BrunchBakery breakfast with cinnamon rolls€€5-12nordendMon-Fri 07:00-20:00; Sat 07:30-20:00; Sun 07:30-19:00Walk-in only
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.
Order: A Zimtschnecke and filter coffee at the window bench
Tip: Sunday opens at 07:30 when nearly everything else sleeps; the rolls come out of the oven in visible waves, so time your run.
BrunchAll-day German breakfast institution€€€8-18innenstadtMon and Wed-Sun 09:00-19:00, breakfast until 18:00; closed TueWalk-in only
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.
Order: The Karin breakfast board with boiled eggs and good bread
Tip: Weekend mid-mornings queue out the door; go before 10:00 or treat breakfast as a late-afternoon event like the regulars do.
BrunchEgg-led international breakfast€€€10-20westendMon-Fri 08:00-17:00; Sat-Sun 09:00-17:00, kitchen until 15:00Walk-in only
Sunny Side Up cooks Frankfurt's egg-forward brunch at the foot of Bockenheimer Landstraße, weekday breakfasts included from 08:00 and queues by ten.
Order: Eggs Benedict with a flat white
Tip: The kitchen stops at 15:00 without mercy; weekdays before 09:30 skip the queue entirely.
BrunchNordend neighbourhood breakfast€€8-16nordendDaily 09:00-17:00Walk-in only
Glauburg Café runs the Nordend's weekend brunch ritual on its corner of Glauburgstraße, all-day breakfast plates for Frankfurt's cafe quarter.
Order: The breakfast plate with a second cappuccino
Tip: Peak wait is 10:00 to 13:00 on weekends; a pavement table midweek is one of the Nordend's simplest pleasures.
BrunchCafe-bar brunch on a Nordend corner€€€10-20nordendMon-Sat 09:00-01:00; Sun 09:00-00:00Reservations taken for larger tables
Harvey's stretches brunch into the evening on its Nordend corner in Frankfurt, a cafe-bar that opens at 09:00 and never really stops serving.
Order: The big breakfast with the wraparound-terrace view
Tip: Sunday brunch here rolls into afternoon drinks without a seam; book ahead for groups of four or more.
BrunchRiverside Sunday breakfast under the harbour crane€€€€15-30ostendMon-Fri 17:00-23:00; Sat 12:00-23:00; Sun and holidays 10:00-22:00Book online, terrace goes first
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.
Order: The long Sunday breakfast with the skyline across the Main
Tip: Reserve the terrace side explicitly; indoor tables lose the reason you came. Holiday Mondays follow the Sunday schedule.