Ever since our planet’s greatest scientists first discovered a meal between breakfast and lunch, no weekend morning has been complete without… brunch.
And now – in order to prevent you from ever having to suffer an incomplete weekend, ever again – we’ve put together a comprehensive list of only the very best brunch London has to offer.
Whether you’re looking for a boozy brunch, all-you-can-eat, or set menus anywhere in the city, we’ve got you covered…
Want to cut to the chase? Find London’s best bottomless brunches here
JUMP TO: CENTRAL | EAST | NORTH | WEST | SOUTH
Central London Brunch
Nutshell | Covent Garden
A brand new brunch to investigate – and it includes saffron sheermal French toast with sour cherries; crispy lamb pâté on grilled flatbread; and eggs with butter beans, tomato and apricot. In a nutshell: delicious.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends 12-5pm
Address: 30 Saint Martin’s Lane, London, WC2N 4ER | Visit their website
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Christopher’s | Covent Garden
This melted chocolate and ice cream-smothered crunchy French toast will ruin all other forms of bread for you, forever. But it’s the most delicious sacrifice you’ll ever make. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Saturdays 11am-3pm, Sundays 11.30am-3.30pm
Address: 18 Wellington Street, WC2E 7DD | Visit their website
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Lantana | Fitzrovia, Old Street, London Bridge
Modelled after the Australian cafes that the owners used to frequent in Sydney, Lantana does delicious cocktails (everything from espresso martinis to the house Lantana Mule), solid brunches (courgette bread with halloumi, corn fritters, bubble & squeak with black pudding, etc.), and stellar coffee. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends 9am-5pm
Address: 13 Charlotte Place, W1T 1SN | Visit their website
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Hide | Mayfair
Ironically, there is absolutely no hiding Hide’s excellence, particularly where brunch is concerned. Sure, at these prices, it’s an investment, but banana bread baked to order, followed by oysters and a Michelin-starred full English, sat in what essentially feels like the middle of intricately carved oak tree, means it’s definitely one worth making… READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Saturday and Sunday, 9-11.30am
Address: 85 Piccadilly, Mayfair, London W1J 7NB | Visit their website
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Riding House Café | Fitzrovia
Break up with your current Sunday brunch ritual. The Riding House Café’s elaborate, modern European menu and industrial-chic design is a winner. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends 9am-4pm
Address: 43-51 Great Titchfield Street, W1W 7PQ | Visit their website
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Jikoni | Marylebone
Considering its impeccable dining cred, Blandford Street is a real misnomer. Especially if you’re familiar with Ravinder Bhogal’s brunch at Jikoni, which involves piña colada pancakes; prawn toast scotch eggs; and tamarind-glazed bacon on fenugreek waffles…
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? Available
Timings: Weekends 11am-3pm
Address: 19-21 Blandford Street, W1U 3DH | Visit their website
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Bombay Bustle | Mayfair
Bombay Bustle’s Sunday brunch is all about ‘Samosas, Dosas & Mimosas’… As well as cardamom bellinis served alongside huge, concave egg appams; masala scrambled eggs; and mango-topped pancakes; all in a rose-tinted dining room reminiscent of a Wes Anderson train carriage set. But, you know, that doesn’t rhyme so well. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Sundays 11am-3pm
Address: 29 Maddox Street, W1S 2PA | Visit their website
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Ampéli | Fitzrovia
This Greek restaurant on Charlotte Street has just introduced brunch: meet pancakes (with blackcurrant compote and tahini yoghurt); pulled beef brisket on fricassee bread; and sparkling Greek wine.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Saturdays 11am-3pm
Address: 18 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 2LZ | Visit their website
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Bon Vivant | Bloomsbury
Technically speaking, what BV serve is actually a ‘drunch’, because the French are so very laid back that dinner somehow makes its way into the equation too. Don’t worry though. You’ll still find pancakes and poached eggs alongside the burgers on the menu. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Saturdays 10.30am-4pm
Address: 75-77 Marchmont Street, WC1N 1AP | Visit their website
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Sketch | Mayfair
Served in an elegant room with hand-cut collaged wallpaper, Sketch’s brunch of berry waffles and tempura poached eggs is a work of art. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Fri, Sat & Sun, 8-10.45am
Address: 9 Conduit Street, W1S 2XG | Visit their website
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Fischer’s | Marylebone
An elegant, Viennese-style grand café tucked away in Marylebone, where you can while away a morning with the papers, a strong cup of coffee, and a plate of gröstl (a kind of Alpine bubble and squeak).
