In Dallas, brunch is a contact sport that ends in clinking glasses and the finest preparation of eggs, pancakes, and pastries. This is why it’s essential to know exactly where to find French toast worth going to the mats for, crispy bacon that begs for a second order, and the strongest mimosas one can find to block out the memory of how long it took to get a table. Indeed, Dallas brims with excellent brunch options, but these destinations are worth putting on the bucket list.
This month sees the additions of the Charlotte and Le PasSage. Coming off the map are Moxie’s and Green Point Seafood and Oyster Bar.
Written by the Seasons
Eater Dallas’s Best New Restaurant winner in the 2022 Eater Awards has finally (finally) added brunch to its line-up. Expect more of the seasonal fare it serves for dinner with a brunchy twist, like local sourdough with jam, baked eggs in spicy tomato sauce, an egg sandwich with bacon and gruyére, and steak and eggs with steak sourced from 44 Farms. It also offers a mimosa flight — best enjoyed near the huge windows in the front of the restaurant while people watching. Parking in this neighborhood can be tricky in the evenings, but at brunch, street parking is usually easier to find. Brunch is also on offer at its newer location in Uptown
380 Melba St, Dallas, TX 75208(469) 580-1185Visit Website
Emilia’s Fort Worth
The restaurant at the Crescent Hotel in Fort Worth adds brunch service to its repertoire, and it is worth the drive to enjoy. Chef Preston Paine serves up a patio brunch with DJ Steffi on Saturdays. Order a bagel board; a mezze platter; and a yogurt parfait that is customizable with toppings like kiwi, pineapple, chia seeds, toasted coconut, and honey. For cocktails, dip into the bellini tower, drop your cup in the mule trough, or just order your own cocktail like a normie. Reservations are on OpenTable. This is a valet through the hotel moment, so make sure you get validated so it is free.
3300 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 76107(817) 661-1855Visit Website
Restaurant Beatrice
This James Beard-recognized Cajun and Creole restaurant serves a mean brunch Friday through Sunday. Start with fried green tomatoes with pepper jelly or a basket of homemade bread. Mammaw’s fried chicken and waffle has been on the menu since it opened in 2022 and is a solid choice, as are the Gulf shrimp Creole and stone ground grits. Good news for brunch lovers: the restaurant has a shared parking lot next door that is free.
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1111 N Beckley Ave, Dallas, TX 75203(469) 962-2173Visit Website
Mirador
If you’re ready to go completely out of the ordinary for brunch, Mirador’s modern tea service is the place to be. It features three courses (plus a scone starter), three tea pairings, and a glass of Champagne in addition to multiple drink pairings to punch it up. The restaurant is beautiful inside — think floor-to-ceiling windows — and great for groups of friends. This spot has free valet in the ground floor parking lot (so nice and so rare in Downtown); before you leave, browse through the trendy and expensive boutique downstairs.
1608 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas 75201(214) 945-8200Visit Website
The Saint
This steakhouse on Gaston Avenue has added a jazz brunch to its Sunday offerings, adding smooth sounds to its already impressive slate of brunch dishes. Go for the steak and eggs, best enjoyed with a blood orange mimosa made with blood orange IPA and prosecco. The three bacon plate, which features cuts of wagyu, heritage pork, and duck breast “bacon,” is a unique treat. The restaurant offers free valet in its lot outside — hard to beat that price and convenience in Deep Ellum.
2633 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75226(214) 258-6152Visit Website
The Mansion Restaurant
The Mansion, whose kitchen has been run under chef Charles Olalia since 2024, has reworked its brunch menu into something much more exciting than you might remember. Now, it features crispy-skin salmon, chicken schnitzel, breakfast tacos, and plenty of egg dishes. For those who want to step outside of the usual, there’s also gnocchi with cavalo nero pesto and savory chili-brioche crumble. As always, the Mansion offers free valet, just pull up outside and hand over the keys.
2821 Turtle Creek Blvd, Dallas, TX 75219(214) 443-4747Visit Website
Bread Winners
Bread Winners is a true brunch legend. This is the OG of Dallas brunches, so go in, try a little of everything, and have that second round of mimosas. It may be charging for its legendary sweet bread plate now, but the cost is only $1.75, meaning it’s relatively affordable to order one for the table. The house specialties are the Normandy French toast, biscuits and sausage gravy, and the San Antonio tacos on blistered flour tortillas. Try one, or try them all. Parking is tough here, and probably the toughest at brunch. There’s a small lot around back, but if it is full, you are on your own to find street parking.
