14 Great Brunch Spots in Las Vegas

Wondering where to eat the best brunch in Las Vegas? This Las Vegas brunch guide showcases off-the-Strip brunch spots that you’ll love.

Gone are the days when casino buffets were all the rage. Many of the best Las Vegas restaurants are now located off the Strip. The same can be said for the best Las Vegas brunch spots. In fact, not one of our favorite brunch spots is located in a casino on the Strip.

While you may need to take a taxi or Uber to get to these brunch spots, we challenge you to leave your comfort zone and eat brunch beyond the Strip. Not only will you see new parts of the city, but you’ll also start your day with excellent food and decent coffee.

We always skip casino buffets and instead eat fluffy pancakes and flavorful dim sum in neighborhoods like DTLV (Downtown Las Vegas), the Arts District, Summerlin and Henderson. To us, this is the best way to eat brunch in Las Vegas.

Whether we’re in need of a hangover cure or simply want to eat well, these are our favorite spots for brunch in Las Vegas:

1. Winnie and Ethel’s Downtown Diner

Located in the Huntridge Shopping Center next to Yukon Pizza, Winnie & Ethel’s Downtown Diner has a great backstory. However, despite the retro restaurant’s name, that story is about Aaron and Mallory instead of Winnie and Ethel.

Partners Mallory Gott and Chef Aaron Lee didn’t just open their downtown diner on a whim. Their path involved entering The Great Las Vegas Coffee Shop Giveaway and winning its $1 million prize package. The duo got the restaurant’s space, the furniture and all of the fixtures for free.

Since opening in November of 2023, Winnie and Ethel’s Downtown Diner has a daytime menu that’s filled with hearty comfort dishes. Half are breakfast dishes like Nutter Butter French toast, caramel apple pancakes and malted waffles while the other half are lunch dishes like pot roast French dip, meatloaf sandwiches and classic burgers. The restaurant’s dinner menu features dishes like steak frites and mushroom stroganoff.

We ordered a dish from each side – a meatloaf sandwich with mashed potatoes, savory gravy and lingonberry jam plus malted pancakes served with stewed blueberries and sugarcane butter sauce. We don’t know, scientifically, how the malt impacted the pancakes but we do know that they were light, fluffy and wonderful. We also ordered cups of drip coffee brewed with Mothership Coffee Roasters beans. The utterly American combination was so satisfying that we didn’t mind the fact that the owners aren’t actually named Winnie and Ethel.

Pro Tip
Don’t stop at one cup of coffee. They’re bottomless!

Winnie & Ethel’s Downtown Diner is located at 1130 East Charleston Boulevard, Suite 140, Las Vegas, NV 89104, United States.

Not surprisingly based on its name, Siegel’s Bagelmania is a good spot to eat New York-style bagels. Beyond that obvious choice, other popular dishes include blintzes, cinnamon-challah French toast, noodle kugel, maple bacon banana pancakes and waffles. Sure, it’s a lot of carbs but you’ll need them after a night out in Vegas.

During our visit, we ordered a bagel with a schmear as well as challah French toast. However, we abstained from ordering ‘pretty in pink pancakes’ since one of us has a thing against red (or, in this case, pink) velvet pancakes. Those particular pancakes are topped with a donut, which he finds extra egregious.

Our challah French toast was big. Really big. But we added fruit for a healthy touch. Our bagel, while not amazing, was solid enough that we’d likely buy them by the dozen if they were available where we live.

If you eat brunch at Siegel’s Bagelmania, we say go for big plates like the aforementioned French toast plus fish platters, salami and eggs, matzo brei and blintzes. Not only are these dishes big enough to share, but they’re also ideal for curing hangover woes. And, of course, you should eat a bagel, too.

Pro Tip
Although Siegel’s Bagelmania is walking distance from both the Las Vegas convention center and Resorts World, you’ll want to drive if you have access to a car.

Siegel’s Bagelmania is located at 252 Convention Center Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89109, United States.

PublicUs was a pioneer when it opened in 2015. Not only did it champion downtown before the urban neighborhood was cool, but it also served third-wave coffee and avocado toast before those were cool (at least in Vegas) too.

Today, PublicUs has plenty of competition, both in DTLV and in other Vegas neighborhoods. That competition doesn’t stop crowds from queueing each morning, especially on the weekends.

