At the end of January, the bloke and I visited Le Chalet, a pop-up restaurant on the roof of Selfridges on Oxford Street, run by "Q Grill" and branded "Le Chalet". The restaurant has a winter and alpine ski lodge theme with cocktails and food inspired by the winter months.
I wanted to visit "Le Chalet" in December, but we just ran out of time as December was busy for us, and the restaurant was extremely popular with everyone who decided to head to Oxford Street to shop for gifts. As a result, I resorted to booking a table in January on the last Friday in January after work. I'd previously gone to the pub for lunch with colleagues earlier that day and I was feeling worn down as the week had been a stressful one. By the time we arrived at our 6:30 booking, I was feeling exhausted and drained of all energy.
We were seated by the window, but we could not really see the view outside as it was dark. I would like to see what the restaurant looks like in the light. The window area was chilly, though, so each seat had a woolen blanket, which I used to drape around my arms.
We ordered our cocktails first. I ordered "Winter Orchard", which contained Beefeater, Poire William, apple juice, and Fireball. The bloke ordered Honeycomb Old Fashioned, which is a whisky cocktail with honeycomb.
The interior is decorated with fairy lights and pine trees and wintery decorations.
For starters, we ordered the "toasted ancient loaf with salted butter". This came with separate butter and salt to dip the bread in. The bread tasted nice with both the butter and the salt.
I ordered the buttermilk chicken schnitzl with blue cheese fondue. The food was delicious.
We ordered two sides: a side of broccoli with chili and garlic and a side of tartiflette potatoes. My partner ordered the coal charred Suffolk pork chop.
For desserts, we ordered ice cream and sorbet. My partner had lemon sorbet and vanilla ice cream. I ordered a lemon sorbet on its own. I tried a bite of the vanilla ice cream, and it was delicious.
I was so full that I almost missed dessert; I would have loved to have tried one of the other desserts, but I could not even finish my chicken.
Overall, the food was delicious. This is certainly one of the better restaurants that I have been to. The cocktails were perhaps a little too strong for my taste, but I would have liked to have tried a hot chocolate cocktail as they are quite popular. By the middle of the meal, I was actually extremely exhausted and just wanted to be at home and could not stop yawning. Yes, it had been a stressful week at work and I received some unfortunate news the evening before my visit.
I would visit again to try a chocolate cocktail and a dessert and admire the decor during the day, but I am unlikely to get the opportunity to do this now. "Le Chalet" are open and serving on the rooftop of Selfridges department store on Oxford Street (London) until the end of March if I have inspired you to go. Make sure that you make a reservation in advance to avoid disappointment.
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