My Top 3 Sunday Roasts in London
A home-cooked roast with lashings of gravy might be appealing, but London's top restaurants and pubs are set to steal your mum's crown.
Mayfair institution the Guinea is one of my favourites. Firstly, it serves one of the best pints of Guinness in London – unquestionably important – and secondly, behind the charming, boozer-ish front, is a wonderful steak restaurant. It’s the beef which you must come for. The chateaubriand, for a minimum of two, comes with duck fat roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, honey-glazed baby carrots, baby parsnips and kale along with optional bacon. It is moist, tender, intensely flavoured and a seductive deep pink colour. There have been no waterbaths or fancy techniques involved, either — this is roast beef cooked as it always has been, only far better than it usually is.
30 Bruton Pl, W1J 6NL, theguinea.co.uk
Nothing quite beats the old English classics at this old-English pub, which sits looking out over the Thames. There’s two to choose from, pork loin with a baked apple sauce or a sirloin of aged Ayrshire beef, both served with drool-inducing trimmings. The Swan, which is lucky to count the talented Allan Pickett as its head chef, also has a stellar selection of quintessentially British puds for the perfect closing act, including a baked blackberry tart.
21 New Globe Walk, SE1 9DT, swanlondon.co.uk
21 New Globe Walk, SE1 9DT, swanlondon.co.uk
The Pig & Butcher
Located a stone’s throw from Angel station, this handsome pub boasts a hearty roast offering, from leg of lamb to suckling pig. Tender meats are topped with a enormous Yorkie pud and lashing of gravy. Not for the faint-hearted, this one is a serious belt-loosening lunch that will leave you feeling wholly satisfied.
80 Liverpool Rd, N1 0QD, thepigandbutcher.co.uk
Guinea Grill
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