Given the high ratio of fancy-pants neighbourhoods in West London, it’s a pretty safe bet for finding a decent brunch.
And this corner of London doesn’t disappoint: amongst its charms you’ll find unlimited toast stations; pancakes so good they’re literally trademarked; and one of London’s fullest full Englishes.
So without further ado, allow us to present the best brunch in West London:
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Akub | Notting Hill
Do yourself a favour, and book into brunch at Notting Hill’s Akub before you even read the rest of this list. Fadi Khattan’s intimate Palestinian restaurant nails it: eggs every which way but boring, served on flatbread and dusted with sumac, or poached into a rich tomato & green chilli stew. Then there’s the Arabic coffee French toast with cocoa & pistachio, and the unmissable aubergine fatteh where the star ingredient is drizzled with garlic yoghurt. And then, of course, there’s the freshly baked bread and house-made hummus (and why this isn’t an option at every brunch, we’ve never understood).
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends, 11am-3pm (4pm Sun)
Address: 27 Uxbridge Street, Notting Hill, W8 7TQ | Book brunch at Akub
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Granger and Co. | Chelsea, Notting Hill, Marylebone, Kings Cross & Clerkenwell
Bill Granger made his name as a chef thanks to his scrambled eggs. Head to the sleekly designed Granger and Co. for brunch, and you’ll find out why.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
Timings (Chelsea): Daily from 7am (8am Sunday) – 12pm
Address: 237 Pavilion Road, SW1X 0BP | 175 Westbourne Grove, London W11 2SB | Visit the Granger & Co website
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Burnt | Shepherd’s Bush
It’s tough to beat Burnt cakes and cookies… when they come out the ovens of this brilliant brunch spot in Shepherd’s Bush. Miso dark chocolate & hazelnut cookies and maple-frosted banana bread are just a few of the regulars to make appearances on the display. Once you’ve packed away a few of these for later (don’t take the risk of missing out by ordering as you leave), you can sit yourself down with Climpson & Sons coffee and great savoury brunch dishes like the salt beef, sauerkraut, mustard and cheddar croque madame.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekdays 8am-4pm, weekends 9am-4pm
Address: 163 Askew Road, London W12 9AU | Book brunch at Burnt
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Three Darlings | Chelsea
By day, Jason Atherton’s Three Darlings is a model neighbourhood bistro, serving everything from côte de boeuf to share to roasted leek ravioli. But by night, the baking team swoop in and burn the midnight oil prepping god-tier bread and pastry for breakfast the next morning. One bite of their white chocolate & plum pain suisse, or the Three Darlings bun with sausage, bacon, egg, cheese & spicy mayo, and you’ll be eternally grateful for their service.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends 8.30am-3pm
Address: 241b Pavilion Road, SW1X 0BP | Book brunch at Three Darlings
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Julie’s | Holland Park
Few settings are more charming for a brunch in West London than the terrace outside Julie’s in Holland Park. And after a recent reboot from new owner Tara MacBain, the restaurant finally has the cheffing credentials to match its good-time reputation: former Brawn and The Pelican chef Owen Kenworthy has put together an excellent new menu, which on weekends includes highly-appealing brunch specials like bacon scones, smoked eel rarebit on crumpet, quail’s eggs & mushrooms on sourdough, and French toast with honey-glazed bacon…
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends from 11.30am
Address: 135 Portland Road, London W11 4LW | Book brunch at Julie’s
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The Park | Bayswater
Jeremy King’s latest opening is the retro, upmarket American diner of your dreams. It sits right across from Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, meaning you can set off for a leisurely post-brunch stroll after fuelling up on cross-Atlantic classics like salmon & cream cheese bagels; chilled pink grapefruit; buttermilk pancakes; eggs Arlington; potato latkes with fried eggs and more. With a banana split for pudding. You’re about to exercise, after all…
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekdays 7-11.30am, weekends & bank hols from 8am-4.30pm
Address: Queensway, London W2 3RX | Book brunch at The Park
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Chet’s | Shepherd’s Bush
Chef Kris Yenbamroong’s hip Californian diner and Thai street food mashup (dubbed ‘Thai Americana’) is doing big things. Namely spectacular brunch dishes like the take on New York’s Bodega Sandwich (comprised of a kaiser roll, fluffy egg, sai uah sausage, cheese and umami ketchup) and caramel-battered French toast absolutely drenched in pandan cream and condensed milk, all available until 4pm…
Details: Bottomless booze? No, but you can get a sharing cocktail | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekdays 7-11am, weekends 7am-4pm
Address: The Hoxton Shepherd’s Bush, 65 Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8QE | Book brunch at Chet’s
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Milk Beach | Queen’s Park & Soho
Named after a stretch of Sydney coastline, Milk Beach does brunch the Aussie way – which means coffee from their own London roastery, Album; banana bread with espresso cream cheese; and coddled eggs with sweet potato purée and sourdough soldiers. And just for added authenticity, they occasionally serve it outside in the sun.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Not in Queen’s Park, but yes in Soho.
