Chez Lili

What Chez Lili does

Chez Lili is an independent bar-restaurant founded circa 2019 and operating from a single location at 2 Rue des Étoupières in Le Havre, France, positioned between the city's fishing port and the Halle aux Poissons market. The venue operates under short, defined service windows: weekday lunch (12h-14h) with an evolving short menu of seasonal author cuisine, weekend lunch (12h-14h) specializing in seafood such as Saint-Vaast oysters and market-fresh catch, and weekday evenings (19h30-22h) offering sharing plates including accras, haddock tartare, and house-made tarama. The offering is anchored by a large outdoor terrace that extends onto the quay in summer.

The business model is straightforward dine-in food and beverage retail with per-cover unit pricing (e.g., Moules+frites at 9€, frites at 4€) supplemented by ticketed special-dinner events (Fines Gueules series at 22-40€ per person featuring guest chefs). Revenue derives entirely from on-premise consumption by local residents, tourists, and event attendees; there is no delivery, no catering, and no off-premise revenue stream disclosed. Marketing is conducted primarily through Instagram, Facebook, and a calendar of in-venue cultural programming (Soleil Couchant summer concert series, Helios Fête de la Musique performances, Bar à l'Ouest independent music festival, and the Fines Gueules chef collaborations with restaurants including Margote, Bistrot Panache, La Bise, Le Revers de la Manche, and Pasta Pazza).

The technical and operational footprint is intentionally low-tech. The website runs on WordPress, reservation is handled via an online form plus phone (02 35 30 11 09), and the team numbers approximately 12 employees. The product is fundamentally the physical venue itself, its location, and its cultural programming, with no proprietary technology, software platform, or data assets underpinning the business.

Name

Chez Lili

Website

https://chezlili.bar

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chez Lili is a single-location independent bar-restaurant in Le Havre, France, serving seasonal French cuisine and seafood from the adjacent Halle aux Poissons market, supplemented by ticketed guest-chef dinners and live music programming for local residents and visitors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Casual Dining Bar-Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (72241)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

All-Day Dining Restaurants (THAFACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Chef’s Table & Tasting Menu Restaurants (THAFACAG)

Keywords

• Bar restaurant services
• Casual dining
• Seafood cuisine
• Live music events
• Fresh local cuisine

Headquarters

HQ city

Le Havre

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Food and beverage sales: Revenue from serving food and drinks to dine-in customers. Lunch service Monday-Friday 12h-14h, weekends 12h-14h with seafood specialties. Evening service Monday-Friday 19h30-22h with sharing plates. Weekend features iodized sharing plates including Saint-Vaast oysters.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Chez Lili is a bar-restaurant in Le Havre offering daily lunch service with author cuisine on a short seasonal menu, weekend seafood specialties featuring Saint-Vaast oysters and market-fresh catch, and evening sharing plates. The venue operates on a pay-as-you-go basis with pay-as-you-go menu pricing and hosts recurring cultural events including the Soleil Couchant summer concert series and Fines Gueules collaborative guest-chef dinners.

Product overview

Chez Lili is a bar-restaurant located in Le Havre between the fishing port and Halle aux Poissons. The business operates as a single unified offering with core food and beverage service components: daily lunch service (Monday-Friday with author cuisine on a short seasonal menu), weekend seafoodspecializing service featuring oysters from Saint-Vaast and fresh catch, and evening sharing plates service. The establishment also features a large outdoor terrace and hosts regular event programming including the Soleil Couchant concert series and Fines Gueules collaborative chef dinners. The product portfolio centers on providing a casual yet refined dining and drinking experience focused on local products, indie wines, and market-fresh seafood.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bar-Restaurant Service

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Soleil CouchantcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 September 2024Summer concert series featuring live music on the terrace. Collaborates with local and touring musicians. Terrace extends onto the quay for events. Series runs during summer months.
• P'tit BouillonminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 July 2024Collaboration for the Maquereau festival celebration. Two terraces, two kitchens, one fish - joint event celebrating grilled mackerel with a festive atmosphere.
• HelioscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 June 2023Ongoing collaboration for annual Fête de la Musique celebrations. Helios performs at Chez Lili on the terrace, with concerts extending to the quay. Multi-year partnership since 2022.
• Fines Gueules guest chefscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecurring dinner event series featuring guest chefs from various restaurants (Margote, Bistrot Panache, La Bise, Le Revers de la Manche, Pasta Pazza, etc.) collaborating on special menus. Multiple editions per year since 2023.
• Bar à l'OuestminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipation in the annual Bar à l'Ouest festival - 5-day independent music event across 12 bars in Le Havre. Two to three concerts each evening.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Bouillon Pigalle: Part of the modern bouillon revival in France, serving traditional French bistro fare at accessible price points with high table turnover; comparable to Chez Lili on casual full-service French dining model, though operating at significantly larger scale in Paris.
• Bouillon Chartier: Historic Parisian bouillon serving classic French cuisine in a high-volume, casual full-service format; relevant broad incumbent comparable on the 'simple, well-made, affordable French food' positioning that underpins Chez Lili's weekday lunch.
• Brasserie Lipp: Iconic Parisian brasserie offering traditional French cuisine with strong beverage (wine, beer) focus and a cultural/historic ambiance; comparable to Chez Lili on the combination of French cuisine, bar program, and cultural cachet, though at a very different scale and price point.
• Big Mamma Group: Large French casual-dining group operating dozens of trattorias and bistros across France and Europe; comparable as a scaled operator in the independent-feeling, chef-driven casual French/European restaurant category that Chez Lili sits within.

Emerging players

• Pasta Pazza: Independent restaurant whose chef has participated in Chez Lili's Fines Gueules series; comparable as a small, chef-driven casual concept in the broader Normandy independent restaurant scene, with partial overlap on format rather than cuisine.

Direct peers

• Le Revers de la Manche: Participating chef in the Fines Gueules series and seafood-adjacent Normandy concept; comparable to Chez Lili as an independent French bistro emphasizing fresh, locally sourced ingredients.
• La Bise: Independent restaurant whose chef has collaborated on Fines Gueules dinners at Chez Lili; offers a similar small-format, chef-driven French dining experience with rotating menus.
• P'tit Bouillon: Local Le Havre bar-restaurant partner that collaborated with Chez Lili on the 2024 Maquereau festival across two terraces and two kitchens; operates a similarly casual, seafood-leaning independent concept in the same city, making it a direct comparable.
• Bistrot Panache: French bistro whose chef has appeared in Chez Lili's Fines Gueules guest-chef dinners; comparable as an independent, chef-driven French bistro with a short seasonal menu and casual neighborhood positioning.
• Margote: Independent French bistro whose chef has participated as a guest in Chez Lili's Fines Gueules series; operates a similar author-cuisine, small-team format in the Normandy region and serves as a direct peer on chef-driven casual French dining.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/chezlili.bar
• Instagraminstagram.com/chezlili.bar
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chezlili

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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