Sunday Lunch Mayfair: Il Grande Sunday Buffet Brunch
DISCOVER THE NEW SUNDAY BRUNCH IN MAYFAIR WITH LIVE MUSIC
Welcome to Your New Sunday Tradition in the Heart of Mayfair
Every Sunday, Bocconcino invites you to enjoy a relaxed Italian brunch in the heart of Mayfair, with live music throughout the afternoon. Our Sunday Brunch is priced at £55 per person and includes a welcome glass of Prosecco, with the option to make it bottomless for a little extra.
Guests can help themselves to a generous Italian buffet, featuring fresh salads, fine Italian cured meats, Parmesan cheese, rock oysters, smoked and dressed salmon, and prawns. From the kitchen, choose from classic Italian favourites including wood-fired pizzas, homemade pasta, and a traditional Sunday roast with slow-cooked beef, roast potatoes, cabbage, gravy and Yorkshire pudding.
A selection of Italian desserts completes the experience, from tiramisu and Sicilian cannoli to rum baba, fruit salad and a chocolate fountain with strawberry and marshmallow skewers.
Make it bottomless: +£14 Prosecco +£35 Champagne For an extra indulgence, ½ lobster is available for £6.
Available every Sunday, 12pm — 5pm
Il Grande Sunday Brunch is available on the lower ground floor only. The experience must be selected when booking. If you have made a standard reservation, then unfortunately, the buffet will not be available.
A Relaxed Italian Brunch with Something for Everyone
This is a brunch designed for easy Sundays. Take your time, move between the buffet and kitchen dishes, and enjoy classic Italian cooking in a calm Mayfair setting. Ideal for long lunches, family gatherings, and unhurried weekends with friends.
Family Sunday Brunch with Kids in London
Our Sunday Brunch is also perfect for families. With pizzas, pasta, roasts and desserts to suit all tastes, everyone is well catered for. Children under six eat for free, and children aged six to twelve enjoy half price.
Your Sunday Escape in Mayfair Awaits
Located in the heart of Mayfair, Bocconcino is an oasis of authentic Italian cuisine waiting to be discovered. Whether you're a Londoner in search of a new brunch spot or a visitor wanting to experience the luxury of Mayfair dining, our Sunday Festa Brunch offers an experience that combines the best of Italian cuisine with the elegance and charm of London dining.
Italian Sunday buffet brunch in Mayfair, on the lower ground floor at Berkeley Street
Sunday at Bocconcino Mayfair is a different proposition to the rest of the week. Instead of the standard à la carte, the lower ground floor opens for Il Grande, our Italian Sunday buffet brunch. The spread runs from antipasti through cured meats, seafood and pasta, into mains and a wide dessert section. The buffet is designed to be revisited across the booking, served with a glass of prosecco (with optional supplement upgrades to bottomless prosecco or bottomless Champagne), and accompanied by live music throughout the service.
For guests who normally come to Mayfair for an evening Sunday lunch in the British roast tradition, Il Grande is a different format. A Sunday roast is not on the buffet itself, but is available made to order from the kitchen alongside the buffet, with fresh pasta and Roman-style pizza brought to the table the same way. The Mayfair Sunday is a long, social Italian buffet brunch in the way you would find on the Italian coast: seafood-led, Italian in style, and run at a relaxed pace rather than a single sitting.
What is on the buffet
Antipasti and cured meats
The antipasti section is the first part of the buffet most tables visit. The selection runs from cured meats (prosciutto, mortadella, coppa, salami finocchiona) through parmigiana, cheeses, and the kitchen’s rotation of Italian salads. The selection changes seasonally and reflects the regional menu Bocconcino runs across the rest of the week. Vegetarian and vegan diners are well catered for: a substantial part of the antipasti spread does not contain meat or fish.
Seafood: the centrepiece of Il Grande
The seafood section is the part of the buffet most regulars come back for. Bottomless oysters, crudo and tartare, smoked and steamed salmon, prawns, and a rotating selection of Italian seafood dishes. The selection runs in the Mediterranean style: lighter on the cooking, generous on the volume, with citrus and olive oil doing most of the seasoning work. Lobster is available with a small supplement alongside the standard selection. This is a luxury seafood buffet rather than a budget format: the volume is matched by the quality of the produce.