Timings: Tues-Thurs 9am-3pm, Fri-Sat 9am-3.30pm, Sun 9am-4pm | Soho: Tues-Fri 9-11.30am, weekends 9am-12pm
Address: 19 Lonsdale Road, NW6 6RA | Visit Milk Beach’s website
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The Princes Royal | Notting Hill
The extremely pretty Notting Hill gastro that is The Princess Royal keeps things simple for its weekend brunch: kick off with a spiced Bloody Mary, a Bellini, or a breakfast martini followed by a majestic Full Princess loaded with Cumberland sausage, bacon, Burford Browns, hash browns, black pudding, beans, mushrooms, roasted toms, and sourdough toast. Or, if you want to take it sliiightly easier, you can sip a fresh mixed berry juice from a chilled glass, and soak it up with the likes of a grilled flatbread topped with slow-cooked lamb, labneh, and pickled red onion. Royal indeed.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends 10am-4pm
Address: 47 Hereford Road, W2 5AH | Book brunch at The Princess Royal
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Parlour | Kensal Rise
Parlour’s unlimited help-yourself toast station may have been forced into retirement during the Covid years of droplet danger. But they’ll still gladly furnish you with a complimentary toast basket as a prelude to your Full English, bacon bap or house smoked salmon & eggs.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Daily from 10am
Address: 5 Regent Street, NW10 5LG | Book brunch at Parlour
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Los Mochis | Notting Hill
Eggs royale will never be the same once you’ve tried the huevos al pastor at Los Mochis: chipotle hollandaise-draped poached eggs, served on hash browns with flavoursome pork al pastor. Add in one or two bloody mezcalitas and micheladas and you’ll be all set to tackle Portobello Market afterwards.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends 9.30am-3pm
Address: 2-4 Farmer St, W8 7SN | Book brunch at Los Mochis
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The Aubrey | Knightsbridge
The Mandarin Oriental’s plush take on the Japanese izakaya sees your avocado on toast, and tops it with salmon sashimi… and caviar for an extra £25, if you’re feeling bouji (which considering you’re here at one of the top restaurants in Knightsbridge, you probably are). The Aubrey also does a great line in bloody Maries, including a Crystal Mary that’s clarified and mixed with sweet potato shochu. If you fancy raising the stakes even higher, there’s two hours of bottomless sake & cocktails for £50+.
Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | Set menu? Available | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends, 12-5pm
Address: Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, 66 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LA | Book brunch at The Aubrey
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Beam | Notting Hill, Crouch End, Highbury, Muswell Hill
Beam is warm, it’s stylish, and of all the restaurants in Notting Hill, it might just serve the meanest brunch (maybe). The secret to their success? Nailing classics like breakfast burritos, salmon & scrambled eggs and berry, banana & salted caramel French toast… but also peppering the menu with dishes drawing on the owners’ Middle Eastern heritage, with a superlative take on eggs Benedict that involves shawarma spiced patties, pickled red cabbage & harissa hollandaise.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
Timings: Daily from 8am, be prepared to queue at weekends
Address: 103 Westbourne Grove, W2 4UW | Visit Beam’s website
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Dishoom | Kensington, Battersea & across London
Serving a wide selection of traditional Parsi appetisers and modern South Bombay street-grills in tantalising sharing plates, Dishoom is a London brunch classic for a reason. And that reason is the bacon naan. Wow.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: 8-11.45am weekdays, 9-11.45am weekends
Address: 4 Derry Street, W8 5SE | 42 Electric Boulevard, London SW11 8BJ | Book brunch at Dishoom
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Miznon | Notting Hill & Soho
Miznon is best known for impossibly soft pitas (which you can enjoy both sat-in, or on the go). Head there on the weekend and you’ll find them stuffed with everything from za’atar omelette to steak and eggs, alongside all sorts of sauces and spices – sour cream, salsa, pickles, and more. Sides include butter soft-roasted cauliflower flecked with Maldon salt, and what Miznon calls ‘The best Hummus Plate that you will ever eat!’ which is… true. Plus they do a mean Miznon Mary for washing it all down.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings (Notting Hill): Weekends from 11am
Address: 14 Elgin Crescent, London W11 2HX | Book brunch at Miznon
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Brother Marcus | South Kensington, Borough, Angel, Spitalfields & Covent Garden
BM will ply you with hearty brunch dishes like fried chicken & potato rosti; brioche French toast with bacon floss; and stacks of courgette and feta fritters with a poached egg. Just like a good brother should.
Details: Bottomless booze? No, but 2 cocktails for £20 | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekdays 7.30am-4pm, Weekends 8.30am-4pm
Address: 1-3 Pelham Street, London SW7 2ND | Book brunch at Brother Marcus
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Golborne Deli | Notting Hill
A covered terrace outside a shop serving bountiful Italian produce and provisions, where you can build your own eggy breakfast and dine on six types of filo pastry dish – and not spend an arm and a leg while doing it.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
Timings: All day from 7.30am (8.30am on Sundays)
Address: 100-102 Golborne Road, W10 5PS | Visit Golborne Deli’s website
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Peggy Jean | Richmond
Float the idea of brunch on the top deck of a barge covered with frilly pink parasols, and enjoy award-winning banana bread; pillowy-soft pancakes; and bottomless Daisy Fizz cocktails.
Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Wed-Fri from 10am, Saturdays from 8.30am, Sundays from 9am
Address: Riverside, Richmond TW9 1TH | Book brunch at Peggy Jean
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Urban Pantry | Chiswick
Tucked down a quaint little side street in Chiswick, this long-standing independent café is quietly serving some of the best brunch in West London. Aside from menu stalwarts like the corn fritters (they’re literally award-winning) and the sprawling Full Veggie Brekkie, they also lay on seasonal specials, including a French Toast topped by whatever bounties Mother Nature sees fit to bestow that month…
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
Timings: Daily from 9am
Address: 15 Devonshire Road, Chiswick, W4 2EU | Visit Urban Pantry’s website
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Sunday in Brooklyn | Notting Hill & Marylebone
One cannot talk about the brunch at Sunday In Brooklyn without talking about their malted pancakes. They’re thick, fluffy, incredibly big (seriously, don’t be brave and think you can handle three of them yourself) and covered in their signature hazelnut maple praline sauce. You won’t find their equal anywhere else. And to back them up, you can score some smoked salmon on brioche, a classic shakshuka, a zingy beetroot salad, and much more besides…
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes, but mostly walk-ins
Timings: Weekdays 9am – 4.30pm, Sat 8.30am-5pm, Sun 8.30am-8pm
Address: 98 Westbourne Grove, W2 5RU | Book brunch at Sunday in Brooklyn
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