Nourishing, pampering and essential for fuelling your body first thing, breakfast is, as no doubt your parents told you, the most important meal of the day. But it’s not just about cereals and eggs, you know — there’s a whole world of exciting morning meals out there. We celebrate the annual national Farmhouse Breakfast Week (25-31 January) with a comprehensive guide to breakfasts from around the world, available right here in London. From Danish rye bread porridge and Ethiopian flatbread in spicy sauce, to Mexican sweetcorn fritters and French lobster imperial, we’ve included them all. So why not try a different breakfast each week for the next few months.
Austrian
Fischer’s
Austrian grostl at Fischer’s — paprika-fried potatoes and onions, bacon and fried egg
Opened last year, this smart all-day mittel-European restaurant, based on the old European grand café tradition, serves a fabulous selection of Austrian breakfast dishes. There’s top-quality viennoiserie freshly baked on site, hot food including pancakes and rösti, plus cereals, fruit, and a not-to-be-missed range of coffees and hot chocolates. A full Viennese breakfast of smoked ham, beef sausage, salami, gouda cheese, boiled egg and pretzel will set you back £10.50.
50 Marylebone Street, W1
The Delaunay
Another all-day grand European café from Chris Corbin and Jeremy King, this much-adored venue serves a similar breakfast to its younger sister Fischer’s — but with additional specialities, such as oatmeal soufflé with pear compote, grilled kipper with mustard butter, and cured and slightly smoked Kassler ham with fried egg. The coffee comes with whipped cream; and time seems to slow right down while you linger over newspapers.
55 Aldwych, WC2
Kipferl
Named after the classic crescent-shaped nut biscuits, this casual café migrated from a small site in Barbican to a larger space in Islington, and also has another branch in Kensington. Both serve breakfast, but the options vary. In Islington, for instance, you can tuck into potatoes fried with onions, bacon and egg, smoked salmon with herbed quark and rye bread, Austrian-style French toast with fruit compote, apple and cinnamon, ‘mountain cheese’ omelette with rye bread, and more. Both branches serve a set Viennese breakfast of semmel (wagon wheel-shaped bread rolls) with jam, honey, tea/coffee and orange juice for £7.20.
20 Camden Passage N1 and 95 Golborne Road W10
Peruvian
Andina
Quinoa porridge with amaranth, fresh fruit and purple corn syrup at Andina
Martin Morales’s cheerful Shoreditch venue is a modern picanteria: an all-day restaurant serving naturally healthy food and drink inspired by the Peruvian Andes. Breakfast includes quinoa porridge with amaranth, fresh fruit and purple corn syrup, crisp Andean toast with tomato jam, smoked trout with poached egg, quinoa pancake, asparagus and amarillo chilli sauce, and much more. There’s also a ‘full Peruvian’ (£10) consisting of fried eggs, pork skin chicharrón, quinoa pancake, wild mushrooms, grilled tomato, avocado and toast. Their juice bar serves freshly pressed juices, superfood smoothies and their own-blend Peruvian coffee. There are also unusual teas, such as one made from artichokes, ‘starflower’ and dandelion. Andean ‘power’ drinks include fuerza (amaranth, quinoa, apple, cinnamon, milk and maca), and hot emoliente (barley, linseed, alfalfa and quince).
1 Redchurch Street, E2
Middle Eastern
Honey & Co
Can’t get a table at husband-and-wife Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich’s dizzyingly popular Fitzrovia favourite? Us neither. So breakfast is your best bet. Go early to sample the delights of properly made shakshuka (eggs baked with spicy tomato sauce), roasted aubergine with tahini and fried egg on pitta, and toasted fig, orange and walnut loaf with marmalade. There’s also a ‘big breakfast’ to share for £14.50 per person, encompassing a selection of breads, tomato and feta salad, olives, pickles, a couple of dips, own-made jam, ashura (porridge-like whole grain cereal), yoghurt, fresh fruit and eggs.
25a Warren Street, W1
Arabica Bar & Kitchen
Start your Borough Market shopping morning with a hearty breakfast at this acclaimed restaurant owned by the Arabica food brand. Choose from spiced porridge with apple, tahini, almonds and pecans, saffron-poached pear with yoghurt, nuts and seeds, and a wonderful selection of spicy egg dishes. There’s also full Lebanese breakfast (£12) which includes a selection of Middle Eastern cheeses, boiled egg, tomato, baby cucumber, mint, olives and man’ousheh (flatbread topped with herbs and spices). This is one of the few places in London where you can find ful medames — classic Egyptian spicy broad beans — correctly served at breakfast. To drink, there’s Turkish coffee and several fragrant hot and cold beverages.