Our PublicUs brunch experience included waiting in a rapidly moving queue, ordering food, finding two spots at a table and chowing down on a loaded breakfast burrito and a blueberry scone. Two excellent cappuccinos, one hot and one iced, completed our midday meal and primed us for a full day of culinary exploration.

Pro Tip
Eat brunch at PublicUs on a week day if you want to avoid the inevitable weekend brunch crush.

PublicUs is located at 1126 East Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101, United States.

Spago has been a Las Vegas Strip fixture since 1992 when Wolfgang Puck opened the iconic restaurant inside the Caesars casino. 1228 Main, Puck’s more recent venture, is located in the city’s trendy Arts District, far from the corporate canyon of the Strip.

With a focus on bread and pastries, 1228 Main excels at baking croissants in a variety of flavors, from classics like almond and chocolate to a signature crême brûlée croissant. The restaurant’s pastry repertoire also includes muffins, cruffins and fruit pop tarts.

While most of our fellow diners seemed satisfied with their croissants, we added avocado egg toast to our order. It was a good move. Topped with a poached egg, the open-faced sandwich’s zingy chili cream cheese base added a wow factor that we’re inspired to reproduce.

In full disclosure, we weren’t big fans of our flat whites since they emulated the bitter coffee style of Italy. Next time, we’ll order iced coffee drinks and let the ice and milk do their thing.

Pro Tip
Skip the coffee and order a brunch cocktail instead. Options include bloody marys, palomas and bottomless mimosas.

1228 Main is located at 1228 South Main Street, Las Vegas, NV 89104, United States.

You’ll know you’re not in Kansas when slot machines welcome you to the Peppermill’s dimly lit space with neon and fake Tiffany lamps. Beyond lighting, the decor is a hodgepodge of mirrored ceilings, plush purple booths immersed in a forest of fake trees. There are even fire pits inside the adjoining Fireside Lounge. Most importantly, the Peppermill serves both breakfast and cocktails at all hours of the day and night. This is key whether you’re a tired showgirl or a tourist dealing with jet lag or a hangover.

While the Peppermill’s most popular brunch dishes include a monster of an egg scramble called Joe’s San Francisco Special and a stick-to-your-ribs version of Southern fried steak and eggs, we went a different direction by sharing a Maserati omelet. Not your average omelet, this one was made with ground sausage, two cheeses and mushrooms before it was topped with both meat sauce and Parmesan cheese. It was big enough to share, which is exactly what we did.

Pro Tip
Order a fruit plate with seasonal fruits, banana-nut bread and creamy marshmallow sauce if you’re seeking a healthy-ish brunch dish.

Peppermill Restaurant is located at 2985 Las Vegas Boulevard S, Las Vegas, NV 89109, United States.

Las Vegas is an Asian food fantasy land at all hours of the day and night. This includes brunch time when tasty options include soup dumplings at ShangHai Taste and pho at District One are on the table. We ate both and they were great. However, if we just had time for one Asian brunch in Las Vegas, our choice would be dim sum at Rainbow Kitchen.

Located in a Spring Valley strip mall about three miles south of Vegas’ Asia town on Spring Mountain Road, Rainbow Kitchen offers a diverse selection of dim sum dishes that rival those we’ve eaten in Hong Kong, Amsterdam and San Francisco. The restaurant does this without showy dim sum carts. Instead, it offers a vast menu with dozens of selections in both Chinese and English.

While we get the temptation, it’s not feasible to order everything on the menu. That’s why we recommend ordering typical dim sum dishes like har gow (shrimp dumplings) and BBQ pork buns as well as more unique dishes like XO sauce scallop dumplings, Alaska king crab and abalone chicken sou (abalone tarts). We also recommend Rainbow Kitchen’s Peking duck which may not be typical for dim sum but is wonderful at any time.

Pro Tip
Don’t skip Rainbow Kitchen’s nationally lauded abalone tarts. Slowly cooked for seven to ten days and served over puff pastry cups filled with chicken and mushroom, they’re a must-order.

Rainbow Kitchen is located at 7537 South Rainbow Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89139, United States.

