The 12 best brunches in Spain, to enjoy a good breakfast
Have you gotten up late and you no longer know whether to have breakfast or eat? You don't need to think about it! We have made a selection of the 12 best brunches in Spain where you can do both.
Now there are many restaurants and cafes that have signed up to offer brunch, but these are the best valued by lovers of this delicious food.
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What is a brunch?
Before recommending the best brunches in Spain, you should familiarize yourself with the concept. To many it still does not ring a bell, others can no longer live without it. Brunch is a word of Anglo-Saxon origin, which combines the concepts breakfast (breakfast) and lunch (food).
That is, brunch is a type of food that is found riding between breakfast and lunch, in which you can eat both breakfast foods and dishes that can be taken as food. The justification for such a strange combination is the time it is served: brunch is usually taken between 10 am and 12 noon, although in many restaurants they can serve it until 4pm or throughout the day.
It is typical to take it during the weekendsespecially on Sundays. This tradition comes from upper-class English families, who by leaving their servants on Sunday as day free, they left prepared buffets with all kinds of food, which the gentlemen could have throughout the day.
In brunch, dishes such as pancakes or waffles, sausages, French toast, all kinds of cold cuts, fruits and eggs prepared in all ways, especially Brunch Lovers' Favorite: Eggs Benedict. You can find all this and more in the most outstanding brunches in Spain that we recommend below.
The 12 best brunches in Spain
We can enjoy this fashion today in Spain thanks to many cafes and restaurants that have added it to their services. Here is a list with the selection of the 12 most valued brunches in the country:
1. Hotel Santo Mauro (Madrid)
One of the best brunches in Spain for years, and one of the most luxurious, is the one that houses this 19th century palace converted into a hotel.
In 2016 it changed its traditional proposal, offering a new menu called Brunch & Champagne, in which you can choose between five starters, five firsts, five seconds, desserts and champagne for 45 euros. It can be taken from 1pm, but as the afternoon progresses, cocktails and live music are added to the appetizing proposal.
2. Hotel Majestic (Barcelona)
If we are looking for another traditional and luxury brunchIn Barcelona, you have the option of trying the magnificent buffet breakfast at the Hotel Majestic. This option is only for the most bulky wallets or for those who want to give themselves a good tribute, as it has a price of 65 euros per person.
Its Sunday brunch can be enjoyed from 12.30 p.m. to 4 p.m., at which time you can enjoy all kinds of delicacies offered by its buffet, as well as a space show cooking in which they prepare hot dishes at the moment. All this with the option of accompanying it with Moët & Chandon champagne.
3. PetitBo Farm (Barcelona)
And moving away from the traditional hotel brunch and at a more affordable price, in Barcelona you can opt for the one at the PetitBo Farm. It is one of the favorite places for brunch lovers in Barcelona, as well as one of the best brunches in Spain.
This cozy vintage-looking place offers a coffee or tea, a natural juice and a dish to choose from among many delicious options, such as toast with jam, pancakes, or ham or salmon buns with eggs poached. The price of the menu ranges between 10 and 15 euros, depending on the dish to choose.
4. Tropic (Barcelona)
This restaurant specializing in creative Latin cuisine has also earned its reputation as one of the best brunches in Spain. In the heart of Barcelona's Raval neighborhood is this oasis of delicious and original breakfasts healthy, which you can accompany with rich fruit smoothies.
The classic eggs benedict with pastrami or pancakes with syrup are joined by other proposals, such as huevos rancheros with chipotle, arepas with parakeets or typical Maghreb crepes.
5. La Candelita (Madrid)
Another offer for enjoy a good Latin brunch in the capital We found her in the Chueca neighborhood. At La Candelita you can enjoy Creole breakfasts, arepas, tostadas or creppes, as well as a wide range of Latin dishes and cocktails. On Sundays they open from 12:30 to 16:00.
6. Federal Café (Barcelona)
The Federal Café is a Barcelona place that has also become popular as one of the best brunches in Spain. Their fame has led them to open new stores in Madrid and Valencia, so now lovers of this union between breakfast and lunch will also be able to enjoy it in those cities.
This cafe features a wide offer of all kinds of toasts, eggs and hamburgers, which you can enjoy uninterruptedly, from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. in the premises of the Sant Antoni neighborhood in Barcelona and for much of the day in the rest of the franchises.
7. The Habanera
Back in Madrid we cannot fail to recommend brunch at this restaurant located in the heart of the capital. On Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. you can enjoy dishes with abundant and tasty Caribbean and Mediterranean food. Its atmosphere is fresh and welcoming, ideal to unwind for a weekend and recharge with a good brunch.
8. Brass 27 (Bilbao)
And if we are in Bilbao, one of the most recommended places is the Brass. On Saturdays and Sundays they offer the customer a brunch from 10:30 to 14:00. For 15 euros you have the option of a coffee, a juice, a plate of pancakes or eggs with bacon, bread, smoothies and then the all-you-can-eat sweet and savory buffet, with a wide range of pastas, cakes, quiches, cold cuts and sweets.
For those who are not so hungry, for 6 euros you can have the Baby Brunch menu, which consists of fried eggs with bacon and toast, coffee or tea and a carrot and orange juice. It is recommended to reserve in order to have a table.
9. Picnic (Barcelona)
Back in Barcelona we find another of the best places to have a brunch in Spain. Picnic offers a brunch menu from Friday to Sunday, in which you can find the most representative dishes of this food, such as pancakes, huevos rancheros, eggs Benedict, the club sandwich, salmon toast or French toast.
10. Dulce de Leche Boutique Ruzafa (Valencia)
If you are in the Valencian capital, you cannot stop try brunch at this boutique cafe from the city. This cozy patisserie expands its offer on weekends to offer a delicious brunch, where you can enjoy all its sweets and cakes, bagels or toasts for a small price.
11. Carmencita Bar (Madrid)
Many consider it the best place to enjoy a good American-style brunch in Madrid. On Sundays you can enjoy a whole range of typical brunch dishes, in addition to their delicious burgers and breakfast cocktails.
The full brunch menu costs 14.5 euros and consists of some eggs Benedict with salmon, avocado or bacon, which you can complement with homemade potatoes, hash brown or salad. And all accompanied by the dessert of the day, a mimosa and a coffee.
12. The breakfast restaurant (Barcelona)
We finish this list of the favorite brunch places in Spain with this place located in Barcelona. This cozy and charming cafeteria offers a wide variety of dishes to enjoy a good breakfast, among which stand out their pancakes or pancakes, their bagels and their variety of eggs. They open from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. every day, making it the ideal place to enjoy a good brunch when you feel like it the most.
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