12 INDEPENDENT SPOTS FOR BREAKFAST IN LEICESTER CITY CENTRE

If you’re visiting Leicester for the first time, welcome to a city filled with an abundance of medieval history, great sporting venues, a melting pot of cultures as well as some wonderful places to eat and drink. You’ve booked your hotel and now you’re on the hunt to locate places for breakfast in Leicester City Centre. This guide has you covered, as Leicester locals we have compiled a list of great places that offer breakfast to suit all tastes. So whether it’s a healthy revitalizing smoothie, a quick pastry and coffee or a leisurely weekend full English with friends and family, this guide covers all options. 

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Our curated list of independent breakfast places in Leicester City Centre includes dine in options as well as takeaways if you fancy strolling the cobbled stoned lanes with a hot coffee and sweet treat. Here’s to enjoying the most important meal of the day in the city that brings you lots of history, maybe the most notable being the last Plantagenet,  King Richard III. 

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Map of Breakfast Places In Leicester City Centre

How to use the map: Click the map menu on the left hand side to reveal the legend containing all the breakfast spots listed in this guide

Independent Places For Breakfast In Leicester City Centre

In no particular order, here are our recommendations of places to enjoy breakfast in the centre of Leicester.

Knight & Garter

Part of the Beautiful Pubs Collective, this gastro concentrates on fancy yet good quality sourced produce cooked and served beautifully.  Their restaurant behind the aesthetic bookcase is well hidden to reveal a sophisticated and stylish restaurant setting, with a relaxed feel. Breakfast is served during the weekends only and is a lovely leisurely affair with a wonderful menu that includes cocktails, bottomless, should you desire, pancake stacks, full English, healthy granola or even oysters for those fancy weekends. 

• Location: 14 Hotel Street, Leicester LE1 5AW I Tel. 0116 3033310.
• Find it Here: Map Location.
• Menu & Times: Website.
• Breakfast: Saturday & Sunday mornings only.
• Reservations: Advised.

Be-lavie Recommendations: The eggs Benedict or the plant based full English. Accompany with a Mimosa or bloody Mary!

&Kith

‘Kith’ meaning friends, is a beautiful almost French patisserie inspired coffee house and dining destination with a dry bar. The aesthetics are very instagram worthy with their eclectic food offerings. Breakfast at &Kith are served all day until 17:30 and they offer six different options from a full English, full Indian or steak and eggs. Their vegetarian and vegan options are great too.

• Location: 32 Granby Street, Leicester LE1 1DE I Tel. 07513 678657.
• Find it Here: Map Location.
• Menu & Times: Website.
• Breakfast: Daily until 17:00. 
• Reservations: Walk ins only.

Be-lavie Recommendations: The Veg Half Indian, Shakshuka,Turkish eggs accompanied by one of their specialty coffees or non alcoholic cocktail selections such as the mango bellini.

Kai

Located in St. Martins Square, this all day breakfast spot had such large queues that they’ve recently had to extend their seating space into the store next door, testament to how good this place is. With it’s simple styling and delicious menu of hot and cold beverages, breakfast cocktails plus the most drool worthy pancake stacks and all day brunch items, Kai delivers every photo worthy, delicious breakfast food every time. Kai actually have one of the best rating levels as being the best breakfast/brunch spot in Leicester City Centre!

• Location: 4 St Martins Square, Leicester LE1 5DF I Tel. 01162621400.
• Find it Here: Map Location.
• Menu & Times: Website.
• Breakfast: Daily until 18:00.
• Reservations: Walk-ins only.

Be-lavie Recommendations: The Vegan Benedict with plants sausages, Red Leicester cheese and onion pancake stack or French toast. The smashed avocado with scrambled sriracha tofu on sourdough toast (vegan) is incredible as is the Breakfast Stack from the specials menu as well as the Shakshuka. Wash down with a Baileys Hot Choc (or have it for desert), turmeric or matcha lattes.

Audrey

Audrey coffee shop by day does some wonderful breakfast options from Wednesday through to Sunday. Fridays and Saturdays are for their most popular set bottomless brunches which are extremely popular.

This pretty pink eatery does great cocktails, a fantastic range of hot and cold drinks as well as fancy coffees and hot chocs. But when it comes to regular breakfast items, our eyes and money is on the deluxe hot chocolates, truffle and cheese sandwich, giant croissant filled with ice cream and marshmallows and the famous loaded hash browns. Hash browns come in a range of eight topping options including, Korean, cheeky cheese, truffle and mushroom  and vegan. You’ll be spoilt for choice.

• Location: 19-21 St.Nicholas Place, Leicester LE1 4LD I Tel. 07966 215759.
• Find it Here: Map Location. 
• Menu & Times: Website.
• Breakfast: Wednesday-Sunday until later afternoon.
• Reservations: Walk ins, reservations advised for Weekends.

Be-lavie Recommendations: The Vegan Benedict with plants sausages, Red Leicester cheese and onion pancake stack or French toast. Wash down with a Baileys Hot Choc (or have it for desert), turmeric or matcha lattes.

