8+ Amazing Ann Arbor Easter Brunches for Your Family

There are so many options for Ann Arbor Easter Brunches or Dinners. If you want to go out, I strongly recommend making a reservation well in advance. Just as a reminder, this year Easter is Sunday, April 5, 2026.

In addition to reservations, we are also including dinner options, take-out, and more pickup options.

What Makes a Great Easter Brunch?

My opinion is it doesn’t count as brunch unless there is a buffet and it has both breakfast and lunch items.. That makes it a true Easter feast.

Bring on the omelet station, waffle bar, carved meats like ham or prime rib, fried chicken, etc. Plus, I always loved grabbing eggs benedict from the buffet at Gandy Dancer.

If you have kids, a family-friendly brunch is the best.

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Easter Brunches Near Ann Arbor – 2026 List

Check out all the Easter Brunches near me 2026.

As we updated this list of brunches the last few years, we have noted a trend away from Easter buffets. Places are either offering Easter brunch menus or forgoing brunch for Easter Dinner.

Gandy Dancer has brought back Sunday brunch including on Easter. However it is no longer a buffet, instead it is a 3 course plated meal from their menu.

Legend –

• 🐰 – Easter Bunny presence

If you know of an Easter brunch that I have missed, please add it in the comments or send it to me via social media.

2025 Easter Brunches we are watching for updates

Other Restaurants Open for Easter Breakfast Near Ann Arbor

These restaurants are not advertising a special Easter brunch, but will be open for breakfast and/or lunch on Easter.

• La Serre – Reservations Available
• Zola Bistro – Reservations Available
• Cafe Zola – Reservations Available

These restaurants were open in the past, but only announced the day before, so we will check closer to Easter 2026.

• Harvest Moon Cafe – 7:30a-3p – 5485 W Michigan Ave, Ypsilanti
• Alpha Koney Island -was open 8a-3p in the past (typical Sunday hours). Since then, they have deleted their Facebook page.
• Holiday’s Restaurant

2026 Easter Dinner Restaurants Near Ann Arbor

While Easter Brunch is the more traditional restaurant meal, some restaurants are offering special Easter menus all day. Check out these restaurants to find an Easter meal near you.

The restaurants at the top have a special Easter dinner menu announced.

• Easter Menu Announced
  • Gandy Dancer – Reservations Available – Prix Fixe Easter menu available
  • Paesano’s – Reservations Available 11a-8:30p – Easter Event – cancellation deposit required
• Open on Easter (we found available reservations on Open Table or Resy)
  • Black Pearl – Reservations Available – 5-8:30p
  • Chop House – Reservations Available – 4-8:30p
  • La Serre – Reservations Available
  • Miss Kim – Reservations Available
  • Palio – Reservations Available 4-9p
  • Real Seafood – Reservations Available 1-9p
  • Red Rock Barbecue (Ypsilanti) – Reservations Available
  • Shalimar – Reservations Available
  • Texas de Brazil – reservations Available
  • Taq – Reservations Available – noon-9:30p
  • Weber’s Restaurant – Reservations Available
  • Zola Bistro – Reservations Available

Did I miss other Ann Arbor restaurants open on Easter? Be sure to send them to me.

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Best Easter Brunch Ann Arbor – Our Experiences

We have visited several of the listed locations for brunch – either Easter or Mother’s Day in most cases. We have been out for Mother’s Day brunch more frequently than Easter, so I wanted to include those experiences as well. Unfortunately, most of our favorite Ann Arbor Easter brunches are not offering brunch buffets in 2026.

One of my favorite Ann Arbor brunches is Gandy Dancer. I was definitely disappointed to hear that they no longer are offering their Easter Brunch as a buffet in 2026! We had brunch there for my daughter’s first Easter – 20 years ago. I loved the bananas foster for their waffles and eggs benedict. Although I will say the lobster & brie omelets sounds delicious.

We have been to the Eagle Crest Marriott for Mother’s Day Brunch. We enjoyed our brunch on Mother’s Day 2015. We have not seen a 2026 Easter Brunch announcement. Rather than continuous reservations, they offer typically several seating times when they change over the entire restaurant.

We’ve also had brunch at Weber’s, but I think it was their regular Sunday brunch buffet and not a holiday buffet. I would expect the holiday buffet to be expanded from a regular Sunday buffet.

In recent years we have done both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day brunch at Black Rock Bar & Grill. We prefer the lunch offerings to the breakfast items on the buffet, but found it worthwhile to return.

We recently had Valentine’s Breakfast at La Serre. While they don’t offer a buffet, they are a good option for a plated brunch.

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