From proper pub roasts to refined Sunday lunches, these are the best places for a Sunday dinner in Leeds.
Whether you’re after a classic roast, a bottomless Sunday lunch or something a little more refined, Leeds has plenty of options worth booking. We’ve rounded up some of the best Sunday roasts in Leeds, split between the city centre and the suburbs, with prices, serving times and what to expect from each one.
Quick picks: Sunday roasts in Leeds
- Best traditional pub roast – Whitelock’s & The Turk’s Head
- Best bottomless Sunday lunch – Banyan
- Best for a refined roast – The Whitehall
- Best vegan-friendly roast – Ilkley Moor Vaults
- Best alternative roast – Cheesy Living Co
- Best suburban pub roast – The Cardigan Arms
Sunday roasts in Leeds city centre
The Whitehall
Sunday is when The Whitehall really comes into its own. The stylish dining room on the edge of Leeds city centre is known for its innovative approach to British and European cooking, so where better to experience a refined take on the classic roast?
There are no less than seven options to go for, including roast beef strip loin, corn-fed chicken and vegetable Wellington. Want to go all out? Go for the luxurious lamb leg or the elegant beef Wellington. Whatever main you decide on, it’ll come with a delightful combo of roast carrot, cauliflower cheese, garlic greens, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and gravy.
Where? The Whitehall, West Point, Whitehall Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 4JY.
How much? From £22.95 to £42.95.
When? Served from 12pm to 8pm.
Whitelock’s & The Turk’s Head
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Come Sunday, sister bars Whitelock’s and The Turk’s Head join forces to serve up one of our favourite Sunday lunches in Leeds. You’ll be spoilt for choice with three different meats to choose from, alongside a roasted nut & herb loaf.
Their roast topside of beef and roasted loin of pork come from Yafforth Hill Farm, while the roasted leg of lamb is sourced from Bridge Grange Farm, adding local provenance to the tasty mix. It all comes with a Yorkshire pud, crispy roasts, seasonal veg, and a jug of gravy. Love cauli cheese? It’s an added extra, but well worth it.
Where? Whitelock’s & Turks Head, Turks Head Yard, Briggate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 6HB.
How much? From £17.95 to £22.95.
When? Served from 12pm to 8pm.
Banyan
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Sunday lunch, but make it bottomless! That’s the mantra at Banyan. But it’s not about quantity over quality here. You’ll find a sublime selection of meats on the menu, including 48-day aged rump of black Angus beef or herb-roasted chicken breast. The veggie option is no afterthought either, with a comforting veggie mince, onion & ale pie that can be made vegan.
Alongside honey roast carrots and parsnips, spiced red cabbage and buttered Tenderstem broccoli, you can dine to your heart’s content with two hours of unlimited roasties, Yorkshire puddings and lashings of gravy – alongside a bottomless selection of cocktails, wine, beer and soft drinks. Come hungry!
Where? Banyan, 2 City Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 2ES.
How much? £41.95.
When? Served from 12pm to 7pm.
Brewery Wharf Tavern
Perched by the water at Brewery Wharf, this laidback pub is a strong shout for a relaxed Sunday lunch in Leeds. It’s part of the Whitelock’s Group, so you can expect a proper pint alongside a roast worth settling in for. There are four roasts to choose from, alongside a kid’s option that’s half the size and half the price.
Choose from 12-hour slow-roast beef topside, confit pork belly or lemon and thyme roast chicken, all piled high with a blue-top milk Yorkshire pudding, buttered cabbage and leek, cauliflower cheese, crushed carrot and swede, garlic and herb roasties, roast meat gravy and a sausage meat stuffing ball. Veggie? The Wensleydale and red onion tart is a delight.
Where? Brewery Wharf Tavern, Tetley’s Brewery Wharf, 3 Brewery Place, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS10 1NE.
How much? From £17 to £19.50.
When? Served from 12pm to 6pm or until sold out.
Ox Club
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Head to Ox Club on a Sunday for a lunch like no other. Here, in their stripped back dining room, they’ve refined the humble roast dinner in their own style. Yes, you can enjoy a classic roast rump cap of beef, but that sits alongside a pear and caramelised onion porchetta with smoked trotter and fennel gravy.
Veggies can go for the smoked celeriac with squash, truffle grains and vegetable gravy. All come with Yorkshire puds, pommes Anna and seasonal organic veg, but if you want to add a touch of Ox Club flair, add the smoked mash, truffle cauli cheese or garlic butter cabbage as regret-free sides.
