Spring is just around the corner, and with it comes Easter. This year, we’ve mostly moved away from takeout options—though you’ll still find take-home packages from Santa Monica favorite Huckleberry on this list. Instead, you’ll find decadent brunches at fancy-schmancy hotels and cozy restaurants with plenty of outdoor dining. Read on for bottomless mimosas, lots of lamb and the best hot cross buns around town at these worthwhile Easter brunch destinations in 2024.
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Menu: Easter Sunday might be the best time to visit Redbird, a Downtown restaurant housed inside a charming old cathedral. Available from 10am to 2pm, chef Neal Fraser's special holiday brunch menu includes your choice of appetizer and entrée. Highlights include cinnamon crunch French toast, and Basque baked eggs with short rib, blood sausage, piquillo peppers and cheese.
Price: $65 per person, $21 for children, not including beverage, tax and gratuity.
Reservations: Book via OpenTable.
Menu: Enjoy a luxurious Easter brunch with a side of ocean views at this Santa Monica hotel which will serve a special prix-fixe menu for the holiday. (Note that its usual á la carte brunch offerings will not be available.) Dine on big eye tuna crudo, crab, salmon gravlax with potato hash waffles and other sumptuous brunch bites before finishing with carrot-coconut cake, lemon cheesecake parfaits or an Easter egg chocolate ripple wreath for dessert.
Price: $125 per person, not including beverage, tax and gratuity.
Reservations: Book online via Resy.
Menu: This Burbank eatery with sweeping views of the Valley will offer a four-course Easter brunch menu with the option to add on $30 bottomless mimosas. Mix and match between mimosa flavors like dragonfruit watermelon and lavender lemonade and chow down on a family-style spread that includes chicken and waffles and lobster Benedict and a show-stopping dessert platter that includes Easter eggs, carrot cake, strawberry semifreddo and more surprises.
Price: $98 per adult, $35 per child plus beverage, tax and gratuity.
Reservations: Book online via OpenTable.
Menu: With breathtaking views of the Pacific from the terrace, this Palos Verdes resort eatery is perfect for a special occasion like Easter. Highlights from the three-course prix fixe Easter brunch include cavatelli with lamb ragú, whipped ricotta and black truffle and poached eggs with asparagus and cheese fondue. A $65 wine pairing is also available. (Terranea is also offering two other more family-friendly buffet spreads—one in the Palos Verdes Ballroom that includes an appearance by the Easter Bunny, and another at Catalina Kitchen, which also has scenic ocean views.)
Price: $135 per adult and $65 per child (ages 5–12), not including beverage, tax and gratuity.
Reservations: Call 844-242-0967 or book via Terranea's website.
Menu: This Century City brasserie is throwing a New Orleans-inspired Easter bash, complete with egg hunt and a parade led by the Easter Bunny. Menu highlights include a lobster omelet and a dessert buffet.
Price: A la carte.
Reservations: Book via OpenTable.
Menu: This longtime Brentwood steakhouse is serving a grand buffet-style Easter brunch complete with roving gelato and Bloody Mary carts and carving stations for prime rib, honey baked ham and roasted salmon. Chilled seafood options include freshly shucked oysters, jumbo shrimp, crab claws and scallops will also be available, as well as classic brunch dishes like French toast, eggs Benedict and more.
Price: $150 per adult and $50 per child, not including beverage, tax and gratuity.
Reservations: Book online via OpenTable.
Menu: On both Saturday, March 30 as well as Easter Sunday, this hotel restaurant in West Hollywood will serve an a la carte Easter brunch. Menu highlights include butter-poached lobster rolls, short rib hash and Dutch baby pancakes.
Price: To be announced.
Reservations: Book via OpenTable.
Menu: For an especially luxurious meal that’s still kid-friendly, head to the Langham Pasadena’s Huntington Ballroom for Easter, where a buffet-style brunch awaits with smoked fish, a poke station and chilled seafood. The prix fixe menu also includes an extravagant display of macarons, cakes, tarts and a chocolate fountain. (The Terrace will also host a slightly smaller spread that’s $140 for adults and $65 for children.) For the little ones, the hotel is also holding egg hunts in the Horseshoe Garden at 11am and 1pm, and all brunch guests will be able to take photos with the Easter Bunny.
Price: $190 per adult, $85 per child ages 4–12, plus beverages and applied 20% gratuity.
Reservations: Book online via OpenTable.
Menu: For those who would rather celebrate Easter at home, Santa Monica brunch staple Huckleberry will offer an array of spring-inspired entrées and holiday desserts for takeout and local delivery. Highlights include a maple-glazed Niman Ranch ham, quiche lorraine and even an adorable bird’s nest-inspired chocolate tart for a crowd—but kids of any age will likely prefer the DIY Easter egg-shaped decorating kit.
Reservations: Preorder via their website by March 27 at 3pm.
Menu: While this isn't an Easter brunch special, you'll find the holiday's famous hot cross buns from now through Easter Sunday at Zack Hall's fleet of bakeries—Brentwood, Echo Park, Larchmont—and Clark Street Diner in Hollywood. Tiny, fluffy and studded with dried fruit and baking spieces, the lightly iced buns are perfect seasonal treat to welcome spring.
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