Best Brunch Spots In Los Angeles

While Los Angeles offers world class dining both for lunch and dinner, it also offers many of the best places around to get your favorite egg or pancake dishes. From West Hollywood to Venice and Manhattan Beach, brunch is the new lunch, especially on the weekends. So, whether you're searching for the perfect omelete, some amazing pancakes or just a simple scramble, we have your guide to the best places in Los Angeles to relax and have a delicious brunch.

Sawyer
3709 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(323) 641-3709
www.sawyerlosangeles.com

For those looking for great brunch in a charming restaurant, look no further than Silverlake's Sawyer. With floral wallpaper, antique looking plates, and a lively interior, Sawyer offers a delicious brunch full of favorites, including their Breakfast Sandwich with smoked pork loin, sunny eggs, American cheese, spicy mayo, arugula on Hawaiian bread, their chicken & waffles with a tasty chipotle maple glaze, as well as their sunny side hash, and the Sawyer Frites. The patio is a main draw here as well. Sip on a bellini, a bloody mary or other brunch cocktails as you dine under the sunshine. Sawyer's brunch menu also features tasty eats including their Sawyer Burger with grafton cheddar, tomato relish, and kennebec fries, their breakfast burrito, and blueberry pancakes.

Gjelina
1429 Abbot Kinney Blvd
Venice, CA 90291
(310) 450-1429
www.gjelina.com

With the vibe of a hip, rustic urban chalet and a dining room full of Abbot Kinney's beautiful people, Gjelina feels like it may have been curated by the coolest gallery owner in town. The eclectic brunch menu gives a similar sensation. It runs the gamut from light lemon ricotta pancakes to an intensely savory smoked mozzarella and bottarga pizza to a hearty platter of fried eggs and prosciutto. There is a shared element of smart, soul-satisfying deliciousness. No matter what order, you should begin with what is one of the finest scones in town.

Cuvee
145 N Robertson Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90048
(310) 271-4333
www.mycuvee.com

With some of the best people watching anywhere in Los Angeles coupled with delicious fare, Cuvée is one of the staple restaurants on famed Robertson Boulevard. The restaurant offers a terrific brunch menu daily with mouth watering dishes including eggs, Hawaiian style french toast, a chicken chorizo omelete and our favorite, the banana nut pancakes. Aside from breakfast items, this eatery also offers sandwiches, wraps, salads, entrees, pizza and more to choose from. And, if that wasn't enough, Cuvée Robertson features mimosas and an awe-inspiring wine cellar full of some of the best wines and champagnes found anywhere in the world to get your brunch started. While Cuvée serves brunch daily until 10:30am on the weekdays, their weekend hours extend the delicious selections until 5pm on Saturdays and Sundays.

Wexler's Deli
616 Santa Monica Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(424) 744-8671
www.wexlersdeli.com

Wexler's Deli, with locations at Grand Central Market in downtown, as well as in Santa Monica serves up delicious bagel related brunch dishes that will have you coming back for more. Led by chef Micah Wexler, he has redefined what the Jewish Deli culture with his modern take on deli classics. With rave reviews coming in from everywhere, the famed chef serves up bagels, smoked fish, and other meats which smoked and crafted in-house. You can also get pastrami and corned beef sandwiches served on rye-bread and bagels baked to Chef Wexler's specifications. His paper thin lox and house smoked pastrami have drawn crowds to both locations like The O.G., Reuben, and Ruskie, along with a few new additions to the smoked fish offerings that will only be available in Santa Monica, including Pastrami Lox, Smoked Trout, as well as Dana's Matzo Ball Soup, and chocolate babka.

Huckleberry
1014 Wilshire Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 451-2311
www.huckleberrycafe.com

The weekend line at Santa Monica's most happening café/bakery Huckleberry is at first intimidating, but it also buys you time to decide which of star pastry chef Zoe Nathan's sublimely delicious treats will sate your sweet tooth. A Valrhona chocolate croissant perhaps? The cake-like cinnamon donut? With that decision made, it's on to the main course, chosen from a rotating menu of seasonal sensations, including the signature Green Eggs and Ham, (La Quercia proscuiotto, pesto, and arugula on a housemade English muffin.) With so many delicious options, by the time you reach the counter to order, you may find yourself wishing for more time to make up your mind.

Bottega Louie has fast become one of Angeleno's favorite downtown eateries to nosh on some of the best food found in the city. If you haven't made it past the macaroons when you first enter the restaurant, you should make a reservation today for brunch at this delicious restaurant. Bottega Louie offers up a weekday breakfast as well as a weekend brunch with traditional fare such as the eggs benedict, farmers market breakfast as well as pizzas, sandwiches and more. While the noise level is bordering on loud at this stark white walled eatery, the excellent food more than makes up for it. Make sure to leave some room for dessert after and stop by the macaroon counter for some delightful treats to take on your way out!

MB Post
1142 Manhattan Ave.
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
(310) 545-5405
www.eatmbpost.com

Ask anyone who has ever eaten at this brunch hotspot and they will tell you hands down that it is the best brunch they've ever had. What's good? Literally everything. And the cocktails are just as and delicious. Located right off the beach, MB Post offers up a minimalist decor paired with some of the most flavorful brunch dishes found anywhere. Sit at one of the high-rise communal tables in front of the bar or the longer cafeteria like tables in the main room and order from favorites like their classic eggs benedict with a lovely hollandaise sauce or their ricotta stuffed french toast which comes with brooks cherries and almonds. Other standouts include their corned beef cheek hash, and their bacon cheddar buttermilk biscuits. The food, which is meant to share, is brought out in skillets and you can't go wrong ordering anything on this inventive menu. Their brunch menu also offers up hand-crafted cocktails like 'Last Rites' which is a sangria that comes with pear, hibiscus and other great ingredients.

The Griddle Cafe
7916 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323) 874-0377
www.thegriddlecafe.com

The Griddle Cafe serves up some of the tastiest pancakes in a myriad of over the top combinations that will make your mouth water. Although you may be waiting to get your chance to bite into these delicious brunch favorites, it is absolutely worth the wait. Once you are finally seated, you'll be treated to extra large pancakes stacked three high with an array of toppings and stylings. While everyone seems to have their favorite here, some standouts are the "Banana Nana" which comes with brown sugar baked bananas cooked inside a buttermilk batter as well as their "Golden Ticket" which comes with caramel, walnuts and streusel.

Jar
8225 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 655-6566
www.thejar.com

The Sunday brunch at Suzanne Tracht's Jar takes the best of the restaurant's dinner menu and transforms it into morning fare. Her famous pot roast miraculously metamorphoses into breakfast hash. The lobster béarnaise makes an appearance on a rich lobster Benedict with a bit of char sui pork. Sirloin? Served with eggs of course. It's breakfast, lunch, and dinner in one delicious package.

Square One Dining
4854 Fountain Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90029
(323) 661-1109
www.squareonedining.com

While the location, in the shadows of the looming Church of Scientology and a large Kaiser Permanente complex, may be a bit foreboding, Square One Dining overcomes any problems of real estate by checking all the boxes to make for a cheerfully soothing brunch option. Good coffee? Check. They've got Intelligentsia. Outdoor seating? Check. There's a spacious patio. And the most important square of all, a menu that hits all of the brunch essentials, including eggs, grits, bacon, and decadent French Toast with bourbon-pecan topping.