Brunch restaurants around the world

La Cabra ★ 4.7

Not a full brunch menu but the most important morning stop in Aarhus. Order the cardamom bun and single-origin filter coffee. Open sat-sun 08:00-15:00.

Order: Cardamom bun and single-origin filter coffee

Cafe Casablanca ★ 4.5

Aarhus's busiest brunch room and the SMAG prize 2024 winner for the city's best brunch. At Rosensgade 12. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.

Order: The Crunch buffet board, with house sourdough from Mor Anna bakery, homemade salmon and chicken salads.

Juliette Brasserie ★ 4.4

The French brunch in Aarhus, on Jaegergaardsgade in Frederiksbjerg, with a buffet upstairs and a plated brunch a la carte downstairs. The cheese board.

Order: Brunch plate with French cheeses, charcuterie and fromage blanc

The Frontier Restaurant ★ 4.8

The Frontier on Central Avenue across from UNM in Albuquerque runs daily 05:00 to midnight since 1971, with green chile breakfast burritos and sweet rolls.

Try: Green chile breakfast burrito and the Frontier sweet roll

The Frontier Restaurant ★ 4.7

The Frontier on Central Avenue across from UNM serves the green chile breakfast burrito and Frontier sweet roll daily 05:00 to midnight since 1971.

Try: Green chile breakfast burrito

Campo at Los Poblanos ★ 4.7

Campo at Los Poblanos on Rio Grande Boulevard in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque runs reservation brunch Thursday to Sunday, with farm eggs and lavender honey.

Order: Farm eggs with lavender honey and Rio Grande Valley vegetables

Dignita Hoftuin ★ 4.8

Dignita Hoftuin sits in the walled garden behind the H'ART Museum, the Amsterdam brunch room running organic, garden-led plates, the bowls leaning.

Order: Whichever benedict variation is on the seasonal board.

Monks Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7

Monks on Bilderdijkstraat in Oud-West is the Amsterdam coffee-led brunch room, the avocado-on-sourdough and flat-white slate locals book a weekend morning.

Order: Avocado on sourdough with poached egg, flat white.

Bakers and Roasters ★ 4.6

Bakers and Roasters on Kadijksplein is the Amsterdam brunch pioneer, Kiwi-Brazilian plates, big terrace, queues from 10:00, the room every Antipodean expat.

Order: Whichever benedict is on the board today, or the Navajo eggs benedict variation.

Snow City Cafe ★ 4.6

Snow City Cafe has run the downtown Anchorage brunch line since 1998 on 4th Avenue, with the Kodiak Benedict king crab cake the order to make.

Signature: Kodiak Benedict (king crab cake Benedict), Pecan caramel sticky bun

Snow City Cafe ★ 4.6

Snow City Cafe has worked the downtown Anchorage breakfast and brunch line since 1998. The Kodiak Benedict with king crab cake on English muffin is the order.

Snow City Cafe ★ 4.6

Snow City Cafe has done the downtown Anchorage brunch line since 1998 on 4th Avenue. The Kodiak Benedict with king crab cake is the dish to order.

Order: Kodiak Benedict with king crab cake on toasted English muffin

The Bakery at De Koninck ★ 4.3

The Bakery at De Koninck in Antwerp serves brunch in the De Koninck brewery courtyard on Boomgaardstraat. Located in Het Zuid. Open tue-sun 08:00-17:00.

Order: Fresh croissant with brewery courtyard espresso

Tip: Bread sells out by midday on weekends. The courtyard catches the morning sun.

Kolonel Koffie ★ 4.3

Kolonel Koffie in Antwerp on Montignystraat is the Australian-style cafe in Het Zuid. Saturday brunch fills with the neighbourhood crowd. Booking recommended.

Order: Flat white with avocado and poached eggs on sourdough

Tip: Saturday queue can run 20 minutes. Mid-week mornings are calmer for laptop work.

Butchers Coffee ★ 4.3

Butchers Coffee in Antwerp on Kasteelstraat opened 2017 in a former butcher's shop. The brunch counter runs sourdough toasts and pastries through the morning.

Order: Cinnamon bun with espresso

Tip: Closed Monday. The original butcher tiles still line the counter.

Good Hot Fish ★ 4.7

Ashleigh Shanti's Good Hot Fish upstairs at Burial Beer South Slope runs as a brunch and lunch fish fry counter. Sunday brunch leans into Black Appalachian.

Order: Fried catfish basket with hush puppies, slaw dog on the side.

Tip: Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Order at the counter upstairs, take your basket to Burial's beer garden below.

Sunny Point Café ★ 4.6

Sunny Point Café on Haywood Road in West Asheville has run upscale Southern comfort breakfast and lunch since 2003. Recommended in the Michelin Guide 2025;.

Order: Huevos rancheros, or the buttermilk biscuit with sausage gravy.

Tip: On-site production garden feeds the daily specials. Weekend waits 60-90 minutes; the patio takes the queue first.

Mother ★ 4.6

Heidi Bass's Mother on Short Coxe Avenue earned a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand for the sourdough-anchored cafe menu.

Order: Whatever sourdough sandwich is on rotation, plus a take-home country loaf.

Tip: Loaves sell out by lunch on weekends. Wine bar opens Wed-Sat evenings, after brunch service closes.

The Underdog ★ 4.8

The Underdog on Iraklidon in Thissio Athens runs a weekend brunch carte from the third-wave coffee bar, the in-house roastery's morning destination for cold.

Order: Cold brew with the weekend brunch plate.

Tip: The brunch at weekends pulls a queue from 10:30; weekday coffee runs all day.

Holy Llama ★ 4.6

Holy Llama on Nikis off Syntagma in Athens is the all-vegan brunch bakery: croissant sandwiches, scrambled tofu, carrot lox bagels and a praised pistachio.

Order: The pistachio croissant with the carrot lox bagel and a flat white.

Tip: The pistachio croissant sells out by lunchtime; the brunch carte runs through to 19:00 every day.

The Brunch Factory ★ 4.5

The Brunch Factory on Athinas a step from Monastiraki metro in Athens is the all-day brunch room: Eggs Benedict, English breakfasts, pancakes and waffles.

Order: Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon and the pancakes stack with maple syrup.

Tip: Weekend mornings fill from 10:30-13:00; the seated counter at the back is the calmer table.

Southern National ★ 4.6

Southern National in Atlanta's Summerhill runs Sunday brunch only: Duane Nutter's beignets, fried chicken biscuit and short rib hash with champagne flights.

Order: Beignets with coffee-toffee sauce and the fried chicken biscuit.

Tip: Chef Duane Nutter cooks Sundays only for brunch, so the room turns over the after-church crowd by 13:30. Reserve the 12:30 slot.

Ria's Bluebird ★ 4.5

Ria's Bluebird in Atlanta is the Grant Park diner that defined the city's brunch shorthand: buttermilk pancakes, tempeh gravy, ten-table queue.

Order: Buttermilk pancakes and country-fried tempeh with white pepper gravy.

Tip: Wednesdays are closed and weekends queue out the door by 09:30; come solo or sit at the counter to skip the worst of the wait.

Home Grown ★ 4.4

Home Grown is Reynoldstown's Michelin-recommended Atlanta brunch diner: comfy chicken biscuits, steak hash, knotty pine booths, no reservations.

Order: Comfy Chicken Biscuit, plus a side of the cheese grits.

Tip: Michelin-recommended diner that closes after lunch. Aim for 08:00 on weekends or expect a 60-minute wait.

The Store ★ 4.2

The Store on Gore Street in the Britomart Pavilions, Auckland runs all-day brunch out of a heritage warehouse. Smashed avocado, hotcakes, Allpress.

Order: Smashed avocado on sourdough with poached eggs

Veracruz All Natural ★ 4.7

Veracruz All Natural in Austin is the Webberville Road breakfast-taco truck from the Vazquez sisters, the Food Network Top 5 tacos pick and the cheapest.

Try: Migas breakfast taco

Tip: Migas on a homemade corn tortilla is the order; arrive before 9:30am to dodge the office-worker rush.

Tacodeli (Spyglass) ★ 4.5

Tacodeli in Austin is Roberto Espinosa's Spyglass Drive flagship since 1999, the local breakfast-taco chain at the low end of the price scale with Salsa Dona.

Try: Breakfast tacos and tacos al Pastor

Tip: Cult Salsa Dona is sold by the bottle to take home; the Heather taco is the cheap office-lunch order.

June's All Day ★ 4.5

June's All Day in Austin is McGuire Moorman's South Congress French-American bistro since 2017, with a Master Sommelier wine program and a marble bar.

Order: Eggs Benedict and a glass of grower Champagne

Tip: Master Sommelier June Rodil rebuilds the by-glass list monthly; ask the bar for the latest revision.

Blue Moon Cafe ★ 4.8

Blue Moon Cafe in Fells Point is a tiny diner famous for its Cap'n Crunch French toast, a 24-hour-on-weekends institution with a near-constant line out front.

Order: The Cap'n Crunch French toast, crusted in cereal and griddled golden.

Tip: It runs all night Friday and Saturday; weekday mornings are the only way to skip the line.

NiHao ★ 4.7

NiHao in Canton runs a weekend dim sum brunch from chef Peter Chang's kitchen, sending dumplings, buns and soup dumplings to a packed rowhouse.

Order: A spread of dumplings and soup dumplings off the dim sum cart.

Tip: Reserve the dim sum brunch; the small rowhouse fills fast on weekend mornings.

Miss Shirley's Cafe ★ 4.6

Miss Shirley's Cafe near the Inner Harbor is a Southern brunch destination, plating fried green tomatoes, shrimp and grits and Maryland coddies.

Order: The fried green tomatoes and a coddie, the Maryland brunch tradition.

Tip: Weekend waits run long at the Inner Harbor; the Roland Park location is the quieter option.

Sarnies Bangkok ★ 4.8

Sarnies Bangkok on Charoen Krung 44 is the Singapore-founded Australian cafe-bakery in a heritage shophouse, with sourdough, viennoiserie and all-day brunch.

Order: Smashed avocado on sourdough with poached egg and chilli sauce

Tip: Weekend brunch books out from 09:00; weekday afternoons are calm. The sourdough counter sells loaves until they run out.

Issaya Siamese Club Sunday Brunch ★ 4.6

Issaya Siamese Club in Bangkok's Sathorn runs a Sunday brunch in the 1920s villa garden with Chef Ian Kittichai's heritage Thai sharing menu.

Order: The Thai-tasting sharing brunch with massaman lamb shank

Tip: Sunday-only brunch from 11:30. Reservations via own site; garden seating is the move on cool-dry-season Sundays.

Broccoli Revolution ★ 4.5

Broccoli Revolution in Bangkok's Sukhumvit 49 corner is the canonical vegan brunch since 2014, plant-based Thai bowls, smoothies and the namesake broccoli.

Order: The broccoli quinoa burger with a green smoothie

Tip: Walk-ins through the day. Multiple branches; the Sukhumvit 49 corner is the flagship. Weekend brunch queues from 11:00.

Bar Pinotxo (budget) ★ 4.6

Bar Pinotxo in Barcelona's Boqueria market does a market-breakfast counter from 06:30: chickpeas and blood sausage, a coffee and a glass for under 12 euros.

Try: Market breakfast at the counter

Tip: Closed Sunday. The chickpea breakfast is the order; get there before 09:00 for a stool.

Federal Cafe ★ 4.4

Federal Cafe in Barcelona's Sant Antoni runs an Australian-style brunch carte daily until 17:30: avo smash, eggs benedict, granola bowls, all with a flat.

Order: Avocado smash on rye, eggs benedict, flat white espresso.

Tip: Walk-in only. Weekend wait runs 30 to 45 minutes; arrive before 11:00 for the easier turn.

Caravelle ★ 4.4

Caravelle in Barcelona's Raval has run a brunch-and-coffee carte since 2010: huevos rancheros, pulled pork, a Mexican-Catalan menu that runs through to 16:00.

Order: Huevos rancheros, the pulled-pork sandwich, the daily smoothie.

Tip: Closed Sunday. Weekend wait reaches 45 minutes; the back terrace is quieter than the bar.

Smokvica Molerova ★ 4.8

Smokvica Molerova in Vracar runs Belgrade's classic Mediterranean brunch around a fig-tree courtyard. Avocado toast, hummus plates, daily benedict.

Order: Avocado toast and a flat white

Smokvica Kralja Petra ★ 4.6

Smokvica Kralja Petra is the original Dorcol courtyard with the fig tree. Belgrade's brunch standard with eggs benedict, mezze and Israeli plates.

Order: Eggs benedict in the fig-tree courtyard

Kafeterija Vracar ★ 4.4

Kafeterija Vracar was the first Belgrade specialty cafe to roast beans on site. Long-running brunch programme, garden, kids playroom and basement room.

Order: House espresso and an avocado bagel

Silo Coffee ★ 4.5

Silo Coffee in Friedrichshain serves Berlin's best-known seasonal brunch from a small room with a serious house espresso and a menu that leans heavily.

Order: Smashed avocado with feta on sourdough, or the pulled-pork hash with a poached egg.

House of Small Wonder ★ 4.5

House of Small Wonder relocated to Auguststrasse 11-13 in the former Jewish Girls School, the Japanese-American brunch room with the spiral staircase.

Order: Okinawan taco rice bowl with avocado; eggs benedict with miso hollandaise.

Albatross Bakery ★ 4.5

Albatross Bakery on Berlin's Graefestrasse in Kreuzberg runs a counter-style bakery brunch from 08:00 daily; the unconventional savoury croissants.

Order: The pumpkin-cream stuffed croissant.

Arvo Specialty Coffee ★ 4.8

Arvo Specialty Coffee on Barraincua near the Guggenheim Bilbao opened 2021, with Basque-roasted beans, brunch, acai bowls and homemade food.

Order: Acai bowl with seasonal fruit, sourdough toast with avocado, V60 filter

Cafe Iruna ★ 4.6

Cafe Iruna on Jardines de Albia in Bilbao opened in 1903, with 300 square metres of Mudejar tiles and pinchos morunos at the corner charcoal grill.

Order: Cafe con leche, tostada con tomate, pincho moruno

Arvo Specialty Coffee Deusto ★ 4.5

Arvo's Deusto branch in Bilbao runs the same Basque-roasted specialty coffee and brunch plate menu as its Guggenheim flagship, plus acai bowls.

Order: Acai bowl, sourdough toast, V60 filter

The Essential ★ 4.8

The Essential on Morris Avenue downtown Birmingham runs weekend brunch with the house-sourdough egg sandwich and Kristen Hall's seasonal vegetable plates.

Order: Brunch egg sandwich on house sourdough

Bandit Patisserie ★ 4.7

Bandit Patisserie on 1st Avenue North downtown Birmingham runs a French pastry brunch counter with viennoiserie, an espresso bar and breakfast sandwiches.

Order: Croissant, an espresso and a brioche egg sandwich

Continental Bakery ★ 4.6

Continental Bakery on Cahaba Road in Mountain Brook Birmingham runs European-bakery brunch with the canonical sourdough, croissants and a Sunday patio crowd.

Order: Continental sourdough toast with eggs and jam

Goldy's Breakfast Bistro ★ 4.1

Goldy's Breakfast Bistro has served made-to-order breakfast with house Hollandaise in downtown Boise since 1999, steps from the Idaho State Capitol.

Order: Eggs Benedict with house Hollandaise and the red flannel hash

Goldy's Breakfast Bistro ★ 4.1

Goldy's Breakfast Bistro has served breakfast in a historic downtown building since 1999, using local ingredients and scratch Hollandaise for Benedicts.

