TX · Brunch
Harry is professionally sceptical of brunch. The queue is not a quality signal. The Bloody Mary menu is not a quality signal. The places below have survived Harry's scoring methodology and are worth your Saturday morning.
The breakfast taco is Austin's gift to the form. A corn tortilla, barbacoa made that morning, a wedge of lime — this is the brunch. Everything else is furniture. The migas situation is worth exploring. The $22 brunch entree at a place with exposed brick is not worth exploring; Austin has enough of those.
| No hype discount | Brunch venues accumulate Instagram followers faster than Michelin stars. Harry cross-references tourist signal against local review patterns. A place that locals go to on a weekday morning is different from a venue that trained its front-of-house to suggest tagging the location. |
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| Harry Score | The composite score from Google, Yelp, Tripadvisor and critic signals. Brunch has a high floor for bad scores — the category attracts mediocrity. A high Harry Score here means it consistently outperforms the genre, not just the competition next door. |
| Worth It score | Brunch is the meal most likely to charge you $26 for eggs. The Worth It score flags places that charge a reasonable price for what they deliver — and flags the ones where the atmosphere is the product and the food is the afterthought. |
604 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701, USA
314 W 17th St, Austin, TX 78701, USA
408 W 11th St, Austin, TX 78701, USA
710 W Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78701, USA
1109 E 5th St. Ste 180, Austin, TX 78702, USA
221 W 6th St Ste b110, Austin, TX 78701, USA
1001 N Congress Ave #180, Austin, TX 78701, USA
600 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703, USA
707 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78701, USA
318 E 5th St., Austin, TX 78701, USA