The Best Sunday Roasts in Brighton
Sunday just isn’t Sunday without a full-on roast: meat or veggie, gigantic Yorkshires and, always, buckets of gravy.
By Maisy Farren | Updated Nov 14 2024
The Walrus - Brighton
10 Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 4AD
Tucked away in The Lanes, but just a stone’s throw from the seafront, lies The Walrus, with its impressive labyrinth of eclectic rooms. Sunday roasts here are a cut above covering a choice of meats (or a vegetarian option), all accompanied by mouth watering side dishes which are all included in the price. There are also variations for vegan or gluten free diners. Tuck into a delicious lunch to the backdrop of some live jazz and if you enjoy it as much as you surely will, they offer a Monday roast too – so you could even do Sunday all over again!
The Lion and The lobster
24 Sillwood Street, Brighton, BN1 2PS
Lion and Lobster a quirky pub and restaurant spans three floors and is a popular destination for those seeking a restorative pint of Bloody Mary and a Sunday roast. Food is award winning but comforting with marinated roasts and half portions for the children. If you’re really spoilt for choice, they even offer a ‘mixed roast’ option with half and half of two meats. Just what the weary weekender needs to bring them back to life on a Sunday afternoon.
Hove Place
35-37 First Avenue, Hove, BN1 1AD
Just outside of Brighton centre in Hove, Hove Place is a best kept secret of a location for an outstanding Sunday roast. As expected, meat and veggie options are on offer but with a twist on the norm (think Wagyu beef – for a roast!) and food is to die for. Trimmings are stars in their own right here: fabulously cooked and flavoured vegetables which are just as good as the roast itself. Priced incredibly reasonably given the food quality and presentation, it’s a destination location for Sunday roast lovers.
The Geese of Hanover
16 Southover Street, Brighton, BN2 9UA
The awarding winning roasts at The Geese of Hanover tick every box you could think of, being locally sourced, classic and just downright delicious. Famous for their ‘bangers and mash’ they even offer a ‘Sausage Roast’. There is a choice of options from the Sunday roast menu for vegetarians which is a real bonus and temptingly different side dishes for all. It’s not surprising that they have opened a second venue in the area – you wouldn’t want to miss out!
The Coal Shed
8 Boyce’s Street, Brighton, BN1 1AN
As the name might suggest, The Coal Shed's Sunday roast is a bit different with everything cooked over coals. Food is seasonable and sustainable but, controversially, not veggie friendly. So, if you’re dining with meat eaters only, then this one’s for you! Offering an ingenious Sunday Sharing Roast priced per person, the Aberdeen Angus beef is a sure winner with all the trimmings included in the price. A really delicious ‘friends and family, home from home’, option for a Sunday when you’re craving a roast but not the effort!
Embers
42 Meeting House Ln, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 1HB
True to its name, Embers brings the heat with a Sunday roast that’s all about those rich, smoky flavors. The star of the show is the ember-roasted mains, ranging from tender pork loin with apple sauce and crackling to savory baked onions stuffed with chestnut and sage. Each roast comes with a generous spread of skillet-roasted potatoes, cauliflower cheese puree, roasted carrots, charred broccoli, hispi cabbage, and a sage and onion crumb. And yes, the portions are just as impressive as the flavours!
The Pump House
46 Market St, BN1 1HH
Situated in a distinctive Tudor-esque building, with thick wooden beams indoors to navigate, a classic pub like this is a rare find right in the middle of town, made all the better by its menu which contains offerings of bangers and mash, burger and chips, pie, mash, and gravy, and full roast dinners on Sundays.
No ‘modern takes on a classic menu’ or cross-cuisine hybrids. Nah, not for the Pump House. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Opting for real ales over those new age craft beers, The Pump House knows what it's about.
The Bath Arms
3-4 Meeting House Ln, BN1 1HB
One of the oldest licensed pubs in Brighton, The Bath Arms proves its staying power with a resplendent menu of gastropub delights and quality modern beers and ales.
Sunday is no ordinary day at the Bath Arms, and roast dinners are taken very seriously. The meat choices are: Rump of Angus beef; chickpea, butterbean & chilli falafel; cider-braised pork belly; slow-braised brisket of beef; lemon & thyme marinated supreme of chicken; and squash, cashew & hazelnut wellington.
All served with roast potatoes, red cabbage, greens, glazed root vegetables, carrot & swede puree, gravy, Yorkshire pudding, all at a very reasonable price for Brighton, you'll be pulling up the Bath Arms most Sundays.