Order: Eggs Benedict with house Hollandaise and the red flannel hash

Caffe Terzi ★ 4.6

Caffe Terzi in Bologna's Centro Storico is the Manuel Terzi specialty espresso bar with a simple morning carte of cornetti and brioche, the long bar standing.

Order: Single-origin espresso, cornetto, brioche

Tip: Counter-stand only; arrive before 10:00 to skip the queue. Cash and card both fine.

Aroma Caffe ★ 4.4

Aroma Caffe in Bologna's Centro Storico runs the modern weekend brunch from 09:00-15:00, with avocado toast, granola bowl and the V60 filter coffee.

Order: Avocado toast, granola bowl, flat white

Tip: Walk-in only; the weekend brunch fills after 11:00. The avocado toast is 12 euros and the brunch sets 18 euros.

Gelateria Stefino Bio ★ 4.4

Gelateria Stefino Bio in Bologna's Bolognina district is the 100 percent organic gelateria with the small-batch daily carte, the Bolognese gelato-in-brioche.

Order: Pistachio gelato in brioche, granita

Tip: The gelato-in-brioche is the morning order; cash and card both fine. The pistachio rotates Tuesday through Sunday.

La Collation ★ 4.8

La Collation on Rue Fondaudege is Bordeaux's pancake bar, with sweet and savoury stacks built from organic ingredients across two locations (a second shop.

Order: Pancake stack with sourdough-bacon and maple

Tip: Walk-in only; arrive before 11:00 on Saturday for a counter seat, otherwise expect a 30-minute wait.

Sauvages Cafe ★ 4.6

Sauvages Cafe near Place Pey-Berland is Mathilde and Justine's seasonal-market brunch spot, with a menu that the two founders rewrite every two months.

Order: Large brunch formula at €28 with hot drink, cold drink, savoury and sweet plate

Tip: Book ahead for Saturday brunch; the €28 formula is the easiest way to taste the rotating board with a hot and cold drink.

Cafe Ravez ★ 4.5

Cafe Ravez near Grosse Cloche on Rue Ravez is the neighbourhood coffee shop and brunch room that opened August 2025, with a leopard-banquette dining room.

Order: Weekend brunch formula at €27 with juice, hot drink, sweet and savoury plate

Tip: The basement co-working area with free Wi-Fi is a weekday refuge; the terrace fills first when the sun is on Rue Ravez.

Sofra Bakery & Cafe ★ 4.6

Ana Sortun's Sofra on Belmont Street has run an Eastern Mediterranean breakfast in Huron Village Cambridge since 2008. Ginger morning bun, za'atar manaeesh.

Order: Ginger morning bun and Turkish coffee.

Tip: Park on a side street; the small car park fills by 09:00. The eggs on flatbread is the under-ordered savoury order.

Flour Bakery South End ★ 4.5

Joanne Chang's Flour on Washington Street runs the South End's pastry-driven brunch in Boston since 2000. Open mon-fri 07:00-19:00, sat-sun 08:00-18:00.

Order: Sticky bun with pecans and caramel and a flat white.

Tip: Sticky buns sell out by 14:00. The Washington Street original is calmest on weekday mornings.

Tatte Bakery Charles Street ★ 4.4

Tzurit Or's Tatte on Charles Street has run an Israeli-style brunch room in Beacon Hill Boston since 2016. Open daily 07:00-15:00. At 70 Charles St.

Order: Shakshuka with feta, herbs and the side of warm pita.

Tip: Shakshuka books out by 11:00 weekends. The pastry counter at the front is the fast take-away.

Nordico Coffee Shop ★ 4.6

Braga's specialty coffee pioneer: weekend brunch menus with avocado, grain bowls and egg plates brewed with single-origin Honduras, Colombia and Kenya.

Order: V60 filter coffee and the weekend avocado toast brunch plate

Tip: Arrive by 10:30 on Saturdays or risk missing the brunch menu. The full selection sells out around 13:00. Tuesday is always closed.

Letraria Craft Beer Library Braga ★ 4.6

The Letraria taproom turns the Sunday afternoon session into an informal beer brunch: 23 taps of Letra craft beer paired with cheese boards and petiscos.

Order: Sunday session ale with cheese board and the house toastie platter

Tip: The Letra A (blonde) and Letra F (IPA) are the two brunch-compatible pours. Ask the bar team for the current seasonal tap alongside the petisco board.

Cafe A Brasileira ★ 4.5

Braga's most storied cafe, opened 17 March 1907 at the corner of Largo do Barão de São Martinho and Rua de São Marcos. The corner painting and on-site coffee.

Order: Bica and custard tart at the original marble counter before 09:00

Tip: Arrive before 10:00 for a quieter seat at the marble counter. The corner terrace fills quickly from midday. The bica here defines the Braga espresso standard.

Fach Bistro ★ 4.6

Fach Bistro on Venturska 10 inside the Mozart house pairs the bakery's sourdough programme with bistro plates and pour-over coffee for an Old Town morning.

Order: Cardamom bun with filter coffee, sourdough toast plate

Tip: The cardamom buns sell out by midday; arrive before 11:00 on Saturday.

RIVERBANK Sunday Brunch ★ 4.5

RIVERBANK on Dvorakovo nabrezie 6 inside the Grand Hotel River Park runs the city's most ambitious Sunday brunch with a Slovak cheese station and Danube view.

Order: Sunday brunch buffet with Slovak cheese and bryndza station

Tip: Book three days ahead; the brunch runs 12:00-15:00 only on Sunday.

Foxford ★ 4.4

Foxford on Obchodna 26 runs weekend brunch inside the Martinus bookstore with vegan and gluten-free cakes, sandwiches and specialty coffee on the counter.

Order: Daily cake plus filter coffee

Tip: Window seats fill by 11:00 on Saturday; the bookstore connection makes this a slow-morning brunch.

Naïm ★ 4.5

Naïm on Collingwood Street in Paddington is the Middle Eastern brunch destination. Lamb bacon and baharat waffles, mejadra and slow-cooked eggs every morning.

Order: Lamb bacon and baharat waffles

The Gunshop Cafe ★ 4.4

The Gunshop Cafe runs a heritage corner-shop building on Mollison Street, West End since 2000. Priced at $$. Open mon-fri 6:30am-3pm, sat-sun 7am-3pm.

Order: Truffle and parmesan fries and house-blend flat white

Anouk ★ 4.4

Anouk on Given Terrace in Paddington is the long-time Brisbane brunch destination near Suncorp Stadium. Merlo coffee, hearty all-day plates, closed Mondays.

Order: Mushroom benedict and Merlo coffee

Blackbird ★ 4.4

Blackbird on Jan van Eyckplein in Bruges is among the city's best brunch rooms, running salads, toasts and vegan plates with good coffee in a small space.

Order: The brunch plate or a vegan bowl, with a flat white.

Tip: The tiny room fills fast; get there before noon at weekends. Strong vegan and vegetarian options.

That's Toast ★ 4.3

That's Toast on Dweersstraat in Bruges is an all-day breakfast bar of barista coffee, cold-pressed juices and a long list of sweet and savoury toasts.

Order: A loaded savoury toast with barista coffee and a cold-pressed juice.

Tip: It gets busy at weekends, so arrive early. The savoury toasts make a full lunch, not just a snack.

Yarn ★ 4.3

Yarn on Garenmarkt in Bruges is a trendy breakfast and brunch room near the Burg, running fluffy pancakes, eggs Benedict and French toast with strong coffee.

Order: Fluffy pancakes or eggs Benedict with a flat white.

Tip: Breakfast service is 08:00-11:30; aim early on Saturdays. The back terrace opens in summer.

Hinterland ★ 4.8

Hinterland in Brussels' Saint-Gilles runs organic all-day breakfast and brunch from Chaussee de Charleroi. At Chaussée de Charleroi 179. Booking recommended.

Order: Big breakfast with eggs, sausage and house-roasted coffee

Karsmakers Coffee House ★ 4.7

Karsmakers Coffee House in Brussels' European Quarter has served specialty coffee and New York bagels since Jay Karsmakers opened in 2008. Family-friendly.

Order: Pour-over filter coffee with a New York bagel

Frank. ★ 4.5

Frank. in Brussels serves brunch and third-wave specialty espresso on Rue des Princes next to la Monnaie. Open daily 08:30-17:00. At Rue des Princes 14.

Order: Avocado toast with poached eggs and house espresso

Beca's Kitchen ★ 4.4

Andreea Beca's Beca's Kitchen near Piața Romană runs Bucharest's standby brunch room, chalkboard daily plates, mismatched ceramics and homemade cakes.

Order: Daily chalkboard plate; tomato soup; cheesecake.

Tip: Last orders 21:30; weekend tables fill from 12:30.

Energiea Brunch ★ 4.3

Energiea's Saturday and Sunday brunch service is the city-centre weekend brunch room of record, in the former-print-shop courtyard just outside Old Town.

Order: Eggs benedict; pulled-pork sandwich.

Tip: Brunch only Saturday and Sunday; weekday menu is small plates and dinner.

M60 Weekend Brunch ★ 4.3

M60's weekend brunch on Mendeleev near Piața Amzei pairs Scandinavian-Romanian brunch plates with V60 filter, calmer than Old Town brunch venues.

Order: Granola bowl; flat white; sourdough avocado toast.

Tip: Plates land by 09:30; the back room is the quieter spot Weekends fill by noon.

Costes Downtown ★ 4.5

Costes Downtown opens its Sunday lunch service from 12:00-15:00 inside the Prestige Hotel near Parliament, the set-priced midday option from the modern.

Order: The Sunday set-price lunch with a glass of Tokaji Furmint

Tip: The midday set price is the value seat; book several days ahead for weekend service.

Auguszt Cukrászda ★ 4.4

Auguszt on Kossuth Lajos runs a weekday morning brunch counter with pastry, savoury bites and small black coffee in a Belle Epoque downtown Budapest room.

Order: The Hantas Flora pastry, a small black coffee and a savoury snack from the counter

Tip: Closed Sun and Mon; the Paloma Garden terrace opens from May onwards.

Espresso Embassy ★ 4.4

Espresso Embassy on Arany Janos near the Basilica pours flat whites, single-origin filter and a small brunch menu of sandwiches and bakes weekend mornings.

Order: A flat white with the daily sandwich and a slice of banana bread

Tip: Open weekend mornings from 09:00; the daily bake from the counter pairs with filter coffee.

Salvaje Bakery ★ 4.8

Salvaje's bakery doubles as a sit-down brunch spot in Palermo. Naturally fermented sourdough toasts, eggs, integral pastries; Saturday morning queue.

Order: Sourdough toast with whipped ricotta and seasonal fruit

Las Violetas (merienda) ★ 4.7

Almagro Cafe Notable since 1884, voted best in BA. The classic merienda spread (sandwiches, scones, sweet-tooth pastries, tea) under stained glass.

Order: Te ingles complete with sandwiches, scones

Le Blu ★ 4.6

Palermo Soho pastry shop with the city's most-photographed laminated pastries plus brunch plates. Twice-baked almond croissants, kouign amann.

Order: Almond croissant and a flat white

Remedy House ★ 4.8

Remedy House on Rhode Island Street near Elmwood Village is the Five Points cafe brunch counter, with espresso, toast plates and a steady morning crowd.

Order: Toast plate with cappuccino on the side

Five Points Bakery (Toast Cafe) ★ 4.6

Five Points Bakery's toast cafe on Brayton Street pairs whole-grain toast with the bakery's local-mill wheat and a Saturday brunch West Side crowd.

Order: Whole-grain toast plate with house butter

Sophia's Restaurant ★ 4.5

Sophia's on Military Road is Buffalo's daily Greek-American breakfast counter, with massive omelets, pancakes and a long line of regulars at the counter.

Order: Greek omelet with feta and a side of home fries

Sneakers Bistro and Cafe ★ 4.8

Open since 1980 in downtown Winooski, Sneakers serves brunch on two floors with outdoor seating. Eggs Benedict, chicken-and-waffles, Kahlua French toast,

Order: Lemon Ricotta Waffles or the Cowboy Hash

August First Bakery ★ 4.7

The downtown bakery counter where everyone goes Saturday morning. Maple biscuits, hot sandwiches, locally roasted coffee; laptop-free dining room since 2014.

Order: Maple biscuit with sausage gravy plus a Vermonter sandwich for the table

Onion City Chicken and Oyster (brunch) ★ 4.5

Misery Loves Co.'s sister room runs chicken-and-waffle weekend brunch alongside the daily oyster pours. Hot-honey biscuit on the side; cocktails and natural.

Order: Chicken and waffle, hot-honey biscuit, fresh-shucked half-dozen oysters

Babas on Cannon ★ 4.8

Babas on Cannon in Charleston is a small Cannon Street cafe modelled on Spanish pintxo bars and French neighborhood spots. Located in Upper King.

Order: Jambon beurre, fancy grilled cheese, quiche of the day, cream puff

Tip: Counter ordering, sidewalk seats. The cream puff and pickled shrimp are the longtime stand-bys; the wine list runs natural.

Miller's All Day ★ 4.7

Miller's All Day on Lower King Street is Charleston's brunch room from Geechie Boy Mills' Greg Johnsman and chef Nathan Thurston. Located in Downtown.

Order: Sorghum waffle, daily grit bowl, bacon-egg-and-cheese on everything brioche

Tip: Walk-in only, line forms by 09:30 on weekends. A second Maybank Highway location on James Island runs the same menu with shorter waits.

Poogan's Porch ★ 4.6

Poogan's Porch on Queen Street in Charleston has plated Lowcountry brunch since 1976 from a converted 1891 home. Located in Downtown. Open daily 09:00-15:00.

Order: Buttermilk biscuits with sausage gravy, she-crab soup, shrimp and grits

Tip: Book on Resy at least 5 days ahead for weekend brunch. Request a porch table; the inside rooms run small and warm.

Supperland Sunday Brunch ★ 4.8

Supperland's weekend brunch in Plaza Midwood runs wood-fired Southern plates at the converted 1950s church, with cocktails by Michelin Exceptional Cocktails.

Order: Whatever is coming off the open hearth at brunch and a cocktail from Colleen Hughes's list.

Tip: Book a few weeks ahead for Sunday. The Saturday morning slot is the easier window.

Haberdish ★ 4.7

Haberdish on N Davidson runs the NoDa Southern brunch programme Tuesday to Sunday in Charlotte, with biscuits and gravy, fried chicken plates and a strong.

Order: Buttermilk biscuits with sausage gravy and the brunch fried chicken plate.

Tip: Weekend brunch fills early. Walk in at 11 on Saturday for the easiest seat.

The Goodyear House ★ 4.6

The Goodyear House on N Davidson runs a NoDa Southern brunch on weekends from Chris Coleman's kitchen, with hush puppies, biscuits and chicken plates inside.

Order: Hot-honey chicken with biscuits and a brunch cocktail.

Tip: The patio is the seat in spring and autumn. Reserve via OpenTable.

Rustic & Blue ★ 4.3

A farm-shop cafe off Nimman doing all-day brunch from house produce, one of few Chiang Mai spots pouring brunch cocktails alongside acai bowls and waffles.

Order: Waffles with farm honey and eggs

Free Bird Cafe ★ 4.1

A vegetarian charity cafe funding a Burmese migrant school, plating vegan khao soi, tea-leaf salad and hearty brunch bowls for a good cause off Nimman.

Order: Vegan khao soi and Burmese tea-leaf salad

Kasama (Filipino breakfast) ★ 4.7

Kasama in Chicago is Tim Flores and Genie Kwon's Filipino bakery in Ukrainian Village, with longanisa breakfast plates, ube cruffins and a corner counter.