3 Rochester Walk, SE1
Indian
The Cinnamon Club
This classically handsome restaurant located inside the former Westminster Library was one of the first in the capital to serve an Indian breakfast. The delicious, regularly changing menu may include uttappam (South Indian rice pancakes with pizza-like toppings) served with coconut chutney and lentil sambar broth, kedgeree, spiced omelette and Bombay-style scrambled eggs with layered paratha (flatbread). Expect to see an MP or two at the next table.
30-32 Great Smith Street, SW1
Dishoom
Dishoom’s massively popular bacon naan roll with cream cheese and chilli tomato jam
A glittering homage to the diminishing ‘Irani cafés’ (set up by Iranian immigrants) of Bombay, this mini-chain has recently opened a third branch in King’s Cross. Few Indian restaurants in London offer a separate breakfast menu with such an extensive choice, so treat yourself to their famous bacon, egg or sausage naan roll featuring freshly baked naan, cream cheese and chilli tomato jam; or the classic ‘bun maska’ in which a toasted bun is stuffed with a slice of butter and dipped into masala chai. Spicy Bombay omelette is not to be missed; and other eggy delights include fried eggs on chilli-cheese toast, Parsi-style spicy scrambled eggs, and chicken mince and chicken liver topped with fried eggs. To drink, there’s breakfast lassi, breakfast cocktail and a range of teas, including the hugely popular chocolate chai.
5 Stable Street N1, 7 Boundary Street E2 and 12 Upper St Martin’s Lane WC2
Saravanna Bhavan
Famous South Indian ‘tiffin’ snacks such as dosa (rice and lentil pancakes) and idli (steamed rice cakes) are meant to be eaten for breakfast. In India, you would grab them from a local teashop on your way to work, or congregate in a tiny café and eat hurriedly, standing up. Although there are several South Indian restaurant chains in London, few are open for breakfast. This bright, no-frills vegetarian chain with several branches in Greater London, is an exception: it’s open for breakfast, and serves dozens of tiffin classics. Expect plenty of variation on the rice, lentil and semolina theme, and steamed or fried dishes with soft and crunchy textures.
115-127 Cranbrook Road IG1, 300 High Street North E12, 403 Alexandra Avenue HA2, 97 South Road UB1, 22 & 22A Ealing Road HA0 and 254 Upper Tooting Road SW17
Sakoni’s
Hugely popular with Indian families (though we’ve also spotted the odd restaurant critic, newspaper editor and TV celebrity here), this basic Gujarati vegetarian café has branches in Wembley and Hayes. The Wembley one serves an ‘eat as much as you like’ buffet breakfast at weekends for a mere £6 per person. You’ll find old-school Gujarati classics such as poori-bhaji (puffed deep-fried breads with spicy potatoes), jalebi-ganthiya (sweet spirals in sticky sugar syrup accompanied by savoury cracked pepper-flecked chickpea flour nuggets) and masala chai. There are also a few traditional South Indian breakfast dishes.
127-129 Ealing Road HA0 and 1-3 Uxbridge Road UB4
Spanish
Camino
Ensconced within a ‘secret courtyard’ close to King’s Cross station, this bustling branch of a mini-chain of Spanish restaurants and bars is, quite literally, a hidden gem. It’s one of the few in the capital to serve traditional Spanish breakfast. There’s plenty to choose from: Basque-style scrambled eggs with salted cod and toasted mollete (soft white bread roll from Andalusia), a range of tortillas, Spanish toasted sandwiches and churros con chocolate. There’s also a ‘full Spanish’ (£7) comprising eggs fried in olive oil, chorizo, bacon, morcilla (blood sausage) and roasted piquillo peppers. The drinks list is imaginative, and includes horchata (Valencian tiger nut milk), Spanish hot chocolate and espresso with condensed milk that’s a speciality of the Canary Islands. A variety of hams, cheeses and aged vinegars are also available, along with sweet treats like star anise and almond biscuits. A few items like Andalusian toast with own-made jam are available to take away.
3 Varnishers Yard, N1
Australian
Lantana
Named after an Australian plant, these tiny cafés in Fitzrovia and Shoreditch are acclaimed for their sunny Aussie breakfasts. You’ll find dishes as simple as white sourdough toast with Vegemite, and as elaborate as sautéed wild mushrooms on potato bread with crumbled baked ricotta, crispy parsley and fried egg. And you gotta love a place that sells cakes for breakfast.
