Best Brunch in Coral Gables: 13 Brunch Places to Try (2026)

Start with GROU Coffee + Cowork, at 4100 Salzedo St STE 5, a four minute walk from Shops at Merrick Park. Brunch is served all day, every hour the doors are open: Monday to Friday 7:30 AM to 6 PM, and Saturday and Sunday 8:30 AM to 3 PM. GROU takes no reservations, brunch included, so every table is walk-in, and there are 2 hours of free parking. The signature plates are the Avocado Toast at $12.99, the menu's house favorite, a whole avocado smashed with EVOO, citrus and a pinch of sea salt on multigrain bread; the Sourdough Bagel Lox (Smoked Salmon) at $14.99, a toasted sourdough sesame bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon; and the Acai Bowl at $11.99, made with açaí that has no added sugar and topped with banana, strawberries, shaved coconut and granola. Every brunch dish and its price is on our Coral Gables brunch page.

Coral Gables has one of the densest brunch strips in Miami: thirteen places worth the trip inside a few walkable blocks, from a National Historic Landmark hotel serving a Sunday buffet to a counter-service cafe on Miracle Mile that will have you back outside in half an hour. This guide names all thirteen, says what each one actually is, and tells you which ones you can walk into without a reservation.

One note on how to read it. Hours, prices, brunch windows and deals move constantly, and a guide that prints them is wrong within weeks, so for every venue other than GROU you will find what the place durably is and a link to its own page for the volatile half. The one exception is GROU Coffee + Cowork, where the prices come straight from the same menu database that renders the site.

Below the thirteen, the second half of this guide is the method: what separates a brunch that is actually worth the drive from one that just photographs well, and how to test any menu in Miami in about ninety seconds.

Brunch in Coral Gables by weekend hours

Planning a weekend brunch near you in Coral Gables? These are the 13 places in this guide, sorted by the time they open on Saturday, with the hours and rating on each one's Google listing on November 10, 2026. A listing shows when the doors open, not when a brunch menu starts, so check with the venue before you go.

• Bachour, 2020 Salzedo St: Mon-Sat 7 AM to 7 PM, Sun 7 AM to 5 PM. 4.6 on Google from 2,787 reviews.
• Birdie Bistro, 2001 Granada Blvd: Mon-Sun 7 AM to 7 PM. 4.6 on Google from 35 reviews.
• Carrot Express, 259 Miracle Mile: Mon-Sun 7 AM to 9 PM. 4.5 on Google from 714 reviews.
• Crema Gourmet, 169 Miracle Mile: Mon-Sun 7 AM to 9 PM. 4.2 on Google from 869 reviews.
• Fontana at the Biltmore, 1200 Anastasia Ave Ste C: Mon-Sat 7 AM to 11 AM, 11:30 AM to 3 PM and 6 PM to 10 PM, Sun 10 AM to 2 PM and 6 PM to 10 PM. 4.4 on Google from 725 reviews.
• Pura Vida, 244 Miracle Mile: Mon-Sat 7 AM to 9 PM, Sun 7 AM to 8 PM. 4.8 on Google from 2,219 reviews.
• Threefold Cafe, 141 Giralda Ave: Mon-Thu 7:30 AM to 3 PM, Fri-Sun 7:30 AM to 4 PM. 4.4 on Google from 948 reviews.
• GROU Coffee + Cowork, 4100 Salzedo St STE 5: Mon-Fri 7:30 AM to 6 PM, Sat-Sun 8:30 AM to 3 PM.
• Café Demetrio, 300 Alhambra Cir: Mon-Sat 9 AM to 3 PM, closed Sun. 4.4 on Google from 1,021 reviews.
• The Café at Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave #5008: Mon-Sat 9 AM to 11 PM, Sun 9 AM to 10 PM. 4.6 on Google from 297 reviews.
• Bulla Gastrobar, 2500 Ponce de Leon Blvd: Mon-Tue 11:30 AM to 10 PM, Wed-Thu 11:30 AM to 11 PM, Fri 11:30 AM to 12 AM, Sat 11 AM to 12 AM, Sun 11 AM to 10 PM. 4.9 on Google from 15,931 reviews.
• Doc B's Restaurant, 301 Miracle Mile: Mon-Sat 11:30 AM to 10 PM, Sun 11 AM to 9 PM. 4.7 on Google from 2,195 reviews.
• Talavera Cocina Mexicana, 2299 Ponce de Leon Blvd: Mon-Thu 12 PM to 10 PM, Fri-Sat 12 PM to 11 PM, Sun 12 PM to 10 PM. 4.4 on Google from 2,277 reviews.

