Sunday lunch is an all-round legend of a meal and we don't know many who would turn their noses up at one. From crispy roasties and Yorkshire puddings, to perfect gravy and tender meat, a Sunday roast is the traditional jewel in the British cuisine crown and a great one can make your weekend.
In Wales we're pretty good at it too, and there are plenty of delicious places to enjoy a cracking Sunday dinner that's (almost) as good as the one your mam makes... Take part in our survey down the bottom of this piece and tell us where you love to go for a roast.
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1. The Angel Hotel, Abergavenny
Served in their atmospheric Oak Room, The Angel's Sunday roast is a special one. Dine on roast leg of lamb or sirloin of beef with all the accoutrements next to the open fireplace - perfect in the autumn or winter for a cosy afternoon treat.
The mains are nice but if you're having a starter, try the Angel Prawn Cocktail. It's pretty, but it's also packed with tasty prawns in that delicate pink sauce.
The Angel, 15 Cross St, Abergavenny NP7 5EN
2. The Nags Head Inn, Garthmyl
Proper roasties, fluffy Yorkies and local meats at the Grade II listed former coaching Inn near Welshpool.
Try the Neaudd Farm pork from down the road which comes with crackling and the Inn's 'proper' gravy.
The Nags Head Inn, Garthmyl, Powys, SY15 6RS
3. Stubborn Duckling, Aberaeron
Serving 'spectacular' Sunday dinners - as per the highly rated, Observer Food Monthly Awards in 2022 - the Duckling has just landed a place in the 2023 Good Food Guide. Pick from braised feather blade of beef or rump of Welsh lamb, and more, at this tiny restaurant in a former florist's shop where chef/owner Daniel just wants to serve " good, consistent and simple" food.
25 Alban Square, Aberaeron, Ceredigion SA46 0AJ
4. Heaney's, Cardiff
Tommy Heaney's restaurant just celebrated its fifth birthday and on his impressive, daily menu, his Sunday lunches are a top choice among the capital's plethora of roasts.
Their Welsh lamb is unrivalled, as are the duck fat roasties. Tap up a few oysters ahead of the main event to make your Sunday a bit more special.
6-10 Romilly Cres, CF11 9NR
5. Plantagenet House, Tenby
This Tenby restaurant is both quirky and delicious and their creamy leeks are divine. With a choice of local Pembrokeshire lamb, beef and pork and a homemade veggie option, it's definitely one you'll have to book.
Quay Hill, Tenby, SA70 7BX
6. Hare & Hounds, Aberthin
Recipient of the 2018 Bib Gourmand in a regular of the Michelin Guide over the years, The Hare & Hounds is run by local boy Tom Watts-Jones who cut his teeth in award-winning Anchor & Hope and the Michelin-starred St. John in London.
Sample Sunday roasts can include Wesh Black Beef Rump, pan fried pink bream or Middlewhite pork loin. Sister pub, Cardiff's Heathcock, has equally as good a roast, with pan fried hake, 28-day dry aged Oriel Jones sirloin or a whole baked plaice. You're odds onto a winner if you visit either.
Hare & Hounds, Aberthin, Cowbridge CF71 7LG/Heathcock, 58-60 Bridge St, Cardiff CF5 2EN
7. Felin Fach Griffin, Brecon
This place is a dreamy Sunday lunch destination thanks to its gorgeous look and location and that's even before you get to the food.
Some Sunday specials have included confit duck leg, creamed potato, pancetta, pak choi, red wine and hake, new potatoes, tenderstem broccoli, samphire, beurre blanc. And the traditional roast beef or pork, of course!
Felin Fach, Brecon, LD3 0UB
8. Gwaelod y Garth, Cardiff
A lovely dinner, here. All the usual suspects AND you can also choose the "I want it all" dinner with beef, pork, lamb and turkey with all the trimmings and more.
Let's not forget their 'Car park carvery' - hot roast rolls with roasties and gravy to eat in or takeaway.
They also do a literal dog's dinner for your furry friends, two pork sausages with gravy for £3.
Main Road, Gwaelod-y-Garth, CF15 9HH
9. Theodore's, Menai Bridge
Chef Rich Netherlands opened his own place, named after his son, after training at Treysgawen Hall Hotel and worked at The Midland in Beaumaris and The Slate, Tal-y-Bont and his food has been praised by none other than Stanley Tucci. Now his Sunday lunches are highlighted as one of the top in the area. Giant Yorkshire, roasties you just look at and drool and succulent, well cooked meats.
