Best Bottomless Brunches In London For Under £40
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If there's one food trend we never want to see go away, it's a bottomless brunch. Whether you're vegan or you love a Full English, we've listed London's best bottomless brunches on a budget for an affordable £40 or less.
One of the best ways to spend a few hours of your weekend is with all your pals at bottomless brunch. If you're not familiar with the term, a bottomless brunch is at least one plate of breakfast food (think smashed avocado on toast, Eggs Benedict, blueberry pancake stacks, bacon and eggs) but with endless drinks be it Prosecco, Mimosas or Bloody Marys. They're the ultimate indulgence, but can offer real bang for your buck.
These days it's more than just the Brits and the Ozzies that are championing brunch food, Taiwanese, Indian and Italian restaurants are now serving up alternative dishes for us to devour around London that are giving traditional brunch optioms a run for their money. From bao buns to shakshouka, cheese naans to rosti, there is a whole new array of brunch foods for your tastebuds to try out, made all the more better with endless booze.
Brunch times are often delayed until as late as 5pm which makes trying new savoury foods more appropriate and also means that having a tipple or two is more acceptable. The only problem with bottomless brunch is that in London, it's hard to find a place that doesn't cost £100. That's why we've scoured out London's top brunch spots that offer delicious food as well as a reasonably priced booze for a reasonable £40 or less.
Grind may be best known for their coffee, but they do a brilliant food menu to boot. On the weekends you can expect to see fancy versions of all your brunch favourites, from coconut overnight oats to house-cured beetroot salmon eggs, with prices ranging from £6-11. Better still, you can add 90 minutes of bottomless Prosecco for just £14.50. Even if you opt for the priciest breakfast, you're looking at a maximum of £25.50! Check our their restaurant locations at London Bridge, Exmouth Market, Greenwich, Clerkenwell, Covent Garden and Liverpool Street.
Try Darcie and May Green in Paddington, a funky floating barge which makes having brunch extra Instagrammable. The Daisy Green food chain has brought Australian style brunch to the UK with healthy options such as granola and porridge to Broccoli and corn fritters and fancy bacon rolls. They'll let you book for up to 24 guests making it an ideal spot for hen do's or Birthday meals. Brunch costs £39.50 per person (a dish from each part of the menu as well as unlimited mimosas and prosecco!). Brunch times start from 10am on Mondays-Saturdays and from noon on Sundays with a two hour limit.
Bao is the food indusry's new favourite thing. If you've not heard about them before, bao buns are steamed buns popular in Taiwan and South Korea that are almost sweet in taste. They are traditionally filled with pork but these days they have been given a modern twist and Mr Bao in Peckham is a prime example of that. Choose from Bao Benedict: slow braised flock + herd pork, wilted spinach, free range egg, hollandaise in a bao bun or the full Taiwanese: Taiwanese sausage, spring onion pancake, flock + herd smoked bacon. It's £16 for bottomless house cocktails or £17 for bottomless bloody marys for the hour. Bao buns cost from £4.70 to £9.70 which you'll have to pay on top of your drinks but you can end up with a very affordable meal with plenty of fabulous cocktails.
Megan's on the green is located in Fulham's Parsons Green. It's dog friendly and does a killer brunch. Expect all the brunch classics from Eggs royale to funky meals like Shakshouka or guilty pleasures such as half baked cookie dough. It's £19 per person for unlimited Pimm's, bloody marys or prosecco when ordering a main and food prices range from £5.50 to £12.50 so getting a boozy brunch for under £40 is very do-able. If you don't fancy getting too drunk as you're looking after the kids then fear not as it's a very family friendly spot.
London's new favourite spot Bad Egg brings US diner culture to our doorstep. Located centrally near Barbican, Bad Egg is all you need if you're looking for the best eggs in town, pancakes or loaded fries. for £35 you can order 2 dishes off the menu from healthy acai bowls to burger hash's and get unlimited bloody marys, prosecco and mimosas, but keep your eye on the time as there is a two hour limit. Available on Saturdays from 10am-7pm or Sundays from 12pm-5pm.
From the team behind Hoppers brings us Brigadiers by Canon Street in central London. Indian cuisine at it's finest expect food like you've never had before such as the masala omlette pao or the tandoori steak and chips naanwich. Main meals range from £9.50 to £25 and get free flowing lagers or clemintine mimosas for £20 per person. Brunch times are limited from 12-2pm on Saturdays and Sundays so book to make sure you get a spot.
If you're looking for the cheapest option then Belushi's is for you. Located in Greenwich Belushi's do bottomless mimosas and a choice of 8 dishes for only £20 - what a bargain! Get a vegan breakfast bagel or an American style chicken and waffles all included in the menu. The deal runs for 2 hours so make sure you make the most for your money. It may not be as swanky as other places, but sometimes when you're hungover all you need is a fry up and a Bucks Fizz.
Mommi is one of Clapham's best kept secrets. Serving Peruvian inspired breakfasts for £35.90 per head which includes endless prosecco or cocktails a mains dish and a pudding. Appropriate for vegans (try their vegan burger which includes a chick pea, edamame and quinoa patty, vegan cheese, melted rocoto peppers, smoked aubergine salsa and crispy fried shallots with sauces to die for) or for meat lovers their MFC (Mommi fried buttermilk chicken, chunky guac, miso slaw, hash browns, blue cheese and siracha mayo and house pickles in a bun). The deal runs on Sundays for 2 hours so go ahead and book asap.
Bone Daddies owned Shack-Fuyu in Soho is a Japanese - Western fusion restaurant whose praises are sung by critics and the best thing about it is that they do all you can drink brunch! From £39 on a Sunday you'll get a cocktail on arrival followed by flowing white or red wine or prosecco. There is plenty of delicious food to choose from from crispy duck bao buns to salmon tacos to katsu curries and miso aubergine. It's one of London's go-to spots whether you're drinking or not.
January 16 2020 by Jemima Compton