3301 McKinney Ave (at Hall St), Dallas, TX 75204(214) 556-1334Visit Website
Roy G’s
Roy G’s is frequently a great spot for drag brunch in Cedar Springs. It’s also a spot to find a take on eggs Benedict with fried chicken, Mediterranean frittatas, buttermilk pancakes, and more. Of course, there’s a Champagne tower that can be ordered for the table, which means as the good times flow from mid-morning to afternoon, so too does the bubbly. There is typically ample street parking in Cedar Springs at brunch, and lots nearby.
4001 Cedar Springs Rd, Dallas, TX 75219(214) 272-7127Visit Website
Society Bakery + Tea Room
Tea service at brunch is a go-to at this Lakewood spot. There are multiple tea service options with themes, including Martha Stewart-inspired tea, English tea service with a Timothée Chalamet theme, or your group can simply book a table for classic tea service. There is the option to add caviar service to any teatime. The teas offer three courses, which rotate weekly in content. Reservations are required, and payment is expected in advance. The place has two rooms, one light and one dark, but all with woven wicker bistro chairs and wainscoting on the walls. There is also a bakery counter, for those who just want to scratch an itch for a specific bite. Parking is simple and free in the lot out front.
1926 Skillman Street, Dallas, Texas 75206(214) 827-1411Visit Website
Alamo Club
Into brunch but prefer to keep it simple? Here’s the place for you. Brunch options include breakfast tacos with bacon, sausage, or potato or, if tacos aren’t your thing, a breakfast sandwich with bacon, egg, cheese, a hash brown, and jalapeño mayo. That’s it, that’s the whole deal. The regular menu is also available, as are all the drinks. When the weather is nice, grab a table in the covered patio outside; when it’s not, stretch out in one of the roomy booths inside. Park in the lot around back that is shared with Truckyard, or in the lot on the other side of Truckyard — all free.
1919 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75206(469) 399-7600Visit Website
Le PasSage
The brunch menu at Le PasSage has some wonderful dishes, but there are two standouts: the Japanese soufflé pancakes, served with matcha tea sabayon as a kind of syrup substitute, honey butter, and fresh fruit, and the fried chicken and waffle, which has dribbles of hot honey chili sauce that gives it all a kick of heat and a side of Chinese pickles. Brunch here has been exclusively on the patio with views of the Katy Trail, although that is likely to change as we hit summer. There is valet out front and parking in the building’s underground lot.
4205 Buena Vista Street, Dallas, Texas 75205(214) 272-3985Visit Website
The Charlotte
Bump to some ‘00s R&B for brunch at this Henderson Avenue spot. The restaurant was already open during brunch, but now it offers a brunch menu with dishes like cinnamon roll pancakes; a breakfast Benedict with brown butter hollandaise and a choice of crab cake, smoked salmon, or bacon; and chilaquiles with salsa verde. As for drinks, it offers an espresso martini, peach bellini, and Hugo spritz. There are no bad tables at this chic spot, which has an upstairs, a downstairs, and patio dining. And there is free valet in the parking lot around back.
2822 North Henderson Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75206(972) 803-6720Visit Website
Bistro 31
If you want to eat where the fancy folks go, this is the destination. It’s all very French-inspired and classic, with highlights including a ham and gruyere galette, eggs Benedict, lemon ricotta pancakes, and a burger. The light-filled dining room, along with a few glasses of coffee, will give any weekend day the bright beginning it needs. Highland Park Village parking is a game of driving around until someone vacates their spot — but never fear, someone will eventually leave.
87 Highland Park Vlg (Mockingbird & Preston), Dallas, TX 75205(214) 420-3900Visit Website
Radici
Brunch gets an Italian twist at chef Tiffany Derry’s restaurant. Get into the spirt of things with the Amalfi breakfast platter, loaded down with tuna confit, mortadella, prosciutto, fresh fruit, ricotta, Aperol marmalade, and grilled focaccia. Or go more traditional with a chopped steak and cheese omelet, avocado toast topped with a runny egg, or a breakfast sandwich with fried eggs and a chicken sausage. Parking here is easy — the restaurant has plenty of spaces out front.
12990 Bee Street, Farmers Branch, Texas 75234(214) 550-7900Visit Website
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