Where? Ox Club, 19a The Headrow, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 6PU.
How much? From £17.95 to £22.50.
When? Served from 12pm to 7pm.
Chef Jono at V&V
The beauty of the Sunday lunch at Chef Jono at V&V isn’t just in the fact you get to eat in one of the most celebrated fine dining restaurants in Leeds, but in the fact that the menu changes every month. That’s because the Sunday roast offering here comes in the form of a tasting menu taking familiar ingredients and flavour combinations, and doing them the Chef Jono way.
Think experimental dishes like Bloody Mary shrimp and 36-month aged parmesan, followed by pink-in-the-middle roast beef with a Yorkshire pud, truffle pomme purée, cauli cheese and red wine jus. The optional cheese course and drinks pairing are a little extra.
Where? Chef Jono at V&V, 68 New Briggate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 6NU.
How much? £49 for five courses, £58 if you add the cheese course. The drinks pairing is an additional £39.
When? Served from 12pm to 3pm.
The Victoria
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One of Leeds city centre’s grandest pubs, The Victoria is exactly the kind of place you want to visit for a Sunday roast. Beneath the stained glass and dark wood interiors, you’ll find generous plates loaded with all the classics, alongside an excellent selection of cask ales and craft beer.
Roasts are served five ways, from beef rump cap and chicken roulade to lamb gigot steak and pork tomahawk, plus a kohlrabi tarte tatin with miso caramel for veggies. Every roast comes with carrot purée, piccolo parsnips, roast potatoes, kalettes, braised red cabbage, gravy and a Yorkshire pudding. It’s ready-made for long afternoons in a proper pub.
Where? The Victoria, 28 Great George Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 3DL.
How much? From £20 to £22.50.
When? Served from 12pm to 8pm.
Gaucho
Enjoy your Sunday dinner in the lap of Leeds luxury at Gaucho’s underground dining room. Step below Park Row and you’ll find a restaurant dedicated to all things steak, but Sundays bring a proper roast into the mix. Choose from tender roast rump of beef or half roast chicken, served with a slew of sumptuous sides.
Think seasonal veg, plump (and unlimited) Yorkshire puds, cauli cheese and that all-important red wine gravy – yep, that’s unlimited too. For the sweet-toothed amongst you, the hot cookie dough sharing dessert with dulce de leche and vanilla ice cream is a fine way to finish your meal.
Where? Gaucho, 21-22 Park Row, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 5JF.
How much? From £26.95 per person.
When? Served from 12pm to 5pm.
Shears Yard
Not content with being one of the most impressive restaurants in Leeds, a place where modern fine dining is right at home, Shears Yard also applies its culinary flair to the humble Sunday roast, and to startling effect.
Carnivores can choose from dry aged roast beef sirloin or porchetta style pork belly while veggies can plump for a beetroot and blue cheese ragout or smoked garlic and truffle hash brown – all come with roast spuds, seasonal veg, Yorkies and gravy (including a veggie version). As good as the mains are, leave room – the desserts are the perfect end to the weekend, from a chocolate and coffee sponge tort to a coconut, yuzu and caramel rice pudding.
Where? Shears Yard, 11-15 Wharf Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7EH.
How much? From £18 to £24.
When? Served from 12pm to 5pm.
The Adelphi
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The Adelphi is a proper old school pub that serves a proper roast dinner – you’ll soon see why it’s one of the best in Leeds, once you’ve found yourself a spot in one of the Victorian pub’s many nooks and crannies.
Making a decision is a tricky task – you can have the roast chicken with a bacon and chestnut stuffing, slow cooked pork belly, rump of beef or a root vegetable nut roast made with cranberry and gravy. All come with a Yorkie, roasties, savoy cabbage, leeks & roasted veg. Fancy a bit of everything? You can select three roasts, with all the trimmings, for two people.
Where? The Adelphi, 3-5 Hunslet Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS10 1JQ.
How much? From £16.50 to £19. The sharing roast is £41.
When? Served from 12pm to 6:30pm.
Lamb & Flag
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Lamb & Flag is one of the best places for Sunday lunch in Leeds. Their roast selection changes on a regular basis, but all their meats come from the Yorkshire Dales Meat Company. You can usually get roast belly pork or roast topside of beef, roast chicken breast, lamb rump and a nut roast.
