The casual Potrero Hill spot with diner-style charm is breakfast royalty, and everybody knows it. Which is why there will be a line to get a seat inside the well-lit space. Do you know how crowded Warriors games are when LeBron is in town? Getting a table at Plow is like that. Everyone is here for the french toast, fried egg sandwiches, and scrambles with sides of bacon and crispy potatoes. But one of the best things you can get here is the lemon ricotta pancakes.

If you tend to wake up on the later side of brunch for this city, El Mil Amores is your spot. This Mexico City-style cafe in the Mission serves their entire breakfast and lunch menu all the way until 5pm, making it the perfect place to meet up with a group of friends that can’t agree on a common wake-up time. Expect hearty platters like the CDMX plate with a mix of chilaquiles, soft scrambled eggs, and pillowy concha french toast—it's ideal for those who can’t decide between sweet and savory.

If the sun rays coming through the huge skylight at Abacá don’t jolt you awake, the food certainly will. This upscale spot does weekend-only brunch full of Filipino classics with the sour, salty, and sweet flavors dialed up. There’s tocino slabs covered in pineapple marinade, an incredible ganache-crowned banana bread, and ensaymada french toast. Brunch service is pretty mellow, and it’s easy to grab a walk-in bar seat or a reservation—we’re not sure why, though, since a meal here is stellar.

The classic Cantonese dim sum at this Richmond restaurant are some of the best in the city. Steamers loaded with plump and meaty siu mai, plates of wiggly XO noodles, and mounds of fried sticky rice fill every table in the big carpeted space. There will likely be a line here, especially on weekends when everyone in town wants to prematurely get over the Sunday scaries with a spread of baked, steamed, and pan-fried things. But things move quickly, so snag a paper number and wait your turn.

Located in the Outer Richmond, this Turkish spot feels like a homey den with brick walls and window sills that are filled with a hodgepodge of found glass, bird feeders, and plants in mismatched pots. The menu is short, but it doesn’t matter because there’s one correct order here: the two-person Turkish breakfast spread of creamy scrambled eggs with chewy sujuk, pita, feta, olives, nutty muhammara, sweet hazelnut spread, fresh fruit, and kaymak with honey.

The dining room at this Outer Sunset spot looks like a beachside Vrbo ran into a lumber yard. And spending a morning in this wood-covered space just blocks from the ocean is an ideal pastime. Their brunch menu, which covers everything from breakfast sandwiches and french toast to chia bowls, is worth getting out of bed early for. Never leave without the dutch pancake, a fluffy behemoth loaded with berries, pecans, and a glob of housemade ricotta.

With raised ceilings, Restoration Hardware-esque light fixtures, and a long, blue-tiled bar, Aziza feels more like a luxury resort on the outskirts of Marrakesh than a brunch spot in the Richmond—with gorgeously plated food to match. Try the spiced lebni yogurt that’s loaded up full of berries and granola or the beghrir pancakes with bee pollen that arrives on a plate resembling an inside-out shell.

One of the best spots in the city for weekend bottomless brunch. We’re not sure what makes the brown sugar, pepper, and cayenne dusted bacon “millionaire’s bacon,” but we’re glad we don’t have to be an actual millionaire to eat it. Go with friends, sit outside, and drink eight to ten mimosas if you want to.

Yank Sing has been around since 1958, and is a classic we come back to again and again—mostly because we crave their kurobuta pork and Napa cabbage-filled dumplings on a near-weekly basis. Also get the BBQ pork buns, potstickers, siu mai, and anything else you see whizzing by on one of the roving carts. They have two locations, but nothing beats eating as many dumplings as possible in the sunny atrium over at the Rincon Center.

At night, the heated outdoor patio, twinkle lights, and movie playing on the big white wall in the back makes Foreign Cinema feel like a romantic drive-in theater. During the day, sunlight floods the Mission patio and makes it a bright, airy place to have croque madames big enough for four, herbed Persian omelettes with Dungeness crab, crispy potatoes you’ll be talking about for weeks, and homemade Pop Tarts.

The small, casual Nob Hill spot really undersells itself by calling itself a coffee shop. It’s much more than that. Mymy does excellent takes on brunch classics, from lemon cottage cheese pancakes to corned beef hash. The lines can be long at brunch, but get there early and you should be set. On nice days the outdoor tables are great, although the service can be a bit slower. Mimosas can help with that.

Going to The Front Porch for brunch is never the wrong move, unless you’re trying to do a lot of activity after, in which case, maybe think again. This place on the border of the Mission and Bernal Heights makes Southern food like chicken and waffles, eggs benedict, and chicken fried steaks. Everything here is so good—and hearty—it might inspire you to walk it off, and then loop back for the fried chicken for dinner.

Provided that you have infinite patience and nowhere else to be, getting on the waitlist for brunch at Tartine Manufactory will be the best thing you do all weekend. The line actually moves pretty fast at this Mission spot, and in any case it’s worth the wait (but do yourself a favor and make a reservation ahead of time). The pastries are fantastic, the space resembles a friend’s wedding at an organic farm in Napa, and the egg sandwiches and salads are stellar.

Brunch is only available at Piglet & Co on Sundays, but rearrange your schedule and get here—it’s our favorite time to visit the Mission restaurant. The menu at this Taiwanese night market-inspired spot is just a lot of fun, especially under the swinging red paper lanterns and big pig head mural on the wall. Think milk bread french toast zhuzhed up with strawberries and a scoop of boba, or breakfast burgers teetering high with a fried egg, brown sugar bacon, and a golden hash brown.

The French bistro in Cole Valley is a brunch staple thanks to their absurdly good french toast, “miracle” pancakes, and range of benedicts and scrambles. The service is friendly to both humans and animals, and there's a nice heated back patio to enjoy your casual meal in. The only problem: Zazie doesn't take reservations. So, similar to many spots on this guide, expect to wait on the morning your hankering for brunch kicks in.