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? Available
Timings: Breakfast from 7.30am Mon-Fri, 8am weekends; brunch, weekends 11.30am-5pm
Address: 50 Marylebone High Street, W1U 5HN | Visit their website
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Aqua Kyoto | Soho
Sushi brunch. With six courses. And infinite Champagne. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? No | Set menu? Yes
Timings: Saturdays 12-3.15pm, Sundays 12-5.30pm
Address: 30 Argyll Street, W1B 3BR | Visit their website
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The Breakfast Club | Soho & All Across Town
Hungover? Cure: the quintessential London brunch, courtesy of The Breakfast Club. One large BC coffee, one BC hangover smoothie, one BC club sandwich with extra guacamole. And one Bloody Mary, for good measure. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Daily from 8am
Address: 33 D’Arblay Street, W1F 8EU | Visit their website
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The Wolseley | Mayfair
The menu has fried haggis with whisky sauce. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekdays 7-11.30am, weekends 8-11.30am
Address: 160 Piccadilly, W1J 9EB | Visit their website
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Wun’s Tea Room and Bar | Soho
One of the few places in London where you can find that great Singaporean-Malaysian breakfast delicacy, kaya toast: sugary, coconutty jam spread on thick white toast, served with a fudgy egg and soy sauce. And if that doesn’t float your boat, you can pick from Hong Kong-style French toast (with peanut butter and cheese); sugar skin fatty iberico char siu; and ‘grumpy baked beans’.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends 12-4pm
Address: 23 Greek Street, W1D 4DZ | Visit their website
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Dirty Bones | Soho (and Kensington, Carnaby & Shoreditch)
The pancakes are gigantic. The cocktails are wild. And you can get crumpets topped with 12-hour slow-cooked short rib, poached eggs and hollandaise… This brunch might end up turning into a brinner. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? Not for now, but you can get a set menu with 3 drinks | All you can eat? No | Set menu? Available
Timings: Weekends 11am-4pm
Address: 14 Denman Street, W1D 7HJ | Visit their website
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Hip Hop Brunch | Secret Location
Two parts hip. One part hop. One part delicious brunch in the form of a 3-course ‘Dirty South’ meal served up alongside an hour of bottomless cocktails which will fuel another (few) hours of glorious hip hop karaoke. Shake well, and serve.
Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? No | Set menu? Yes
Timings: 12-5pm every Saturday (book HERE)
Address: Various locations | Visit their website
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26 Grains | Covent Garden
26 Grains almost exclusively do porridge. And although that might not sound like a screaming endorsement, believe us when we say that it’s because they make the best porridge you’ve ever had, savoury or sweet. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Saturdays 8am-4pm
Address: 1 Neal’s Yard, WC2H 9ER | Visit their website
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Flesh and Buns | Covent Garden/Oxford Circus
This is Sunday brunch, pan-Asian-style. Which here means Nutella croissant taiyaki (in the shape of a fish), Japanese fried wings, and crispy pig belly bao buns slathered with miso mustard. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? No | Set menu? Yes
Timings: Sundays from noon
Address: 41 Earlham Street, WC2H 9LX | Visit their website
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Balans Soho | Soho
The best thing about having French toast with maple butter, lobster eggs benedict, and an absinthe fountain at 3am is that you can come back at noon, and have it all over again.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends from noon, weekdays from 4pm-close
Address: 60 – 62 Old Compton Street, W1D 4UG | Visit their website
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Opso | Marylebone
Next time you’re craving Thessaloniki pastries filled with sweet semolina custard; scrambled eggs on koulouri milk bread; barrel-matured feta on toasted sourdough; or lotus cookie crumble pancakes with bananas and salted caramel, go to Greece. Or Opso. Whichever’s closer.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends 10am-3.30pm
Address: 10 Paddington Street, W1U 5QL | Visit their website
East London Brunch
Townsend | Whitechapel
Townsend had barely opened its doors when the city went into lockdown – so now it’s making up for lost time with a brand new brunch service, including eggy bread with potted brown shrimp; potato cake with fried egg and girolles; and treacle-cured salmon on soda bread. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends from 9am-12pm
Address: Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX | Visit their website
