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15 Essential Brunching Spots in Austin

From huevos rancheros to pancakes to all sorts of egg dishes.

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Barbacoa eggs Benedict at Jack Allen’s Kitchen.
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Everyone craves brunch, and Austin is full of great options. What makes for a good brunch? A good balance of sweet and savory dishes, plus brunch drinks from coffee to juices to bloody marys.

With that in mind, here are Austin’s best brunch restaurants, offering reliable weekend meals and drinks. This ranges from dim sum at Jade Restaurant, Texas takes at Jacoby’s, Mexican offerings from El Naranjo, and more. For the purposes of this map, restaurants serving daily brunch (which is just breakfast) are not included.

For related options, scope out Eater’s guides to breakfast, coffee, baked goods, breakfast tacos, pancakes, bagels, and breakfast sandwiches.

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JewBoy Sub Shop

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The sandwich offshoot of El Paso-Jewish restaurant JewBoy Burger in Allandale approaches its weekend brunch menu with the same perspective. There are Jewish migas with egg-soaked matzo with optional hatch green chiles and pepper jack cheese; challah tres leches French toast; and pastrami hash. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas. Brunch is served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Jade Restaurant

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While older sibling restaurant and dim sum haven New Fortune permanently closed during the pandemic, the younger Davenport Ranch Chinese restaurant still offers a great weekend brunch menu from chef and owner William Wong. On deck’s everything from dumplings to buns to scallion pancakes. Pickup orders can be placed online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Dim sum hours are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.

The Peached Tortilla

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The Southern-Asian restaurant’s weekend brunch menu includes cocktails as well as Korean steak and eggs; crispy rice cakes with Sichuan pork and a fried egg; and a brisket hash. Pickups can be placed online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch hours are from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Foreign & Domestic

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The North Loop New American restaurant’s serving up a thoughtful Sunday brunch, featuring those popovers plus frittatas, crispy pork and grits, and lots of sweets. Takeout orders can be placed online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch is available from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Better Half Coffee & Cocktails

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The West Austin restaurant’s weekend brunch is full of daytime-perfect dishes like blue corn buttermilk pancakes, pastrami biscuits, and a hearty granola bowl. There are accompanying cocktails too, like cold brew with Fernet Branca. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch hours are from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The Cavalier

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The East Austin bar serves up a New Orleans-Austin-ish weekend brunch is a hearty one: there are customizable biscuits and gravy with all sorts of add-ons; shrimp and grits, chicken and waffles; and morning cocktails like bloody marys and draft espresso martinis. Takeout orders can be placed online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch hours are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Tamale House East

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The East Austin Tex-Mex restaurant’s hours have been shortened, which means its morning-time menu is only served on the weekends, which is just brunch. There are breakfast plates centered on migas, chilaquiles, and much more. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Weekend hours start at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Banger's Sausage House & Beer Garden

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For Austin’s time-honored tradition of music everywhere, the downtown spot’s brunch often has live bands performing in the wide-open space of the beer garden, while listeners can arm up with rich dishes, sausages, and its signature takes on mimosas with champagne. Plus, it’s mega-dog-friendly, so bring your pup. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch is served from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Launderette

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Weekend brunch from the Holly restaurant includes buttermilk pancakes, biscuit sandwiches with scrambled eggs, bagels with gravlax, and pork hash with Brussels sprouts and eggs. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch hours are from 11 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Jacoby's Restaurant & Mercantile

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With its ranch roots, the Govalle Texan restaurant’s weekend brunch beefy entrees aren’t to be missed, from chicken fried steak and waffles to steak and eggs. Elsewhere, there’s challah French toast, smoked chicken migas, and crab cake Benedicts. The restaurant has reopened for dine-in service, and there’s a patio. Brunch hours are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Perla's

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For a seafood-filled weekend brunch, check out the stylish Bouldin Creek restaurant. This means a menu that’s a little fancy with dishes like barbecue shrimp with grits and poached eggs, French toast, and a lobster omelet. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch hours are from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Mattie's

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For an elegant weekend brunch, turn to the Green Pastures restaurant in Bouldin Creek, where there are Southern classics like biscuits, milk punch French toast, and eggs benedict with fried chicken. Takeout orders can be placed online. The restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch hours are from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

El Naranjo

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The Mexican restaurant’s Sunday brunch includes Mexican brunch classics such as huevos rancheros, chilaquiles, and cafe de olla. Takeout orders can be placed online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Hours are from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Jack Allen's Kitchen

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Find full-on Texas comfort food weekend brunches at all locations of the Texan mini-chain (this one in Oak Hill, and the others in Cedar Park, Round Rock, and North Shoal Creek. Expect green chile pork poutines, eggy quesadillas, and morningish cocktails; plus, there are silver dollar pancake add-ons available for all dishes. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch hours are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

