Free-flowing booze and a killer feast? We're there
There’s a lot to love about bottomless brunch. Firstly – and perhaps the most obvious one – is the allure of free-flowing booze enjoyed with your best mates over a few glorious hours, be it Champagne, Aperols, Margaritas or beers.
Secondly, Sydney’s cafés and restaurants sure do put on a show with their bottomless brunch, with generous and delicious dishes, as our Food & Drink Writer Avril Treasure can attest to (and, she’s tried a lot). Plus, they’re excellent value, when you consider you get a feast and a bunch of tipples.
We’re collated our top bottomless brunch picks below, which include everything from pretty Middle Eastern restaurants to classic watering holes, chic wine bars and relaxed coastal eateries. Round up your gang, make a booking and get stuck in. Bottoms up.
Price: $95pp
Time: Sat, 11am-1pm, and 2-4pm (Dec only)
What's on offer: Experience tropical disco vibes and good times at Surry Hills Tucano's bar with their new disco bottomless brunch. Think bottomless wine, tap beer and Daiquiri Spritzes with eight share plates and DJs spinning funky disco tunes. We’ll see you in the mirrored disco booth.
Price: $85 per person
Time: Thu-Sun, noon and 3pm
What's on offer: Settle in to this coastal spot and dig into some seriously tasty fare paired with free-flowing booze. Rocker's bottomless brunch menu changes with the seasons, but you can expect dishes like white bean hummus with smoked chilli oil and spiced dukkah; and glazed free-range chicken with roast onion purée, bronze fennel and smoked chicken jus. It comes with two-hours of bottomless Mimosa, white, and rosé, and you can opt to add beers and Margaritas.
Price: $90 per person
Time: Sat, noon-3pm
What's on offer: Plate It Forward’s colourful Sri Lankan eatery Colombo Social is now doing bottomless brunch and we are on board. Come for a five-course feast featuring Colombo Social hits plus Sri Lankan snacks, paired with unlimited cocktails, wine, beer and soft drinks. And, you’ll be brunching for a good cause, as for every bottomless brunch diner, Plate it Forward will donate a meal to an asylum seeker in need. It’s brunch you can feel good about.
Price: $80 per person
Time: Sat, various times
What's on offer: Feast on delicious Vietnamese fare at Hello Auntie with the bottomless brunch, which includes share-style dishes and non-stop drinks. We love the sounds of black Angus rump tartare with fresh onion, braised shallots, capers, garlic and sesame emulsion; and the rice paper roll kit with vermicelli sheets, selection of barbecue meats, veggie spring rolls and pickles. Pair that with bottomless Passionfruit Grape Spritz, a Strawberry Lime Spritz or a Lychee Ginger Spritz.
Price: $68 per person
Time: Sat 11am-12.30pm
What’s on offer: Knock back meze and bottomless Mimosas at rooftop bar Babylon. Snacks may include the likes of tabbouleh with freekeh, peppers, parsley, green tomatoes, and lemon; house-made falafel with tahini sauce, dukkah and lemon; and woodfired chicken skewers, with tomato, kisir (a bulgur based salad) and yoghurt. And Turkish delight for dessert (yum).
Price: $150 per person
Time: Sat, noon-5pm
What's on offer: North Sydney’s hot new grill Poetica is offering a bottomless lunch on Saturdays with a three-course share-style meal and flowing drinks curated by a sommelier. Seriously – you won’t be drinking any old house wine. Instead, you can sip a 2016 vintage Chandon sparkling; Shaw and Smith sauvignon blanc; Shadowfax chardonnay; Escarpment pinot noir; and Spinifex shiraz. Feel like cocktails instead? There’s three available, including an Espresso Martini; Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz Spritz; and a tropical punch.
Price: $89 per person
Time: Sat, noon-3pm
What's on offer: Cammeray’s Amalfi Coast-inspired restaurant Nico has launched a bottomless offering, with twists on Italian classics alongside non-stop prosecco, house wines and beer. You may be dining on things like Nico's homemade focaccia; scallops with finger lime; housemade burrata with eggplant, cherry tomatoes and basil; and fresh pasta. End on Nico's signature lemon tiramisu to finish. Bellissimo.
Price: $129 per person
Time: Sat and Sun, noon-2.15pm
What's on offer: Come to Nour for a fantastic Middle Eastern feast with recurring motifs of tahini and yoghurt, pomegranate and saffron, chilli and charcoal. On the weekends they offer a bottomless brunch across 90 minutes, with includes their banquet menu, plus unlimited French rosé (to match the pretty pastel and soft-toned wood interiors) and beer.
Price: $99
Time: Sat 1-3pm
What's on offer: One of Sydney's OG wine bars – Mille Vini – throws a bottomless Limoncello Spritz Italian brunch every Saturday. Think two hours of unlimited Limoncello Spritz, Mimosas and wine, served with a five-course menu. Round up your gang.
