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Best Restaurants for Brunch in Tokyo (2026)
Weekend brunch · Tokyo · 7 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published May 6, 2024 · Updated June 9, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Bills imported the world's-best-breakfast tag to Omotesando, and a few stations west Taichi Hara folds burrata into a Dutch pancake at PATH. Tokyo brunch runs from Australian hotcakes to a bakery backed by a three-star chef. These seven, ranked, are where to spend a weekend morning in the city, if you queue for a counter or book a tower table.
1.Bills Omotesando
The Australian cafe that brought the world's-best-breakfast tag to Tokyo; come for the ricotta hotcakes.
Bills sits on the seventh floor of Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku at 4-30-3 Jingumae, the Tokyo flagship of the all-day cafe founded by Sydney chef Bill Granger, who died in 2023. The ricotta hotcakes with honeycomb butter and banana are the order, roughly 1,800 to 2,000 yen, about 12 dollars.
Granger's scrambled eggs were widely dubbed the world's best breakfast, and a new spring menu rolled out across the Japan locations in April 2026. The room opens at 8:30 a.m. and waits build within the hour. Reserve where you can, and come early on a weekend.
2.PATH
Chef Taichi Hara's Tomigaya bistro plates Tokyo's destination breakfast; queue for the Dutch pancake with burrata.
Chef Taichi Hara and pastry chef Yuichi Goto opened PATH in 2015 at 1-44-2 Tomigaya, a French bistro near Yoyogi-Hachiman serving breakfast from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Dutch pancake topped with cured ham, burrata and maple syrup is the signature, roughly 1,500 to 2,000 yen, about 10 to 13 dollars.
PATH sits on Time Out Tokyo's hundred-best list and is named repeatedly among the city's top brunches. Breakfast is walk-in, so expect a queue at this small room. Come early on a weekend, before the line forms down the Tomigaya block.
3.Bricolage bread and co.
A bakery backed by a three-star chef and a Nordic roaster; come to Roppongi for the sourdough and Fuglen coffee.
Bricolage bread and co. sits on Keyakizaka Terrace at 6-15-1 Roppongi, a project of Shinobu Namae of the three-star L'Effervescence, baker Ayumu Iwanaga and Fuglen head roaster Kenji Kojima. The pastry-and-egg breakfast plates, built on the in-house sourdough and croissants, run roughly 1,500 to 2,500 yen, about 10 to 16 dollars.
This is a rare bakery with a three-star kitchen and a Nordic coffee program behind it, breakfast from morning at the terrace counter. The croissant and the Fuglen pour are the way to open. It is largely a walk-in cafe, so come before the Roppongi lunch rush.
4.Ivy Place
A garden cafe in the Daikanyama T-Site; book a morning table for the buttermilk pancakes.
Ivy Place sits inside the Daikanyama T-Site garden, a Tysons and Company cafe that opens at 7 a.m. for breakfast daily. The chewy buttermilk pancakes, in seasonal and savory versions, are the order, roughly 1,400 to 2,000 yen, about 9 to 13 dollars.
This is a long-running Daikanyama brunch set in the architecturally famous T-Site, a perennial Savvy Tokyo recommendation. The garden terrace is the seat to ask for. The room takes reservations from 8 a.m., so book the morning rather than walk up on a weekend.
5.Sarabeth's Omotesando
New York's breakfast queen on Omotesando; book it for eggs Benedict and a stack of pancakes.
Sarabeth's, the New York breakfast institution, runs its Omotesando branch on the second floor of Green Terrace at 3-8-15 Kita-Aoyama, opened in December 2025. The eggs Benedict, including a Tokyo-only spinach-and-mushroom version, and the pancakes are the orders, with mains roughly 2,000 to 2,800 yen, about 13 to 18 dollars.
This is the newest major brunch opening in the city, with Japan-exclusive plates and an after-five drinks list. The room takes reservations, a rarity among the pancake houses. Book a weekend table rather than queue, and order the Benedict.
