Best Brunch Spots in Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina — updated August 21, 2026
Charlotte brunch runs on narrow windows: most kitchens serve it Saturday and Sunday between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., and a few pour it seven days a week. Here's where the ratings hold up, from NoDa to Dilworth to uptown.
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Brunch in Charlotte is mostly a weekend window: Haberdish, 300 East and The Asbury all serve it Saturday and Sunday and then switch to lunch or dinner service, so a late arrival means a different menu. The exceptions are the daily breakfast-through-afternoon rooms in Sedgefield and South End. Ratings below are from Google, and the review counts matter as much as the score.
1. Easy Like Sunday
The only place on this list built entirely around brunch and open seven days: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. That makes it the answer when the weekend is booked out or the craving hits on a Tuesday. The menu is priced and posted: breakfast burrito and classic French toast at $17.95, avocado toast at $15.95, fried chicken at $19.95, plus shrimp and grits among the brunch entrees. Brunch cocktails and espresso drinks are part of the operation, not an afterthought. A 4.5 across 2,027 reviews is a settled number rather than an early one.
2. Haberdish
The heaviest evidence base in this guide: 4.5 stars from 3,147 reviews, which is about as proven as a Charlotte rating gets. Brunch runs Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the North Davidson Street address in NoDa, and the kitchen then closes the gap before dinner opens at 3 p.m. both days. Note that the restaurant is closed Monday, so the weekend service is the whole brunch story here. Tripadvisor separately ranks it inside the top 50 of more than 1,700 Charlotte restaurants. Reserve if you want a 12 p.m. table.
3. 300 East
A Dilworth fixture for more than 40 years, on East Boulevard, with weekend brunch listed at Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; OpenTable shows the brunch menu on Sunday and a 10 a.m. weekend lunch start, so check before a Saturday morning drive. The rating is 4.5 from roughly 1,900 reviews, a figure large enough to trust. Dinner begins daily at 5 p.m., which leaves an afternoon gap after brunch service ends. The grass-fed burger on a potato bun with local greens is a house standard if someone at the table wants lunch instead of eggs.
4. Artisan’s Palate
The highest score here among independents: 4.7 from 1,195 reviews, at the East 36th Street address in NoDa. Brunch is served Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and the same daytime menu runs Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., which is unusual for a weekday in this city. Sunday hours are shorter, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. It functions as a restaurant, cocktail bar and art space, and it is closed Monday. Happy hour runs Wednesday through Friday, 4 to 7 p.m., if brunch turns into a longer afternoon.
5. Uptown Yolk
A South End breakfast-and-brunch kitchen on South Tryon at Winnifred, open from 8 a.m. daily: until 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday and until 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, with last seating at 4:30. That late weekend cutoff is the practical reason to keep it in mind. Posted dishes include shrimp and grits at $16, the Mojo Hash with coffee-braised steak, and a sweet potato waffle at $14. The rating is 4.2 from 514 reviews, lower and less settled than the entries above, so treat it as a solid weekday option rather than a destination.
6. The Asbury
Modern southern cooking on North Tryon, and the most convenient uptown brunch on this list: OpenTable lists Saturday and Sunday service from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., with weekday breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. for anyone staying downtown. The 4.1 rating across 585 reviews is the weaker end of the field, and the sample is smaller than most here, so expectations should be calibrated. Sunday evening service is a limited menu from 5 to 7 p.m. Dunhill BBQ shrimp appears among the starters if brunch stretches toward lunch.
7. Boudreaux's Louisiana Kitchen
Cajun cooking on East 36th Street, open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. and closed Monday through Thursday, which puts it in weekend late-morning territory. Be clear on the evidence: the sources we checked list a full menu with crawfish and spinach dip and raw oysters on the half shell, but no dedicated brunch menu, so this is a late-morning table rather than an eggs-and-mimosas room. The rating is 4.1 from 1,126 reviews, a large enough sample to call that score settled. Lunch is reported as the less crowded stretch.
What we left off
STK Steakhouse on South College Street serves a Sunday brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and carries a 4.7 rating from more than 7,700 reviews, but it is a national steakhouse group with locations well beyond Charlotte, and this guide covers independents only.