Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so it’s only right you give it the attention it truly deserves. Forget a dry slice of toast or bowl of porridge as you rush out the door, get to one of London’s Michelin star breakfast spots to tuck into something special.
From epic five-course breakfast tasting menus to restaurants with Champagne and caviar, there are plenty of ways to get your day started right. Here are a few of our favourites.
Luxurious Michelin Star Breakfasts In London
1. Pavyllon
- Location: Hamilton Place, Mayfair, W1J 7DR
- Breakfast hours: Monday – Saturday, 6:30am - 10:30am; Sunday, 7am - 10:30am
- Price: from £70 per person (£20 extra for a drinks pairing)
- Why we recommend: everything about this place is high quality. With acclaimed chef Yannick Alléno boasting 18 Michelin stars across his 21 venues, the breakfast bar here is sky high
If the kitchen is a theatre, then Pavyllon puts on a gourmet play every morning. This place serves up modern French cuisine, created as only Chef Yannick knows how.
Your tastebuds are taken on a carefully curated journey through sensational seasonal ingredients – with a few unexpected delights along the way. The Pavyllon Michelin star breakfast tasting menu packs in seasonal viennoiserie, lobster flatbread, exotic chia pudding and plenty more. Feeling extra fancy? Add caviar to the signature eggs and muffins collection.
Enjoy eggs Benedict topped with optional caviar as part of Pavyllon London's luxurious breakfast spread.
2. The Goring
- Location: 15 Beeston Place, Belgravia, SW1W 0JW
- Breakfast hours: Monday – Friday, 7am – 10am; Saturday – Sunday, 7am – 10:30am
- Price: a la carte dishes from £8
- Why we recommend: if you like to sip your morning coffee with your pinkie finger in the air, this is the place to be. Expect the finest ingredients and silver service whatever you order – from the cereals to salmon and scrambled eggs
Set inside a luxury hotel in Belgravia, The Goring has been a big name on London’s dining scene for over a century. Designed by Russell Sage Studio, the elegant interiors of its Michelin-starred dining room are the perfect backdrop to the world-class breakfast.
Just a royal wave away from St James’s Park, the dishes here are certainly fit for a king. Expect everything from classic eggs Benedict and sumptuous buttermilk waffles to Bircher muesli and the signature Goring Breakfast – think eggs cooked your way, bacon, herb sausage, mushroom, tomato and black pudding.
Tuck into the most gourmet English breakfast at The Goring.
3. The Ritz
- Location: 150 Piccadilly, St. James's, W1J 9BR
- Breakfast hours: Monday – Friday, 7:30am – 9:45am; Saturday – Sunday, 7:30am – 9:30am
- Price: A la carte dishes from £26
- Why we recommend: The Ritz is a fine dining rite of passage. I love how everything is luxurious here, from the grand entrance hall to the silver cutlery, Champagne and world-class take on classic dishes
Ah, The Ritz. So legendary, it has become a byword for glitz, glamour and total luxury. With sparkling chandeliers, towering columns and gleaming white marble, it doesn’t disappoint from the moment you step inside.
The breakfast is just as showstopping. Settle into its Michelin-starred restaurant to tuck into the likes of eggs Benedict, Scottish smoked salmon, American pancakes and crushed avocado sourdough toast. Add some extra fizz to your morning with glasses of champers from just £25.
You'll struggle to find a better, more luxurious spot for breakfast than The Ritz.
4. HIDE
- Location: 85 Piccadilly, Mayfair, W1J 7NB
- Breakfast hours: Monday – Friday, 7am – 11am; Saturday – Sunday, 9am – 12pm
- Price: A la carte dishes from £16
- Why we recommend: I love how HIDE brings the outside inside to give you an alfresco breakfast experience right in the middle of the city. The indulgent extras kick things up a notch here too, whether you fancy caviar, champagne or freshly baked viennoiseries
From acclaimed chef Ollie Dabbous, HIDE serves up incredible views across Green Park with its refined breakfast dishes. Taking inspiration from the trees surrounding it, its interiors are best described as Scandi-luxe.
The menu is just as charmingly sophisticated, packing in signature breads, homemade granolas and eggs cooked every which way.
If you’ve got a bigger hole to fill, tuck into the full fry up or larger plates like black truffled scrambled eggs on toast, buckwheat waffle pancake with smoked salmon or lobster benedict with crushed avocado and Umai caviar.
You can expect beautiful interiors and dishes at HIDE.
