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 brunch.

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 London has to offer. Here, we bring you our top five options in each category, plus links to longer lists if you want to take a deep dive.

So whether you’re looking for a boozy brunch, all-you-can-eat, or vegan brunches in London…

…it’s riiight here.

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Central London Brunch

Honey & Co | Bloomsbury

Honey & Co serves everything that’s delicious and breakfasty from across the Middle East, from merguez sausage rolls, to shakshouka; puff pastry treats; and ‘dinosaur eggs’ on pitta. Fitting for a London institution that’s just been brought back from the edge of extinction itself.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? Yes | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Tuesday – Saturday, 9-11.30am
Address: 54 Lamb’s Conduit St, WC1N 3LW | 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 | 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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Berners Tavern | Fitzrovia

‘Oh my…’ you’ll utter these two words a lot at Berners Tavern – not just because it’s a posh place, but the brunch here has the power of rendering you incapable of proper speech, particularly when faced with the mother of all full Englishes they serve up; a beautiful brown plate of constrained space that features (deep breath) Dingley Dell pork sausage, two eggs, smoked bacon, roasted tomato, portobello mushroom, baked beans and Stornoway black pudding. Admittedly, those 7-10am timings are early, there’s no two ways around it, but if there was ever anything to lift you out of bed before midday on Sunday…

Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Daily 7-10am
Address: ​​10 Berners St, London W1T 3NP | 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 | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Daily from 10am-5am (12.30am Sundays)
Address: 60 – 62 Old Compton Street, W1D 4UG | Visit their website

Bombay Bustle | Mayfair

Hands down one of London’s best looking brunches in the city (everything from the chic, vintage railway-inspired space, to the meticulously crafted food), Bombay Bustle’s Weekend Chilli brunch lets you feast on an eclectic mix of modern Indian dishes – everything from rich, melt-in-your-mouth wagyu kebabs served on saffron-cashew parathas to Ghati-spiced prawns with garlic and fresh turmeric – washed down by an equally as thoughtful (and delicious) selection of booze.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? Yes | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Saturday and Sunday, 12-3pm
Address: 29 Maddox Street, Mayfair, Central London, W1S 2PA

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Christopher’s | Covent Garden

Their 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 | 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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The Wolseley | Mayfair

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 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 | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends 10am-12pm
Address: 195 Hackney Rd, London E2 8JL | 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 | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
Timings: Open Mon-Wed from 7am, Thurs-Sun 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 | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Daily, 9am-3.30pm
Address: 93 Stoke Newington Church St, London, N16 0AS | Visit their website
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Bistrotheque | Bethnal Green

Bistrotheque’s 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 | 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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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 | 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

Vegan Brunch

No Such Place | Highbury

Looking for an amazing full vegan breakfast served alongside bottomless beer, bellinis and Bloody Maries? Well, there’s No Such Place…

Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends 11am-3pm
Address: 190 New North Road, N1 7BJ | Visit their website
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Mildreds Dalston | Dalston, Soho, Camden & King’s Cross

Once you’ve made your way though a hearty plate of pancakes with blueberry compote; a harissa & scrambled tofu bap and smashed avo on sourdough, you probably won’t even notice that your entire meal was vegan.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings (Dalston): Daily from 9am
Address: 1 Dalston Square, E8 3GU | Visit their website
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Louie Louie | Elephant & Castle

Louie Louie takes your scratchy morning toast and raises you superlative smashed avo; Brick Lane beigels with vegan ‘lox’ (a.k.a carrot); and roast mushroom toasties with gochujang sauce…

Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Only for groups of 4-8
Timings: Saturdays 10am-2pm
Address: 347 Walworth Road, London SE17 2AL | Visit their website
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No 197 Chiswick Fire Station | Chiswick

They have Caravan coffee (another great brunch place!), ricotta pancakes, a vegan cooked breakfast, and a really easy-to-remember address.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Daily 9am-4pm (5pm Sunday)
Address: 197-199 Chiswick High Road, London, W4 2DR | Visit their website
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Brunswick East | Dalston & Hackney Downs

This East London stalwart does veggie and vegan options for most of its big hitters on the menu, including Indonesian gado gado salad; Japanese okonomiyaki (stuffed savoury pancake) and a regularly-changing special on toast. Plus a few vegan-only options to tempt the carnivores away from their green eggs and ham, like vegan millionaire shortbread.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
Timings: Weekdays (reduced brunch menu) 8.30am-4pm, weekends 9am-5pm
Address: Unit 3D Stamford Works, Gillett Street, N16 8JH | 47-317 Amhurst Terrace, Hackney Downs, E8 2BT | Visit their website

See more great places for vegan breakfasts in London

The Best Bottomless Brunch

Dirty Bones | Soho & Shoreditch

The pancakes are gigantic. The cocktails are potent. 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.

Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes | Cost? £25pp (exc. food) | Time limit? 1.5 hours
Timings: Weekends 11am-3.30pm
Address: 14 Denman Street, W1D 7HJ | 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 | Cost? £35-47pp | Time limit? 2 hours
Timings: Saturday 11am-5pm, Sunday 11am-3pm
Address: Stamford Works, 3 Gillett Street, N16 8JH | Visit their website
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Snackbar | Dalston

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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? Yes | All you can eat? No | Set menu? Yes | Bookable? Yes | Cost? £35pp (exc. food)
Timings: Wed-Fri from 8am, weekends from 10am
Address: 20 Dalston Lane, E8 3AZ | Visit their website
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Mr. Bao | Peckham

Sourdough leaving a sour taste? Time to get down to Mr. Bao where breakfast classics are served on pillowy soft bao (alongside bottomless cocktails).

Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes | Cost? £18pp (exc. food) | Time limit?
1 hour
Timings: Weekends from 11am
Address: 293-295 Rye Lane, London SE15 4UA | Visit their website
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Daddy Bao | Tooting

Confusingly, Daddy Bao is technically Mr Bao’s younger brother. And its new brunch roll-out can, well, take a bow – it features kimchi and crispy corn fritters; smoked salmon and cream cheese baos; bacon, egg and cheese pancake rolls and waffles topped with sesame ice cream. They say it’s better enjoyed with bottomless booze (think palomas and rosé spritzes), and we wouldn’t argue otherwise…

Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes | Cost? £18pp (exc. food) | Time limit? 1 hour
Timings: Weekends from 11.30am-3.45pm
Address: 113 Mitcham Road, London SW17 9PE | Visit their website

Aqua Kyoto | Soho

A sprawling feast of critically lauded Japanese food accompanied by endless glasses of Kyoto Secret cocktails, wine or Champagne might not sound overly appealing, but there is a dessert platter, so that’s something.

Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? No | Set menu? Yes | Bookable? Yes | Cost? £45pp+ | Time limit? 1.5 hours
Timings: Weekends 12-2.45pm
Address: 240 Argyll Street, London W1B 3BR | Visit their website

See all our recommendations for bottomless brunch in London

Activity Brunches

Bounce | Farringdon & Old Street

Providing the ultimate balanced breakfast, Bounce have created the perfect formula for a zero net-calorie intake, in the form of bottomless prosecco, bottomless pizza, and bottomless ping pong.

Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? Yes | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes | Cost? £35pp all-in | Time limit?
1.5 hours
Timings: Weekends 12-4pm
Address: 121 Farringdon, London, EC1N 2TD | 241 Old Street, London, EC1V 9EY | Visit their website
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Flight Club | Bloomsbury, Islington, Shoreditch & Victoria

Flight Club wants to shower you with prosecco, eight types of brunch pizza, and darts. Not literally, we should add.

Details: Bottomless booze? 1 bottle per person | All you can eat? Yes | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes | Cost? £30pp+ | Time limit? 2 hours
Timings: Thursday – Sunday | Visit their website
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London Shuffle Club | Shoreditch

Shuffleboard was such a popular Tudor pastime that people stopped going to work, and they had to ban it. Luckily you’ve got weekends off, and can devote them to bottomless brunch here, which includes constant top-ups of prosecco or beer, a steady stream of freshly baked pizza, and a solid hour’s shuffleboarding.

Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? Yes | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes | Cost? £30-35 all-in | Time limit?
2 hours
Timings: Saturdays 12-2pm and 2.30-4.30pm, Sundays 12-2pm
Address: 4 Ebor Street, E1 6AW | Visit their website
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Electric Shuffle | Canary Wharf & London Bridge

Want to bring that shuffleboarding into the 21st century? The fine minds behind Flight Club have applied their trademark flair to the game by infusing it with a load of tech – and bottomless brunches.

Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? Yes | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes | Cost? £30-40 all-in | Time limit?
2 hours
Timings: Thursday – Sunday
Address: 10 Cabot Square, N Colonnade, London E14 4EY | 10 Bermondsey St, London SE1 2ER | Visit their website
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The Aeronaut | Acton

Aeronaut not only brings you classic brunch dishes and 2 hours of limitless mimosas, beers and frozen margs, they also throw in a full-on entertainment bonanza, including bingo, live sing-a-longs, and fire breathers.

Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes | Cost? £35 all-in | Time limit?
2 hours
Timings: Saturdays 12-3pm
Address: 264 Acton High Street, London W3 9BH | Visit their website

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