Free-flowing bubbles, Spritzes and cocktails, plus a delicious spread? We're there
There’s a lot to love about bottomless brunch. Firstly – and perhaps the most obvious one – is the allure of free-flowing booze enjoyed with your best mates over a few glorious hours, be it Champagne, Aperols, Margaritas or beers.
Secondly, Sydney’s cafés and restaurants sure do put on a show with their bottomless brunch, with generous and delicious dishes, as our Food & Drink Editor Avril Treasure can attest to (and, she’s tried a lot). Plus, they’re excellent value, when you consider you get a feast and a bunch of tipples.
We’re collated our top bottomless brunch picks below, which include everything from pretty Middle Eastern restaurants to classic watering holes, chic wine bars and relaxed coastal eateries. Round up your gang, make a booking and get stuck in. Cheers!
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Price: $99 per person (for groups of four or more)
Time: Sat, from noon
What's on offer: The CBD’s swanky Charles Bar goes bottomless on Saturday lunches, with groovy DJs setting the mood. Enjoy three shared and delicious courses – think prawn cocktails with Marie Rose sauce, blue swimmer crab linguine with lobster butter, black oxheart tomato and fig salad, and pistachio tiramisu – alongside flowing seasonal Spritzes, sparkling, rosé, white and red wine. That’s 90 minutes of fun right there.
Price: $99 per person (for groups of four and more)
Time: Sat, from noon
What's on offer: Sydney’s sunkissed stalwart Watsons Bay Boutique Hotel has a two-hour bottomless brunch and honestly we reckon the waterfront spot is made for long and boozy lunches. Get amongst the flowing wines and beers (you can add cocktails if you wish for a bit more) with an Italian-leaning shared-style menu featuring antipasti, seafood and pasta. How good!
Price: $90 per person
Time: Sat, noon-3pm
What's on offer: Plate It Forward’s colourful Sri Lankan eatery Colombo Social is now doing bottomless brunch and we are on board. Come for a five-course feast featuring Colombo Social hits plus Sri Lankan snacks, paired with unlimited cocktails, wine, beer and soft drinks. And, you’ll be brunching for a good cause, as for every bottomless brunch diner, Plate it Forward will donate a meal to an asylum seeker in need. It’s brunch you can feel good about.
Price: $85 per person
Time: Thu-Sun, 11.30am, 1.45pm and 4pm
What's on offer: Have you been to Rocker for its bottomless brunch? If not, you need to – it rocks. At $85 per person, it’s well-priced, and includes bottomless Mimosas, sparkling wine, rosé and beer (you can opt to add Spritzes, Margaritas and other vino for extra), plus a share-style feast. The menu changes with the seasons, but you can expect to taste things like local burrata with sweet onion jam and pine nuts, house-made focaccia with sesame and honey, and free-range chicken, with heirloom tomatoes and smoked chicken jus.
Price: $95 per person
Time: Sat
What's on offer: Experience tropical disco vibes and good times at Surry Hills bar Tucano's with their disco bottomless brunch. Think bottomless Rośe Spritzes made with Archie Rose Straight Gin, wine, vermouth and bubbles – you can also order red and white wine, bubbles and beer, too – alongside eight tasty share plates and DJs spinning funky disco tunes. We’ll see you in the mirrored disco booth.
Price: $80 per person
Time: Sat, various times
What's on offer: Feast on delicious Vietnamese fare at Hello Auntie with the bottomless brunch, which includes share-style dishes and non-stop drinks. We love the sounds of black Angus rump tartare with fresh onion, braised shallots, capers, garlic and sesame emulsion; and the rice paper roll kit with vermicelli sheets, selection of barbecue meats, veggie spring rolls and pickles. Pair that with bottomless Passionfruit Grape Spritz, a Strawberry Lime Spritz or a Lychee Ginger Spritz.
Price: $99 per person
Time: Fri, Sat and Sun, noon-3pm
What's on offer: We don’t know about you, but Daiquiris taste like a holiday to us. If you’re also a fan, head along to Rosie Campbell's, a little slice of the Caribbean in Sydney, and enjoy bottomless Daiquiris and Piña Coladas paired with a five-course tropical feast. Think: flame-grilled jerk marinated chicken thigh with pineapple salsa and jerk sauce – yum. Plus, they have reggae DJs on the decks every Saturday. Fun!
Price: $99
Time: Sat 1-3.15pm
What's on offer: One of Sydney's OG wine bars – Mille Vini – throws a bottomless Limoncello Spritz Italian brunch every Saturday. Think two hours of unlimited Limoncello Spritz, Mimosas and wine, served with a five-course menu. Round up your gang.
