BRAVO award winners 2025-26
Best Sunday Roast Brighton
Best Sunday Roast in brighton – Top 20 Places to enjoy a Sunday Roast
The debate rages on: where can you find the best Sunday Roast Brighton has to offer? Insider tips are whispered, passionate reviews are shared, and when word spreads of a top-tier roast, locals travel far and wide to get their fix.
From traditional favourites to creative twists, Sunday Roast Brighton style is something special. Congrats to Embers, this year’s BRAVO winner, and to all the brilliant finalists serving top Sunday Roasts across Brighton and Hove.
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First - Brighton's best sunday roast
Think you’ll find the Best Roast in a pub? Think again. This year’s Best Roast winner is a seriously foodie restaurant with a team of passionate professionals behind it! The Embers ethos is ‘Fire and Friendship’: food to share cooked over open wood fire and innovative cocktails alongside. Sundays follow the same delicious logic – but ‘roastified’, featuring mouthwatering platters of meat or veg mains, skillet potatoes, cauli-purée, tempting snacks, decadent desserts, and those cocktails to match. Embers is roastie royalty.
Embers also won #3 Best Restaurant #9 Best Team #10 Sustainability Champion
Second place
The roast at Ladies Mile is just like the pub itself – so hearty and crowd-pleasing you’ll keep coming back for more. Their traditional roast comes with a generous array of tasty sides like cauli-cheese, garlic roasties, homemade Yorkshire pudding, and signature gravy that ties everything together deliciously. Family-friendly to a fault, it’s a Sunday outing the kids will just love. Just make sure you leave a little space for pudding, sweetie!
Ladies Mile also won #2 Most Family Friendly #3 Best Brighton and Hove Pub #13 Best Team
THIRD place
Windmill
At Alberta’s, “fast food needn’t be trash” – or really that fast either! You’ll want to spend the entire afternoon savouring the fabulous roast and relaxed vibe at The Windmill starting with some southern-style snacks. Serving Brighton’s only ‘whole fry’ (an entire fried chicken) and a host of other delicious mains, all roasts come with maple-glazed roots, tatties, yorkies, herby greens, and gravy. Too darn good! It’s Viennetta affogato and Sticky Toffee – skip dessert and we’ll lose all respect for you!
The Windmill also won #4 Best Brighton and Hove Pub
FOURTH PLACE
Gothic glory The Farm Tavern specialises in Eastern European small plates, but its Sunday roast remains deliciously traditional – bar a few tasty twists like sliced kielbasa in your cauli-cheese. Choose your roast meat or flavour-packed veggie option, with all the trimmings and irresistible extras like piggies in blankets. Then it’s sticky toffee pudding or a slice of Polish baked apple cake to finish with vanilla, butterscotch cream – we’re sold! The Bloody Marys are legendary.
FIFTH place
Find one of the city’s most indulgent Sunday roasts inside one of its most iconic buildings. The roast at Cyan, The Grand’s resident restaurant, is exactly what you’d expect – excellent, generous and fittingly luxurious. Choose from meat, fish or vegetarian options accompanied by every side under the sun. Round things off with seriously decadent desserts while gazing at the epic views. This is definitely one to take your time over.
SIXTH PLACE
The Sunday roast at Kindling in Brightonis a must for food lovers in, featured in the top 20 Sunday roasts Brighton 2025. Expect expertly cooked cuts of meat such as roast sirloin or lamb, seasonal vegetables, crisp roast potatoes, rich gravy, and fluffy Yorkshire puddings. Served every Sunday, it’s a perfect blend of sustainability, flavour, and warm hospitality. Kindling is also know for some of the best and sustainable steaks in Brighton along with their incredible Brighton house burger.
The Sunday roast at The Jolly Sportsman in East Chiltington is perfect for food lovers seeking a Sussex countryside escape. Featured in the top 20 Sunday roasts Brighton 2025 and voted Best Pub in Sussex, it serves tender beef, lamb, or pork with crisp roast potatoes, seasonal greens, Yorkshire puddings, rich gravy, and indulgent sides—ideal for families, friends, and roast enthusiasts alike. Also a great option for overnight stays in Sussex and beautiful Sussex country walks.