Almost four decades after co-founding the iconic Zingerman’s Delicatessen in Ann Arbor back in 1982, Paul Saginaw brought decades of experience to Downtown Las Vegas along with special corned beef that he sources from Michigan. His Saginaw’s Delicatessen offers solid food and friendly service in a comfortable tin ceiling space just off the Circa casino floor. And, as a bonus, the Jewish-style deli serves bottomless cups of terrific coffee roasted by Zingerman’s in Michigan.

We skipped that famous corned beef during our brunch at Saginaw’s Delicatessen. We also skipped tempting items like ginormous cinnamon buns and smoked salmon platters. Instead, we ordered loco moco.

The Hawaiian dish, which has a strange similarity to Portugal’s francesinha, consists of a hamburger patty over white rice smothered in brown gravy, topped with a sunny-side-up egg. We enjoyed the ‘crazy’ dish so much that we created a loco moco recipe that we now cook at home.

Pro Tip
If you’re not in the mood for a sandwich, you can try Saginaw’s famous corned beef in its Big Chick’s corned beef hash breakfast dish which includes two poached eggs and toast.

Saginaw’s Delicatessen is located in the Circa Resort & Casino at 8 East Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101, United States.

We won’t blame you if you head to Cafe Breizh specifically to eat macarons. After all, the cafe sells a colorful rainbow of the French confections. We also won’t blame you if you choose to pair a bigger French pastry with a cup of coffee brewed with La Colombe beans.

However, this approach isn’t the only way to start the day at Cafe Breizh. Pierre Gatel, a Brittany native who previously worked for Alain Ducasse and François Payard, has culinary tricks up his sleeves that transcend viennoiseries and coffee.

Gatel stays true to his French roots at Cafe Breizh with a menu that features a half dozen Breton galettes (savory buckwheat pancakes) and even more sweet crepes. Other dishes like niçoise salad and croque monsieur similarly channel those roots.

It may seem odd to eat an authentic galette or crepe while sitting on a rattan chair at a Summerlin strip mall, but that’s how things roll in Vegas. Gatel opened Cafe Breizh in 2016 and his concept still works despite its spartan space and location. And, at the end of the day, it’s a lot easier to drive to Summerlin than it is to fly across the ocean to eat similar food in Paris.

Pro Tip
Bring your laptop if you want to check your emails while you wait for your galette or crepe. Cafe Breizh provides complimentary Wi-Fi for its customers.

Cafe Breizh is located in the Apache Center at 3555 South Fort Apache Road, Las Vegas, NV 89147, United States.

Married owners Elizabeth Blau and Kim Canteenwalla clearly had a vision when they opened Honey Salt in 2012. More than a decade later, locals haven’t yet tired of the Summerlin restaurant’s varied menu filled with ‘market-inspired’ dishes fit for both vegans and carnivores. The same goes for its weekend brunch menu.

Despite dishes like egg white frittata and grain power salad, don’t worry that Honey Salt’s brunch menu is too healthy. Instead, focus your efforts on ordering a Monkey Bread starter smothered in bourbon caramel sauce.

Breakfast poutine is another decadent brunch dish at Honey Salt. Unlike classic versions we’ve previously eaten in Montreal, this poutine has herb-roasted potatoes, bacon gravy, smoked bacon and cheese curds plus a sunny side farm egg for good measure.

Then there’s Honey Salt’s strawberry shortcake French toast. With its shortbread cookie crumble and vanilla whipped cream, the over-the-top brunch dish proves that vegan food can be decadent too.

Pro Tip
Bring along a designated driver so that you can partake in Honey Salt’s ‘bottomless therapy’ involving bubbles and a range of ‘bloody’ beverages. If that doesn’t happen, you can order a glass of green goodness juice made from a variety of fruits and veggies instead.

Honey Salt is located at 1031 South Rampart Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89145, United States.

Delices Gourmands French Bakery is located in a nondescript Sahara Avenue Strip mall. This isn’t a typical French bakery since it’s obvious that owners Yves and Catherine Crivello love both French and American pastries. Have you ever been to a French bakery that serves such wonderful blueberry muffins? Je ne pense pas!

We restrained ourselves by ordering just two things – the aformentioned blueberry muffin and a croque monsieur. The muffin was big, fluffy and moist with enough blueberries to make Ace Rothstein happy, and the croque monsieur, while not extravagant, was nicely browned and melty.

