Brunch in Barnet: The Best Breakfast and Brunch Spots

For brunch in Barnet, most people land on East Finchley’s High Road: Cup of Joy, with the longest brunch menu in the borough and a Turkish breakfast, and Dan & Decarlo, the family-run cafe that has been there since 2009. Em’s Coffee is the Whetstone pick, and Huddle Caffe serves an all-day breakfast in High Barnet. Every entry was checked against the venue’s own website on 27 October 2026.

We have not eaten at these places for this guide, and nothing here is a review. Each entry sets out what the venue publishes: what it says it serves, prices from its own menu, opening hours and booking rules. Hygiene ratings come from the Food Standards Agency (FSA). Menus and prices change, so check before a special trip.

East Finchley

Cup of Joy, High Road

Cup of Joy calls itself a bar, restaurant and cafe for “Brunch, Coffee, Breakfast”, and says its menu “is built around comfort, quality, and honest flavours”. Its menu is long: the Joy Brunch, marked as the house favourite (poached eggs, halloumi, smoked salmon, avocado, mushroom and tomatoes on artisan bread), is £14.50, the Full English £14.30, the Turkish breakfast £15.95, Turkish eggs (cilbir) £13.50, a vegan breakfast £14.95 and French toast £13.50. Omelettes drop to £11 every Thursday, and gluten-free bread is 75p extra. There is a children’s menu. Book through the website or call 020 3651 4839. Open Sunday to Wednesday 8am to 6pm and Thursday to Saturday 8am to 7pm. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 17 November 2025). 117 High Road, N2 8AG.

Dan & Decarlo, High Road

Dan & Decarlo is “a family run independent cafe founded in 2009”, the East Finchley town team says, near the station end of the High Road. Its menu is headed “all day brunch” and names its suppliers: Cacklebean eggs and Paul Rhodes porridge sourdough. Avocado on toast is £8.95, eggs on toast £7.90, a bacon butty £6.25, smoked salmon, avocado and eggs £14.95 and the full vegan breakfast £11.95. Its information page says dogs are welcome, with biscuits and water, and that it seats 31 inside and 6 outside. It only takes bookings for groups of five or more, by email; smaller groups walk in. Open Monday to Friday 7.30am to 4.30pm and weekends 8.30am to 4.30pm; the kitchen closes at 4pm. Hygiene rating 4 (FSA, 27 April 2026). 20 High Road, N2 9PJ.

Margot Bakery, East End Road

Margot opened “in a dilapidated shop in February 2016”, its about page says, and now also has a shop in Highgate. This is a bakery rather than a brunch kitchen: the bread and pastries, including babka, brioche and croissants, are leavened with sourdough, and the shop serves Campbell & Syme coffee, homemade granola, sandwiches, sourdough focaccia, savoury and sweet pastries and “changing daily specials”. It bakes with organic free-range eggs from Rookery Farm. Challah is on Fridays only. There is seating inside and out, and it takes card only, no cash. The site does not publish prices. Open Wednesday to Saturday 8am to 4pm; closed Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, according to its own site. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 18 July 2025). 121 East End Road, N2 0SZ.

Finchley Central and Whetstone

Em’s Coffee, High Road, Whetstone

Em’s Coffee is “a family-run café in Whetstone and Totteridge”, serving coffee, fresh juices and “freshly made breakfast options”, its own site says, five minutes’ walk from Totteridge & Whetstone station. Its food menu, a file it published in 2024, lists eggs Benedict at £12.90, eggs Royale £13.90, eggs Florentine £11.90, American pancakes £8.90 and a shakshuka with sourdough, with halloumi, feta or spicy sausage £2 extra; the house “Em’s special” is sauteed onions, spinach, mushrooms and minced lamb under two eggs. Prices may have moved since. There is no parking. Open every day 8am to 5pm. Call 020 8445 8353. Hygiene rating 4 (FSA, 15 January 2026). 1336 High Road, N20 9HJ.

93 Degrees, Regents Park Road, Finchley Central

93 Degrees has been “at 213 Regents Park Road since 2017, on the corner where Finchley Central climbs up Holden Road”, its own site says: an “Italian café, espresso bar, kitchen”, open seven days a week. It is one of the earlier openers in Finchley, at 7am on weekdays. The site is being rebuilt and does not publish a menu at the moment, so call before going for a particular dish. Open Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm and Saturday and Sunday 8am to 5pm. Call 020 3662 0033. The FSA lists it as 93ºC Coffee, rated 5 (FSA, 29 October 2025). 213 Regents Park Road, N3 3LD.