EIGHTH PLACE
The Sunday roast at Terra at Tottington Manor is a standout for both flavour and sustainability. Winner of Most Sustainable Venue at the BRAVOS 2025 and featured in the top 20 Sunday roasts Brighton 2025, it features Sussex-sourced meats, crisp roast potatoes, seasonal vegetables, Yorkshire puddings, pigs in blankets, creamy cauliflower cheese, and a rich gravy. Their sharing Sunday roast platter is a real highlight—perfect for groups who want to indulge together.
NINTH place
The Sunday roast at The Coal Shed in Brighton is a must for meat lovers and roast enthusiasts alike. Featured in the top 20 Sunday roasts Brighton 2025, expect perfectly cooked cuts such as 35-day aged rump of beef with smoked Maldon salt butter, half roast chicken with rosemary butter, or vegan-friendly garlic and thyme baked celeriac with rich gravy. Sides are just as indulgent, from creamy cauliflower cheese with garlic crumb to seasonal vegetables and crisp roast potatoes. Ideal for sharing, their 500g sirloin on the bone is a showstopper for a hearty, sociable Sunday feast.
TENTH PLACE
The Sunday roast at The Signalman in Brighton is a beloved local gem for roast dinner lovers. Featured in the top 20 Sunday roasts Brighton 2025, this neighbourhood pub near Preston Park offers hearty roast beef or pork with rosemary mashed potatoes, seasonal greens, crisp Yorkshire puddings, and rich gravy. Available every Sunday in a welcoming atmosphere with cosy corners and sun-trap beer gardens—ideal for friends, families, and relaxed weekend dining. They also provide a range of Sunday roast alternatives which include Brighton burgers, crispy chicken wings and their own Brighton Fish and Chips.
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The Sunday roasts featured here are award-winning, voted for by the public in the Brighton Restaurant Awards (BRAVOs). With 72,911 votes cast, these roasts represent the city’s top spots for perfectly cooked meats, delicious veggie and vegan options, golden roast potatoes, seasonal veg, and rich gravy. Embers won best Sunday Roast in Brighton in 2025.
Our list showcases Brighton pubs and restaurants in Brighton, Hove, and Sussex that received the most votes in the BRAVO Awards Best Sunday Roast category. From cosy seafront pubs to stylish Brighton restaurants, each venue is known for quality ingredients, great service, and unbeatable roast dinners.
Yes – many of the award-winning venues offer outstanding vegetarian and vegan Sunday roast options. Think nut roasts, stuffed squash, and creative plant-based dishes that rival any meat-based roast, all served with the same attention to detail. You may also like our vegan and vegetarian roasts page which highlight the best places to visit in Brighton.
Many Brighton and Sussex pubs featured in our list, such as traditional alehouses and modern gastropubs, were voted for in the BRAVOs as serving the best pub Sunday roasts in Brighton. Expect generous portions, perfectly pulled pints, and a relaxed weekend atmosphere.
Yes – most of the best Sunday roast venues in Brighton and Hove get busy, especially those recognised in the Brighton Restaurant Awards. Booking ahead for a roast in Brighton is highly recommended, particularly for large groups or peak lunchtime slots.
Absolutely – several of the BRAVO-winning venues are located along Brighton’s famous seafront, combining stunning sea views with some of the best Sunday lunches in the city.
The BRAVO Awards Best Sunday Roast category was determined entirely by public vote, with 72,911 votes cast at the BRAVO Awards in total. This means every venue in our guide is a genuine local favourite, loved and recommended by the people of Brighton and Hove.
Yes – many of the award-winning Brighton restaurants and Brighton pubs are family-friendly, offering children’s portions, high chairs, and a welcoming atmosphere for all ages.
A typical roast from our award-winning venues features your choice of meat or plant-based main, crisp roast potatoes, seasonal vegetables, Yorkshire puddings, and rich gravy – often with creative extras such as cauliflower cheese, pigs in blankets or spiced red cabbage.
Yes – several venues in our BRAVO Awards Best Sunday Roast list cater for gluten-free diets, with adapted gravies, sides, and even gluten-free Yorkshire puddings. Always check with the venue when booking. You may also like our gluten free guide for Brighton restaurants.