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The Pavilion Café | Bethnal Green
The Pav has been feeding Victoria Park’s strollers for over a decade, and for the past five years its Sri Lankan breakfast (with string hoppers, dahl and coconut sambol) has earned its place as an East London mainstay.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Daily, 8am-4pm
Address: Victoria Park, Old Ford Road, London E9 7DE | Visit their website
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The Marksman | Hackney
London’s home of the roast just became home of the brunch, too. Dine on sophisticated brunch classics like treacle sourdough or smoked haddock kedgeree, or just cave and go for the wing rib with onion rings and fried eggs for two.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Saturdays, 11am-3.30pm
Address: 254 Hackney Road, London, E2 7SJ | Visit their website
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The Vincent | Hackney
Vegetarians, rejoice – you’ll find a host of meat free options here, from vegeree to shakshuka (and even a vegan coffee White Russian). Plus, everyone else can rejoice over the 12hr pork hash, and buttermilk fried chicken and waffle – and the bottomless bellinis on their sunny outdoor terrace.
Details: Bottomless booze? Yes (and coffee) | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends from 10am
Address: 2 Atkins Square, Dalston Lane, E8 1FN | Visit their website
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Hawksmoor | Guildhall
Eggs Benedict? Phscht. Try Lobster Benedict. Bubble & squeak? Hah! Say hello to short rib bubble & squeak. Bacon & eggs? Um, how about a smoked bacon chop with fried eggs & hash browns. Whatever anyone else does for brunch, these guys do better. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Reopening soon – watch this space
Address: 10 Basinghall Street, EC2V 5BQ | Visit their website
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Cecconi’s Shoreditch | Shoreditch
A smartly dressed, sophisticated Italian spot from the Soho House family – the perfect place for a classy binge on waffles, eggs, and giant bowls of pasta for the table. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends from 8am
Address: 58-60 Redchurch Street, E2 7DP | Visit their website
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Hotbox | Shoreditch
Option 1: a bowl of cereal at home. Option 2: some smoked meat hash with a crispy fried egg and hot sauce, some truffled egg toast, and a fried chicken Belgian waffle at Hotbox. You choose. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Tues-Sun, 11.30am-2.30pm (3pm Sundays)
Address: 46-48 Commercial Street, E1 6LT | Visit their website
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Morito | Hackney
A quick primer on the traditional Spanish-meets-Middle Eastern breakfast: it involves chargrilled cheese with peach & honey; spicy chorizo & chip sandwiches; Turkish menemem eggs; and a food coma.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends 10am-12pm
Address: 195 Hackney Road, E2 8JL | Visit their website
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Duck and Waffle | Liverpool Street
Saving you any decision-making by naming the restaurant after their best brunch dish, D&W seal the deal by serving it to you on the 40th floor, with one of the best views in the city. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Breakfast weekdays 8-11am, brunch on weekends & bank holidays 8am-4pm
Address: 110 Bishopsgate, EC2N 4AY | Visit their website
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Bounce | Shoreditch
Bottomless prosecco. Bottomless Yorkshire pudding pizzas. Bottomless ping pong. That is all. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? Yes | Set menu? No
Timings: Sundays 1-3pm
Address: 241 Old Street, EC1V 9EY | Visit their website
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Bistrotheque | Bethnal Green
Bistrotheque brunch (accompanied by Xavior on piano) has a menu of almost a dozen brunch-only cocktails, and a slightly more condensed menu of dishes (pancakes, benedicts, etc.). So at least they have their priorities straight. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No, but you can order by the jug | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends 11am-3.30pm (live piano 12-3pm)
Address: 23-27 Wadeson Street, E2 9DR | Visit their website
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Bread Street Kitchen | Bank
For all his bluster, Gordon Ramsay simply does not f**k around when it comes to delivering a decent meal. And the brunch here is no exception. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? No | Set menu? Yes
Timings: Weekends 11am-2pm
Address: 10 Bread Street, One New Change, EC4M 9AJ | Visit their website
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B&H Buildings | Clerkenwell
This is a kind of choose-your-own adventure brunch. You want your eggs with baked avocado? Done. Braised beef with crispy hash? No problem. Pancakes dusted with toasted hazelnuts and caramelised banana? You got it.
Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? No | Set menu? Yes
Timings: Weekends 10am-4pm
Address: 42 Northampton Road, EC1R 0HU | Visit their website
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Ottolenghi | Spitalfields, Notting Hill, Soho, Fitzrovia
Yotam Ottolenghi: political activist, gay rights campaigner, pilates instructor, philosophy and comparative literature major and multi award-winning cook-book writer. He also owns and runs Ottolenghi, NOPI and ROVI…and their brunches are as great as he is.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Spitalfields is currently closed, but Islington is open for breakfast daily, 9am-12pm
Address: 50 Artillery Lane, E1 7LJ | Visit their website
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Gloria | Shoreditch
As the most hyped restaurant opening of 2019, Gloria probably consider it their civic duty to give good brunch. And the fluffy pancakes, ‘Big Boy French Toast’ and Italian breakfast sandwich do not disappoint. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends from 9am
Address: 54-56 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3QR | Visit their website
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Jones & Sons | Dalston
A legendary London brunch. Not only are the drinks bottomless, but the food is too. Enjoy infinite smoked salmon & scrambled eggs, waffles, pancakes, French toast, Benedicts, Full Englishes, and more. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? Yes | Set menu? No
Timings: Saturday 11am-5pm, Sunday 11am-1pm
Address: Stamford Works, 3 Gillett Street, N16 8JH | Visit their website
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Brunswick East | Dalston & Hackney Downs
An East London stalwart that keeps going from strength to strength. They’ve just opened a second branch that serves all the hits – chilli poached eggs with garlic yoghurt; Japanese savoury pancakes; fermented cherries on sourdough – you name it. And for the first time ever, you can currently book. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekdays (reduced brunch menu) 8am-5pm, weekends 9am-5pm
Address: Unit 3D Stamford Works, Gillett Street, N16 8JH | Visit their website
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Mildreds Dalston | Dalston (and Camden & King’s Cross)
Once you’ve made your way though a hearty plate of banana bread with candied coconut; a harissa egg & cheese omelette and smashed avo on sourdough, you probably won’t even notice that your entire meal was vegetarian.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings (Dalston): Weekends 9am-3pm
Address: 1 Dalston Square, E8 3GU | Visit their website
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Berber & Q | Haggerston
As one of the pre-eminent grilling spots in London, Berber & Q have made the wise decision to grill brunch, too – so you’ll find campfire roasted beets served with burnt baba ghanoush, honeyed feta and 8 minute eggs. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends 11am-3pm
Address: Arch 338 Acton Mews, E8 4EA | Visit their website
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Sager + Wilde | Bethnal Green
Sager + Wilde may not do bottomless prosecco – but they do use it in the dressing for their mouthwatering golden nectarine and burrata salad. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends 11am-3pm
Address: Arch 250 Paradise Row, E2 9LE | Visit their website
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North London Brunch
Jolene | Stoke Newington
Patricia Niven
Finally, a place for die-hard fans of mixed wheat populations grown in regenerative farming ecosystems. Apparently that’s the secret behind Jolene’s fresh bakes every morning, bolstered by fried eggs with jamón; spiced beans and mojo verde; and smoked salmon with pickled cucumber. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weds-Sun from 9am
Address: 21 Newington Green, N16 9PU | Visit their website
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Beam | Crouch End, Highbury, Notting Hill
