BEST Brunches in East London: A Local’s Guide!
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Looking for the best brunches in East London? You’ve come to the right place! Whilst I normally specialise in Southwest London, I spent a few years living in East London and still consider myself a local. And as a self-proclaimed ‘brunch’ expert, I sussed out the best spots in the east of London for you to enjoy.
East London is one of the best places for brunch, and most venues serve unlimited alcohol alongside it! So whether you’re looking for bottomless mimosa or just avocado on toast, East London has some of the best brunch venues in the city.
And brunch in London is no longer just brunch. It’s become a meal that we dress up for and make an occasion of. It’s quite likely your plate will consist of a perfectly poached egg balanced on a golden-brown bagel with oozing Hollandaise sauce poured over the top, making us reach for our iPhones to snap the perfect shot before our yolk explodes.
Then there’s bottomless brunch – where venues offer unlimited alcohol alongside their meals. Usually offering prosecco or a choice of cocktail, some are now branching out and serving white wine or beer.
Not all venues offer the bottomless option, so I’ve put a 🍾 symbol to show whether they do or not. Note that the unlimited option usually involves an extra payment of around £20. So, let’s get down to it – the best brunches in east London.
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Best Brunches in East London: A Summary
The term ‘brunch’ can be used to describe a meal between breakfast and lunch. In England, it’s now a popular social activity which can take place on any day of the week.
Whilst most meals include some kind of eggs, avocado and sourdough bread, brunch has now extended to pretty much anything you can imagine – pizza, burgers, chips and hotdogs have also been known to appear on brunch menus in London!
Whilst typically served between the hours of 10am-2pm, with rising popularity, brunch can now be an all-day social event. Some brunches in London don’t even start until 4 pm (although, I kind of think this is more of a ‘drunch’ – dinner/lunch).
Unless you’re visiting one of the bigger venues, you do not need to pre-book a brunch. However, if you’re visiting with a group at a peak weekend time, it may be worth booking ahead of time. If you’re planning on doing a ‘bottomless brunch’ (a brunch with unlimited alcohol) most venues require pre-booking.
Below I have listed the best brunches in East London. If you find all of the brunches in East London are fully booked, check areas such as Liverpool Street, Soho and the West End.
Where to stay in East London
East London is one of the best areas to stay in if you’re visiting the city for the first time. Why? Well, it’s still easy to get into Central London, but the prices are cheaper. Plus, the nightlife and atmosphere of East London are like no other, and it’s perfect for young adults and tourists in the area.
Some of the best areas in East London include Shoreditch, Hoxton, Hackney, Mile End, Whitechapel, Bow and Aldgate East. Shoreditch and Hoxton are some of the most popular areas in London for arty, edgy nightlife, with plenty of day raves, vintage markets, eclectic restaurants and fun date nights. If you’re not sure where to stay in East London, stick to the Shoreditch area. Some of the best hotels and hostels in East London include:
- For couples and groups in East London: The Hoxton Shoreditch is an edgy and hip hotel in Hackney (which is another area for amazing nightlife). ➡ CHECK PRICES NOW!
- For solo female travellers in East London: London’s FIRST female-only hostel! Hostelle London is located just a stone’s throw from Columbia Flower Markets and Shoreditch High Street. ➡ CHECK PRICES NOW!
- For budget backpackers: check out Kip Hostel in Hackney. CHECK PRICES NOW!
Getting around East London
Getting around East London is easy. There are both London Underground lines, as well as overground trains and frequent buses. For reference; Shoreditch, Hackney and Hoxton are both on the orange overground line. All other areas (Bow, Mile End, Stepney Green, Whitechapel) are on the London Underground routes; mainly on the District Line.
There are regular trains until midnight and buses in East London 24 hours a day. The London Underground Central Line and Jubilee Line is 24 hours at the weekend, and there are certain night buses that run 24 hours a day, seven day a week. You can use your contactless card on both trains and buses in London.
