What time does McDonald’s breakfast start and end? Opening hours and menu items

WHO doesn’t love a McDonald’s breakfast to get them going for the day?

Whether your menu choice is a classic sausage and egg McMuffin or the new muffin with jam, we explain what time breakfast is served until.

Classic McDonald's breakfast McMuffins are available until 11am — Classic McDonald’s breakfast McMuffins are available until 11am

All McDonald’s restaurants around the UK are currently closed to eat-in diners but you can still order food for takeaways.

You can also still use drive-thru lanes and home delivery services through Just Eat and Uber Eats.

Keep in mind you’ll pay extra if you’re ordering McDonald’s to your home through these apps.

McDonald’s initially stopped walk-in takeaways at the start of the third lockdown, but it started allowing this service once again from February 22.

What time does McDonald’s stop serving breakfast?

McDonald’s serves breakfast every day until 11am.

It used to switch to the lunchtime menu at 10:30am, but bosses added an extra 30 minutes to the breakfast offering in 2019.

Restaurants that are normally open 24 hours a day start serving breakfast from 6am.

Every other restaurant kicks off the day with the breakfast menu at their normal opening times.

You can find out where your nearest branch is and what time it opens using the store locator tool.

What’s on the McDonald’s breakfast menu?

McDonald’s continues to offer a reduced menu since its reopening following the first lockdown back in March 2020.

At the time, it shut all 1,350 of its restaurants temporarily and when they reopened, they did not offer breakfast at first – but don’t worry, they do now.

But the popular breakfast bagels are still not back and some of the wraps Maccies previously offered are still missing from the menu.

There are new additions to the breakfast menu though, including the breakfast muffin with jam and new breakfast roll.

You can check out the full breakfast menu on the McDonald’s website, or in the box below.

What’s on the full McDonald’s breakfast menu?

THERE’S plenty on the McDonald’s breakfast menu – here’s what you’ll find:

Breakfast wrap of egg, bacon, potato rosti and cheese – with brown sauce
Breakfast wrap of egg, bacon, potato rosti and cheese – with ketchup
Sausage, egg and cheese bagel
Sausage and egg McMuffin
Bacon and egg McMuffin
Double sausage and egg McMuffin
Double bacon and egg McMuffin
Egg and cheese McMuffin
Breakfast roll with Ketchup
Breakfast roll with brown sauce
Pancakes and syrup
Pancakes and sausage with syrup
Bacon roll
Quaker Oat So Simple
Quaker Oat So Simple Apple and Cherry Porridge
Quaker Oat So Simple with Jam
Quaker Oat So Simple with Sugar
Quaker Oat So Simple with Syrup
Toasted bagel
Toaster bagel with jam
Toasted bagel with Philadelphia Light
Hash brown
Cheesy bacon flatbread
Triple chocolate cookie
Sugar donut
Millionaire’s donut
Mixed berry muffin
Chocolate brownie
Millionaire’s latte
Tropicana orange juice
Flat white
Toffee latte
Latte
Cappuccino
Black coffee
White coffee
Espresso
Hot chocolate
Tea regular

How do I get McDonald’s breakfast?

All McDonald’s branches are currently closed for dine-in, so you’ll need to either take your food away, use a drive-thru or opt for delivery.

Since the start of the pandemic, McDonald’s has introduced home delivery at hundreds more of its restaurants so you can get brekkie delivered directly to your door.

Orders can be made through Just Eat and Uber Eats but remember, you’ll have to pay a fee for delivery.

How much this costs depends on how far from the restaurant you live.

There is also an option to click and collect through the McDonald’s app, where you place your order and pay online and can pick it up via drive-thru.

The McDonald's Breakfast muffin with jam has been added to the menu — The McDonald’s Breakfast muffin with jam has been added to the menu

Why doesn’t McDonald’s serve breakfast after 11am?

McDonald’s starts its normal menu from 11am each day.

They continue serving burgers, chicken nuggets and the rest of the normal menu right through until closing time, which will vary depending on your restaurant’s opening times.

Food on the normal menu and the breakfast menu can’t be cooked at the same time.

Breakfast food is cooked slightly differently and at different temperatures to burgers and fries and there’s not enough space to do both menus at once in the kitchens.

McDonald’s says on its website: “The 11am cut off enables us to accommodate our breakfast lovers, whilst allowing the customers who enjoy our main menu to get their food before 11:30am.”