Order: Longanisa breakfast plate with garlic rice and an egg.

Tip: Arrive at 07:15 to land the warm cruffins. The breakfast plate at the counter is a perfect 10:30 pause.

Lula Cafe (Monday Farm Dinner) ★ 4.6

Lula Cafe in Chicago hides its Monday Farm Dinner inside the Logan Square brunch menu: a single-farm five-course dinner since 1999 that set the farm-table.

Why locals love it: Most visitors book the weekend brunch and miss the Monday-night prix-fixe, single-farm dinner that has run since 1999.

Tip: Reservations open four weeks ahead and book in a day. The farm dinner is $65 and includes wine pairings on certain weeks.

Lula Cafe (brunch) ★ 4.5

Lula Cafe in Chicago is Jason Hammel's Logan Square brunch room on Kedzie since 1999, with farm-driven plates, vegetable hash and a Logan Boulevard patio.

Order: Vegetable hash with poached egg and brown-butter sage.

Tip: Arrive 09:30 on weekends. The queue is long by 10:30; the patio opens at 10:00 in summer.

BERD'S Arome Locale Organic Sunday Brunch ★ 4.6

BERD'S Arome Locale in Chișinău runs the Organic Sunday Brunch at the MGallery design hotel, sourcing produce from Moldovan farmers across a 4-hour sitting.

Order: Organic Sunday brunch plate with Moldovan sheep cheese, farm eggs and the BERD'S house bread.

Crème de la Crème ★ 4.4

Crème de la Crème in Chișinău is the three-floor Parisian patisserie and café on Strada Alexandru cel Bun, with a brunch menu that runs from 08:00 to midday.

Order: Croissant with Vienna-style coffee, eggs Benedict and the house croissant board.

Pegas Terrace & Restaurant ★ 4.3

Pegas in Chișinău serves a weekend brunch buffet on its summer terrace and second-floor room, with hot and cold European-fusion plates and Moldovan wine.

Order: Brunch buffet plate with the Pegas marbled-beef sandwich.

Sleepy Bee Cafe Oakley ★ 4.6

Sleepy Bee on Madison Road in Cincinnati's Oakley is the farm-to-table brunch flagship since 2013, with pancakes, omelettes and vegan and gluten-free options.

Order: Bee Cakes, sausage gravy biscuits, bee pollen smoothie

Sleepy Bee Cafe Downtown ★ 4.5

Sleepy Bee on East 4th Street downtown is Cincinnati's all-day brunch outpost of the Oakley flagship, with pancakes, omelettes and an open-kitchen counter.

Order: Bee Cakes and sausage gravy biscuits

Sugar n' Spice ★ 4.5

Sugar n' Spice on Reading Road in Cincinnati's Paddock Hills is the diner-brunch institution since 1941, with the wispy thin pancakes and signature omelettes.

Order: Wispy Thin Pancakes, goetta and eggs, fluffy omelet

Slyman's Restaurant ★ 4.8

Slyman's Restaurant on St Clair Avenue is the Slyman family corned beef counter since 1964 with a busy weekday breakfast and lunch trade for downtown workers.

Why locals love it: A 1964 sit-down deli on a non-touristy stretch of St Clair Avenue, hidden in plain sight by suburban diners not in the know

Tip: Order the corned beef on rye and ask for extra mustard; cash and card both work but the line moves faster at the counter

Lucky's Cafe ★ 4.8

Lucky's Cafe on Starkweather Avenue in Tremont, chef Heather Haviland's farmhouse-style brunch room and Cleveland Scene Silver Spoon brunch winner.

Order: Shrimp and grits with brown gravy, plus a buttermilk biscuit

Slyman's Restaurant ★ 4.7

Slyman's Restaurant on St Clair Avenue, the Slyman family corned beef counter since 1964, runs the city's defining overstuffed corned beef sandwich on rye.

Try: Overstuffed corned beef sandwich

Balthasar ★ 4.8

Balthasar on Aachener Strasse in Cologne's Belgisches Viertel serves a generous weekend brunch with egg dishes, smoked salmon and fruit plates.

Kaffeesaurus ★ 4.7

Kaffeesaurus at Friesenplatz in Cologne serves the T-Rex breakfast burrito alongside house-roasted specialty coffee; one of the most popular brunch spots.

Tigermilch ★ 4.6

Tigermilch Kitchen on Brüsseler Strasse in Cologne's Belgisches Viertel serves Peruvian-inspired weekend brunch with ceviche and tropical fruit.

Fox in the Snow German Village ★ 4.7

Fox in the Snow on Thurman Avenue is the German Village reference morning room, with the wood-warmed cinnamon roll and a buttermilk biscuit sandwich.

Order: The cinnamon roll with espresso and a side egg sandwich.

Joya's Cafe Bengali Brunch ★ 4.6

Joya's Cafe in Old Worthington runs Bengali American brunch through the morning, with breakfast plates from chef Avishar Barua, 2024 James Beard semifinalist.

Order: Bengali breakfast plate with cardamom chai.

Fox in the Snow Italian Village Brunch ★ 4.6

Fox in the Snow Italian Village on North Fourth Street is the second Columbus Fox shop for brunch with the egg sandwich and a pastry counter.

Order: Egg sandwich on house bread with a Stumptown pour-over and a side pastry.

Juno the Bakery (cardamom bun breakfast) ★ 4.8

Juno the Bakery on Århusgade in Østerbro draws a queue from 08:00 for Emil Glaser's cardamom buns and ham-and-cheese croissants, with stand-up coffee outside.

Order: Cardamom bun, one ham-and-cheese croissant, plus a filter coffee.

Tip: Wednesday to Sunday only; closed Monday and Tuesday. Arrive by 09:30 or expect a 60-deep queue.

Hart Bageri (Frederiksberg, breakfast) ★ 4.7

Hart Bageri on Gammel Kongevej in Frederiksberg runs a stand-up breakfast counter from 07:30, with sourdough toast, viennoiserie and flat whites pulled.

Order: Sourdough toast with cultured butter, plus a cardamom bun and a flat white.

Tip: Stand-up counter only; the standing window-bar fills by 09:00 on weekends.

Apollo Bar (brunch) ★ 4.6

Apollo Bar inside Kunsthal Charlottenborg on Nyhavn runs a daytime brunch service with egg plates, yogurt bowls and seasonal pastry, in a cobblestone.

Order: Soft-boiled eggs with brown butter and house bread; flat white from Coffee Collective.

Tip: Closed Monday. The cobbled courtyard is the summer brunch spot; the indoor kantine is the winter pick.

The Grumpy Bakers ★ 4.6

The Cork city outpost of the Midleton bakery opens Wednesday to Sunday from 07:30, making it the best option for a bakery brunch in the city centre.

Filter ★ 4.6

Cork's pioneering specialty coffee bar also operates a light weekend brunch on Saturdays and Sundays - pastries from local Cork bakers, seasonal brunch.

Marina Market Brunch Stalls ★ 4.2

The Marina Market on Centre Park Road opens at 08:00 daily, making it Cork's most international brunch option with Korean, Japanese and Mediterranean stalls.

Georgie ★ 4.6

Georgie on Travis Street is a Michelin-recommended restaurant where French chef Bruno Davaillon runs a Sunday-only brunch built on classical technique.

Order: Beet-cured salmon Benedict; duck confit bread pudding

Tip: Sunday brunch only; no Saturday brunch. Reserve two weeks out. Caviar service is available as an add-on and worth the price.

Encina ★ 4.5

Encina on West Davis runs the city's most celebrated brunch in a Texas brasserie format: big, bold, and anchored by blue corn pancakes with cajeta.

Order: Blue corn butterscotch pancakes with cajeta drizzle and bacon

Tip: Saturday books faster than Sunday. Blue corn pancakes are the signature; the turkey hash and chorizo biscuits are close behind. The patio fills by 10:30am.

Pecan Lodge (Weekend Service) ★ 4.5

Pecan Lodge in Deep Ellum is the quintessential Texas BBQ brunch: pitmasters fire the post-oak smokers overnight and serve brisket, ribs, sausage.

Order: Brisket plate with jalapeño cheddar sausage and banana pudding

Tip: The line starts forming at 10:30am on Saturday. Order the brisket and the jalapeño cheddar sausage in a single plate.

Rioja ★ 4.6

Rioja in Denver is Jennifer Jasinski's Larimer Square Mediterranean dining room with a weekend brunch service, lobster benedict and bottomless mimosas.

Order: The lobster benedict and bottomless mimosas.

OneFold ★ 4.5

OneFold in Denver is the Uptown breakfast counter on 18th Avenue with a tight modern American menu, a queue-up walk-in policy and a strong chilaquiles plate.

Order: House-cut hash browns and a chilaquiles plate.

Snooze A.M. Eatery ★ 4.4

Snooze A.M. Eatery in Denver is Jon Schlegel's mod-flagship breakfast room on Larimer since 2006, the Front Range chain start before it grew nationally.

Signature: Pancake flight, Sweet Potato Pancakes, Breakfast Pot Pie

Order: A pancake flight (sample four cakes) and the Bella! Bella!

Tip: The 90-minute weekend wait is normal at the original; new locations across LoDo and South Broadway absorb the overflow.

Mullets ★ 3.9

A south-side breakfast and brunch room known for enormous portion sizes, a serious Bloody Mary programme and Iowa's largest selection of drink flights.

Signature: Bloody Mary, Breakfast sandwiches, Drink flight sampler

Folk Detroit ★ 4.8

Folk Detroit on Trumbull in Corktown serves farm-to-table brunch in Detroit since 2018. Order the sweet potato hash and a pour-over. Open daily 9:00-15:00.

Order: Sweet potato hash and a pour-over

Tip: Order at the counter; pick a window seat for the morning light. Patio in summer.

Supino Pizzeria (slices) ★ 4.7

Supino Pizzeria on Russell Street in Eastern Market sells walk-up slices in Detroit. A slice, a salad and a soft drink runs about $14 at peak hours.

Try: Slice of wood-fired pizza

Tip: Lunch slices on weekdays come out fastest; the bismarck cheats a little for breakfast.

Dime Store ★ 4.7

Dime Store on Griswold inside the Chrysler House serves scratch-made brunch in downtown Detroit since 2014. Order the duck confit hash with a bloody mary.

Order: Duck confit hash with a Bloody Mary

Tip: Weekend brunch books out by noon; weekdays are easier. Bloody Mary list is the editorial draw.

Two Pups Coffee ★ 4.6

Two Pups Coffee is liberties brunch room far enough off the tourist track that the saturday queue is locals only, no signage from patrick street.

Why locals love it: Liberties brunch room far enough off the tourist track that the Saturday queue is locals only, no signage from Patrick Street.

Tip: Walk-in only. Arrive 09:30 Saturday before the queue; the long communal tables share with strangers.

Two Pups Coffee ★ 4.5

Two Pups Coffee on Francis Street in Dublin 8, the Liberties brunch room with cult flat whites, the southside's most reliable Saturday eggs Florentine.

Order: Eggs Florentine with house hollandaise and a cortado.

Tip: Walk-in only; arrive 09:30 Saturday before the queue. Two long communal tables share with strangers; window stools turn fast.

Brother Hubbard North ★ 4.5

Brother Hubbard North on Capel Street in Dublin 1, the Garrett FitzGerald and James Boland Middle Eastern brunch room, the Capel Street weekend anchor.

Order: Shakshuka with house bread and a cardamom French toast.

Tip: Walk-in only Saturday and Sunday from 09:30; the queue starts before doors. Wednesday breakfast is the calm window.

Ardfern ★ 4.6

Ardfern on Bonnington Road in Edinburgh, opened May 2024 by Roberta Hall-McCarron beside The Little Chartroom, an all-day cafe and natural-wine bottle shop.

Order: Lamb kofta with tahini and flatbread, or the full Scottish with house haggis.

Tip: The bottle shop sells the same wines you drink at the table. Walk in on Sunday for roast beef and a glass of orange wine.

Haze at Brown's of Leith ★ 4.5

Haze inside the Brown's of Leith hall at 4-6 The Shore in Leith Edinburgh, opened November 2025 by the Radford family of Timberyard and Montrose.

Order: Grapefruit brulee with caramelised sugar and the house filter coffee from the brew bar.

Tip: Open Thursday to Sunday only; arrive for the 8am opening on a weekend morning to claim a corner of the steelworks hall before the lunch rush.

Dishoom Edinburgh ★ 4.4

Dishoom on St Andrew Square in Edinburgh, the Bombay-inspired all-day cafe open from 08:00, serving bacon naan rolls, keema per eedu and house-cured meats.

Order: Bacon naan roll with cream cheese and chilli jam, or the full Irani cafe breakfast.

Tip: Weekday breakfast before 10:00 skips the queue. The bacon naan with house chilli jam outsells every other dish on the menu.

Ditta Artigianale ★ 4.8

Ditta Artigianale in Florence's Via dei Neri runs a weekend brunch programme alongside the roastery and cafe, with eggs benedict, avocado toast.

Order: Avocado toast, eggs benedict, a V60 filter coffee from the rotating origins.

Tip: Walk-in or book on the website. Specialty filter coffee from rotating origins; book seats by 11:30 on Sunday.

Atrium Bar at Four Seasons ★ 4.7

Atrium Bar at Florence's Four Seasons runs a Sunday brunch buffet inside the 15th-century Palazzo della Gherardesca cloister, with a €95 all-you-can-eat.

Order: The Sunday hotel buffet with garden seating, a Negroni from the bar.

Tip: Sundays only; book a fortnight ahead. The 15th-century cloister courtyard seats 60 in summer.

La Menagere ★ 4.6

La Menagere in Florence's San Lorenzo runs an all-day breakfast-to-brunch programme inside a 19th-century housewares shop, with eggs, pastries and a weekend.

Order: Weekend egg and pastry brunch plate, cappuccino in the flower-shop room.

Tip: Open daily 07:00 to midnight. Book the back dining room two days ahead for weekend brunch.

Nonna Tata ★ 4.6

Nonna Tata on Magnolia Ave in Fort Worth is a cash-only, BYOW Italian trattoria with hand-rolled pasta drawing devoted regulars each evening.

Order: Handmade pasta; tiramisu, served weekend mornings only.

Tip: Nonna Tata is cash-only and does not accept reservations for small parties; arrive before 17:30 on weekends to join the queue for the best chance of a table.

Paris Coffee Shop ★ 4.5

Paris Coffee Shop on Magnolia Ave in Fort Worth has served classic Texas breakfasts since 1926, a storied diner with all-day counter service.

Order: Chicken-fried steak with cream gravy; peach cobbler.

Tip: Cash is preferred at the counter; the pie selection sells out by noon on Saturdays so order dessert at the same time as your main.

Ol' South Pancake House ★ 4.4

Ol' South Pancake House on University Drive in Fort Worth has run 24 hours a day since 1962, known for Dutch Baby pancakes and all-day plates.

Order: Dutch Baby pancake; classic buttermilk stack.

Tip: The Dutch Baby requires 20 minutes to bake; order it first and the wait feels shorter once your coffee arrives.

Kai Restaurant ★ 4.8

Kai Restaurant on Sea Road Galway serves brunch Thursday to Sunday; the daily Moycullen farm menu makes it the most ingredient-driven Galway brunch available.

Order: Daily farm vegetable plate with poached egg and Moycullen cultured butter

Dela ★ 4.7

Dela on Dominick Street Galway serves weekend brunch from 10am; the sourdough toast with local eggs and seasonal farm vegetables is the standout dish.

Order: Dark rye with cultured butter and seasonal compote, followed by grain porridge with Connacht honey

Ard Bia at Nimmos ★ 4.7

Ard Bia at Nimmos on Spanish Arch Galway serves brunch in a medieval stone room; the organic egg dishes and seasonal salads make it the most scenic brunch.

