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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

8.2
Average Score
9.5
Top Score
17
Restaurants Rated 8.0+
Leading the list:Pinky Swear Restaurant· 9.5

Outstanding

Score 9.0+ • 5 restaurants
1

Pinky Swear Restaurant

9.2
Contemporary European · Mimico / New Toronto · $$

Weekend brunch is a full expression of the restaurant, not a reduced daytime add-on. Sweet Potato Latke, Breakfast Cassoulet, Turkish Eggs, and Braised Beef Breakfast give the menu several distinct ways into the meal.

2

Mildred's Temple Kitchen

8.6
Canadian · Liberty Village · $$

Mildred's earns this brunch strength because the room has been built around a real morning meal: wild blueberry buttermilk pancakes, savoury tart, biscuits and pulled pork pancakes all sit in the core identity. The weekend walk-in rhythm makes brunch feel like the main event, not an add-on.

3

Our Spot Danforth

8.4
Greek · Danforth East / East York · $$

Brunch is the centre of gravity at Our Spot Danforth, with bennies, breakfast plates and Greek-inflected sides carrying the daytime menu. The Salmon and Spinach Benny and Falafel Benny show how familiar brunch structure is folded around the restaurant’s recurring flavours. Go when you want a substantial morning or midday meal rather than a token brunch add-on.

4

Kitchen on Sixth

9.2
British Pub · Mimico / New Toronto · $$

Brunch is part of the restaurant's core identity, not an afterthought. The Full English Breakfast, Crumpet French Toast, Huevos Rancheros, and Stuffed Yorkie give daytime visits several concrete ways into the menu. Weekend guests can build a substantial meal or mix one hearty centrepiece with lighter choices.

5

Le Petit Dejeuner

8.7
Brunch · St. Lawrence Market · $$

Le Petit Dejeuner earns this card because brunch is not a side identity here. The current menu runs through waffles, bennies, omelets, crepes, pancakes, French toast, and egg plates, with Waffles Benedict as the clearest house move.

Excellent

Score 8.0-8.9 • 12 restaurants
6

House on Parliament

9.0
British Pub · Cabbagetown · $$

Weekend brunch is a separate part of the restaurant's identity, not a few eggs added to the regular menu. Scotch eggs, Eggs Parliament, a proper breakfast sandwich and other dedicated plates make the daytime visit feel fully developed. Go on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday when that menu is the point of the trip.

7

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.

8

Red Cranberries Restaurant

8.4
Comfort Food · Cabbagetown · $$

Weekend brunch is a real program here, not a token eggs plate added to the dinner menu. Saturday and Sunday service runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with Benedicts, omelettes, pancakes, wraps, Croque Madame, and steak and eggs.

9

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.

10

SCHOOL Restaurant

8.2
Brunch · Liberty Village · $$

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.

11

Lume Kitchen and Lounge

9.3
Mediterranean · Mimico / New Toronto · $$$

Lume's weekend brunch has its own current menu and runs on Saturdays and Sundays. Seafood benedicts, pancakes, shakshuka and steak-and-eggs extend the restaurant's identity into daytime service with more depth than a token brunch offering.

12

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.

13

Butter Chicken Factory

8.7
Indian · Cabbagetown · $$

Brunch is a real menu lane here, not a stray egg dish added for the weekend. Mysore Masala Dosa and Butter Chicken Dosa make daytime ordering feel specific to this restaurant and connect the brunch section directly to its wider Indian identity.

14

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.

15

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.

16

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.

17

Brazen Head Irish Pub

8.9
Irish Pub · Liberty Village · $$

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.

Good Options

Score 6.0-7.9 • 7 restaurants
18

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.

19

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.

20

La Vecchia Restaurant Lakeshore

8.7
Italian · Mimico / New Toronto

Brunch has its own place here rather than appearing as a footnote to dinner. Uovo Tigamino and Salmone Affumicato give a daytime visit concrete dishes, while the waterfront room supplies a clear reason to linger.

21

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.

22

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.

23

NODO Liberty

8.8
Italian · Liberty Village

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.

24

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.

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