Bottomless brunch stag do

Albufeira's brunches are mostly on the Strip in the New Town, on big sun terraces with screens showing live sport. The usual deal is a three-course brunch with 90 minutes of unlimited jugs of beer, sangria or sex on the beach, and groups of 15 or more get sharing platters to start. On some Saturdays in spring and September there is a bigger daytime party from 1pm, with a BBQ buffet, DJs and live acts. Some terrace brunches are not offered at weekends in spring, so check the day. An Old Town option sits two minutes from Praia dos Pescadores.

Birmingham's brunch venues are spread between Broad Street, the arcades by New Street station and Temple Street, with a quieter option out in Harborne, west of the centre. The usual format is 90 minutes of free-flowing drinks inside a two-hour table booking. Weekend sittings commonly start at midday, 2pm or 4pm. Expect to pre-order food for a large group, and some venues want choices a week ahead. A few seat you at shared tables, so ask for a reserved area, and one refuses sports trainers, so pack proper shoes.

Bournemouth's brunches are all central: on Richmond Hill by the Square, in the Exeter Crescent leisure complex and on Exeter Road. Windows are 90 minutes to two hours. The leisure-complex brunch runs on Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm and 4pm, on shared tables, and the drag-hosted bingo brunch on Exeter Road runs every Saturday from noon to 4pm, with bottomless drinks between 1pm and 2:30pm. The Richmond Hill venue starts from 10am at weekends. Expect to be asked for photo ID, and book Saturdays well ahead.

Brighton's brunches run around West Street, Middle Street, Ship Street and Jubilee Street, so most are a short walk from the seafront hotels. Drinking windows vary from 60 minutes to two hours, and Saturday is the main day: one speakeasy-style bar runs sittings at 2pm and 4pm, and a cabaret brunch asks you to pre-order food two days ahead and dress smartly. Venues are 18+ and several ask every guest for ID. A sports-bar brunch with big screens is the obvious pick on a match day, and a cookery-school version lets the group cook its own.

Brunch in Cardiff runs on Womanby Street, St Mary Street, Caroline Street and around the Brewery Quarter, with one bar two minutes from the castle. The standard is 90 minutes to two hours of free-flowing drinks with a dish each, and Saturday sittings commonly start at 2pm and 4pm. Some venues want food choices 48 hours ahead. Bigger show-style brunches on Greyfriars Road run four hours from midday, with drinks served from 1pm to 2.30pm. Evening bottomless sessions from 5pm suit a group arriving late on the Saturday.

Most group brunches in Dublin are in Temple Bar, at reserved tables with a set menu, over about 90 minutes to one hour 45. Check what is actually included: some are genuinely bottomless (Bellinis or Mimosas), while others give one glass of prosecco or one cocktail with the food. Smart casual is the norm and the venues are 18+. Larger groups may be asked to pre-order. A late-morning Saturday slot leaves the afternoon free and puts you in the right part of town for the evening.

Brunch in Liverpool is spread across Seel Street, Hanover Street, Queen Square, the Albert Dock and the games bar by Lime Street. Most give 90 minutes of free-flowing drinks, some a full two hours, with one dish each. Saturday is the main day, with sittings from late morning to mid-afternoon; Sunday hangover sittings start around 2pm. Several want food pre-ordered, and one central option opens from 10am but not on bank holidays. Show-style brunches with drag hosts run four hours and lean towards hens, so check the format.

London's bottomless brunches are mostly a Saturday thing, in fixed slots from about midday to 5.30pm across Covent Garden, Soho, the Strand, Shoreditch, the City, Canary Wharf, Vauxhall and Richmond. The drinks window is usually 90 minutes to two hours, and some tables are held for only 15 minutes if you are late. A darts brunch on the Strand suits a stag, and a three-hour Thames brunch cruise leaves from Festival Pier. Many are themed drag or bingo shows, so check the format. Some add a mandatory service charge and want food pre-ordered.

Bottomless brunch in Newcastle centres on Collingwood Street and the rest of the Diamond Strip, with options on the Cloth Market, Grey Street and down on the Quayside. Drinking windows are 90 minutes or two hours, and formats range from a straight meal-and-drinks deal to drag-hosted shows with bingo and lip sync, or an indie disco brunch with a DJ. Venues are 18+, so bring ID. Saturday slots go first, and one popular venue's last Saturday sitting is 5pm. A midday Saturday brunch on the strip leaves you exactly where the evening starts.