Bottomless brunches come with all sorts of extras these days - drag performances, DJ sets, rooftop views and even karaoke. But what if you just want some really good food with your free-flowing booze? Take a look at our best bottomless brunches for foodies.
Central
Korean Dinner Party
Carnaby - Top Floor Kingly Court, Carnaby St, London W1B 5PW
At this sparky spot from the people behind Senor Ceviche, it has a menu created by TATA Eatery’s Ana Gonçalves and Zijun Meng, inspired by LA’s Koreatown and kitsch cocktails are king. At brunch, tuck into the likes of their signature corn dog, 48-hour beef short rib tacos with ssamjang, and spinach banchan with wasabi, while enjoying free-flowing JINRO Fizz, a cocktail of prosecco and Korean-favourite spirit soju.
How much: £39pp, including food (three dishes)
When: Saturday and Sunday, 12pm-3.30pm
How long: 90 minutes
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La Goccia by Petersham Nurseries
Covent Garden - 1 Floral St, London WC2E 9FB
In Covent Garden, Sundays are when this City cousin to Petersham Nurseries really kicks off its (Ferragamo) shoes. In the afternoons, free-flowing Villa Marcello prosecco accompanies a four-course menu of seasonal Italian dishes, including courgette fritti, pork chop with ‘nduja and capers, potatoes al forno, and a selection of gelati to finish.
How much: £45, including food (set menu)
When: Sunday, 12pm-4pm
How long: 90 minutes
Floral by Lima
Covent Garden - 14 Garrick St, London WC2E 9BJ
A leisurely Peruvian spot with a fine dining pedigree, Floral by Lima’s brunch is flourishing with fresh, elegant flavours. Dishes of sea bream ceviche with ginger tiger’s milk, cassava and avocado, are followed by the likes of grilled king prawns with cuzco corn and sweet aji panca sauce, and come with bottomless beer or prosecco to boot.
How much: £18pp, excluding food (£30 for three courses)
When: Saturday 12pm-3.30pm, Sunday 12pm-5pm
How long: 90 minutes
Brigadiers
The City - 1-5 Bloomberg Arcade, London EC4N 8AR
Shaking off brunch’s twee connotations, the free-flowing weekend offering at Brigadiers comes as part of its Saturday Sports Menu. Designed to be enjoyed in front of “the game”, a free-flowing drinks package is offered alongside set menus or a host of snacks to enjoy a la carte. Miss the BBQ butter chicken wings at your peril.
How much: £25pp for lager, Prosecco or Palomas, food extra (a la carte or set menu)
When: Saturdays, 12pm-5pm
How long: 2 hours
North
Double Standard
King's Cross - 10 Argyle Street The Standard, London WC1H 8EG
The Americans know how to brunch, so for a taste of how they do it across the pond, head to Double Standard, the upmarket dive bar at The Standard, London. Harking back to its New York roots, the brunch menu features hot dogs and burgers; pancake stacks laden with bacon and syrup; a cheese and kimchee toastie, and bottomless Bloody Marys, of course.
How much: £25pp supplement for bottomless, food served a la carte
When: Sunday, 12pm to 4pm
How long: Two hours
South
Santo Remedio
London Bridge and Shoreditch
Need a little motivation to leave the house? Edson and Natalie Diaz-Fuentes’s restaurants feel like a home-from-home, with their heartwarming Mexican family recipes carrying just enough spice to blast away the cobwebs. Enjoy hibiscus enchiladas, DIY barbacoa lamb shank tacos and sashimi tuna tostadas with free-flowing margaritas, cava or Mexican wines and beers.
How much: £33pp supplement, excluding food (which is a la carte)
When: Saturdays and Sundays, 12pm to 4.30pm
How long: 2 hours
Cinnamon Kitchen
Battersea - 4 Arches Ln, Nine Elms, London SW11 8AB
At Vivek Singh’s popular pan-Indian spots, lively brunchers let loose with sharing dishes of samosa chaat, pan-seared seabass with lentil and coconut sauce, and royal Punjabi malai kulfi for dessert. Book at Battersea on a Saturday, and you’ll be treated to a bhangra DJ set too.
How much: £29 for food, £29 extra for prosecco, £59 extra for Champagne
When: Saturday and Sunday, 12pm-4.30pm
How long: 90 minutes
Mr Bao
Peckham - 293 Rye Ln, London SE15 4UA
Local hero Mr Bao spends its weekend afternoons perking up its fellow Peckhamites with a truly unique brunch menu. Accompanied by bottomless cocktails, dishes on the menu include a kimchi pancake with onsen egg and shiso, mapo beans with hash browns, and a ‘bacon’ bao, filled with a smoked ham hock fritter and a plum sauce.
How much: £18pp, excluding food
When: Saturday and Sunday, 11am-3.30pm
How long: 60 minutes
Wood & Water
Brixton - 412 Coldharbour Ln, London SW9 8LF
The latest creation by restaurateur April Jackson, Wood & Water is a slick British Jamaican spot where bottomless brunch comes with lashings of rum punch. In the space once home to Three Little Birds, dishes on the menu include a ‘Jamaican Breakfast’ of ackee and saltfish, bammy and plantain, and caramelised banana pancakes with bacon and rum sauce.
How much: £25pp (£20pp for non-alcoholic), excluding food
When: Saturday and Sunday, 11am-4pm
How long: 90 minutes
Pop Brixton
Brixton - 49 Brixton Station Rd, London SW9 8PQ
Do your friends’ diverse tastes make choosing a brunch spot nigh on impossible? Pop Brixton puts an end to the dithering, allowing guests to order food from eight of its acclaimed street food traders. Get your booze from the bar, and choose from the likes of Baba G’s curry leaf scrambled egg & turkey bacon breakfast naan, and Souvlaki Street’s halloumi and egg wrap.
