4 Best Breakfast Restaurants in Los Angeles
The best breakfast restaurants in Los Angeles — Eggslut, Met Her At A Bar, Alcove, and The Breakfast Bar, reviewed by TastyPals editors.
The best breakfast restaurants in Los Angeles are Eggslut, Met Her At A Bar, Alcove, and more. Start with Eggslut if you want the strongest overall first pick.
How we picked: We weight reliability under weekend volume, kitchen execution, and whether the room can absorb a 90-minute table without going flat.
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Practical notes
What to plan for before you book — spend, reservation strategy, and who should skip this guide entirely.
- Expected spend
- $25–55 per person with one drink. Boozy brunch with bottomless cocktails runs $55–80.
- Booking strategy
- Reservations open 7–14 days out at the strongest spots. Walk-in strategy: arrive at open (usually 9:00–10:00) or push to the 12:30–1:00 window after the first turn clears.
- What to order
- Pick one of the savory anchor dishes plus one pastry or side — splitting works at brunch in a way it doesn't at dinner.
- Skip if
- you want a quick coffee-and-pastry stop or a quiet room. These picks reward sitting and ordering broadly.
Who this guide is for
The best breakfast restaurants in Los Angeles treat the first meal of the day as an occasion in its own right — proper egg dishes, freshly baked pastries, and rooms that feel intentional before noon. Picks span Los Angeles, Mid-Wilshire and Los Feliz.
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How we chose
We looked for restaurants that feel like a strong fit for the guide topic, not just the most obvious names in the city. The shortlist favors rooms with clear mood, dependable pacing, and enough distinction to help someone decide faster. Read our full methodology →
Lighting, pace, and general energy all need to support the reason someone clicked this guide.
We favored restaurants that feel best suited for the moment, not just restaurants with broad reputation.
The final list tries to give readers enough variation in neighborhood, price, and style to compare real options.
4 ranked picks
Let's be honest about the line first: Eggslut's Grand Central Market stall moves through roughly 1,000 eggs and 700 brioche buns on a weekday, and that climbs to about 1,600 eggs on weekends, so a 25-minute wait mid-morning is the cost of entry. Worth it? Yes, if you order with intent. The Slut is the move — a coddled egg sitting on smooth potato purée, poached in a glass jar and served with a baguette for swiping. It's the kind of thing that looks fussy and tastes like comfort. If you want something handheld, the Fairfax (soft scrambled eggs, chives, cheddar, caramelized onions, sriracha mayo on warm brioche) is the standout, and the Bacon, Egg & Cheese with chipotle ketchup holds its own. Sandwiches run about $12, the hashbrown $6. Founded by Alvin Cailan in 2011 as a food truck before landing here in 2013, this is downtown L.A. eating at its most democratic — loud, fast, elbow-to-elbow in the market crowd. Come hungry, come early, and don't skip the jar.
This La Brea brunch room has a love story baked into the name: owners Vinny and Mindy Kinnes met on the Sunset Strip, reconnected online, and opened the café together in 2017, with Mindy running the kitchen. The waffles are the whole point, and they go big — the Flintstones Waffle piles strawberries, vanilla ice cream, fruity pebbles, and creme brulee sauce into something joyfully ridiculous. The Matcha Waffle (ask about the lavender matcha version) is the more grown-up flex, and the famous Matcha Latte earns its reputation. If you want something to balance the sugar, the avocado toast holds its own — get the curry aioli on the side. There's a vegan salted caramel waffle for the plant-forward crowd, plus eggs benedict and huevos rancheros if someone in your party insists on savory. They source cage-free eggs, organic bread, and farmers market berries, which shows. No reservations, so put your name on the Yelp waitlist before you go. Open daily, roughly $20–30 a head, with room to sprawl with a laptop on a weekday.
Alcove is a clean first click in Los Feliz in Los Angeles when you want a contemporary option you can trust. It also holds a 4.5 rating across 2,115 Google reviews.
The Breakfast Bar is a clean first click in Long Beach in Los Angeles when you want a contemporary option you can trust. It also holds a 4.4 rating across 2,914 Google reviews.
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