Brunch in Nicosia: Places to Compare by Menu and Setting

For brunch in Nicosia, choose the kind of morning you want before choosing the restaurant. A central café, an Old Town courtyard and a hotel restaurant offer different settings, menus and service arrangements. The useful comparison is the one that fits your plans.

These three options come from the venues’ own published breakfast and brunch information. This is a researched shortlist, rather than a tasting ranking. Menus and service times can change, so use the official links when arranging your visit.

Nicosia brunch at a glance

• The Boys at Number Five: breakfast, brunch and lunch on Themistokli Dervi Street.
• Amyth Kouzina: breakfast and brunch in an Old Town hotel setting with courtyard dining.
• SCALE at MAP Boutique Hotel: an all-day Mediterranean restaurant with a separate brunch menu.

If you are still deciding on the area, start with our Nicosia restaurant directory. The guide below focuses on a morning or early-day meal, rather than every kind of restaurant in the city.

The Boys at Number Five: a central café meeting

The Boys at Number Five lists breakfast, brunch and lunch at Themistokli Dervi 5. Its own website provides a menu route and online table booking, making it a useful starting point when a group wants to agree on a central meeting place.

Choose it as a candidate for a café-led catch-up where the meal and conversation are the main plan. Open the current menu with the people you are meeting, rather than assuming that a particular dish from an older social post is still available.

Before going: check the day’s service arrangements, whether a reservation is useful for your group and which seating area you prefer. A request for a terrace table should be made directly with the venue.

Amyth Kouzina: an Old Town breakfast setting

Amyth Kouzina is at 29 Patriarchou Gregoriou Street in Nicosia’s Old Town. The hotel describes indoor dining and an olive-tree courtyard, with breakfast and brunch among its dining options.

Its published breakfast menu offers several approaches to the meal: breakfast pots, egg dishes and a vegan selection, alongside local ingredients such as halloumi and anari. That gives a mixed group a useful menu to compare before booking.

Choose it for: a meal that can form part of an Old Town morning. Ask whether the courtyard or indoor space is available at your chosen time, and confirm the kitchen service you want rather than relying only on the hotel’s opening hours.

SCALE: brunch in a contemporary hotel restaurant

SCALE is on the ground floor of MAP Boutique Hotel at 15 Stasinou Avenue. The restaurant publishes breakfast and brunch information and provides separate menu links, including weekend specials.

This is an option to investigate when you want a restaurant setting for the morning, rather than a quick takeaway stop. Its all-day format also makes it worth comparing the brunch menu with later service if your group is meeting around the transition to lunch.

Before booking: select the menu that applies to your day and arrival time. A weekend special is not necessarily the same offer as a weekday brunch. Confirm any dietary requirements and table arrangements directly.

Choose by setting, timing and the people coming

For a straightforward central café meet-up, begin with The Boys at Number Five. If you want your meal to be part of a walk around the Old Town, compare Amyth Kouzina’s setting and current breakfast menu. For a hotel-restaurant format with separate brunch choices, look at SCALE.

Those are planning suggestions based on the published formats, not guarantees about atmosphere, service speed or the table you will receive. The same venue can feel different on a busy weekend and a quieter weekday.

If some of the group want breakfast food and others want lunch, check the overlap between kitchen services. An all-day venue can still have different menus at different times.

Five useful checks before a Nicosia brunch

1. Kitchen time: confirm when the brunch dishes are served, not only when the doors open.
2. Menu and price: compare the current menu, including drinks, extras and any package conditions.
3. Dietary requirements: speak to the venue about allergies and preparation. A dish label is not a substitute for that conversation.
4. Access and seating: ask about steps, pushchairs, high chairs or an indoor table when those matter to your group.
5. Arrival: check the exact location and make a separate parking or transport plan.

More breakfast and brunch ideas

Browse the Cyprus brunch collection for more options. Comparing cities? Our Limassol brunch guide and Paphos breakfast guide cover different settings elsewhere on the island.

Venue information checked against the linked official restaurant and hotel pages on 3 November 2026. Confirm current menus, kitchen times and availability with the venue. Cover photograph: Alexis Presa / Unsplash; illustrative brunch food, rather than a photograph of the named venues.