The best bottomless brunches in London

The newest branch of smokehouse chain Temper, the Paddington Basin site is getting stuck into all things bottomless with non-stop drinks for £29 a head. Chow down on Latin American fusion food from the a la carte menu and add on 90 minutes of freeflow libations, from white and red wine to prosecco, Asahi lager or red gin fizz and lychilli margarita cocktails every Saturday from 12pm-3.30pm.

Price: £29 for 90 minutes of booze. Food is billed separately. 

When the original, ultra-sleek Standard hotel opened in LA, it was a place for hyped bands to stay and for the city’s scenesters to party at super-exclusive disco nights. It’s no wonder, then, that its King’s Cross outpost feels very, very hip. Its restaurant Double Standard – with its sleazy ’70s aesthetic and dive-bar menu – is a big ol’ part of that. On Sundays, it hosts bottomless brunch, with unlimited fizz and a brunch burger with jalpeno slaw (plus American classics like banana pancakes). It’s also got a very nice, sunny terrace if eating breakfast in a space that screams ‘4am afterparty’ feels wrong.

Price: £27.50 for unlimited mimosas and prosecco for two hours. Food priced separately. Sunday 12pm to 4pm.

Rise and shine in Shoreditch with a menu of Aussie-leaning brunch treats – from BBQ beef brisket hash and avocado poke bowls to coffee and cream French toast and smash avo on sourdough. Speaking of smashed, guests can choose from bottomless mimosas for classic brunch vibes or go classy with prosecco a-flowing. Lantana is sympathetic to the teetotallers too, offering coffee and juices on tap. And with its Aussie roots, you know the coffee will be bonzer.

Price: £46 per person with bottomless prosecco, mimosas and coffee with any brunch item. £39 with unlimited juices and coffee. Saturday and Sunday, 9am to 4pm. 90-minute time limit.

Toast devotees, shield your eyes – the menu at this Peckham restaurant offers Taiwanese takes on brunch classics with the traditional bready carbs replaced by Mr Bao’s soft ’n’ springy milk-white steamed buns. The bacon bao is the pick of the bunch and there's a veggie option with teriyaki shiitake mushrooms. Whatever you choose, at least one punchier-than-average Bloody Mary is non-negotiable. Food comes individually priced, and you add unrelenting booze for a hour a pop on top.

Price: £18-22 per hour for bottomless cocktails. 

Koko’s chic art deco-styled new restaurant is definitely worth a visit in order to sample the bottomless brunch. Food ranges from an oozing salt beef and mustard bagel that a New Yorker would die for, to Sicillian baked eggs, pancakes with Nutella and whipped ricotta, or a seriously gooey mac and cheese. Enjoy all this while bopping along to the smoothest 1990s R&B, disco and soul. Who doesn’t want their eggs with a side of Destiny’s Child?

Price: From £40 per person for a main and side or dessert, and bottomless mimosas or Bloody Marys. It's £50 if you want to go for a variety of spritzes. 

This two course bottomless brunch lets you pick whatever you fancy from a savoury menu, followed by a sweet and throws endless fizz into the mix. Choose from fancy bacon rolls, banana bread sandiwches, and the ubiquitous smashed avo on toast. We're here for The Dirty Daisy; tater tots slathered with chipotle sourcream, cheese, chorizo, egg, green tomato and avocado salsa, refried black beans and pink pickled onions.

Price: £49.90 per person, or £35 for the 'Tea-Total' option, which comes with sparking Kombucha. 

Angel's sprawling 411 is a rowdy all-day eating and drinking spot, and Saturdays are when things get serious. Picante cocktails are bottomless, and you can get classic US-style brunch food such as chicken & waffles and eggs benedict, or go fully into sloppy weekend mode and score a pizza, with five flavour options named after the boroughs of New York City. 

Price: £40 for any main brunch dish plus endless picantes. 

