The great British Roast dinner is arguably our country’s most defining dish. It is the basis for which friends and family all come together on a Sunday lunch (or dinner) time. There are plenty of variations to this iconic dish as well as several roast dinner combination taboos that dare not be attempted. However, at We Love Brighton we are not too discerning when it comes to which roast dinner combination is put in front of us, just go easy on the mint sauce. Here is our list of the best roast dinners Brighton has to offer…
Good Companions
The Good Companions pub in Seven Dials has been serving the best in pub grub cuisine for some time now. Its regular weekday menu is a feast for the eyes and the tastebuds with some of the best burgers in town, but its Sunday roast dinner menu arguably trumps the lot.
Their slow-roast pork belly is a hit whilst their roast chicken, bacon and stuffing is the perfect Sunday lunchtime indulgence. The menu also boasts vegetarian and vegan options in the form of a delightful Goats Cheese, Sweet Potato, and Spinach En Croute and one of the best nut roasts Brighton has to offer.
Address: 132 Dyke Rd, Brighton, BN1 3TE
Website: goodcompanions.pub
The Basketmakers Arms
The Basketmakers Arms is a Brighton gem and for good reason. Tucked away in Brighton’s famous North Laine, this pub has long been the destination for that much anticipated post-work pint on a Friday night and is always teeming with custom. The pub’s interior is warm and welcoming, while its menu boasts some of the best pub food in the city.
The Sunday roast served up at the Basketmakers is the stuff of legend in Brighton and it’s easy to see why. A cursory glance at their Sunday menu will get the tongue wagging with the chef’s guest roast menu always serving up something fresh and exciting.
Address: 12 Gloucester Rd, Brighton, BN1 4AD
Website: thebasketmakers.pub/menu
The Roundhill
Those of a vegetarian and vegan persuasion have long felt marginalised when it comes to Sunday roast dinner. However, a plant-based roast dinner is no longer an afterthought thanks to The Roundhill collective, who have been perfecting the very best in vegan roast dinner cuisine for a number of years. The roast dinner at The Roundhill pub is served every Sunday from 12-7 pm and with a seitan “beef” brisket on offer, as well as probably the best nut roast in the city, the menu is a formidable thing to behold. The pub itself is also a disarmingly pleasant place to eat, but beware, the pub is small and can get booked up reasonably quickly on Sundays, so don’t wait around!
Address: 100 Ditchling Rd, Brighton, BN1 4SG
Website: theroundhill.co.uk/roundhillpub/
The Geese
Located mid-way up a steep hill on Southover Street, The Geese is one of Brighton’s most adored and popular drinking destinations. Don’t let the short climb put you off, the restaurant at The Geese is gastro-pub cuisine at its finest.
Roast potatoes are the understated jewel in the roast dinner crown, and The Geese have possibly the best “roasties” Brighton has to offer. With vegetarian and vegan options aplenty to choose from as well as traditional meat dishes, there really isn’t much to dissuade you from choosing The Geese to wile away that sleepy Sunday afternoon.
Address: 16 Southover St, Brighton, BN2 9UA
Website: thegeesebrighton.com
The Ginger Pig
While Brighton has its fair share of brilliant places to enjoy Sunday roast dinner, so does Hove! The Ginger Pig is a fantastic place to enjoy a Sunday roast dinner, and its menu is sprawling with intriguing takes on roast dinner classics. If you presumed that a Sunday roast was just a meat and veg affair then you presumed wrong.
The Ginger Pig is Sunday roast fine dining at its most expansive. The pub’s starter menu boasts such delicacies as cured beef with anchovy cream and boiled egg, while for your main you can sit back and share a roast pork belly for two with a friend or partner. The Ginger Pig proves that Sunday roast dinner really can be a delicacy.
Address: 3 Hove St, Brighton, BN3 2TR
Website: thegingerpigpub.com
The Ladies Mile
The convivial atmosphere at The Ladies Mile pub is the perfect place to enjoy a pleasant Sunday roast dinner. The pub offers all the classic combinations of Sunday roast, but if you are the kind of person who wants all variations of the roast dinner then The Ladies Mile has you covered.
The menu offers the option to ‘Combo’ your meat preferences with all ‘four’ types of meat on offer for £23. And if that wasn’t enough meat to satisfy your cravings then they also offer “pigs in blankets” and “pork stuffing balls” as side options. For non meat-eaters, The Ladies Mile also provides plenty of stimulation for the tastebuds, with a fine vegetarian Wellington and a cashew nut and mushroom lattice on offer.
Address: 2 Mackie Ave, Brighton, BN1 8RA
Website: theladiesmilepub.co.uk
Haus On The Hill: Award-Winning Roast Dinner In Brighton
Choosing a great roast dinner can be an exhausting enterprise so what better way to make the decision easier than an award? The roast dinner at Haus on the Hill is award-winning and has been voted the best roast dinner in the city by ‘Restaurants Brighton‘.
A picture is often worth a thousand words and a quick glance at a photograph of the mountain of food served up by the kitchen at Haus on the Hill on a Sunday is enough to find oneself in a punchdrunk reverie, phone-in-hand, booking a table. Don’t take our word for it though, just look at that photograph!
Address: 58 Southover St, Brighton, BN2 9UF
Website: hausonthehill.pub
