Mother’s Day is just over a month away, and what better way is there to celebrate your love for mom than by taking her to a one of San Francisco’s Mother’s Day brunches? Lucky for you, we’ve rounded up the best options for 2018 here. Our choices for these Mother’s Day brunches are a little different than our usual preferences – while we love bottomless, it’s possible that dear old mom won’t.

Given that, we’re looking for places that take reservations (because you may not mind standing in line for two hours at Blackwood, but we’re not going to subject your mom to that). We’re also shooting for a mom-appropriate ambiance (sorry Chubby Noodle – we love you, but my mom would not be psyched about R. Kelly’s greatest hits playing in the background) and, of course, delicious food.

So with that in mind, the San Francisco Mother’s Day brunch 2018 list!

Hornblower Mother’s Day Brunch 2018 Cruise

Even with SF’s dubious weather, we can usually count on May to be nice, and there’s nowhere better to spend a beautiful SF Mother’s Day than out on the water. The Hornblower Mother’s Day Brunch cruise lasts two hours and has bottomless champagne and mimosas along with a brunch buffet that has everything from tabouli to smoked salmon to fruit tarts. You get your bottomless, and mom gets a classy experience that she’ll cherish (as long as you don’t ruin it by overdoing it on the champagne).