How much: £35, including food (two courses)
When: Sunday, 12pm-5.30pm
How long: 90 minutes
East
Snackbar
Dalston - 20 Dalston Ln, London E8 3AZ
Freddie Janssen’s all-day pitstop in Dalston has gained legions of fans thanks to a globally-inspired snacking menu punctuated by the chef’s signature pickling prowess. Brunch dishes include flaky US-style biscuits with sausage gravy, and chilaquiles with salsa verde, refried beans, fried egg and Neal’s Yard dairy cheese. Enjoy with bottomless Bloody Marys or Pet Nat Spritzes.
How much: £35pp, including food
When: Sunday, 10am to 2.30pm
How long: 90 minutes
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Goddard & Gibbs
Shoreditch - 100 Shoreditch High St, London E1 6HU
Having painted Instagram yellow with its sunny decor on opening, One Hundred Shoreditch’s Goddard & Gibbs is now brightening up weekends with a seafood bottomless brunch. Breakfast-style dishes include poached lobster Benedict and crab on toast with avocado, while later diners find satisfaction in beer-battered fish and chips.
How much: £19pp for Bloody Mary, Spritz or prosecco; £55 for Champagne, food extra
When: Saturday and Sunday, 12pm - 3.30pm
How long: 90 minutes
Pizza Pilgrims
City of London and Queensway
Bottomless booze is great, but bottomless pizza is better. Somewhat magically, Pizza Pilgrims offers both at its City and Queensway sites over the weekends. You’ll need to book a ticket to join, but that golden stub entitles you to unlimited Neapolitan-inspired pizza pies, pints and prosecco for 90 minutes. Come hungry.
How much: £37.50, including food
When: Saturday 12pm-6pm (City), Sunday 2pm-3.30pm (Queensway)
How long: 90 minutes
Apothecary
Shoreditch - 36 Charlotte Rd, London EC2A 3PG
Modelled on Japanese izakaya bars, drinking is almost as important as eating at this Shoreditch restaurant. As such, top notch cocktails are the bottomless offering here, a perfect counterpart to a menu featuring hirata buns with slow cooked pork belly, spicy salmon rolls, miso glazed aubergine, teriyaki chicken thigh skewers and much more.
How much: £25pp, excluding food
When: Saturday, 12pm-4pm
How long: 90 minutes
Jones & Sons
Dalston - Stamford Works, 3 Gillett St, London N16 8JH
This Dalston restaurant is perhaps best known for its cracking Sunday roasts (its starring turn in film Boiling Point is a close second), but the weekends here are also about brunch. Choose the ‘Off The Wagon’ menu for bottomless booze, and dine on the likes of a chargrilled full English or French toast with Chantilly cream, spiced pear and maple syrup.
How much: £47, including food (a la carte)
When: Saturday 11am-5pm, Sunday 11am-1pm
How long: 2 hours
West
Kahani
Chelsea - 1 Wilbraham Pl, London SW1X 9AE
Peter Joseph’s swanky Chelsea restaurant is offering a sophisticated take on bottomless brunch, where unlimited Prosecco accompanies an Indian fine dining feast. Start with a spiced green pea cake with cranberry chutney, before moving onto keema naan with smoked tomato chutney; tandoori broccoli with honey and nigella seeds, and coconut and curry leaf chicken thighs.
How much: £62pp including food
When: Saturday 12pm-2pm, Sunday 12.30pm-4pm
How long: For the duration of your meal
Darcie and May Green
Paddington - Grand Union Canal, Sheldon Square, Central W2 6DS
Brunch on a barge? Darcie and May Green’s floating credentials may sound like pure Instagram fodder, but the group’s bonza Aussie-style brunches are as enjoyable IRL as they are on the feed. Sweetcorn fritters with habanero and almond puree among the trimmings are a winner, while the banana bread sandwich with honey mascarpone will put all your lockdown efforts to deep shame.
How much: £48.90pp, including food (two courses)
When: Monday-Saturday 10am-3.30pm, Sunday 12pm-3.30pm
How long: 90 minutes
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Multiple locations
Cocotte
Shoreditch and west London locations
Channel a little bit of rural France at Cocotte, the rotisserie chicken specialist putting some je-ne-sais-quoi into the London brunch scene. Alongside bottomless Champagne, tuck into truffle Croque Monsieur, oeufs parfait with roasted vegetables and rosemary parmesan cream, or baked croissant waffles topped with sweet chilli-basted chicken thigh and a fried egg. Winner winner, chicken… brunch?
How much: £20pp for prosecco, £30pp for Champagne (excluding food)
When: Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4pm
How long: 90 minutes
Dirty Bones
Soho and other locations
If you like your brunch less cutesy, more dirty, these New York-inspired restaurants are serving the indulgence you need — including short rib crumpets, steak and eggs, and fried chicken and waffles with lashings of syrup. It’s one for cocktail lovers too: choose between bottomless pink grapefruit mimosas, Dirty Marys, or rum-centric Hip Monkey.
How much: £25pp, excluding food
When: Saturday and Sunday, 11am-3.30pm
How long: 90 minutes
Cottons
Notting Hill and other locations
It’s been at the heart of London’s Caribbean food scene for almost 40 years, but Cottons still knows how to shake its tail feathers on the weekend like a veritable spring chicken. Bottomless rum punch is on hand to get the party started, alongside a three course menu featuring jerk chicken wings, St Lucian fish curry and coconut rum cake.
How much: £34.50, including food (3 courses)
When: Saturday and Sunday, 12pm-3pm
How long: 2 hours
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