Best Brunch Restaurants in Copenhagen 2026
Six Copenhagen brunch rooms - ranked on the plate, the room and the wait at the door.
Copenhagen brunch runs on two ideas. The first is the build-your-own plate, where you tick three, five or seven small dishes off a card and a board arrives stacked with eggs, cheese, charcuterie and pastry - the format Mad and Kaffe made famous and half the city copied. The second is the single morning plate, a soft egg, sourdough, good butter and a wedge of comte at Atelier September, eaten elbow to elbow. There is no bottomless-mimosa habit here and weekends fill fast, so the real choice is which queue you join. The six rooms below are ranked on the food, the room and how hard they are to get into.
1.Atelier September
Nordic cafe · Indre By · ~120 kr
Atelier September sits on Gothersgade in Indre By, the inner city, and is the work of chef Frederik Bille Brahe. The room is light and spare with communal tables, and the line out the door is part of the experience on a weekend.
The signature is the morning plate, a soft-boiled egg with sourdough, 24-month comte, whipped butter and jam at around 135 kr, with avocado toast and granola alongside. It does not take reservations, so come before the mid-morning rush or wait for a seat.
Book it for the definitive Copenhagen morning plate done simply. | Skip it if you want a big hot cooked brunch.
2.Mad and Kaffe
Build-your-own brunch · Vesterbro · ~150 kr
Mad and Kaffe, on Sonder Boulevard in Vesterbro, started the build-your-own brunch board that the whole city now imitates. You choose three, five or seven small dishes from a long list and they arrive together on one plate.
The line-up runs from soft eggs and avocado to cheeses, chorizo and homemade muffins, with the boards sized at around 90, 130 and 160 kr. It gets very busy at weekends and the boards stop at noon, so book a table or arrive early.
Book it for the original pick-your-own brunch board with friends. | Skip it if you want to walk in late on a Sunday.
3.Wulff and Konstali
Build-your-own brunch · Islands Brygge · ~175 kr
Wulff and Konstali opened its first cafe at Islands Brygge on Amager in 2006, close to the harbour baths and the waterfront. It is a neighbourhood fixture that draws families and weekend crowds to the quay.
Brunch is your own pick of five or seven dishes from more than twenty options, at 159 or 189 kr, served from 8am every day and later at weekends. The seasonal menu changes through the year, and dogs are welcome at the outdoor tables.
Book it for a relaxed harbour brunch on the Amager side. | Skip it if you want the historic centre at your door.
4.Moller Kaffe and Kokken
Seasonal brunch · Norrebro · ~185 kr
Moller Kaffe and Kokken sits on Norrebrogade in Norrebro and builds its brunch around seasonal, organic ingredients and bread baked in its own micro-bakery. The room is small and cosy and well-loved by locals.
Rather than one plate it runs a series of courses you choose from - bread, cold dishes, egg dishes, hot dishes and a sweet finish - with homemade sausages, burrata and fresh sourdough at around 185 kr a head. The sourdough alone is worth the trip north.
Book it for a course-by-course brunch built on great bread. | Skip it if you want a quick single plate and out.
5.Granola
French cafe · Frederiksberg · ~225 kr
Granola sits on Vaernedamsvej in Frederiksberg, one of the best food streets in the city, in a cafe styled after a 1930s French bistro with a leafy backyard behind it.
Brunch leans French, with a big breakfast plate of eggs, ham, cheese, granola and fruit or a sweet plate of pancakes and pastries, plus croque-monsieur and smoked salmon, at around 200 to 250 kr. Take the courtyard on a warm morning and linger over coffee.
Book it for a French-leaning brunch on a great cafe street. | Skip it if you want a strictly Nordic spread.
6.Sonny
Modern Danish cafe · Indre By · ~180 kr
Sonny is a daytime cafe on Radhusstraede in Indre By, near the canals, with a second room on Frederiksberg Alle. It is a calm, design-led space built for breakfast, lunch and cake rather than a loud weekend rush.