Price: $150 per person
Time: Sat, noon-5pm
What's on offer: North Sydney’s stylish grill Poetica is offering a bottomless lunch on Saturdays with a three-course share-style meal and flowing drinks curated by a sommelier. Seriously – you won’t be drinking any old house wine. Instead, you can sip a 2016 vintage Chandon sparkling; Shaw and Smith sauvignon blanc; Shadowfax chardonnay; Escarpment pinot noir; and Spinifex shiraz. Feel like cocktails instead? There’s two available: an Espresso Martin and Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz Spritz.
Price: $89 per person
Time: Sat, noon-3pm
What's on offer: Cammeray’s Amalfi Coast-inspired restaurant Nico has a bottomless offering with twists on Italian classics alongside non-stop prosecco, house wines and beer. You may be dining on things like Nico's homemade focaccia; scallops with finger lime; housemade burrata with eggplant, cherry tomatoes and basil; and fresh pasta. End on Nico's signature lemon tiramisu to finish. Bellissimo.
Price: $119 per person
Time: Sat and Sun, noon-2.15pm
What's on offer: Come to Nour for a fantastic Middle Eastern feast with recurring motifs of tahini and yoghurt, pomegranate and saffron, chilli and charcoal. On the weekends they offer a bottomless brunch across 90 minutes, with includes their banquet menu, plus unlimited French rosé (to match the pretty pastel and soft-toned wood interiors) and beer.
Price: $99 per person
Time: Last weekend of every month, noon-5pm
What's on offer: Bondi’s peachy pan-Asian restaurant Lulu goes bottomless for the whole weekend at the end of the month. Come for bottomless bubbles, cocktails and a selection of Lulu’s most delicious dishes, enjoyed in the fun and chic dining room, found just up from Bondi Beach.
Price: From $85 per person
Time: Sat-Sun, 9-11.30am
What's on offer: Start your morning on the right note with a boozy brunch at Terrace on the Domain, which overlooks lush parklands. They offer a four-course shared feast, which may include plates like fresh fruit with yoghurt and berry compote, and poached eggs with smoked salmon, house pickle and lemon oil. Then you can choose what drinks you would like to pair it with including Aussie sparkling and Champagne.
Price: $89 per person
Time: Sat, 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm
What’s on offer: At the Winery, fairy lights twinkle over picturesque collections of garden benches, frangipani trees and sweet little cast-iron tables. It's a picturesque spot to gather your mates for a bottomless brunch. Every Saturday, you can dine on a three-course lunch, with ninety minutes of bottomless drinks. There's also a drag bottomless brunch on Sunday at 12.30pm with fab drag performances and lots of fun.
Price: $95 per person
Time: Sat, noon-4pm
What's on offer: Come on down to this Mediterranean-leaning wine bar and restaurant for bottomless lunch with sand between your toes. The offer includes a four-course meal with two hours of prosecco, vino, and Aperol Spritzes. And you can upgrade to include unlimited Negronis, Margaritas and Espresso Martinis for an extra 25 bucks.
Price: $89 per person
Time: Sat, 11am and 2pm
What's on offer: Barangaroo’s rooftop oasis slings a bottomless brunch on Saturdays with soulful live music. Cocktails, wine and beer are part of the two-hour package. Food wise, expect dishes like barbecue pulled shiitake mushrooms with chilli beans, fried tortilla chips, jalapeno, and slaw; and Southern style fried chicken with waffles, winter salsa, maple syrup and Frank's hot sauce.
Price: $120 per person
Time: Sat, 11am-2.30pm
What's on offer: Potts Point’s stunning French restaurant Franca has a pretty special brunch menu with two-hours of flowing drinks. Enjoy salmon gravlax, mini bagels, a choice of main and shared dessert, plus salad and potato hash. Want to go all out? There’s also a crumpets and caviar menu for extra, which does what it says it will and comes with crumpets and caviar, plus mini crab rolls, a main and shared dessert. Enjoy with flowing Veuve. A lavish brunch? Perhaps. Incredibly delicious? Absolutely.
Price: $109 per person (for groups of four and more)
Time: Every day, noon-3pm
What's on offer: Phylli's is the name of the dining room at the revamped Forrester's on Riley Street, where you can book brunch in front of the garden mural, or under the baskets of hanging plants. Settle in for a long lunch with dishes including lamb kofta and mint yoghurt, barbecue chicken with hot sauce, and broccolini with tahini and chilli oil. Plus, two-hours of bottomless Frozen Margs, prosecco and beers. Cheers.
