Brunch in New York

A selection of the best brunches in NYC

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Located on Staten Island, Alor Café is a trendy place to dine. Their décor is stylishly European and their brunch menu includes Crab Double Decker sandwiches, Breakfast Pita Pockets, Avacado Breakfast Burritos, Gourmet Vegetable Omelettes, Chorizo and Potato Egg Bake, Breakfast Chicken Schnitzels, Royal Crepes, Carrot Cake French Toast, and fresh fruit salads.

 

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Amsterdam Restaurant & Tapas Lounge is a casual elegant establishment on the Upper West Side that serves American fusion cuisine. Their brunch menu includes Smoked Gouda & Apple Omelets, Eggs Oscar Benedict, Breakfast Burritos, Strawberry Almond Pancakes, Pumpkin Pie French Toast, Sesame Crusted Tuna, Duck & Pear Tacos, and Warm Brie Salad.

 

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Asellina is an Italian fine dining restaurant located in the ever busy Flatiron District. Their weekend brunch spread includes Italian Toast with ricotta and poached pears, Wood Fire Baked Eggs, Egg White Frittata with asparagus, Swordfish Carpaccio, Baked Eggplant Tortino, Mozzarella di Bufala Pizza, and Saffron Strozzapreti.

 

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Rating: ★★★½☆

Sanctuary T is a slightly misleading name for a restaurant with the sound and energy found in this bustling Soho teahouse during weekend brunch. The concept aims to combine a serene, removed setting with the full-service experience New Yorkers have come to expect.  This works during the week with thinner crowds, when you can really appreciate the restaurant’s clean yet warm design. But on weekends, it is difficult to distinguish Sanctuary T from any other overcrowded Soho bistro. Read the rest of this entry »

Brunch at Bann – $35 – Midtown West

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Experience the “taste of Korea” at Bann. The brunch menu consists of lunch/dinner items rather than the customary breakfast/lunch items. With its open kitchen in the dining area, you have the unique opportunity to watch the chef prepare each dish. Barbecue is a specialty, for each dining table has its own smokeless barbecue grill. Read the rest of this entry »

Brunch at Public – $20 / $30 – NoLita

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Be adventurous and experience the fascinating tastes and aromas of Public’s rare cuisine. Novel delicacies are created with hard-to-find ingredients from countries around the world, particularly Australia. Chef Farmerie refers to this unique cuisine as “Australasian.“ Delight in many tempting, scrumptious dishes from the brunch menu, such as, coconut stuffed pancakes, Turkish eggs, black pudding waffles, grilled venison burger, and hockey pokey ice cream. Read the rest of this entry »

Rating: ★★★★★

Buttermilk Channel came highly recommended it to us, and we have to say: the recommenders were right. This is simply the best-value brunch we have been lucky to eat in New York. Why the name? Buttermilk Channel is the mile-long tidal strait that runs between Brooklyn and Governor’s Island. When the area was still farmland, dairy farmers would cross it by boat to sell milk in Manhattan markets. Smith Street (where the restaurant is located) was defined by this channel, just a few blocks west. Read the rest of this entry »

Rating: ★★★☆☆
Close to Astoria Park, this French-Japanese spot brings a fresh edge to the area, thanks to its modern decor and its sidewalk seating, as well as the tasty menu of inspired dishes. Try the Grits and Eggs ($14) : two fried eggs over cheese grits with mushrooms and aspargus.
If you like seafood, try the lobster omelet ($16). The Frog in the Hole ($14) is also a success : eggs with canadian bacon, gruyere cheese in ciabatta bread.
For the French touch, order the croque monsieur or the croque madame. Every dish includes your choice of a traditional mimosa, cranberry mimosa, bloody mary, sangria or Tokyo sunrise and coffee. Read the rest of this entry »

Rating: ★★★★☆

For such a great neighborhood, Brooklyn Heights has always been curiously devoid of truly great places in which to dine. Subtract the Grimaldi’s pizza joint under the bridge and the River Café and ice cream place on the river—probably those all belong to DUMBO geographically, anyway—and what do you have left? Jack the Horse Tavern? Okay. We’ll give you that one. A bakery or two? But that’s about it. That’s what makes Colonie, new as of February 2011, such an interesting and daring entry in the Great Brooklyn Resto Sweepstakes. They’ve gone all-in with brunch offerings like foie gras (!) doughnuts, Long Island white wine on tap, and oysters on the half-shell. Hard to tell if this place will survive the brutally competitive BK dining scene, but it’s certainly not gun-shy. Read the rest of this entry »

