Luxury Brunches in London
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London is a city that calls for late night-outs, which means we all crave a hefty and delicious brunch the next day. A late breakfast with some bottomless mimosas is the solution for morning birds. No matter the goal, the best luxury brunches in London offer impeccable food and drinks, mesmerising decor, and an incredible time.
When the brunch craze settled in the bustling neighbourhoods of London, some venues stood out. Their elegant interior design and decor merged with creative and classic dishes, highlighting the best side of brunch. Here, we present some of these restaurants so you know where to find the best late-morning meals.
Duck & Waffle
Duck & Waffle plays with a blend of different European cuisines. It focuses on sustainable and seasonal ingredients to create its breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner menus, which are served 24 hours daily. The menu is developed for sampling and sharing, where conviviality plays a vital role in the restaurant’s values. Sit at the “inside out” bar and order from their mouth-watering cocktail menu. Watch the open kitchen as cooks move left and right to craft intricate and complex dishes.
The weekend brunch menu at Duck & Waffles starts with bacon-wrapped dates, served with manchego cheese and mustard. It is the perfect combo of sweet and savoury, waking up your taste buds. The eggs menu is extensive, where you can savour classics like eggs florentine or something creative like the Duck Congee dish, with confit duck, eggs, spring onion, ginger, hazelnuts, and hot sauce.
Taste foie gras creme brulee, lobster rolls, caramelised banana waffles, almond, raspberry, and lemon tart. Sip on a Paloma cocktail to freshen up with some tequila and watermelon. Maybe upgrade the bitterness of a traditional negroni with a shot of espresso by ordering the Ristretto Negroni. And remember to enjoy the London skyline through the large restaurant windows.
Granger & Co
Granger & Co serves one of the best luxury brunches in London. It has five locations around the city: Chelsea, Clerkenwell, King’s Cross, Marylebone, and Notting Hill. Each has a particular design and small menu variations. Still, they all carry the sunny Australian essence of Granger & Co. With balanced and refreshing dishes, this is the perfect spot to come with friends for that elegant hungover meal.
Freshen with a golden smoothie made with mango, turmeric, pineapple, and aloe vera. Order ricotta hotcakes with banana and honeycomb butter. Try the chilli fried egg on top of a brioche, served with a watercress and tamarind plum chutney, bacon, or halloumi. Every item on the menu is highly creative and crafted with care. With a bright design and a lively environment, this venue promises a unique and delicious brunch experience. Sit at the bartop or at a table by the window, watching the city as you sip on hot coffee.
Taste the house grilled cheese and its green kimchi open sandwich. Order something substantial, like a shrimp burger with lemongrass dressing, aioli, and shaved radish salad. Sip on a grapefruit and coriander margarita, or a fig leaf spritz, with parafante, sparkling riesling, and soda.
Coya
Coya is a Peruvian restaurant in the heart of Mayfair, born from the spirit of adventure. It offers clients excellent food and an immersive Latin American cultural experience. From the artwork decorating the place to the Latin music surrounding the environment, this place is perfect for those who want a complete sensory experience from one of Latin America’s best-acclaimed gastronomic cultures. Here, dishes are intense and complex in flavour but simple in their presentation and preparation.
It also serves one of the best luxury brunches in London. The chefs craft traditional Peruvian dishes using Spanish, Japanese and Chinese techniques, resulting in a mix of authentic and contemporary cooking and food. The brunch menu is trendy, where you will find light dishes like the tiraditos de hiramasa, made with kingfish, dashi, chives, and truffle oil. Order corn tortillas with shrimp crackers and guacamole, or taste the Arroz Nikkei with Chilean sea bass, rice, lime, and chilli.
The Pisco Bar is also perfect for grabbing a well-designed cocktail with authentic Peru flavours. There is also the possibility of joining the Member’s Club, where you can enjoy live music and Peruvian cuisine inside a Latin American-inspired dining room.
The Wolseley
The Wolseley serves one of the best luxury brunches in London. In the elegant Mayfair neighbourhood, this café-restaurant captures the essence of European glamour while still capturing hues of British heritage. The dining room, which used to be a car showroom, is now an ample space where people can dine, drink, and laugh. Find a timeless proposal on the menu and interior design, where the 1920s glory is thoroughly explored.
Brunch at The Wolseley was described by A. A Gill as “stoic optimism.” It may be because of the homemade warm and crisp croissants, pain au chocolat, or cannelés bordelais. Move down to the menu and find eggs benedict, florentine, and royale. Order grilled kipper with mustard butter or devilled lamb kidneys for something more unique.
The all-day menu includes soups, salads, crustacea and caviar. Fruit, yoghurt and cereals are present for those who prefer something lighter, and some coffee and tea are always welcome during the best meal of the day. Ice cream coupes are perfect for the sweet-toothed. Indulge in a bloody mary cocktail made with the house spice mix, or maybe a French 75 to feel the bubbly wonders of Champagne.
Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings
Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings is an anthology of environments and propositions. Here, you can enjoy the restaurant, cocktail bar, greenhouse, and late-night club. Each of these ambiences excels in interior design, creating serene and cosy spots for any time of the day. Cocktail parties and business lunches find a home at Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings and those willing to party until late at night. With an easy-going elegance, this venue also provides one of the best luxury brunches in London.
The weekend brunch here comes with different bottomless options, and what’s better than that? Bloody Marys, Bellinis. Spritz and fizz can be a permanent part of your meal. Pair them with crab pretzel rolls with poached eggs, hollandaise sauce, pickled cucumber and fries. Order the full English breakfast if you’re hungry or avocado toast just to nibble on something. Pancakes, chocolate brownies and french toast are perfect for satiating your sweet tooth.