High Barnet

Huddle Caffe, High Street

Huddle Caffe is an independent cafe near the top of the High Street, with a second branch in Winchmore Hill, and calls itself “a community hub”. Its menu runs an all-day breakfast: the full breakfast and the veggie breakfast (poached egg, avocado, grilled halloumi, beans and portobello mushroom on sourdough) are £13.50 each, eggs Benedict and eggs Royale £12.20, eggs Florentine £11.20, pancakes £9.70, avocado on toast £8.20 and a granola bowl £8.20. Customer reviews it publishes on its own site mention outdoor tables that catch the sun and say it is dog friendly. Open Monday to Saturday 8am to 5pm and Sunday 8am to 4.30pm. Call 020 3196 2721. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 11 April 2026). 224B High Street, Barnet EN5 5SZ. Our listing.

Mama Fifi, The Spires, High Street

Mama Fifi describes itself as “Mediterranean–Italian” and serves breakfast every day before its lunch and dinner menus. Its brunch page sets out three breakfasts: a Full English with Cumberland sausage, a Turkish breakfast with simit, menemen, sucuk, honey and kaymak, cheeses and olives, and a Mediterranean plate of grilled halloumi, avocado, cherry tomatoes and cucumber. Breakfast prices are on its menus page but not in text we could check. The site gives breakfast hours as 9am to midday on its contact details and 9am to 2pm on the brunch page, so check if you are going late. It says walk-ins are welcome on weekdays and booking is recommended at weekends; book through the website or call 020 8191 1222. Hygiene rating 4 (FSA, 6 January 2026). Unit 1, The Spires, 111 High Street, Barnet EN5 5XY. Our listing.

Golders Green

Head Room, Golders Green Road

Head Room is a kosher cafe run as a social enterprise by the mental health charity Jami, which opened it in 2016 in its former charity shop, the Jewish Chronicle reported; free groups and peer-led activities run there too. It has no website of its own. Its OpenTable page lists it as open for breakfast, brunch and lunch Sunday to Friday from 8am to 4pm, under Federation kosher supervision, with an earlier close on Fridays on some versions of the page, and takes bookings there. It is closed on Saturdays. Hygiene rating 4 (FSA, 27 February 2025). 89 Golders Green Road, NW11 8EN.

How we chose

These are the brunch places people search for in Barnet, chosen on the public record rather than on taste: a published breakfast or brunch menu, how long the place has been trading, and its FSA hygiene rating. Every venue here is rated 4 or 5. We left out several busy breakfast cafes, including some on Mill Hill Broadway and in Golders Green, because they publish no website of their own that we could check their hours and menus against on the day. Chains are not listed. Prices and hours are as published on 27 October 2026; check before you go, especially over Christmas.

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Frequently asked questions

Which Barnet brunch places are open on a Sunday?

On their own published hours: Cup of Joy in East Finchley opens at 8am on Sundays, Dan & Decarlo at 8.30am, Em’s Coffee in Whetstone at 8am every day, 93 Degrees in Finchley Central at 8am at weekends, and Huddle Caffe in High Barnet 8am to 4.30pm on Sundays. Mama Fifi in High Barnet serves breakfast from 9am every day. Head Room in Golders Green is listed as opening Sunday to Friday from 8am. Margot Bakery is closed on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays.

Can I book a table for brunch in Barnet?

Cup of Joy and Mama Fifi take reservations through their websites, and Mama Fifi recommends booking at weekends. Head Room takes bookings through OpenTable. Dan & Decarlo only takes bookings for groups of five or more, by email; smaller groups walk in.

Where can I get a Turkish breakfast in Barnet?

Cup of Joy on East Finchley’s High Road lists a Turkish breakfast at £15.95, with eggs, sucuk, borek, feta, halloumi, olives, simit and Turkish bread, plus Turkish eggs (cilbir) at £13.50 and menemen at £14. Mama Fifi in The Spires, High Barnet, serves a Turkish breakfast with simit, menemen, sucuk, honey and kaymak, cheeses and olives.