Order: Wild Atlantic smoked salmon on house soda bread with creme fraiche on the river terrace

Kawana Palarnia Kawy ★ 4.5

Kawana in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz pairs single-origin espresso with a small pastry case for a tight specialty-coffee brunch. Roastery on site; bags to take home.

Order: House espresso, cinnamon roll from the counter.

Tip: The cinnamon roll sells out by 12:00 weekends; arrive early.

Drukarnia Cafe ★ 4.4

Drukarnia in Gdańsk runs Mariacka Street's most ambitious coffee-and-brunch room, in a former printing house. At ul. Mariacka 36. Booking recommended.

Order: Avocado toast with poached egg, filter coffee on the V60.

Tip: Arrive before 11:00 weekends for a window seat; upstairs runs quieter.

Avocado Vegan Bistro ★ 4.4

Avocado Vegan Bistro in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz runs a plant-based brunch board until 14:00: tofu scramble, vegan pancakes, soy schabowy sandwich, daily specials.

Order: Tofu scramble with sourdough toast.

Tip: Daily specials sell out by 14:30; arrive at lunch for the full board.

Cafe Labath ★ 4.5

Cafe Labath on Oude Houtlei is Ghent's most established third-wave specialty cafe, with weekend brunch plates and the city's most consistent espresso.

Order: Eggs on sourdough with house espresso: the pairing that made Labath Ghent's specialty brunch standard.

Tip: The corner terrace fills on sunny weekend mornings; arrive by 10:00 for the best outdoor seat at this historic canal-side cafe.

Full Circle Coffee Bar ★ 4.3

Full Circle is Belgium's first fully plant-based specialty coffee bar: the vegan brunch with in-house donuts, cakes and seasonal plates stands alone in Ghent.

Order: Vegan avocado toast or the house donut: the two items that define Full Circle's plant-based brunch philosophy.

Tip: Open from 08:30 on weekends; the in-house vegan donuts sell out before 11:00, so arrive early to guarantee the full range.

Alice ★ 4.1

Alice is a light-filled weekend brunch cafe in the Zuid quarter with a following for egg dishes, pancakes and long-table communal seating on lazy mornings.

Order: Eggs Benedict or avocado toast: the two dishes Alice has refined most completely for its loyal weekend crowd.

Tip: Weekend-only opening; arrive at 10:00 when the doors open for a table without a wait on busier Saturdays.

Cafe Strange Brew ★ 4.3

Cafe Strange Brew is a much-loved Shawlands brunch spot in Glasgow's Southside, pairing inventive plates with serious speciality coffee near Queen's Park.

Order: The rotating brunch specials; Stornoway black pudding and crayfish bagels are regulars.

Saints of Ingram ★ 4.2

Saints of Ingram fills a restored Hutcheson's Hall room in Glasgow's Merchant City, serving coffee and brunch by day, cocktails and plates by night.

Order: A brunch plate with a signature brunch cocktail from 11:00.

Rose & Grants ★ 3.9

Rose & Grants is a friendly all-day brunch cafe on the Trongate in Glasgow's Merchant City, running omni, vegan and gluten-free menus on a walk-in basis.

Order: A full brunch plate; omni, vegan and gluten-free menus all run.

Da Matteo Vallgatan ★ 4.5

Da Matteo Vallgatan combines Gothenburg's finest espresso with a weekend brunch menu of house-baked pastries, open sandwiches and seasonal morning plates.

Order: ['Double espresso', 'Open sandwich with smoked salmon', 'Seasonal morning pastry']

Viktors Kaffe ★ 4.4

Viktors Kaffe is the Vasastaden weekend morning ritual, combining precision-brewed filter coffee with open sandwiches, daily pastries and a relaxed.

Order: ['Filter coffee of the day', 'Open sandwich with local cheese', 'Daily pastry']

Cum Pane ★ 4.4

Cum Pane on Gamla Varvsgatan serves a relaxed Majorna weekend brunch with freshly baked sourdough, focaccia, seasonal vegetable toppings and strong coffee.

Order: ['Focaccia with seasonal topping', 'Sourdough toast with butter', 'Morning bun']

La Finca Coffee Brunch ★ 4.7

La Finca Coffee in Granada is the in-house micro-roaster pouring single-origin filter on Calle Colegio Catalino, with brunch tostadas and pastries.

Order: Tostada with seasonal jam.

Tip: The room is tiny; arrive before 11:00 to claim a stool, takeaway is the norm at peak.

Cafe 4 Gatos ★ 4.6

Cafe 4 Gatos in the Albayzin of Granada is the small terrace cafe with limited outdoor seating, a sustainable breakfast and one of the closest Alhambra views.

Order: Tostada with jamon Trevelez and Manchego, flat white.

Tip: Arrive before 10:00 to claim a terrace seat; the jamon-and-Manchego tostada is the signature brunch.

Wild Food Vegan Brunch ★ 4.5

Wild Food in Granada is the plant-based brunch kitchen on Plaza Isabel La Catolica with a dedicated Saturday vegan brunch of burgers and bowls.

Order: Vegan burger with sweet-potato fries and kombucha.

Tip: The Saturday vegan brunch is the draw; the vegan burger is the consistent order.

Soby's (Sunday Brunch) ★ 4.5

Soby's runs Sunday brunch and a Saturday brunch service: she-crab soup, fried green tomato Benedict, pimento cheese, mimosas. The downtown brunch booking.

Order: She-crab soup, fried green tomato Benedict, pimento cheese

Passerelle Bistro (Brunch) ★ 4.4

Passerelle runs French bistro brunch with a Falls Park view: croque madame, eggs Benedict, crème brûlée French toast. Book the terrace tables in spring.

Order: Croque madame, eggs Benedict, crème brûlée French toast

Stella's Southern Brasserie (Weekend Brunch) ★ 4.3

Stella's Southern Brasserie runs a French-influenced Southern brunch on weekends: shrimp and grits, fried green tomatoes, bourbon-pecan French toast.

Order: Shrimp and grits, fried green tomatoes, bourbon-pecan French toast

Piggy Back ★ 4.7

Piggy Back in Guadalajara is the Americana brunch room on Progreso 537, a vintage hand-painted house serving giant chilaquiles enmoladitos and tortas.

Order: Chilaquiles enmoladitos with guajillo, chocolate and chicharron

Pata de Elefante ★ 4.6

Pata de Elefante in Guadalajara is the Americana brunch room on Vidrio 2055, a gallery-cafe near Glorieta Heroes plating crepes, fruit bowls and tosta turca.

Order: Crepe with zucchini flowers and ricotta

Kamilos 333 ★ 4.6

Kamilos 333 in Guadalajara is the Santa Teresita since-1975 fonda on Orozco 333, a vaulted-ceiling room serving the city's signature carne en su jugo.

Order: Carne en su jugo with frijoles charros

Strandperle ★ 4.4

Strandperle on the Elbe sand beach at Oevelgoenne in Hamburg runs a summer beach-side cafe with Fischbroetchen, coffee and pilsner deck-chair brunch.

Order: The Fischbroetchen and a bottle of Astra on the beach.

Tip: Open daily Apr to Oct; bus 112 to Neumuehlen drops you a 10-minute walk from the beach.

EM Breakfast Club ★ 4.3

EM Breakfast Club on Neuer Pferdemarkt in Hamburg's Sternschanze runs an all-day breakfast menu of bowls, eggs, pancakes and shakshuka from a corner cafe.

Order: The shakshuka with merguez; the bowls with grain and seasonal fruit.

Tip: Walk-in only; weekends fill from 10:00. Vegan and gluten-free options on the menu.

Cafe Paris ★ 4.3

Cafe Paris on Rathausstrasse near Hamburg's Rathaus runs a French brasserie weekend brunch, with the art nouveau dining room and a long zinc bar.

Order: The Croque Madame and the pain au chocolat with espresso.

Tip: Weekend brunch from 09:30; the ground-floor saal is the busy room.

Maison de Tet Décor ★ 4.6

Maison de Tet Décor in Hanoi serves Tay Ho's signature all-day brunch in a French-Vietnamese villa, with smoothie bowls, English breakfasts and a coffee bar.

Order: Avocado toast with poached eggs and Vietnamese coffee

Tip: Garden tables in cool months, air-conditioned upstairs for summer. Strong Wi-Fi and laptop-friendly.

Le Beaulieu Sunday Brunch ★ 4.5

Le Beaulieu's Sunday brunch at Sofitel Legend Metropole is Hanoi's longest-running luxury brunch, refreshed in 2024 with new stations and a 600-bottle list.

Order: The free-flow champagne package with the seafood, cheese and roast stations

Tip: Sundays only 11:30-14:30. Free-flow champagne package adds 1.5M VND; the seafood station closes first.

Joma Bakery Café ★ 4.4

Joma Bakery on To Ngoc Van serves Tay Ho's organic-leaning brunch, plating breakfast bagels, sourdough toasts and Western breakfasts to the morning crowd.

Order: Breakfast bagel with bacon, egg and cheese, with a flat white

Tip: Three Hanoi branches; To Ngoc Van is the busiest at breakfast. Strong Wi-Fi upstairs.

Brasserie Lionne ★ 4.8

Brasserie Lionne on the Esplanadi, from the Bistro Bardot team, serves a French breakfast of silky eggs benedict and croissants from its own bakery.

Order: Eggs benedict and a flaky croissant from the in-house bakery

Tip: The in-house bakery croissants are among the best in the centre. Reserve for weekend breakfast; the Esplanadi tables fill fast.

Way Bakery ★ 4.6

Way Bakery in Kallio opens for Sunday brunch with sourdough toppings, granola and avocado toast, a laid-back natural-wine bakery the neighbourhood adopts.

Order: Sourdough with toppings, yogurt with granola, or avocado toast

Tip: Walk-in only and busy on Sundays, so go early. The natural-wine list is open at brunch if you want a glass with the sourdough.

Karl Fazer Café ★ 4.5

The Karl Fazer Café on Kluuvikatu lays on a weekend brunch under its 1891 glass dome, a spread of Finnish breakfast plates, pastries and the house chocolate.

Order: The weekend brunch with Fazer pastries and chocolate

Tip: Weekend brunch sells out, so reserve. The setting under the historic glass ceiling is half the reason to come.

Au Parc ★ 4.2

Au Parc faces the park behind the Reunification Palace, a long-running District 1 brunch spot for Mediterranean and Middle Eastern plates, shakshuka.

Order: Shakshuka with the house-baked bread

Tip: Grab a table on the pavement facing the park; weekend brunch is busy, so come early.

Mekong Merchant ★ 4.0

Mekong Merchant is a Thao Dien mainstay for expat brunch, a garden cafe and deli serving big breakfasts, wood-fired pizza and cakes across a leafy courtyard.

Order: Eggs benedict and a wood-fired pizza

Tip: The shaded garden makes it a family favourite; the breakfast runs all day for late risers.

Snap Cafe ★ 3.9

Snap Cafe is a sprawling open-air garden cafe in Thao Dien built for weekend family brunch, with a big Western breakfast menu and a play area for children.

Order: The big breakfast with eggs and bacon

Tip: There is a play area and plenty of shade, which makes it the go-to weekend spot for families.

Bakehouse ★ 4.8

Bakehouse Wan Chai serves a pastry led brunch from 08:00 daily with sourdough egg tarts, croissants and small breakfast plates, a Hong Kong queue line you.

Order: Sourdough egg tart with a flat white.

Tip: Arrive at 08:00 sharp or after 14:30; the dine in counter has limited seating.

Duddell's Sunday brunch ★ 4.7

Duddell's Sunday dim sum brunch in Central is a Michelin starred Cantonese tasting set with crispy skin chicken, hand carved roasts and trolley dim sum.

Order: Crispy skin chicken and trolley dim sum.

Tip: The cocktail brunch upgrade includes a Champagne pour; book the second sitting at 13:30 to avoid the lunch run.

The Aubrey weekend brunch ★ 4.7

The Aubrey on the 25th floor of Mandarin Oriental runs a Japanese izakaya weekend brunch with harbour views, free flow Champagne and a rotating robata grill.

Order: Wagyu sando and yuzu sake tasting.

Tip: Book the harbour facing window two top; Sunday brunch is the better seating window.

Mud Hen Water Sunday Brunch ★ 4.8

Mud Hen Water in Kaimuki Honolulu serves a Sunday brunch built around Ed Kenney's aina-based cooking, with shakshuka, kalua pork hash and rotating.

Order: The shakshuka and the chef's selection of small plates.

Tip: Sunday only. Book a week ahead on OpenTable; the brunch list changes weekly with farms.

Podmore Brunch ★ 4.7

Podmore in Downtown Honolulu pours brunch and cocktails inside the 1902 lava-rock Podmore Building, with Anthony Rush's kitchen serving the city's most.

Order: The brunch board with house-cured salmon and biscuit.

Tip: Saturday 10:00-15:00 (full menu), Sunday 09:00-14:00 (brunch only). The library room books out first.

Koko Head Cafe ★ 4.6

Koko Head Cafe in Kaimuki Honolulu is chef Lee Anne Wong's brunch room where the cornflake French toast and breakfast bibimbap have anchored 12th Avenue.

Order: Cornflake-crusted French toast.

Tip: Dinner Friday to Monday from 17:00. Walk-in queue steady at 09:00 weekends; some reservations open on Resy.

Hugo's ★ 4.8

Hugo's Sunday brunch in Houston is Hugo Ortega's Mexican buffet on Westheimer Road, with chilaquiles, three moles, sopes, churros and the regional Mexican.

Order: The buffet itself: chilaquiles, mole, sopes, churros

Tip: 12pm seating sells out two weeks ahead; 10am seating is easier. Tableside hot chocolate is the closing course.

Brennan's of Houston ★ 4.6

Brennan's of Houston is the 1967 Texas Creole jazz brunch on Smith Street from the New Orleans Brennan family, with eggs Sardou, bananas Foster tableside.

Order: Eggs Sardou, bananas Foster tableside, jazz brunch trio set

Tip: Sunday jazz brunch at 10am or 12pm sells out. Reserve the courtyard if weather is below 30C.

Pondicheri ★ 4.5

Pondicheri brunch in Houston is Anita Jaisinghani's Indian breakfast at WestAve on Kirby, with masala omelette and roti, chai-glazed buns and the Bake Lab.

Order: Masala omelette and roti, chicken kati roll, masala chai

Tip: Weekday breakfast (7-11am) is the quiet peak. Order an extra chai bun from the Bake Lab on the way out.

Cafe Patachou ★ 4.8

Cafe Patachou at 49th and Penn in Meridian Kessler, Indianapolis since 1989. Martha Hoover's flagship and the city's defining brunch room for decades.

Order: Cinnamon toast and a farm-egg omelet

Arlene's ★ 4.7

Arlene's on Virginia Avenue in Fletcher Place is Jonathan Brooks's 2026 reset of Milktooth. A Southern meat-and-three concept named for the chef's mother.

Order: A meat entree with three sides

Petite Chou Bistro Brunch ★ 4.6

Petite Chou by Patachou in Broad Ripple, Indianapolis runs Saturday and Sunday brunch since 2007. The Travel and Leisure US French restaurant list anchor.

Order: Crepes and a glass of Champagne

Van Kahvaltı Evi ★ 4.5

Van Kahvaltı Evi in Cihangir, the dense Eastern-Anatolian serpme spread of herb cheese, kaymak and clotted-cream eggs that defines a Sunday Turkish breakfast.

