10 editor picks in London.
10 brunch places in London we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in London | Brunch across every city.
Brunch in London is largely an Antipodean inheritance, with Australian and New Zealand cafe culture reshaping how the city eats in the late morning. Caravan at King's Cross and Granger and Co in Notting Hill carry that lineage, while grander all-day rooms like The Wolseley in Mayfair and Balthazar in Covent Garden offer a more European version of the same long, unhurried table.
Jonny Lake and Isa Bal's two-Michelin-starred dining room on Snowsfields in Bermondsey London, opened 2019, runs imaginative ingredient-driven cooking.
OrderPigeon and persimmon, or the Turkish breakfast dessert that has anchored the menu since opening.
TipLunch books inside three weeks and uses the same kitchen. Sommelier Isa Bal will steer the Georgian and Armenian bottles.
The 1946 white-tiled greasy spoon on Regency Street in Westminster London, runs the canonical full English breakfast for £8.50, a working-class set-piece.
OrderFull English breakfast
TipCash and contactless. Closed Sundays and from 14:30 weekdays. The mug of tea is £1.50; classic mug-of-tea-and-fry-up is the £10 menu.
Bill Granger's Australian brunch room on Westbourne Grove in Notting Hill London, opened 2011, runs ricotta hotcakes and brown rice porridge from breakfast.
OrderRicotta hotcakes with banana and honeycomb butter
TipWalk-in only. Sunday queue runs 60 minutes; weekday breakfast walks in. Closed half an hour 16:00-16:30 for staff service change.
Chris Corbin and Jeremy King's grand European brasserie on Piccadilly in London, opened 2003, runs the city's most-traditional power-breakfast crowd.
OrderEggs Benedict with smoked salmon, plus a flat white
TipWeekday breakfast at 07:30 is the easy slot. The weekend full English at £24 is the marquee brunch order.
Dishoom's Boundary Street Shoreditch dining room in London, opened 2012, serves the brand-defining bacon naan roll, sausage naan and Bombay omelette.
OrderBacon naan roll and a chai
TipWalk-in until 11:45 Mon-Fri. Weekend breakfast queues run 30 minutes; weekday at 09:00 walks in. Chai is unlimited refill.
Adam White's Riding House Cafe on Great Titchfield Street in Fitzrovia London, opened 2011, runs an all-day Modern British brunch and small-plates menu.
OrderSweetcorn fritters with chipotle yoghurt and bacon
TipCounter seats walk in any time. Tables book a week ahead through Resy. Closed Mondays.
Toklas just off Aldwych in central London, opened 2021 beside Somerset House, runs a Mediterranean kitchen by Martyn Lyons (ex-Spring, ex-Moro) with its own.
OrderSoft-boiled eggs with bottarga and rye toast from the in-house bakery
TipThe bakery shop next door sells the same pastries from 08:00. Sunday weekend brunch runs to 16:00; weekdays serve through dinner.
Jonathan Arana-Morton and Allan Howe's American-style brunch counter on D'Arblay Street in Soho London, opened 2005, runs pancakes, eggs and a famous.
OrderPancake stack with bacon and maple
TipWalk-in only. Weekday at 09:00 walks in; weekends queue 45-60 minutes. The Spitalfields and Hoxton siblings have shorter queues.
Keith McNally's London Balthazar in Covent Garden, opened 2013 as a sibling to the SoHo NY brasserie, runs a New York-leaning French brunch menu.
OrderSteak frites and a glass of Sancerre
TipBooking essential for Sundays. The 10:30 weekday brunch is the easy slot. The pastry counter at the front takes walk-ups.
Caravan's flagship dining room at Granary Square in King's Cross London, opened 2012, runs an Antipodean all-day brunch and in-house coffee roastery.
OrderSmashed avocado on rye, plus a flat white from the in-house roastery
TipOutdoor terrace seats fill the canalside in summer. Closed half an hour 16:00-16:30 between brunch and dinner sittings.
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