DC loves its bottomless brunches—but what if you don’t love mimosas? Bring on the bellinis, margs, and martinis and don’t look back. Here are 13 spots keeping the weekend alive.
Agora
1527 17th St., NW
This Dupont Mediterranean staple keeps weekend brunch lively with bottomless small plates and drinks for $50 per person. Each table gets a two-hour stretch to dig into unlimited dishes, plus a Bloody Mary and a mimosa. Upgrade to bottomless beers and other cocktails (lavender G&Ts, margaritas) for $12 more per person, or order the drinks a la carte for $4 each.
All-Purpose
1250 Ninth St., NW; 79 Potomac Ave., SE
Both the Shaw and Navy Yard locations of this cheffy pizza shop dish out bottomless brunch cocktails for $21 per person. Sip spritzes, fresh-squeezed mimosas, and white-peach bellinis for 90 minutes, until 3 PM.
Balos
1940 N St., NW
Dupont’s clubby hotspot does weekend brunch the Greek way, with a bouzouki soundtrack and bottomless cocktails ($45 per person) every Saturday and Sunday from 11:30 AM to 3 PM. Sip five flavors of espresso martinis (think pumpkin and s’mores) made tableside, or channel your inner party animal with bloodies, rosé sangria, and bellinis.
Cafe Riggs
900 F St., NW
The chic Penn Quarter hotel restaurant offers two bottomless drink options: rounds of Laurent Perrier Brut champagne (including mimosas and Bellinis from the champagne cart) for $60 per person or unlimited espresso martinis for $50 per person. Fill up on a la carte dishes like mushroom toast with marrow and Comte, lobster mac’ and cheese, and blood-orange crepes.
Chloe
1331 Fourth St., SE
This Navy Yard dining room serves a two-course champagne brunch ($80 per person) with unlimited bubbly, bellinis, and more. Start with wildflower-honey-butter toast or warm banana bread then move onto a spiced lamb burger and some of the best scrambled eggs in town.
Cordelia Fishbar
550 Morse St., NE
Bottomless tiki cocktails take over this Union Market seafood room at weekend brunch for $33 per person. Down drinks like the rum-based Fogcutter, the maple-and-rye Lion’s Tail, and more. You can even add a giant prawn to your Bloody Mary for $5 if you’re feeling fancy.
dLeña
476 K St., NW
Richard Sandoval’s wood-fired Mexican restaurant in Mount Vernon Triangle hosts bottomless brunch ($69 for drinks and food; $45 for food only) on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 AM to 3 PM. Dig into birria tacos, chicken and waffles, and Mexican scrambled eggs, and wash it all down with as many margaritas, Bloody Marias, and micheladas as you can handle.
Fiola Mare
3050 K St., NW
Celebrating something? This waterfront Italian dining room’s sparkling brunch ($85 per person) is worthy of a special occasion. It includes a choice of appetizer, brunch entrée, and dessert, plus a pastry-and-bread basket and bottomless prosecco and brunch cocktails. Add unlimited espresso martinis in four flavors for $45.
Liberty Tavern
3195 Wilson Blvd., Arlington
This long-running Clarendon restaurant offers a wide-range of bottomless food—including Tuscan-style sirloin, challah French toast, and chicken parm—for $35 per person ($14 for kids 12 and under, and free for those under 3). Unlimited quarter cocktails go for $15 per person; choices include boozy cider and strawberry lemonade, plus bloodies, John Dalys, margaritas, and more.
Lyle’s Restaurant and Bar
1731 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Kick off the weekend at this Dupont hotel dining room, where DJs spin and the kitchen slings classics like French toast with strawberries and short rib hash. Bottomless mimosas and bloodies go for $28.
Mi Vida
98 District Square., SW; 1901 14th St., NW; 575 Seventh St., NW
These mod-Mex restaurants at the Wharf, on 14th Street, and in Penn Quarter keep things festive with 90 minutes of bottomless drinks ($29.99 per person with the purchase of an entree—and the whole table has to join). Expect spicy and mezcal margaritas, mango-and-vodka cocktails, beers and wines, and more.
Nara-Ya
88 District Sq., SW
The all-you-can-eat brunch at the Wharf’s sleek Japanese dining room goes for $55 per person ($25 for kids 12 and under). The menu hits everything from teriyaki tofu skewers to matcha pancakes. For $30 more, you can tack on bottomless rounds of sake Bloody Marys, cider sangria, and more.
Opal
5534 Connecticut Ave., NW
Colin McClimans and Danilo Simic’s coastal American spot in Chevy Chase serves a three-course weekend brunch for $39, with dishes like Yukon-gold-and-sweet-potato latkes with trout roe and eggs Benedict with pepper jelly. Unlimited drinks—margaritas, bloodies, and white sangria, plus traditional and seasonal mimosas—cost $17 more.