Order: Otlu peynir, kaymak with honey and clotted-cream eggs

Sade Kahve ★ 4.4

Sade Kahve at Rumeli Hisarı, an all-day breakfast house under the fortress walls, the serpme board served on the water-facing terrace until 02:00.

Order: Full kahvaltı board with sucuklu yumurta

Mükellef Karaköy ★ 4.4

Mükellef in Karaköy under chef Arda Türkmen, a Turkish-cuisine kitchen with a Bosphorus terrace doing a modern weekend brunch with menemen and Karaköy.

Order: Menemen and the Karaköy kahvaltı tabağı

Heirloom Bakery and Hearth ★ 4.8

Heirloom Bakery and Hearth on 63rd in Kansas City's Brookside is Scott and Kate Meinke's destination breakfast. Open tue to sun 7:00-14:00 or 15:00.

Order: Cheddar-herb biscuit sandwich with bacon and the Pop-Tart for the table.

Tip: Arrive before 09:00 to skip the wait; the breakfast burrito and Pop-Tart combo is the move.

Rye Plaza Brunch ★ 4.7

Rye Plaza in Kansas City's Country Club Plaza runs a Midwestern weekend brunch with the Garrelts' fried chicken, biscuits and butterscotch pie as the anchors.

Order: Fried chicken plate with biscuits and the butterscotch pie to share.

Tip: Tock reservations open weeks out for weekend brunch; the bar takes walk-ins.

Westport Cafe ★ 4.6

Westport Cafe in Kansas City runs a French-bistro weekend brunch from 10:30-16:00, with chicken hash, brioche French toast and a complimentary signature.

Order: Chicken hash or brioche French toast with the complimentary brunch cocktail.

Tip: Bookable on Tock; the patio fills first on warm days. Half-price wine night runs mid-week.

Arán Artisan Bakery and Bistro ★ 4.7

Arán on Barrack Street won Ireland's Best Brunch at the Georgina Campbell Awards, with fresh-baked sourdough and seasonal brunch plates all day.

Arán Artisan Bakery and Bistro ★ 4.5

Arán on Barrack Street serves award-winning brunch and lunch plates built on stone-baked sourdough, voted Ireland's Best Brunch at Georgina Campbell awards.

Signature: Award-winning stone-baked sourdough, Seasonal brunch

Order: The stone-baked sourdough and seasonal brunch plate; the wine list is short, natural and well chosen.

Tip: Closed Tuesday. Last food orders at 15:15. Natural wines available alongside coffee. Dogs welcome in the garden.

Cakeface Patisserie ★ 4.5

Cakeface on Irishtown brings French pastry training to Kilkenny brunch, with daily-changing bakes by Laura and Rory Gannon and single-origin filter coffee.

Lilou Brasserie Jazz Brunch ★ 4.7

Lilou Brasserie jazz brunch on South Gay Street, the Aaron Thompson and Jessica King French brasserie weekend brunch with live jazz, runs Saturdays.

Order: Steak frites brunch plate with the jazz set

Tip: Reservations open about three weeks out; the live jazz starts at 11:00 in the dining room.

Wild Love Bakehouse Brunch ★ 4.7

Wild Love Bakehouse on North Central, the North Knoxville bakery and cafe profiled by Afar magazine, runs weekend pastry and coffee brunch service Wednesday.

Order: Almond croissant with a pour-over

Tip: Closed Mondays and Tuesdays; the pastry case sells out by midday on weekends.

The Plaid Apron ★ 4.6

The Plaid Apron on Kenesaw Avenue in Sequoyah Hills, the Southern brunch and dinner room, runs Wednesday-to-Sunday brunch with cinnamon rolls.

Order: Cinnamon roll with grits and a smash burger

Tip: Sunday brunch only; Wednesday to Saturday are full brunch and dinner. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.

Karma ★ 4.8

Karma in Kraków runs a third-wave cafe brunch from 09:00-14:00 daily on Krupnicza: V60 filter, sourdough toast, eggs, vegan plate, a back garden in summer.

Order: Vegan brunch plate with sourdough toast, eggs and avocado.

Tip: The vegan plate at 45 zl is the order. Brunch served until 14:00; afternoon service is coffee-only.

Ranny Ptaszek ★ 4.7

Ranny Ptaszek in Kraków's Kazimierz opens at 07:30 daily with sourdough toast, eggs Benedict, V60 filter and a counter the early-morning runners and laptop.

Order: Eggs Benedict with sourdough toast.

Tip: Eggs Benedict the breakfast pick; the cinnamon bun runs out by 11:00.

Wesoła Cafe ★ 4.5

Wesoła Cafe east of Kraków's Old Town runs all-day brunch in a Rakowicka villa. Coffee Proficiency beans on espresso and filter, soups and toast plates.

Order: Sourdough toast plates with pour-over filter from Coffee Proficiency.

Tip: Walk-in friendly; small lunch menu of seasonal soups and salads alongside the brunch board.

Ippodo Kaboku Cha-shitsu ★ 4.6

Ippodo's adjoining cha-shitsu in Kyoto, behind the tea shop. Self-whisk a bowl of matcha at the counter with a seasonal namagashi pair, walk-in any day.

Order: Self-whisked matcha bowl with seasonal namagashi pair

Inoda Coffee Honten Morning ★ 4.5

Inoda's 1940 machiya kissaten in Karasuma, Kyoto, opens at 07:00. The Kyoto Morning set with egg, sausage, toast and Arabian Pearl blend at 1,100 yen.

Order: Kyoto Morning set with egg, sausage and Arabian Pearl blend

Iolite Coffee Roasters Morning ★ 4.5

Iolite in Nakagyo in Kyoto opens early; the morning is a hand-drip and toast set, cedar-beam machiya counter, single-origin pour-over from the in-house roast.

Order: House-blend espresso with seasonal milk pastry

Bouchon (Venetian) ★ 4.5

Bouchon at the Venetian in Las Vegas is Thomas Keller's bistro doing weekend brunch on the patio, poached eggs hollandaise, quiche du jour. Family-friendly.

Order: Poached eggs with hollandaise; quiche du jour, then a fresh pastry.

Tip: Book the 09:00 seating to walk the bakery counter on the way out; Sunday lasts the longest, until 14:00.

Esther's Kitchen (Arts District brunch) ★ 4.5

Esther's Kitchen in the Las Vegas Arts District runs a Saturday and Sunday brunch with James Trees's seasonal Italian leanings: Pasta Fritti and eggs.

Order: Pasta Fritti and eggs with fennel sugo; Meyer lemon pancakes with huckleberry jam.

Tip: Book on the website two weeks ahead for a Saturday or Sunday 10:00-12:00 slot; the Pasta Fritti and a Negroni sbagliato are the standard opener.

Doña Maria Tamales (Downtown) ★ 4.4

Doña Maria Tamales on South Las Vegas Boulevard is the 1980 family tamale counter, three tamales with rice and beans for $11 to $14 in a no-frills room two.

Try: Red pork tamale plate with rice and beans $11-14

Tip: Tamales sell by the dozen for takeaway; smothered in red chile and topped with an egg is the breakfast plate locals order.

La Bodega Verde ★ 4.6

La Bodega Verde on Jr. Sucre 335A in Barranco is a Lima garden cafe with all-day breakfast, sandwiches, juices and a strong gluten-free and vegan roster.

Order: Quinoa-and-avocado bowl with poached egg and a maracuya juice.

Tip: The MAC museum sister at Av Grau 1511 has the larger garden; same carta at both rooms.

Isolina Weekend Brunch ★ 4.5

Isolina at Av San Martin 101 in Barranco Lima runs weekend criolla brunch 09:00-11:00 before lunch carta, with pan con chicharron and tamales as headlines.

Order: Pan con chicharron and a tamal verde with chicha morada.

Tip: Brunch is weekend only; the lunch carta starts at 12:00 for a la carte service in the main Barranco room.

Mo Cafe ★ 4.3

Mo Cafe at Av Angamos Oeste 1146 in Miraflores Lima serves all-day brunch built on Peruvian specialty coffee, free-range eggs and house pastries every day.

Order: Free-range eggs with house pastries and a single-origin pour-over to drink.

Tip: Weekend brunch peaks at 11:00; quieter at 09:00 or after 14:00.

Dear Breakfast Bica ★ 4.8

Dear Breakfast's Bica branch in Lisbon: an all-day Bairro Alto room serving eggs every way they can be cooked, plus local-fruit juices to wake you up.

Order: Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon, side of bacon.

Cafe Janis ★ 4.7

Cafe Janis in Lisbon near Time Out Market: a flower-covered Cais do Sodre terrace pouring strong cappuccino, with the famed goat-cheese shakshuka.

Order: Goat-cheese shakshuka with sourdough bread.

Heim Cafe ★ 4.6

Heim Cafe in Lisbon's Santos: a Ukrainian-owned brunch room renovated by hand, flat whites, avocado toast and a steady crowd of digital nomads.

Order: Avocado toast with poached egg, side of bacon.

EK Bistro ★ 4.5

EK Bistro on Petkovskovo nabrezje is Ljubljana's anchor brunch room, baking its own brioche and English muffins every morning. Eggs benedict, French toast.

Order: Eggs Benedict on house brioche

Tozd ★ 4.4

Tozd's Cankarjeva room runs a laid-back brunch service through the afternoon, toasts and grain bowls with the city's best cold brew at the riverside bar.

Order: Avocado toast with cold brew done well

Stow Specialty Coffee Shop ★ 4.4

Stow inside the City Museum keeps savoury pies, baked goods and a daily soup option alongside its specialty coffee programme, a working brunch counter.

Order: Specialty filter coffee with savoury pie

Regency Cafe ★ 4.6

The 1946 white-tiled greasy spoon on Regency Street in Westminster London, runs the canonical full English breakfast for £8.50, a working-class set-piece.

Try: Full English breakfast

Tip: Cash and contactless. Closed Sundays and from 14:30 weekdays. The mug of tea is £1.50; classic mug-of-tea-and-fry-up is the £10 menu.

The Wolseley ★ 4.6

Chris Corbin and Jeremy King's grand European brasserie on Piccadilly in London, opened 2003, runs the city's most-traditional power-breakfast crowd.

Order: Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon, plus a flat white

Tip: Weekday breakfast at 07:30 is the easy slot. The weekend full English at £24 is the marquee brunch order.

Dishoom Shoreditch (brunch) ★ 4.6

Dishoom's Boundary Street Shoreditch dining room in London, opened 2012, serves the brand-defining bacon naan roll, sausage naan and Bombay omelette.

Order: Bacon naan roll and a chai

Tip: Walk-in until 11:45 Mon-Fri. Weekend breakfast queues run 30 minutes; weekday at 09:00 walks in. Chai is unlimited refill.

Republique ★ 4.7

Walter and Margarita Manzke's Republique on La Brea, Los Angeles plates brunch in a 1928 commissary, with a French pastry counter and a long sit-down menu.

Order: Kouign-amann with espresso, then the croque madame.

Tip: Pastry queue is for the counter; sit-down brunch is a separate reservation system that opens 30 days out.

Bavel ★ 4.7

Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis's Bavel in the Arts District, Los Angeles plates Eastern Mediterranean weekend brunch from the Bestia family.

Order: Lamb belly hummus with hot pita.

Tip: The brunch menu overlaps with dinner but adds a few egg dishes; book the patio for the strongest light.

Botanica ★ 4.6

Botanica in Silver Lake, Los Angeles is Heidi Swanson and Emily Fiffer's vegetable-forward brunch room. Tomato toast and a turmeric latte to go.

Order: Sungold tomato toast and a turmeric latte.

Tip: Heidi Swanson and Emily Fiffer's room books out two weekends in advance; sit on the patio for the strongest light.

Blue Dog Bakery and Cafe ★ 4.6

Blue Dog Bakery and Cafe on Frankfort Avenue in Louisville bakes European-style hearth breads and runs a Sunday brunch from a Crescent Hill kitchen.

Order: Croque madame on house sourdough with a side of pickled vegetables.

Tip: Walk-in. Bread sells out by 13:00; arrive earlier for breakfast pastries.

J. Graham's Cafe at the Brown Hotel ★ 4.6

J. Graham's Cafe in the Brown Hotel serves Louisville's original Hot Brown for brunch and lunch, the open-faced turkey-and-Mornay sandwich invented.

Order: The Hot Brown, the original 1926 recipe with house Mornay sauce.

Tip: Walk-in for the bar. The dining room takes reservations on Resy through the hotel.

Highland Morning ★ 4.5

Highland Morning on Bardstown Road in Louisville cooks all-day brunch and stuffed French toast in the Highlands, named one of USA Today's best brunch spots.

Order: Stuffed French toast with bourbon syrup and a side of bacon.

Tip: Walk-in only. Get there before 10:00 on weekends to skip the 30-minute wait.

Halles de Lyon-Paul Bocuse Sunday Morning ★ 4.7

Sunday morning at Halles de Lyon-Paul Bocuse in Lyon's 3e is the city's best impromptu brunch: oyster counters open from 09:30, charcuterie sliced to order.

Order: Oysters and Sancerre at the Maison Merle counter, then a slice of praline tart

Tip: Go before 11:00; stalls begin closing at noon on Sundays Weekends fill by noon.

Sibilia at Halles Paul Bocuse ★ 4.4

Sibilia inside Halles Paul Bocuse in Lyon's 3e sells hot saucisson brioche slices at the counter from 09:30, the cheapest and most Lyonnais breakfast.

Try: Saucisson brioche slice

Order: One slice of saucisson brioche with a coffee at the stand-up counter.

Tip: Hot from 09:30; counter closes at 14:00 then reopens at 15:30.

Cafe Gadagne ★ 4.4

Cafe Gadagne in Vieux Lyon sits on the roof garden of Musee Gadagne, with a buffet brunch on Saturdays and Sundays overlooking the secret courtyard garden.

Order: The weekend buffet with seasonal dishes and homemade pastries

Tip: Book the 11:30 slot on Saturday for the best light on the terrace.

Marigold Kitchen ★ 4.5

Marigold Kitchen on South Pinckney off Capitol Square has run Madison's daytime breakfast-lunch-brunch flagship since 2001 with house-made pastry.

Signature: Breakfast hash, Pastries

Order: A breakfast hash with the house pastry of the day and an espresso drink.

Tip: Weekday mornings turn over faster than weekend brunch; Sunday lines stretch past 09:30.

Marigold Kitchen ★ 4.5

Marigold Kitchen on South Pinckney off Capitol Square, the daytime breakfast-and-brunch flagship since 2001, runs an open kitchen and a fresh pastry case.

Order: The avocado toast or the breakfast sandwich, with the daily pastry as a chaser.

Madison Sourdough Saturday brunch ★ 4.5

Madison Sourdough on Williamson Street, the from-scratch bakery since 2005, runs a small Saturday brunch counter alongside the laminated pastry case.

Order: Eggs on sourdough toast with a kouign-amann and an espresso.

Mision Cafe ★ 4.5

Mision Cafe in Madrid's Conde Duque is the specialty third-wave room with a focused brunch carte; eggs benedict, avocado toast and smashed-egg plates.

Order: Eggs benedict on house sourdough with cured Iberico

Tip: Walk-in only; the Sunday brunch fills up by 11:30. The brunch sets run 14 to 19 euros; cortado at 2.20.

Toma Cafe ★ 4.5

Toma Cafe in Madrid's Malasana is the city's pioneer specialty third-wave room since 2011, with house-roasted single-origin coffees, a focused brunch carte.

Order: Smashed avocado on house sourdough toast

Tip: Walk-in only; the weekend brunch fills up by 11:00. Flat white runs 3.50; brunch sets 12 to 16 euros.