13 Charlotte Place W1 and Unit 2, 1 Oliver’s Yard EC1
Granger & Co
The casual, relaxed vibe at Bill Granger’s Notting Hill and Clerkenwell restaurants is the main draw, and both venues are renowned for breakfasts with a modern Australian sensibility. The must-try dishes are scrambled eggs and ricotta hotcakes — both of which have enjoyed a cult following in Granger’s Sydney restaurants. There’s also a ‘full Aussie’ (£13.80) that includes scrambled eggs, sourdough toast, bacon, cumin-roast tomato, miso chestnut mushrooms and chipolatas. There’s an imaginative range of cereals too, and freshly pressed juices and soft drinks.
50 Sekforde Street EC1 and 175 Westbourne Grove W11
German
Herman Ze German
Sausages made at a family butcher in the Black Forest are the main draw at this lively, centrally-located mini-chain of German deli-cafés. For breakfast, they serve hearty leberkäse rolls with mustard. This German speciality — literally meaning ‘liver cheese’ — is traditionally made from minced corned beef, pork, bacon and onions baked into a loaf until crusty. To drink, there’s Union hand-roasted coffee.
19 Villiers Street WC2, 33 Old Compton Street W1 and 43 Charlotte Street W1
Mexican
Wahaca
Wahaca’s sweetcorn fritters with avocado mash, roast chipotle salsa, slow roasted tomatoes and crema
Thomasina Miers’s buzzy, vibrantly decorated Mexican chain, with branches all over London, serves breakfast in its Great Portland Street restaurant. There’s a colourful range of traditional and modern dishes, such as huevos rancheros (here, blue corn tortillas with fried eggs, frijoles and red and green sauces), Mexican scrambled eggs, breakfast baps with smoked salmon or bacon, breakfast burritos and that 21st century cult classic, avocado toast. Don’t miss sweetcorn fritters topped with avocado mash, roast chipotle salsa, slow-roast tomatoes and crema. Delicious drinks include Mexican hot chocolate, and freshly pressed juices and smoothies, such as one made with almond milk chia seeds, dates and bananas.
26-28 Great Portland Street, W1
Habanera
Decorated with bright urban street art, this lively Mexican taco and tequila bar serves contemporary spicy treats for early risers. Try ‘avocado breakfast’ featuring poached egg with avocado and lime on rye, buttermilk waffles with blueberries, agave syrup and hibiscus reduction, and tacos with blackened salmon, avocado, sweetcorn, coriander and lime. There’s a great selection of hot and cold drinks, including Mexican cinnamon and rice drink, tamarind soda, and hibiscus and cranberry fizz.
280 Uxbridge Road, W12
Scandinavian
Snaps & Rye
Owned by a local couple, this new, achingly hip Danish café in Notting Hill sells food, books, gifts and crockery. On its breakfast menu is traditional rye bread porridge known as øllebrød; and own-made Danish pastries such as tebirkes (puffed marzipan-filled butter pastries with poppy seeds) and spandauer (the more familiar variety with pastry cream).
93 Golborne Road, W10
Cooper & Woolf
Its name might sound quintessentially English, but this family-run café in Lower Clapton, overlooking Millfields Park, cooks Swedish recipes that have been handed down through generations. Morning eats include Swedish fish roe spread with a boiled egg on crispbread or toast, and oatmeal porridge with grated apple, cinnamon and sweet Swedish syrup.
145 Chatsworth Road, E5
Curious Yellow Kafe
This funky café with outdoor seating serves Swedish and British dishes — including a weekends-only Scandinavian breakfast. Treat yourself to gravlax with ham, cheese, pâté, gherkins and crudités, all served with a selection of Swedish breads.
77 Pitfield Street, N1
Scandinavian Kitchen
This bright deli sells a wide range of groceries from Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Its on-site café serves a small number of Scandinavian breakfast dishes, including Nordic porridge with chopped apples and sticky sugar paste, breads with Scandinavian cheeses, and rye bread with Scandi cream cheese and jam.
61 Great Titchfield Street, W1
Nordic Bakery
This stylish mini-chain has three branches in central London. They’re open early, so you can pop in and buy (or sit down to eat) delicious cinnamon or cardamom buns, butter buns, almond twists, cakes in flavours like coffee, almond or dates, assorted salads, Finnish potato pies, large pancakes, oat bake with blueberries and raspberries, and much more. Sandwiches are also available in flavours like Danish salami, herring and gravlax.
