[4] Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Andy Kellman writing, "While Lanza has never come across as diffident, she is at her most poised and direct on Love Hallucination, another serving of bubbly avant-pop only she could have made.

rated this album 8 out of 10, summing up, "her vocals split into spectral trails and drift toward each corner of the mix; it fills out to become one gauzy swath, and as she repeats those lines, the music—so sensual, so resplendent—responds to that desire for something all-encompassing.

[11] Pitchfork shortlisted this as one of the seven albums to listen to the week it was released[12] and critic Eric Torres rated it a 7.9 out of 10 for mixing uncertainty with boldness for an "eclectic, bolder approach, [which is] a slight pivot that rewards in full".

[14] Writing for Clash Music, Joe Rivers scored this album an 8 out of 10, calling it "intimate yet complex electronic pop" that "further evidence" that Lanza is one of Hyperdub's "strongest artists, and also one of the most consistent creators of the past ten years".

[17] Ben Hogwood of musicOMH gave Love Hallucination 4 out of 5 stars and characterized the work as "a fine and often beautiful album, full of sensual delights and productions that vary from wafer-thin to chocolate rich" that is emotionally accessible for listeners in spite of being so personal about Lanza's experience.

[21] Editors of Resident Advisor chose this as a recommended album and critic Sophie McNulty called this "her tightest, catchiest and somehow most personal record yet" and wrote that she mixes "feel-good" pop with "a welcome dose of self-awareness".

[22] Editors of Rolling Stone UK named this as one of seven albums to listen to the week it was released, with a brief review writing that it "explores sensuality and desire though the prisms of irresistible melody, beguiling instrumental choices and, frequentlly, knowingly witty lyrics".