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Best Restaurants for Brunch in Riyadh (2026)
Friday brunch & all-day cafes · Riyadh · 7 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published September 12, 2024 · Updated June 12, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Riyadh brunches without a single glass of champagne, and the city is better for it. The bottomless part here is specialty coffee, fresh juice and signature mocktails, poured across hotel buffets that run for hours, celebrity-chef rooms in landmark towers, and a fast-growing cafe scene from Olaya to Diriyah. These seven, ranked, are where to spend a Friday morning in the capital when the spread and the room both matter.
1.Cafe Boulud
Daniel Boulud's Middle East debut and the city's marquee brunch; book the bottomless French Friday spread high in Kingdom Centre.
Daniel Boulud opened Cafe Boulud, his Middle East debut, inside the Four Seasons at Kingdom Centre, Al Urubah Road in Al Olaya, with the kitchen led by executive chef Nicolas Lemoyne. The bottomless a-la-carte Friday brunch runs about 375 SAR per person and leans Lyonnais, from tarte flambee to roast chicken.
The dedicated Friday brunch launched in 2025 and the room is listed in the MICHELIN Guide Riyadh. The setting, high in the landmark tower with the bridge above, is the city's most serious brunch address. Come for a long French Friday when the occasion calls for the best name in town.
2.Sadelle's
Riyadh's most photographed brunch; come to Mansard for the Tower bagel stack and sliced-to-order salmon.
Sadelle's, the New York deli from Major Food Group's Mario Carbone, Rich Torrisi and Jeff Zalaznick, opened in 2022 inside the Mansard Riyadh in the Ar Rabi district, the brand's sixth location worldwide. The Deluxe Tower, a tiered stack of bagels with sliced-to-order salmon, is the signature, with eggs and an optional caviar service alongside.
Time Out Riyadh and What's On Saudi Arabia have both covered the room. The bagel tower is the single most photographed brunch dish in the city. Come on a weekend morning, order the Tower for the table, and treat it as the destination import brunch on this list.
3.Al Orjouan
The classic grand-hotel family brunch; book the Ritz-Carlton Friday buffet for the city's longest seafood and mezze spread.
Al Orjouan runs the Ritz-Carlton's Friday brunch on Mekkah Road, near the Diplomatic Quarter, every Friday from 9am to 5pm. The sprawling buffet covers a seafood station, Middle Eastern mezze and international hot plates, at about 325 SAR per adult and 145 SAR per child, with soft drinks, juices and signature mocktails included.
It is widely billed as the longest and most lavish buffet in the city, with face painting, a mascot and a magician for children. This is the grand-hotel family brunch at full volume. Come with a group, pace yourself across the stations, and let the kids' programme do the work.
4.Elements
The most diverse buffet under one roof; come to the Four Seasons for Asian and Indian stations the Levantine rooms skip.
Elements is the Four Seasons buffet flagship at Kingdom Centre in Al Olaya, with its Friday brunch served from 12:30 to 4pm. Live-cooking stations span China, Japan, India, the Middle East and an Italian counter, a wider geographic spread than the city's mezze-heavy buffets.
A supervised kids' area with nannies and a dedicated children's buffet sit alongside. The Asian and Indian stations are what set it apart from the Levantine competition. Come when the table wants variety over a single cuisine, and graze the dumpling and tandoor counters first before they busy up.
5.Angelina Paris
Brunch with the best view in Riyadh; come to Bujairi Terrace for Mont-Blanc pastry against the historic Diriyah skyline.
Angelina Paris, the patisserie founded in Paris in 1903, opened at Bujairi Terrace in Diriyah in 2023, overlooking the UNESCO-listed At-Turaif district. The signature Mont-Blanc and the famous L'Africain thick hot chocolate anchor a breakfast-and-pastry brunch, served at premium cafe pricing.
It is the second Saudi outlet after Jeddah, with a Diplomatic Quarter branch following. No room on this list pairs Parisian pastry with a setting like the mud-brick Diriyah backdrop. Come mid-morning, take a terrace table facing At-Turaif, and order the Mont-Blanc and a hot chocolate.
6.Cafe Bateel
The best independent all-day brunch in central Olaya; come early to Tahlia for eggs Benedict and Belgian waffles.