Price: $85 per person
Time: Sat and sun, from 10am
What's on offer: Cosy up in one of the brightly lit booths for a modern European-inspired feast of focaccia, basil oil buratta, steak frites and crab gnocchi. Yum. Drinks include free-flowing Mimosas, Bloody Marys, sparkling wine and beer.
Price: $89 per person
Time: Daily, noon-4pm
What's on offer: The historic Art Deco pub offers bottomless brunch everyday. In groups of four and more, you can enjoy a modern Asian share-style menu with dishes like salt and pepper squid, and prawn wontons with ginger, shallots and coriander. Plus, free-flowing Mimosas, Bellinis, wines and beers across two hours.
Price: $110 per person
Time: Fri-Sun, from noon
What's on offer: Tucked away near the base of the Harbour Bridge in Milsons Point is Loulou, a French bistro with a few timely twists. On Friday and the weekends they offer bottomless white, red, and rosé wine with fine French fare over two hours for lunch. Think grilled spatchcock with sauce colbert (made from butter, lemon and herbs) and a whole roasted rainbow trout with sauce Provencal (made with tomatoes and garlic). You don’t need to ask us twice.
Price: $130 per person
Time: Sat, noon-4pm
What’s on offer: On Saturdays, head down to this CBD restaurant and settle in for a five-course shared menu featuring plates like stuffed zucchini flowers with preserved lemon and ricotta; and grain fed steak with roast spuds. Pair that with flowing drinks – bubbles, Mimosas, house wine and beers – set to the soulful sounds of live music. Seated bopping is highly encouraged.
Price: $95 per person
Time: Sat-Sun, 11am-1pm
What's on offer: This Paddington pub gets up a little earlier than usual on weekends to host a two-course brunch with matching bottomless cocktails, including Mimosas, Bloody Marys, and 4 Pines Pacific Ale over two hours. Head to the Royal for city views from a sunkissed rooftop that you'll want to linger all morning over. If you've got nothing on, you can add on an extra hour of bottomless booze for $35 each.
Price: $95 per person
Time: Sat-Sun from 9am
What's on offer: Located in the lush Royal Botanic Gardens, Botanic House serves food with big flavours and lots of soul by legendary chef Luke Nguyen. They offer a $45 set menu, which includes traditional Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk; a selection of mixed dumplings; and honey grilled pork baos with pickled veggies. For an extra $45, you can pair your brunch with flowing Bandini Prosecco, with Mimosas and Spritzes an additional cost.
Price: $95 per person
Time: Sat Sun, noon-3pm
What's on offer: Free flowing drinks, food and banging tunes? Sounds pretty good to us. Well, you can get that at Rekodo Restaurant and Vinyl Bar at Barangaroo House with their Jukebox Bottomless package. Sip on flowing wine and Prosecco with snacks that you choose. Plus, you get to be the jukebox and choose whatever music you want to listen to. More info here.
Price: $89 per person (for groups of four and more)
Time: Fri dinner, Sat and Sun, lunch and dinner
What's on offer: Come to SoCal for sunny surf energy, Californian food and a touch of fiesta. And their bottomless brunch – which includes two-hours of bottomless French rosé, prosecco, beer, and a welcome cocktail upon arrival. You'll have that with a colourful banquet, including a DIY taco platter made up of chicken tinga and pork carnitas with green tomato salsa, crema, habanero, pickled onion, coriander, mint, chicharron and tortillas.
Price: $79 per person
Time: Daily, noon-1.30pm
What's on offer: Knock back Aperol Spritzes, Belinis and sparkling wine at Wild Sage during their bottomless brunch, which runs for an hour-and-a-half daily. Pair it with plates including pumpkin hummus, roasted cauliflower, lobster tacos and more. More info here.
Price: From $95 per person
Time: Sat-Sun, until 2pm
What's on offer: Found in the pretty Queen Victoria Building, Reign is the CBD’s very own Champagne bar. And we reckon it sounds like a rocking place to knock back a Champagne, or three. Come along for the free flowing brunch which comes with non-stop tipples paired with snacks like chive crumpets with cod egg cream and bottarga; and potato gnocchi with sauteed greens and parmesan sauce. Make it Reign.
Price: $68 per person
Time: Sat 11am-12.30pm
What’s on offer: Knock back meze and bottomless Mimosas at rooftop bar Babylon. Snacks may include the likes of tabbouleh with freekeh, peppers, parsley, green tomatoes, and lemon; house-made falafel with tahini sauce, dukkah and lemon; and woodfired chicken skewers, with tomato, kisir (a bulgur based salad) and yoghurt. And Turkish delight for dessert (yum).
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