The Ultimate London Brunch Guide

Ever since our planet’s greatest scientists first discovered a meal between breakfast and lunch, no weekend morning has been complete without it.

And so now – in order to prevent you from ever having to suffer an incomplete weekend, ever again – we’ve updated our comprehensive list of only the very best brunch spots London has to offer.

Whether you’re looking for a boozy brunch, all-you-can-eat, or set menus anywhere in London…

…it’s riiight here.

Last updated: 24th March 2022 | Main image: Juliet’s Quality Foods

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Central London Brunch

The Barbary Next Door | Covent Garden

The Barbary‘s perky new neighbour gets up a little earlier in the mornings. And they’re ready to ply you with Ras el hanout pumpkin bread with clotted cream; Jerusalem buns with avo & fried quail eggs; and gloriously fragrant ‘Bus station’ eggs, all served up in the hazy morning sunshine pouring into Neal’s Yard.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Thurs-Sat from 9am, Sun from 10am
Address: 16a Neal’s Yard, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9DP | 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 a Chai Old Fashioned), solid brunch dishes (rhubarb & custard French toast, corn fritters, bubble & squeak with black pudding, etc.), and stellar coffee.

Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekdays 8am-12pm, weekends 9am-4pm
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, the photo above just looks like a plain pain au chocolat. And sure, at these prices it’s more of an investment than a meal out… but banana bread baked that morning, followed by oysters and a Michelin-starred full English inside what essentially feels like the middle of an intricately carved oak tree, means it’s definitely one worth making.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekdays 7.30-10.15am, weekends, 9-11am
Address: 85 Piccadilly, Mayfair, London W1J 7NB | 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.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Saturdays 11am-3pm, Sundays 11am-3.30pm
Address: 18 Wellington Street, WC2E 7DD | Visit their website
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Catalyst Café | Holborn

Accompanying Catalyst’s acclaimed selection of fair-trade, London-roasted coffee beans is a stellar line-up of brunch dishes including streaky bacon sarnies with Catalyst’s house coffee sriracha mayo; roasted aubergine on toast; and Greek country-style scrambled eggs with feta. Easily one of the best weekday brunch options in town.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
Timings: Weekdays from 8am
Address: 48 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8LT | 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.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekdays 8.30-11.45am, weekends 9am-4pm
Address: 43-51 Great Titchfield Street, W1W 7PQ | Visit their website
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Maison Francois | St James’s

The restaurant that’s suddenly given St James’s a whisper of cool factor is now serving breakfast: that means eggs any which way; fried egg with boudin noir and coal-roasted peppers; and mushrooms on toast with a slick of pistou.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekdays from 7.30am, Saturdays from 9am
Address: 34 Duke Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6DF | 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; yuzu 8-minute eggs; and tamarind-glazed bacon on fenugreek waffles…

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? Available | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends 11am-4pm
Address: 19-21 Blandford Street, W1U 3DH | 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 | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Breakfast from 7.30am Mon-Fri, weekend brunch 11.30am-5pm
Address: 50 Marylebone High Street, W1U 5HN | Visit their website
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Pizzeria Mozza | Fitzrovia

Nancy Silverton is the reason you eat sourdough. Her pioneering work with the stuff at the La Brea Bakery has been massively influential, and she’s won almost every award she can. So it sort of stands to reason that her pizza place would do a pretty decent brunch. And it does. You’ll get a glass of Prosecco (or a cocktail fight, if you’re feeling frisky) and three courses of antipasti, sourdough pizza, and dessert. Make sure to get the Torta Della Nonna.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? Yes | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Sundays 12pm-6pm
Address:  14-15 Langham Place, W1B 2QS | Visit their website
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The Delaunay | Covent Garden

An all-day, Viennese-styled café-restaurant inspired by the grandiose tearooms of Europe and their unrelenting aspiration to bring forth the best in all things brunch.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekdays 7-11.30am, weekends 8-11.30am
Address: 55 Aldwych, WC2B 4BB | 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.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Only a few bookable tables on weekends – but you can queue virtually with WalkUp
Timings: Daily, 8am-3pm
Address: 33 D’Arblay Street, W1F 8EU | Visit their website
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Balthazar | Covent Garden

Parisian-via-NYC brasserie Balthazar serves le brunch menu – scrambled eggs with Cornish crab; New York pancakes, and classic steak and eggs – with a side of live jazz.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends 10am-4pm
Address: 4-6 Russell Street, WC2B 5HZ | Visit their website
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The Wolseley | Mayfair

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.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
Timings: Daily, 9am-3pm
Address: 1 Neal’s Yard, WC2H 9ER | Visit their website
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Anya Cafe | Marylebone

You might think opening a café might be a stretch for a handbag designer, but Anya Hindmarch seems to have a handle on it. Beautifully retro, it serves Scottish croissants, Welsh rarebit and monster cakes on formica-topped tables.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
Timings: Weekdays & Saturdays from 8am, Sundays from 10am
Address: 9 Pont Street, SW1X 9EH | Visit their website
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Popina | Mayfair

On the one hand, Mayfair’s Popina serves all kinds of sophisticated brunch dishes, like Turkish eggs with lemon & dill yoghurt; shakshuka with raclette cheese melt and eggs Benny on homemade pogocha bread. And on the other, they also serve this glorious, sugar-laden monstrosity.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
Timings: Daily from 8am-3pm
Address: 83 Duke Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 5PF | Visit their website
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Dean Street Townhouse | Soho