Run by a mother and son team, Beam is home to North London’s most generous brunch dish: the colossal Mediterranean breakfast with grilled halloumi; egg; feta filo pastry parcels; avo; sausage; more feta; olives; feta; and harissa yoghurt cascading off the plate.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Daily from 8am, be prepared to queue at weekends
Address: 40-41 Topsfield Parade, N8 8PT | 184 Blackstock Road, N5 1EF | Visit their website
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Caravan | King’s Cross (and Exmouth Market, Fitzrovia, Bankside & City)
Caravan Exmouth Market’s first sibling, this younger brother roasts coffee in-house, and dishes out numbers like vanilla pancakes with date molasses; chorizo and potato hash; and fried jalapeño cornbread with avocado and a fried egg. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No, but you can order jugs | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings (King’s Cross): Weekday breakfast 9-11.30am, weekend brunch 10am-4pm
Address: 1 Granary Square, N1C 4AA | Visit their website
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Honey & Co | Warren Street
This tiny restaurant serves everything that’s delicious and breakfasty from across the Middle East, from roasted aubergine and ‘dinosaur eggs’ on pitta, to merguez sausage roll, shakshouka and puff pastry treats. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Tuesday-Saturday until 11.30am
Address: 25a Warren Street, W1T 5LZ | Visit their website
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Plaquemine Lock | Islington
Your new Sunday tradition: live jazz and buttermilk pancakes with praline bacon; eggs Sardou with Creole hollandaise; and cornbread French toast by the canal.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends 12-1.30 and 2.30-4pm
Address: 139 Graham Street, N1 8LB | Visit their website
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Blues Kitchen | Camden, Brixton, Shoreditch
Huevos rancheros, stacks of pancakes, Creole crab benedict… Ironically, dining here is the one time you’re guaranteed not to get the blues. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends 10am-4pm
Address: 111-113 Camden High Street, NW1 7JN | Visit their website
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Granary Square Brasserie | King’s Cross
From the same group behind The Ivy, GSB is just as delicious, only with more exposed piping and some very reasonable prices… oh, and eggs benedict. With chips.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends & bank holidays, 11am-4pm
Address: 1 Granary Square, N1C 4AB | Visit their website
West London Brunch
Milk Beach | Queen’s Park
Named after a Sydney beach, Milk Beach do brunch the Aussie way – which means coffee roasted in-house, banana bread with espresso cream cheese, and coddled eggs with sweet potato purée. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends from 9am
Address: 19 Lonsdale Road, NW6 6RA | Visit their website
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The Hero of Maida | Maida Vale
Saturday mornings in Maida Vale should be spent in the beautiful dining rooms of The Hero, where former Racine founder/chef Henry Harris oversees dishes like bacon brioche buns, full Englishes, and field mushrooms with shallots on sourdough toast. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Mon-Sat, 7.30am-10am (11.45am Saturdays)
Address: 55 Shirland Road, W9 2JD | Visit their website
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Granger and Co. | Notting Hill, Chelsea, 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 | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings (Notting Hill): Daily from 7am (8am Sunday). No reservations, expect to queue (a lot)
Address: 175 Westbourne Grove, W11 2SB | Visit their website
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No 11 Pimlico Road | Chelsea
They have Caravan coffee (another great brunch place!), ricotta pancakes, a vegan cooked breakfast, and a really easy-to-remember address.
Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Saturdays 10am-5pm
Address: 11 Pimlico Road, SW1W 8NA | Visit their website
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Dishoom | Kensington, Shoreditch, Carnaby & King’s Cross
A selection of traditional Parsi appetisers and modern South Bombay street-grills in tantalising sharing plates. And that bacon naan. Wow.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: 8-11.45am weekdays, 9-11.45am weekends
Address: 4 Derry Street, W8 5SE | Visit their website
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Parlour Kensal | Kensal Green
“Ugh, of course I don’t want constant, unrestricted access to an unlimited toast, PB and nutella station” – no-one, ever.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? Toast | Set menu? No
Timings: From 10am, Tuesday-Sunday
Address: 5 Regent Street, NW10 5LG | Visit their website
South London Brunch
Louie Louie | Elephant & Castle
Louie Louie have just gone ahead and covered all the bases for you. Pancakes? But of course. Avo on toast? No problem. Autumn hash with delica pumpkin, caramelised red onion, black cabbage, fried sage, whipped goats cheese, pickled beetroot & fried eggs? Sure.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends 9am-3pm
Address: 347 Walworth Road, SE17 2AL | Visit their website
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Brother Marcus | Balham, Angel, Spitalfields
In their cosy heated courtyard, they’ll ply you with dishes like pulled pork belly and fried egg; breakfast wraps; and stacks of courgette and feta fritters with a poached egg. Just like a brother should. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Sat 9am-4pm, Sun & bank holidays 9.30am-3.30pm
Address: 9 Chestnut Grove, SW12 8JA | Visit their website
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Aqua Shard | London Bridge
Nothing beats watching a panorama of London waking up hundreds of feet below you… except, maybe, doing that with a three course brunch feast including a full English (meaty and veggie); eggs Benedict; and buttermilk pancakes with Wiltshire back bacon… and wine.
Details: Bottomless booze? No, but wine pairings available | All you can eat? No | Set menu? Yes
Timings: Weekends and bank holidays, 10.30am-3.30pm
Address: Level 31, The Shard, 31 St. Thomas Street, SE1 9RY | Visit their website
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Donnelly’s is a place to bring friends. Not because of the spacious al fresco dining, or the homely, convivial atmosphere, but because you’ll need each of them to order the Full English; the bavette steak with fried eggs; and the truffled scrambled eggs on toast, so you can steal off their plate.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends 11am-3pm
Address: 40 Bermondsey Street, SE1 3UD | Visit their website
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The Table Café | Southwark
One of the self-proclaimed “best kept secrets in London”, the Table Café is a mere stone’s skip from Borough Market, which probably explains their excellent, sustainably sourced, ingredient-driven food. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekdays 7.30am-4pm, weekends 8am-4pm
Address: 83 Southwark Street, SE1 0HX | Visit their website
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Flour to the People | Battersea & Camberwell
F2P are taking things into their own hands, making nearly everything that goes into their brunch menu – from the crumpets and sourdough down to the baked beans, jam and butter – in-house, every morning.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Daily 8am-3pm
Address: 573 Battersea Park Road, SW11 3BJ | Visit their website
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Milk | Balham
Trust us, the queue outside only serves to sharpen your appetite for what is truly the best brunch of all time. Expect the likes of buckwheat pancakes with chinotto caramel and coffee parfait; parmesan-dusted breakfast burgers; and baked eggs with veal merguez sausage and home-made labneh. READ MORE
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Monday-Saturday 8am-5pm, Sunday 9am-5pm – no reservations, expect to queue
Address: 18-20 Bedford Hill, SW12 9RG | Visit their website
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Where the Pancakes Are | Southwark
Pancakes are what brunches are made of, and this brunch is made of pancakes. Available all day, they come as classic American numbers with streaky bacon; savoury pancakes topped with the likes of pulled beef pastrami; and sweet stacks loaded with banana, marshmallow and salted caramel – and oh so much more.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Daily 9am-4pm (6.30pm Fri & Sat)
Address: Arch 35a, 85a Southwark Bridge Road, SE1 0NQ | Visit their website
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Kudu | Peckham
Treat your friends to honey roasted ham crumpet with black pudding; French toast babka with kumquats and miso caramel; and Boerewors sausage rolls with egg and crispy shallots at South African joint Kudu… and you’re guaranteed to get kudos.
Details: Bottomless booze? No but you can get a jug of BM for £25 | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No
Timings: Weekends, 11am-2.30pm
Address: 119 Queens Road, SE15 2EZ | Visit their website