La Forêt Café

Serving up a fusion of North African and Middle Eastern cuisine, as well as European favourites with a twist, La Forêt Café has been one of our long time favourite breakfast places in Leicester City Centre. It’s also the perfect spot for breakfast, lunch or an anytime treat! We particularly love the variety and quality of fresh ingredients and passionately prepared food. Service is always second to none and the chefs passion for cooking is infectious.

The cafe has some pretty, North Africa decor in the form of hanging Tunisian pots and green foliage and mirrors adorning the walls. It’s quite eclectic but service is always with a smile. 

La Forêt Café serves a wonderful range of breakfast items, salads, superfood smoothies, homemade cakes and pastries as well as traditionally Tuisian sweets. When it comes to drinks, they do a sweet lovers dream in the form of a Red Velvet Latte and a Luna Latte. All food is aesthetically pleasing, healthy and garnished beautifully.

• Location: 11 King Street, Leicester LE1 6RH I Tel. 07898 007227.
• Find it Here: Map Location. 
• Menu & Times: Facebook Page.
• Breakfast: Tuesday-Sunday until 17:00.
• Reservations: Walk-ins only.

Be-lavie Recommendations: Superfood smoothies; Detox green and Revitalising Super Seed; Traditional Moroccan Tea Pot, with mint served in traditional glass cups; Chefs Special Tunisian Shakshuka with bread, the non veggie version comes with Merguez; La Forêt Veggie Full English, Vegan option available, Homemade Hummus with Pitta Bread. For a sweet fix, try the homemade sweet pastries such as the pistacchio cornet and walnut chakla.

Lynn Restaurant

From the chefs that brought Leicester the former 2 Rosette Restaurant 263, comes Lynn Restaurant. Located in St. Martin’s Square in the heart of the city centre, they serve up brunch dishes right up until 15:00 daily except Tuesday. The atmosphere is calm and chilled and although the brunch menu is pretty small, it is beautifully formed. This is fine dining quality restaurant food, of course!

As well as a wonderful array of coffees, teas and other drinks, there’s a deli counter serving lunch items, fresh croissants, pastries and also some of the best Sicilian lemon Cannoli and arancini you’re likely to have in the centre of Leicester.

Brunch items include, perfectly cooked adn immaculately presented eggs Benedict with teh addition of smoked salmon if desired, smashed avocado, poached eggs on sourdough, breakfast rolls and scrambled tofu on toast, to mention a few.

It can get pretty busy here, because it’s one of those, if you know, you know places, so go early on weekends.

• Location: 14 St Martins Square, Leicester LE1 5DF I Tel. 01163191390
• Find it Here: Map Location. 
• Menu & Times: Instagram Page.
• Breakfast: Wednesday – Monday Brunch 09:30-15:00. Closed Tuesday
• Reservations: Walk-ins only.

Be-lavie Recommendations: The cappuccino of course topped with chocolate sprinkles and it has to be the Smashed Avocado on toasted sourdough, tomato salsa, poached egg and hollandaise sauce topped with micro herbs and seasoned to perfection.

Mrs Bridges Tea Rooms

A Leicester City Centre constitution, Mrs Bridges located in the lanes, in the heart of medieval Leicester, are these cute tearooms. Nostalgic of a bygone era and serving the most delicious breakfasts, home-made traditional cakes and pastries and a few varieties of afternoon teas and cream teas. They have an outdoor terrace to the back but the inside is super cosy. Get yourself a pot of tea, a cosy seat upstairs and reminisce of being back at grannies. They have a few breakfast options but we love their vegetarian full English, Hunter breakfast or French toast.

• Location: 17 Loseby Lane, Leicester LE1 5DR I Tel 0116 2623131.
• Find it Here: Map Location.
• Menu & Times: Website.
• Breakfast: Daily until lunchtime.
• Reservations: Walk-ins only.

Be-lavie Recommendations: The vegetarian full English and the Hunter’s breakfast are great breakfast options if you’re hungry or nursing a soar head!

Bryter Moon Deli 

Situated in Leicester’s once booming Silver Arcade, Bryter Moon Deli gives us a reason to go back and reminisce about this renovated space. Doubling up as a deli, at Bryter Moon, you’ll find lots of local goodies to take away such as packages of teas, coffees, preserves, beers, cordials, biscuits and many more. 

The food at the deli has a very home made vibe about it and love they serve their sandwiches alongside crisps and a mini salad. The decor is quirky and shabby chic with card games on each table as well as board games.

Breakfast and brunch items include sandwiches, breakfast muffins, porridge, smashed avocado on toast, croissants, bacon butties. There’s definitely lots to choose from here as well as having great vegetarian and vegan choices. Coffees are beautifully made with an array of non dairy milks.

• Location: Unit 1 Silver Arcade, Leicester LE1 5FA I Tel. 0116 2517786.
• Find it Here: Map Location.
• Menu & Times:  Website.
• Breakfast: Daily until lunchtime.
• Reservations: Walk-ins only.