14a Golden Square W1, 37b New Cavendish Street W1 and 48 Dorset Street W1
Turkish
Istanbul Restaurant
Popular with local Turkish families, this colourful Stoke Newington restaurant is one of the best in the capital for Turkish breakfast. Along with traditional menemen (pan-fried eggs with tomatoes, onions, green peppers and herbs), there’s a full Turkish breakfast (£7.50) consisting of Turkish bread with honey, jam, feta, olives, tomatoes, cucumber, fried egg and tea. Even more impressive is the ‘village breakfast’ for two (£14.95): hot bread with pan-fried eggs, garlic sausage, feta, halloumi, goats cheese, honey, cream, quince jam, cherry jam, olives, tomatoes, cucumber and Turkish tea. On Sundays, there’s a large buffet breakfast (£4.95 child/£8.95 adult) with over 50 items, including cheeses, eggs, olives, jams, pastries and hot and cold drinks.
9 Stoke Newington Road, N16
Nar Café & Bistro
Stoke Newington Church Street is home to many characterful cafes and restaurants, and this contemporary Mediterranean venue is no exception. On its breakfast menu are ‘eggs Istanbul’ featuring poached eggs and sucuk (spicy sausages) served with hollandaise sauce and toasted muffin, menemen with various optional extra toppings, and çilbir (poached eggs with garlicky yoghurt topped with hot paprika-infused melted butter). There’s also a great selection of teas, juices, smoothies and milkshakes.
35 Stoke Newington Church Street, N16
Sofra
This mini-chain of centrally-located contemporary Turkish restaurants serves breakfasts with a modern Mediterranean touch. Try scrambled eggs with feta or spicy sausage, traditional menemen, or pide bread toasted sandwiches with assorted fillings such as halloumi.
5 Langham Place W1, 36 Tavistock Street WC2, 18 Shepherd Street W1 and 1 St Christopher’s Place W1
Ethiopian and Eritrean
Blue Nile
Located in Finsbury Park, this homely Ethiopian and Eritrean restaurant — recommended by some of London’s Ethiopian food writers — serves a menu of breakfast dishes rarely seen elsewhere. Try shredded flatbread in hot berbere sauce and clarified butter, injera bread mixed with spicy tomato and onion sauce, and hearty chicken or lamb soup with vegetables.
182 Seven Sisters Road, N7
Japanese
Monocle Café
Monocle Cafe’s Japanese breakfast
Located bang opposite the Chiltern Firehouse, this cool, minimalist offshoot of the trendy Monocle magazine is a lovely place to linger with a book. Their Japanese breakfast of rice cube stuffed with tuna, tofu ‘cheese’ with sesame, egg roll, Japanese pickles, miso soup and salad is great value at £8. They also serve a set Scandinavian breakfast, to-die-for cardamom buns, muesli and more.
18 Chiltern Street, W1
Montcalm Hotel
In common with many top hotels, The Montcalm — a cluster of boutique 5-star hotels in central London and the City — serves a Japanese bento breakfast (£29) in its Crescent restaurant in Marble Arch. On the menu are teriyaki salmon, Japanese omelette, poached eggs with ‘Japanese sauce’, simmered vegetables, Japanese pickles, nori seaweed, fresh fruit, rice and miso soup. The restaurant also serves an impressive choice of other international breakfasts: English, Continental, American, South American, Arabic, Russian and Indian — all very traditional and reasonably priced.
34-40 Great Cumberland Place, W1
Wagamama
As the capital’s original Japanese canteen (innovative and ground-breaking in its day), Wagamama needs no introduction. Its Heathrow Terminal 5 branch serves a breakfast menu of ‘traditional’ (European) and ‘adventurous’ (contemporary Japanese) dishes — and the latter includes classic Japanese rice with miso soup and pickles, okonomiyaki pancakes and yaki soba noodles. Particularly intriguing is a ‘Japanese kedgeree’ of sticky white rice mixed with smoked haddock, leeks, spring onions and parsley in katsu curry sauce served with a poached egg: the sort of perfect marriage of Japanese and English flavours that would be hard to find outside London.
