Best Brunch in Penticton
Penticton does weekend mornings well. You can book a Turkish brunch on the beach, eat eggs Benny on a lakeside patio, order a breakfast poutine at a diner the hotel concierges recommend, or carry coffee and cake across the road to the grass beside Okanagan Lake.
These are the brunch and breakfast spots worth knowing, grouped by the kind of morning you're after.
Worth the trip
- Bench Market (Penticton): a popular cafeteria-style breakfast, brunch and market spot, and a handy pitstop on a Naramata Bench wine tour. The gluten-free options are excellent, and dogs are welcome on the outdoor terrace.
- Mack's Social House (Penticton): a dog-friendly restaurant with a swing indoors. The $3 Sunday mimosas are poured with visible generosity, and the Pavé potatoes are good enough to order on their own.
- Creperie Ooolala Bistro (Penticton): regulars say it feels like a trip to Paris. The room is tiny, the staff speak French and the atmosphere isn't put on for tourists. Let the staff guide your order.
- Creperie Ooolala - Food truck (Penticton): the original food truck behind the bistro, where French staff turn out traditional buckwheat crĂȘpes that taste straight out of Brittany.
With a view or a patio
- Elma (Penticton): a beachfront Turkish restaurant with an exceptional weekend brunch. Book ahead, and come back another night for the charcoal octopus.
- Palmer Kitchen + Spirits (Penticton): a hotel restaurant worth visiting on purpose, with a lake view and a patio. The duck confit Benny is surprisingly good, and the room stays quiet and unhurried.
- Bufflehead Café (Penticton): the breakfast spot inside Penticton Lakeside Resort, with a lakeside patio. The eggs Benny are the standout and the Starbucks coffee refills are free. The patio can run short on shade, so bring sun protection.
- MATCH Eatery & Public House (Penticton): weekend brunch inside Cascades Casino Penticton, with a rooftop patio, backyard games and valley views.
- All Roads Cafe (Penticton): order a coffee and a slice of housemade cake, then walk it across the road to lawn seating right on Okanagan Lake.
Family breakfasts
- Terry's Comfort Food (Penticton): a classic, no-frills diner on Main St with enormous breakfast portions like the King Omelette. Kids love the free jellybean machine.
- Bear's Den Restaurant (Penticton): a reliable diner that local hotel concierges recommend, with generous portions and friendly service. The specialties are the Bear Meal and the Hunter's Surprise breakfast poutine.
- Tootsies Diner (Penticton): a cool, vintage locals' favourite in the industrial park. Classic oldies play, there's a retro record table, and the pancakes are fluffy.
- Shades on Main Restaurant (Penticton): a family-style breakfast spot with large private booths. Order the onion rings for the dill sauce reviewers mention most.
Vegan and gluten-free friendly
- Stillfood Bistro & Cappuccino Bar (Penticton): a fully vegan brunch bistro confident enough to win over skeptics. Celiac guests can trust the gluten-free options too.
- MAKU (Penticton): a gluten-free-friendly sushi burrito spot with vegan options and a dog-friendly patio. Bring the dog along.
- Marmalade Bakery (Penticton): a from-scratch cake shop run by sisters Kyra and Caelin, inside Skaha Pizza in the Yorkton Plaza, with dedicated vegan and gluten-free lines. Drop in for daily baked goods, grab-and-go lunch and specialty coffee. It was voted Best Cake Shop in the 2026 Best of Penticton.
- One14 Coffee Co. (Penticton): small-batch roasted coffee inside a converted industrial complex. Reviewers call the gluten-free oat cookie good in its own right, not a token dietary option.
Bakeries and a quick coffee
- Petrasek Bakery (Penticton): a charming artisan bakery and café on Main St that feels like stepping into Paris. Order fresh bread or pastries, and expect the owners to know you by name after a visit or two.
- Wayne & Freda (Penticton): a bustling café attached to a mercantile shop, with a patio where dogs are welcome. It's right by the farmers market.
- Atomic Coffee House (Penticton): a stylish Main St coffee shop with cool decor and a jazz soundtrack. The Nanaimo bar is pleasantly not too sweet.
- soe cafe (Penticton): an eclectic spot filled with pottery and built around music, with vinyl for sale. Order the matcha.
Quick picks
| If you want⊠| Go to |
|---|---|
| A brunch worth booking | Elma |
| Sunday mimosas | Mack's Social House |
| A big family breakfast | Terry's Comfort Food, Bear's Den Restaurant |
| Vegan or gluten-free | Stillfood Bistro & Cappuccino Bar, Bench Market |
| Breakfast by the lake | Bufflehead Café, All Roads Cafe |
| A taste of Paris | Creperie Ooolala Bistro, Petrasek Bakery |
See more: All Penticton restaurants and cafés, or places that open early.