Sunday roast at the Carpenters Arms © Time Out/Ed Marshall
London's best Sunday lunches
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Time Out Food & Drink Editors
Updated: Tue Dec 14 2010 -
As the chill sets in, there's no better way to while away a Sunday afternoon than by munching lazily through a thoroughly indulgent lunch. Let the Time Out experts guide you through the best Sunday lunches in London – from traditional pub roasts to wondrous world cuisine
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Adam & Eve
77A Wells Street, London, W1T 3QQ
This centrally located venue is part of the Geronimo Inns family of upmarket gastropubs, and it’s a cracker. The menu changes frequently and there are often specials, and there are always two roasts on. Recent offerings have included roast rib of beef with Yorkshire pudding and roast chicken with bread sauce; both came with roast potatoes, honey-roast carrots, braised cabbage and cauliflower. Sunday lunch served noon-5pm. Sunday lunch for two with wine and service: around £45. Read more
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Dean Street Townhouse
69-71 Dean Street, London, W1D 4QJ
A most elegantly English venue in which to enjoy a fine Sunday roast. The Soho House group have made retro meals fashionable here, and the Sunday lunch is no exception. All roasts are served with Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes and seasonal vegetables for a posh sum of £21.50, though there are other lunch items such as roast Banham chicken with sage and onion stuffing for £17. Sunday lunch served 11.30am-5pm. Sunday lunch for two with wine and service: around £70. Read more
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Duke of Wellington
94A Crawford Street, London, W1H 2HQ
Since being shortlisted for the 'Best Gastropub' category in the 2008 Time Out Eating & Drinking Awards, this smart venue has gone from strength to strength. The Sunday roast is still a draw, as it goes all out with all the trimmings, all of excellent provenance. You could enjoy 28-day aged Longhorn beef with duck fat-roasted potatoes, carrots, Savoy cabbage, Yorkshire pudding and gravy, or slow-roast shoulder of pork with more of the same (plus an apple, chilli and sage jelly to cut through the rich porcine flavours). Sticky toffee pudding, rice pudding (made with Jersey cream) and crumbles are the unfussy desserts to round off the meal. Sunday lunch served 12.30-4.30pm. Sunday lunch for two with wine and service: around £60. Read more
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Hawksmoor Seven Dials
11 Langley Street, London, WC2H 9JJ
The sister venue to the original Spitalfields steakhouse is doing everything right when it comes to beef; naturally, Sunday roast is a superlative offering come the seventh day. Only beef is available (did you expect anything else?) – the rump of Longhorn is first roasted over charcoal for smokiness before being finished off in the oven. The meaty slabs are served with indulgent duck fat-roasted potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, carrots, Savoy cabbage and – the pièce de resistance – bone marrow and onion gravy. The same all-British menu is offered in both branches. Sunday lunch served noon-4.30pm. Sunday lunch for two with wine and service: around £50. Read more
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HIX at The Albemarle
Browns Hotel, 33 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BP
One of the restaurants of the moment, Mark Hix’s British restaurant has an extensive and unusual Sunday lunch menu. It changes every week, but might include starters of potted smoked salmon followed by chargrilled pork collar with bubble and squeak. A carving trolley (remember them?) also trundles around the room. Desserts are staunchly British too, so don’t be surprised to see spotted dick with golden syrup on the menu. Sunday lunch served noon-3pm. Sunday lunch for two with wine and service: around £65. Sunday lunch for two with wine and service: around £70. £27.50 2 courses, £32.50 3 courses. Read more
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Hix
66 - 70 Brewer Street, London, W1F 9UP
One of the restaurants of the moment, Mark Hix’s British restaurant has an extensive and unusual Sunday lunch menu. It changes every week, but might include starters of potted smoked salmon followed by chargrilled pork collar with bubble and squeak. A carving trolley (remember them?) also trundles around the room. Desserts are staunchly British too, so don’t be surprised to see spotted dick with golden syrup on the menu. Two courses costs £27.50, three courses £32.50. Sunday lunch served noon-3pm. Sunday lunch for two with wine and service: around £65. Read more
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The Modern Pantry
47 - 48 St John's Square, Clerkenwell, London, EC1V 4JJ
Clerkenwell’s art-and-architecture types and well-informed gastro-tourists descend on the Modern Pantry every Sunday. Anna Hansen’s sophisticated yet creative cooking never gets boring. The smart, dove-grey dining rooms upstairs are pretty for pairs, but we prefer the airy, relaxed atmosphere of the ground-floor space with its communal table in the middle. The roast menu is available as either two or three courses, so you can mix and match roast saddle of lamb with okra and courgette fritters, or roast corn-fed chicken with quails’ eggs and a chilli lime dipping sauce. Menus change often, so there’s always a surprise in store. Vegetarians are practically guaranteed some excellent meat-free choices here, too. The wine list and cocktails are as tastefully eclectic as the menu. Sunday lunch served 10am-4pm. Sunday lunch for two with service: around £55. Read more
