These California brunch spots are among the best in the nation, new rankings show

Cities across California landed spots on OpenTable’s “100 Best Brunch Restaurants Coast-to-Coast.”

The rankings came out just in time for Mother’s Day.

Eighteen eateries made the list, including spots in Napa, San Diego, Santa Monica, Palm Springs and Los Angeles.

OpenTable ranked the top brunch restaurants by reviewing more than 12.9 million verified diner reviews from March 1, 2021, to Feb. 28, 2022.

To be considered, a restaurant needed a minimum “overall score” that included diner ratings, user klout, the number of reviews and its regional overall rating.

Then a restaurant was scored “according to the percentage of reviews, for which ‘good for brunch’ was selected as a special feature.”

1. Bistro Don Giovanni — Napa
2. Bistro Jeanty — Yountville
3. C-Level — San Diego
4. Ca Del Sole — North Hollywood
5. Cesarina — San Diego
6. Coastal Kitchen — Dana Point
7. Farmhouse at Rogers Gardens — Corona Del Mar
8. Foreign Cinema — San Francisco
9. Girl & the Goat — Los Angeles
10. Great Maple — San Diego
11. Ivy at the Shore — Santa Monica
12. L’Antica Pizzeria Da Michele — Los Angeles
13. Le Vallauris — Palm Springs
14. Madison — San Diego
15. Pacific Coast Grill — Cardiff-by-the-Sea
16. Parc Bistro-Brasserie — San Diego
17. Poseidon — Del Mar
18. The Terrace at The Maybourne Beverly Hills — Beverly Hills

This story was originally published May 6, 2022 at 2:24 PM with the headline "These California brunch spots are among the best in the nation, new rankings show."

Helena Wegner

McClatchy DC

Helena Wegner is a McClatchy National Real-Time Reporter covering the state of Washington and the western region. She’s a journalism graduate from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She’s based in Phoenix.