Weekend Brunch at Solera: What I’d Order, 11 to 4

October 29, 2026

Saturday, a little after eleven, the front windows on Main Street doing most of the lighting. That's the brunch I had in mind when we added it.

Solera serves brunch on Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 4pm at 210 Main Street in Seal Beach. The menu is short on purpose: three sweet plates, four savory ones, a few things to share, Bottomless Mimosas at $30 per person, and a Bloody Mary at $18. Our regular lunch menu is available at the same time, so nobody at the table is stuck with eggs if they don't want them. It's weekend only. Walk in on a Tuesday asking for the Dutch baby and we'll steer you to lunch, kindly.

Say there are three of us.

The Dutch baby goes in the middle of the table

The Solera Dutch Baby ($21) is the plate I'd put in the middle of the table first. A Dutch baby is a big oven-puffed pancake, closer to a popover than to a stack, and it settles a little as it cools. Ours comes with Chantilly cream, pastry cream, strawberries, blueberries, green grapes, cocoa nibs, and powdered sugar. It's sweet, but the fruit and the cocoa nibs keep it from turning into dessert at noon. Three forks is the right number.

If the table wants more sweet than that, the Nisi French Toast ($16) is thick-cut brioche from Nisi Craft Bakery, the same bakery that makes the bun for our burger, with seasonal fruit, whipped cream, warm maple syrup, and powdered sugar. The Pancakes ($14) come with European butter, seasonal infused warm maple syrup, and a side of fruit, and you can add a pancake for $6 each. I'd add one of those two, not both. Brunch runs long here, so pace it.

Then something savory, and this is where I'd linger

Chilaquiles ($17): crispy tortillas in salsa roja, chorizo, crema, cilantro-serrano aioli, radish, cilantro, and a sunny-side egg. This is the plate I'd order for myself. It puts heat, acid, and crunch in the same bite, which is what I want a savory breakfast to do.

The Eggs Benedict ($18) is poached eggs and prosciutto cotto under a hollandaise espuma. Espuma is the kitchen's word for a foam: the hollandaise is aerated rather than ladled, so it sits lighter on the plate and on you. It comes with a choice of side salad or yuca or potato fries. Order the yuca fries at least once.

The Morning Bun Breakfast ($17) is the closest thing to a classic plate: a house morning bun, scrambled eggs, bacon or ham, peewee potato hash, house Thousand Island, and fruit. You can make it vegetarian by leaving off the meat, or swap in yuca or potato fries for $4. The Avocado Toast ($16) is on cranberry sourdough with Meyer lemon, salsa macha, sesame, and a boiled egg. The salsa macha, a Mexican-style chile oil, is the part I'd notice.

There's also a Chef's Feature on the brunch menu with no price printed; the menu just says to ask your server, and that it isn't always available.

The side I'd add for the table

Solera's Pigs in a Blanket ($12): two sausage links in puff pastry with Thousand Island and pickled mustard seeds. The menu says "ask for it sweet," and I'd take that advice. Get one for the table. The Baker's Candied Bacon ($10) and a Seasonal Fruit Bowl ($12) round out the share list.

Mimosas, a Bloody Mary, or a small pour of something sparkling

Bottomless Mimosas are $30 per person, juice and prosecco: one price for refills instead of a price per glass, and the right call if the table is settling in.

The Bloody Mary is $18, and there's a detail worth knowing. We build it on Ola Sol, a 100% blue agave wine from Jalisco, which is why the same drink appears on our wine list as the Bloody Maria. Agave gives it a cleaner, slightly green edge compared with the version you're probably picturing. If you usually order a Bloody Mary, order this one once and see what you think.

The sparkling section of our wine list is the other way to go. Sorro Prosecco from Treviso is $11 for three ounces and $16 for six; Vilarnau Cava from Penedès is $12 and $16. Three ounces of something with bubbles next to the chilaquiles is a reasonable way to drink at noon. I wrote up why we pour wine in 3-ounce tastes a few weeks ago if the small pour is new to you.

If someone at the table wants lunch

They can have it. The lunch menu runs alongside brunch on both days, so the Solera Burger ($17), the Speedbird ($24), and the Halibut Tacos ($26) are all available while the rest of the table is on French toast. I think that's the most useful thing about how we set this up: nobody has to talk the whole table into pancakes.

A few practical notes

Brunch hours are Saturday and Sunday, 11am to 4pm. Lunch and dinner are served every day too; brunch is added on the weekend. The brunch plates above carry our allergen codes on the menu (gluten, dairy, eggs, and sesame appear across them), so if an allergy matters to you, say so when you order and we'll go through it together. The current brunch menu is always on our menu page, and during brunch hours on Saturday and Sunday the menu page opens to brunch on its own.

If you want a table on Saturday or Sunday, book it on SevenRooms. The four o'clock cutoff is for the brunch menu, not for you.

When does Solera serve brunch?

Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 4pm at 210 Main Street in Seal Beach. Brunch is weekend only; on weekdays Solera serves lunch and dinner. The lunch menu is also available during brunch hours.

Does Solera have bottomless mimosas?

Yes. Bottomless Mimosas are $30 per person, made with juice and prosecco, during brunch on Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 4pm. The brunch Bloody Mary is $18 and is built on Ola Sol, a 100% blue agave wine, not vodka.