Twenty six thousand people a month search for bottomless brunch in London, and almost all of them start by comparing prices. You cannot compare the prices, because they are not measuring the same thing.
One place charges 29 pounds and that is drinks only, with food compulsory on top. Another charges 35.50 and that includes unlimited barbecue. A third charges 37 and includes a brunch dish. A fourth charges 60. Those numbers look like a price range. They are four different products, and almost every one of them buys exactly ninety minutes.
Here is what each actually buys, read off each venue’s own website, and the two rules that decide whether you get your money’s worth.
The two rules nobody leads with
One. The advertised price often excludes food. The Black Penny states it in capitals on its own page: the price excludes food, and purchase of any dish is required. So the 29 pounds is a floor, not a bill.
Two. The clock is shorter than the headline. Big Easy publishes a two hour table limit and then adds that last orders on drinks are required fifteen minutes before it ends. A two hour bottomless brunch is one hour and forty five minutes of actually ordering.
Three. The clock can start before you sit down. Albert’s Schloss in Soho states it plainly: the unlimited drinks package is served for ninety minutes from reservation time. Not from arrival, not from the first drink. Turn up twenty minutes late for a half twelve booking and you have bought seventy minutes.
Between them, those three lines explain most of the disappointment people report afterwards, and the third is the one nobody warns you about because it only costs you if you are late.
Drinks only, food extra
The Black Penny
The Black Penny
- Address
- Covent Garden, Sloane Square and South Bank
- Nearest
- Covent Garden, Sloane Square or Waterloo
- Hours
- Seven days a week at all three sites
- Booking
- Online. Groups of eight or more are handled separately
- Price
- 29 pounds a head for bottomless prosecco, mimosa or peach bellini. 39 pounds for Aperol, Sarti or Hugo Spritz. Both are 90 minutes, and their own condition is that the purchase of a dish is required on top
- Standing
- Three London sites running the same offer every day of the week
How to get in
Read the line they print in capitals: the price excludes food and the purchase of any dish is required. So 29 pounds buys you ninety minutes of prosecco and nothing to eat, and the real cost is that plus whatever you order off the brunch menu. The upgrade to spritzes is ten pounds. Seven days a week is genuinely unusual, because most bottomless brunch is a weekend product.
Food included
Big Easy
Big Easy
- Address
- Canary Wharf, Westfield and other London sites
- Nearest
- Canary Wharf
- Hours
- Saturday, Sunday and Monday until 4pm. Last seating 3.45pm
- Booking
- Online, maximum table size twelve
- Price
- 35.50 a head for unlimited home smoked barbecue or lobster, including one drink. Unlimited drinks for two hours is 6 pounds more, though another line on the same page says 5
- Standing
- Two hour table limit, with live bands at Canary Wharf and Westfield from 1.30pm
How to get in
The one to read the small print on, because they publish more of it than anyone. Last orders on drinks are fifteen minutes before your two hour limit ends, so the two hours is really one forty five. The table caps at twelve. You choose one drink type and cannot mix and match, which they apologise for in writing. And note their own page quotes the unlimited upgrade as both 5 pounds and 6 pounds in different places, so ask which it is when you book. What you do get for 35.50 is actual food: ribs, chicken, pulled pork and cornbread, or a half lobster.
Somewhere in between
All Bar One
All Bar One
- Address
- Sites across London including Byward Street in the City
- Nearest
- Varies by site
- Hours
- Every day until 4pm
- Booking
- Online, by venue
- Price
- From 37 pounds a head for 90 minutes, including brunch dishes
- Standing
- Ninety minutes of unlimited prosecco, spritzes, strawberry daiquiri or bottled beer
How to get in
The most predictable of the three and the easiest to book at short notice, because there are sites everywhere. Ninety minutes, every day until four, and the price includes food rather than sitting on top of it. The drinks list is wider than most: prosecco, three different spritzes, a strawberry daiquiri and 330ml bottles of Peroni or Corona, with a zero alcohol Peroni available as a straight swap.
The expensive end, and what the money buys
Both of these sit well above the rest, and in each case the extra is buying something other than drinks.
Albert’s Schloss
- Address
- Soho
- Nearest
- Piccadilly Circus or Tottenham Court Road
- Hours
- Every Saturday, 12.30pm to 3.30pm
- Booking
- A 20 pound per person deposit is required at booking and it is non-refundable
- Price
- 60 pounds per person, including one dish from the kitchen and 90 minutes of prosecco, mimosas, bier, Bloody Marys and spritz cocktails
- Standing
- The top of the London bottomless brunch market
How to get in
The most expensive on this page and the only one that tells you when the clock starts: ninety minutes from reservation time, which means lateness comes out of your drinking and not theirs. The 20 pound deposit is non-refundable, so a cancelled table costs a third of the price before anybody has poured anything.
The Piano Works
- Nearest
- Farringdon or Westfield
- Hours
- Saturdays only, at Farringdon and Covent Garden
- Price
- 55 pounds for two courses, 50 for one course, each with 90 minutes of bottomless drinks and live music. A 10 pound ticket covers entry, one glass of fizz and the entertainment only, and their own note is that it does not include a table
- Standing
- A request band plays for two hours while the drinks run for ninety minutes
How to get in
Read the two time figures against each other: the live music runs two hours and the bottomless drinks run ninety minutes, so the last half hour is a gig rather than a brunch. The 10 pound entry ticket is the interesting option and the one to understand before booking, because their own note is that it does not include a table.
