The Best Sunday Roasts In Sydney
Sundays are for lie-ins and a hearty, wholesome roast dinner with your nearest and dearest
What better way to cap off your weekend than with a hearty Sunday roast? Here are the best spots in Sydney for the classic roast, a much-loved meal of succulent meats, roast veggies, and all the trimmings to leave you feeling warm and fuzzy this winter.
Tiny bar, big Sunday energy. Gin Lane in Chippendale teams up with two-hatted chef Nelly Robinson for an elevated British roast, Sundays 2pm to 6pm. Think 16-hour lamb shoulder with rosemary, mint, crispy potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and minty gravy ($38), or a nut roast ($36). Pair it with a meat-washed martini.
The Forrester's roast is available every Sunday, until sold out. The roast rotates weekly with all the usual classics including their iconic Yorkshire Pudding bowls! With its light and crunchy top, and soft and gooey inside, it's one of the most comforting dishes you'll ever consume.
The Gopher keeps Sunday roast refreshingly simple: roast beef striploin ($35) with crispy roast potatoes, honey-roasted carrots, seasonal greens, golden Yorkshire puddings and a generous pour of house-made gravy. Go all in with Brussels sprouts, toasted breadcrumbs and bacon, or creamy cauliflower cheese on the side.
Darlinghurst’s adored pub does Sunday roast with a fine-dining polish. For $38, The Waratah serves a weekly roast, roasted vegetables, yorkies and gravy, every Sunday from midday. Get in early, it goes fast.
Quietly brilliant, The Lord Roberts in Darlinghurst serves one of the inner city’s most reliable and best-value roasts at just $26. The meat rotates weekly, served with seasonal roast veg, peas, a fluffy Yorkshire pudding and rich gravy, so there’s always a reason to come back.
Three Blue Ducks Rosebery gives the Sunday roast its produce-led treatment, 11:30am to 4pm. Choose roast beef, crispy pork belly or a share-style lamb shoulder with golden potatoes, seasonal veg, Yorkshire pudding and slow-made gravy. Add cauliflower cheese and pigs in blankets, then finish with sticky toffee pudding.
North of the bridge and worth the detour, Folly’s Bar & Bistro in Cammeray rotates through roast lamb, porchetta and slow-cooked beef brisket from midday until sold out. Each comes loaded with roast potatoes, glazed carrots, Folly’s famous Brussels sprouts, a Yorkshire pud and red wine gravy. Your new North Shore Sunday ritual.
Woollahra’s local does the Sunday classic properly. Every Sunday from midday until sold out, the Woollahra Hotel serves roasted pasture-fed striploin with horseradish gravy, duck fat potatoes, roasted root vegetables, garden peas and a Yorkshire pudding, all for $35. Round up the family and settle in.
Serious bang for your buck in Surry Hills. Dove & Olive’s Weekend Roast Dinner is just $29.90, served every weekend from 11am with lamb, beef or veggie on offer. Pair it with a beer from 26 rotating taps and you’ve nailed the end of the week.
Rocker in Bondi leans into its English roots: wagyu beef rump ($38), crispy free-range pork belly ($37) or roasted Delica pumpkin ($35), all with famous roast potatoes, Yorkshire pud and proper gravy. Sharing? The BIG Roast ($74) brings both meats plus pigs in blankets, or grab the Sunday Sharer for Two ($99).
In the heart of the CBD, The Duke of Clarence channels 19th-century England, complete with a cosy fire. Sundays bring the full roast menu: British-bred beef sirloin, porchetta or lamb ($35) with Guinness gravy, roast potatoes and Yorkshire pudding, or spiced eggplant ($30). A Roast of the Day runs Monday to Saturday..
The Trinity’s Sunday roast is a Surry Hills institution and one of Sydney’s best. Choose succulent beef or crispy roast pork with all the trimmings, and order a pint of Guinness alongside, as is tradition. Served from midday until sold out, so pre-order to guarantee yours.
One of Sydney’s oldest and most loved pubs, The Lord Dudley runs a two-option roast every Sunday. Pick roast chicken or roast pork ($28 each), both with roast potatoes, pumpkin, steamed greens, Yorkshire pudding and gravy. Available all day until sold out. Old Sydney charm on a plate.
For a Sunday roast with a touch of luxury, The Tilbury in Woolloomooloo is the move. The roast rotates monthly and is served with all the trimmings in the Dining Room until sold out. Make it a session: $12 Guinness pints and live acoustic music from 2pm to 5pm.
The Royal Hotel in Paddington serves a Sunday roast that saves you the washing up. Choose roast beef or porchetta ($30) or a veggie pumpkin roast ($23), all with Yorkshire pudding, triple-cooked roasties, broccolini, honey-roasted carrots and plenty of gravy. Every Sunday from midday until sold out.
The Lord Nelson in The Rocks brings back the classic British Sunday roast, served venue wide all Sunday long, by the fireplace or upstairs in the heritage dining room. Go solo ($35) with your choice of roast meat, or share ($70) three weekly-rotating cuts, all with Yorkshire puddings and gravy.
