Where to brunch in Toulouse: morning rooms worth the queue.
Where to brunch in Toulouse. The morning rooms worth the queue, and the kitchens still doing it right at noon.
La Maison Drole on Rue Joutx-Aigues is widely cited as the friendliest brunch room in Toulouse, with a complete €10 formula featuring fresh farm products.
Order: Complete brunch formula with farm products
Tip: Book ahead for Sunday; the room runs full from 10:00 to 14:00, the €10 formula is the canonical entry.
Bapz on Rue de la Bourse is canonical Toulouse tea room with English scones, banoffee and 40 Dammann teas in antique teapots, plus a generous brunch formula.
Order: Scones with Dammann tea, banoffee pie
Tip: Sunday brunch is the busier service; the scones plus banoffee is the canonical Saturday-afternoon order.
Cacou Cafe on Rue de la Colombette in Saint-Aubin is specialty coffee brunch cafe with fresh pastries, granola bowls and tartines from 08:00 every weekday.
Order: Granola bowl with specialty espresso
Tip: The granola bowl plus a specialty espresso is the canonical Saturday-morning order from 09:00.
LaBelleBrune on Rue des Filatiers in Carmes is the specialty coffee cafe with a cozy bright atmosphere, homemade savory pancakes, focaccia and lemon cake.
Order: Homemade focaccia with lemon cake
Tip: Weekend brunch fills early; the homemade focaccia plus the lemon cake plus an espresso is the canonical order.
Mama Shelter Toulouse Sunday brunch on Boulevard Lazare Carnot is rooftop hotel buffet supervised by Guy Savoy, with charcuterie, pastries and a daily roast.
Order: Sunday brunch buffet with charcuterie, pastries and roast
Tip: Sunday only, 11:00 to 15:00 at €38 per head; book a rooftop table a week ahead in good weather.
Le Petit London on Rue Riquet in Saint-Aubin is the English-style brunch room with full English breakfast, scones and a Sunday cream-tea pour for the area.
Order: Full English breakfast with beans and toast
Tip: Sunday only brunch; book ahead, the room is small and runs full from 10:30.
SW Bistrot Ramblas on Allees Jean Jaures is brick-vaulted southwestern bistro with Sunday brunch from 11:30 to 14:00, plates drawn from Lauragais producers.
Order: Southwestern French Sunday brunch plates
Tip: Sunday only brunch; book Saturday afternoon for prime tables. Canonical southwest brunch for the centre.
Allegory Coffee Bar on Rue de la Colombette in Saint-Aubin is the third-wave brunch spot with sidewalk seating, oat-milk lattes and weekend brunch.
Order: Oat-milk latte with daily granola
Tip: Weekend brunch crowd builds fast from 10:00; weekday morning is calmer if you want a window table.
Canopee Coffee House on Rue Bertrand de Born in Saint-Aubin is calm specialty coffee brunch room with rustic wooden tables. Booking essential at peak times.
Order: Flat white with house banana bread
Tip: Saturday from 09:00 is the calmer service; weekend afternoons fill quickly with work-tablet crowd.
L'Oncle Pom on Rue Gabriel Peri east of Capitole hosts Sunday brunch with potato-led southwestern plates, duck magret. Reservations recommended in season.
Order: Pom Gersoise with duck magret slices
Tip: Sunday only brunch from 11:00; book Friday morning for prime Sunday slots. The Pom Gersoise is the canonical order.