Be-lavie Recommendations: Our personal favourite breakfast here is the porridge with dried fruit, pumpkin seeds and maple syrup accompanied by a cappuccino.  

Orso

A stones throw from Leicester Market, Orso is inspired by the coffee culture in Bali and Australia. The vibe is relaxed with a number of freshly ground coffees, loose teas, fancy coffee with syrup and a great range of non dairy milks. 

Breakfast offerings include, smashed avocado on toast with poached eggs, granola with fruit, banana bread, toasts topped with a number of delicious ingredients and lots more. They also do some great juices if you like something a little more healthier.

• Location: 4 Market Place, Leicester LE1 5GF.

• Find it Here: Map Location.
• Menu & Times: @0rsoleicester (Instagram).

• Breakfast: Daily until lunchtime.
• Reservations: Walk-ins only.

Be-lavie Recommendations: Smashed avocado bagel with chilli flakes accompanied by a cappuccino is one of our favourites. Also note that each hot drink comes with a custard cream side!

James Cafe Bistro

A great place to hang out at any time of the day, close to Leicester’s Highcross Shopping Centre, James Cafe Bistro makes comforting delicious classic food served throughout the day. Pop in for a hot or cold drink, ice creams milkshakes, sandwich, evening pasta or breakfast/brunch, served from 10:00-15:00 daily.

We’ve tried their full English breakfasts, pancakes, eggs benedict and omelettes and can thoroughly recommend these, 

• Location: 5 East Bond St, Leicester LE1 4SX I Tel. 0116 2513323.
• Find it Here: Map Location.
• Menu & Times: Website.
• Breakfast: Daily 10:00-15:00.
• Reservations: Walk-ins only.

Be-lavie Recommendations: The vegetarian full English breakfast with a cappuccino is great to set you up for the day.

Tegtat 

This authentic Turkish Bakery, where delicious cakes, pastries, sweet and savoury items on the menu are all made freshly on a daily basis. They have a huge selection of Turkish popular food such as pide, baklava, Borek and Simit breads as well as English pastry and breakfast favourites. Tegtat serves breakfast daily and all day so you can pop in at anytime not just at the traditional breakfast time!

• Location: 40-42 Humberstone Gate, Leicester LE1 1WA I Tel. 0116 2217395.
• Find it Here: Map Location.
• Menu & Times: Website.
• Breakfast: Served all day daily.
• Reservations: Walk-ins only.

Be-lavie Recommendations: Sultan Royal Breakfast with Turkish Tea, great board to share for two, comes with sesame bread, Pide (Turkish Pizza) with cheese & tomato with a lovely spicy dip sauce, Feta & spinach omelette bagel with hash brown, perfect for breakfast. Sweets we recommend, Mixed plate of freshly made crispy baklava (six pieces including a coconut filling), The Kunefe we shared had just been made and was absolutely melt in the mouth with a light flaky crispy texture and the Caramel Trilece this cake soaked in caramel is perfect for those with a sweet tooth! To drink try the, Classic Turkish Tea, Freshly squeezed orange juice or passionfruit juice.

Kings Coffee House

Situated on Upper King Street and part of the HTL (Holy Trinity Leicester) Church, this is no ordinary coffee house. As well as making great coffee (coffee is sourced locally from St Martin’s Coffee House in Leicester), the cafe as a ’Food For Change, project thats been running since November 2023 with the cafe intercepting surplus food that usually ends up in landfill, and transforming it into tasty meals every Friday & Saturday for breakfast and lunch.

There is also a community kitchen, where donated food is free for all to access. To learn more about donation, click on their website below. The cafe itself is really peaceful and a regular menu also operates daily, which includes, breakfast, lunches and delicious sweet treats in the form cakes.

• Location:
  2 Upper King Street, Leicester LE1 6XE I Tel 0116 4735405
• Find it Here: Map Location
• Menu & Times: Website
• Breakfast: Mon-Sat 09:00-11:00. Food waste menu Friday and Saturday breakfast: 10:00-11:30
• Reservations: No reservations taken

Be-lavie Recommendations: Americano, Cappuccino, vegan sausage bagel. banana porridge with poached mango and coconut. These are from the food waste menu so many not be available on your visit as the menu depends on ingredients collected.

Breakfast In Leicester City Centre FAQs

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Breakfast in Leicester City Centre: Round Up

We hope this list helps you plan where you’d like to head for breakfast during your time in Leicester. If we have recommended reservations, then please do take our advice as weekend brunch and breakfast places can become very busy and we’d hate for you not to get a seat. Our advice for dietary requirements is to call ahead the places of your choice and double check to ensure they can commit to accommodating your specific needs. Remember to check back as this guide will be updated periodically with new breakfast restaurants we visit. If you’re a coffee fan, we have a similar guide that will be very helpful, which lists 30+ of the best coffee shops in Leicester City Centre.

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