Mother’s Day Brunch Spots: Phoenix Eateries Among America’s Best

PHOENIX, AZ — If you're looking to impress your mom this Mother's Day with some of the Valley's best dining, there are plentiful options in the Phoenix metro area, including the five local restaurants named to OpenTable’s list of the 100 Best Brunch Spots in America for 2022.

In the Valley, restaurants making the online reservation service’s list include:

• Rusconi's American Kitchen, Phoenix
• Buck and Rider, Phoenix
• El Chorro, Paradise Valley
• Elements at Sanctuary Camelback Mountain, Paradise Valley
• Lon's at The Hermosa, Paradise Valley

Mother's Day reservations are sure to fill up quickly, so if these top-rated eateries are already booked and you end up going elsewhere to celebrate your life-giver, most moms probably won't mind a brunch out on another unexpected weekend.

OpenTable said an analysis of its data shows Mother’s Day reservations to its clients are up 39 percent compared with pre–pandemic 2019, and up 13 percent compared with 2021.

And in a survey of 1,255 adults, 45 percent said they plan to make up for time lost with their mothers and mother figures during the pandemic by “going big” this year. And 48 percent of moms surveyed said their ideal Mother’s Day involves going out to brunch or dinner.

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Among those, nearly half (47 percent) are opting for brunch. The most popular cuisines represented on the list are American (30 percent), French (19 percent), contemporary American (11 percent) and seafood (10 percent).