Connaught Place does brunch well — the colonnades, the coffee, the long unmoving lunches — but the district's version of brunch is less about 9 AM pancakes and more about a lunch that starts around noon and refuses to end. This guide is about doing that properly: where to settle in, what to expect on the plate, what it costs, and how to book it. It is anchored, naturally, to our own dining room at Plum Coffee and Cocktails on the Outer Circle.
Where should you go for brunch in Connaught Place?
Pick a room that can hold a slow table: a kitchen that serves continuously, a coffee menu that stands on its own, and enough space that a two-hour lunch does not feel like squatting. Plum Coffee and Cocktails ticks all three. The outlet opens at 12:00 PM every day, the kitchen runs pan-Asian and global plates through the whole service, and the Bent Chair-styled decor gives the table something to look at between courses. It is a cafe with a real bar behind it, which matters later in the meal.
What time does brunch start at Plum?
Plum opens at 12:00 PM daily, so the earliest tables are noon sharp. The reservation system's lunch window begins at 1:30 PM, which tells you how the room actually fills: early walk-ins around 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, and the booked lunch service from 1:30 PM onwards. For a true brunch feel, arrive at opening — you get the quietest hour of the day, the best light for the room, and no wait.
A practical tip for weekends: the 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM stretch is the busiest brunch window in CP, so if your group is set on that slot, book ahead rather than walking in.
What is on the plate?
The kitchen leans pan-Asian and global, and the menu is built for a long, shared meal rather than a single plated main. A Plum brunch table usually reads like this:
- Small plates to start, ordered progressively so the table never sits empty.
- Sushi — the kitchen's signature category — which works as a lighter mid-brunch course.
- A global main or two for anyone who wants an anchor dish.
- Coffee to open the meal, because the cafe half of Plum is a genuine specialty-coffee programme, not an afterthought.
One honest note: this guide deliberately does not name individual dishes, because we will not put a dish on a page that we cannot verify is on the menu this week. The full current menu is available through the digital menu linked from our Connaught Place outlet page, and the team will steer you to the kitchen's strengths when you sit down.
How much does brunch for two cost?
Plan around ₹2,000 for two. That covers the shared plates, a main to split, and coffee to finish. Brunch is the easiest meal at Plum to land under that number, since the midday table tends to skip the cocktails — though nothing stops the table from crossing over at 1:00 PM; the bar does not observe brunch conventions.
Why brunch works in this particular room
Two details make a slow lunch here different from the average CP cafe. The first is the decor: Plum doubles as a showcase for Bent Chair furniture, crockery and decor pieces, so the room is a design browse as much as a meal — and everything on display is genuinely part of the experience. The second is the service rhythm: because the kitchen never pauses between the 12:00 PM opening and the 1:00 AM close, a two-and-a-half-hour table is completely normal here. Nobody is stacking chairs around you.
How do you book a brunch table?
Three ways, in order of reliability:
- Book online through the reservation page and pick a lunch slot from 1:30 PM onwards.
- Walk in at 12:00 PM opening for the first-come tables.
- Call the outlet at +91 93197 23976 for anything special — a bigger group, a specific table, or a noon sitting before the booking window opens.
If you are bringing out-of-towners, book the 1:30 PM slot on a weekend: the room is live, the light is good, and Connaught Place itself is at its most photogenic.
The slow-lunch short version
Brunch in Connaught Place is a noon-to-mid-afternoon sport, and the winning format is a continuous kitchen, a serious coffee menu, and a room worth sitting in. Plum Coffee and Cocktails on N-86, Outer Circle runs all three from 12:00 PM, with pan-Asian plates, sushi and specialty coffee, and a meal for two at about ₹2,000.
Book a table at our Connaught Place outlet for the next slow Sunday — or call +91 93197 23976 and we will keep the corner table.