Bachour, Birdie Bistro, Carrot Express, Crema Gourmet, Fontana and Pura Vida open at 7 AM on Saturdays, and Threefold Cafe at 7:30 AM. On Sundays Fontana's listing shows 10 AM to 2 PM, then dinner from 6 PM. Bulla Gastrobar, Doc B's and Talavera open at 11 AM or later, so they suit a late brunch. Café Demetrio is closed on Sundays. GROU serves brunch all day, every hour it is open, and takes no reservations.

Brunch seven days a week at GROU Coffee + Cowork

Location: 4100 Salzedo St STE 5, Coral Gables · Website

GROU is the one place on this list where brunch is not an event you book. There is no reservation, no prix-fixe, no three-course sitting and no bottomless-drinks tier. You walk in, you order at the counter, and the brunch menu is the same menu at 8 AM on a Tuesday as it is at noon on a Sunday. That matters more than it sounds: most of the famous Coral Gables brunches are weekend-only sittings, so a Wednesday craving needs an all-day kitchen instead of a weekend window. GROU is four minutes on foot from Shops at Merrick Park, with a dog friendly patio.

The food is built around toasts, paninis, bowls and arepas rather than a hot line. The Sourdough Bagel Lox with smoked salmon and cream cheese is $14.99 and the kitchen's own favorite. The Italianissimo Panini, toasted ciabatta with prosciutto, fig spread and fresh mozzarella, is $13.99. The Garbanzo Toast or Salad is $13.49, a chickpea salad with dates, carrots, scallions and shallots. Avocado Toast with EVOO and lemon is $12.99, the Butcher's Panini with provolone, turkey, ham and salami is $12.99, and the Tuna Toast or Salad is $12.99. The Açaí Bowl with banana, strawberries, shaved coconut and granola is $11.99, and the Venezuelan Arepa, in plantain or beet, is $6.99 and naturally gluten free. On the lighter end there is chia pudding at $7.99, a Greek yogurt parfait at $6.99 and vegan overnight oats at $6.49. If you want something hot and heavier, the lasagna is $16.99 and the quiche Lorraine is $9.50.

One structural thing worth knowing before you go: there is no standalone hot egg plate here. No eggs benedict, no omelette, no pancakes, no french toast. Eggs are on the menu as an add-on protein, scrambled or hard boiled, alongside salmon, prosciutto, turkey, ham, a garbanzo salad scoop and a tuna salad scoop, so you build the protein onto a toast, a bagel or an arepa rather than ordering it as its own dish. That is the real difference from Threefold, which does eggs benedict and ricotta hotcakes, and from Bulla, which does huevos rancheros. Gluten-free toast and a gluten-free panini are standing swaps rather than improvisations, and the milks include oat, almond, lactose free and half and half.

The drinks are the other half of the meal. The cold brew is house made on a 16-hour steep at $5.00, the ceremonial-grade matcha latte is $6.99, the cappuccino is $4.99, the flat white $4.50 and the cortado $4.39. Fresh squeezed orange juice is $8.49 and the green juice, with cucumber, spinach, celery, lemon and dandelion, is $8.99. The house drip and espresso beans come from El Salvador and Brazil. Prices here come from the same menu database that renders the site, so check the GROU menu for the current list.

And because GROU is a coworking space as well as a kitchen, staying at the table after the plate is cleared is the normal use of the room rather than an imposition on it. There are desks, meeting rooms and private offices in the same building through GROU Cowork.