Price: $99 per person
Time: Sat, noon-3pm
What's on offer: Golden Sydney boozer the Golden Sheaf has a pretty ace bottomless brunch that we reckon you’re going to want to get around. Think two hours of bottomless Margaritas – including Tommy’s, Chilli, Mango and Watermelon – paired with shared boards such as olives; warm bread; grilled saganaki with truffle honeycomb and thyme; croquettes; crispy calamari and more. Kick back in the beer garden oasis and listen to live music all arvo.
Price: From $82 per person
Time: Sat-Sun, 9-11.30am
What's on offer: Start your morning on the right note with a boozy brunch at Terrace on the Domain, which overlooks lush parklands. They offer a four-course shared feast, which may include plates like fresh fruit with yoghurt and berry compote, and poached eggs with smoked salmon, house pickle and lemon oil. Then you can choose what drinks you would like to pair it with including Aussie sparkling and Champagne.
Price: $95 per person
Time: Sat, noon-5pm
What's on offer: We have perhaps found the next best thing to do when it’s hot (after a swim, of course). The Abercrombie’s Italo-disco rooftop cocktail lounge Casa Rosa is hosting free-flowing lunches with DJs playing tunes all afternoon. Snack on tasty things like prawn rolls, roasted garlic focaccia, prosciutto and more alongside cocktails, beers and wines. La dolce vita!
Price: $95 per person
Time: Sat, noon-4pm
What's on offer: Come on down to this Mediterranean-leaning wine bar and restaurant for bottomless lunch with sand between your toes. The offer includes a four-course meal with two hours of prosecco, vino, and Aperol Spritzes. And you can upgrade to include unlimited Negronis, Margaritas and Espresso Martinis for an extra 25 bucks.
Price: $79 per person
Time: Sat, 11am and 2pm
What's on offer: Barangaroo’s rooftop oasis slings a bottomless brunch on Saturdays with live music. Cocktails, wine, beer and frosé are part of the two-hour package. Food wise, expect dishes like barbecue pulled shiitake mushrooms with chilli beans, fried tortilla chips, jalapeno, and slaw; and Southern style fried chicken with waffles, winter salsa, maple syrup and Frank's hot sauce.
Price: $125 per person
Time: Sat, 11am-2.30pm
What's on offer: Potts Point’s stunning French restaurant Franca has launched a pretty special brunch menu, which can be coupled with two-hours of flowing drinks. Enjoy salmon gravlax, mini bagels, a choice of main and shared dessert, plus salad and potato hash. Want to go all out? There’s also a crumpets and caviar menu for extra, which does what it says it will and comes with crumpets and caviar, plus mini crab rolls, a main and shared dessert. And for an extra cost you can choose to drink flowing glasses of Moet and Chandon Champagne, Mimosas, Belvedere vodka-mixers and Young Henrys beer. A lavish brunch? Perhaps. Incredibly delicious? Absolutely.
Price: $99 per person
Time: Every day, noon-3pm
What's on offer: Phylli's is the name of the dining room at the revamped Forrester's on Riley Street, where you can book brunch in front of the garden mural, or under the baskets of hanging plants. Settle in for a long lunch with dishes including crispy chicken wings with chilli mayo, and grilled barramundi with chunky tartare sauce, with two-hours of bottomless Frozen Margs, prosecco and beers. Cheers.
Price: $85 per person
Time: Saturday 10am -10:30am, Sunday 11am- 11:30am, two hours
What's on offer: Cosy up in one of the brightly lit booths for a modern European-inspired feast of focaccia, basil oil buratta, steak frites and crab gnocchi. Yum. Drinks include free flowing Mimosas, Bloody Marys, sparkling wine and beer.
Price: $89 per person
Time: Sat-Sun, noon-4pm
What's on offer: The historic Art Deco pub offers bottomless brunch on the weekends. In groups of four and more, you can enjoy a modern Asian share-style menu with dishes like salt and pepper squid, and prawn wontons with ginger, shallots and coriander. Plus, free-flowing Mimosas, Bellinis, wines, and beers across two hours.
Price: $110 per person
Time: Sat-Sun, from noon
What's on offer: Tucked away near the base of the Harbour Bridge in Milsons Point is Loulou, a French bistro with a few timely twists. On the weekends they offer bottomless Côtes de Provence rosé with fine French fare over two hours. Think grilled spatchcock with sauce colbert (made from butter, lemon and herbs) and a whole roasted rainbow trout with sauce Provencal (made with tomatoes and garlic). You don’t need to ask us twice.