A thoroughly dignified spot for brunch in Soho, brought to you by the Soho House folk. Dine like kings on buttered Manx kippers and twice-smoked bacon sarnies on ruby leather banquettes, or out on the street-side terrace.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Breakfast daily from 7am, weekends from 8am
Address: 69 – 71 Dean Street, W1D 3SE | Visit their website
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Wun’s Tearoom | Soho

Savoury fiends should head straight to Wun’s, an atmospheric tea house that’s been plucked out of 60s Hong Kong, and now serves lip-smackery like soy mackerel devilled egg; char siu scramble with egg fried rice; and scallop prawn toast.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends from 12pm
Address: 23 Greek Street, W1D 4DZ | Visit their website
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Balans Soho | Soho

The best thing about having caramelised banana French toast with maple butter, lobster eggs benedict, and an absinthe fountain at 4am 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 | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Daily from 10am-5am (12.30am Sundays)
Address: 60 – 62 Old Compton Street, W1D 4UG | Visit their website
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Ave Mario | Covent Garden

For the restaurant that goes maxi with everything else, Ave Mario’s brunch menu may seem a little short. But then again, when you’re serving scrambled eggs with caviar, you don’t need to offer much else.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends, 10-11.30am
Address: 15 Henrietta St, London WC2E 8QG | Visit their website
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Opso | Marylebone

Next time you’re craving Thessaloniki pastries filled with sweet semolina custard; poached 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 | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends 10am-4.15pm
Address: 10 Paddington Street, W1U 5QL | Visit their website

East London Brunch

Morito Hackney Road | Haggerston

Seamlessly weaving influences from Crete, Spain and Northern Africa, Morito is where to head next time you get a hankering for socca (chickpea) pancakes drizzled with Cretan honey; Menemen eggs with sujuk sausage and flatbread toasties filled with piping hot graviera and feta cheese.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends 10am-12pm
Address: 195 Hackney Rd, London E2 8JL | Visit their website
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Snackbar | Dalston

Snackbar’s globetrotting morning menu brings together hash brown & chorizo breakfast burritos; kimcheese croissants and the SnackMuffin – a gourmand’s take on that breakfast muffin – in pared-back, relaxed surroundings.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Wed-Fri from 8am, weekends from 10am
Address: 20 Dalston Lane, E8 3AZ | Visit their website
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The Pavilion Café | Victoria Park

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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 | Bookable? No
Timings: Open weekdays from 7am, weekends from 8am
Address: Victoria Park, Old Ford Road, London E9 7DE | Visit their website
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The Good Egg | Stoke Newington & Soho

Wisely, The Good Egg’s brunch menu contains sections titled ‘Breads’ and ‘Dipping.’ And if you need anything beyond that, you’ll find it in the form of smoked haddock hash with crispy capers, amba mayo & fried egg; Challah French toast; or a pitch-perfect pastrami lox bagel.

Details: Bottomless booze? No, but there are cocktails | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Daily, 10am-3.30pm
Address: 93 Stoke Newington Church St, London, N16 0AS | Visit their website
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E5 Bakehouse | Hackney

Made entirely with exclusively organic, UK-grown wheat ground by the on-site stone mill each day at sunrise, this railway arch’s baking sustains the planet… and their breakfast will sustain you.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
Timings: Daily, from 7.30am weekdays/8am weekends
Address: Arch 396, Mentmore Terrace, E8 3PH | 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 Dorset crab 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 | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Saturdays, 11am-3pm
Address: 254 Hackney Road, London, E2 7SJ | Visit their website
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Esters | Stoke Newington

Esters basically takes all the city’s best producers – Neal’s Yard Dairy, Little Bread Pedlar, Brindisa – and whips their ingredients into elevated classics like French toast with heather honey cream; breakfast baps spiked with pumpkin seed miso; and fried eggs with cauliflower purée.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
Timings: Tues-Fri 8am-12pm, Sat 9am-12pm
Address: 55 Kynaston Road, London, N16 0EB | Visit their website
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Ozone | Old Street, Bethnal Green

An all day Antipodean brunch joint that takes its coffee seriously (they roast the stuff in-house, and supply literally hundreds of other coffee shops and restaurants around the world). And to go with it? How does eggs benny on bubble & squeak cakes; kimchi fritters with wild garlic; or banana bread with cultured butter sound…

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Weekdays only
Timings: Weekdays 7.30-11.30am, weekends 8.30am-4pm
Address: 11 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4AQ | 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.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Daily from 8am
Address: 58-60 Redchurch Street, E2 7DP | Visit their website
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Duck and Waffle | Liverpool Street

Saving you any painful 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.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Breakfast weekdays 6-11am, brunch on weekends & bank holidays 6am-4.30pm
Address: 110 Bishopsgate, EC2N 4AY | 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 (Full English, French Toast, etc.). So at least they have their priorities straight.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends 11am-3.45pm (live piano 12-3pm)
Address: 23-27 Wadeson Street, E2 9DR | Visit their website
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Crispin | Spitalfields

Start the weekend right with Crispin’s brunch deal, landing you a glass of wine or fizz alongside a small plate (pork & sage croquettes, burrata with plum & hazelnuts, etc); a main (eggs royale with coppa ham; pork schnitzel Holstein); and a dessert for £30.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? Available | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends 10am-3pm
Address: Pavilion on The Corner, White’s Row, E1 7NF | 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.

Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? Yes | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Saturday 11am-5pm, Sunday 11am-1pm
Address: Stamford Works, 3 Gillett Street, N16 8JH | Visit their website
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