Chez Elles Bistroquet is a traditional French restaurant at 45 Brick Lane. The intimate dining room offers a deliberately different experience from the surrounding street, with the relaxed proportions and personal service of a neighbourhood bistro. Dinner is the main focus, with a Saturday lunch service also available.
The menu draws on recognisable French bistro cooking. Onion soup with Comté, snails in parsley and garlic butter, steak tartare and a truffled cheese soufflé provide a classic opening selection. The kitchen balances rich, familiar flavours with seasonal changes rather than holding every dish permanently.
Main courses may include mussels with a creamy marinière sauce, onglet steak and frites, duck confit or slow-braised beef. A composed fish dish and a vegetarian main provide alternatives to the meat-led classics. Desserts such as crème brûlée, chocolate mousse and crêpe Suzette continue the French character through the end of the meal.
French wine, aperitifs, cocktails and digestifs support the food and make the restaurant as suitable for a date as for a small group dinner. Reservations are handled directly, with larger parties requiring advance contact. Guests with allergies or dietary requirements should speak with the restaurant about the current menu before ordering.
Address: 45 Brick Lane, London E1 6PU, England
Chez Elles Bistroquet Menu
Starters
Brioche canapé, Anchovy, butter & lemon zest
Toasted Bread, Cardamom butter
Deviled Eggs, Tarragon mayonnaise
Chicken Liver Paté, conft pear & ginger – homemade Brioche
Beetroot salad, stracciatella cheese, cashew nuts
French onion Soup, granitated comté cheese
Snails in parsley & garlic butter – bread
Scallops, serrano ham, spinach velouté
Truffed cheese Soufflé
Steak Tartare
Frog Legs
Mains
Mussels in creamy marinières sauce, frites
Chicken cordon bleu, creamy blue cheese sauce, salad
Onglet steak, Peppercorn or Shallot sauce, frites & salad
Duck leg conft, coco beans & lard d'alsace
Steak Tartare, frites & salad
Seabass fillet, blood orange & honey reduction, fennel
Vol-au-vent, conft aubergine, peppers, tomato, shallot, black olive & parsley oil
Desserts
Crème Brûlée Vanille & Pistaschio
Dark Chocolate Mousse, olive Oil – sea Salt
Crêpe Suzette, flambée au Cointreau, Chantilly
Basque Cheesecake, red berry coulis
Brioche perdue, vanilla ice cream, salted caramel
3 Cheeses, apple & ginger Chutney
Cocktails
Suzette
Gin, elderfower. Suze. Chartreuse, lemon
Boulevardier
Rye whisky, campari, sweet vermouth
Naked & Famous
Mezcal, aperol, genepy, lime
Whisky / Amaretto Sour
Bourbon / Amaretto, lemon, egg white
Beer / Cider
1936 Swiss Lager – 4.7 %
Leffe Blonde – 6.6 %
Hitachino Nest White Ale – 5.5 %
Corona – 4.5 %
Soft Drinks
Coca cola \ Coca zero
Orangina
Ice Tea Peach \ Grape & Apricot Soda
Ginger Beer \ Ginger Ale
Happy Chez Elles
Happy hour 5.30 – 7
Happy Ricard
Happy Cocktail
Happy Cheese + 50cl wine
Happy Bistro + 50cl wine
Aperitif
Kir cassis – Kir peach
Kir royal
Campari soda
Martini Bianco / Rosso
Digestif
Armagnac
Calvados
Cognac
Chartreuse verte / jaune
Desserts Wine
Muscat
Pineau des charentes
Porto
White Wine
by Glass / Carafe / Bottle
Cuvée Jean-Paul blanc sec
2023 Colombard
Clos de l’Église Macon-Charnay
2023 Chardonnay
Pré Baron blanc vieilles vignes
2023 Sauvignon blanc