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Fantastic and Superb Roast… Really?!

75 replies

FanofLeaves · 09/11/2025 13:16

Also it costs £31.

Main things that are wrong with it -

peas have no place on a roast.
Yorkshire fits very neatly on plate meaning it’s obviously tiny.
There is one measly potato and I think it’s cooked the way a lot of places try and get away with now- ie not roasted at all but a big boiled potato lobbed in a fryer.
The meat sounds nice but sounds like you run the risk of having a big fatty bit what with it being sirloin.

Again, £31 😅

I think roasts in general in restaurants and pubs have really gone down the pan (pun intended 🤣) and the cost is eye watering. I can cook a decent one at home anyway but used to love a good roast in a pub on a lazy Sunday afternoon with a decent red and no need to scrub the pits afterwards (pipe dream post kids anyway)

I used to work in a pub kitchen in my teens and it was done properly then- HUGE cauldron of gravy bubbling away, melt in the mouth beef or pork with a proper cracking, and potatoes roasted in huge vats of bubbling dripping. Whatever veg was seasonal and Yorkshire puddings the size of your face. No one seems to do it like this anymore!

Fantastic and Superb Roast… Really?!
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Createausername1970 · 09/11/2025 13:20

£31?

I can't stand peas.

It looks unappetising to be honest, I wouldn't be going to eat there based on this advert.

Createausername1970 · 09/11/2025 13:22

What's the white stuff?

NebulousSadTimes · 09/11/2025 13:23

Is the Yorky P the brown thing in the top left hand corner?

What's the white stuff?

I bet those carrots wouldn't need any form of chewing.

YY to the peas.

31 bastard quid. What a swizz.

FanofLeaves · 09/11/2025 13:23

Createausername1970 · 09/11/2025 13:22

What's the white stuff?

Creamed horseradish.

For anyone interested it’s called the Laundry, it’s in Brixton and is rather full of itself 😅

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ErrolTheDragon · 09/11/2025 13:24

Createausername1970 · 09/11/2025 13:22

What's the white stuff?

Presumably fresh horseradish sauce.

Beekman · 09/11/2025 13:25

That’s a lot of horseradish and should be served separately. Dolloping it on the plate like that is not on.

DiscoBob · 09/11/2025 13:28

It looks shite. Boiled frozen peas and carrots are a school dinner veg not gourmet gastropub.
And watercress?! Preposterous.
The potato looks criminal.
And what is that bright white thing? It looks like white cabbage mixed with soft meringue?!

It needs roast parsnips and carrots.
Really fresh potatoes.
Proper braised red cabbage
Home made stuffing.
Pigs in blankets.
Much bigger Yorkshire that isn't burnt.
Bread sauce.

Basically it can fuck off!

Createausername1970 · 09/11/2025 13:29

Beekman · 09/11/2025 13:25

That’s a lot of horseradish and should be served separately. Dolloping it on the plate like that is not on.

That is a lot of horseradish!

I initially thought it was a coleslaw of some kind.

Fedupofwimps · 09/11/2025 13:29

£31 for that? I'd rather make my own and suffer the washing up!

LadyKenya · 09/11/2025 13:29

It is not presented nicely, the peas are all over the plate, for example. The potato looks like a frozen one, imo. I would never leave my home on the strength of that advert, to try their roasts. The price is a crime, as well. One potato, how stingy.

HansHolbein · 09/11/2025 13:29

Looks horrible. I disagree about the peas. Peas and mint sauce 😋

hididdlyho · 09/11/2025 13:29

So a plate of horseradish with a veg garnish and a side of meat. You'd have to pay me to eat that.

TotHappy · 09/11/2025 13:30

It looks shit.
But I disagree about peas, they are nice with a roast, especially lamb
But they shouldn't be the only vegetable
And one potato? Fuck that!

shellyleppard · 09/11/2025 13:32

That's an insult to a roast dinner.... where's the rest of it??? Only one roast potato??? Absolute rip off!! Needs more seasonal veggies and more roast potatoes and parsnips!!

fivebyfivefaith · 09/11/2025 13:32

rather have a carvery

FanofLeaves · 09/11/2025 13:32

Also, it’s THIRTY EIGHT POUNDS for the cheapest bottle of wine.

And £40 for a Prosecco. The mark up on that must be astronomical, it’s probably cost them about £5 or less per unit wholesale price.

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DoYouReally · 09/11/2025 13:33

That's not a roast dinner...it's an abomination!

AintNoPunshineWhenShesGone · 09/11/2025 13:33

I have two local pubs that do a carvery every weekend and sometimes midweek too.

They're both absolutely lovely and cost between £11 and £13 for a medium plate.

My DH cooks a roast every Sunday but if he didn't, I'd be happy to go to either of these places.

Can't stand poncey places that charge the earth for a tiny roast and a dessert so small it looks like the Chef couldn't finish eating it.

InterestedDad37 · 09/11/2025 13:34

Poor show, really - I'd be totally miffed with that, even more if I'd paid through the nose.

UnimatrixZeroOne · 09/11/2025 13:34

ONE POTATO?! Fuck off.

arethereanyleftatall · 09/11/2025 13:35

Who on earth decided that was the best roast? I can say without a shadow of a doubt, that my own roast, or either of my teenage dds, is far far better than that. Looks shit.

oviraptor21 · 09/11/2025 13:36

Wow. Really poor. Looks like a school dinner.

JudgeBread · 09/11/2025 13:36

If I paid £31 for a roast and got given a single potato I'd declare war on whoever served me such an atrocity.

purpleme12 · 09/11/2025 13:36

No that doesn't look good from the picture

I'll stick with Toby carvery which I'm very happy with thanks

Marylou62 · 09/11/2025 13:36

Where's the swede and carrot mash? The roast parsnips?