Brunch Palm Beach

Best Restaurants for Brunch in Palm Beach (2026)

Brunch · Palm Beach · 7 tables ranked · Updated August 2026

Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Updated August 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections

Palm Beach does brunch the way the island does everything: on the season, in jackets, and at a price. This is the barrier-island town of zip 33480, not West Palm Beach across the Intracoastal, and the distinction matters because the brunch map here is small, expensive and built around hotels and Worth Avenue institutions rather than a casual cafe scene. The strongest tables are the French hotel dining rooms, a Daniel Boulud room at the Brazilian Court and a Four Seasons kitchen, alongside the Worth Avenue old guard that has fed the island for decades. The season runs roughly November to April, when reservations are essential and the rooms fill with snowbirds; the summer months are quieter and easier. Six tables, ranked.

The ranking

1. Cafe Boulud · French brunch · Brazilian Court Hotel, Palm Beach

301 Australian Avenue, at the Brazilian Court Hotel · weekend brunch 11am to 2:30pm, mains around $20 to $40 · Saturday and Sunday

Daniel Boulud's island room serving the best French brunch in town; eggs and a courtyard. Book the Saturday garden table.

Cafe Boulud is Daniel Boulud's Palm Beach room inside the historic Brazilian Court Hotel on Australian Avenue, and it runs the most accomplished brunch on the island. Executive chef Rick Mace cooks the weekend service from 11 to 2:30 on Saturday and Sunday, a French-leaning menu of egg dishes, a croque, pastries from a serious kitchen and a long brunch-cocktail list, with mains landing around $20 to $40. The setting is the draw as much as the cooking: a courtyard garden and a clubby dining room that reads exactly as the Palm Beach idea of a polished morning. It books up across the winter season and the dress leans smart, so this is a reserve-ahead, look-the-part table rather than a walk-in. For French brunch at the top of the island's market, it is the clear first pick.

2. Florie's · Coastal American brunch · Four Seasons Resort, Palm Beach

2800 South Ocean Boulevard, at the Four Seasons · weekend brunch, around $30 to $55 per person · Mauro Colagreco partnership

The Four Seasons oceanfront room from Mauro Colagreco's team; coastal brunch by the Atlantic. Book the terrace for the view.

Florie's sits inside the Four Seasons Resort on South Ocean Boulevard and carries the influence of Mauro Colagreco, the Mirazur chef behind the room's direction. The weekend brunch is coastal-American with a Mediterranean accent, built on bright egg dishes, seafood plates and house pastries, with a per-person spend around $30 to $55. The structural advantage over the rest of the list is the location: this is the only genuinely oceanfront brunch on the island, with a terrace looking straight onto the Atlantic, which is exactly the setting most visitors come to Palm Beach expecting and rarely find at the table. The pacing is resort-polished and the booking is essential in season. For a brunch where the view does as much work as the plate, it is the island's answer.

3. Buccan · Modern American · South County Road, Palm Beach

350 South County Road · weekend brunch, small plates around $14 to $30 · chef Clay Conley

Clay Conley's small-plates room doing the island's sharpest weekend brunch; short-rib hash and a buzzy bar. Reserve early.

Buccan is chef Clay Conley's South County Road room and the most contemporary kitchen on the island, a James Beard nominee's small-plates format that translates well into a sharper-than-usual brunch. The weekend menu runs Conley's signature shareable approach, a short-rib hash, hot-fried-chicken plates, wood-oven dishes and a strong cocktail bar, with small plates around $14 to $30 that let a table graze rather than commit to a single entree. The room is louder and more energetic than the hotel dining rooms, which is the case for it on a celebratory weekend and the case against it for a quiet morning. It is the island address that reads least like old Palm Beach and cooks the most ambitiously, and it books up fast in season. For brunch as a buzzy, modern meal rather than a sedate one, this is the room.

4. Sant Ambroeus · Milanese cafe · Royal Poinciana Plaza, Palm Beach

340 Royal Poinciana Way, Royal Poinciana Plaza · weekend brunch 11 to 5, mains around $27 to $38 · the Milan import

The polished Milanese cafe for a see-and-be-seen Poinciana brunch; citrus ricotta pancakes and house gelato. Take a patio table.

Sant Ambroeus carries a Milanese cafe brand founded near La Scala in 1936, run in the United States by SA Hospitality Group, and its Royal Poinciana Plaza room is the island's most polished daytime scene. The Saturday and Sunday brunch, served 11 to 5, leans Italian-cafe rather than American-diner: citrus ricotta pancakes with berries, Scottish smoked salmon on toast, the $19 house sandwich and a pastry-and-gelato counter made on the premises, with mains around $27 to $38. The draw is the espresso bar, the people-watching and the Poinciana plaza setting as much as the plate, which is the pick and the catch. This is a refined cafe brunch, not a bottomless-mimosa party or a cheap eggs-and-hash plate. For a see-and-be-seen Italian brunch on the island, it is the Poinciana pick.

5. Le Bilboquet · French bistro · Royal Poinciana Plaza, Palm Beach

340 Royal Poinciana Way, Royal Poinciana Plaza · brunch mains around $22 to $42 · the NYC import

The Manhattan French bistro's island branch; the Cajun chicken and a see-and-be-seen terrace. Take the Poinciana Plaza table.