What it actually costs
Taking the published figures at face value and adding a realistic brunch dish where food is excluded:
| Where | Headline | Food | Minutes | Realistic total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Black Penny | £29 | Extra, compulsory | 90 | £29 plus a dish |
| Big Easy | £35.50 | Included, unlimited | 120, minus 15 | £41.50 with unlimited drinks |
| All Bar One | From £37 | Included | 90 | £37 |
| The Piano Works | £50 to £55 | Included, 1 or 2 courses | 90 | £55 with two courses |
| Albert’s Schloss | £60 | Included, one dish | 90, from booking time | £60, £20 of it non-refundable |
The cheapest headline is the one that is not a headline. Once a brunch dish goes on the Black Penny bill it lands in the same place as All Bar One, and Big Easy is the only one here where the food is unlimited.
Now read the minutes column down. Ninety, ninety, ninety, ninety. The spread from 29 pounds to 60 is more than double, and with one exception every one of them is selling the same ninety minute window. What changes is the food, the room and the entertainment, not the drinking time. That is the honest way to compare them, and it is not how any of them presents it.
Is it worth it?
The honest arithmetic. Ninety minutes of unlimited prosecco is worth paying for if you would have drunk four glasses anyway. Below that you are subsidising the table next to you, and with the fifteen minute cutoff at Big Easy you have less time than the number on the booking suggests.
It is also worth knowing what you are buying socially. These are loud rooms with a turnover model and a clock, and the staff need the table back. If what you want is a long, slow lunch, ordinary brunch is a better purchase and usually cheaper.
Practical notes
Ask whether food is included before you compare anything. It is the single variable that makes the prices incomparable, and only one of these three puts it in capitals.
Ask when last orders are. Big Easy publishes fifteen minutes before the limit. Others do not publish it at all, which does not mean it is not happening.
Arrive on time. The clock starts when your booking starts, not when you sit down. A fifteen minute late arrival at a ninety minute sitting is a sixth of what you paid for.
Check the last seating, not the closing time. Big Easy’s last seating is 3.45pm for a service that runs until four.
Check the table cap for a group. Big Easy stops at twelve. The Black Penny handles eight or more separately.
Everything here was taken from each venue’s own published information and rechecked on 28 September 2026. Where a venue contradicts itself, as Big Easy does on whether the unlimited upgrade is five pounds or six, that is stated rather than resolved. Prices change constantly. Confirm before you book.
Where to go next
The brunch guide covers the version without a clock on it, and breakfast the earlier half of the day.
For drinking with more thought and less volume, the wine bars and the cocktail bars.
By neighbourhood: Covent Garden and Canary Wharf.
Questions we get asked
How much does bottomless brunch cost in London?
Between 29 and 40 pounds a head, but the headline numbers are not comparable. The Black Penny charges 29 for ninety minutes of prosecco and states plainly that the price excludes food and a dish must be purchased. Big Easy charges 35.50 including unlimited barbecue or a half lobster. All Bar One is from 37 including brunch dishes. Always ask what the food arrangement is first.
How long is bottomless brunch in London?
Ninety minutes is the standard, and two hours is generous. The catch is at the end: Big Easy publishes a two hour table limit and requires last orders on drinks fifteen minutes before it ends, so two hours is really one hour and forty five. The clock also starts at your booking time, not when you sit down.
Is bottomless brunch worth it?
It depends entirely on how much you drink. Ninety minutes of unlimited prosecco pays for itself at about four glasses, and below that you are subsidising the next table. If you want a long slow meal rather than a fast one, ordinary brunch is usually better value, because these are turnover rooms with a clock and staff who need the table back.
Where can you get a 90 minute bottomless brunch in London?
Ninety minutes is the common format rather than the exception. The Black Penny runs ninety minutes at Covent Garden, Sloane Square and South Bank, seven days a week, from 29 pounds for drinks. All Bar One runs ninety minutes from 37 pounds including food, every day until four, at sites across London.
Does bottomless brunch include food?
Sometimes, and this is the thing to establish before comparing prices. The Black Penny states in capitals that its price excludes food and that a dish must be purchased. Big Easy includes unlimited home smoked barbecue or a half lobster in its 35.50. All Bar One includes brunch dishes in its price. Three headline figures, three different products.
Can you do bottomless brunch on a weekday in London?
Yes, more easily than people assume. The Black Penny runs it seven days a week at all three sites and All Bar One runs it every day until four. Big Easy is the weekend-shaped one, running Saturday, Sunday and Monday only, with last seating at a quarter to four.
What is the maximum group size for bottomless brunch?
It varies and it is worth checking before you invite people. Big Easy caps a table at twelve guests. The Black Penny handles groups of eight or more through a separate arrangement rather than the normal booking system. Turning up with fourteen people and one booking is the usual way this goes wrong.
Written by Robert J Wills, no. 106 in the guide.
Last checked 28 September 2026 against the venues' own published information. Nobody pays to appear here and we take no bookings.
