Brunch is both a great hangover cure and the perfect cover for daytime drinking. The only problem is that it’s often unimaginative and boring. Who really needs another from-concentrate mimosa or 30-buck eggs and toast? Thankfully, brunch has started to take off at non-traditional hangouts: Spanish tapas joints, Peranakan restaurants and Latin hotspots. Alex Chew, one of the directors of hip eatery Bacchanalia, which hosts raucous once-a-month brunch parties, says “People like having an alternative to the traditional night time party scene. After a boozy brunch, we draw the curtains and transform the restaurant into a club-like environment. Though you feel as if you've been out for the evening, there's still time to have dinner and get a good night's sleep.” With the slew of new brunch experiences on offer, it can be hard to figure out what’s worth your time. Here are ten of our favorites.

BUFFET BRUNCH

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For a blowout brunch, fancy schmancy hotel buffets can’t be beat. This new one at Parkroyal at Pickering’s on-site restaurant is lovely. In an airy light filled dining room, swig Piper-Heidsieck Champagne while digging into moreish mushroom risotto (made a la minute), fiery Thai salads and house made gravlax. The servers come round with hot pizza too, offering up hot cheesy slices at 30 minute intervals. There is also lots of lovely cheese—don’t miss the stinky livarot—and fresh pastries (the tender nutella-filled chocolate muffin is a real winner). It’s all surprisingly affordable: $68++ or $98++ (with free-flow Champagne and wine).
Brunch available noon-3pm.

Sabio Tapas Bar & Restaurant
An awesome deal at $49.90++ for an a la carte buffet of cold—try the creamy St Helens oysters or fresh cucumber-y gazpacho—and hot tapas (like their killer spicy pan-fried calamari or briny noodle paella with squid ink), this meal’s been christened the “Hangover Brunch”. There’s no better cure than hair of the dog and this feast comes with free-flow cava as well as red and white sangria.
Brunch available Sun 11:30am-3:30pm.

FRENCH BRUNCH

Taratata Bistrot
Tanjong Pagar is pretty quiet over the weekend, so the brunch vibe at this charming Parisian-style bistro is real laidback. Chef-owners Bertrand Raguin and Philippe Nouzillat put out a menu of French crepes—with fillings like ham, egg and cheese ($11)—plus, eggy classics such as oeuf cocotte ($12).
Brunch available Sun 10:30am-4:30pm.

LATIN BRUNCH

Bochinche
The freshly minted Argentinean establishment has just launched a new brunch featuring recipes like braised ossobuco on toast ($24), and chorizo grilled tomato omelet ($23). The spacious 100-seater’s just as appealing in the day as in the evening: sit at the convivial open kitchen counter or dine alfresco on the restaurant balcony.
Brunch available Sat-Sun 11am-3:30pm.

SUR Nuevo Latino Kitchen
At this eclectic two-story space run by Venezuelan-Peruvian chef Alejandro Luna, you can order up arepas stuffed with black beans and white cheese ($14) and poached eggs with pork belly ($21) for brunch.
Brunch available Sun 11am-3pm.

PERANAKAN BRUNCH

Violet Oon’s Kitchen
The mid-morning menu here is full of items like corn beef hash ($17)—spiked with a good dose of chilli—and French toast with gula melaka banana sauce ($15). All served up in generous portions, the dishes are big enough to tide you through dinner, especially washed down drinks like their lychee mint smoothie.
Brunch available Sat-Sun 9:30am-3pm.

SPANISH BRUNCH

My Little Spanish Place
The new brunch at My Little Spanish Place includes some stellar churros ($12) as well as savories like huevos al horno ($18), baked eggs with tomato and chorizo. The really hungry can order up chuletillas y huevos ($28), pan-fried baby lamb cutlets with two eggs and salad. Wash it down with their cava mimosas ($12/glass, $42/jug) and creamy cafe con leche ($5).
Brunch available Sat-Sun 9:30am-3pm.

WESTERN BRUNCH

Halia @ Raffles Hotel
There’s something real relaxing about brunching at the iconic Raffles Hotel. The brunch menu here changes on a seasonal basis but might include pancakes with strawberries ($12), Clonkilty black pudding with poached egg ($18) and comforting white bean iberico chorizo stew with sunny side up egg ($16).
Brunch available Sat-Sun 11am-5:30pm.

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Try inventive brunch dishes such as Breakfast in a Cup ($6.90), a crumbly pastry shell filled with a whole egg and bacon.
Brunch available Sat 11am-2:30pm.

The Bank Bar + Bistro
It ain’t easy to find a spot for Sunday brunch around Marina Bay. But this watering hole serves an affordable morning menu of classics such as eggs benedict ($13), brioche french toast with poached honey cinnamon pear ($10) and The Bank Breakfast ($20), a heaping serving of eggs, ham, sausage, baked beans, roast potatoes, vine tomatoes, plus coffee, tea or juice.
Brunch available Sat-Sun 9am-6pm.

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