Illustration by Fig & Ginger, drawn from the review. The venue's own photo is on its way.
Breakfast pop-up revived inside a restaurant in Shuwaikh Industrial, Kuwait
Frankie's Breakfast at Cantina
Friday morning, French toast first
Breakfast that lives inside a dinner restaurant is a risky idea. The room is built for evening, the cook has a different night job, and the eggs can feel like an afterthought. Frankie's does not. It started as a pop-up, went quiet for about three years, and came back in autumn 2025 on Cantina's floor in the Shuwaikh Design District.
The menu is short and it leans on Chef Basmah's family recipes, with Palestinian za'atar showing up where you do not expect it. The French toast is the signature and the one people photograph before they eat. The breakfast tacos are the other headline. Steak and eggs is the newer addition, and it is the order for anyone who skipped dinner and wants to be forgiven.
Service runs from eight to noon, and as of the revival it was weekends only, so check Cantina's Instagram before you drive out. Shuwaikh is an industrial neighborhood turned design district, and that suits the plates: honest, a bit scruffy at the edges, made by people who care. Kuwait does not lack brunch rooms. It lacks brunch with a point of view. This has one. Bring someone who will share the French toast, because you will want both halves of the argument. The kitchen cooks like it has something to prove, and the morning light through a former workshop does the rest.
- Order this
- French toast, Breakfast tacos, Steak and eggs
- The damage
- $$
- Go
- Friday and Saturday mornings, 8am to noon, early for the French toast
- Find it
- Cantina, Street 28, Shuwaikh Industrial, Kuwait City