HanSo Cafe ★ 4.4

HanSo Cafe in Madrid's Malasana is the Korean-Spanish specialty third-wave brunch room since 2015, with matcha lattes, Korean-toasted-egg plates.

Order: Korean egg toast with matcha latte

Tip: Closed Mondays. Walk-in only; the weekend brunch fills up by 11:00. Korean-egg toast plus matcha runs 14 euros.

Ezra & Gil ★ 4.7

Open since 2014, the Hilton Street original is the brunch room locals queue for. Sourdough loaded with avocado, feta and poached eggs; fruit porridge bowls.

Signature: Avocado on sourdough, French toast

Order: The Ezra benedict with smoked salmon; cinnamon French toast with bacon.

Tip: No bookings; put your name on the list and walk the Northern Quarter blocks until they text.

Pollen Bakery ★ 4.7

Manchester's flagship Ancoats bakery and brunch room by the marina. Sausage-egg-hash buns, sourdough toast, brunch eggs, take-home cinnamon morning buns.

Order: Sausage, egg and hash brown breakfast bun and a cinnamon morning bun

Federal Cafe and Bar ★ 4.6

Australian-style brunch room in the Northern Quarter, Manchester, packed from 09:00. Banana bread with whipped ricotta is the menu's calling card.

Signature: Banana bread, Turkish eggs

Order: Banana bread with mascarpone; Turkish eggs with chilli butter.

Tip: No reservations; arrive at opening or expect a thirty-minute wait at weekends.

Msemen Breakfast Counters Bab Doukkala ★ 4.2

Bab Doukkala's msemen counters in Marrakech run a dawn breakfast: layered semolina pancakes and baghrir, 5 to 10 MAD each with honey or amlou argan spread.

Try: Msemen and baghrir with honey and amlou

Tip: Closes by midday. Pair msemen with mint tea from the adjacent cart for a full breakfast under 25 MAD.

Coogee ★ 4.4

Coogee in Marseille's 5e was the first Australian-style breakfast room in the city, smoothies, toasts, burrata and granola from 8am, flat whites.

Order: Eggs Benedict on sourdough with a flat white

Tip: Walk-in only; the Saturday morning queue moves fast.

De Bon'heur Cafe ★ 4.3

De Bon'heur Cafe in Marseille's 5e on Boulevard Baille is the city's vegan brunch room, seasonal plant-based plates Saturday and Sunday with coffee.

Order: The seasonal vegan brunch plate with the morning's coffee

Tip: Book ahead for weekend brunch; the small room fills before 11am.

Oh Faon ★ 4.3

Oh Faon in Marseille's 6e on Rue Edmond Rostand runs a plant-based brunch counter Friday and Saturday morning, croissants, pain au chocolat and pain suisse.

Order: Cinnamon brioche with a vegan latte on Friday or Saturday morning

Tip: Friday and Saturday are the heavy pastry days; the cafe corner is the seat.

St. Ali ★ 4.8

St. Ali in South Melbourne is Melbourne's original brunch destination: the warehouse and espresso-led egg menu set a standard hundreds of cafes have followed.

Order: Eggs Florentine with St. Ali espresso

Bentwood ★ 4.7

Bentwood in Fitzroy applies wine-bar sensibility to brunch: benchmark granola plates, natural wine from midday and the suburb's best outdoor courtyard.

Order: House granola with seasonal fruit and labne

Mammoth ★ 4.5

Mammoth in Armadale runs the weekend brunch queue that defines the suburb: seasonal ricotta hotcakes, Inglewood coffee and a room that handles pressure well.

Order: Seasonal ricotta hotcake with roasted pear and burnt butter maple

Brother Juniper's ★ 4.8

Brother Juniper's near the University of Memphis on Walker Avenue runs a tiny breakfast house with omelettes, biscuits and long-haul regulars queuing.

Order: Omelette with side biscuit and gravy.

Tip: Tuesday to Sunday, closes 13:00 weekdays. Get there by 08:30.

Hog and Hominy ★ 4.7

Hog and Hominy on Brookhaven Circle in East Memphis runs Saturday and Sunday brunch with bacon-fat doughnuts, biscuits with ricotta and wood-fired plates.

Order: Bacon-fat doughnuts and biscuit with ricotta.

Tip: Reserve on Resy for the patio. Brunch runs Sat-Sun 10:30-14:00; arrive at 11:00 for the easier seat.

Magnolia and May ★ 4.6

Magnolia and May on Mount Moriah in East Memphis runs the city's Thursday-to-Sunday brunch since 2020 with fried chicken, French toast and bottomless mimosas.

Order: Fried chicken and French toast with mimosa.

Tip: The Williamsburg Village patio is the Sunday seat. Brunch After Dark on Saturdays.

El Cardenal Centro ★ 4.7

El Cardenal Centro in Mexico City is the Briz family's 1969 traditional Mexican breakfast institution on Palma, the Sunday-morning room that built its name.

Order: Hot chocolate frothed tableside with pan de nata.

Panaderia Rosetta Puebla ★ 4.7

Panaderia Rosetta in Mexico City is Elena Reygadas' Roma Norte bakery with the larger Puebla branch that supports counter brunch, the morning stop.

Order: Rol de guayaba; concha de vainilla; cafe de olla.

Lardo ★ 4.6

Lardo in Mexico City is Elena Reygadas' Condesa all-day room with a strong wood-fired-flatbread brunch and Mediterranean morning plates that run from 08:00.

Order: Wood-fired flatbread with eggs; Roma garden tomato salad.

Islas Canarias Restaurant ★ 4.8

Islas Canarias in West Miami past Tamiami is a family Cuban diner that has hosted ham croquetas since 1977, defended as the city's reference by Miamians.

Why locals love it: Out in West Miami past Tamiami, this family Cuban diner has hosted ham croquetas since 1977 that ninety-five percent of Miamians defend as the city's reference.

Tip: Order the croquetas by the dozen. The full breakfast plate with palomilla and platanos goes for around fifteen dollars.

Ariete ★ 4.8

Ariete in Coconut Grove is Michael Beltran's Michelin-starred Cuban-American room on Main Highway, with a Saturday and Sunday brunch that runs the kitchen.

Order: Beltran's biscuits with whipped lardo and the omelette of the day

Tip: Book three weeks out. The bar takes walk-ups at 11am sharp; the dining room is full by 12:15.

El Bagel ★ 4.6

El Bagel in Miami's MiMo District is the bagel counter at 6910 Biscayne Boulevard, the room that gave Miami its first serious bagel identity.

Order: Everything bagel with whitefish salad and a drip coffee

Tip: Get there before 11am; bagels sell out by noon on weekends. Closed Tuesday.

Marchesi 1824 ★ 4.6

Marchesi 1824 in Centro Storico is the Sunday-morning brunch option for purists who want the Milanese pasticceria experience at its most historical.

Order: Panettone toast with Langhe butter and chestnut honey

Pave ★ 4.5

Pave in Porta Venezia is the natural brunch destination for the city's artisan-pastry crowd on weekends. Open sat-sun 09:00-17:00. At Via Felice Casati 27.

Order: Bombolone alla crema and single-origin filter coffee

The Bacon Club ★ 4.2

The Bacon Club on Via Lecco in Porta Venezia makes Milan's most generous American-style brunch: eggs Benedict with locally cured pancetta, thick-cut French.

Order: Eggs Benedict with pancetta and house hollandaise

Blue's Egg ★ 4.8

Blue's Egg on North 76th Street in Wauwatosa is a breakfast room from chef Joe Muench, with stuffed hash browns and lemon ricotta hotcakes drawing weekend.

Order: Stuffed hash browns with chorizo and lemon ricotta hotcakes

Rocket Baby Bakery Brunch ★ 4.7

Rocket Baby Bakery on West North Avenue in Wauwatosa is the city's leading laminated pastry shop with croissants, kouign amann and sourdough loaves since.

Order: Almond croissant and quiche of the day

DanDan Brunch ★ 4.7

DanDan in the Third Ward, by chefs Dan Jacobs and Dan Van Rite, runs a Sunday dim sum brunch with pork dumplings, dan dan noodles and modern Chinese-American.

Order: Pork dumplings and dan dan noodles brunch

The Nicollet Diner ★ 4.4

The Nicollet Diner in Minneapolis runs the city's only 24-hour kitchen on Nicollet Mall, with all-day breakfast, burgers and 30 milkshake flavors.

Try: All-day breakfast, burgers and 30 flavors of milkshake

Tip: The only true 24-hour kitchen in Minneapolis; the burgers and crispy hash browns are the 2am move, and the bar pours craft cocktails late.

Hen House Eatery ★ 4.4

Hen House Eatery in Minneapolis runs downtown's defining all-day breakfast counter on 8th Street, with scratch biscuits and a 30-cocktail Bloody Mary list.

Order: Babe's Eggs Benedict with carnitas on jalapeno cheddar cornbread.

Tip: Arrive before 9am on weekends or join the waitlist on the loudspeaker; the bakery counter sells out the maple bacon cinnamon roll by 11.

Victor's 1959 Cafe ★ 4.4

Victor's 1959 Cafe in Minneapolis runs the city's Cuban breakfast room on Grand Avenue South, with arroz a la cubana, mango pancakes and a tight dining room.

Order: Arroz a la cubana with two eggs, sweet plantains and yuca frita.

Tip: The dining room is the size of a living room; expect a 30 minute wait on Saturday after 10am. The Cubano sandwich is the takeaway order.

Olive et Gourmando ★ 4.7

Olive et Gourmando doubles as one of Old Montreal's best casual brunches, its Rue Saint-Paul bakery-cafe plating tartines, the Cubano and pastries all day.

Order: The Cubano sandwich or the ricotta and fig tartine.

Tip: The lunch rush is long but quick; come before noon for tables and the full pastry case.

Arthurs Nosh Bar ★ 4.5

Arthurs Nosh Bar is a sunny modern Jewish diner in Saint-Henri, Montreal, updating latkes, matzo-ball soup and challah French toast for a weekend brunch.

Order: Latkes with smoked salmon, or the challah French toast.

Tip: Put your name down and grab a coffee nearby; the wait on weekends is real but the latkes are worth it.

Beautys Luncheonette ★ 4.3

Beautys has served its lox-and-bagel Special from a turquoise Plateau luncheonette in Montreal since 1942, a family-run brunch institution on Mont-Royal.

Order: The Beautys Special: bagel, lox, cream cheese and onion.

Tip: Weekends bring a long sidewalk wait; go on a weekday morning to slide straight onto a counter stool.

Subko Bandra Brunch ★ 4.6

Subko's Bandra flagship runs an informal weekend brunch with house-laminated croissants, sourdough loaves and single-origin coffee; the terrace fills early.

Order: A Bibasaha Bana espresso and a chocolate-cardamom croissant.

Americano Weekend ★ 4.5

Americano's weekend brunch in Kala Ghoda runs American-Italian small plates with house-made pastas, wood-fired meats and a bottomless mimosa morning option.

Order: Eggs and prosciutto with the burrata starter; bottomless mimosa.

Sea Lounge High Tea ★ 4.4

Sea Lounge inside the Taj Palace runs the Maharaja and Sea Lounge afternoon tea: INR 4500 and INR 3000 respectively. Editor's TableJourney pick.

Order: Maharaja afternoon tea, two-person service.

Café Frischhut (Schmalznudel) ★ 4.5

Café Frischhut off Munich's Viktualienmarkt has fried the Bavarian Schmalznudel doughnut since 1973; this is the morning sweet-counter for breakfast.

Order: Schmalznudel sugar-dusted Bavarian fried doughnut with filter coffee

Tip: Closed Sundays; queue is shortest at 09:00 weekday mornings; cash usually preferred.

Café Luitpold ★ 4.1

Café Luitpold on Munich's Brienner Strasse, opened 1888 and once Europe's largest coffeehouse, runs a classic German brunch with Wiener Melange in the salon.

Order: The breakfast Frühstück Luitpold with eggs, charcuterie, Hofpfisterei bread

Tip: Sunday brunch books out the week before; the museum on coffee-house culture is worth a stop.

Cotidiano Gärtnerplatz ★ 4.0

Cotidiano on Munich's Gärtnerplatz cooks all-day breakfast in the Glockenbachviertel; one of the few rooms that takes brunch seriously every day of the week.

Order: The breakfast platter with eggs, sourdough and avocado

Tip: Saturday brunch needs a 10:00 arrival or a booking; ask for a table on the Gärtnerplatz terrace.

Brunchit ★ 4.1

Brunchit is Málaga's original all-day brunch spot near Atarazanas, plating eggs benedict, pancakes and smoothie bowls to a young, sunny crowd.

Order: Eggs benedict with a smoothie bowl on the side

BYOKO ★ 4.1

BYOKO is an organic all-day brunch spot on Málaga's Plaza de la Merced, serving seasonal, mostly plant-based plates and specialty coffee near Picasso's home.

Order: An organic brunch bowl with a specialty coffee

Brunchit Alhóndiga ★ 4.0

Brunchit Alhóndiga brings the brand's all-day brunch to central Málaga by the Mercado Central, a bright room of benedicts, avocado toast and bowls.

Order: Avocado toast and a flat white by the Mercado Central

Café Crème ★ 4.8

Café Crème on Calle 41 Mérida runs a French weekend brunch with quiches, tartines and pâté de campagne, the European morning room near Paseo de Montejo.

Order: Quiche lorraine + tartine

Doña Mary Cochinita Pibil ★ 4.7

Doña Mary Cochinita Pibil in Merida: Inside Lucas de Gálvez near the meat section, no signage, sells out by noon, locals only know which stall.

Why locals love it: Inside Lucas de Gálvez near the meat section, no signage, sells out by noon, locals only know which stall.

Tip: Get there by 09:00; ask for la torta de cochinita and skip the rest of the morning's breakfast.

Manjar Blanco Lunch ★ 4.7

Manjar Blanco on Calle 47 Mérida runs Yucatecan lunch classics including queso relleno and cochinita tortas, the Netflix Taco Chronicles lunch service.

Order: Queso relleno + cochinita torta

Pasticceria Poppella ★ 4.8

Poppella in Naples' Sanita has run the family pastry counter since 1920, with the fiocco di neve (snow-flake cream brioche at 1 euro 50) the morning pastry.

Order: Fiocco di neve brioche with cream filling.

Tip: Open daily 07:00-22:00. Weekend queue can be 30 minutes; the Vomero branch at Via Belvedere 84 is calmer.

Pasticceria Attanasio ★ 4.7

Attanasio near Naples Central Station fries sfogliatelle since 1930 at 2 euros, the city's cheapest and best standing breakfast and the closest good.

Order: Sfogliatella riccia freshly fried, eaten standing at the counter.

Tip: Closed Monday. Cash only at the counter. The queue moves fast; sfogliatella riccia sells hot from 06:30.

Gran Caffe Gambrinus ★ 4.5

Gran Caffe Gambrinus on Piazza Trieste e Trento in Naples (1860) is the city's defining morning ritual, with the counter espresso and hot sfogliatella.

Order: Sfogliatella riccia hot from the counter, cioccolata calda in winter.

Tip: Standing at the counter is one-third the price of the seated terrace. Arrive by 09:30 on weekends before the tour groups.

Noko ★ 4.6

Junior Vo's wood-fired Asian room on Porter Road in East Nashville runs Sunday brunch with hamachi crudo and Japanese chicken-and-waffles. OpenTable Top 100.

Order: Japanese chicken and waffles with ube butter

Tip: Reservations recommended; the bar takes walk-ins. Brunch runs 11 to 2:30 Sundays only.

Henrietta Red ★ 4.5

Julia Sullivan's Germantown seafood room in Nashville runs a Saturday and Sunday brunch with raw bar and wood-grill plates. Open tue-sun, see site.

