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 part of London, plus links to longer lists if you want to take a deep dive.
So whether you’re looking for bottomless brunch, all-you-can-eat, or just a slap-up Full English in London…
…it’s riiight here.
JUMP TO: CENTRAL | EAST | NORTH | WEST | SOUTH | BOTTOMLESS BRUNCH | VEGAN BRUNCH | ACTIVITY BRUNCHES
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. And now that they’ve opened Honey & Co Daily nearby, they’re not just a brunch treat but a weekday grab-and-go breakfast treat too…
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? Yes | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Tuesday – Saturday, 8-11.30am (9am Sat)
Address: 54 Lamb’s Conduit Street, WC1N 3LW | Book brunch at Honey & Co
–
Hawksmoor Air Street | Piccadilly
London’s most formidable breakfast has finally made its return. After four years off the menu, Hawksmoor’s gargantuan breakfast for two is back, having been tweaked and perfected through months of arduous research and blind taste tests. Each element has been elevated to its Platonic ideal, from the dry-cured bacon chop (aged for ten days in a sugar pit); to the baked beans (with added trotters); to the black pudding (sourced from an award-winning butcher in County Down). Plus, unlimited toast, to plug any remaining gaps in your digestive system.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? Yes | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Saturdays, 11.45am-3pm
Address: 5a Air Street, London W1J 0AD | Book brunch at Hawksmoor
–
The Wolseley | Mayfair
The palatial setting (a former art deco luxury car showroom on Piccadilly), the silver tableware and crisp tablecloths, and the exceptionally wonderful staff all make The Wolseley one of London’s most decadent brunch spots – and that’s before you’ve even read the menu, which – spoiler alert – has fried haggis with whisky sauce.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekdays 7-11.30am, weekends 8-11.30am
Address: 160 Piccadilly, W1J 9EB | Book brunch at The Wolseley
–
Carmel Fitzrovia | Fitzrovia
The team behind Berber & Q have just opened a central London spin-off of their neighbourhood hit Carmel. They’ve taken great pains to recreate the cosy, leafy setting; the moreish Eastern Mediterranean fare; and the zippy cocktails. Which is nice and all, but to answer your immediate questions, yes, they still do brunch, and yes, it’s still delicious. Tiramisu French toast, burrata & chill honey flatbreads, and Levantine braised beef ragù with eggs all very much hit the spot – but for £25pp you can enjoy the 7 course brunch tasting menu, too.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? Available | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends 10am-3pm
Address: 7-8 Market Place, Fitzrovia, W1W 8AG | Book brunch at Carmel Fitzrovia
–
Fallow | St James
Fallow doesn’t do brunch on a Sunday – something that the traditionalists might turn their noses up at – but what they lack in conventionalism, they more than make up for with brilliant takes on eggs royale sandwiched between flaky pastry buns (fillings span from sausage, bacon and egg to smoked salmon belly and spinach to salted caramel and whey). Oh, and the hash browns here cannot be topped (unless it’s by truffle shavings).
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Saturdays 9am-12pm
Address: 51 Haymarket, SW1Y 4RP | Book brunch at Fallow
See all our recommendations for brunch in Central London
East London Brunch
Brunswick East | Dalston & Hackney Downs
Brunch is served daily at this East London stalwart, named after a suburb in Melbourne. But their inspiration comes from all over – you’ll find chilli poached eggs with garlic yoghurt; Japanese savoury pancakes; fermented cherries on sourdough; and eggy buns with peanut chilli oil on the menu. And the relaxed outdoor terrace is a nice slice of Antipodean culture, too.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
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 | Visit the Brunswick East website
–
Snackbar | Dalston
Sam Harris
Snackbar’s globetrotting morning menu pulls together dishes like hash brown & chorizo breakfast burritos; kimcheese croque madames and the SnackMuffin (any resemblance to popular fast food breakfast muffins being entirely unintentional). There are frozen margaritas and Irish coffee slushies to take things up a notch, and the back garden is a secret worth knowing about.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekdays 8-11.45am, weekends 10am-11.45am – reduced menu available till 2.30pm
Address: 20 Dalston Lane, E8 3AZ | Book brunch at Snackbar
–
Pavilion Café | Victoria Park
Pavilion’s been feeding Victoria Park‘s strollers for over a decade, and its Sri Lankan breakfast (with string hoppers, dahl and coconut sambol) has earned its place as an East London brunch mainstay.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
Timings: Open daily from 7am
Address: Victoria Park, Old Ford Road, London E9 7DE | Visit the Pavilion website
–
Bistrotheque | Bethnal Green
Bistrotheque’s brunch (accompanied by Xavior on piano) has a menu of almost a dozen brunch-only cocktails, and about half as many brunch dishes (cinnamon French toast, pancakes, crab rarebit Benedict etc.). So at least they have their priorities straight.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends 10.30am-3.30pm/4pm Sun (live piano 12-3pm)
Address: 23-27 Wadeson Street, E2 9DR | Book brunch at Bistrotheque
–
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? No
Timings: Weekdays 7.30am-3pm, weekends 8.30am-4pm
Address: 11 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4AQ | Visit the Ozone website
See all our recommendations for brunch in East London
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
–
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
–
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
–
Dishoom| King’s Cross, Kensington, Battersea, Carnaby, Covent Garden, Shoreditch, Canary Wharf
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 | 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
–
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-4pm
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 from 11am
Address: 27 Uxbridge Street, Notting Hill, W8 7TQ | Book brunch at Akub
–
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
–
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
–
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: Weekdays from 8am, weekends from 9.30am
Address: 2-4 Farmer St, W8 7SN | Book brunch at Los Mochis
–
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 £35, 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? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends, 12-5pm
Address: Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, 66 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LA | Book brunch at The Aubrey
South London Brunch
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 8.30am-12pm, Saturday 10am-3pm, Sunday 10am-12pm
Address: 374 Coldharbour Lane, London SW9 8PL | Book brunch at The Laundry
–
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
–
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
–
Mr. Bao & Daddy Bao | Peckham, Tooting
Teo Della Torre
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: 11am-4.30pm. Daddy Bao: 11.30am-3.45pm
Address: 293-295 Rye Lane, SE15 4UA | 113 Mitcham Road, SW17 9PE | Book brunch at Mr Bao | Daddy Bao
–
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 | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Weekends, 11am-2.30pm
Address: 119 Queens Road, SE15 2EZ | Book brunch at Kudu
See all our recommendations for brunch in South London
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
–
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? Yes | Set menu? No | Bookable? Yes
Timings: Daily 10am-4pm
Address: 197-199 Chiswick High Road, London, W4 2DR | Book brunch at Chiswick Fire Station
–
Brunswick East | Dalston & Hackney Downs
This East London stalwart does veggie and vegan alternatives for most of its big hitters on the menu, including 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 freshly-baked vegan banana bread.
Details: Bottomless booze? No | Set menu? No | Bookable? No
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 | Visit the Brunswick East website
See more great places for vegan breakfasts in London
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: Friday – Sunday, 12-7pm
Address: 121 Farringdon, London, EC1N 2TD | 241 Old Street, London, EC1V 9EY | Hall B, Battersea Power Station, SW11 8DD | Book brunch at Bounce
–
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? £35pp 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
–
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
–
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
Address: 10 Cabot Square, N Colonnade, London E14 4EY | 10 Bermondsey St, London SE1 2ER | Book brunch at Electric Shuffle
Looking for more weekend inspiration? Find a load of unusual things to do in Your Weekend Guide