The Best Roasts in Sydney
The classic roast might seem like a holdover from the past, but it’s a damn delicious one. A dish of roast meat – traditionally beef, but these days you’ll usually get a few different options – and an assortment of vegetables can of course be eaten on any day of the week, but there’s something particularly excellent about eating it on a Sunday. Add in Yorkshire pudding and a good drenching of gravy, and you’re in heaven.
So, where to find a piece of heaven in Sydney? Head to an eastern suburbs stalwart for a classic British roast, a French bistro turning tradition on its head, and an inner-city favourite where the Yorkshire pudding is as big as your face.
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The Bat and Ball Hotel
The Redfern boozer’s ramping up your Sunday with its beef or chicken roast, plated up with roast carrots, greens and potatoes. House gravy and a yorkie, too. Meat-averse get a house-made nut and lentil loaf subbed in. You're looking at $30 to $34 here.
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The Old Fitzroy
The menu at Sydney’s great-grandfather pub is a masterclass in comfort food – but the hot tip is the Sunday roast. Choose pork shoulder ($33), chicken ($32) or slow-roasted pumpkin ($28) with all the trimmings. Plus, live jazz.
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Forrester’s
Forry’s $38 “Big Yorkie” is a face-sized Yorkshire pudding brimming with rotating proteins, spuds, peas and carrots. It’s chef Pat Friesen’s solution to an age-old problem of never having enough pudding to mop up the sea of gravy.
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Bistro Moncur
Moncur’s $45 Sunday roast is a banger that changes weekly. Think tender Riverina lamb rump, duck-fat potatoes, pumpkin puree, petits pois a la français (braised peas) and a Yorkie, for example. Available until sold out.
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The Lord Dudley Hotel
Roast chook or roast pork? That’s the question at our favourite British boozer. Both are reasonably priced at $28, which means you’ll have some extra coin for another pint. Bring a mate and share a plate of each.
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The Waratah
We love the Waratah’s take on the humble roast – featuring a weekly rotating protein, the usual roast vegetables and a Yorkie, all drenched in gravy. It's simple, hearty and warming. Sundays, $38, midday till sold out.
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Banco
Manly’s worst kept secret is mixing it up on Sundays with a $35 rotating roast. The options? Perhaps porchetta, pork neck or stuffed lamb shoulder. There's something new each week. Book between 4.30pm-6pm for the daily happy hour.
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The Glebe Hotel
Choose one of three roasts at Glebe’s old faithful. Selections usually revolve around beef, lamb, chicken and veg options. This one’s $35, and you can throw in the daily dessert for an extra $7. Sundays only until sold out.
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The Duke of Clarence
This cosy British tavern’s roast Sundays will set you back $35 for sirloin, porchetta or lamb (or $30 for the spiced eggplant steak), and comes with extra gravy for mopping up afterward. Add a pig in a blanket for an extra $4.
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The Cut Bar & Grill
Lunches in The Rocks are sorted: head to The Cut, order the $49 roast. You'll get slow-cooked prime rib, glazed carrots, peas, fried onions and a Yorkshire pud. You'd be wise to get the hot fudge sundae too. Available every day.
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Cricketers Arms Hotel
The beloved pub’s upstairs bistro, Chez Crix, is serving up a braised lamb shank, roasted in lemon thyme butter and served upright on a mountain of mash. It's seasoned with port, red wine, and fermented mushroom leathers.
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The Royal Leichhardt
The Royal’s classic, comforting roast is best enjoyed from the pub's gorgeous wrap-around balcony. If you’re early enough to nab a table there, you’ve officially won Sunday. Available until sold out and just $28.
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Rocker
There’s very little Rocker can’t do. Case in point: the epic Sunday roast offering. Wagyu beef rump ($35), crispy pork belly ($34) and maple-spiced pumpkin ($32) are your choices. Or go for the “big roast” featuring all three.
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Promenade
Promenade’s in-house Greek restaurant Etheus serves a huge spread of slow-roasted meat, fish and veggies, cooked over coals every Sunday. You can order à la carte, but we recommend going all-in and trying everything for $69.
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Four in Hand
The darling of the Four In Hand’s paddock-to-plate menu is the $30 Sunday roast. It comes with a Yorkshire pudding and all the trimmings you'd expect. The added bonus of a hefty wine list makes this a solid option in the east.
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Morrison’s Oyster Bar & Grill
Get a dessert with your roast in this handsome brasserie’s $54 two-course stunner. Aged Angus rump or rolled pork belly? Basque cheesecake or choccie mousse? You have some tough decisions to make, from 11.30 till sold out.
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The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel
This classic boozer serves your choice of roast meat (beef, pork or chicken) along with crispy potatoes, seasonal vegetables, a Yorkshire pudding and a generous drizzle of gravy. For $35, what more could you need on a Sunday afternoon?
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The London
The London’s Sunday stunner comes with a weekly alternating choice of pork belly or beef. And it's only $29. If that doesn't cure your Sunday blues, there’s also a line-up of $12 spritzes.
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The London Hotel, Balmain
If these 140-year-old walls could talk, they’d tell you to slam a Sunday roast on the balcony with views of the Harbour Bridge. Beef, pork and veggie options with all the trimmings and all the gravy. No frills, no fuss. Expect to pay $28 to $35 depending on the weekly protein.