Brunch at Kittichai – $25/$35 – SoHo

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Rating: ★★★★☆

Rated Manhattan’s Best Thai Restaurant in 2005, Kittichai is still a trusted standby, now well-appointed in the hip 60 Thompson boutique Hotel of SoHo.
The sexy-romantic atmosphere here is the ultimate downtown scene. The dining room is impeccably decorated with a glistening pool with floating candles as the centerpiece with acccents of luminous bottled orchids. This is Asian-inspired tranquillity at its best.
The professional, efficient and friendly waiters will take excellent care of you. Cocktails are just amazing and it’s no surprise that the food is delicious as well. You’ll want to make repeat visits so that you can try everything on the menu. Read the rest of this entry »

Rating: ★★★☆☆

É boa pra caramba! Sounds of Brazil, aka SOB’s, has been a leading New York City supper-club venue for world music since 1982.  Tito Puente, Marc Anthony, Celia Cruz and Seu Jorge have all appeared in this little corner of the tropics in SoHo.  The Bossa Nova brunch on Sundays is a much-loved tradition.  Bandleader Nanny Assis and his musical guests regularly evoke the dreamy, steamy, multi-hued artistic worlds along Brazil’s gorgeous coastline.

Fruit-kissed sangria is an ideal accompaniment to Bossa Nova sounds – and happily, the $24.99 prix fixe brunch features a bottomless pitcher.  Various sangrias are poured, including white sangria, which, when good and cold, is as palate-pleasing as the more widely-known and appreciated red sangria. Read the rest of this entry »

Rating: ★★★★☆

Petrossian is to brunches what Renoir masterpieces are to painting.  That is not hyperbole — C’est si bon!

The enchanted main Petrossian venue in New York’s upliftingly beautiful Alwyn Court building is an oasis of soothing civility.  The French-Romanian architect Ion Orveanu, commissioned to create the most tastefully luxurious and cocooning interior known to mankind, delivered with pink Finnish granite, etched Erté mirrors, a Lanvin chandelier, Lalique crystal wall sconces and bronze sculptures from the 1930’s.  The elegant surroundings suggest elegant dress, but diners do visit sporting casual chic and are more than welcome.  The varied guests are cosmopolitan and international, and locally may be from the East Side, the West Side and all around the town. Read the rest of this entry »

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Rating: ★★★★½

 

Bistro Bagatelle is moving to another location! Discover now the Brasserie Beaumarchais!

If you’re single, rich and European in NYC and didn’t score on Friday or Saturday night, fear not. Brunch at Bistro Bagatelle is basically an after-after hours party; except that most of the folks dining here on an early weekend afternoon look as though they got a good night’s sleep and went to the gym that morning. Easily one of the most expensive brunches in the city, Bistro Bagatelle wants you to show up with a big appetite for cocktails and socializing – both will be indulged. Read the rest of this entry »

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Rating: ★★★½☆

Back Forty might be one of those unusual places that does a better brunch than dinner. The limited selections that can be kind of frustrating at an evening meal are welcome at brunch when it’s just a little harder to make a decision. There are no drink specials or prix fixe options – everything is a la carte (including $3 coffee – little things like these can easily make your bill creep up if you’re not paying attention). In general, the food is good: The line cooks at Back Forty understand that how eggs look is even more important than how they taste: Poached eggs are just firm enough, and sunny side up are perfectly prepared and presented. Read the rest of this entry »

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Rating: ★★★☆☆

Elegance and veganism don’t always go hand in hand. But Candle 79 has cornered the market on upscale, biodynamic fine dining – free of animal products. It’s been offering a farm-to-table menu since 2003, before the idea became popular among foodies.

The brunch menu is limited and not particularly cheap, but you can taste the care that has gone into the preparation. A $28 prix fixe includes a choice of entrée and dessert and smoothie, juice or mimosa. Read the rest of this entry »

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