Price: $130 per person
Time: Sat, noon-4pm
What’s on offer: On Saturdays, head down to this CBD restaurant and settle in for a five-course shared menu featuring plates like stuffed zucchini flowers with preserved lemon and ricotta; and grain fed steak with roast spuds. Pair that with flowing drinks – bubbles, Mimosas, house wine and beers – set to the soulful sounds of live music. Seated bopping is highly encouraged.
Price: $124 per person
Time: Sat, 11.30am-2.30pm
What’s on offer: Round up the gang and head to modern Italian restaurant Lana, found in the historic Hinchcliff House. On Saturdays, when you order a two or three course menu (which also comes with a handful of snacks) they offer bottomless wines that all hail from NSW – prosecco, pet nat, white, red and rosé. And while the food menu may change, we like the sounds of campanelle with porcini, duck ragu, and parmesan; and Lana's potato focaccia with black garlic butter.
Price: $89 per person
Time: Sat at various times
What’s on offer: At the Winery, fairy lights twinkle over picturesque collections of garden benches, frangipani trees and sweet little cast-iron tables. It's a picturesque spot to gather your mates for a bottomless brunch. Every Saturday, you can dine on a three-course lunch, with ninety minutes of bottomless drinks.
Price: $95 per person
Time: Sat-Sun, 11am and 1pm
What's on offer: This Paddington pub gets up a little earlier than usual on weekends to host a two-course brunch with matching bottomless cocktails, including Mimosas, Bloody Marys, and 4 Pines Pacific Ale over two hours. Head to the Royal for city views from a sunkissed rooftop that you'll want to linger all morning over. If you've got nothing on, you can add on an extra hour of bottomless booze for $30 each.
Price: $90 per person
Time: Sat-Sun, from 11am
What's on offer: Dead Ringer offers a set-menu for lunch, which is a steal at $45 per person. It comes with things like stracciatella with grapes and candied fennel; and grilled rainbow trout with eggplant and sumac tomatoes. You can (should) opt to make it a bottomless long lunch for an extra $45 per person, which includes an an aperitif on arrival and free-flowing wine for 90 minutes.
Price: $95 per person
Time: Sat-Sun from 9am
What's on offer: Located in the lush Royal Botanic Gardens, Botanic House serves food with big flavours and lots of soul by legendary chef Luke Nguyen. They offer a $45 set menu, which includes traditional Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk; a selection of mixed dumplings; and honey grilled pork baos with pickled veggies. For an extra $45, you can pair your brunch with flowing Bandini Prosecco, with Mimosas and Spritzes an additional cost.
Price: $130
Time: Sat noon-4pm, Sun noon-2pm
What's on offer: Free flowing drinks, food and banging tunes? Sounds pretty good to us. Well, you can get that at Rekodo Restaurant and Vinyl Bar at Barangaroo House with their Jukebox Bottomless package. Sip on flowing Watermelon Margaritas, Spritzes, and Prosecco with snacks that you choose. Plus, you get to be the jukebox and choose whatever music you want to listen to.
Price: $89 per person
Time: Fri-Sun, noon–3.30pm
What's on offer: Come to SoCal for sunny surf energy, Californian food and a touch of fiesta. And their bottomless brunch – which includes two-hours of bottomless French rosé, prosecco, beer, and a welcome cocktail upon arrival. You'll have that with a colourful banquet, including a DIY taco platter made up of chicken tinga and pork carnitas with green tomato salsa, crema, habanero, pickled onion, coriander, mint, chicharron and tortillas.
Price: $79 per person
Time: Sat-Sun, various times
What's on offer: Knock back Aperol Spritzes, Belinis and sparkling wine at Wild Sage during their bottomless brunch, which runs for an hour and a half on the weekends. Pair it with yum breakfast plates like avo on toast with heirloom tomatoes, radish and sourdough; and eggs Benedict with smoked salmon on a sweet potato and corn fritter with poached eggs, kale, dill hollandaise sauce and pickled chilli.
Price: From $95 per person
Time: Sat-Sun, until 2pm
What's on offer: Found in the pretty Queen Victoria Building, Reign is the CBD’s very own Champagne bar. And we reckon it sounds like a rocking place to knock back a Champagne, or three. Come along for the free flowing brunch which comes with non-stop tipples paired with snacks like chive crumpets with cod egg cream and bottarga; and potato gnocchi with sauteed greens and parmesan sauce. Make it Reign.
Price: $99 per person
Time: Sat-Sun, 12.30pm and 3.30pm
What's on offer: Double Bay’s Lebanese restaurant Bedouin offers bottomless brunch on the weekends with live performers. The 90-minute package includes flowing cocktails, wines, sparkling, beers and soft drinks. Enjoy those with traditional Lebanese numbers like hummus, fattoush, falafel, vine leaves, chicken skewers and more.
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