Where to brunch in Beijing: morning spots worth the queue.
Where to brunch in Beijing. The morning rooms worth the queue, and the kitchens still doing it right at noon.
Signature's, the all-day restaurant at Beijing's Kempinski Hotel Yansha Center, serves a buffet brunch on Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00 to 15:00.
OrderThe weekend buffet brunch; at Easter 2026 it added seafood, a carving station and free-flow wine and beer.
TipThe Easter 2026 brunch ran from noon to 15:00 at ¥498 per adult; ask the hotel what the current weekend price is before you book.
Regent Beijing's Butterfly Brunch runs at weekends in the lobby garden, with live piano, dishes made to order and free-flow champagne or sparkling wine.
OrderIberico ham sliced from the charcuterie cart, then the dessert cart of cheesecake, brownies and panna cotta.
TipChoose the Bubble or Champagne Brunch when you book (¥388 and ¥888 at Easter 2026); the Easter sittings ran 11:30 to 16:00, so confirm the end time.
Panorama, in a Sanlitun courtyard in Beijing, serves crepes, croquettes and salads in a European-cafe style room with two-person booths, from 10:00 daily.
OrderThe Tatin Crepe, with apples flambeed in rum at the table, and the ham bechamel croquettes.
TipAsk for a two-person booth, private enough for a book-and-brunch morning; dishes run from ¥48 to ¥95 and doors open at 10:00.
Cafe Zarah on Gulou East Street in Beijing has a courtyard and runs themed Sunday brunches from 10:00 to 14:00, plus an all-day brunch menu on other days.
OrderA table in the glass-roofed courtyard, with the all-day brunch menu or the pasta.
TipIts events page lists themed Sunday brunches from 10:00 to 14:00; in spring and autumn the courtyard seats are the ones to take.
N'Joy, the all-day buffet restaurant at NUO Hotel Beijing on Jiangtai Road, serves a Sunday brunch buffet from 11:00 to 15:00 in Chaoyang District, Beijing.
OrderThe Sunday buffet; the Easter 2026 edition added a snapper carving show, fresh oysters and Alaskan crab leg.
TipThe hotel lists brunch on Sundays only; for Easter 2026 it also ran a Saturday seafood brunch, so confirm the day when you book.
FEAST, the all-day restaurant at EAST Beijing on Jiuxianqiao Road, serves a Saturday and Sunday semi-buffet brunch from 11:30 to 15:00 in Chaoyang, Beijing.
OrderThe semi-buffet: a main from the menu plus seafood, cold cuts, cheese, curry and pastries from the buffet.
TipThe brunch pairs a menu main with a buffet; the restaurant is on the hotel's second floor, and the Easter 2026 edition priced a child's place at ¥199.
Bagel Bügel is a hand-made bagel shop in a courtyard near Xizhong Jie Primary School in Dongzhimen, Beijing, with an open kitchen and a shakshuka brunch dish.
OrderA smoked salmon bagel such as the Bügel Life, or the shakshuka brunch dish paired with a bagel.
TipIt sits 66 metres northeast of Xizhong Jie Primary School and shuts at 19:00, so go for a late-morning bagel; the open kitchen shows them coming out fresh.
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