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Sunday roast: which roast to order

The roast you pick changes the plate, the trimmings and the price. A beef roast and a pork roast might look alike on a menu, but they come with different sauces and often a different cost. Below: 5 types on one chart, then each with the East and Central London venues that serve it, 99 venues in all. Prices checked .

Sunday roast price chart

  1. Typical £19Vegetarian and vegan roasts
  2. Typical £22Roast chicken
  3. Typical £22.95Roast pork
  4. Typical £24.95Roast beef
  5. Typical £25.50Roast lamb

Ordered by the median price of each roast across the 99 venues below, from the menus as we read them. Prices vary by venue and portion.

Quick picks: what are you after?

What comes with a roast

A Sunday roast is roast meat (or a vegetarian main) with roast potatoes, vegetables and gravy. Yorkshire pudding is traditional with beef, and many places now serve it with every roast, so check if you want one.

Trimmings vary by venue, and the menu is the place to find out. Read the line under each roast: that is where the extras are listed.

This guide compares the five roasts on East and Central London Sunday menus: beef, chicken, pork, lamb, and vegetarian or vegan. The prices come from the menus we have read, so you can see what each roast costs as well as what it is.

The 5 types, and where to eat them

Roast beef

Typical £24.95

Best for Yorkshire puddingHorseradishServed pink

Beef is often a joint such as sirloin, rump or topside. It is usually served pink unless you ask, so say when you order if you prefer it cooked through. Horseradish is the traditional condiment, and Yorkshire pudding is traditional with beef.

Look for which cut the kitchen uses, since sirloin, rump and topside eat a little differently. Beef Wellington (beef in pastry) appears on some Sunday menus too.

On East and Central London menus: 86 venues, 104 dishes; median £24.95, £10 to £150 across 100 priced dishes. Each venue's lowest plate price, cheapest first:

And 80 more venues: every Sunday roast in East and Central London.

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Roast chicken

Typical £22

Best for StuffingBread sauce

Chicken is often half a chicken, or a breast and leg. Stuffing and bread sauce are the traditional accompaniments.

Look at the portion: half a chicken and a breast and leg are not the same amount of food. Check whether stuffing and bread sauce are listed with the plate.

On East and Central London menus: 87 venues, 99 dishes; median £22, £10 to £70 across 97 priced dishes. Each venue's lowest plate price, cheapest first:

And 81 more venues: every Sunday roast in East and Central London.

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Roast pork

Typical £22.95

Best for CracklingApple sauce

Pork is usually belly or loin. Crackling, the crisp skin, is the thing to look for, and apple sauce is the traditional partner.

See which cut is used: belly is the richer of the two, loin the leaner. Porchetta, a rolled Italian-style pork roast, shows up on some menus.

On East and Central London menus: 72 venues, 79 dishes; median £22.95, £17.50 to £40 across 77 priced dishes. Each venue's lowest plate price, cheapest first:

And 66 more venues: every Sunday roast in East and Central London.

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Roast lamb

Typical £25.50

Best for Mint sauceLeg or slow-cooked shoulder

Lamb is usually leg or slow-cooked shoulder. Leg is carved into slices; shoulder is cooked for a long time until it is tender. Mint sauce is the traditional condiment.

Look for which cut the kitchen uses and whether the menu says slow-cooked.

On East and Central London menus: 32 venues, 32 dishes; median £25.50, £17.50 to £68 across 31 priced dishes. Each venue's lowest plate price, cheapest first:

And 26 more venues: every Sunday roast in East and Central London.

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Vegetarian and vegan roasts

Typical £19

Best for VegetarianCheck the gravyCheck the Yorkshire

The usual vegetarian choice is a nut roast. Some places offer other mains instead, such as a vegetable or mushroom Wellington, with the same roast potatoes and vegetables.

Check the gravy and the Yorkshire pudding before you order: meat gravy and egg-and-milk Yorkshires are common, so a vegetarian main can still arrive with parts that do not suit you. If the menu does not say, ask.

On East and Central London menus: 71 venues, 82 dishes; median £19, £15 to £42 across 79 priced dishes. Each venue's lowest plate price, cheapest first:

And 65 more venues: every Sunday roast in East and Central London.

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Before you book

  • Sunday roasts are usually served only on Sundays, often from midday until they sell out or until a set time. Check the finish time if you are planning a late lunch.
  • Popular places get booked up, so booking is sensible.
  • Kids' portions are common.
  • Many menus offer a "trio" or sharing roast with more than one meat, which is handy if a group cannot agree on one.

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How this guide is made: the descriptions are general food knowledge, checked by hand. Every venue, dish and price comes from the venue's own menu as we read it, and nobody has paid to appear. How we check.