Groove Café is a café brunch spot in Port Marianne, Montpellier.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must 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.
Address: 191 Rue Shirin Ebadi, 34000 Montpellier
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.
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.
