This fun Lindale Park bar debuted its brunch menu earlier this year, adding pizza topped with huevos rancheros, bolillo bread pudding, and breakfast molletes (open-faced sandwiches) await, alongside Bloody Marys, mimosas, and cocktails like the Sum’n Lite, a mix of tequila, passionfruit, lemon, and vanilla. Available Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Order for pickup by calling (713) 842-7188 or through the Toast app.

This restaurant by Bobby Heugel and Justin Yu offers a creative, extra-hearty brunch, with dishes like the oyster mushroom hash topped with poached eggs and jalapeño cream, or the brunch burger, smothered in raclette cheese, crispy lardons, an egg, and fries on the side. For something smaller, try the polenta topped with spiced beef sauce and strawberry sofrito. Brunch takes place Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Order online via Toast.

Tex Mex import Superica is a haven for brunch aficionados with traditional breakfast plates featuring eggs, crispy tortillas strips, chorizo, potatoes, and steak served a variety of ways. For a truly hearty brunch, go for the huevos Mexicanos, made with fluffy scrambled eggs, jalapenos, onions, tomatoes, cheese, and frijoles, or the wood-grilled skirt steak and eggs. Choose from sides like applewood smoked bacon, fresh tortillas, hot cakes with whipped butter, tropical fruit salad, or refried beans. Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Order online or by calling (713) 955-3215.

Perfect for health nuts or those with food allergies, this Montrose restaurant dazzles with Instagram-worthy, locally sourced, sustainable clean eats. Bread, cheese, milk, and sausage are made from scratch here, plus this restaurant has more gluten, dairy, and sugar-free options than most Houston eateries. The blue masa pancakes with citrus-cardamom cashew cream are a favorite, as is the egg-topped sweet potato hash. Takeout only, with breakfast available all day. Order online at Toast.

The huranche de puerco at Hugo’s is a brunch standout — a large masa cake topped with slow-cooked, juicy pork, poblano rajas, beans, tomatillo salsa, and a fried egg. For something lighter, go for the ceviche of the day, or the watermelon salad, topped with blue cheese and mint-tajin dressing. Add a margarita or tequila cocktail on the side. Order online here. Brunch is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Pondi is currently offering an menu of essential breakfast bites for takeout and delivery, including an “everything but the kitchen sink” Railway omelette, Bombay Benedict with pickled hollandaise sauce and pav bhaji masala on brioche buns, and a Mumbai toaster sandwich with eggs, cilantro chutney and cheese on house-made bread. Pondi’s Bake Lab is also serving to-go treats, include coconut pancakes, carrot quinoa muffins, plus recipes kits to be cooked at home. Order online or call (713) 522-2022.

Score a two-course vegetarian tasting menu for just $20 during brunch at this newcomer to Houston’s thriving Indian cuisine scene. Choose from starters like chicken tikka vol-au-vents or masala eggs Benedict and entrees including chicken kati rolls or dosai. 

Lucille’s decadent Southern brunches include dishes like chili biscuits, fried green tomatoes, lobster Benedict, oxtail omelettes, and of course, shrimp and grits. Brunch is served 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Call (713) 568-2505 for curbside or order delivery on UberEats, Postmates, and Doordash.