18 breakfasts and brunches to enjoy before the Grand National Festival 2026

If you’re ready for a great day at this year’s Grand National Festival at Aintree, you need to get off to a good start – and that means getting the best breakfast or brunch inside you.

So while we’re not sure about which horses are going to romp home – we do reckon all these amazing places are odds-on certainties for fabulous food before the races begin.

Hawksmoor Liverpool

If you’re heading to Aintree (or back into the city after the last race) Hawksmoor Liverpool’s a good place to start. They suggest you could start with oysters and a Negroni, then settle in for steak, monkfish, or something new: “A winning finish, whatever the bookies say!”

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Race Day Breakfast at San Carlo

Join San Carlo for breakfast every day of the Grand National Festival from Thursday to Friday, April 9-11 between 9-11am. For just £25 per person you can choose one breakfast dish and a glass of prosecco or a bottle of Peroni (with non-alcoholic alternatives also available) and the menu includes steak & eggs, a full or vegan brekkie, and more. You can also upgrade with a pre-ordered drinks package available at exclusive prices when you book.

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Radisson RED

Breakfast at Radisson RED’s always a good bet, served Monday to Friday between 7am and 10am, and from 7am until 11am at weekends. Start your day with its boss breakfast buffet served in the gorgeous Stoke Brasserie and Grill overlooking St George’s Hall.

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The Municipal Hotel & Spa

Gallop along to the Dale Street favourite for its Race Day Champagne Brekkie each morning of the Grand National at Aintree. Enjoy Champagne, a beautifully prepared breakfast, and live music in its stunning setting — perfect for all those race-ready photos before the off.

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Baby E Coffee & Deli

Whether you’re heading to the races or just love the excuse to get dressed up and start the day right, join Baby E Coffee & Deli for the ultimate pre-Aintree brunch. Served between 8.30am and 2.30pm from April 9-11, it’s £20 per person and for that you get any brunch dish and a drink of your choice from its race day menu (think the full works or smashed avocado on rustic brown toast, to poached eggs, crumbled feta, roquito pepper drops and chilli oil). Baby E warns: “Don’t fall at the first fence… this one books up fast.”

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The Shankly Hotel

Get off to a winning start at The Shankly Hotel on Ladies Day and Grand National Day, April 10-11. Enjoy a champagne breakfast at 10am before heading off to Aintree and, whether you’ve got wins to celebrate or losses to forget, head back for an evening buffet and dancing with a live DJ till the early hours. It’s £59.95 per person.

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Seven Seas Brasserie at The Liner Hotel

The Liner’s ready to welcome you aboard for brekkie between 10am and 12 noon on all three days of Aintree’s fabulous race festival. The Bottomless Breakfast includes unlimited Prosecco, wine or draught beer and a choice of dishes from the menu including a Traditional English Breakfast and Deluxe Poached Eggs for £25 per person.

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Reds Liverpool

Get ready for The Grand National at Reds Liverpool where breakfast’s being served between 9am and 12 noon on all three race days. Select a meal with the choice of prosecco or champagne alongside your meal chosen from a special races menu, priced £19.99 and £24.99 depending what drink you choose.

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Jam Restaurant

The Sir Thomas Street restaurant’s offering its popular Race Day Breakfast and Bubbles/Beer on Ladies Day and Grand National Day itself including travel to and from Aintree. It’s served from 10am both days and costs £40 per person (it’s also available for £20 without travel). The menu includes a Full English Breakfast, Vegetarian/Vegan Breakfast, and Eggs Benedict with diced saute potatoes.

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Castle Street Townhouse

And they’re off again! You can join the Townhouse for its famous Bottomless Brunch over the Grand National weekend from April 9-11. It’s offering a selection of breakfast items and unlimited prosecco, lager, and Guinness for £35 per person.

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The Park Hotel Liverpool

The Dunningsbridge Road venue’s once again hosting a series of amazing Grand National events including a Champagne Breakfast every day of the festival. For £35 per person each day you can enjoy a glass of bubbly alongside a continental spread ‘to graze on’ and a choice of full English breakfast or Eggs Royale between 10am and noon. Then sit back and enjoy the ride as they whisk you off to Aintree.

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Emily’s Formby

Emily’s is waiting to welcome you and reckons its breakfasts or brunches are a sure thing to get you off to a cracking start – think a delicious menu filled with Steak and Eggs, Emily’s Breakfast, Moroccan Eggs and wild Mushrooms and more – but its diary is already filling up fast across Grand National weekend, so if you want to join them for breakfast or brunch before your big day at Aintree they reckon you need to get booking soon via its website or DM.

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Furusato Bar & Grill

Back by popular demand, the Maghull restaurant’s serving its Races Champagne Breakfast on Ladies Day and Grand National Day between 9am and 12 noon. It’s sure ‘to set you up for the day’ and tipped to be top is its full English and Eggs Benedict.

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Space Bar & Grill, Aigburth

Start your Aintree Grand National Day with a full English (meat, vegetarian or vegan) and a glass of Moet & Chandon Champagne for just £25.95. Available Thursday to Saturday, April 9-11.

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Doubletree by Hilton Liverpool

Join the Sir Thomas Street Hotel on Ladies Day – April 10 – for a stylish Grand National brunch. There’s food and a drink on arrival plus racing on the big screens and, get glammed up, because there are prizes for the best dressed! The racing fun starts from 11am and it’s £59 per person.

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Yates – Queen Square

Yates’s invites you to its Grand National Breakfast Bash, ‘the ultimate pre-race meet-up in the heart of the city’. Expect a hearty breakfast alongside music, flowing drinks, and a buzzing crowd gearing up for one of the biggest events in the racing calendar. And, if you want to take it up a notch, upgrade to its Bottomless Brunch for £35 per person which gets you breakfast with unlimited pints or cocktails for two hours. Served from 9am-1pm each National Festival day.

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Gusto – Royal Albert Dock

Start Ladies Day in style as Gusto offers a breakfast dish, 90 minutes of unlimited cocktails, fizz and bottled beer and a coach to the racecourse all for £56.75 per person. There are bookings available at 9.45 and 10am, and the coach leaves the Albert Dock at 11.45am arriving at the racecourse just after noon. Gusto is also open for breakfast and unlimited drinks on Grand National Saturday but there’s no travel.

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Aminata Bar & Bistro, Litherland

Saddling up for a great breakfast deal, this Litherland bar and bistro is offering a Race Day Breakfast with a choice of five dishes – including Eggs Florentine and a full English – a glass of Prosecco and a shot for £15 throughout the Grand National Festival.

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