Breakfast is often referred to as the most important meal of the day, and there is one dish that is guaranteed to start your day off right – a fry-up.
There are so many things to love about a full cooked breakfast. The crispy bacon, fluffy hash browns, sweet tomatoes, the list goes on.
There are plenty of eateries that serve a full cooked breakfast in Inverness, so we have rounded up the best cafes to make your search that little bit easier when you next fancy one.
North Gateway Café
Based just off the A9 – a stone’s throw from Inverness – North Gateway Café is a dog-friendly space serving all day breakfasts daily. Amazing, right?
There are full veggie and Scottish breakfast options, as well as breakfast rolls, avocado toast, and much more.
It’s a perfect spot to unwind after tackling the 5k trail at the nearby Daviot Wood.
The cafe is open 9am to 5pm daily.
Address: North Gateway Daviot Wood Picnic Site, Inverness IV2 5BD
Girvans
Italian artisan coffee and patisserie – all of which are handmade daily in-house – are not the only enticing menu items customers can indulge in at Girvans.
There is also a Scottish breakfast featuring two free-range eggs – fried, poached, or scrambled – grilled bacon, Stornoway black pudding, a pork sausage, potato scone, mushrooms, and toast with tea or coffee.
A vegetarian option is on the cards, too, boasting the same ingredients but without the bacon and black pudding and with a vegetarian sausage and baked beans.
Girvans is open at 9am every day and breakfast is served until 11.30am.
Address: 2-4 Stephens Brae, Inverness IV2 3JN
Simpsons
Breakfast is served at Simpsons every morning between 9am and 11.30am.
The venue’s Highland breakfast features a range of items (of your choosing) with fresh toast, house tea, filter coffee or fruit juice.
Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free breakfast items are also available.
The hot breakfast selection includes hash browns, vegetarian haggis, Lorne beef sausage, grilled tomatoes, scrambled eggs, and baked beans.
Address: Culloden Road, Inverness IV2 5BA
Comfort Foods
Comfort Foods offers wholesome cooked breakfasts daily, seven days a week.
One option includes The Full Monty, featuring locally sourced sausages, bacon, black pudding and haggis, as well as eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms, beans, a tattie scone and toast.
Vegetarian and vegan alternatives are also available, along with lighter dishes such as French toast and porridge.
Address: 22 Church Street, Inverness IV1 1EB
Café de Paulo
Located in the Victorian Market, breakfast at Cafe de Paulo is sure to impress.
The café offers an all-day full Scottish breakfast and all-day veggie breakfast for customers, so you have from 8.30am to 3.30pm Monday to Saturday and 8.30am to 3pm on Sundays to try one out for yourself.
Address: Arcade 7, 9 Queensgate, Inverness IV1 1PQ
Velocity Cafe and Bicycle Workshop
If a vegetarian cooked breakfast in Inverness is what you’re after, then put Velocity Cafe on your radar.
Their vegetarian and gluten-free breakfasts boast seasonal and local produce where possible.
Ingredients include fried egg or scrambled tofu, garlic mushrooms and spinach, roasted tomato, housemade haggis, housemade sweet potato hash brown, smoky housemade beans, sourdough toast, and vegan butter.
Address: 1 Crown Avenue, Inverness IV2 3NF
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