The kitchen does home-made breakfast and lunch with standout sourdough, banana bread and specialty coffee at around 180 kr a head. It takes bookings, which makes it a useful alternative when the no-reservations rooms have lines down the street.
Book it for a calmer, reservable central brunch with great coffee. | Skip it if you want a big buffet-style spread.
Avoid for brunch
Apollo Bar for a full brunch. The courtyard cafe at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, also a Frederik Bille Brahe room, does lovely morning pastries and eggs, but it is a bar first and shifts to a restaurant only later in the week. Come for a coffee and a snack, not a sit-down brunch board.
Hotel buffet brunches in the tourist core. The big harbour-front hotels sell a pricey all-you-can-eat spread that looks the part and tastes of volume. For the same money you eat far better at any of the cafes above, where the kitchen actually cooks to order.
Turning up expecting bottomless mimosas. Copenhagen has no real bottomless-drink culture, and the good rooms are about the food and the coffee. If a free-flowing prosecco brunch is the point of the morning, this is the wrong city, and you will leave disappointed.
Booking a Copenhagen brunch
The split here is between rooms that take bookings and rooms that do not. Atelier September and Apollo do not reserve, so you queue, and weekend lines build from mid-morning - arrive by 9am or wait. Mad and Kaffe, Wulff and Konstali, Moller and Sonny all take tables, and you should book Saturday and Sunday a few days ahead, as the weekend slots go first. Build-your-own boards at Mad and Kaffe usually stop at noon, so brunch here is a morning event, not a long lazy afternoon. Almost everywhere is card-only, since Denmark is close to cashless, and many small cafes take MobilePay rather than cash. If you have a group, call ahead, because communal tables fill and walk-in space for four or more is scarce on a weekend.Frequently asked
What is the best brunch in Copenhagen?
Atelier September in Indre By is the top pick for its simple morning plate of soft egg, sourdough and comte at around 135 kr, from chef Frederik Bille Brahe. For the build-your-own board that defined the city, Mad and Kaffe in Vesterbro; for a relaxed harbour-side version, Wulff and Konstali at Islands Brygge. All three are ranked above with prices.
Where do locals go for weekend brunch in Copenhagen?
Locals spread across the neighbourhoods rather than the centre. Mad and Kaffe in Vesterbro, Wulff and Konstali on Amager and Moller Kaffe and Kokken in Norrebro all draw a resident weekend crowd. Book a day or two ahead for Saturday and Sunday, since these fill before the tourists are up.
How much does brunch cost in Copenhagen?
Plan on around 120 kr for a single morning plate up to about 225 kr for a larger French-style breakfast in 2026. Atelier September sits near 135 kr, Mad and Kaffe runs 90 to 160 kr by board size, Wulff and Konstali is 159 or 189 kr, Sonny around 180 kr, Moller near 185 kr and Granola around 225 kr. Coffee and juice add to the bill.
Is there bottomless brunch in Copenhagen?
Not really. Copenhagen has almost no bottomless-mimosa culture, and the strong rooms are built around the food and the coffee rather than free-flowing drinks. The build-your-own boards at Mad and Kaffe and Wulff and Konstali come with fresh juice, but if free-pour prosecco is the goal, this is the wrong city for it.
Do you need a reservation for brunch in Copenhagen?
For the rooms that take them, yes at weekends. Book Mad and Kaffe, Wulff and Konstali, Moller and Sonny a few days ahead for Saturday and Sunday. Atelier September and Apollo do not reserve, so plan to queue and arrive by 9am to beat the mid-morning lines.
Is Copenhagen brunch good for kids and families?
Yes, particularly the build-your-own rooms. Wulff and Konstali at Islands Brygge has highchairs and changing facilities and sits by the harbour baths, and the pick-your-own boards at Mad and Kaffe let children choose their own small dishes. Book a weekend table early, as family slots go fast.
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