From fry-ups to baked goods, fantastic coffee, gluten-free options and free-flowing Champagne, read our guide to the Brunch in London. You can also read our guide to the best champagne brunch in London and the best Sunday roast.

Caravan

Caravan offers a weekend Brunch Menu to rival any in London in a relaxed and effortlessly cool setting.

With locations on Exmouth Market in Clerkenwell, on Granary Square behind King’s Cross station, Caravan King’s Cross, Bankside, The City and Fitzrovia.

Caravan serves some of the best coffee in London as the New Zealand influenced restaurant has its own coffee roaster.

Kudu

Kudu is a fantastic restaurant in Peckham that you wished you had in your neighbourhood. The Menu is influenced by the chef’s South African heritage with a wine list to match.

Highlights on the brunch menu include Sourdough Waffle with Duck Eggs, Homecured Bacon and Crème Fraîche, Honey Roasted Ham Crumpet with Black Pudding, Eggs and Hollandaise, and French Toast Babka, Kumquats, Hazelnuts and Miso Caramel. 

A selection of classic brunch cocktails such as Bucks Fizz, Bellinis and Bloody Mary pitchers are also on offer.

Website: https://www.kuducollective.com/kudu/

Balthazar London, Covent Garden

Balthazar London now offers a brunch menu to rival its sister restaurant in New York, which excelled in its weekend brunch offering.

Dishes include apple cinnamon pancakes with Canadian maple syrup, spaghetti with lobster, a large selection of ‘Les Oefs’ (Benedict, Royale, Florentine) and a hamburger with excellent crispy fries. Wash it all down with the Balthazar Bloody Mary.

Duck & Waffle, The City

On the top floor of The Heron Tower in The City, Duck and Waffle is open all day, every day, with an all day menu from 11am to 2am.

From 2am until 6am the restaurant offers a separate late night menu, and breakfast is served from 6am to 11am.

Chef of the moment, Dan Doherty’s brunch menu includes the restaurant’s signature dish, Duck and Waffle, which consists of confit duck with fried duck egg and mustard maple syrup and interesting dishes such as the Foie Gras ‘All Day Breakfast’.

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Hawksmoor

Although more widely known for being one of London’s best steakhouses, Hawksmoor offers a mammoth Hawksmoor Full English for two people to share at its Guildhall location in The City.

Its other venues in Spitalfields, Seven Dials and Air Street offer a roast beef with all the trimmings on Sundays.

The Laundry

The Laundry, Brixton’s neighbourhood bistro and wine shop, offers guests a varied brunch menu each day from 9am.

Serving classics such as crushed avocado and pickled chilli on sourdough and Croque Madame, with a gooey combination of gruyère, béchamel and fried egg, The Laundry also offers bakery items such as toasted banana bread and pastries.

A selection of drinks are also available including Bloody Mary’s, Bellinis, freshly squeezed juices and smoothies.

Visit in the warmer months to enjoy the lovely outdoor terrace above.

Sumosan Twiga

Sloane Street restaurant Sumosan Twiga launched its ‘Allegria Brunch’ series in August 2020, running every Saturday from 1pm-6pm.

This is a high-octane brunch with performers, dancers and DJs entertaining you as you feast on the brunch menu of a mix of modern Japanese and classic Italian dishes.

The menu is priced at £55 and includes dishes such as gyoza miso cod and prawn with chilli yuzu ponzu, gyoza duck confit with ponzu and a selection of maki rolls before moving on to heartier mains such as tagliatelle bolognese and chicken yakitori.

The Sumosan Twiga brunch is a great idea for a group of friends or a celebratory brunch. It’s a lot of fun!

Flesh & Buns

Flesh & Buns, the Japanese Izakaya restaurants by the Bone Daddies group, offer brunch at both the Oxford Circus and Covent Garden restaurants.

At Oxford Circus, guests can choose the brunch menu or the ultimate brunch menu, both of which comprise a pisco sour on arrival, snacks and a dessert.

Dishes include chilli miso brisket and Japanese fried chicken, served with homemade steamed buns.

At Covent Garden, guests have the choice of three small dishes, such as Korean fried wings, ceviche and softshell crab with yuzu mayo, and one flesh & bun.

Daffodil Mulligan

Richard Corrigan’s Shoreditch restaurant Daffodil Mulligan has launched a margarita brunch with live music from 12.30-2.30pm every Saturday.

Dishes include small plates such as Crispy Mangalitza with Durrus, Pickled Onions and Watercress and Warm Soda Bread with Smashed Avo and Poached Eggsand large plates to share like Wood Fire Baked Crab Mac with Aged Parmesan. 

Drinks-wise there’s a selection of seasonal margaritas such as Kiwi and Burnt Jalapeñoand an Irish Margarita with Olmeca Tequila, Connemara Irish Peated Whiskey, Kinsale Hazy Summer Mead and Fresh Lemon.

Website: www.daffodilmulligan.com

Aviary

On the 10th floor of the Montcalm Hotel on Finsbury Square, The Aviary is a new restaurant, bar and roof terrace with fantastic views of London’s skyline.

The restaurant offers a modern British menu, including a weekend brunch menu serving classics such as eggs Benedict, crumpets, avocado on toast as well as oysters, Dorset crab and chargrilled maple glazed bacon chops.

With excellent cocktails and a list of internationally renowned DJs, Aviary is a great spot for lazy weekends with friends.

Sexy Fish

Sexy Fish on Berkeley Square in Mayfair is undoubtedly one of London’s most glamorous restaurants.

Throughout the summer, the restaurant will host their ‘Sexy Brunch’ parties every Sunday from 11.30am – 4.30pm where guests can enjoy an Asian-focused menu to a backdrop of guest DJs. Recent DJj have included Jodie Harsh and Nick Grimshaw.

The menu is classic with a ‘Sexy’ twist and includes Sexy Fish eggs, served on a black charcoal muffin with tuna & avocado or lobster and truffle.

My personal favourites are from the Asian selection including the rock shrimp tempura, buttermilk fried chicken, sashimi salad and a fantastic miso glazed Chilean seabass.

Lima Fitzrovia

Lima Fitzrovia is one of those restaurants that you want to revisit time and again – the food is vibrant, colourful and full of punchy and invigorating flavours.

Since opening in 2012, the restaurant has been awarded a Michelin star and opened a sister restaurant, Lima Floral, in Covent Garden.

Lima Fitzrovia’s brunch menu of Peruvian plates and pitchers of Pisco punches to share offers a relaxed place to spend your weekends.

Starters of ceviche and tiraditos to share are combined with a choice of mains, including a delicious Hake Plancha. Leave enough room for the Peruvian doughnuts for dessert.

Cecconi’s, Mayfair

Serving fine Italian food from the morning until the early hours, Cecconi’s is a perfect spot for breakfast, brunch or lunch and a great way to break up a day’s shopping on nearby Bond Street.

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