Order: Oysters and the wood-grilled fish brunch

Tip: Brunch is the easier seat than dinner; book the bar for walk-in availability.

Yeast Nashville ★ 4.4

Yeast Nashville's Woodland Street kolache counter in East Nashville builds a breakfast or lunch around savoury and sweet kolaches for under $10.

Try: Kolache and coffee

Tip: Closed at noon every day. Sausage and cheese kolache plus a cherry kolache is the lunch order for $8.

Commander's Palace ★ 4.8

Commander's Palace in New Orleans is the Garden District grande dame on Washington Avenue, with the canonical New Orleans Sunday jazz brunch.

Order: Turtle soup with sherry, then eggs Sardou.

Tip: The 25-cent martini (3 max) is the brunch tradition; jacket suggested for the men in the upstairs Garden Room.

Saba ★ 4.6

Saba in New Orleans is Alon Shaya's Magazine Street modern Israeli room at Nashville, with shakshuka, matzo-ball brioche French toast and a long pita bread.

Order: Shakshuka with whipped feta; matzo ball brioche French toast.

Tip: Sunday brunch is the most popular service; book a fortnight ahead. Mezze plates come quickest.

Atchafalaya ★ 4.5

Atchafalaya in New Orleans is the Louisiana Avenue Creole brunch room on the Garden District edge, with a build-your-own Bloody Mary bar, duck hash and live.

Order: Duck hash with sunny eggs; build a Bloody Mary at the bar.

Tip: Saturday and Sunday brunch with live music; arrive 09:30 or hold for the 13:00 turn.

Sadelle's ★ 4.5

Sadelle's on West Broadway runs the city's most theatrical Jewish brunch in New York City. Located in Soho. Open daily 09:00-15:30. At 463 W. Broadway.

Order: The Sadelle's Tower: bagels, lox, whitefish, sturgeon, the tableside cart.

Tip: The Sunday booking is the hardest seat in SoHo. Weekday 11:30 walks in at the bar without waiting.

Minetta Tavern ★ 4.5

Minetta Tavern on MacDougal has run Keith McNally's French bistro in Greenwich Village New York City since 2009. Order the black label burger or steak frites.

Order: Black Label burger or steak frites.

Tip: Reservations open 28 days ahead at midnight on Resy. The bar serves the full brunch menu for walk-ins.

Buvette ★ 4.4

Jody Williams's Grove Street gastrotheque has poured espresso and steamed eggs in the West Village New York City since 2011. Open daily 08:00-23:30.

Order: Steamed eggs and tartine au jambon.

Tip: Weekday 09:30 is the fast seat; weekends run 60 minutes by 11:00. The tartine au jambon is the brunch order.

Cafe Marche ★ 4.4

Cafe Marche on Rue Barillerie just off Cours Saleya runs Emilie Bargin's Sunday 11:00-15:00 brunch in Vieux Nice, the city's most reliable weekend booking.

Order: Scrambled eggs, jams and honey toast, club sandwich

La Rotonde ★ 4.3

La Rotonde at Le Negresco runs the Sunday Brunch under the hand painted carousel ceiling, the city's most photographed Sunday brunch buffet at €65.

Order: Buffet with seafood and pastry counter

Mama Baker ★ 4.2

Mama Baker on Rue de Lepante runs the Carre d'Or weekend brunch alternative to the Cours Saleya rooms, organic levain sourdough, viennoiseries and espresso.

Order: Sourdough toast with eggs and avocado

Memelas Dona Vale ★ 4.6

Memelas Dona Vale at Mercado de Abastos charges 15-30 pesos per memela with morita-chile sauce, asiento and quesillo on the comal, the budget breakfast.

Try: Memelas with morita chile

Boulenc ★ 4.6

Boulenc on Porfirio Diaz is Oaxaca's all-day breakfast headliner, a courtyard with sourdough toast, mushroom banh mi and vegan-marked plates from 08:00 daily.

Order: Sourdough toast with avocado, eggs and asiento

Itanoni ★ 4.6

Itanoni in Reforma serves the Oaxacan breakfast canon from 07:00 daily: memelas with frijol, tetelas with hierba santa and a chocolate or atole de granillo.

Order: Memelas with frijol and quesillo, atole

Jimmy's Egg ★ 4.0

Jimmy's Egg on N Classen Boulevard in Oklahoma City is a long-running breakfast and brunch spot with big plates and a loyal local following in OKC.

Jimmy's Egg ★ 4.0

Jimmy's Egg in Oklahoma City is a diner chain born in the state, serving generous all-day breakfast and brunch at budget-friendly prices on Classen Boulevard.

Order: Country omelet; biscuits and gravy

Tip: Multiple OKC locations, but the Classen location has the most local character. Expect a wait on weekend mornings.

Le Bouillon ★ 4.4

Le Bouillon on Howard Street runs a Saturday brunch with French egg dishes and charcuterie, paired with Loire Valley natural wine by the glass or bottle.

HomeGrown Omaha ★ 4.3

HomeGrown Omaha in Dundee serves a farm-to-table brunch, with the seasonal frittata and house granola among the most consistently rated plates on its menu.

Kitchen Table ★ 4.3

Kitchen Table on Farnam keeps a weekend brunch tied to farm sourcing, with avocado toast and local egg plates among the most-cited Omaha brunch choices.

Se7en Bites ★ 4.8

Se7en Bites on North Primrose Drive in the Milk District is the Southern brunch institution, with house biscuits, cinnamon rolls and a 09:00 walk-in queue.

Order: The Minnie Pearl biscuit with sausage gravy

The Rusty Spoon Brunch ★ 4.7

The Rusty Spoon on West Church Street downtown runs a weekend brunch from chef Kathleen Blake, with fried chicken, shrimp and grits and seasonal plates.

Order: Buttermilk fried chicken plus a brunch cocktail

Ravello at Four Seasons Sunday Brunch ★ 4.7

Ravello at the Four Seasons Resort Orlando runs an Italian Sunday Brunch, with a pasta-making station, Champagne bar and antipasti spread from the buffet.

Order: Pasta-making station plus a Champagne pour

Northshore ★ 4.8

Osaka's most photographed riverside cafe, a second-floor converted warehouse with a terrace above the Dojima River; known for souffle pancakes.

Order: ['Souffle pancakes', 'Flat white', 'Egg Benedict']

Northshore ★ 4.8

Osaka's most photographed riverside cafe, a converted warehouse over the Dojima River; known for souffle pancakes and a morning specialty coffee ritual.

Order: ['Souffle pancakes', 'Eggs Benedict', 'Flat white']

bills Umeda ★ 4.6

The Grand Front Osaka branch of Bill Granger's Sydney brunch brand, famous for ricotta hotcakes with honeycomb butter and impossibly soft scrambled eggs.

Order: ['Ricotta hotcakes with honeycomb butter', 'Scrambled eggs', 'Fresh-pressed juice']

Babbo Collective Øvrefoss ★ 4.8

Babbo Collective at Øvrefoss took over the former Liebling cafe in 2023, with sourdough plates and pastries through the morning and Italian trattoria dinner.

Order: Omelette on sourdough

Vespa and Humla ★ 4.6

Vespa and Humla on Københavngata is the Grunerlokka all-day room where Detroit-style pizza meets a working bakery counter, with locals through the door.

Order: Sourdough pizza with the morning egg

Nedre Foss Gård ★ 4.4

Nedre Foss Gård on Nordre gate by the Akerselva river runs an all-day weekend brunch out of one of the oldest buildings in Grunerlokka, with seasonal.

Order: Seasonal brunch platter

Gelateria Stancampiano ★ 4.8

Stancampiano on Via Notarbartolo in Palermo is the city's reference granita-and-brioche summer brunch counter, three generations of family operation.

Order: Granita di mandorla con brioche col tuppo, the Palermitan summer breakfast.

Tip: Arrive 07:30-09:00 for the freshest granita. Cash works fastest.

Le Angeliche Brunch ★ 4.7

Le Angeliche in Palermo's Capo market opens for brunch from 09:00, with market-sourced fruit, Sicilian pastries and savoury plates in the hidden garden.

Order: The Sicilian market brunch plate with seasonal fruit, frittata and caponata.

Tip: Book the courtyard table by phone. Closed Sunday evening and Monday.

Bar Pasticceria Alba ★ 4.6

Bar Alba on Piazza Don Bosco in Palermo since 1955 is the city's reference morning brunch room, granita with brioche col tuppo, cannoli filled to order.

Order: Granita di mandorla with brioche col tuppo, the Palermitan summer brunch standard.

Tip: Arrive by 10:00 for the local crowd. Cannoli filled to order; never pre-filled.

Holybelly 5 ★ 4.6

Holybelly 5 in Paris's 10e set the city's brunch standard in 2013. Order the pancake stack with bourbon-butter and bacon. Open daily 09:00-17:00.

Order: Pancake stack with bourbon-butter and bacon

Tip: Arrive at 09:00 or after 14:30 to skip the line. The pancake stack is the dish; eggs are second.

Treize au Jardin ★ 4.4

Treize au Jardin in Paris's 6e is the Luxembourg-Gardens brunch room Laurel Sanderson opened. American pancakes, eggs Benedict, the only proper grits in town.

Order: Buttermilk pancakes with maple butter

Tip: Walk-in only. Sunday queue forms at 10:00; take a coffee to the gardens while you wait.

Juvéniles ★ 4.4

Juvéniles in Paris's 1er is the Scottish-French wine bar Tim Johnston opened in 1987, with a brunch-leaning weekday lunch carte and scotch eggs since 2018.

Order: Scotch egg starter and the lunch plat

Tip: Closed Sunday. The brunch-leaning lunch from 11:00 is the easier ticket than the dinner crowd.

K'Far ★ 4.8

K'Far in Philadelphia is Michael Solomonov's Israeli bakery cafe near Rittenhouse, with shakshuka, bourekas and pistachio babka through 15:00 daily.

Order: Shakshuka with bourekas on the side, plus a pistachio babka to take home

Suraya ★ 4.7

Suraya in Philadelphia is the Fishtown Lebanese garden room on Frankford with a weekend brunch of manakish, labneh, eggs in tomato and a back-garden patio.

Order: Lebanese breakfast platter with manakish and labneh; the back garden table in summer

Honey's Sit 'n Eat ★ 4.6

Honey's Sit 'n Eat in Philadelphia is the Northern Liberties brunch counter at 4th and Brown since 2005, with challah French toast, latkes and one.

Order: Challah French toast with bourbon-maple syrup and bacon

Matt's Big Breakfast ★ 4.5

Matt's Big Breakfast on 1st Street is a downtown Phoenix breakfast institution from Matt Pool and Erenia Lara, built on thick-cut bacon and local plates.

Order: The Hog and Chick: thick-cut bacon and eggs with a side of griddle hash.

Tip: Walk-in only and it lines up early; the thick-cut bacon and the waffle are the orders.

Morning Glory Cafe ★ 4.3

Morning Glory Cafe at The Farm at South Mountain runs a garden-driven breakfast, plating seasonal omelets, house pastries and local sausage on a shaded patio.

Order: A seasonal omelet with house-baked muffins, eaten on the farm patio.

Tip: It is a patio room on a working farm; go in cool months and come early before the shade fills.

The Henry ★ 4.2

The Henry on Camelback Road is a Fox Restaurant Concepts all-day room with a busy weekend brunch, plating modern American food in a coffee-bar-lounge space.

Order: The weekend brunch plates with a cocktail from the bar.

Tip: Weekend brunch runs 7am to 3pm; the room has a coffee bar up front for the wait.

Pamela's Diner ★ 4.7

Pamela's Diner on 21st Street in the Strip District serves cheap crepe-style hotcakes in Pittsburgh. A budget breakfast institution famous for its thin.

Try: Crepe-style hotcakes

DiAnoia's Eatery ★ 4.4

DiAnoia's Eatery on Penn Avenue in the Strip District serves Italian breakfast and brunch in Pittsburgh. House pastries, egg dishes and pasta in a corner.

Order: Italian breakfast plates and a pastry from the cafe case, with a cocktail.

Pamela's Diner ★ 4.3

Pamela's Diner on 21st Street in the Strip District serves Pittsburgh's most famous hotcakes. Thin, crisp crepe-style pancakes that drew Obama in 2008.

Order: The crepe-style hotcakes, thin and crisp at the edges, with Lyonnaise potatoes.

Mekitsa and Coffee ★ 4.8

Plovdiv's only mekitsa-to-order counter on the pedestrian Knyaz Alexander spine. Classic with sirene, jam, honey, plus pesto or halva combinations daily.

Order: Mekitsa with sirene and honey, Bulgarian coffee

Mekitsa and Coffee ★ 4.6

Plovdiv's only mekitsa-to-order counter. Fried dough plus sirene cheese, jam or honey on the central pedestrian street, under 5 BGN for the classic breakfast.

Try: Mekitsa with sirene and Bulgarian coffee

Pavaj ★ 4.6

Pavaj opens at noon as Kapana's late-brunch stop. Farm-driven Bulgarian small plates with house bread; weekend afternoons settle into long tables and Mavrud.

Order: Farm vegetable plate with Mavrud glass

Sweedeedee ★ 4.6

Eloise Augustyn's all-day brunch cafe in the Humboldt neighborhood of Portland, with poached eggs, seasonal salads and honey pie by the slice since 2012.

Order: Honey pie and a poached egg salad

Tip: Walk-in only. Arrive by 10:30 on weekends or expect a 45-minute wait at the door.

Ha VL Vietnamese Noodle Soup ★ 4.6

Christina Luu and William Vuong's Vietnamese soup counter on SE 82nd in Portland for morning soup, with two daily soups, banh mi and a strict sellout policy.

Order: The daily soup and a Vietnamese coffee

Tip: Open from 08:00, but most regulars eat soup for lunch. They sell out by noon on weekends.

Screen Door Eastside ★ 4.5

Nicole and David Mouton's Southern brunch room on E Burnside in Portland since 2006, with buttermilk fried chicken on sweet potato waffles, biscuits.

Order: Buttermilk fried chicken on sweet potato waffles

Tip: Brunch line forms by 09:00 on weekends. Reservations exist; the bar takes walk-ins faster.

Tandem Coffee + Bakery ★ 4.7

Tandem Coffee + Bakery on Congress Street is the West End brunch shop, opened 2014 by Will and Kathleen Pratt, with biscuit sandwiches and house pour-overs.

Order: Buttermilk biscuit sandwich with bacon, fried egg and sharp cheddar.

Tip: Online ordering 07:45-10:15 for collection skips the line. Closes 13:00 sharp.

Scratch Baking Co ★ 4.7

Scratch Baking Co in South Portland's Willard Square pulls Portland's deepest weekend bagel queue, with house cream cheese, lox and Sunday morning lines.

Order: Scratch sea salt bagel with house cream cheese and lox.

Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday. Sunday queues form before 08:00; pre-order online is the fast lane.

The Front Room ★ 4.5

The Front Room at the top of Munjoy Hill, since 2006 from Chef Harding Lee Smith, is the flagship brunch room with a full bar and Congress Street windows.

Order: Eggs benedict with house hollandaise; a side of cinnamon swirl French toast.

Tip: Weekend brunch fills 09:30 onward; OpenTable for the dining room.

Zenith ★ 4.8

Zenith on Praca de Carlos Alberto in Porto is the city's busiest brunch room, with eggs benedict on house sourdough, oat-milk lattes and a 30-minute Sunday.