Everyone gets roasties, braised spiced red cabbage, mashed potato, seasonal veggies like buttered greens and carrot and swede mash, and a Yorkshire pudding. Oh, and oodles upon oodles of red wine gravy. There are also a few extras, from crackling with the pork to sides like pigs in blankets and cauliflower cheese, with extra gravy, roasties or Yorkshire puddings costing a little more.
Where? Lamb & Flag, 1 Church Row, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7HD.
How much? From £17 to £20.
When? Served from 12pm to 7pm.
The Brunswick
The Brunswick has been the location of one of the best roasts in Leeds since it opened in 2015. They’ve been fine-tuning and perfecting it since then – and all their hard work has certainly paid off, as you can tell by the throngs that descend to end the weekend in gravy-soaked style.
You can get beef topside, chicken supreme, porchetta, or a vegan ‘chicken’ seitan roast. Fancy going all out? Plump for the beef Wellington – served for two people, it’s so well-crafted that you need to pre-order by the Wednesday before. All roasts come with a Yorkshire pud, crispy roasts, maple-glazed carrots, tenderstem broccoli in salsa verde, gravy and a mini Bloody Mary.
Where? The Brunswick, 82 North Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7PN.
How much? From £17.95 to £20.95. The beef Wellington is £29.50 per person for a minimum of two people.
When? Served from 12pm to 6:45pm.
The Midnight Bell
The Midnight Bell is a throwback of a pub in Holbeck. They source all their meat from The Yorkshire Dales Meat Company, serving up a choice of roast beef topside or roasted pork loin with crispy crackling and a roast chicken.
They do a lovely nut roast too, and all their trimmings are veggie-friendly, from the roast potatoes to the gravy (you get your own, there’s a meat-tastic red wine version for everyone else). Everyone gets a Yorkshire pud, as well as braised spiced red cabbage, seasonal veg and mashed potato. Why not wash it down with a pint of Leeds Brewery’s finest?
Where? The Midnight Bell, 101 Water Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 5QN.
How much? From £12 to £22.
When? Served from 12pm to 7pm.
Sunday roasts in the Leeds suburbs
Cheesy Living Co
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Sunday lunch at the Cheesy Living Co is a seriously indulgent affair. Trust us when we say this is an experience like no other. You’ll get a huge pot of fondue at the centre of the table, with Yorkshire puddings, slow-roasted rosemary & paprika potatoes, pickled red cabbage, honey-roasted carrots and more ready for dipping.
But it doesn’t stop there. You can also add on extras – we went for the porchetta with salsa verde. And of course, it wouldn’t be a roast dinner without a drizzling of caramelised onion gravy. Yum.
Where? Cheesy Living Co, 478 Roundhay Road, Oakwood Lane, Roundhay, Oakwood, West Yorkshire, Leeds LS8 2HU & 8 Church Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS28 7BD.
How much? £18.95 per person.
When? Served from 12pm to 4:30pm.
Myrtle Tavern
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They’ve long since been considered one of the best places for Sunday lunch in North Leeds, so if you’ve not been to Myrtle Tavern to end your weekend yet, what are you waiting for? Nestled in a corner of Meanwood Park, their roasts are ever-popular with the locals. Go for roast topside of beef, honey roast gammon, rosemary studded lamb shoulder or roast pork with crackling.
Can’t choose? They also do all four meats, while vegans can enjoy a nut roast. All roasts come served with garlic & rosemary roast potatoes, broccoli, stuffing, honey glazed parsnips, carrot and swede mash, Yorkshire pudding and stock pot gravy.
Where? Myrtle Tavern, Parkside Road, Meanwood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6 4NE.
How much? From £17.50 to £21.
When? Served from 11:45am to 6pm.
The Beck & Call
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This family-friendly Meanwood pub is so loved for its roasts, you’ll want to make sure you get in early on a Sunday, because people aren’t afraid to queue at The Beck & Call to get their chops around it. All their meat is sourced from Yorkshire farms – choose from beef topside with creamed horseradish, pork belly with apple chutney or lamb shoulder with mint sauce.
Going meat-free? The veggie haggis is a fine substitute. For your buck, you’ll get plenty of bang – roast spuds, seasonal greens, buttered carrots, Yorkshire puds and loads of proper gravy. Definitely worth queuing for.
Where? The Beck & Call, Stainbeck Road, Meanwood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS7 2NP.
How much? From £16.95 to £19.50.
When? Served from 12pm to 7pm.
The Cardigan Arms
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A Kirkstall Brewery pub dripping with Victorian charm, The Cardigan Arms comes into its own on Sundays. Find a pew in one of the many snug rooms to enjoy a perfect setting for your pint and roast dinner. And what a roast it is, with four options to choose between.
