One brunch spot, one all-day menu

Cookie Beacon has a single brunch spot in Serbia: Kralja Petra 20a, in Stari Grad, Belgrade’s old town. It opens at 09:00 and serves the full menu until 18:00, seven days a week, so there is no weekend-only brunch window to plan around. Walk-ins only, no reservations. Chunky cookies come out of the oven through the day and the brunch is cooked to order, which makes this a sit-down rather than a stop on the way somewhere.

Brunch on Kralja Petra, in Belgrade’s Stari Grad

What it is: the one and only Cookie Beacon in Serbia, at Kralja Petra 20a, 11000 Belgrade. Republic Square is three or four minutes away on foot.

Why guests pick it: the things people name most often in their Google reviews are the Eggs Benedict on Cheddar-Scones and the chunky cookies, and the portions come up just as often. Plates are cooked from scratch, so this is a proper sit-down morning rather than a quick one.

Our tip: Eggs Benedict on Cheddar-Scones (990 RSD) with a flat white (395 RSD). Come before 10:30 on a weekday, or right at 09:00 on a Saturday or Sunday, for the easiest table.

Hours: Open daily 09:00–18:00 · walk-ins only.

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What brunch in Belgrade actually is

Belgrade’s own breakfast tradition is bakery-driven and built for moving: burek with a drinking yogurt from the pekara, or komplet lepinja, eaten standing up or on the walk to work. Lunch and dinner belong to the kafana, where meals are long, slow and start late. Between the two sits a gap, and it is a specific one: a plated, sit-down morning with coffee worth staying for.

That gap is the whole reason this menu looks the way it does. Doručak here means a table, a plate cooked to order and specialty coffee, not a paper bag on the pavement. If you have just landed and want the rest of the day mapped as well, our first-day eating plan for Belgrade folds this brunch into a walkable route out through Stari Grad and up to Skadarlija for dinner.

When to come

The full menu runs 09:00 to 18:00 every day, weekends included, so there is no narrow window to hit. For the easiest table, arrive before 10:30 on a weekday or right at 09:00 on a Saturday or Sunday. Weekend late mornings are the busiest stretch, and the rush thins after about 14:00, which is the moment to come if all you want is a cookie and a cortado.

Everything is cooked to order, so leave yourself time to sit rather than treating it as a dash. Walk-ins only, no reservations: nothing to book, nothing to cancel, just turn up.

What to order

Start with hearty brunch: creative plates made fresh on-site from locally-sourced ingredients, in generous portions. Eggs and cheddar scones, pancake stacks, waffle sandwiches, granola bowls and a Philly Cheese Steak Protein-Bowl for the hungriest mornings. The Serbian list runs a long way through sugar-free and gluten-free, we cook plenty for vegetarians, and the Shakshuka di Bufala can be made vegan with a tofu-crumble swap. In our vegan dishes we cut right back on the seed oils.

Then the cookies. We bake our chunky handmade cookies in-house every day with real butter and good chocolate: Classic Choco Chip, Nutella & Maldon Salt, Lotus & Dulce de Leche, Lemon-Pie. Thick and crisp on the outside, gooey in the middle, and generous with it. Kolačići, if you are ordering in Serbian. Pair one with a specialty coffee light-roasted in Barcelona, or with a mimosa.

Top picks in Belgrade

  • Eggs Benedict on Cheddar-Scones: poached eggs, hollandaise, feta and smashed avocado on freshly baked cheddar scones · 990 RSD
  • Ube Power Granola Bowl: the purple one, with pineapple, banana, coconut milk, peanut butter and honey toasted granola · 1,290 RSD
  • Chicken & Waffles Stack: breaded chicken, beetroot hummus, smoked bacon sauce, honey butter cream, side of homemade potato chips · 1,190 RSD
  • Chunky cookies: baked in-house daily; regulars include Classic Choco Chip, Nutella & Maldon Salt and Pistachio Cream & Crumbs · 550 RSD each
  • Mimosa Bar 650 RSD · signature lattes 550–690 RSD · espresso 275 RSD

Breakfast in Belgrade, from 9am

We open at 09:00 every day, before the old town fills up. Doručak can be light here: the Yogurt & Honey Whipped Granola Bowl (990 RSD) is gluten-free, with Greek yogurt, honey toasted granola and berries. Go savoury with the Avocado Cheddar-Scones (990 RSD), or sweet with the Crème Brûlée French Toast (1,190 RSD). Coffee is light-roasted in Barcelona: espresso 275 RSD, flat white 395 RSD.

For where we sit among Belgrade’s brunch spots, read our best brunch in Belgrade guide, also available in Serbian.

We are family-run, and it started in Budapest in 2021 with one small brunch spot and a cookie recipe worth repeating. From there it went to Bucharest, then here. Five brunch spots across three cities so far, with more cities coming, and Belgrade is the only one in Serbia, which is why this page is about one room rather than a chain.

Belgrade earned it. Kralja Petra crosses Knez Mihailova and carries on toward Belgrade Cathedral (Saborna crkva) and the green ramparts of Kalemegdan Fortress; Republic Square is a few minutes one way, bohemian Skadarlija a short walk the other. It is a good pocket of the city to land in mid-morning with coffee in hand.

Address and hours

Kralja Petra: Kralja Petra 20a, 11000 Belgrade (Stari Grad) · Open daily 09:00–18:00 · +381 63 680 021

Walk-ins only, no reservations. Just turn up. Dogs are welcome, and we will bring a water bowl over. For the day’s cookie batches, we are on Instagram at @cookiebeacon and TikTok at @cookiebeacon.rs. #webelieveinhandmade