Sunday Roast in York: Where to Book, Checked October 2026

If you want a Sunday roast in York, the names most people land on are the Star Inn the City by the river (roasts £24 to £27), Roots on Marygate, Tommy Banks’s Michelin-starred restaurant, with a £75 Sunday Feast, the Fat Badger under the Minster, serving until 8pm, and Pearly Cow in Clifton, with 45-day salt-aged sirloin. Every entry was checked against the venue’s own site on 26 October 2026.

We have not eaten at these places for this guide, and nothing here is a review. Each entry sets out what the venue says about its Sunday lunch, the prices and serving times on its own menu, its rules on booking, dogs and children, and the Food Standards Agency hygiene rating. Menus change week to week, so treat prices as a guide and check before you book.

Pubs in and around the city walls

The Fat Badger, High Petergate

The Fat Badger sits at the top of High Petergate by Bootham Bar and says it has “one of York’s most popular beer gardens”. Its Sunday menu runs from 12pm to 8pm: slow-cooked beef rump £22.95, pork loin with crackling or chicken supreme £20.95, and a vegan feta, leek and potato pie £19.95, all with roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, seasonal vegetables and red wine gravy; cauliflower cheese is £5.95 extra. Well-behaved dogs are welcome in the bar and outdoor seating, and the pub says families are welcome. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 5 November 2025). 2-4 High Petergate, YO1 7EH. Our listing.

Ye Olde Starre Inne, Stonegate

Greene King, which runs the pub, says it dates from 1644 and is believed to be the oldest licensed premises in York. Its Sunday roast page names hand-carved beef, beef sirloin, turkey, roast half chicken with stuffing and a nut roast Wellington among the options, “served with all the classic trimmings”; prices are on the pub’s online menu rather than the roast page. Food is served from 11am to 9pm on Sundays, the latest finish in this guide, and roasts can be booked online. The pub calls itself dog friendly and family friendly. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 2 October 2025). 40 Stonegate, YO1 8AS. Our listing.

The Rose & Crown, Lawrence Street

Just outside Walmgate Bar, the Rose & Crown says it prides itself on “a great customer experience within our traditional and classic venue”, and that all its food is cooked fresh to order from local ingredients. Its sample Sunday menu lists roast topside of beef at £18.95 and chicken supreme at £17.95, with duck fat roast potatoes, homemade Yorkshire pudding and “proper gravy”; vegetarian options are on request. The pub warns that roasts are limited and can run out before the end of service, which is 12pm to 8pm. Dogs are welcome in the bar and garden but not the main dining areas: mention your dog when you book. Hygiene rating 4 (FSA, 17 February 2025). 13 Lawrence Street, YO10 3BP; 01904 659393. Our listing.

The Whippet Inn, North Street

The Whippet on North Street is a steak-led restaurant, and on Sundays it runs a set Sunday roast menu from 12pm to 6.30pm: two courses £32.95, three £36.95. The main is a 16-hour slow-cooked peppered rump of aged beef with Yorkshire pudding and ale gravy, a poached chicken breast, or a mushroom and Puy lentil Wellington, with roast potatoes, spiced red cabbage and three-cheese cauliflower cheese. The Whippet says it welcomes guests aged 14 and over. Groups of more than 10 should phone 01904 500660. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 6 November 2025). 15 North Street, YO1 6JD. Our listing.

Restaurant roasts

The Star Inn the City, Museum Street

Andrew Pern’s restaurant in the Lendal Engine House, the old waterworks building by the Ouse, has traded since 2013 and calls its Sunday lunch “award-winning”. Its sample Sunday menu, served 12pm to 4pm, lists roast sirloin of salt-aged beef £27, Yorkshire Wolds chicken £26, pork loin £25 and a spiced carrot and marmalade Wellington £24, with duck fat roast potatoes and Yorkshire pudding; a Yorkshire pudding “Royal” with ox cheek and foie gras is £12 more. Its dog policy welcomes well-behaved dogs in the bar and River Room, not the Garden Room. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 24 June 2026). Lendal Engine House, Museum Street, YO1 7DR. Our listing.

