Charlotte’s Table

I’ve been here a couple of times now and I’ve really enjoyed this café. While the food seems quite pricy, it’s really quite delicious and the service is very personal and welcoming.
Nestled in the heart of Ellenbrook, it’s next to some lovely water and pet areas. Dogs need to be on leashes but there is plenty of outdoor tables where pets are welcome. They even bring you a bowl of water for your furbaby and they very kindly brought him a little biscuit to eat. So thoughtful!
I would recommend.

Breakfast options in Ellenbrook are a little limited — Boutique Travel Café is okay, Mecca Gourmet is highly overrated, The Brook doesn’t do Sunday breakfast anymore… so more often than not we head out of the area.
Just when it seemed we’d have to wait for the new shops to be finished, there’s a new bistro in town — Charlotte’s Table has opened in the picturesque location previously inhabited by Charlotte’s Vineyard Indian restaurant. While it’s a shame to see that restaurant go, there’s a few Indian restaurants nearby and it’s good to have more choice in the area.
Charlotte’s Table is open 7 days a week, serving coffee & cakes all day, breakfast & lunch from 7:30am to 3pm and dinner from Wednesday to Sunday from 5pm — it’s really encouraging to see such a strong commitment to opening hours early on. We went there for breakfast a couple of days after it opened and have been back several times since.
Coffee is from Five Senses, which makes me very happy, and has improved in the couple of months since opening — it’s consistently good now.
There are some interesting choices on the breakfast menu, perhaps a bit too much fish for my liking but that’s just my personal taste. The dinner menu includes some nice sounding dishes such as buttermilk fried chicken with creamed corn & jalapeño salsa ($ 14 — yum!), pork & veal meatballs ($ 14), slow braised beef cheek with polenta ($ 28), sticky BBQ pork ribs with slaw & duck fat roast potatoes ($ 28), and so on… There’s also a kid’s menu, and for lunch you can get meatball sliders!
My breakfast choice the first time around was a no-​brainer — I had to try the ricotta hotcakes with maple glazed bacon steak and banana fritters ($ 18). Alas my bananas weren’t «frittered», but I’d forgive just about anything for that bacon. Wow. I don’t think I’ve ever had a piece of bacon that thick before, and it was seriously delicious — super soft and sweet from the glaze.
Renay chose simple poached eggs on toasted sourdough ($ 12), which was just as you would want it — good quality ingredients, cooked perfectly.
The second time we went back, Renay stayed with the poached eggs but I wanted to try something different, and fancied the sweetcorn fritters with smashed avocado on toast, cured salmon, dressed rocket and salsa fresca ($ 18) although I’m not a fan of fish for breakfast so asked if I could swap the salmon, which was done without fuss.
The corn fritters were light puffs of corny goodness — like eating a classy cornjack for breakfast without the guilt. The smashed avocado was really well seasoned and I want to know where they get those pork sausages from, because I can’t buy ones that nice. I’ve been back for those fritters several times now, and you can get them with a sweet chilli dip at dinner for only $ 12…
I’m very happy that Charlottes Table has joined the Ellenbrook party. It’s great to have somewhere decent to go when you don’t always have the time or inclination to travel, and I am already a regular customer.
Even if you live outside of Ellenbrook, Charlotte’s Table is worth checking out. If you’re a local, why haven’t you been there yet? Recommended.