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Best Restaurants for Brunch in Vancouver (2026)
Weekend brunch · Vancouver · 6 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published April 4, 2024 · Updated June 18, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Vancouver lines up for brunch the way other cities line up for concert tickets. The Liege waffles downtown and the fried-chicken French toast in Crosstown both pull a Saturday queue worth the wait. These six, ranked, are where to spend a weekend morning when the table matters as much as the coffee.
1.Cafe Medina
Vancouver's benchmark brunch, Liege waffles and tagine eggs downtown, with a reservation-by-donation table; book ahead.
Cafe Medina sits at 780 Richards Street downtown, run by Robbie Kane since it began as a small annex of Chambar in 2008. The Liege waffles with milk-chocolate-lavender or raspberry-caramel toppings are nationally known, and the tagine and cazuela egg dishes run about 18 to 22 dollars.
It runs a reservation-by-donation program, ten dollars a head to charity, and books through Tock. The longest-running pedigree and the most consistent kitchen make it the city's benchmark brunch.
2.Jam Cafe
The city's most famous brunch line-up, fried-chicken French toast in Crosstown and Kitsilano; come early for the queue.
Jam Cafe runs two Vancouver rooms, Crosstown at 556 Beatty Street and Kitsilano at 2153 West 4th Avenue, plus Victoria and the North Shore. The fried-chicken French toast and the loaded benedicts, around 18 to 22 dollars, are why the line stretches down the block.
Hours run eight to two-thirty on weekdays and to three at the weekend. It is the most popular brunch queue in the city, reliably excellent, so come early or be patient.
3.OEB Breakfast Co.
Mauro Martina's seawall room for indulgent breakfast poutines with False Creek views; the upscale brunch pick.
OEB Breakfast Co. at 1137 Marinaside Crescent in Yaletown sits on the False Creek seawall, founded by Italian-born chef Mauro Martina in Calgary in 2009. The Soul In A Bowl breakfast poutine with duck and truffle and the croque madame crostini run about 24 to 28 dollars.
The waterfront patio is the draw, and the kitchen leans rich and farm-to-table. It is the best room here for an indulgent, dressed-up brunch with a view.
4.Yolk's Breakfast
A food-truck-turned-favourite for double-smoked bacon benedicts and truffle tots; great value across three neighbourhoods.
Yolk's Breakfast grew from a food cart into rooms at 1598 East Hastings Street, 546 West Broadway and 988 Davie Street, open daily from eight to three. The double-smoked bacon benedict and the truffle-lemon potato wedges, around 17 to 21 dollars, are the order.
It is the local-favourite, great-value pick, well-executed classics without the destination markup. Spread across three neighbourhoods, there is usually one nearby.
5.The Birds & The Beets
A Gastown bakery-cafe for house-baked breakfast sandwiches and avocado toast; the lighter, design-forward morning.
The Birds & The Beets at 55 Powell Street in Gastown, from Matt Senecal-Junkeer and Sean Cunningham, bakes all its bread and pastries in-house daily and turns into a natural-wine bar at night. The house breakfast sandwich and the avocado toast run about 9 to 16 dollars.
It is open daily from eight to four and built for a lighter, café-style brunch. The baking program and the Gastown room make it the best grazing morning here.
6.Sophie's Cosmic Cafe
A 1988 Kitsilano institution for huge classic benedicts amid kitschy decor; character and value, solid rather than refined.
Sophie's Cosmic Cafe at 2095 West 4th Avenue has anchored Kitsilano since 1988, a genuine Vancouver institution famous for its nostalgic, cluttered decor. The classic eggs benedict and the big breakfast plates, around 16 to 22 dollars, come in serious portions.
The food is solid rather than refined, which is the only reason it sits last. For character, value and a slice of old Vancouver, it rounds out the list well.
Not for everyone
Famous, but no longer the brunch call
Forage. The West End farm-to-table room frequently still appears in old brunch lists, but it served its last brunch in November 2024 and the Listel Hotel site is under redevelopment. It is closed; do not plan a morning there.
Slickity Jim's Chat & Choux. The beloved Main Street all-day brunch diner ran for twenty-five years but closed in 2022. It still surfaces in legacy roundups, so flag it as gone rather than a current option.
Twisted Fork. The famous Granville Street room closed in early 2020; the brunch now lives only at the smaller Gastown spot on Carrall Street. Anyone heading to the old Granville address will find it gone.
How to brunch well in Vancouver
Vancouver brunch clusters across the core: downtown and Crosstown for the destination rooms, Yaletown for the seawall view, Gastown for the bakery-cafes and Kitsilano for the institutions. The SkyTrain and a short walk reach most of them.
The famous rooms mean a famous queue, so Jam Cafe and Sophie's reward an early arrival. Cafe Medina takes reservations through Tock, the one to book; for the quiet, any of them on a weekday morning is easy.
Frequently asked
Where is the best brunch in Vancouver?
Cafe Medina downtown is the benchmark, known for its Liege waffles and tagine eggs, with a reservation-by-donation table booked through Tock. For the famous line-up, Jam Cafe in Crosstown and Kitsilano; for a seawall view, OEB Breakfast Co. in Yaletown.
Which Vancouver brunch has the best view?
OEB Breakfast Co. at 1137 Marinaside Crescent in Yaletown sits on the False Creek seawall with a waterfront patio, the best brunch view in the city. The kitchen leans rich, with breakfast poutines around 24 to 28 dollars.
Do you need a reservation for brunch in Vancouver?
At Cafe Medina, yes, booked through Tock with its reservation-by-donation program. Jam Cafe and Sophie's are walk-up, so expect a weekend queue; Yolk's and OEB take the pressure off, and a weekday morning is easy everywhere.
Where can I get the best waffles or French toast in Vancouver?
Cafe Medina downtown is nationally known for its Liege waffles with toppings like milk-chocolate-lavender. For fried-chicken French toast, Jam Cafe in Crosstown and Kitsilano is the destination, the plate behind its famous line.
What is the best casual or value brunch in Vancouver?
Yolk's Breakfast, which grew from a food cart into rooms on East Hastings, West Broadway and Davie, is the great-value pick with double-smoked bacon benedicts. Sophie's Cosmic Cafe in Kitsilano is the institution for big classic plates.
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