The very swanky The Aubrey – which takes its name from the darkly decadent Victorian-era illustrator Aubrey Beardsley – one of the fancier options around. This lavish fine dining Japanese joint does a bountiful brunch every Friday to Sunday, with two hours of free-flowing booze to wash down the likes of okonomiyaki, matcha french toast and Tokyo eggs royale. Chic as hell. 

Price: £50 per person for bottomless cocktails for two hours, £70 for cocktails and sake, and £95 for cocktails, sake and Champagne. Food is priced separately. 

Timing is of the essence at The Blues Kitchen, where the bottomless deal on rum punch or prosecco runs for 90 minutes every Saturday and Sunday. Food is southern-ish, with eggs however you like them on sourdough toast, alongside your pick of bacon, sausage, spinach, roast tomato, avocado, miso mushrooms, halloumi, baked beans, potato hash, and veggie sausage. You can also wash down your booze with huevos rancheros and fluffy buttermilk pancakes. The Brixton and Shoreditch branches also offer the same boozy deal. 

Price: £35 for a main and bottomless drinks.

Bourne & Hollingsworth does bottomless brunch in its purest form. The venue? A light-drenched conservatory filled with ferns and palms. The menu? Two courses of simple breakfast food – smoothie bowls, pancakes, avo on toast, hash browns – alongside as many bellinis, Bloody Marys, fizz or spritzes as you can handle, plus hot drinks. It’s a formula that’s been copied across the city, but this lot do it properly. Prices go up depending on what booze you pick. 

Price: £42.50/44.50

After a heavy Saturday night, what do hardcore caners do? They carry on the party somewhere where the sun don’t shine and where the rock music doesn’t spare their tender eardrums. The Flesh & Buns brunch is a no-brainer for postponing and minimising your oncoming hangover, with a selection of chips, dips and edamame plus a choice of sharing plates such as Korean fried wings, plus as much hair of the dog as you can stomach (lager, prosecco, red or white wine) to ease the pain (for now). It’s not a traditional brunch menu by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s all tasty ballast.

Price: £40 per person.

Few London restaurants channel big holiday energy like El Pirata. The luxury Mayfair spot has the vibe of a fancy joint on a Spanish city break. Bottomless brunch is more about snacking on very good small plates – padron peppers, tortilla, prawns with chilli, garlic and olive oil – than eating and drinking yourself into a stupor. The booze add on is an hour and a half of non-stop sangria.

Price: £31pp - minimum two people - for food, add on £25 for bottomless sangria for 90 minutes. Saturday 12-3pm.

Inject some colour into your mid-morning feasting, with the prettiest Peruvian plates paired with bottomless prosecco. That booze also goes well with sharing plates of sea bream tiradito, fried aubergine with smoked yoghurt or Pachamama’s signature brunch waffles – the sweet version topped with peanut butter, grilled plantain, coconut and Peruvian chocolate is a must-try. If you’re missing the famous full English, order up the bacon, egg and yacon syrup waffle while you jam to bachata beats.

Price: £35 for bottomless prosecco, £38 for bottomless mimosas. Food is priced separately. 

The perfect brunch-time distraction for culture vultures who have bookmarked a weekend meet-up with friends and a visit to Tate Modern or the South Bank, Sea Containers’ waterside dining room offers a sharing deal in maritime-themed, trompe l’oeil surrounds. The menu goes on a transatlantic cruise, stopping off for buttermilk fried chicken bagel or a poshed-up mac ’n’ cheese with pulled pork. 

Price: £19 for bottomless prosecco or Bloody Marys. £65 for Laurent Perrier La Cuvée. All brunch items priced individually. Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays, noon to 4pm. 90-minute time limit.

Broaden your brunching horizons at the flagship branch of the Argentinian steakhouse tucked away near Regent Street. Its big on aesthetics: all modernist-style furniture and glitzy-glam decor. Looks aside, go for the South-American inspired brunch where your tastebuds will be similarly dazzled with the likes of Argentinian sausages, prawn tostadas, empanadas and beetroot ceviche. For mains there's Gaucho’s signature marinated churrasco de cuadrill or brunch burger.

Price: £70 (booze-free £50).