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National Dining Rooms
Sainsbury Wing, National Gallery, London, WC2N 5DN
Sunday for culture vultures would perhaps ideally begin with a stroll through the most recent exhibition at the National Gallery before settling down to a roast lunch in the building’s exceptional restaurant. Provenance and seasonality are given priority, so you’ll likely find ingredients painstakingly listed like so: White Park beef (from Bickleigh), Cornish day-boat lemon sole, organic Poll Dorset lamb. If you like planning ahead, you could book yourself and some companions in for the roast platter menus (available only on weekends and bank holidays, and need to be paid for in advance) that feature the likes of whole suckling pig, braised whole shoulder of lamb or fore rib of beef with all the trimmings and own-made horseradish cream. Sunday lunch served noon-3pm. Sunday lunch for two with wine and service: around £80. Read more
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Orange Public House & Hotel
37-39 Pimlico Road, London, SW1W 8NE
The light, relaxed dining room here is the ideal place to linger over the £30 Sunday lunch menu, featuring three courses. A recent menu included juniper-cured salmon with apple and fennel cream for starters, followed by a choice of 28-day aged Caithness beef rib, Kilravock Farm pork rack with spiced plum chutney or a simple roast chicken (free range, naturally) with sage and onion stuffing. All roasts are served with the usual suspects, though here there are also honey-and-thyme-roasted parsnips on the plate. Desserts include the ever-popular sticky toffee pudding with butterscotch ice cream, or for something lighter, a lemon cake with white-chocolate ice cream. Sunday lunch served noon-9.30pm. Sunday lunch for two with drinks and service: around £90. Read more
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Restaurant at St Paul's
St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Churchyard, London, EC4M 8AD
Anglophiles, never mind fans of Sunday roast, adore this place for its strict adherence to local produce and dishes. Start with a toast to the motherland with ‘Britain in a glass’ (from January 2011) – Kentish pear juice stirred with English sparkling wine – before perusing the excellent Sunday lunch menu. Potted brown shrimps and Scottish salmon are available to share among the starters, before the main event of a striploin of roast English beef served with duck-fat-roasted potatoes, cauliflower cheese and chantenay carrots. Sunday lunch served noon-3pm. Set lunch: two courses £24.95, three courses £28.95. Read more
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Vinoteca
15 Seymour Place, London, W1H 5BD
The brand new Marylebone branch of the excellent Farringdon wine bar offers what the original does not – Sunday lunch. Chef Will Leigh prides himself on his roasts, so on the menu you’ll find roast loin of Middle White pork with apple sauce, or roast forerib of aged Welsh Black Beef (strictly served medium-rare) with Yorkshire pudding and horseradish. Both roasts are already matched with suitable wines: a Spanish tempranillo for the former, and a spicy French Bordeaux for the latter. Sunday lunch served noon-4pm. Sunday lunch for two with wine and service: around £60. Read more
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56 comments
The Black Dog in Vauxhall, SE11.. Roast 11-4, Alan Partridge style pub quiz from 4. Can't go wrong!!
Why not to "Harvester" or "Toby Carvery"..?
even if you can afford it £60 for sunday lunch is a ripe off
How about some entertainment with Sunday lunch? There is a fantastic sunday lunch available at the Chapel Bar, Islington on 17th April and you get to take part in a murder mystery. What better way to spend a sunday afternoon with friends?
Sunday lunch for £60 or more are these people serious.
Roast - £5.95 inc drink - Hackney Wetherspoons - WALLOP
Despite having lived practically next door for 4 years, i've only recently visited the Three Stags - just opposite the Imperial War Museum. I've definitely been missing out - the food is tasty, hearty and delicious, the sunday menu is well varied, with individual roasts of beef or pork and then huge sharing platters. I heartily recommend the shoulder of lamb for 2 - there's actually enough for 4, but the tender meat is so scrumptious, you'll find yourself competing with your partner to see who can finish it first!
The best for Sunday lunch in east London is The Water Poet Spitalfields / Shoreditch. Relaxed dining experience, huge portions.... eat out in the heated garden if you like! Gets busy, but that's because it's good.
If anyone is looking for more extensive reviews of London's Sunday roast pub offerings, check out our dedicated Sunday roast review blog: roastedsundays.wordpress.com
The Best Sunday Lunch in London is at The Cross Keys Chelsea. The Roast Beef is sublime!
The Jam Tree in Kensington has the best Sunday roast ever.... you must check it out! The Beef is so tasty...
the crown and goose in camden cant be beat!!
As usual East is not East at all but central with TO.
The best Sunday lunch by far (and already mentioned!) is the Eagle in Snaresbrook. No gastro-micro portions here just gorgeous traditional roasts, great roasts pots and veg and lovely puddings *if* you have any room left!
The Claptonian Arts Club in East London is an art society that serves a secret Scandinavian sunday brunch. Gravad lax, meatballs, sunny side up eggs, smoked salmon, rye bread aioli prawn and bloody mary to mention just a few.gooey chocolate cake. £12 brunch
Difficult to find if you don't know someone who knows someone, but a real find.
Depot in Barns will satisfy the most demanding - delicious food and romantic view on the Thames. Best place in west London