The Best Brunch in London

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North London Brunch

Beam | Crouch End, Muswell Hill, Highbury, Notting Hill

Run by a mother and son team, Beam is home to London’s most generous brunch dish: the colossal Mediterranean breakfast with grilled halloumi; egg; feta filo pastry parcels; avo; sausage; feta; olives; more feta; and harissa yoghurt cascading off the plate. Then there’s the brioche French toast with salted caramel, the bountiful full vegan breakfast, and their famous Turkish eggs…

Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
Timings: Daily from 8am, be prepared to queue at weekends
More info: Visit Beam’s website
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Common Ground | Finsbury Park

This little neighbourhood café, with its beautiful, spacious back garden, really will give you common ground. Because if there’s one thing everyone can agree on, it’s that this is one of the best spots for an all-veggie brunch in London. And their dishes all go rather nicely with a Garibaldi cocktail and a slice of freshly baked chocolate babka…

Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
Timings: Mon-Thurs 8.30am-4pm, Fri 8.30am-5pm, Saturday 9.30am-5.30pm, Sunday 9.30am-5pm
Address: 49 Stroud Green Road, London N4 3EF | Visit the Common Ground website
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Sunday | Barnsbury

Barnsbury might seem like a long way to go for brunch. But trust us, when you’re knee-deep in chilli beef with soft corn grits and fried eggs, that suddenly won’t seem to matter.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
Timings: Tues-Fri 8.30am-4pm, weekends 9am-4pm
Address: 169 Hemingford Road, N1 1DA | Visit Sunday’s instagram
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Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: 8-11.45am weekdays, 9-11.45am weekends
Address: 5 Stable Street, London N1C 4AB | Book brunch at Dishoom
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Caravan | King’s Cross & Across London

A London brunch classic, Caravan roasts coffee in-house, and plates up numbers like vanilla pancakes with date molasses; chorizo and potato hash; and fried jalapeño cornbread with avocado and a fried egg. And the King’s Cross branch has a bonus in the shape of a sizeable outdoor terrace overlooking the fountains of Granary Square.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Weekdays only
Timings (King’s Cross): Weekday breakfast 8-11.15am, weekend brunch 9am-3.45pm
Address: 1 Granary Square, N1C 4AA | Visit Caravan’s website

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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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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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

South London Brunch

The Laundry | Brixton

Jack Williams

This Kiwi-run spot has made its home in an old laundry, but the best seats in the house are actually… outside the house. Every summer the terrace packs out with people tucking into toasted banana bread with honeycomb butter; sausage & bacon brioche baps and courgette & cheddar cornbread with runny poached eggs. Wash it down with a tequila & wasabi-spiked Bloody Maria, or a freshly-squeezed juice… if you’re after something cleansing.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekdays 8am-12pm, Saturday 10am-3pm, Sunday 10am-12pm
Address: 374 Coldharbour Lane, London SW9 8PL | Book brunch at The Laundry
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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.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
Timings: Weekdays 8am-3.30pm, Saturday 8am-4pm, Sunday 9am-4pm
Address: 18-20 Bedford Hill, SW12 9RG | Visit Milk’s website
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Brickwood | Clapham, Battersea, Balham, Streatham, Tooting, Elephant & Castle

Brunch at this South London-exclusive empire of Aussie cafes isn’t one to take lightly; instead go heavy on the likes of a breakfast burrito (stuffed with scrambled egg, sausage, melted cheese, mushrooms and potatoes), four-cheese sourdough toasties (stuffed with aged cheddar, red Leicester, mozzarella, cream cheese and a healthy dose of Franks hot sauce) and a stack of blueberry buttermilk pancakes, that yes, you should order extra bacon with…

Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
Timings: Daily 7.30am-4pm (8am weekends)
Address: 16 Clapham Common South Side, London SW4 7AB | Visit Brickwood’s website
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Mr. Bao & Daddy Bao | Peckham, Tooting

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Sourdough leaving a sour taste? Time to get down to Mr. Bao and its, er, younger sibling, Daddy Bao, where breakfast classics are given an inventive spin with flavours from across Asia. Baked beans? Pff. Try their richly spiced mapo beans. Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs? Try that atop a toasted bao. Pancakes? Swap them for the kimchi pancakes here, lavished with sweetcorn salsa. It’s one of the more unusual brunch menus you can find in London, and the great-value bottomless offering could see this brunch turning into a brinner…

Details: Bottomless booze? Yes | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Mr Bao: weekends, 11am-4.30pm. Daddy Bao: weekends, 11.30am-3.45pm
Address: 293-295 Rye Lane, SE15 4UA | 113 Mitcham Road, SW17 9PE | Book brunch at Mr Bao | Daddy Bao
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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.

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Vegan Brunch

Mildreds | Dalston, Soho, Camden, Covent Garden & 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 |  Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings (Dalston): Weekends 9am-3pm
Address: 1 Dalston Square, E8 3GU | Book brunch at Mildreds
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No 197 Chiswick Fire Station | Chiswick

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

Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Daily 9am-4pm
Address: 197-199 Chiswick High Road, London, W4 2DR | Book brunch at Chiswick Fire Station
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Brunswick East | Dalston & Hackney Downs

This East London stalwart does veggie and vegan alternatives for most of its big hitters on the menu, including kimchi pancakes 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 freshly-baked vegan banana bread.

Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekdays (reduced brunch menu) 8.30am-5pm, weekends 9am-5pm
Address: Unit 3D Stamford Works, Gillett Street, N16 8JH | 47-317 Amhurst Terrace, Hackney Downs, E8 2BT | Book a table at Brunswick East

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Activity Brunches

Bounce | Farringdon, Shoreditch & Battersea

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 | Cost? £30pp+ | Time limit? 1.5 hours | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends, 12-7.30pm
Address: 121 Farringdon, London, EC1N 2TD | 241 Old Street, London, EC1V 9EY | Hall B, Battersea Power Station, SW11 8DD | Book brunch at Bounce
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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: Cost? £40pp all-in | Time limit? 2 hours | Bottomless booze? 1 bottle per person | All you can eat? Yes | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Every weekend | Book brunch at Flight Club
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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: Cost? £45 all-in | Time limit? 2 hours | Bottomless booze? Yes | All you can eat? Yes | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Saturdays 12-2pm & 2.30-4.30pm, Sundays 2-4pm
Address: 19-23 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA | Book brunch at Shuffle Club
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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 prosecco.

Details: Cost? £35/40 all-in | Time limit? 2 hours | Bottomless booze? 1 bottle per person | All you can eat? Yes | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends 12-2 and 2.30-4.30pm
Address: 10 Cabot Square, N Colonnade, London E14 4EY | 10 Bermondsey St, London SE1 2ER | Book brunch at Electric Shuffle

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