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.
BrunchSunday-only breakfast at the quiet end of the Zeil€€€10-18innenstadtMon-Thu 12:00-00:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-01:00; Sun and holidays 10:00-21:00Walk-in only
Café Maingold saves breakfast for Sundays and holidays, a 10:00 to 14:00 window that locals guard at the calm end of Frankfurt's Zeil like a small ritual.
Order: The Sunday breakfast tray before the bar crowd arrives
Tip: The four-hour Sunday window is strict; arrive by 12:00 or you are having lunch like everyone else.
BrunchWeekend brunch with craft beer chasers€€€12-22altstadtMon-Fri 17:00-01:00, kitchen until 23:00; Sat 10:00-01:00; Sun 10:00-23:00Brunch is the only service naïv takes reservations for
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.
Order: Brunch plates with a house collaboration lager on the side
Tip: Book the weekend brunch online; evening service is walk-in only by design, but the morning seats reward a little forward thinking.
BrunchOld-town Höchst late breakfast€€8-16hoechstMon-Sat 10:00-00:00, kitchen until 21:00; Sun 10:00-16:00Walk-in only
Wunderbar does Höchst's Sunday breakfast among the half-timbered lanes, the far-west Frankfurt brunch nobody crosses the city for but should.
Order: The Sunday breakfast before the 16:00 close
Tip: Pair brunch with the Saturday morning market on Melchiorstraße two minutes away; Sunday ends early at 16:00.