Most of the towns in East London are also walkable and close to each other. Just be sure to Google Map your journey at the start to check the distance and timings. Only walk during the day for safety reasons.
For cheap train tickets to and from London, check out Trainline. We book with them whenever we are leaving the city, and want to get to other locations in the UK (including airports). ➡ CHECK TRAIN PRICES NOW!
Best Brunches in East London
1. Gloria, Shoreditch
📍Location: 54-56 Great Eastern St, London EC2A 3QR
💸 Price: £32 per person for a set menu
⏱️ Brunch timings: Saturday and Sunday
📅 Brunch booking link: Gloria Shoreditch
🍳 Brunch menu: brunch foods served with an Italian twist.
“Sunday brunching never looked so good”. Gloria in Shoreditch is like stepping into an old Italian Hollywood movie and eating the best Italian food East London has to offer. Boasting an explosive menu, morning and night, their brunch is one that just cannot be missed.
Serving brunch every Saturday and Sunday, the menu ranges from breakfast sandwiches to scrambled eggs (can’t go wrong with the classics).
“Joyful and lush by day, the place gets funky at night, with house-made playlists and a cosy vibe downstairs. Bouyyaaa!” – Gloria website
2. Blues Kitchen, Shoreditch 🍾
📍Location: 134-146 Curtain Rd, Shoreditch, EC2A 3AR
💸 Price: variable depending on the dish
⏱️ Brunch timings: Saturday and Sunday
📅 Brunch booking link: Blues Kitchen
🍳 Brunch menu: pancakes, waffles, burgers, chips – brunch classics with a southern American twist.
Blues Kitchen is the closest you’re getting to the deep south of America in London, and to be honest, it gets pretty close. The unlimited prosecco option along with some brunch favourites is what makes this live music venue just that little bit special.
Sit with your friends in the large leather booths and relax to the sounds of jazz, all whilst eating those oh-so-delicious buttermilk pancakes you’ve been dreaming of. It’s definitely earnt its place as one of the best brunches in East London.
Check out their diverse brunch menu of big vegan breakfasts to hearty cheeseburgers (yep, sometimes venues include regular main menu food in the brunch options too. It’s not all just attractive-looking eggs!)
3. Jolene, Hackney
📍Location: 21 Newington Green, N16 9PU
💸 Price: varies depending on the dish
⏱️ Brunch timings: daily
📅 Brunch booking link: Jolene
🍳 Brunch menu: croissants, coffee, focaccia, eggs and more on their daily changing menu
It may be one of the smaller venues on the list, but Jolene is a strong contender for one of the best brunches in East London. The breakfast and bakery section is open from 9-4 pm Monday to Saturday, and the menu changes on a daily basis.
The cosy decor and traditional brunch options deliver exactly what you ask for in a between-breakfast-and-lunch dish. Good coffee, chill vibes and tasty food. There’s not much more you could ask for!
4. Barrio, Shoreditch 🍾
📍Location: 141-143 Shoreditch High St, London E1 6JE
💸 Price: £39 per person
⏱️ Brunch timings: weekends only
📅 Brunch booking link: Barrio Club Tropicana
🍳 Brunch menu: 2-course brunch of Mexican food with 90 minutes of unlimited beer, prosecco or rum cocktails.
Dive into this Mexican paradise in Shoreditch to experience one of the best bottomless brunches in East London. With an option of a £39 bottomless, 80s-inspired disco brunch, it’s the ultimate party in Shoreditch on the weekend.
With 90 minutes of beer, cocktails and prosecco, this is a brunch that will keep you entertained. With a live DJ, games, costume changes, raucous routines and dance-offs, it’s one of the best party brunches in East London.
5. Esters, Stoke Newington
📍Location: 55 Kynaston Road, N16 0EB
💸 Price: varies depending on the dish
⏱️ Brunch timings: open daily, Saturday brunch 9-2.30, closed on Sundays
📅 Brunch booking link: Esters (but only walk-ins available)
🍳 Brunch menu: traditional brunch food (eggs, sourdough bread, avocado…)
You may never try another brunch again after visiting Esters. Like seriously. If you want to taste some of the best food in East London, whilst drinking some of the finest coffee Stoke Newington has to offer, head to Esters for a ridiculously good brunch.