Heathrow Airport, Terminal 5
Polish
Mamuśka
Perched inside the unlikely location of Elephant and Castle shopping centre, this cheap-as-chips Polish café is a quirky place to while away the time with a newspaper. Cheerful, hearty breakfasts include fried kielbasa (Polish sausage) with bread, panini-style breakfast sandwiches in flavours such as tylzycki cheese with bacon, and traditional toasted baps with assorted meaty fillings. ‘The big daddy’ (£5.40) consists of pan-fried potatoes, bacon, kielbasa sausage, fried eggs, Polish gherkins, cucumber and tomatoes with bread and butter.
Unit 233, First Floor Elephant and Castle shopping centre, SE1
Greek
Opso
We’ve already told you about Marylebone’s contemporary new Greek diner, but it’s also one of the few places in London to go for a Greek breakfast. They serve Greek yoghurt with sour cherry ‘spoon sweet’, mastic-flavoured tsoureki brioche with own-made chocolate praline spread, slow-poached eggs on koulouri milk bread with Greek yoghurt hollandaise and bacon, and more.
10 Paddington Street, W1
Chinese
Far East Restaurant
This busy Chinatown restaurant has its own bakery, and is open early for traditional Cantonese and Sichuan breakfasts. Try fried dough fritters in sweet, glutinous rice or red bean varieties. Pair it with tapioca milk bubble tea, hot plain soy milk, or savoury soy milk with preserved vegetables, dried shrimp and spring onions. There are also a few varieties of congee (Chinese rice porridge), such as one with shredded pork and thousand year egg.
13 Gerrard Street, W1
Ting Restaurant at Shangri-La Hotel at the Shard
Tower Bridge, the Thames, Greenwich and Canary Wharf are all visible from this contemporary Chinese and Modern European restaurant, located on level 35 of the Shard. It serves a number of different set and a la carte breakfasts (including an Arabic one). The Oriental breakfast (£28) encompasses chicken or seafood congee, a selection of dim sum and wok-fried noodles with barbecued pork and seafood — all available individually a la carte, too.
Level 35, The Shard, SE1
Mandarin Oriental
Alongside a number of other breakfasts (a la carte, Continental buffet, Japanese and healthy), this lavish hotel serves a Chinese breakfast (£33) in its main dining room. On the menu are dim sum, duck eggs, chicken congee, Chinese pickles and much more; and the room gives spectacular views over Hyde Park. In fine weather, you can eat al fresco on the terrace.
66 Knightsbridge, SW1
South African
Bunnychow
Bunnychow’s South African-English breakfast
What started life as a humble South African Indian lunch of beans and lentils wrapped in a roti evolved into bunny chow — hollowed out bread loaf with assorted fillings — now a popular street food in South Africa. It has found home in this recently opened café that serves breakfast bunnies in assorted flavours. The ‘full English’ bunny features a brioche loaf baked daily by the London Bakery Company, stuffed with bacon, sausage, own-made spicy beans, own-made black pudding, button mushrooms, roasted tomatoes and a fried egg. You might not come across this unique marriage of South African and English flavours in Durban, but they’re available to try right here in Soho.
74 Wardour Street, W1
French
Balthazar
Keith McNally’s famous New York brasserie opened a glittering Covent Garden outpost a couple of years ago amid much fanfare — and mixed reviews. It has now found its feet, and serves a great selection of French pastries, tartines and egg dishes such as omelette with fine herbs de Provence, along with lashings of distinctive London and New York style.
4-6 Russell Street, WC2
La Brasserie
Claiming to be ‘London’s first all-day brasserie’, this 45 year old Chelsea stalwart serves Continental breakfast for £7.30; plus scrambled eggs with smoked salmon on toast, French toast with maple syrup, eggs benedict, omelettes with ham, cheese, mushrooms, tomatoes and herbs, and a selection of sweet and savoury crêpes.
272 Brompton Road, SW2
Aubaine
Parisian brasserie-meets-Provencal-bistro in style, this urban-rustic chain has several locations in smart parts of London. Their petit déjeuner encompasses classic French pastries, plus croque-madame and croque-monsieur, duck egg omelette with smoked salmon and crème fraiche, and rich, lavish lobster imperial with poached eggs, smoked salmon and hollandaise sauce. Additionally, treat yourself to teas from the highly revered Mariage Frères brand.
260-262 Brompton Road SW3, 4 Heddon Street W1, 37-45 Kensington High Street W8, 31 Dover Street W1, 18 High Street Wimbledon SW19, Selfridges Oxford Street W1, 82 High Street NW3 and 7 Moxon Street W1
American
Jackson + Rye
London’s American restaurants are better known for their brunches rather than breakfasts, but Soho’s sleekly designed New York-style diner is an exception. Here you’ll find classic breakfasts ranging from creamed grits and salt beef hash, to ham and eggs and buttermilk pancakes.