6.A Happy Pancake
Tokyo's reliable souffle-pancake house; come for the jiggly stack and skip the gimmick rooms.
A Happy Pancake runs several Tokyo branches, including Omotesando and Shibuya, a souffle-pancake specialist known for its slow-cooked, jiggly stack. The plain souffle pancakes with whipped butter are the order, roughly 1,100 to 2,000 yen, about 7 to 13 dollars.
This is the dependable version of the fluffy-pancake category, made without artificial leavening and cooked to order. It is walk-in with weekend waits, so come off-peak. Order the plain stack first; the seasonal fruit versions are the follow-up.
7.Centre The Bakery
Ginza's shokupan specialist; come for the three-bread tasting and toast it yourself at the table.
Centre The Bakery, from the VIRON group, sits in Ginza and is built around Japanese shokupan, the pillowy milk bread. The signature is a tasting of three shokupan loaves served with a tabletop toaster, three butters, honey and jams, roughly 1,000 to 1,500 yen, about 7 to 10 dollars.
This is the most distinctive breakfast in Ginza, a toast bar where you brown your own bread to order. It is walk-in with a queue, so come early. Order the three-bread set and work through the butters before moving to the egg dishes.
Not for everyone
Famous, but not actually a destination brunch
Eggs 'n Things Harajuku. The Hawaiian chain piles sky-high whipped cream onto its pancakes and draws long weekend queues, but reviewers are sharply split and many call it gimmicky and overpriced. Fine for a photo, not a serious morning.
Vaner. The pioneering Norwegian sourdough bakery in Yanaka closed in October 2024; a new bakery, Think, took the Ueno Sakuragi space. Do not plan a morning around Vaner, which is no longer open.
Cafe de l'Ambre. The legendary Ginza kissaten, founded in 1948, is a coffee institution rather than a brunch room. Go for the hand-roasted coffee, but build the meal elsewhere on this list.
How to brunch well in Tokyo
Tokyo's brunch map clusters on the west side: Omotesando and Kita-Aoyama for the pancake houses, Tomigaya and Daikanyama for the bistro and garden rooms. None is far from the others on the Chiyoda or Hanzomon lines, so a slow morning can move between them.
The pancake and bakery rooms, PATH, A Happy Pancake and Centre The Bakery, are walk-in with weekend queues, so come early. The sit-down rooms, Bills, Ivy Place and Sarabeth's, take reservations, so book those rather than line up.
Frequently asked
Where is the best brunch in Tokyo?
Bills in Omotesando is the marquee Australian cafe, built around ricotta hotcakes, while chef Taichi Hara's PATH in Tomigaya plates Tokyo's destination breakfast, a Dutch pancake with burrata. For a bakery brunch, Bricolage in Roppongi is backed by a three-star chef and a Nordic roaster.
Do Tokyo brunch spots take reservations?
Some do. Bills, Ivy Place and Sarabeth's Omotesando take reservations, so book those for a weekend. The pancake and bakery rooms, PATH, A Happy Pancake and Centre The Bakery, are walk-in with queues, so come early rather than expect a table.
Where can I get fluffy souffle pancakes in Tokyo?
A Happy Pancake runs several Tokyo branches, including Omotesando and Shibuya, and makes a dependable slow-cooked souffle stack without artificial leavening. It is walk-in with weekend waits, so come off-peak for the jiggly pancakes.
What is the best Western breakfast in Tokyo?
Chef Taichi Hara's PATH in Tomigaya is the destination Western breakfast, a French bistro plating a burrata Dutch pancake from 8 a.m. Bricolage in Roppongi runs a bakery breakfast on three-star sourdough with Fuglen coffee.
Is there a New York-style brunch in Tokyo?
Yes. Sarabeth's, the New York breakfast institution, opened an Omotesando branch in December 2025 with eggs Benedict and pancakes, including Japan-exclusive plates. It takes reservations, unlike most of the city's pancake houses.
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