Best Brunch, city by city.
Harry is professionally sceptical of brunch. The waiting list is too long, the Bloody Marys are too expensive, and the eggs Benedict are too often on a muffin from a bag. What survives — when it works — is one of the great informal meals. He scores harder here because with stakes this low, getting it wrong is unforgivable.
Ten-place guides ranked by the Harry Score, with a Worth It rating for every pick, in 18 cities. No paid placements. No affiliate links.
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Best Brunch in New YorkNY
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Best Brunch in Los AngelesCA
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Best Brunch in ChicagoIL
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Best Brunch in San FranciscoCA
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Best Brunch in New OrleansLA
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Best Brunch in AustinTX
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Best Brunch in MiamiFL
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Best Brunch in SeattleWA
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Best Brunch in LondonGB
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Best Brunch in WashingtonDC
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Best Brunch in VancouverCA
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Best Brunch in WinnipegCA
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Best Brunch in MelbourneAU
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Best Brunch in SydneyAU
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Best Brunch in HoustonTX
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Best Brunch in San JoseCA
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Best Brunch in DenverCO
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Best Brunch in PortlandOR
Questions Harry gets about brunch
- Which cities does Harry rank brunch in?
- Harry has a full ten-place brunch guide for New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, New Orleans, Austin, Miami, Seattle, London, Washington, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Melbourne, Sydney, Houston, San Jose, Denver and Portland. Each is ranked by the Harry Score, with a Worth It rating for every pick.
- How does Harry score brunch?
- 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?
- 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 is rarely the one with the 45-minute Saturday wait.