Cuckoo's Nest
BarBrunchNightlifeVestergade, Odense
Café and bar on Vestergade — brunch at weekends, bar until two.

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Cuckoo's Nest has been on Vestergade for decades and changes character through the day: café in the morning, lunch at midday and bar in the evening. It is one of the few addresses in Odense you can use the whole way through.
The brunch is worth checking the times for: the house serves it only on Saturday and Sunday between ten and one. The rest of the week there is a lunch card and a bar, not brunch. There are seats outside in the street, and the crowd changes with the hour.
Open Sunday to Thursday from ten to midnight and Friday and Saturday until two in the morning.
It suits a weekend brunch that slides into the afternoon, and an evening where you cannot be bothered to move. Vestergade is at the western end of the shopping street, close to the rest of the city's bars.
Why it's worth a visit
- Brunch Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm only
- On Vestergade for decades
- Until 2am Friday and Saturday
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30 m to the nearest one

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