With a unique no reservation system, the small community based brunch spot always has punters queuing at the door. Their diverse brunch menu has some unusual ingredients, from Chinese spiced pork to flourish cucumbers, and you’ll leave with a full stomach and a happy heart.
6. Dirty Bones, Shoreditch 🍾
📍Location: 1 Club Row, London, E1 6JX
💸 Price: £27 per person for unlimited alcohol
⏱️ Brunch timings: weekends only, 11am–3:30pm
📅 Brunch booking link: Dirty Bones
🍳 Brunch menu: American-inspired brunch foods
It may be known for its delicious NYC food, but Dirty Bones is also a serious contender for one of the best brunches in East London. With countless endorsements claiming Dirty Bones to be the best brunch in London, you can also opt in for bottomless bubbles and cocktails for just an extra £27 per head.
From chicken and waffles to corn ribs and crispy tater tots, the menu at Dirty Bones is unbeatable.
If you opt for the bottomless brunch, you have up to 90 minutes to enjoy your unlimited alcohol. Note the entire table must opt for a bottomless brunch for you to be able to qualify.
7. Dishoom, Shoreditch
📍Location: 7 Boundary St, London, E2 7JE
💸 Price: varies depending on the dish
⏱️ Brunch timings: Breakfast is served from 8 am to 11.45 am on weekdays, and from 9 am to 11.45 am on weekends.
📅 Brunch booking link: Dishoom Shoreditch
🍳 Brunch menu: Bombay-inspired breakfast items
Dishoom is one of the best Indian street food restaurants in London. And as well as serving incredible evening meals, they also have a daily breakfast. From bacon naan rolls to vegan Bombays, masala beans and Parsi omelettes, Dishoom is a strong contender for the best brunch in East London.
At this time, there is no option for a bottomless brunch at Dishoom. But with the quality and amount of food you are served, a simple glass of water is enough!
8. Hash 8, Dalston
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“Brunch is king so we serve it all day.” Yassss, you go Hash 8.
Add this one to your list for when you’re mega hungover. Trust me, they serve up everything you’re looking for when your head is pounding and you can barely blink.
With an American-diner inspired theme, sip on your coffee and enjoy your Nutella filled pancakes in this cosy little Dalston corner.
9. The Book Club, Shoreditch 🍾
📍Location: 100-106 Leonard St, London EC2A 4RH
💸 Price: £35 per person
⏱️ Brunch timings: Between 12.00pm – 12.30pm – arrive on time to not miss out on any bottomless (12.30pm-2.30pm)
📅 Brunch booking link: Book Club Shoreditch
🍳 Brunch menu: one main pizza and bottomless dessert pizza
Another crazy venue in East London for a bottomless brunch is the famous Book Club. Every Saturday daytime, the venue hosts a themed brunch (it’s currently a drag brunch), served with bottomless prosecco or mimosas and pizza.
Throughout the brunch, expect DJs, games, prizes, glitter and everything else you’d expect at a wild bottomless brunch in East London.
10. Ozone Coffee Roasters
📍Location: 11 Leonard St, London EC2A 4AQ
💸 Price: varies depending on the dish
⏱️ Brunch timings: daily
📅 Brunch booking link: Ozone Coffee
🍳 Brunch menu: breakfast rolls, eggs, croissants and other classic brunch options
“Award-winning Eateries combining welcoming environments, speciality coffee, a commitment to local suppliers, minimising waste, and of course, flavour on the plate.” – Ozone Coffee Roasters. Speciality coffee? Sign me up.
This industrial-style, busy cafe. is one of the best-known brunch spots in East London. Tucked away on a side street, the doors are always busy due to their ridiculously good reputation. Comfortable and friendly, this coffee-slash-brunch spot is perfect for anyone wanting a decent egg or a unique dish like smoked fish kedgeree. Random, but love it.