There are plenty of vegetarian and vegan options for those with dietary restrictions. The vegan falafel burger comes with beetroot, hummus, cucumber, mint yoghurt, and sriracha dressing. Indulge in a complete brunch inside a beautifully decorated environment, and explore all the Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings spaces.
Pachamama
Pachamama is the Peruvian equivalent of Mother Earth. With two small units in Marylebone and Shoreditch, this bar + kitchen serves one of the best luxury brunches in London. Blending Peruvian flavours with British ingredients, it works on a sharing menu system and lots of Pisco sours to kickstart the day.
Pachamama has a party atmosphere and a menu that explores all the ecosystems of Peru – the sea, mountains, Andes, and amazon forestry. At the Shoreditch unit, the restaurant even works with the Chifa cuisine, which blends Peruvian and Chinese traditions to create something unique and delicious.
The bottomless brunch options include prosecco or mimosas. Along with the bubbles, taste pork belly chicharrones with miso glaze and tomato salsa. Order the sweet potato waffles with English berries, honey cream and yacon syrup. Get the sea bass ceviche or the ‘pollito a la brasa, a grilled chicken dish with lemon and thyme. Burnt pears and honey inside a filo pastry with burrata ice cream completes your meal, and so does a strong shot of espresso.
Don’t forget to taste at least one Pisco Sour, made with the traditional Peruvian grape spirit, lemon, and egg whites – a must-drink.
Wagtail
Wagtail is a rooftop bar that serves one of the best luxury brunches in London. Inside a mesmerising art-deco building, you can get unparalleled views of the London skyline, all while indulging in cocktails, delicious food, and good company. Spread across two floors, the restaurant has two terraces to enjoy warm summer days. For the colder months, a heated and covered rooftop bar awaits you.
For the weekend brunch menu, start with a 3 oyster course, followed by a bloody mary shot. Order the artichoke risotto or Wagyu rib-eye with a fried egg and truffle hollandaise sauce as the main course. Crab cakes benedicts or salt-roasted beetroot with sourdough and tofu aioli also brighten the menu. All dishes are creative and well-crafted by a talented kitchen staff.
You can opt for a bottomless brunch experience with bottles of Della Vite Superiore DOCG or Rosé Prosecco. For dessert, try the walnut and apple cake or the pumpkin creme brulée for when the autumn leaves start to fall. Listen to live music and stick around for the after-party, which goes on until late in the day.
Dishoom
Dishroom is where Bombay found a home in London. With different units across the city, the restaurant attracts customers with a fantastic time with quality Indian food, a cosy and homey environment, and friendly and welcoming staff. The famous King’s Cross unit is designed to resemble an old train station, with British colonial reminiscence and bright western Asian colours. Worn paint covers the walls behind the railway-like stairs, where you’ll find a large white clock on top.
The furniture is purposely humble and brings you back to the 1920s, as people were bustling around to catch their train or have a coffee while waiting. Other units follow the idea of telling a story through their design and environment. Here, the bar serves cask and bottle-aged godown cocktails, bringing forward the Indian heritage of flavours.
Breakfast is served until 11:45, and here you can order traditional Indian and Irani-cooked dishes like Kejriwal (fried eggs on chilli cheese toast). Naan rolls are also a famous breakfast option. Dishroom is constantly paying tribute to classic Irani and Indian foods by serving modern versions of traditional Biryani (slow-cooked chicken on a pot), open-air marinated grills, samosas, or Roomali Roti rolls, which are prepared at the table.
Quaglino’s
Quaqlino’s is a restaurant and bar that offers live music seven days a week. Here there is a different performance every day of the week, and you can check the schedule to see which one you’d like to see. Themed nights with Cuban music and individual performances with renowned artists are part of the schedule. The restaurant resembles a fancy cruise dining room, with a stage in the front where people can gather around and dance, a large and extravagant staircase, and an island bar in the middle: picture Titanic, minus the sinking boat part.
Saturday brunch is popular here, where the live music pairs well with buttermilk pancakes and Jersey oysters. The caviar comes with classic condiments, and the grill portion of the menu offers different dry-aged cuts of meat. The preparation and presentation of dishes are careful and intriguing, and the flavour is just as you would have imagined — but better.
Go for the bottomless champagne brunch and pair it with eggs Florentine, Royale or Benedicts. If you want to go lighter, order the beetroot and Granny Smith salad with apples, goat’s cheese mousse, hazelnuts, and sorell. Another popular option is the house brunch burger, with streaky bacon, red Leicester, pickled gherkins, red onion marmalade, and Sriracha mayo.
Ochre
Conde Nast Traveller stated that Ochre was the best new restaurant in London. Focusing on seasonality, traceability and provenance, it makes a statement towards sustainability and ethical cooking. Find contemporary European cuisine in the weekend brunch and weekly lunch and dinner menus. With a creative cocktail bar and DJs playing after-hour sets, this experience is worth waiting on the list for.
Start your weekend brunch with a pomegranate bellini or a bloody mary prepared at your table. Main dishes include eggs royale, American-style pancakes, spiced lamb burgers, and a charred cauliflower steak. The popular Sunflowers Cocktail, a house favourite, includes turmeric-infused mezcal, apricot liquor, lime juice and agave syrup. Once you’ve placed drink orders, nibble on salted caviar with chives and sour cream. As a starter, order a sweet potato and English pea samosa.
Ochre is a place of conviviality and good food. Listen to live music while sipping refreshing drinks and indulging in high-quality foods. All ingredients are traced back to their source, and the menu showcases where everything came from. The dining room, intimate and elegant, introduce you to an exclusive dining experience.
