London's best brunch cocktails

Salty dog, Blackfoot

Cutting pink grapefruit with a healthy dose of gin — drink it through the straw, as the salty rim is a hit too far. The SoulShaker Bloody Mary is a useful headbanger too.

46 Exmouth Market, EC1, blackfootrestaurant.co.uk

Bellini, Cookbook Café

The set-price unlimited brunch just goes on and on here. Start it off with a bang: bellinis are made with champagne and fresh peach juice compote made in house.

Intercontinental Park Lane, 1 Hamilton Place, W1, cookbookcafe.co.uk

Bloody Mary, Kopapa

Like yours made with sherry? This one is a powerful mouthkicker, so is one of the city’s finest.

32-34 Monmouth Street, WC2, kopapa.co.uk

Elderflower fizz, Margaux

A delicate mix of Prosecco, elderflower cordial and soda to ease you through the pain. Pair with the crab scrambled egg tartine.

150-152 Old Brompton Road, SW5, barmargaux.co.uk

Breakfast martini, Anchor & Hope

Liquid breakfast? Yes, please. Start on one of these — Plymouth gin, lemon juice, Cointreau and marmalade — then bumble up the road for a matinee performance and The Old Vic or The Young Vic.

36 The Cut, SE1, anchorandhopepub.co.uk