Ireland’s top brunch venues

Overlooking the canal of Harold’s Cross, Southbank is a friendly neighbourhood cafe serving up leisurely breakfasts and indulgent brunches. The dog-friendly venue offer an all-day menu including scrambled eggs with feta cheese and lime creme fraiche on toasted sourdough, pancakes with hokey pokey butter and crispy bacon, avocado toast with smokey tomato sauce, and the classic full Irish, as well as plenty of toasted sandwiches, fresh fruit and yoghurt options, and a wide range of fresh pastries. Opt in for a mimosa set for 2 alongside your morning coffee to kickstart your day!

There’s nothing better than a European breakfast, and Nine in Wicklow is serving up just that! The French cafe-bistro offers an all-day menu with the likes of fresh berry French toast with vanilla cream, truffled wild mushrooms on sourdough toast, corned beef and potato hash with hollandaise sauce, and a chorizo breakfast burrito with all the trimmings. Add on a cup of coffee and perhaps a mimosa if you’re feeling cheeky, and enjoy your trip to France at Nine!

Situated at the starting point of the Wild Atlantic Way and the Inishowen 100, The Treehouse provides quality locally sourced food at a reasonable price. There’s an exciting bottomless brunch menu served Wednesday to Saturday 12-5pm, and served all day Friday to get the weekend going. It’s all about the wings here with Asian Style Sticky Wings a very popular choice or Hot & Spicy Wings if you’re feeling brave.

The River Bar & Restaurant is a stylish place to meet for a riverside brunch setting. It’s also perfectly located right in the heart of Limerick city centre! An award-winning AA rosette restaurant, this is a popular place all thanks to the Executive Chef and his culinary team who all pride themselves in serving the finest quality Irish cuisine, with an emphasis on fresh, seasonal produce and where possible an emphasis on using locally produced products.

Oahu is an all day brunch venue serving professionally brewed specialty coffee. Oahu (Hawaiian: Oʻahu), means “The Gathering Place”, which is fitting. The all day brunch menu boasts a homemade soup of the day, banana toast, avocado toast, egg tortilla and more. If you’re very hungry then go for the Oahu Breakfast: two eggs (poached, fried or scrambled), bacon, sausage, black pudding, beans, grilled vine tomato and sourdough. A Full Veggie is also available.

Crawford & Co has the perfect location, a mere three minute skip from Cork city centre. Home of the infamous Crawford bottomless brunch, it’s become so famous it’s now regarded Cork’s number one bottomless brunch venue! Try the signature brunch dishes every Saturday and go bottomless if you feel like adding some bubbles. Available 12-4pm, you can choose from delicious dishes such as waffle, southern fried chicken, streaky bacon and organic maple syrup, or BBQ pulled pork bap with garlic mayo, slaw, fried egg, rocket salad and chips.

Clancys has gained a reputation as one of Cork’s best entertainment venues, offering high quality drinks made by talented mixologists, casual dining ranging from breakfast to dinner, and some of the best live music acts that city has to offer. The historical significance of the pub is maintained in the décor, which displays Irish sporting memorabilia and All-Ireland medals collected throughout the decades. The Full Irish here is outstanding; it comes with two sausages, two pudding, one bacon, egg, beans, mushrooms, hash brown and toast, so arrive hungry.

HYDE Bar is an exciting addition to the Galway social scene; an elegant and stylish gin bar in Galway City Centre, it stocks over 450 gins from around the world! The brunch here is among the best. The Brioche French Toast is amazing, while the American Style Pancakes are incredible. It’s the Spiced Chicken Blaaguette we’re here for though. Moroccan spiced chicken with roasted peppers, spinach leaves, toasted nuts and seeds, maple and chilli dressing, and crispy fries – it’s just… brilliant, in a word.