Best Brunch Spots in Austin
Austin, Texas — updated August 22, 2026
Six Austin brunch rooms sorted by how settled their ratings are, from an East 11th Street standby with more than 1,800 reviews to a Rainey Street beer garden with over 7,100.
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Austin's brunch map clusters hard on the east side: two of the places below sit on the same block of East 11th Street, and a third is a short drive down Holly. The rest spread across Rainey Street, Clarksville and Webberville Road. We ranked them by how well the rating holds up under the number of people who left it, so a 4.5 backed by thousands of reviews outranks a higher score from a few hundred.
1. Paperboy East
The strongest combination of score and volume on this list: 4.6 across more than 1,800 reviews, which is a settled number rather than an early one. It sits at 1203 E 11th St, in the stretch of East Austin where morning tables go quickly on weekends, so arriving before the late-morning rush is the difference between walking in and waiting. Worth knowing that Hillside Farmacy is essentially next door at 1209, which gives you a fallback on the same block if the wait runs long.
2. Launderette
The highest review count of any 4.6 here: more than 2,100 people have weighed in, which puts it on firmer footing than most rooms with that score. It is at 2115 Holly St, in the residential pocket east of Lady Bird Lake, so it draws a neighborhood crowd alongside people who drove in for it. Weekend late mornings are the busy window. Call ahead about reservations rather than assuming a walk-in table.
3. Banger's Sausage House & Beer Garden
The most tested rating in this guide by a wide margin: 4.5 from more than 7,100 reviews, a figure that no single good or bad day can move. It occupies 79 Rainey St, which means it absorbs a large group easily and also means Rainey Street parking and crowd conditions apply. A 4.5 at that volume is a genuinely proven result, more reliable evidence than any of the higher scores below it.
4. The Cavalier
A 4.6 rating, but from 540 reviews, so treat it as promising rather than proven. That is still enough feedback to show a consistent pattern, and it is the highest score here outside the two heavyweights above. The address is 2400 Webberville Rd, suite a, east of the interstate and away from the East 11th cluster, which usually translates to a calmer weekend arrival. Good option when the more central rooms are quoting long waits.
5. Better Half Coffee & Cocktails
The one place here with published hours worth planning around: doors open at 8:00 AM every day of the week, which makes it the earliest start on this list. Monday it closes at 3:00 PM, so it is a breakfast-and-lunch stop only at the top of the week; Sunday runs until 8:00 PM. It is closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The rating is 4.4 from more than 1,700 reviews, a well-tested middling-to-strong score. The address is 406 Walsh St in Clarksville. The phone line is voicemail only.
6. Hillside Farmacy
The lowest rating in the group at 4.3, but it comes from more than 1,600 reviews, so it is a stable number rather than a fluke. It sits at 1209 E 11th St, directly beside Paperboy East, which makes the two a practical pair: check the wait at one, walk ten steps to the other. Weekend mid-mornings are the peak on this block. Go early or go late.
What we left off
Electric Shuffle Austin scores 4.7, but from 368 reviews, and it belongs to a multi-city bar-and-games brand rather than an independent Austin kitchen, so it falls outside what this guide covers. QI Austin: Modern Asian Kitchen holds a 4.4 from 996 reviews, which is respectable, but we found no confirmation that it serves brunch, and we would rather leave a good restaurant off than send you there on a guess.