LONDON, March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenTable is lifting the lid on how Brits are celebrating Mother's Day in 2026, and breakfast in bed is falling out of favour. OpenTable dining data shows Mother's Day was the biggest dining day of 2025,* while new consumer research reveals that 40% of Brits plan to dine out at a restaurant to celebrate this year.**

To help families turn Mother's Day plans into reservations, OpenTable has released its annual Top 100 Brunch and Lunch list for 2026, backed by diner reviews and metrics.*** From neighbourhood favourites like Le Garrick in London and Fava in Edinburgh, to special-occasion dining like at the Butchershop in Glasgow and 14 Stories in London, the list helps diners find a place mum and mother figures will love, and encourages them to book ahead for one of the year's busiest dining days.

"Despite Mother's Day being the biggest dining day of the year in 2025, 53% of reservations were made within a week of the day itself*," said Sasha Shaker, Senior Director at OpenTable in the UK and Ireland. "Our Top 100 Brunch and Lunch Restaurants for 2026*** list takes the pressure off the 33% of the UK who stress about finding the right spot.** Whether mum is partial to a Sunday roast, brunch with bubbles or a fancy dinner, diners are spoiled for choice with this new list."

Mother's Day Dining Trends 2026

While 41% of mums usually receive the traditional breakfast in bed at home on Mother's Day, only 9% say it's how they actually want to celebrate, with over half (53%) preferring a meal out with family instead.** This preference is already showing up in dining behaviour, with 2025 OpenTable data revealing that dining at 10am on Mother's Day was up 11% year-on-year.*

The reality of the tradition may explain why it's falling out of favour - 64% of mums who've had breakfast in bed say they had to clear up afterwards and 33% describe the breakfast as a nice gesture but fairly basic. Many aren't waiting around for plans either, as 39% of mums have booked their own Mother's Day meal before, and 25% would even consider dining out alone as part of their celebration.**

Meanwhile, Brits are still cutting it fine. 11% admit they've forgotten Mother's Day altogether, and 24% have panic-booked a table within 24 hours, rising to 34% of Gen Z compared with 22% of Millennials.** When they do show up, Brits expect to spend £64 on average, per person, on a Mother's Day meal this year.**

When it comes to what was on the table on Mother's Day 2025, the most popular cuisines when dining out was British, Italian and French, however Mediterranean (+69%), Scottish (+22%), and Indian (+14%) emerged as the top trending cuisines for Mother's Day dining year-over-year.*

METHODOLOGY 

*OpenTable data: OpenTable looked at the number of seated diners, and per hour and cuisine when noted, from online reservations for all active restaurants on the OpenTable platform in the UK in 2025 and on Mother's Day 2025 (Sunday 30^th March 2025) and compared to Mother's Day 2024 (Sunday 10^th March 2024), when noted. Cuisines are determined by restaurants. The number of reservations on Mother's Day 2025 (Sunday 30th March) was also analysed.

**Consumer Research Methodology: An online survey was conducted by Ripple Research among 2000 UK consumers celebrating Mother's Day, including 1199 that will be celebrating Mother's Day as Mothers/ Mother Figures. Fieldwork was carried out between February 10, 2026, and February 12, 2026. All data was collected in accordance with MRS (Market Research Society) and ESOMAR guidelines, ensuring ethical standards and robust data quality.

***Top 100 Brunch and Lunch List for 2026 Methodology: The Top 100 Restaurants for Brunch and Lunch Methodology: OpenTable's Top 100 Restaurants for Brunch and Lunch in the UK for 2026 list is generated from over 780,000 reviews from verified OpenTable diners and dining metrics from 1st Jan 2025 – 31st Dec 2025. Restaurants with a minimum threshold of diner reviews were considered and evaluated by a compilation of unique data points, including diner ratings, the percentage of five star reviews, the number of alerts set, the percentage of reservations made in advance, percentage of capacity and direct searches. Metrics were weighted to comprise an overall score. The qualified restaurants were then ranked on having a minimum number of brunch reviews and Sunday lunch availability. The resulting list appears A-Z, not in ranked order.

About OpenTable: OpenTable, a global leader in restaurant tech and part of Booking Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), helps more than 60,000 restaurants worldwide fill 1.9 billion seats a year. OpenTable's world-class technology empowers restaurants to focus on what matters most – their team, their guests, and their bottom line – while enabling diners to discover and book the perfect restaurant for every occasion. 

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Zum 75. Jahrestag des Bundeskriminalamts (BKA) stellt Präsident Holger Münch die IT-Strategie der Behörde unter das Leitmotiv der digitalen Souveränität. Das Amt wolle vorhandene Daten für Ermittlungen deutlich besser nutzbar machen, ohne sich dabei in die Abhängigkeit einzelner ausländischer IT-Anbieter zu begeben, sagte Münch der Deutschen Presse-Agentur. In einer Zeit, in der Abhängigkeiten gezielt ausgenutzt werden könnten, müsse genauer geprüft werden, welche Produkte man einkauft und welche Fähigkeiten im eigenen Haus aufgebaut werden, so der BKA-Chef.

Im Zentrum steht für Münch nicht nur die Hoheit über die eigenen Daten, sondern auch die wirtschaftliche und politische Unabhängigkeit von Herstellern. Als Risiko nennt er etwa drastische Erhöhungen von Lizenzgebühren. IT-Fachleute verweisen darüber hinaus auf die wachsende Sorge, politischer Druck könne sich eines Tages in Form gesperrter Zugänge zu Daten oder sogar einer Fernabschaltung von Software durch US-Anbieter äußern. Vor diesem Hintergrund gewinnt die Frage, wie Ermittlungsbehörden ihre technischen Grundlagen gestalten, an strategischer Bedeutung.

Ein prominentes Beispiel für die Debatte ist der US-Anbieter Palantir. Dessen Analyseplattform "Gotham" wird bereits in mehreren Bundesländern eingesetzt, darunter Bayern, Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen und Baden-Württemberg. Der Hersteller betont, die Datenhoheit verbleibe vollständig bei den jeweiligen Polizeibehörden. Auf Bundesebene signalisiert Bundesinnenminister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) jedoch nach Darstellung Münchs derzeit kaum Bereitschaft, diese Software für die Bundessicherheitsbehörden zu nutzen. Damit rückt ein eigenständiger Ansatz in den Fokus, der nicht auf eine einzige Komplettlösung setzt.

Münch beschreibt als Zielbild eine IT-Landschaft, die aus verschiedenen Modulen unterschiedlicher Entwickler besteht. Kernstück soll eine Datenintegrationsschicht sein, die das BKA am Markt einkauft. Auf dieser Ebene sollen dann unterschiedliche Analysewerkzeuge laufen – teils bereits vorhandene Systeme, teils Eigenentwicklungen und ergänzend zugekaufte Tools. Erst eine solche Architektur ermögliche es, bislang getrennt vorliegende Informationen aus verschiedenen „Töpfen“ gemeinsam auszuwerten und für operative Ermittlungen nutzbar zu machen. Für die Strafverfolger geht es damit um mehr als reine Effizienzgewinne: Die technische Infrastruktur wird zum zentralen Baustein, um Handlungsfähigkeit und Unabhängigkeit der Behörde langfristig zu sichern.