Must try: Sourdough Bagel Lox with smoked salmon

Melbourne-style brunch at Threefold Cafe

Location: 141 Giralda Ave, Coral Gables · Website

Threefold is the benchmark that every other brunch in Coral Gables gets measured against, and it earned that honestly. It was opened in 2014 by Nick and Teresa, who came from Melbourne, and it brought the Australian cafe format to the Gables before anyone here was asking for it: espresso taken seriously, brunch treated as a real meal rather than a weekend novelty, and a menu that stays put instead of chasing trends.

The signatures are the Melbourne-style avocado toast, eggs benedict, ricotta hotcakes and the flat whites, with cheese toasties and chicken sangas carrying the lunch end. It sits on the Giralda pedestrian block, which means the outdoor tables face a street closed to cars, and there is indoor seating when the humidity wins. It is popular and it is small, so the queue is part of the experience. Check the venue's own page before you plan around it.

Must try: the Melbourne-style avocado toast

Pastry-first brunch at Bachour

Location: 2020 Salzedo St, Coral Gables · Website

Bachour is what happens when a pastry chef builds a restaurant around his display case instead of hiding it behind the kitchen. Antonio Bachour opened this flagship bakery and all-day restaurant in 2019, and the room is deliberately clean and industrial so that the case, and the laminated pastry inside it, does all the talking. He was named best pastry chef by the Best Chef Awards in Milan in 2018, and the restaurant carries a Michelin Bib Gourmand.

Come here when the pastry is the point of the meal rather than the thing you order alongside it. It is a savory kitchen too, so a full brunch is available, but the croissants, tarts and viennoiserie are the reason the room is full. It is a short walk down Salzedo from GROU if you want coffee in one place and dessert in another.

Must try: whatever looks best in the pastry case that morning

Spanish weekend brunch at Bulla Gastrobar

Location: 2500 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables · Website

Bulla is the Spanish and Catalan gastrobar that started here, in Coral Gables, before the group spread. The kitchen does tapas, paella and sangria made to order, and the weekend brunch is a seated, three-course prix-fixe rather than an a-la-carte drop-in. That is a different kind of meal from most of this list: you sit, you are served in courses, and it takes a couple of hours.

It takes reservations, and on a weekend you will want one. Ponce de Leon Boulevard puts it a couple of blocks off Miracle Mile, close enough to walk from the shops. Because brunch formats and sittings change, book through the venue's own page rather than trusting a printed schedule.

Must try: the paella, if you are sharing the table

Golf-course breakfast at Birdie Bistro

Location: 2001 Granada Blvd, Coral Gables · Website

Birdie Bistro is the newest and the smallest name on this list, and it has the most specific setting: a family-owned breakfast-and-lunch spot sharing a building with the Granada Pro-Shop, right on the edge of the historic Granada Golf Course. You are eating next to a municipal course in the middle of the Gables, which is a view no Miracle Mile dining room can offer.

The kitchen is a from-scratch operation: omelets made to order, avocado toast, pancakes, sandwiches, burgers and salads. It is a diner in the good sense, not a concept. It is genuinely small, so reservations are recommended on weekends, and it is the one on this list most likely to be full when you arrive without one.

Must try: a made-from-scratch omelet

The Sunday brunch at Fontana, Biltmore Hotel

Location: 1200 Anastasia Ave Ste C, Coral Gables · Website

If you want the occasion version of brunch, this is it. Fontana is the Italian restaurant inside the Biltmore Hotel, a National Historic Landmark, and its Sunday brunch is the most famous spread in Coral Gables: a seated buffet with omelet, sushi, carving, pasta and tapas stations. It is the meal people book for a birthday, a graduation or visiting family.

The room is as much of the draw as the food. There is an open-air kitchen and a wood-burning stove, and the seating spills into the fountain courtyard, which is one of the most photographed spaces in the city. It takes reservations and it needs them. Book and confirm the current sitting through the hotel's own page.

Must try: the Sunday brunch, booked well ahead

Brunch on the corner at Doc B's Restaurant

Location: 301 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables

Doc B's sits at the corner of Miracle Mile and Salzedo, which makes it the natural landing spot at the end of a walk down the Mile. It is a small-chain American restaurant and bar doing seasonal comfort food, with a large bar that gives it a different energy from the counter-service cafes further along the street.