Order: Eggs benedict on sourdough, oat-milk flat white

Cafetaria Mesa 325 ★ 4.7

Mesa 325 in Porto's Bonfim is the local brunch counter for the neighbourhood, with bagels, overnight oats and V60 filter coffees from Luso Coffee Roasters.

Order: Bagel with smoked salmon and the V60 of the week

7G Roaster Brunch ★ 4.6

7G Roaster's brunch counter in Vila Nova de Gaia across from Porto plates eggs benedict, wraps and cold brews from a working roastery with seven apartments.

Order: Eggs benedict, oat-milk flat white

Stragan Kawiarnia ★ 4.6

Stragan Kawiarnia on Ratajczaka 31 in Poznań is the city's foundational speciality coffee room, with house-baked bagels, single-origin filter and a long-stay.

Order: House-baked bagel with smoked salmon and a Chemex.

Tip: The bagels are baked daily; mid-morning is the freshest window before the lunch run draws down the counter.

Pączuś i Kawusia ★ 4.5

Pączuś i Kawusia on Rynek Łazarski 8 in Poznań is the city's best doughnut-and-filter brunch room, with warm pączki in rotating flavours and speciality.

Order: Pistachio pączek and a V60 filter.

Tip: Sit by the books and games shelf if you have kids; the back corner is dog-friendly and built for long stays.

Piece of Cake ★ 4.5

Piece of Cake on Święty Wojciech 27 in Poznań is a cafe-gallery brunch room run by Ania and Kuba, pouring single-origin coffees from Five Elephant, Audun.

Order: A slice of seasonal cake with a single-origin filter.

Tip: Each cup comes with a flash card on the bean's origin, processing and characteristics; keep the card if you want to find that lot online later.

Cafe Savoy ★ 4.5

Cafe Savoy serves Prague's grandest brunch in a neo-Renaissance Mala Strana room, with daily Mysak pastries, eggs in every form, and a working all-day.

Order: Savoy breakfast plate with the pastry of the day

Tip: Reserve the window booth; the breakfast goes all day, weekend queues are real.

Muj Salek Kavy ★ 4.5

Muj Salek Kavy in Karlin is the Doubleshot-run brunch spot Prague locals book ahead. Egg dishes, the daily pastry, single-origin filter coffee.

Order: House breakfast plate with single-origin pour

Tip: Reservations save the day; the breakfast plate is the kitchen's tightest piece.

Eska Karlin ★ 4.5

Eska Karlin runs an all-day brunch in the bakery-restaurant: bread 33 sourdough toast, eggs, fermented vegetables and the kitchen's morning pastry plate.

Order: Bread 33 toast, eggs, fermented Czech vegetables

Tip: Book Saturday brunch in advance; bread 33 sells out by noon weekly.

Nicks on Broadway ★ 4.7

Derek Wagner's Nicks on Broadway runs the city's most-booked weekend brunch. Seasonal market-driven plates; lines around the block by 10:30.

Order: Daily-changing hash and the brunch chalkboard's pancake stack.

Seven Stars Bakery Hope Street ★ 4.6

Seven Stars on Hope Street is the East Side breakfast bakery counter. Country bread, croissants, the city's most-recognised morning bun; weekend lines.

Order: Morning bun, pain au chocolat, drip coffee.

Ellie's ★ 4.5

Ellie's on Westminster handles the bakery side of Ellen Gracyalny's group. Madeleines, eclairs, macarons; savoury quiche and tartines for the daytime crowd.

Order: Croque monsieur, quiche Lorraine, kouign-amann to go.

Kastrup ★ 4.4

Kastrup on Hverfisgata won the Grapevine's best Reykjavik brunch for 2025, a Danish-Nordic bistro of open sandwiches, well-poached eggs and weekend mimosas.

Order: The poached eggs, the dish the Grapevine panel singled out.

Tip: Brunch runs only on weekends from 11:45. Book ahead; the win made the small room busier than ever.

Sandholt ★ 4.4

Sandholt on Laugavegur serves an all-day bakery brunch in Reykjavik, with shakshuka, sourdough toasts and savoury waffles by the pastry counter.

Order: The shakshuka, or sourdough toast piled with eggs and cheese.

Tip: The pastries come straight from the bakery in the same room. Arrive early at weekends to beat the queue.

Hradlestin ★ 4.3

Hradlestin on Hverfisgata serves South Indian dosas, appams and bhatura for brunch, the Grapevine runner-up bringing Chennai tiffin to central Reykjavik.

Order: A masala dosa, the dish that won the brunch nod.

Tip: A genuine break from the egg-and-toast brunch template. The crisp masala dosa is the order.

LOWINE ★ 4.5

LOWINE on Dzirnavu runs Riga's strongest wine-led brunch, farm eggs, sourdough and small plates paired with by-the-glass natural wines from chef Aleksei.

Order: Farm eggs on sourdough plus a natural-wine glass

Tip: Brunch runs only on weekends 10:00-16:00; the natural-wine list rotates weekly.

Innocent Café ★ 4.4

Innocent Café on Blaumaņa runs Riga's most-cited brunch, eggs and pancakes on Latvian rye with specialty coffee from one of the city's strongest barista.

Order: Eggs Benedict on Latvian rye and a barista-pulled flat white

Tip: Saturday queue from 10:00; arrive by 09:30 or book for a small table.

Rocket Bean Cafe Miera ★ 4.4

Rocket Bean's Miera flagship runs Riga's strongest specialty-coffee brunch, eggs, sourdough and Rocket Bean's own single-origin filters and espresso drinks.

Order: The avocado-and-egg plate with a Rocket Bean filter coffee

Tip: The weekend brunch fills early; the cake counter and bag retail keep the queue moving.

Cafe Merenda ★ 4.4

Chiara Caruso's Cafe Merenda in Rome's Ostiense district by the Gazometro is the French-style bakery and brunch room with three-day croissants.

Order: Three-day croissant plus avocado toast on house pan bauletto with a poached egg.

Tip: Open Tue-Sun from 08:00. The brunch set with coffee and viennoiserie is 22 euros; the corner terrace seats 12.

Pianostrada ★ 4.4

Pianostrada in Rome's Centro Storico runs Saturday-Sunday brunch with the focaccia di Pianostrada, polenta-and-egg plates and a modern Roman menu.

Order: Focaccia with mortadella and stracciatella, plus poached eggs over polenta.

Tip: Book three weeks ahead for the garden seats from May to September. Closed Monday all day.

Le Carre Francais ★ 4.4

Le Carre Francais in Rome's Prati district is the French boulangerie, patisserie and bistrot with unlimited weekend brunch sets at 32 euros.

Order: Unlimited French brunch set with croque madame, quiche, croissants and homemade Breton crackers.

Tip: Open daily from 07:30. The unlimited 32 euro brunch runs 09:00 to noon weekends; book Sunday three days ahead.

Man Met Bril Koffie ★ 4.6

Rotterdam's iconic specialty coffee brand at its Hofbogen flagship, where weekend brunch is as celebrated as the coffee, eggs, pastries. Booking recommended.

Order: The slow-roasted tomato and ricotta toast with their single-origin Kenyan filter.

Harvest Coffee Brewers ★ 4.5

Rotterdam's Melbourne-influenced brunch anchor on Glashaven: Harvest's own-roasted coffee paired with excellent eggs on house sourdough, avocado smash.

Order: Avocado smash on sourdough with dukkah and poached eggs.

Jordy's Bakery ★ 4.5

A Nieuwe Binnenweg artisan bakery where weekend brunch means croissants, cardamom knots, and sourdough with house jam and cultured butter at under €12 per.

Order: The almond croissant and a cortado -- the best pastry combination in Rotterdam for under €9.

Bacon & Butter ★ 4.8

Amber Michel and chef Billy Zoellin's Bacon & Butter on Broadway in Sacramento is the city's Michelin Recommended California farm-to-fork brunch counter.

Signature: Brioche French toast, Chicken and waffles

Order: Brioche French toast, the seasonal chicken and waffles

Tip: Wednesday to Sunday 08:00-14:00. Expect a queue Saturday and Sunday after 10:00.

Bacon & Butter ★ 4.5

Bacon & Butter on Broadway, Sacramento, runs the Michelin Recommended California farm-to-fork brunch with brioche French toast and chicken and waffles.

Order: Brioche French toast with seasonal fruit, chicken and waffles

Mother Brunch ★ 4.5

Mother on K Street, midtown Sacramento, is the city's defining all-vegetarian counter, Saturday brunch with seasonal vegetable bowls and farm sandwiches.

Order: Seasonal vegetable bowl, farm sandwich

Eva's Bakery Cafe ★ 4.8

Eva's Bakery on South Main runs morning French pastries plus a quiche and breakfast-sandwich brunch menu, with espresso and kouign-amann the morning anchors.

Order: Kouign-amann with a quiche and an espresso drink.

Pago ★ 4.7

Pago on 900 East runs Saturday and Sunday brunch from 10:00 alongside its dinner-only weekday operation, with farm-driven eggs and bottomless mimosa specials.

Order: A seasonal egg dish plus a side from the farm-driven menu.

The Park Cafe ★ 4.6

The Park Cafe on East 1300 South next to Liberty Park, the Liberty Wells classic diner since 1982, runs huge American breakfast portions in a chalkboard room.

Order: French toast with crispy hashbrowns and bacon.

Garcia's Mexican Food ★ 4.7

Garcia's Mexican Food on the West Side is a small, cash-friendly counter where the cheap carne guisada taco is the order; go early before the breakfast crowd.

Try: Breakfast tacos and carne guisada

Tip: The carne guisada taco is cheap and excellent. Small and cash-friendly; come early before the breakfast crowd.

Lucy's Cafe ★ 4.5

Lucy's Cafe on the north side keeps breakfast cheap, with a bean and cheese with bacon taco under three dollars; it is cash-friendly and busy at breakfast.

Try: Bean and cheese with bacon taco

Tip: The bean and cheese with bacon is the order under three dollars. Cash-friendly and busy at breakfast.

Cullum's Attaboy ★ 4.4

Cullum's Attaboy in Alamo Heights pairs a champagne brunch with a famous smash burger, a Michelin Bib Gourmand diner whose small room fills fast on weekends.

Order: Champagne brunch with the smash burger.

Tip: The champagne brunch and the smash burger are the orders. The small room fills fast on weekends; arrive early.

Cesarina Weekend Brunch ★ 4.6

Cesarina's weekend brunch on Voltaire Street in Point Loma, San Diego, the Bib Gourmand Italian room with hot donuts and handmade pasta on the bougainvillea.

Order: Custard-filled donuts, lemon ricotta pancakes, tableside tiramisu

Lola 55 ★ 4.5

Lola 55 is modern bib gourmand taqueria tucked into a quiet f street block behind petco park, more reservation-friendly than the bigger names.

Order: Pork belly al pastor, smoked fish taco, mezcal cocktail

Why locals love it: Modern Bib Gourmand taqueria tucked into a quiet F Street block behind Petco Park, more reservation-friendly than the bigger names.

Tip: Sit at the bar for the taco omakase; the brunch menu is the easiest way in without a reservation.

Morning Glory ★ 4.5

Morning Glory on Date Street in San Diego's Little Italy, the soft-pink brunch-only room running souffle pancakes and tableside Bloody Mary carts.

Order: Souffle pancakes, French toast, tableside Bloody Mary cart

Zuni Cafe ★ 4.8

Zuni Cafe in San Francisco does the city's most enduring brunch: oysters at the marble counter, then the Judy Rodgers roast chicken from the wood oven.

Order: The roast chicken with bread salad: order it the moment you sit, it takes an hour from order.

Tip: Sit at the oyster bar for the first round; the roast chicken needs to be ordered immediately on arrival.

Foreign Cinema ★ 4.7

Foreign Cinema in San Francisco is the Mission's open-air courtyard brunch room from Gayle Pirie and John Clark, with oysters, brunch fried chicken.

Order: Brunch fried chicken on a cornmeal waffle, after a half-dozen oysters.

Tip: Book the courtyard, not the indoor room; sunny Saturday at 11:30 is the brunch slot to land.

Brenda's French Soul Food ★ 4.6

Brenda's French Soul Food in San Francisco runs a Polk Street Creole brunch counter, with crawfish beignets, shrimp and grits and a 60-minute weekend wait.

Order: A flight of beignets (plain, chocolate, granny apple, crawfish), plus shrimp and grits.

Tip: Arrive at 09:00 sharp or join the digital waitlist that opens at 08:30; lunch service takes the second wave.

Sakona Coffee Roasters ★ 4.5

Sakona Coffee Roasters in San Sebastian's Gros is the city's specialty-coffee brunch room with single-origin filter, sourdough toast and Basque pastries.

Order: Filter coffee with a Basque cake from the counter

Tip: Mornings are calmer; the back counter has tables for laptops.

La Madame ★ 4.4

La Madame on Calle San Bartolome near La Concha in San Sebastian was the city's first dedicated brunch room, opened by an owner returning from New York.

Order: Eggs benedict, French toast or the gilda burger

Tip: Weekend brunch only Saturday and Sunday 12:00-13:30. Book through the website.

Old Town Coffee ★ 4.4

Old Town Coffee in San Sebastian's Centro runs a brunch counter of vegan and gluten-free organic bakes alongside the single-origin coffee programme.

Order: Pour-over coffee with a gluten-free banana bread

Tip: Open Sundays from 10:00 when most of the city's cafes stay shut.

Cafe Pasqual's ★ 4.8

Katharine Kagel's Cafe Pasqual's takes no breakfast reservations; a communal table opens at 08:00 and the huevos motulenos has been on the menu since 1979.

Order: Huevos motulenos with black beans, plantain and salsa borracha

El Chile Toreado ★ 4.7

El Chile Toreado is a trailer parked on early street that has fed santa fe locals breakfast for two decades; the plaza tourist current rarely reaches it.

Why locals love it: A trailer parked on Early Street that has fed Santa Fe locals breakfast for two decades; the Plaza tourist current rarely reaches it.

Tip: Arrive before 09:00 on weekends; the carne asada burrito with green chile is the order.

El Chile Toreado ★ 4.7

El Chile Toreado runs an under-$12 breakfast burrito out of an Early Street trailer; the green chile delivers heat and the kitchen turns lines fast.

Try: Breakfast burrito or carne asada taco

Cafe Morihico Maruyama Brunch ★ 4.4

Morihico's morning runs hand-drip Forest Drops, hotcakes and seasonal Hokkaido fruit. Quiet 09:00 weekday opens are the easier seat at this Maruyama room.

Order: Hand-drip Forest Drops with the morning hotcake

Tip: Walk in by 10:00 weekdays; the weekend hotcake queue starts 09:30.

Baristart Coffee Brunch ★ 4.3

Baristart's brunch runs Hokkaido milk lattes alongside avocado toast and a Hokkaido egg sandwich. The morning queue is shorter than the afternoon rush.

Order: Tokachi milk latte with avocado toast

Tip: Open 10:00; the chalkboard shows the morning's milk choice Weekends fill by noon.

Rokkatei Maruyama Tea Salon Brunch ★ 4.3

Rokkatei's Maruyama tea salon runs Marusei butter sandwiches and whisked matcha on the second floor. Buy take-home from the ground floor on the way out.

Order: Marusei butter sandwich with whisked matcha

Tip: Closed Tuesdays; second-floor cafe shares stairs with the take-home shop.

Ministry of Cejf ★ 4.8

Ministry of Cejf on Hiseta is Sarajevo's third-wave coffee brunch sit, with single-origin pour-overs, flat whites and a small pastry counter through the day.

Order: Pour-over Ethiopian with a fresh croissant.

Tip: The back working tables are the quietest in the morning sit for Sarajevo brunch.

Kawa Specialty Coffee Bar ★ 4.6