The beef topside is served pink and rubbed with mustard and black pepper, the nut roast is topped with ruby beetroot, while the turkey’s dished up with streaky bacon and the Wellington with goats cheese. All come with roasties, maple-roast carrots and parsnips, seasonal greens, spiced red cabbage, a Yorkshire pud and gravy. Sides like cheesy leeks or more gravy, Yorkshires and roasties are a little extra, but always, always worth it.
Where? The Cardigan Arms, 364 Kirkstall Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS4 2HQ.
How much? £17 per person.
When? Served from 12pm to 5pm.
Kirkstall Bridge Inn
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Kirkstall Bridge Inn is famous for its roast dinners in Leeds. Expect big, loaded plates of food, served up in a homely Victorian pub setting, right beside the river. You can choose from three types of meat, be it roast chicken breast, slow-roast pork collar or a juicy rump of beef.
Veggies can tuck into the wellington of the day or vegan turkey, and everyone is treated to all the trimmings. Think seasonal veggies, roast potatoes, sage and onion stuffing, pigs in blankets and homemade Yorkshire puds (except vegan), with loads of gravy.
Where? Kirkstall Bridge Inn, 12 Bridge Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS5 3BW.
How much? From £17 to £20.
When? Served from 12pm to 5pm.
Ilkley Moor Vaults
This historic Ilkley pub, better known as the Taps, is the perfect Sunday stop off. Get yourself a pint of one of their local ales and then set about a weekly-changing menu full of roast-based delights. If you’re a carnivore you can look forward to beef striploin or crispy pork belly, or both if you’re in the mood.
Veggie or vegan? They go the extra mile with their Sunday offering – the root vegetable and nut roast comes with roasties, mash, root vegetable puree, savoy cabbage, tenderstem, red wine jus and homemade vegan Yorkshire puds. If that’s not enough, they even do a host of vegan sides and desserts.
Where? Ilkley Moor Vaults, Stockeld Road, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, LS29 9HD.
How much? From £22.95 to £29.95.
When? Served from 12pm until it’s gone.
Heaney & Mill
The Sunday roast is one of the elements that has made Headingley’s Heaney & Mill one of the best restaurants in Leeds. This modern gastropub affair sources the meat locally to create a menu of tempting options. We’re talking corn-fed chicken or pork belly, lamb rump or dry-aged roast beef.
Veggies can look forward to a vegetarian roulade or cauliflower steak. Whatever you go for, they all come with the full kit and caboodle – rosemary and garlic roasties, truffle mash – oh, the truffle mash – cauliflower cheese croquettes, seasonal vegetables, Yorkshire puddings and a dowsing of red wine gravy.
Where? Heaney & Mill, 48 Otley Road, Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6 2AL.
How much? From £19 to £21.
When? Served from 12:15pm to 8pm.
The Mustard Pot
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A cornerstone of Chapel Allerton, the ever-so-rustic Mustard Pot lives up to its big reputation, with a Sunday dinner that pulls out all the stops. Their roast beef topside is served oh-so-perfectly pink in the middle, the turkey sensationally stuffed with apricot and pork while the roast loin of pork comes with crackling and pork and apricot stuffing.
If you’re going without meat, their spinach, butternut squash & cranberry tart is great, or you can get it vegan on request. They all arrive plated up with roast potatoes, mixed seasonal vegetables, sticky braised cabbage, oodles of gravy and a Yorkshire pudding on top, while extras like pigs in blankets and bacon-crumbed broccoli are a little more.
Where? The Mustard Pot, 20 Steinbeck Lane, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS7 3QY.
How much? From £17.99 to £20.49.
When? Served all day.
The Crown
This historic pub in the heart of Boston Spa is well worth visiting for your next Sunday dinner in Leeds. The Crown has a stylish, rustic feel, and a family-friendly atmosphere, perfect to end the week with. Hungry? You’re in luck. The Sunday menu kicks off with tempting starters like fiery five spice crackling and chicken liver parfait.
For mains, take your pick from roast beef striploin, honey-glazed gammon or garlic-roasted chicken leg, with confit roast spuds, roasted carrots and parsnips, braised red cabbage, mash and onion gravy. Veggie? Their harissa nut roast with oats, beans and chickpeas won’t go amiss.
Where? The Crown, 128 High Street, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 6BW.
How much? From £15.50 to £21.95.
When? Served from 12pm to 6pm.
