Best brunch in Antwerp
Brunch in Antwerp lives or dies on two things: the coffee and the egg. Roasters maps the cafés in Antwerp where both are taken seriously — small kitchens with seasonal menus, baristas dialling in espresso behind the bar, and the kind of room you'd want to spend a Sunday morning in. The guide draws on the 66 specialty cafés and roasters the community has mapped in Antwerp.
Booking is sometimes possible, often not. The rule of thumb in Antwerp: arrive before 10am on weekdays, before 9am on weekends, or after 1pm when the first wave clears. Roasters lists each café's typical wait times and whether they take reservations.
The best brunch cafés in Antwerp share a few traits: a short, focused menu over a 20-item brunch overload; a coffee program that doesn't take a back seat to the food; and a steady flow that doesn't make you queue for 90 minutes. Most are independent — the brunch scene in Antwerp skews local, and the standout rooms are the ones where the same crew has been running the bar for years.
Antwerp among “Brunch” cities
In the national table Antwerp is #1, ahead of every other city; worldwide it ranks #61 of 3,601.
60 cities with this guide list more specialty cafés than Antwerp, and 83 list fewer or the same.
In Belgium, the “Brunch” guide also covers 2 other cities.
Themed guides open once a city passes 30 specialty cafés; Antwerp clears that bar 2.2 times over.
Beyond this one, Antwerp has 8 more themed guides: WiFi & laptops, Open late, Quiet cafés, Cycling, Espresso, Filter coffee, Cold brew and Matcha.
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About brunch in Antwerp
Where else in Belgium can I use this guide?
In Brussels and Ghent.
Which cities rank next to Antwerp for brunch?
Out of 144 cities with this guide, Atlanta, GA (67 cafés) ranks just above and Porto (66) just below.
Do brunch cafés in Antwerp take reservations?
Some do, most don't. The best small kitchens in Antwerp run walk-in only; the larger brunch rooms tend to take bookings. Each café's reservation policy is in its Roasters profile.
How many specialty cafés does Roasters list in Antwerp?
66 cafés and roasters, which puts Antwerp at #61 of the 144 cities with a “Brunch” guide.
