10 Of London's Best Restaurants For Sunday Roasts
If you're visiting London, don't miss one of the UK's favorite traditions: the Sunday roast. The capital offers some of the best spots to experience tenderly roasted meat, golden crispy potatoes, seasonal vegetables and of course, fluffy Yorkshire puddings. From casual pubs to fancier establishments, here are some of the top places in London to enjoy a proper Sunday roast.
The Engineer, Primrose Hill, London The Engineer
After a recent major refurbishment, Primrose Hill's favorite neighborhood pub, The Engineer is back, welcoming locals and visitors with an awesome Sunday roast offering. The pub dates back to the 1800s and is named after famous former area resident, the bridge and railway engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. You can enjoy your roast in the walled garden or upstairs in the pretty top floor dining room. On Sundays, a 16oz Chateaubriand for sharing is served with Yorkshire pudding, thyme-roasted potatoes, buttered savoy cabbage, roasted root vegetables and rich gravy. Other roasts include aged sirloin of beef, British half roast chicken and a walnut roast, all with full trimmings. If you think you'll have room for starters, the Handmade Scotch Egg, Devon Crab on Toasted Brioche and Burrata with Isle of Wight tomatoes are all excellent choices.
Origin City's Sunday excellent lunch menu follows the restaurant's pasture to plate, nose to tail ethos, with all of the meat coming from the family's 600 acre farm in Argyll, Scotland, including traditional heritage breed meats such as Black Angus and Tamworth Pork. Three organic meats are on offer for Sunday roast: slow roasted Black Angus, with creamed horseradish; succulent Tamworth Pork with bramley apple sauce and Texel Lamb with a classic mint sauce. Sides include fluffy Yorkshire puddings, crispy beef dripping potatoes, sweet glazed heritage carrots, Brussel sprouts, creamy cauliflower cheese and lashings of rich gravy.
Sunday Roast at CUT 45 Park Lane 45 Park Lane
Served in elegant art deco surroundings of 45 Park Lane hotel, CUT, Wolfgang Puck's only London restaurant, serves a stellar Sunday lunch, including a satisfying traditional roast. Executive Chef Elliott Grover's starters are not to be missed either from seared Orkney Scallops to Dorset Crab and the Lobster 'Louis' cocktail. The Sunday roast offers a choice of roasted grass-fed English Beef Sirloin, 22-day Beef Wellington or Vegetarian Wellington. Each dish is served with roast potatoes, tenderstem broccoli, honey roasted carrots and parsnips, cauliflower cheese, confit shallot, and incredible Wagyu dripping Yorkshire pudding and gravy.
The Guinea Grill The Guinea Grill
The historic Guinea Grill has had an Inn on this site since 1423 and the current restaurant opened in 1952. Since then it has served dry-aged, grass-fed British beef from an open grill. The Sunday roast features: a choice of roast fore rib of grass fed dry aged beef; slow-cooked pork belly with crackling; grilled sirloin joint or, for vegetarians, sweet potato, wild mushroom and roquefort gratin. Sides include crispy-on-the-outside-fluffy-on-the inside duck fat roasties, double-egg Yorkshires and plenty of gravy. 5.Ekstedt at The Yard, Westminster
Ekstedt at the Yard Ekstedt
The Swedish-inspired Sunday roast at Ekstedt at The Yard offers a bold Nordic take on the British classic, with every dish on the roast menu cooked over open flames. The menu features succulent beef joints and tender game meats, accompanied by perfectly roasted root vegetables. Mains can be shared or guests can opt for two or three courses, all of which come with complimentary sides. 6.The Twenty Two, Mayfair
The Twenty Two Sunday roast Jack Mather
The Twenty Two, led by Chef Alan Christie (formerly of Arbutus), has a delicious Sunday roast that includes: roast Cornish red chicken; Mount Grace Farm lamb and Aberdeen sirloin beef, all served with classic trimmings. Other standout dishes include Dover Sole Meunière, Asparagus and Pea Risotto, and Seared Tuna with miso and chilli. Located in a stylish Mayfair hotel opened in 2022, the interiors in shades of blue, are so beautiful. The drinks offering includes an excellent wine list, creative cocktails, and a Bloody Mary trolley with house-made spiced tomato juice and bold garnishes like crispy bacon. 7.Bébé Bob, Soho
Bebe Bob, Soho, London Paul Winch-Furness
Bébé Bob, the Soho restaurant renowned for its luxurious take on rotisserie chicken offers a French chicken twist on the classic British Sunday Roast. Chicken lovers will rejoice when tasting the roast chicken, rare breed from Vendée or a whole roast chicken, finest corn-fed naked neck chicken from Caen, Normandy. Both dishes are served with chicken dripping Yorkshire puddings, chicken fat roast potatoes and honey roasted carrots and parsnips. 8.The Wigmore, Upper Regent Street
Sunday Roast at The Wigmore The Wigmore
The Wigmore, a stylish pub in the Langham Hotel, serves a traditional Sunday Roast, styled on the classics with a contemporary edge. The menu includes a half-roasted lemon and thyme Baby Chicken, 32 day aged Northumbrian Beef Rump and Three Root vegetable and chestnut Wellington. Served alongside are Bloody Mary Salt duck fat roasties, organic carrots, tenderstem broccoli, buttered Savoy cabbage, traditional gravy and for the extra wow factor, The Wigmore triple cheese roasted cauliflower. 9.The Brush East London Grand Café, Hoxton
The Brush's new Sunday Roast menu has four delicious options: Roast striploin of beef with thyme gravy; Half roast corn-fed chicken; Mushroom Wellington, paired with a rich roast onion gravy and a Whole grilled seabass (to share) glazed with burnt butter and capers. Eavh roast comes with Yorkshire pudding, crispy roast potatoes, cauliflower cheese and roast carrots. There's also a Bloody Mary menu featuring a classic Bloody Mary; smoky Bloody Maria with Ojo De Dios Mezcal; Hoxton Bloody Mix with a smoked salt rim; or London's Mary with Plymouth Gin. 10.The Alma Pub, Wandsworth
The Alma Pub in southwest London has an incredible roast lineup including: the Thors Hammer 48-hour slow braised bone in shin of beef; Whole Suffolk Free Range Chicke; Whole Highland Venison Shoulder; and Cote de Boeuf 45 day aged Aberdeen Angus. All roasts are served with all the trimmings, from duck fat roast potatoes and maple glazed carrots to charred tenderstem broccoli, shallot puree and double egg Yorkshire puddings
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