Forget breakfast in your hotel in Manhattan. Get to see how native New Yorkers start the day by checking out the nearest diner and ordering a stack of pancakes. Make sure you know what you want before you get towards the front of a busy queue or you’ll get it in the neck NYC style from the short order cook. Plan your day while taking advantage of the free coffee refills, and just watch the world go by. All human life is here, and If you can bag a window seat then you’ve doubled your view.

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Great place for breakfast – never “brunch,” kay? – in the Village. So good in fact that people happily queue to get in on a Sunday morning. But the retro diner decor, buzzing atmosphere and not-too-phony great service make it worthwhile. Oh, and the food: all manner of egg dishes, bacon, coffee from the bottomless jug … let’s do breakfast, man.

Hours: Sun-Thurs 8:30am-10:30pm; Fri-Sat 8:30am-11pm

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Hidden away on Clinton Street, which at first doesn't seem the greatest location. This is THE place for blueberry pancakes in NYC. They are light fluffy and come with delicious maple butter syrup. The other delicacy here is their buttermilk biscuits. American biscuits are more like scones and these were lovely with scrambled eggs or jam. It's the perfect place for brunch on a Saturday or Sunday but get there before 10am as it fills up really quickly.

Clinton Street (btw. East Houston & Stanton), New York, NY 10002

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