How Often Do You Go Out For Sunday Roast?

[CurryLover55]

I can’t remember the last time yet I love going out for a carvery. Great for someone else to do all the work! There’s a pub near where my brother in law lives in Nottingham which does a fantastic carvery. I have never seen so many vegetable dishes! Our local Premier Inn’s roast is supposed to be good. Beef, turkey or gammon for £8.99 & you can have bottomless Yorkshires, roast potatoes & gravy too.

And since DH's gastric surgery he can't eat big meals, so most of it would go to waste.

[quote onlychildhamster]@bruffin why? What's wrong with roast?[/quote]
Nothing wrong with a roast,
it's the posters lining up to say it's beneath them that is typically MN virtue signalling

Never. I don't like roasts much anyway but most places favour quantity over quality and I can't be doing with overcooked meat.

Sometimes go for a carvery with work colleagues for lunch.

But never on a Sunday as would be wasted on vegetarian DH and fussy eating DS.

The Merrymoor Inn is fab. They always used to put big dishes of roasties on the bar & you could help yourself, even if you were only having a sandwich. Top quality food all round & a lovely beer garden with a wishing well. Love Meagan Porth beach too.

Mawgan

We tend to go with dp's dd once a month when we visit her (has ld's) she doesn't have much speech but she sure likes her food!

I think there's a big difference between a basic pub 'pile it high' carvery and a really good restaurant roast dinner served to the table.

Never. Mils roasts are the best. We go every second Sunday and I wouldn't miss one for the world.

Never. I’ve never had a Sunday roast in a restaurant that’s as good as the ones I can cook at home. But we don’t do a Sunday roast every Sunday either, maybe I’d feel differently if I felt I had to do it every week.

We used to go quite often but not been in ages. Even though it's not really that expensive per meal it works out a lot because there's 6 of us, so ends up being around £65 plus. We only do meals out as a whole family very occasionally.

We've tried a few and it can be very expensive and a bit stingy

We actually like the Toby Carvery as you can have as many potatoes and as much gravy as you want and it's reasonably priced

It is annoying having to queue and we find Saturday afternoon much quieter

Couple of times a year. It is hard to find a place that does a really good roast though.

@Forshorttheycallmecomp

On holiday in Cornwall, as there’s a pub on Maughan Pawth beach that does a fabulous carvery.

But haven’t been there for years. For a little while it was an annual event ;)

I live near there and am always on the hunt for a good roast. It wasn't the Merrymoor was it? Might take a trip over if it was.

Never! It's not really a thing in Scotland.

I wouldn't order a roast in a restaurant anyway. I find it the most boring meal.

Never

Every six months?

We're going for one today. Not a carvery but a very nice country pub. Just found out that the chef was a Masterchef Professionals finalist so absolutely cannot wait!!!

Don't eat roasts very often full stop, although I really enjoy it. We went out for two last year, although the second was more because the restaurant was hosting a Christmas fair I'd got a table for and I wanted to check it out before I went. I was struggling to eat much due to stomach problems so it really took the enjoyment out of it, although they did let me order a kids, and it was delicious.
Our local Toby Carvery is good and we used to go a lot, but we prefer to cook at home now and do longer and more intricate recipes at weekends. It's far more satisfying and a quarter of the price of eating out. There are so many recipes we want to try that roasts don't feature often at all.

@inappropriateraspberry

I think there's a big difference between a basic pub 'pile it high' carvery and a really good restaurant roast dinner served to the table.

@inappropriateraspberry yes there are places you go with the children and places you’d go just with friends.

Another niche one @MrsMigginsCat is The park at Mawgan porth. It was very different to any other roasts I’ve had

Maybe every month or so in the winter. I never used to understand why you’d order a roast at a pub when I was younger as you can have one at home - now that I’m the one cooking I totally get the appeal! Although we tend to go more like 5pm than lunch time due toddler naps and wanting to make the most of the daylight. We were meant to be going today on the way back from seeing friends, but poor DD has picked up a vomiting bug so it’s a day of Ben and Hollie and lots of washing instead.

it's the posters lining up to say it's beneath them that is typically MN virtue signalling

I haven't seen any virtue signalling on here. I think it is mostly posters who can cook a good roast at home who have replied on this thread, and who see no point in paying to eat something they can make a better job of at home, and I include myself in that category.

Although, @Whydoesthecatalwaysdothat's planned lunch out sounds like it is worth going to.

Not very often, maybe a few times a year? they are very expensive where I live and I make a great roast at home (or so I like to think!)

It wouldn’t be virtue signalling. Let’s use the right terms for things.

One could argue that it’s snobbery, and in some cases it might be, but actually, it’s more likely that people are just answering honestly.

A lot of people don’t like carveries. A lot of people don’t like paying for things that aren’t worth the money (to them). A lot of people don’t want to eat a roast when they go out to eat.

Around every month or so

@Divebar2021

Pre Covid and the quality was not good… the kind of roast potatoes you buy frozen. There’s no way I’d want a £8.99 roast unless I was a student or otherwise on my uppers. How good is the quality likely to be?

When I worked in a carvery restaurant we changed to doing proper roasts. It was a massive amount of extra work and most of the customers complained. Seems the masses prefer frozen.