Best Brunch in London
The weekend brunches worth queueing for.
Starting order is based on how often each place appears in London's major guides. Your upvotes move places up.
- 1Stoke Newington · 55 Kynaston Road, N16 0EBTiny neighbourhood cafe with an inventive, ever-changing brunch menu and standout seasonal French toast and potato rolls.
- 2Balham · 18-20 Bedford Hill, SW12 9RGSouth London's brunch benchmark, famed for rotating weekend pancake specials and banana bread with halva butter.
- 3Notting Hill · 27 Uxbridge Street, W8 7TQModern Palestinian brunch with Arabic coffee French toast, cauliflower fritters and short rib fatteh.
- 4Bloomsbury · 19-21 Store Street, WC1E 7BLSunny Middle Eastern bakery-cafe serving shakshuka, labneh with roasted aubergine and excellent fresh bakes.
- 5Notting Hill · Multiple locationsNew York-style brunch spot best known for towering pancakes drenched in hazelnut maple praline.
- 6Shepherd's Bush · The Hoxton, 65 Shepherd's Bush Green, W12 8QEThai-American diner bringing heat to the weekend with spicy fried chicken served on roti waffles.
- 7Islington · 169 Hemingford Road, N1 1DAMuch-loved local cafe known for fluffy, fruit-filled brioche French toast with salted caramel and courgette fritters.
- 8Fitzrovia · Multiple locationsAustralian-style cafe with stellar coffee, Turkish eggs with chilli butter and indulgent cheesecake French toast.
- 9Dalston · 76 Stoke Newington Road, N16 7XBMexican brunch of giant tortas, including a pork carnitas torta ahogada, best washed down with margaritas.
- 10Marylebone · 19-21 Blandford Street, W1U 3DHGlobe-trotting weekend brunch in Marylebone, starring prawn toast scotch eggs with butterbean and chorizo stew.
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