This is the group-dinner-energy version of brunch: full table service, a proper bar, reservations available. Worth knowing that the brand has appeared under a couple of names over the years, including Doc B's Fresh Kitchen, so search for the Miracle Mile address rather than the name alone.

Must try: a seat at the bar if the dining room is backed up

Health-forward all-day brunch at Pura Vida

Location: 244 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables · Website

Pura Vida is the Miracle Mile option for people who want brunch food without the brunch ceremony. It is an all-day breakfast cafe built around bowls, wraps, salads and açaí, with gluten-free and vegan baked goods in the case and a real specialty coffee program behind the counter.

It is counter service in a design-forward room, so it works as a solo laptop-free breakfast, a quick stop mid-shopping, or a full sit-down. Of the four brunch places actually on Miracle Mile, this is the one most likely to have something for a table with three different diets at it.

Must try: an açaí bowl

Courtyard coffee at Café Demetrio

Location: 300 Alhambra Cir, Coral Gables · Website

Café Demetrio has been open since 1997, which makes it the first coffee house in Coral Gables and the ancestor of everything else on this list, GROU included. The interior is unapologetically European: Victorian paintings, brass teapots, an upright piano, the sort of room that was built to be sat in for a long time.

The real draw is out back. There is a leafy courtyard patio under a large banyan tree, which is the closest thing the Gables has to a garden cafe. The menu is artisanal coffee and light meals rather than a full brunch line, so come for a long slow morning rather than a big plate. Note the address: it is on Alhambra Circle.

Must try: a coffee at a courtyard table under the banyan

Brunch among the shelves at The Café at Books & Books

Location: 265 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables · Website

The Café at Books & Books is inside the flagship Books & Books, a 9,000 square foot Mediterranean building with original tile floors, beamed ceilings and floor-to-ceiling shelves. You can eat indoors surrounded by the stock or outside in the open-air historic courtyard, and both are genuinely pleasant in a way that most bookstore cafes are not.

The kitchen does salads, sandwiches and vegetarian plates, and there is a wine bar and a live music series, so the room changes character through the day. It is one of the few places in the Gables where lingering is the entire point, which puts it in the same category as Demetrio and GROU for a morning that is not on a clock.

Must try: a table in the courtyard with something from the shelves

Regional Mexican brunch at Talavera Cocina Mexicana

Location: 2299 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables · Website

Talavera opened in 2009 and does regional Mexican rather than the Tex-Mex default: moles made by hand daily, huaraches made in house, a cherry-wood grill, and a tequila and mezcal list running past 300 bottles. It is the most distinct kitchen on this list in the sense that nothing else here is trying to do the same thing.

There is outdoor dining on Ponce de Leon, and it takes reservations, which you will want on a weekend. Come here when the table wants a brunch with actual heat and depth to it rather than another avocado toast.

Must try: a house huarache

Espresso-bar brunch at Crema Gourmet

Location: 169 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables · Website

Crema Gourmet is the espresso bar and breakfast restaurant end of Miracle Mile, in a warm wood-and-brick room that reads more like a neighborhood cafe than a shopping-street stop. Coffee, smoothies and fresh juices sit alongside a proper plate menu, so it covers both a fast flat white and a sit-down brunch.

It is the most straightforward option on the Mile: no reservation ceremony, no concept, just a decent breakfast and a decent coffee at a table. Useful when the group cannot agree and you want somewhere nobody will object to.

Must try: a brunch plate with a coffee at the bar

Fast-casual healthy brunch at Carrot Express

Location: 259 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables · Website

Carrot Express is the fast-casual answer on Miracle Mile: smoothies, salads, wraps and bowls with vegan and gluten-free options marked throughout the menu rather than tucked into a footnote. The Poke Bowl and the wraps are the signatures, and there is takeout, delivery and catering if you are feeding a room rather than a table.

