Los Angeles, CA
Best Brunch in Los Angeles.
Harry's top 10 brunch spots in Los Angeles score 85–90 on the Harry Score. 2 carry critic or guide backing. Prices run $ to $$.
Silver Lake set the template: ricotta toast under a slick of seasonal jam, a line down Virgil Avenue before the doors open. Half of LA brunch is genuinely good cooking; the other half is a photo op with eggs attached. That's the tell here — does the kitchen care about the yolk, or the light? A runny yolk, hollandaise that isn't yellow mayonnaise, toast that's actually toasted: that's the bar. The wait is not the review.
LA brunch mythology is mostly Westside fiction. The correct move is east: Boyle Heights for the scrambled eggs with chorizo that cost eight dollars, the Vietnamese egg coffee in Little Saigon, the Korean rice porridge that nobody else in the country is doing at this level. The avocado toast is a performance for visitors.
Ranked by Harry Score. The Harry Score is a weighted blend of Google, Yelp, Tripadvisor, and critic mentions. No paid placements. No affiliate links.
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Lola café
cafe · brunch
2040 Colorado Blvd, Los Angeles
4.6 across 407 Yelp reviews, and Google lands in the same place; named by NYT and James Beard Foundation.
$$
Harry
90
Worth It
80
Good Clean Fun
brunch · cafe
868 S Olive St, Los Angeles
4.9 across 353 Google reviews, and Yelp lands in the same place; more than you'd expect at this price.
$
Harry
90
Worth It
82
Toastique
cafe · juice-shop
1001 S Olive St, Los Angeles
4.9 across 116 Google reviews; a sensible spend, nothing wasted here.
$$
Harry
87
Worth It
79
Red Maple Toluca Lake
breakfast · brunch
10123 Riverside Dr, Toluca Lake
4.6 across 1.6k Yelp reviews, and Google lands in the same place; relaxed standby with outdoor tables whipping up intricate sandwiches, salads,….
$$
Harry
87
Worth It
79
Cafe Belen
cafe · breakfast
11925 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles
4.8 across 536 Yelp reviews, and Google lands in the same place; a $$ cafe option.
$$
Harry
87
Worth It
79
Milpa Kitchen
latin-american · brunch
2633 E Cesar E Chavez Ave, Los Angeles
4.7 across 373 Google reviews, and Yelp lands in the same place; praised by James Beard Foundation.
$
Harry
86
Worth It
80
Popping Yolk Cafe
brunch · cafe
7267 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles
4.7 across 90 Yelp reviews, and Google lands in the same place; a sensible spend, nothing wasted here.
$$
Harry
86
Worth It
78
Izba Restaurant and Bar
russian · breakfast
241 N Brand Blvd, Glendale
4.8 across 54 Google reviews, and Tripadvisor lands in the same place; fairly priced for what it is.
$$
Harry
86
Worth It
78
HINODEYA Ramen & Bar Palms
ramen · noodle-shop
11127 Palms Blvd, Los Angeles
4.8 across 436 Google reviews, and Yelp lands in the same place; fairly priced for what it is.
$$
Harry
86
Worth It
78
Levant Bistro + Bake Shop
lebanese · vegan
2112 Sunset Blvd Ste JKL, Los Angeles
4.7 across 401 Google reviews, and Yelp lands in the same place; a sensible spend, nothing wasted here.
$$
Harry
85
Worth It
78
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Questions Harry gets about brunch in Los Angeles
- Where is the best brunch in Los Angeles?
- Lola café tops Harry's brunch list for Los Angeles right now, with a Harry Score of 90/100.
- How does Harry score brunch in Los Angeles?
- With the same Harry Score as every other guide: a weighted blend of Google, Yelp and Tripadvisor ratings plus critic and guide mentions, docked when the tourist rating runs well ahead of the local one or the buzz outruns the reviews. Brunch is the meal most likely to charge a main-course price for eggs, so read the Worth It score next to it. It measures what you get for what you pay.
- Is a long queue a sign of good brunch in Los Angeles?
- No. Queue length isn't an input, and neither is Instagram. The score leans on what locals keep rating, and it marks a place down when its tourist-facing rating runs ahead of that. The best brunch in Los Angeles is rarely the one with the 45-minute Saturday wait.
- Are there tourist-trap brunch restaurants in Los Angeles to avoid?
- Harry Hungry flags restaurants where Tripadvisor ratings diverge significantly from local reviews — a common tourist-trap signal. See the tourist trap index for Los Angeles on Harry Hungry for a full breakdown.