London's best pub brunches
It’s never too early for the pub, as London’s establishments have recognised with new morning menus. Whether you need easy access to Bloody Marys or are about to start an all-day session, don’t wait for lunch, take a restorative egg with a pub brunch. Here are the best around.
The Great North Wood
This pub has it all: a sunny garden, good local beers — and brunch. The chefs met at Leiths School and have since worked at restaurants including Racine. Try brioche French toast with rhubarb or ham hock and spinach hash with a perfect poached egg.
Info: 3 Knight’s Hill, SE27, thegreatnorthwood.co.uk
The Culpeper
The harissa eggs at this lovingly restored Victorian inn are a potent hangover cure.
Info: 40 Commercial Street, E1, theculpeper.com
The Bull and Last
On the fringes of Hampstead Heath, the Bull and Last does a decadent brunch — scrambled eggs are pimped with crab and crème fraîche, and the sweetcorn fritters pack a punch. Coffee is from Climpson and Sons.
Info: 168 Highgate Road, NW5, thebullandlast.co.uk
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The Alice House
This menu runs the gamut from abstemious breakfasts of pink grapefruit and oats to the full works with buttered crumpets, pancakes and Chalk Farm smoked salmon.
Info: 53-55 Salusbury Road, NW6, thealicehouse.co.uk
The Victoria Inn
Customise a full English or order comforting eggs Benedict. The Bloody Marys are potent.
Info: 77-79 Choumert Road, SE15, victoriainnpeckham.com
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