Pasta and mains
A made-to-order kitchen runs alongside the buffet through Il Grande. Fresh handcrafted pasta is plated in two or three options with a sauce rotation that draws on the regional menu, Roman-style pizza is freshly baked and brought hot to the table, and a traditional Sunday roast is included in the buffet price, prepared to order in the kitchen. The buffet's own mains section is more compact than the antipasti and seafood: typically a meat dish, a fish dish, and a vegetarian option, plus seasonal specials.
Dessert and coffee
The dessert section sits in a dedicated corner of the buffet and is wide and Italian-led: a generous selection of small Italian pastries and desserts, plus a chocolate fountain with a selection of fresh fruits. Italian coffee runs through the service. The dessert section is designed to be revisited across the booking, with most guests returning for a pastry, the chocolate fountain and Italian coffee toward the end of the meal.
Drinks at Il Grande: prosecco, Champagne and Italian wine
Il Grande is served with a glass of prosecco as standard. Optional upgrades are available with a supplement: bottomless prosecco for guests who want the wine flowing through the service, or bottomless Champagne for occasion bookings. The full Italian wine list is also available for guests who prefer a bottle on the table. The sommelier team is on the floor through the service for guests who want to drink something more interesting than the standard pairing, and a smaller selection of wines by the glass is available for guests who do not want the full bottomless option.
Live music through the Sunday service
Live music plays through Il Grande, on the lower ground floor where the buffet is set up. The musician or small ensemble changes across the year and tends toward acoustic and jazz rather than the higher-energy sets that play in the evening through the week. The volume is set for a long brunch rather than a club: conversation at the table is still easy, and most regulars stay for the full two-hour booking.
Luxury buffet brunch in London: where Il Grande sits
Mayfair has a small group of Sunday brunches at the higher end of the market, mostly run by the area’s larger hotels. Il Grande is one of the few independent Italian Sunday brunch options in the area, and the format (luxury buffet rather than served menu) is part of what differentiates it. The Italian-led menu, the drinks programme, and the live music are the three things guests most often mention when they come back. Bookings tend to spread across the morning and into the early afternoon, with families earlier and groups of friends and couples later.
For guests who prefer a lighter Sunday lunch rather than the full buffet, the standard à la carte is still available on Sundays in the ground floor restaurant alongside the buffet downstairs.
Booking Sunday brunch at Bocconcino Mayfair
Il Grande runs every Sunday across the year, with adjusted timings for bank holidays and Christmas. Bookings are taken online and through the restaurant. The buffet is set on a fixed price per guest, with a glass of prosecco included. Bottomless prosecco and bottomless Champagne are available as optional upgrades with a supplement. Children are charged at a reduced rate and the kitchen will adjust portions for younger diners. Larger groups (eight or more) are best handled by the events team, who can arrange dedicated seating in the lower ground floor and tailored drinks packages. For fully enclosed group bookings, the lower ground floor private dining rooms can be reserved alongside the buffet service.
Frequently asked questions
Il Grande includes access to the full Italian buffet (antipasti, cured meats, seafood, mains and dessert), pasta, pizza and Sunday roast made to order from the kitchen, a glass of prosecco, live music, and table service throughout. Optional drinks upgrades to bottomless prosecco or bottomless Champagne are available with a supplement. The price is per guest.
No. Il Grande is an Italian Sunday buffet brunch built around seafood and antipasti, with pasta, pizza and Sunday roast made to order from the kitchen alongside the buffet. The buffet itself is not roast-led, but a Sunday roast is available made-to-order alongside the buffet for guests who would prefer it.
Yes, Il Grande is family-friendly. Children are charged at a reduced rate and the buffet has plenty of options that work for younger diners (pasta, pizza, fresh fruit). The lower ground floor is quieter at the start of the service which tends to suit families with younger children better than the later slots.
Standard bookings are held for two hours, which gives most guests time to revisit the buffet at their own pace. The buffet runs continuously through the service so guests can return as many times as they want within the booking.
The buffet is not certified halal or kosher. The kitchen will indicate which dishes contain pork, shellfish or alcohol, and there are usually enough alternative dishes to make the meal work for guests avoiding those ingredients. For specific dietary requirements, it is best to mention these at the time of booking so the kitchen can confirm.
Yes. A substantial part of the antipasti, pasta and dessert sections are vegetarian, and a smaller but reliable selection is vegan. The kitchen labels the dishes on the buffet, and the floor team can advise on specific items if needed.
Terms and Conditions: Buffet and bottomless drinks are for 1.5 hours from the start of your reservation. Kindly note that all food is to be enjoyed on the premises, and takeaway is not permitted.
