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Toronto's Best: Brunch Specialists

For restaurants with a meaningful brunch or breakfast identity, including eggs, benedicts, mimosas, weekend menus, daytime plates, or brunch-only signatures.

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Toronto's Best: Brunch Specialists

Best Of · Toronto, ON
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Brunch Specialists

24 spots make the list in Toronto · ranked by Restaurantica's brunch specialists scoring evaluation

7.8
Average Score
9.5
Top Score
10
Restaurants Rated 8.0+
Leading the list:Mildred's Temple Kitchen· 9.5

Excellent

Score 8.0-8.9 • 8 restaurants
3

The Arch Café/Bar

8.7
Persian · Kensington Market

The strongest reason to use The Arch as a planned stop is brunch, not just coffee. Bandari Bowl, Persian Omelette, Mazafati Omelette, French Toast, croissant sandwiches, and skillet-style plates make the daytime menu broad enough for a meal.

4

Bonjour Brioche

8.4
French · Riverside / Riverdale · $$

Bonjour Brioche is a daytime brunch play rather than an all-purpose restaurant. The smart visit is built around French Toast, Bonjour Benny, quiches, sandwiches, and a pastry finish, with the first-come room and early sell-outs shaping the rhythm.

5

SCHOOL Restaurant

8.2
Brunch · West Queen West · $$

SCHOOL is built around all-day brunch, with weekday and weekend menu surfaces, classroom-themed dish names, and source-backed brunch plates from fried chicken and waffles to eggs Benny.

6

Sisters & Co

8.4
Pan-Asian · Little Italy (College Street) · $$

Sisters & Co is built around daytime brunch with eggs, benedicts, waffles, pancakes and savory pan-Asian plates sharing the same menu. The strongest reason to go is brunch itself, not dinner or late-night service.

7

Scotland Yard Pub

9.2
Pub Fare · St. Lawrence Market · $$

Weekend brunch is a real part of the operating rhythm, not a side note. Saturday and Sunday mornings get their own 9am to 1pm window, with bottomless mimosas and caesars giving groups a clear daytime reason to choose the pub before the late-night crowd arrives.

8

Nina's Brunch Restaurant

8.9
Canadian · Kensington Market

Nina's is built around daytime brunch, with breakfasts, Benedicts, waffles, pancakes, coffee drinks, and vegan plates carrying the whole identity.

9

Brazen Head Irish Pub

8.9
Irish Pub · West Queen West · $$

Weekend brunch has its own shape here, led by Full Irish Breakfast, eggs benny, Korean Breakfast Hash and mimosa service. It gives Brazen Head a second daypart beyond pub nights.

10

Aloette Restaurant

8.8
Contemporary Canadian · Queen Street West · $$$

Weekend brunch is not a side service; Chicken and Waffles, French Toast, Eggs Benedict, and Croque Senor give the daytime menu its own shape. It is the right visit when dinner is too hard to time.

Good Options

Score 6.0-7.9 • 14 restaurants
11

T.O. Dickens Restaurant

8.4
Italian · Kensington Market · $$

The brunch section is substantial enough to change how the restaurant should be used. Brunch Poutine, pancakes, Benedicts, Shakshuka, and a Breakfast Burger give daytime diners a real lane before the pasta-and-drinks side takes over later.

12

Lyla Toronto

9.1
Mediterranean · West Queen West

Weekend brunch is a real second mode here, with Benedicts, shakshuka, pain perdu, steak and eggs, smoked-salmon toast, a classic breakfast plate, burgers, and brunch cocktails rather than a thin add-on menu.

13

The Carbon Bar

8.7
American · St. Lawrence Market · $$

Brunch has a distinct food identity here instead of a token daytime menu. Bennys, chicken and waffles, smokehouse Caesars, smoked white bean shakshuka, and The Brunch Tower bring the restaurant's smoke-and-comfort language into Sunday service.

14

Arvo Coffee

8.2
Café · Distillery District · $$

The food side is deliberately compact, but it behaves like a real brunch board rather than an afterthought. Toasts, the Brekkie Roll, and The Sammie give diners a useful range from light to savoury without pulling Arvo away from its coffee-first rhythm.

15

NODO Liberty

8.8
Italian · West Queen West

Weekend brunch gives NODO Liberty a second use case beyond dinner. The listed Saturday and Sunday window makes it practical for daytime Liberty Village plans before the room shifts back into Italian dinner mode.

16

The Old York Tavern

8.8
French · King West

Brunch has its own shape through Lobster Benedict, Smoked Salmon Tartine, French Toast, Socca, and Tavern Hash instead of leaning on a token daytime menu.

17

Cluny Bistro & Boulangerie

8.5
French · Distillery District · $$$

Weekend brunch is more than a side service here, with Soft Shell Crab Benedict, Chef's Breakfast, Sourdough Croque Madame, and Chocolate Pain Perdu.

18

El Rey Mezcal Bar

8.4
Mexican · Chinatown (Spadina) · $$

The separate brunch menu has its own centre: Chilaquiles, Tamal Oaxaqueno, Sopa de Tortilla, Huevos Cazuela, Enchiladas, and Caballero Pobre make daytime ordering feel intentional.

19

Le Baratin

9.1
French · Little Portugal (Dundas Street West) · $$

Weekend brunch is not just a leftover service here; it has its own walk-in rhythm, daytime hours, and menu pathway, which makes Le Baratin useful beyond the classic dinner reservation.

20

Liberty Soho

9.3
American · West Queen West · $$

Weekend brunch is substantial enough to be its own visit path. Bennys, Soho Hash, Breakfast Poutine, Pork Belly Breakfast Sandwich, Avocado Toast, Crispy Chicken & Pancakes and brunch drinks make daytime service more than an add-on.

21

Roses Social

7.8
Contemporary Canadian · West Queen West

Roses Social works as a brunch plan because brunch is not a token add-on. The menu has eggs, bowls, salads, sandwiches, pancakes, and the Roses Smash Burger, which gives mixed tables more room than a narrow morning list.

22

Mamakas Taverna

8.8
Greek · West Queen West · $$$

Weekend brunch gives Mamakas a softer way in for diners who want the Greek cooking without committing to a full dinner arc. The brunch prix fixe still keeps the visit close to meze, salads, souvlaki, and seafood.

23

Bar Koukla

8.1
Greek · Ossington Strip

Brunch has its own Bar Koukla vocabulary: Koulouri Troufa, Pestrofa, Baklava Pancakes, Spanakopita Florentine and Halloumi BLT make daytime ordering feel as intentional as dinner.

24

Paris Paris

8.0
French · Ossington Strip · $$

Brunch has its own shape instead of feeling like a short dinner menu: Apple Pancake, Smoked Salmon Eggs Royale, Croque Madame and Falafel Scotch Egg give daytime visits real ordering range.