EM Breakfast Club is a brunch spot in Sternschanze, Hamburg.
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.
Must order: The shakshuka with merguez; the bowls with grain and seasonal fruit.
Tip: Walk-in only; weekends fill from 10:00. Vegan and gluten-free options on the menu.
Address: Neuer Pferdemarkt 14, 20359 Hamburg
Cafe May runs a daily Hamburg-style brunch buffet across several Hamburg locations, with Franzbroetchen, eggs, cheeses and pastries year-round at fixed €19 to 25.
Order: The full buffet with Franzbroetchen, fresh fruit, cheese, eggs, pastries and quark.
Tip: Weekend brunch fills from 10:00; bookings only for groups of six or more.
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.
Order: The vegetarian brunch plate with houmus, dolma and cheese.
Tip: Garden tables in summer; bookings only for groups of six or more.
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.
Order: The Croque Madame and the pain au chocolat with espresso.
Tip: Weekend brunch from 09:30; the ground-floor saal is the busy room.
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 and a filter-coffee bar.
Order: The lox bagel with cream cheese and red onion.
Tip: Walk-in. Kitchen closes 16:00; coffee runs into late afternoon.
Strandperle on the Elbe sand beach at Oevelgoenne in Hamburg runs a summer beach-side cafe with Fischbroetchen, coffee and pilsner deck-chair brunch from April to October.
Order: The Fischbroetchen and a bottle of Astra on the beach.
Tip: Open daily Apr to Oct; bus 112 to Neumuehlen drops you a 10-minute walk from the beach.
Vincent Vegan at Hamburg Hauptbahnhof opened in 2021 and runs a fully vegan fast-food counter from 10:30 daily, with breakfast burgers, kebab fries and milkshakes from a self-serve terminal.
Order: The vegan breakfast burger; the kebab fries.
Tip: Card payment only. Order at the terminal; you get an animal name when your order is ready.