1 Coronation Rd, Menai Bridge LL59 5BD
10. Forage Farm Shop, Vale of Glamorgan
Choices are roast estate (Penllyn – the farm behind the shop and kitchen) topside of beef, roasted loin of pork, nut roast, and pan-fried seabass. Read our review, here.
Penllyn Estate Farm Llwynhelig, Cowbridge CF71 7FF
11. The Lansdowne, Cardiff
A deliciously reliable Sunday dinner, The Lansdowne does roasts as well as it does the rest of their menu - and that's pretty nice, too.
Plenty of meat, veg and always more gravy, yum. Sister pub, The Grange, does an lovely roast dinner, too.
71 Beda Road, Canton, CF5 1LX
12. Bar 44, Cardiff
A whole platter-full of deliciousness is served Sundays at Bar 44, known first and foremost for its tapas and gin. Recommended for two or more, this roast comes with the choice - for meat-eaters - of a 35-day dry aged picanha (type of cut) of Hereford beef with horseradish alioli and served rare or an overnight slow-roasted Duroc pork belly with Amontillado sherry apple sauce.
They are served with a chorizo Yorkshire pudding, jamón-fat roast potatoes with rosemary, garlic and thyme, manchego cauliflower cheese, savoy cabbage with herb butter, roast carrots with honey and thyme and, to top it off, a smothering of red wine gravy. Not a meat-eater? Fear not. For veggies, you can have a celeriac steak with the same sides, although the meaty aspects are substituted for something equally as delicious.
15-23 Westgate Street, CF10 1DD
13. Tiny Rebel, Cardiff, Newport
Available at their Cardiff city centre, Newport and Rogerstone branches, the Tiny Rebel roast has a strong fan following for their Herfordshire beef, quarter chicken with creamed leeks, pigs in blankets and Kentucky battered parsnips and more. They also do their Yorkshire pudding wraps served with roasties, if you don't want the full shebang.
25 Westgate St, Cardiff CF10 1DD/Wern Industrial Estate, Newport NP10 9FQ/ 22-23 High St, Newport NP20 1FX
14. The Priory, Caerleon
With locally sourced produce and at £25 for two courses per person, The Priory's roast is a delicious bargain.
Choose from cider glazed chorizo or grilled sardines as a starter and move on to crispy belly pork (sample menu).
High Street, Caerleon, NP18 1AG
15. The Plough & Harrow, Gower
A traditional, cosy pub in the heart of the Gower with melt-in-the-mouth roasts and lovely surroundings. And if you're interested, it's one of Tom Parker Bowles' top 50 Sunday lunches in the UK, as per his Daily Mail feature.
Their sample menu is definitely oggle-worthy with starters such as Penclawdd laverbread and cockles - quails egg and whole Camambert and the crowning glory of the mains menu must be their leg of Gower Lamb with wild garlic and rosemary stuffing.
88 Oldway, Murton, Gower, SA3 3DJ
16. Hiraeth Kitchen, Cowbridge
When the starters kick you off with the likes of Welsh lamb faggot with cockles or fish pie, you know it's going to be a smashing Sunday. Mains include featherblade beef with a parmesan crust or lamb rump. How can you not love Sunday roasts when you can dine on ones like this?
Llysworney, Cowbridge CF71 7NQ
17. Mesen, Cardiff
Found in Cardiff's Rhiwbina suburb, Mesen - which we reviewed here during its weekday service - the Sunday lunch is cooked over coals including the beautifully juicy, smokey whole chicken - a gorgeous way to present and cook a "roast". A must mention, too, to the dinner plate-sized Yorkshire puddings, too. You'll leave feeling satisfied and that your tastebuds have been thoughtfully looked after.
Heol-Y-Deri, Cardiff CF14 6HF
18. The Cawdor, Llandeilo
Quality cuts of meat are the backbone of this delicious roast, which comes looking as pretty as a picture.
Welsh beef and lamb are usually on the mains menu and the starters include duck liver pate and trio of smoked and cured salmon.
Rhosmaen Street, SA19 6EN
19. Grove of Narberth, Pembrokeshire
A gorgeous treat of a Sunday lunch in the middle of leafy Narberth and one of Wales' finest hotels. Book a table in their Artisan Rooms restaurant for a menu of carefully crafted dishes including black garlic nut roast with tomato fondue and Pembrokeshire potatoes as well as roast chicken and roast beef.
Molleston, Narberth SA67 8BX
