Top Brunch in Germany

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.

Hallmackenreuther ★ 4.6

Hallmackenreuther on Brüsseler Platz in Cologne's Belgisches Viertel is the neighbourhood's landmark terrace for weekend brunch; full Frühstück from 09:00.

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.

OrderSmashed 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.

OrderOkinawan 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.

OrderThe pumpkin-cream stuffed croissant.

ST LOUIS Breakfast ★ 4.5

ST LOUIS Breakfast on Zülpicher Strasse in Cologne's Kwartier Latäng serves generous American-style breakfasts and brunch plates from 09:00 daily.

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.

OrderSchmalznudel sugar-dusted Bavarian fried doughnut with filter coffee

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

Salon Schmitz ★ 4.4

Salon Schmitz on Aachener Strasse in Cologne's Belgisches Viertel is a 1950s-styled salon serving Frühstück platters and brunch from 10:00 daily.

Café Karin ★ 4.4

Café Karin serves breakfast until 18:00 beside Frankfurt's Goethe House, the city's default answer to the question of where to brunch on any given day.

OrderThe Karin breakfast board with boiled eggs and good bread

TipWeekend mid-mornings queue out the door; go before 10:00 or treat breakfast as a late-afternoon event like the regulars do.

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.

OrderThe Fischbroetchen and a bottle of Astra on the beach.

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

Cafe Mugrabi ★ 4.3

Cafe Mugrabi at the edge of Goerlitzer Park in Kreuzberg cooks an Israeli-inspired Levant brunch from locally roasted coffee to warm mezze plates.

OrderThe hummus plate with green chili; the shakshuka with labneh and za'atar-roasted tomatoes.

Mogg ★ 4.3

Mogg reopened in January 2026 inside the Kalle Halle food court on Karl-Marx-Strasse in Neukoelln after closing the original Auguststrasse deli.

OrderThe pastrami sandwich on rye with house pickles; the matzo ball soup.

Cafe Caprista ★ 4.3

Cafe Caprista on Flandrische Strasse in Cologne's Belgisches Viertel is a neighbourhood brunch room with generous egg plates and reliable espresso.

Zeit für Brot ★ 4.3

Zeit für Brot on Oeder Weg is Frankfurt's bakery brunch: organic bread plates and warm cinnamon rolls from 07:00, seven days a week of the week.

OrderA Zimtschnecke and filter coffee at the window bench

TipSunday opens at 07:30 when nearly everything else sleeps; the rolls come out of the oven in visible waves, so time your run.

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.

OrderThe shakshuka with merguez; the bowls with grain and seasonal fruit.

TipWalk-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.

OrderThe Croque Madame and the pain au chocolat with espresso.

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

Benedict Breakfast Bar ★ 4.2

Benedict Breakfast Bar in Prenzlauer Berg serves comfort-driven brunch classics from shakshuka and pancakes in a Parisian-toned room. At Goehrener Strasse 5.

OrderShakshuka with merguez; the berry pancake stack with lemon curd.

Cafe Reichard ★ 4.2

Cafe Reichard on Unter Fettenhennen near Cologne's Cathedral serves Kaffee und Kuchen and a weekend brunch with Rhine terrace views; a spectacular setting.

Cafe Buur ★ 4.2

Cafe Buur on Maastrichter Strasse in Cologne's Belgisches Viertel serves Australian-influenced brunch plates and flat whites from 09:00 at weekends.

naïv ★ 4.2

naïv opens weekend mornings at 10:00 for Frankfurt's craft-beer brunch on Fahrgasse, the one meal there you can actually reserve a table for in advance.

OrderBrunch plates with a house collaboration lager on the side

TipBook the weekend brunch online; evening service is walk-in only by design, but the morning seats reward a little forward thinking.

Iimori Pâtisserie ★ 4.2

Iimori serves a Japanese-French breakfast from 09:00 on Braubachstraße, Frankfurt's most delicate brunch room two lanes from the Dom and its cathedral crowds.

OrderThe breakfast set, then a matcha cake from the counter

TipWeekend brunch pairs naturally with the Schirn and the new Altstadt; the cake case is the reason to under-order mains.

Cafe Koppel ★ 4.2

Cafe Koppel on Lange Reihe in Hamburg's St Georg runs vegetarian and largely vegan weekend brunch plates and a daily lunch menu from a courtyard cafe.

OrderThe vegetarian brunch plate with houmus, dolma and cheese.

TipGarden tables in summer; bookings only for groups of six or more.

Mother's Fine Coffee ★ 4.2

Mother's Fine Coffee on Davidstrasse in Hamburg's St Pauli has been one of the city's first bagel cafes for two decades, with daily-baked bagels.

OrderThe lox bagel with cream cheese and red onion.

TipWalk-in. Kitchen closes 16:00; coffee runs into late afternoon.

Cafe Dritter Raum ★ 4.1

Cafe Dritter Raum in Neukoelln has run a Sunday brunch buffet since 2009 that runs 95 percent vegetarian, 90 percent vegan, with arcade games in the back.

OrderThe Sunday brunch buffet with vegan spreads, fluffy pancakes, scrambled eggs, antipasti and seasonal cakes.

maiBeck ★ 4.1

maiBeck at Am Frankenturm in Cologne's Altstadt is a Michelin-selected restaurant serving an ambitious weekend brunch alongside the evening tasting programme.

OOSTEN Realwirtschaft am Main ★ 4.1

OOSTEN opens Sundays at 10:00 for Frankfurt's best riverside breakfast, plates under the old harbour crane with the ECB tower opposite across the water.

OrderThe long Sunday breakfast with the skyline across the Main

TipReserve the terrace side explicitly; indoor tables lose the reason you came. Holiday Mondays follow the Sunday schedule.

Cafe May Winterhude ★ 4.1

Cafe May runs a daily Hamburg-style brunch buffet across several Hamburg locations, with Franzbroetchen, eggs, cheeses and pastries year-round at fixed €19.

OrderThe full buffet with Franzbroetchen, fresh fruit, cheese, eggs, pastries and quark.

TipWeekend brunch fills from 10:00; bookings only for groups of six or more.

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.

OrderThe breakfast Frühstück Luitpold with eggs, charcuterie, Hofpfisterei bread

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