

$7.00

Il Laboratorio Vanilla Ice Cream

$6.00

Japanese Green Tea Ice Cream

$8.00

Sesame Cookies

Vegan

$2.25

Homemade rice crispy treat - matcha

gluten free, organic

$2.00

Homemade rice crispy treat - chocolate

gluten free, organic

$2.00

Pandon (Asian leaves) Tres Leches

A light Mexican cake soaked in three kinds of milk: evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream. Pandon, the Asian leaves makes the cake green. No artificial color. No butter used.

$9.00

Sweets

Brunch Entrees

Maple Pecan Granola

Organic yogurt with milk or soy milk served with seasons fruit. Wheat and oil free. Vegan.

$8.00

Whole Wheat Organic Challah Bread French Toast

Served with coconut and honey orange glaze.

$8.00

Buttermilk Pancakes

Served with palm sugar syrup and strawberries or bananas.

$11.00

Seared Salmon

Served with sweet mash potato, mesclun salad and fresh orange sauce.

$17.00

Brunch Flank Steak

Served with market vegetables, tamarind sauce and a side of brown or Japanese rice.

$17.00

Egg White Frittata

Served with shiitake mushrooms, onions, red and green peppers.

$8.00

Egg Benedict

Served with poached eggs, Canadian bacon, hollandaise, mesclun salad and ginger potato hash brown.

$12.50

Eggs Norwegian

Served with poached eggs, smoked salmon, hollandaise, mesclun salad and ginger potato hash brown.

$14.50

Omelet

Your choice of 2 items and served with mesclun salad and ginger potato hash brown.

$11.00

Two Eggs Any Style

Served with toast, salad and ginger potato hash brown.

$7.50

P.G. Tips English Breakfast

$3.50

Soba Buckwheat Tea

Not caffeinated

$4.00

Sencha Green Tea

$4.00

Organic Rooibos

$4.00

Brown Rice Genmai Matcha

Green tea

$4.00

Ginger-Lemon-Mint

House of Waris tea

$4.00

Chamomile-Lavender

House of Waris tea

$4.00

Earl Grey

House of Waris tea

$4.00

Teas and Coffee

Beer (Must be 21 to Purchase)

Red Stripe

Must be 21 to purchase.

$7.00

Asahi

Must be 21 to purchase.

$7.00

Sapporo

Must be 21 to purchase.

$8.00

Tsing Tao

Must be 21 to purchase.

$7.00

Kronenburg 1664

Must be 21 to purchase.

$8.00

Lagunitas IPA

Must be 21 to purchase.

$8.00

Sunboy Passionfruit

Must be 21 to purchase. Refreshingly spiked and fizzy drink made with coconut water and passionfruit juice.

$7.00

Sunboy Pineapple

Must be 21 to purchase. Refreshingly spiked and fizzy drink made with coconut water and pineapple juice.

$7.00

Heineken 0.0

Must be 21 to purchase. Non-alcoholic.

$7.00