Where to brunch in Montpellier: morning spots worth the queue.
Where to brunch in Montpellier. The morning rooms worth the queue, and the kitchens still doing it right at noon.
Bonobo has run Montpellier's busiest brunch since 2017 from a plant-filled room on Rue Saint-Guilhem, eggs Benedict and bowls served every day.
Order: Eggs Benedict with the house hollandaise and a side of roast potatoes
Tip: Sunday is the crush; arrive before 10:30 or take a weekday table when the same menu runs without a queue.
Auden cooks a short seasonal brunch card on Rue en Gondeau, bowls, wraps and cold-pressed juices with every dish adaptable to a vegan order.
Order: A seasonal bowl with cold-pressed juice, or the vegan banana bread
Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday, which catches out visitors; the five open days all run the same 11:00 to 16:00 window.
Coldrip pairs Montpellier's most serious filter coffee with a full brunch card on Rue Glaize in the Ecusson, avocado toast, pancakes and eggs Benedict.
Order: Matcha pancakes with the filter coffee flight alongside
Tip: The lane is narrow and the weekend queue forms outside; a Thursday visit gets the same plates without waiting.
French Kiss runs an all-day room on Rue Jules Ferry near the station and turns Sunday over entirely to a sit-down brunch service until 16:00.
Order: The shared brunch board with charcuterie, eggs and house pastries
Tip: Sunday is the only brunch day here; the rest of the week it works as an all-day bistro and cocktail room.
Ma Première Cantine serves brunch every day from 10:00 to 17:00 on Place Jean Jaures, the rare Montpellier room that does not restrict it to weekends.
Order: Shakshuka with sourdough, or the pancake stack with salted caramel
Tip: Brunch runs seven days here, which makes it the fallback when the Sunday-only kitchens are shut.
Groove Café brings a Mediterranean brunch to Port Marianne on Rue Shirin Ebadi, salads, tea-room baking and a terrace open every day of the week.
Order: A mezze-leaning brunch plate with fresh juice on the terrace
Tip: Open seven days including Monday, which is when most of the Ecusson brunch rooms close their doors.
Amazone runs a coffee-shop brunch on the Boulevard du Jeu de Paume, granola bowls, eggs and pastry plates built around its own espresso programme.
Order: The full brunch formula with speciality coffee and house granola
Tip: Sunday service stops at 14:30, earlier than most; treat it as a breakfast rather than a long lunch.
Napoléon Dynamite works the prettiest square in Montpellier, Place de la Canourgue, with a coffee-shop brunch card served on the plane-tree terrace.
Order: Avocado toast with a poached egg, plus a flat white to follow
Tip: The terrace under the plane trees is the reason to come; the square is shaded through the summer afternoons.
Nina Café is the neighbourhood brunch room for Port Marianne, a small kitchen on Rue Jacques d'Aragon closing at 15:15 six mornings out of seven.
Order: French toast with seasonal fruit and a pot of filter coffee
Tip: The kitchen shuts at 14:30 sharp even though the room stays open, so order before then.
Miranove puts its Saturday and Sunday brunch on a Port Marianne rooftop, a generous buffet format with a view over the Lez and the tram line below.
Order: The buffet spread taken up to the rooftop with a glass of Picpoul
Tip: Weekend only and reservation only; the rooftop bar carries on from 15:00 if you want to stay put.
Le Pré Vert cooks a market-led Sunday brunch on Rue Sainte-Anne behind the Sainte-Anne church, a short card that changes with the halls each week.
Order: The seasonal Sunday plate built from that week's market run
Tip: Sunday 11:30 to 15:00 is the only brunch sitting; the rest of the week it runs lunch services.
Ikonka doubles as a Figuerolles bakery and a brunch counter on the Faubourg du Courreau, open seven days a week with Sunday service running to 14:30.
Order: A slice of the Polish-inspired bake with a long coffee at the counter
Tip: It opens at 08:00 on weekdays, earlier than any other brunch room in the centre of Montpellier.