It’s also a great location from Spitalfields market, so you can really make a day out of your visit.
11. Martello Hall, Hackney 🍾
📍Location: Martello Hall, 137 Mare St, London E8 3RH
💸 Price: £32 per person
⏱️ Brunch timings: weekends from 11am – 7pm
📅 Brunch booking link: Martello Hall
🍳 Brunch menu: wood-fired smoked pizzas, gnocchi, truffled scrambled eggs and more
‘Fancy treating yourself to endless pink bubbles in a stunning, Italian-inspired eatery? Embodies everything bottomless brunch should be’; Elle Magazine about Martello Hall in London in 2022.
Fancy something OTHER than eggs? Martello Hall in Shoreditch is one of the best spots to pick up a rather different brunch menu, serving pizza cooked over a wood fire. Ooh la la.
Their weekend brunch serves up everything from truffled scrambled eggs to creamy gnocchi dishes and classic wood-fired pizzas. Mmmmm, drooling.
Not only is the food good, but the interior is pretty cool too. With giant windows and beautiful outside space, you’ll feel like you’ve been lifted out of London and dropped right in the middle of Italy.
12. Morito, Hackney
📍Location: 195 Hackney Rd, London E2 8JL
💸 Price: varies depending on the dish
⏱️ Brunch timings: served daily
📅 Brunch booking link: Morito
🍳 Brunch menu: brunch food with influences from Southern Spain, North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Family-run Morito is one of the best brunch spots in Hackney. With influences drawn from Southern Spain and Northern Africa, Morito offers a spin on some of our favourite brunch classics.
Not only do Morito serve up a cracking brunch, but they offer some of the best immersive live music in the area. Plus, they’re pretty good for their vegan and veggie options.
“Morito Music nights draws from the wealth of talent and musical variety in East London. The fully immersive experience sees the musicians play in the middle of the room, whilst you watch from the banquette seating, in Morito’s stylish new basement space.” – Morito
13. Jones & Sons, Dalston 🍾
📍Location: Stamford Works, 3 Gillett St, London N16 8JH
💸 Price: varies depending on the dish, but £47 for unlimited alcohol options
⏱️ Brunch timings: Saturday 11-5 pm and Sunday 11am – 1pm
📅 Brunch booking link: Jones & Sons
🍳 Brunch menu: British brunch options
The famous Jones & Sons weekend brunch fills up weeks in advance, due to their decadent menu and option of bottomless G&T or prosecco. Choose from options such as shakshuka, steak and eggs or some sweet, sweet Belgian waffles, and relax in this traditionally British restaurant.
“It’s a place to meet, eat, and drink, with an emphasis on well prepared honest British food of the highest quality & artisan cocktails from around the world.” – Jones & Sons
14. The Breakfast Club, Hoxton 🍾
📍Location: 2-4 Rufus St, London N1 6PE
💸 Price: varies depending on the dish
⏱️ Brunch timings: weekends only for brunch menu 8am – 5pm, but breakfast is served daily
📅 Brunch booking link: Breakfast Club
🍳 Brunch menu: American-themed brunch
This well-known brunch spot attracts visitors from all over the city. The Breakfast Club isn’t just a brunch spot, it’s the American way of life. Opened by two childhood friends who were inspired by the US sitcom ‘Cheers’, the Breakfast Club boasts it’s a welcoming venue with one mission – to be a place where ‘everyone knows your name’.
Now of course, the Breakfast Club is now famous for its extra large breakfasts and lashings of syrup with queues out the front door. But still, the venue has a warm and friendly feel and hasn’t lost sight of its feel-good values. There are venues all over London, but my favourite is in the self-proclaimed East London capital of Hoxton.
Best brunches in East London: The Lowdown
So, there you have it! Everything you need to know about the best brunches in East London. When you’re planning a trip to London, make sure you let me know over on Instagram or in the comments below!
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Jennie x
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