Lagos · Open Sunday
Best Restaurants Open on Sunday in Lagos 2026
Lagos runs on Sunday brunch. Far from a night off, Sunday is one of the busiest shifts of the week on Victoria Island, so the question is rarely whether a room is open but which is worth your afternoon. These six are confirmed open Sunday, with the hours to prove it, from the city's most design-led Pan-African room to the lagoon-side brunch institution.
Nigeria has no Michelin guide, so a verified Sunday list does the work the stars would do elsewhere. Almost everything worth booking in Lagos clusters on Victoria Island, the dining peninsula where the embassies, the towers and the lagoon meet, and where the weekend brunch crowd fills the best rooms. The list below leads with the destination dining rooms, then the international kitchens, and closes with the waterfront institution that has anchored Lagos brunch for years. Prices are quoted as an approximate per-person spend without drinks, and hours are checked against each restaurant's current schedule. For the rest of the week, start with the Lagos dining guide.
Nok by Alara
Sunday: 12:00 – 15:00 and 18:00 – 22:00 (closed Mon)
The most design-led room in the city, and the one a first-time visitor should book. Nok sits inside the Alara concept store on Akin Olugbade Street, in a courtyard hung with West African art and textiles, and runs a contemporary Pan-African menu that pulls from Nigeria, Senegal and beyond, the suya-spiced cuts and the jollof read through a fine-dining lens. It keeps a Tuesday-to-Sunday week, so Sunday lunch and dinner are both core services. For a Sunday that doubles as a design and art outing, with cooking to match the setting, this is the booking. Reserve the courtyard a few days out.
The Sky Restaurant
Sunday: dinner 18:00 – 22:30 (Sunday dinner only)
The highest dining room in Lagos, on the penthouse floor of Eko Hotel & Suites, with a wraparound view over Victoria Island and the lagoon that no other room on this list can match. The kitchen runs an international fine-dining menu, grills and seafood and a strong wine list, in a space built for an occasion. It is the one room here that opens Sunday for dinner only, with no Sunday lunch service, so book an evening table. For a Sunday that needs a sense of altitude, a date or a celebration, this is the view to reserve, ideally a window seat as the city lights come up.
Izanagi
Sunday: 12:00 – 22:30
The most serious Japanese kitchen in Lagos, from the Blowfish hospitality group, on Idejo Street in central Victoria Island. Izanagi runs a sushi counter and a robata grill in a dark, moody room, with a black-cod miso and a tuna selection that hold up against the genre's better rooms anywhere. It opens Sunday from noon straight through to 22:30, which makes it one of the more flexible Sunday bookings in the city, equally suited to a late lunch or a long dinner. Book the counter for the chef's attention; book a table for a group working through the robata and the sake list.
Kapadoccia
Sunday: 11:00 – 23:00
Nigeria's first cave-themed restaurant, built to echo the rock-cut dining rooms of Turkey's Cappadocia, on Idowu Taylor Street. The kitchen runs Turkish classics, the mezze spread, the charcoal kebabs and a tableside lamb, alongside a few Nigerian crossovers, in a space that is as much an experience as a meal. It opens every day, Sunday from 11:00 to 23:00, which makes it a reliable Sunday booking for a group that wants atmosphere and a long table. Order the mixed grill to share and the baklava to finish, and ask for one of the alcove tables when you reserve.
RSVP
Sunday: 11:00 – 23:30
The Victoria Island room that pulls the city's smart weekend crowd, an upscale-casual New American restaurant and bar on Eletu Ogabi Street. RSVP runs a wide menu, sliders and steaks and a strong cocktail list, in a room that drifts from a long Sunday brunch into an evening scene. It opens Sunday from 11:00 to 23:30, which makes it the best single answer when a group cannot agree on a cuisine or a time. For a relaxed, sociable Sunday rather than a formal one, this is the call. Book ahead for a weekend table, as the brunch slots fill first.
Cactus
Sunday: 07:30 – 22:00 (open every day)
The Lagos brunch institution, a waterfront room on Ozumba Mbadiwe that has run for decades and opens every day from 7:30 in the morning. Cactus built its name on its bakery and its weekend brunch, taken on a deck over the lagoon, and it remains the place a Lagos family books for a long Sunday by the water. The menu is broad and international, but the pastries and the brunch plates are the reason to come. It is the most reliable all-day Sunday option in the city, and the only one on this list you can walk into at breakfast. Go early for the waterside tables.
How to book a Sunday table in Lagos
A Lagos Sunday is easy to book because the Victoria Island rooms treat the weekend as prime trade, but the best brunch tables still go early. Nok by Alara and The Sky Restaurant are the ones to reserve first, the former for its courtyard, the latter for a window. Cactus and RSVP take walk-ins but fill their Sunday-brunch slots, so call ahead for a midday table. Dining alone? The counter at Izanagi takes a single booking happily, a strong solo dining in Lagos move on a quiet Sunday afternoon. For the ranked city list and the rest of the week, the Lagos dining guide is the place to start.
Lagos Sunday dining FAQ
Which upscale restaurants are open on Sunday in Lagos?
Sunday is a major dining day in Lagos, so most of Victoria Island's upscale rooms open. Nok by Alara runs Sunday lunch and dinner of contemporary Pan-African cooking; The Sky Restaurant at Eko Hotel opens for Sunday dinner; Izanagi and Kapadoccia, the Japanese and Turkish destinations, both open Sunday; RSVP runs its New American menu; and Cactus on the waterfront keeps the city's best-known Sunday brunch. Nigeria has no Michelin guide, so a verified list does the work the stars would do elsewhere.
Is Nok by Alara open on Sunday?
Yes. Nok by Alara at 12A Akin Olugbade Street on Victoria Island opens Sunday for lunch around 12:00 to 15:00 and dinner from 18:00 to 22:00, as part of a Tuesday-to-Sunday week. The kitchen runs a contemporary Pan-African menu in a courtyard hung with the Alara design world's art and textiles. It is the most design-led Sunday booking in the city, and the most decorated. Reserve a few days ahead, since the courtyard tables fill first on a Sunday evening.
What is the best Sunday brunch in Lagos?
Cactus on Ozumba Mbadiwe is the long-running answer, a waterfront room open daily from 7:30 in the morning that built its name on weekend brunch, pastries and a lagoon view. For a smarter Sunday, RSVP on Eletu Ogabi runs an upscale New American brunch-into-dinner service. Both take walk-ins but recommend a booking on a Sunday, when Victoria Island's brunch crowd is at its largest and the best tables go early.
Do Lagos fine-dining restaurants close on Sunday?
Most do not. Lagos treats Sunday, and especially Sunday brunch, as one of the busiest shifts of the week, so the Victoria Island dining rooms stay open. The day a restaurant rests, where one exists, is usually Monday rather than Sunday. The exception to watch is lunch service: a few rooms, including The Sky Restaurant at Eko Hotel, open Sunday for dinner only, so check whether you want a midday or evening table before you book.
Where can I eat with a view on a Sunday in Lagos?
The Sky Restaurant on the penthouse floor of Eko Hotel has the city's best dining-room view, out over Victoria Island and the lagoon, and opens Sunday for dinner. Cactus offers a lower waterfront view from its lagoon-side deck and opens all day Sunday. For a courtyard rather than a skyline, Nok by Alara's open-air room is the most atmospheric Sunday setting. All three take Sunday bookings, and the view seats are worth requesting when you reserve.
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