District Kitchen + Cocktails

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Much like the rest of its menu, the New American restaurant with two locations (this one in far South Austin and the other up in Allandale) serves a weekend brunch with Middle Eastern tinges. On deck are French toasts with pumpkin bread, lamb kabobs, and shakshuka, as well as brunch cocktails. Pickup orders can be placed online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch hours are from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

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JewBoy Sub Shop

The sandwich offshoot of El Paso-Jewish restaurant JewBoy Burger in Allandale approaches its weekend brunch menu with the same perspective. There are Jewish migas with egg-soaked matzo with optional hatch green chiles and pepper jack cheese; challah tres leches French toast; and pastrami hash. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas. Brunch is served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Jade Restaurant

While older sibling restaurant and dim sum haven New Fortune permanently closed during the pandemic, the younger Davenport Ranch Chinese restaurant still offers a great weekend brunch menu from chef and owner William Wong. On deck’s everything from dumplings to buns to scallion pancakes. Pickup orders can be placed online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Dim sum hours are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.

The Peached Tortilla

The Southern-Asian restaurant’s weekend brunch menu includes cocktails as well as Korean steak and eggs; crispy rice cakes with Sichuan pork and a fried egg; and a brisket hash. Pickups can be placed online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch hours are from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Foreign & Domestic

The North Loop New American restaurant’s serving up a thoughtful Sunday brunch, featuring those popovers plus frittatas, crispy pork and grits, and lots of sweets. Takeout orders can be placed online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch is available from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Better Half Coffee & Cocktails

The West Austin restaurant’s weekend brunch is full of daytime-perfect dishes like blue corn buttermilk pancakes, pastrami biscuits, and a hearty granola bowl. There are accompanying cocktails too, like cold brew with Fernet Branca. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch hours are from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The Cavalier

The East Austin bar serves up a New Orleans-Austin-ish weekend brunch is a hearty one: there are customizable biscuits and gravy with all sorts of add-ons; shrimp and grits, chicken and waffles; and morning cocktails like bloody marys and draft espresso martinis. Takeout orders can be placed online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch hours are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Tamale House East

The East Austin Tex-Mex restaurant’s hours have been shortened, which means its morning-time menu is only served on the weekends, which is just brunch. There are breakfast plates centered on migas, chilaquiles, and much more. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Weekend hours start at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Banger's Sausage House & Beer Garden

For Austin’s time-honored tradition of music everywhere, the downtown spot’s brunch often has live bands performing in the wide-open space of the beer garden, while listeners can arm up with rich dishes, sausages, and its signature takes on mimosas with champagne. Plus, it’s mega-dog-friendly, so bring your pup. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch is served from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Launderette

Weekend brunch from the Holly restaurant includes buttermilk pancakes, biscuit sandwiches with scrambled eggs, bagels with gravlax, and pork hash with Brussels sprouts and eggs. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch hours are from 11 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Jacoby's Restaurant & Mercantile

With its ranch roots, the Govalle Texan restaurant’s weekend brunch beefy entrees aren’t to be missed, from chicken fried steak and waffles to steak and eggs. Elsewhere, there’s challah French toast, smoked chicken migas, and crab cake Benedicts. The restaurant has reopened for dine-in service, and there’s a patio. Brunch hours are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Perla's

For a seafood-filled weekend brunch, check out the stylish Bouldin Creek restaurant. This means a menu that’s a little fancy with dishes like barbecue shrimp with grits and poached eggs, French toast, and a lobster omelet. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch hours are from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Mattie's

For an elegant weekend brunch, turn to the Green Pastures restaurant in Bouldin Creek, where there are Southern classics like biscuits, milk punch French toast, and eggs benedict with fried chicken. Takeout orders can be placed online. The restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch hours are from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

El Naranjo

The Mexican restaurant’s Sunday brunch includes Mexican brunch classics such as huevos rancheros, chilaquiles, and cafe de olla. Takeout orders can be placed online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Hours are from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Jack Allen's Kitchen

Find full-on Texas comfort food weekend brunches at all locations of the Texan mini-chain (this one in Oak Hill, and the others in Cedar Park, Round Rock, and North Shoal Creek. Expect green chile pork poutines, eggy quesadillas, and morningish cocktails; plus, there are silver dollar pancake add-ons available for all dishes. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch hours are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

District Kitchen + Cocktails

Much like the rest of its menu, the New American restaurant with two locations (this one in far South Austin and the other up in Allandale) serves a weekend brunch with Middle Eastern tinges. On deck are French toasts with pumpkin bread, lamb kabobs, and shakshuka, as well as brunch cocktails. Pickup orders can be placed online. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services. Brunch hours are from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

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