Cafe Bateel sits at 235 Tahlia Street in Al Olaya, the cafe arm of the Saudi premium-dates house Bateel. The kitchen plates eggs Benedict, homemade Belgian waffles, quiches and date-based pastries, with most dishes roughly 45 to 90 SAR, and opens early at 7:30am, running past midnight.
It is a long-standing Tahlia Street fixture and a constant on Riyadh brunch guides. This is the reliable, elegant, non-hotel choice for a weekday or weekend morning in the centre. Come when you want a real all-day cafe brunch rather than a buffet, and take a table on the Tahlia terrace.
7.Urth Caffe
The health-conscious specialty-coffee brunch; come to KAFD for organic-egg scrambles and the strongest plant-based plates in town.
Urth Caffe, the California heirloom-organic coffeehouse, runs branches in the King Abdullah Financial District and on Tahlia Street, among more than a dozen Saudi locations. Organic-egg scrambles, bread-pudding breakfast bowls and heirloom-organic coffee anchor the menu, with most plates roughly 35 to 70 SAR.
The brand won Best Caterer at the 2025 Brand of the Year Award after taking Best Cafe in 2024. It is the specialty-coffee and plant-forward pick, with the strongest vegetarian and vegan board on this list. Come for a lighter, coffee-led morning when a full buffet is too much.
Famous, but not actually brunch
Worth knowing before you book
Gymkhana. The MICHELIN-starred London Indian import at VIA Riyadh opens at 5pm and runs to 2am. It is an outstanding dinner and runs no brunch service at all.
VIA Riyadh fine-dining cluster. The imported tasting-menu rooms gathered at VIA Riyadh near the Diplomatic Quarter are evening-focused destinations. Do not route a brunch crowd here expecting a morning table.
Stale 'closed' listings. Some directory entries still tag Elements as closed from an old 2023 record. The Four Seasons brunch is live; verify the booking directly rather than trusting an aggregator tag.
How to brunch well in Riyadh
Riyadh brunch splits two ways: the hotel Friday buffet and the independent cafe morning. The buffets at the Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons run for hours and suit a group or a family; the cafes from Tahlia to KAFD are for a lighter, faster, coffee-led table.
Remember the city is dry, so the bottomless element is juice, mocktails and specialty coffee rather than prosecco. Book the hotel brunches, especially Cafe Boulud and the Friday buffets, which fill on weekends; the cafes at Bateel and Urth Caffe open early and take walk-ins. For the best setting, Angelina at Bujairi Terrace puts the historic Diriyah skyline at your table.
Frequently asked
Where is the best brunch in Riyadh?
Cafe Boulud, Daniel Boulud's Middle East debut inside the Four Seasons at Kingdom Centre, is the marquee pick, a bottomless French Friday brunch at about 375 SAR. For the most photographed plate, Sadelle's bagel Tower at the Mansard Riyadh; for a grand-hotel family buffet, Al Orjouan at the Ritz-Carlton.
Is there alcohol at brunch in Riyadh?
No. Saudi Arabia does not serve alcohol, so every brunch in Riyadh is non-alcoholic. The bottomless element is specialty coffee, fresh juice and signature mocktails, and the hotel buffets and cafes lean into that with elaborate juice and coffee programmes rather than a wine or champagne list.
What is the best Friday brunch buffet in Riyadh?
Al Orjouan at the Ritz-Carlton runs from 9am to 5pm with a seafood and Middle Eastern spread widely billed as the city's longest, at about 325 SAR per adult. Elements at the Four Seasons is the most diverse, with live Chinese, Japanese, Indian and Italian stations under one roof.
Where can you brunch with a view in Riyadh?
Angelina Paris at Bujairi Terrace in Diriyah, which overlooks the UNESCO-listed At-Turaif district. The patisserie, founded in Paris in 1903, serves its Mont-Blanc and L'Africain hot chocolate against the mud-brick Diriyah backdrop, the best brunch setting in the capital. Take a terrace table facing the old city.
Do you need a reservation for brunch in Riyadh?
For the hotel brunches, yes; Cafe Boulud, Al Orjouan and Elements fill their Friday service on weekends and should be booked ahead. For the independent cafes, no; Cafe Bateel on Tahlia Street and Urth Caffe in KAFD open early and take walk-ins, making them the easier choice for a spontaneous morning.
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