Elbi

Paris 10th rewards return visits right now: look past another standard bistro booking for a room with more personal cooking. Elbi merits a second pass because it gives Omar Dhiab’s Egyptian and Tunisian references a looser, more casual setting than his Michelin-starred address in the 1st arrondissement, while keeping enough chef pedigree to feel considered, not novelty-led.

Come back for the Egyptian bistro dishes, not a formal tasting-menu mood

Order the dishes that define the place: hawawshi with beef, lamb, halloumi, and tahini sauce; grilled pigeon with spiced barbecue sauce; duck breast with jute mallow sauce; and koshari with pasta, rice, lentils, chickpeas, and spicy tomato sauce. They make the decision clear: book for bistro ease with a specific point of view, not for a classic Paris brasserie repeat.

The trust signal is the kitchen. Dhiab trained at Pavillon Ledoyen, Lasserre, L’Abeille at the Haven, and Loiseau Rive Gauche, then opened the restaurant in May 2025 as a more personal expression of his cooking. His other restaurant has held a Michelin star since March 2023, suggesting technique without the mood or commitment of a gastronomic meal.

The wine list is a stronger reason to book than the price data

Pricing is not fully listed, but the wine information helps: glasses run from €10 to €15, and the cellar spans 650 references across conventional, natural, organic, and biodynamic bottles. That makes it smarter for diners who care about drinking well with bistro cooking than for anyone benchmarking the meal by a fixed menu price.

Reservations: plan ahead rather than treating it as a fallback, given the chef profile and recent opening. Dress: smart casual is the safe Paris bistro read. Budget: use the €10 to €15 by-the-glass range as the clearest signal, then expect food spend to depend on how broadly the table orders.