Brunch

Here are the places in London you want to book for brunch where the food is firmly the focus.

Sure you could be hitting up the smashed avo on sourdough for brunch. But when you could be enjoying the calorific delights of French toast, is there any real contest between the two? Here's our pick of London restaurants and cafes serving up exemplary French toast right now. 

It's already one of the hottest restaurants in London, but One Club Row still have a few new tricks up their sleeve. Next up, they're introducing a brand new Saturday brunch menu and lunch. 

First off, the brunch menu. Chef Patrick Powell has put together an array of new dishes and, like the main menu, he's taken New York as his influence. So, new to the menu will

Over in Farringdon, what was once a branch of Itsu is getting what we'd definitely consider a glow-up, having been bought by the team behind CERU. They already have two restaurants in West London, in Kensington and Queensway, serving up a Levantine menu.

We presume that the menu here in East London is going to be the same as their other two restaurants, so expect a menu that roams through Turkey through to the Lebanon and over

They're responsible for serving up one of Shoreditch's most popular brunch menus. Now Friends of Ours are hoping to bring that same joy to West Londoners. This weekend they launch a six-month pop up brunch restaurant inside the Serpentine North Gallery's Zaha Hadid building.

The new restaurant will take over from what used to be a Benugo, serving up the Friends of Ours brunch-with-a-twist dishes for a

The last year or so has been a whirlwind ride for the team at Jazu. Having first popped up in Camberwell and Market Peckham with their day-to-night listening bar, this summer saw them opening a permanent spot on Deptford's High Street. Now that they've had several months to bed into their new home, they're about to launch their kitchen.

Running the food here will be Jazu co-founder Jimmy whose CV includes time at the

Homesick Aussies will want to make a beeline for Notting Hill soon as popular Sydney cafe Rusty Rabbit is gearing up to open on Westbourne Grove.

With two cafes in the Sydney suburbs of Darlinghurst and St Leonards, brothers Jamesray and Joshua Khoury have picked the posh central neighbourhood of Notting Hill for their first London opening.

Billed as a Sydney brunch club, it serves up a

Regardless of whether or not you’ve been burning the candles at both ends or just want a reassuringly nourishing dining experience, there’s a nutritionist-focused menu coming to Harvey Nichols this summer.

The latest restaurant to open at Ealing's Filmworks development is popular brunch spot Bobo Social, which joins the likes of Kanada-Ya and Butchies. This is their third opening, after the original in Fitzrovia (now closed) and their more recent place in Elephant Park.

If you haven't been to one before, then one of the big selling points is Bobo Social's daily brunch offering. That features all the classics like

Studio Frantzén in Harrods is getting ready to launch a new weekend brunch - that's coming in April - but in the meantime, they've already kicked off with waffles. And being Harrods, these waffles come with slightly more ostentatious toppings, of course. 

The new Waffle Hour runs from 11am to noon, Monday to Saturday and features several options that aren't your

With perma queues outside its Seven Dials restaurant, it was only a matter of time before the super popular brunch spot Apple Butter opened a second place in London. And so it has come to pass. They're just about to open off Oxford Circus and while the all-day brunch that made them go viral will be on offer, this new restaurant has a lot of new dishes planned.

In addition to the Lotus Biscoff and Oreo pancakes that

9/8/23 - updated with the opening date

The Table has been open in Southwark for 17 years and now they've finally decided it's time to open a second restaurant, The Table Battersea. 

Best known for their brunch, which has been the only menu they've had so far, they're coming to Battersea Rise. The expansion comes as a part of the work needed to bring the original Table

If you love a rooftop brunch then new City restaurant Florattica is the place to go

Sometimes what you want, nay need, right now is a bacon sandwich. Here's our guide to the best bacon sarnies in London right now.

Bottomless brunches are a very big thing in London. But how can you be sure of a great meal with the bottomless booze? Well, we're here to help you with that.