1 Heron Square TW9, 217-221 Chiswick High Road W4 and 56 Wardour Street W1
Italian
Pizza Rossa
Chocolate and raspberry breakfast pizza at Pizza Rossa
Breakfast is not really a part of Italian culture: working professionals normally just grab a coffee and pastry on their way to work. However, this City pizza shop, with branches in Leadenhall Market and City Wall, specialises in pizza per square slice and has introduced a ‘sweet pizza’ for breakfast in daily-changing flavours like chocolate and raspberry. Other sweet treats include Italian cornetti (filled pastry horns similar to croissants) and bite-sized cakes.
4-12 Whittington Avenue EC3 and 168 London Wall EC2
Princi
Soho’s buzzy Milanese bakery and pizzeria serves freshly baked pastries with jams and chocolate spreads to early risers. Also on the morning menu is focaccia with leek, gruyere and cherry tomatoes, olive bread, baguettes filled with mortadella and parma ham and much more.
135 Wardour Street, W1
British
Hawksmoor
This much-loved chain of British steak restaurants, with several venues around the capital, serves breakfast at its Guildhall branch. On the menu are pig’s cheek scrapple with fried eggs and grits, kipper with poached eggs, steak and eggs, and more — including amazing breakfast cocktails. An extravagant option is breakfast for two (£35) comprising smoked bacon chop, pork, beef and mutton sausages, black pudding, short-rib bubble and squeak, grilled bone marrow, ‘trotter baked beans’, fried eggs, grilled mushrooms, roast tomatoes, toast, and HP brown sauce gravy. Are you brave enough to finish it?
10 Basinghall Street, EC2
Dean Street Townhouse
The restaurant of this handsome, upscale venue in Soho serves a lovely selection of classic English breakfast dishes. Choose from sausage or bacon sandwich, ham hock hash with fried duck egg, grilled kippers with butter, kedgeree and crumpets with preserves. There’s also a ‘full English’ (£12) with eggs, sausages, bacon, tomatoes, mushrooms and black pudding.
69-71 Dean Street, W1
The Riding House Café
Fitzrovia’s cool, contemporary all-day brasserie serves smoked salmon with scrambled eggs, omelette Arnold Bennett, and bacon sandwiches along with a ‘full and proper English breakfast’ (£10.50). Also on the menu are cereals, pancakes, fresh fruit, pastries and an enticing choice of juices and smoothies.
43-51 Great Titchfield Street, W1
Eclectic
Modern Pantry
Anna Hansen’s fabulous fusion restaurant is hugely popular for its adventurous breakfasts. Try spiced red wine-poached tamarillo with Greek yoghurt and manuka honey, or sweetcorn, feta, green chilli and curry leaf waffles with smoked streaky bacon. Also on the menu are freshly baked pastries, own-made cereals and a great selection of juices and teas.
47-48 St John’s Square, EC1
Caravan
Located in an old grain store in increasingly foodie King’s Cross, this much-loved restaurant is incredibly busy at breakfast. There’s a daily changing selection of baked goods such as morning buns, cereals with fruit, toasts with assorted toppings and hot dishes like jalapeno cornbread with fried eggs, black beans and guindilla pepper. They’re serious about their coffee here, too: speciality, single estate coffee beans are sourced from around the world and roasted daily in small batches on-site.
1 Granary Square, N1
Nopi
Ottolenghi’s smart, elegant Soho restaurant serves breakfast dishes with Asian and Middle Eastern influences. On a regularly changing menu, you might find French toast with star anise sugar, berry compote and orange yoghurt, black rice cooked with coconut milk, banana and mango, and sausage or bacon sandwich with coriander aioli.
21-22 Warwick Street, W1
The Providores and Tapa Room
Turkish eggs at Providores and Tapa Room
The ground floor Tapa Room of Peter Gordon’s renowned Marylebone restaurant is named after a ceremonial cloth from the Pacific (and not Spanish tapas). Breakfast is incredibly popular, so get there early or you’ll have to queue. There’s an excellent choice of hot dishes showcasing unusual ingredients from around the world, several fry-ups, and a delicious and colourful range of non-alcoholic cocktails. Don’t miss one of London’s best-loved and most iconic breakfast dishes: Turkish eggs made from poached eggs with whipped yoghurt with hot chilli butter.
109 Marylebone High Street, W1
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