It is the least ceremonial brunch here and sometimes that is exactly right: you order, you eat something genuinely light, and you are back on the street in half an hour. Good for a weekday when a two-hour sitting is not on the table.

Must try: the Poke Bowl

Planning the visit: what to order and when to arrive

• What to order first: avocado toast, then judge the bread
• What to drink: specialty coffee, cold brew at $5.00, or a ceremonial-grade Japanese matcha drink, $6.99 to $7.99
• Dairy-free: milk options include oat and almond
• Best weekend arrival: 8:30 AM, with the full Saturday and Sunday window still ahead of you
• Best weekday slot: mid-morning, any day Monday to Friday, since the doors open at 7:30 AM
• Bring the laptop or leave it: the coffee shop and the coworking space are one venue, so brunch and a work session are the same trip
• To confirm anything: call +1 305-639-8218

Coral Gables brunch questions, answered

What time does GROU Coffee + Cowork open?

GROU Coffee + Cowork is open Monday to Friday from 7:30 AM to 6 PM, and Saturday and Sunday from 8:30 AM to 3 PM. It is at 4100 Salzedo St STE 5, Coral Gables, FL 33146, and the phone number is +1 305-639-8218.

Where is GROU Coffee + Cowork in Miami?

GROU Coffee + Cowork is at 4100 Salzedo St STE 5, Coral Gables, FL 33146, in Coral Gables, Miami. The phone number is +1 305-639-8218, and it serves brunch, açaí bowls, avocado toast, specialty coffee, cold brew and matcha.

Is there anywhere in Miami to have brunch and then work on a laptop?

Yes. GROU Coffee + Cowork in Coral Gables is a coffee shop and a coworking space in one venue, so brunch and a work session happen at the same address. It is open Monday to Friday from 7:30 AM to 6 PM and Saturday and Sunday from 8:30 AM to 3 PM, at 4100 Salzedo St STE 5, Coral Gables, FL 33146.

Can you have brunch on a weekday in Miami?

Yes. GROU Coffee + Cowork in Coral Gables is open Monday to Friday from 7:30 AM to 6 PM, with brunch, açaí bowls, avocado toast, specialty coffee, cold brew and matcha on the menu, which covers both an early breakfast and a mid-morning weekday brunch.

What lighter brunch options does GROU Coffee + Cowork serve?

GROU Coffee + Cowork serves açaí bowls and avocado toast alongside its brunch menu, at 4100 Salzedo St STE 5, Coral Gables, FL 33146. Milk options include oat and almond, so the drinks can be made dairy-free.

How much does matcha cost at GROU Coffee + Cowork?

Matcha at GROU Coffee + Cowork costs between $6.99 and $7.99. The menu carries a full section of ceremonial-grade Japanese matcha drinks, and milk options include oat and almond. The address is 4100 Salzedo St STE 5, Coral Gables, FL 33146.

Does GROU Coffee + Cowork have oat milk and almond milk?

Yes. Milk options at GROU Coffee + Cowork include oat and almond, across a drinks menu of specialty coffee, cold brew and ceremonial-grade Japanese matcha drinks priced from $6.99 to $7.99.

Is GROU Coffee + Cowork well reviewed?

GROU Coffee + Cowork holds a Google rating of 4.8 from more than 1,000 reviews. It was named Best Coffeehouse in Miami in the 2026 awards and is listed by Miami New Times among Miami's best coffee shops. It is at 4100 Salzedo St STE 5, Coral Gables, FL 33146.

What is the best time to arrive for weekend brunch in Coral Gables?

Arrive at 8:30 AM. GROU Coffee + Cowork is open Saturday and Sunday from 8:30 AM to 3 PM, so arriving at opening leaves the entire weekend window ahead of you, while arriving at 2:30 PM leaves thirty minutes.

Photo credits

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More from GROU: Order fresh-roasted beans and merch from the GROU shop, book a desk, meeting room or private office at GROU Cowork in Coral Gables, or see the menu. More reading: the best breakfast sandwiches in Miami, the best healthy breakfasts in Miami and our guide to breakfast in Coral Gables.