Le Bilboquet carried its Upper East Side French-bistro brand into the Royal Poinciana Plaza and reproduced the formula that made the New York room a scene: a tight French menu, a famous Cajun chicken, and a terrace built for being seen. The weekend brunch runs egg dishes, the bistro classics and that chicken, with mains around $22 to $42 and a crowd that skews to the island's younger social set. The Poinciana Plaza setting, an open-air shopping court rather than a hotel, gives it a brighter, more casual register than Cafe Boulud while keeping the French accent. The room can run loud and the service prioritises regulars, which is the honest caveat. For a stylish, terrace-led French brunch with a New York pedigree, it is the Poinciana Plaza pick.

6. The Palm Beach Grill · American grill · Sunset Avenue, Palm Beach

340 Royal Poinciana Way area, Sunset Avenue · mains around $20 to $40 · Hillstone-group room

The Hillstone-run island grill with a fiercely loyal following; reliable American plates and a famous bar. Walk in early.

The Palm Beach Grill is the island outpost of the Hillstone group, the operator behind Houston's, and it runs the most quietly worshipped American room in town. The format is the Hillstone playbook executed to the company's exacting standard: a French-dip, a hardwood-grilled burger, a spinach-and-artichoke dip and an iced-tea-and-cocktail bar, with mains around $20 to $40 in a dark, clubby room. It does not take reservations for most of the week, which on this island is unusual, so the lever is timing rather than booking, and the bar fills with regulars who treat it as a fixture. The cooking is consistency over ambition, which is exactly the appeal. For a dependable, no-fuss American brunch-into-lunch with a cult following, arrive at opening and take a table before the regulars do.

Avoid for brunch in Palm Beach

West Palm Beach rooms billed as Palm Beach · across the Intracoastal. Listings often fold West Palm Beach's downtown brunch scene into "Palm Beach", but the barrier island and the mainland are different towns. The rooms on this list are all on the island proper; for a downtown West Palm meal, that is a separate map across the bridge.

Off-season Mondays and Tuesdays · islandwide. Palm Beach is a seasonal town. Several of the best rooms cut hours or close days in the summer off-season, and a Monday in August is not a Saturday in February. Confirm the day and the season before planning a brunch around a specific room.

Hotel lobby buffets as the destination · oceanfront resorts. The big-resort Sunday buffets are a fine event in their own right but are priced and paced as a tourist set piece rather than a brunch room. For cooking of the same standard at a clearer price, book Cafe Boulud or Florie's instead.

How to brunch in Palm Beach

The booking is the whole battle in season. From November to April the island fills with returning residents and the best rooms, Cafe Boulud, Florie's and Buccan in particular, book out weeks ahead for a Saturday or Sunday. Reserve as early as you can, and if a prime room is full, the walk-in play is The Palm Beach Grill, which holds tables back rather than taking bookings.

Dress for the room. Palm Beach still runs on a smart dress code, and the hotel dining rooms in particular expect it; a collared shirt and no beachwear is the floor at Cafe Boulud and Florie's. The Poinciana Plaza and Worth Avenue rooms are a touch more relaxed but still lean polished. This is not a flip-flops brunch town.

Match the room to the morning. For the oceanfront view, Florie's at the Four Seasons is the only true beachfront table; for the polished Italian cafe scene, Sant Ambroeus at Royal Poinciana Plaza; for the modern, buzzy meal, Buccan. Build the brunch into a Worth Avenue walk or a beach morning rather than treating it as the whole plan, which is how the island itself paces a weekend.

Frequently asked

What is the best brunch in Palm Beach?

Cafe Boulud, inside the Brazilian Court Hotel on Australian Avenue. Daniel Boulud's island room, cooked by executive chef Rick Mace, runs the most accomplished French brunch on the island from 11 to 2:30 on weekends, with mains around $20 to $40 and a courtyard garden setting. It books out across the winter season, so reserve well ahead and dress smart. For an oceanfront alternative, Florie's at the Four Seasons is the second pick.

Is brunch in Palm Beach expensive?

Yes, by most standards. This is a luxury island town and the brunch reflects it: mains at the hotel and Worth Avenue rooms run roughly $20 to $42, and a full brunch with a cocktail lands near $50 to $80 a head. Florie's at the Four Seasons is the top of the range at around $30 to $55 per person. The relatively better value is the small-plates format at Buccan, where a table can graze without committing to a full entree each.

Does Palm Beach brunch take reservations?

The hotel and restaurant dining rooms do, and in season you must book. Cafe Boulud, Florie's, Buccan, Sant Ambroeus and Le Bilboquet all take reservations and fill weeks ahead for winter weekends. The notable exception is The Palm Beach Grill, the Hillstone-run room, which does not take bookings for most of the week, so the play there is to arrive at opening.

Is Palm Beach brunch the same as West Palm Beach?

No, they are different towns. Palm Beach is the barrier island, zip 33480, home to Worth Avenue, the Four Seasons and the rooms on this list. West Palm Beach is the larger mainland city across the Intracoastal Waterway, with its own separate downtown brunch scene. Listings often blur the two, so confirm which side of the bridge a room is on before you plan.

When is the best time to brunch in Palm Beach?

In season, roughly November to April, the island is at its liveliest but also its most booked, so reserve ahead. The summer off-season is quieter and easier for a walk-in, though several rooms trim their hours or close days, so confirm first. On any weekend, the earlier seating is calmer than the noon peak, particularly at the no-reservation Palm Beach Grill.

What should I order for brunch in Palm Beach?

Order to each room's strength: the French egg dishes and pastries at Cafe Boulud, the coastal plates at Florie's, the short-rib hash and small plates at Buccan, and the citrus ricotta pancakes at Sant Ambroeus. Le Bilboquet's Cajun chicken is the dish the New York room is known for and carries over to the island branch.

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