Pro Tip
Consider yourself warned that looking at the bakery’s display can be dangerous. That’s where you’ll see plus an array of tempting treats like filled croissants and colorfully glazed New York rolls (i.e., suprêmes).

Delices Gourmands French Bakery is located at 3620 West Sahara Avenue, Suite W2, Las Vegas, NV 89102, United States.

Located at a Henderson strip mall since 2015, CRAFTkitchen serves breakfast and lunch dishes all day with an added bonus of bottomless mimosas on its menu. Sure, those bottomless mimosas currently come with a 90-minute time limit. But one could hypothetically do some serious eating and drinking in that amount of time.

We’re not saying how many glasses we did or didn’t drink during our brunch. It doesn’t really matter. What matters is that the restaurant offers a range of sandwich classics and iconic American food favorites as well as healthier food options fit for vegans, vegetarians and diners with allergies.

Not all dishes are savory. In addition to freshly baked pastries, notable sweet dishes include crème brûlée stuffed French toast and churro-style waffles.

Pro Tip
Order from CRAFTkitchen’s curbside and delivery menu if you prefer to eat brunch in the privacy of your hotel room or apartment.

The original CRAFTkitchen is located at 10940 South Eastern Avenue, Henderson, NV 89052, United States.

Toasted Gastrobrunch serves satisfying brunch dishes like shrimp & grits and Elvis French toast as well as international classics like eggs in purgatory and shakshuka. Drinks are equally varied with options like flaming Irish coffee and mimosa flights.

Don’t expect to eat a light meal at this brunch spot. Pretty much everything was big during our meal starting with the menu and ending with a life-size cow statue inside the restaurant. The concept is clearly working since there are multiple Toasted Gastrobrunch locations in Southern California as well as two off the Strip in Vegas.

Pro Tip
The restauant’s popular Messy Sundae at Sammy’s is essentially scoops of vanilla ice cream smothered with chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, chopped walnuts and whipped cream.

Toasted Gastrobrunch has multiple Las Vegas locations. We ate our brunch at the restaurant located at 9516 West Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89147, United States.

Don’t judge The Stove’s second floor location at a Henderson strip mall before you experience it in person. Airy and open, this suburban location offers great views, both mountain and urban, depending upon which direction you look.

Chefs Antonio Nuñez and Scott Commings opened The Stove in 2018 where they continue to serve an eclectic selection of brunch dishes plus libations. They may sound familiar – Nunez opened The Kitchen Table (see below) and Commings won the 12th season of Hell’s Kitchen.

Popular dishes include modern brunch classics like Belgian waffles, chicken & waffles, peach Bellini French toast and a hamburger that doubles as a hangover remedy. However, it’s fair to say that The Stove’s beverage program sets the restaurant’s vibe, especially during festive ‘party brunches’ each weekend.

Not only do mimosas and other bubbly beverages flow freely during those boozy brunches, but The Stove also proves that dreams do indeed come true with its unicorn hot chocolate. The non-alcoholic drink tops mocha hot chocolate with marshmallows, whipped cream, cotton candy and sprinkles. It’s up to you to decide whether this crazy concoction is a happy dream or a sunlit nightmare.

Pro Tip
Order bananas Foster if you have a sweet tooth. Served tableside, the flaming dish tops either pancakes or waffles with sliced bananas, vanilla bean ice cream, dark rum and banana liqueur. It’s a show to watch and a pleasure to eat.

The Stove is located at 11261 South Eastern Avenue, Henderson, NV 89052, United States.

Dining at Island Sushi and Grill without eating poke may sound inconceivable to sushi fans. However, there’s nothing odd about starting the day with dishes like Portuguese sausage and Hawaiian corned beef hash – especially if you pair them with poke.

There’s also nothing wrong with eating both a chunky tuna poke bowl and a dish like Spam-fried rice during your Island Sushi brunch. While the two dishes are likely too big for one person to eat without leftovers, they’re ideal to share. Plus, you may have room for malasadas, doughy Portuguese donuts, if you follow the sharing approach.

Pro Tip
Go crazy and order loco moco at Island Sushi and Grill. The restaurant offers four versions – classic, roast pork, Portuguese sausage and Spam.

Island Sushi and Grill is located at 9400 South Eastern Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89123, United States.

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