Pearly Cow, Clifton

Pearly Cow is the steak and seafood grill inside the No.1 guest house on Clifton. Its Sunday lunch is served every Sunday from 12pm to 8pm at £36 for two courses or £44 for three. The September 2026 menu offers a roast of the day: 45-day salt-aged beef sirloin, roast chicken, pork belly or nut roast, with Yorkshire pudding, roasted parsnips, cauliflower cheese, glazed carrots and roast potatoes. A discretionary 12.5% service charge is added. Parties of up to six book online; larger groups by email. Marygate car park (YO30 7DT) is a short walk away, the restaurant says. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 11 August 2026). 1 Clifton, YO30 6AA.

Roots, Marygate

Roots is Tommy Banks’s York restaurant, in the old Bay Horse pub on Marygate, and describes itself as “Michelin-starred dining”. Its Sunday Feast, served from 12pm to 4pm, is the “celebration of the great British Sunday lunch”: a set menu at £75 a head through October and November, built around salt-aged roast pork loin with pork dripping roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and cauliflower cheese, with roast sirloin of beef for £15 more if you note it on the booking. From 22 November to 20 December the menu changes to a £90 festive feast with sirloin. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 24 September 2026). 68 Marygate, YO30 7BH. Our listing.

The Rise at The Grand, Station Rise

The Grand’s restaurant serves Sunday lunch on the first Sunday of every month only, at £50 a head for three courses, according to the hotel’s own seasonal page, still live in October, which describes roasts and seasonal sides “full of flavour” without listing the dishes. Bookings are through OpenTable from the hotel’s site. The next first Sunday is 1 November. Hygiene rating 5 for the hotel (FSA, 21 March 2025). Station Rise, YO1 6GD; 01904 380038.

Families, villages and the river

Carlton Tavern, Acomb

The Carlton Tavern on Acomb Road calls itself a family pub “just outside the walled city of York”, with a children’s play area. On Sundays it runs a carvery of “melt-in-the-mouth meats” with roast potatoes, seasonal vegetables and homemade Yorkshire puddings; burgers, salads and steaks are also on. Food is served from 12pm to 8pm and the pub is open until 11pm. Dogs are welcome throughout, the pub says. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 18 June 2026). 140 Acomb Road, YO24 4HA; 01904 781181. Our listing.

The Fox Inn, Stockton on the Forest

The Fox calls itself a “countryside pub, restaurant and rooms” and says it is a 15-minute drive from the city centre. Sunday lunch is served in three sittings, at 12pm, 2pm and 4pm, according to its FAQs. The Sunday menu lists roast beef striploin £21.90, chicken breast or belly pork with crackling £19.90 and a vegetarian sausage roast £19.90, with mash, roast potatoes and cheesy broccoli and leeks. Children are welcome, with a children’s menu and highchairs, and dogs can sit in the bar, the garden terrace and some restaurant tables: call ahead. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 4 June 2026). 90 The Village, Stockton on the Forest, YO32 9UW; 01904 460845. Our listing.

Bosun’s at The Riverfront, Bishopthorpe

Bosun’s is the restaurant at The Riverfront, on the Ouse at Bishopthorpe, and says it offers “stunning panoramic views”. Its Sunday lunch menu, dated 7 October 2026, is served from 12pm to 4pm: dry-aged roast sirloin of beef £25; pork loin with crackling, turkey breast or honey and mustard gammon £23; nut roast £21; all with Yorkshire pudding, beef fat roast potatoes and seasonal greens. There is a separate children’s Sunday menu. Dogs can join you for drinks on the veranda, but only assistance dogs go inside. Parking is free. An optional 10% service charge is added. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 9 January 2026). Ferry Lane, Bishopthorpe, YO23 2SB; 01904 439739.

How we chose

This is a list of the places people search for when they want a Sunday roast in York, chosen on what can be checked rather than on taste: a published Sunday menu or roast page on the venue’s own website, the venue’s standing (Michelin and long-running local names), and the Food Standards Agency hygiene rating. Nothing rated below 3 was considered. We checked each venue’s own website on 26 October 2026 for prices, serving times, dog and child rules and any closure notice, and took hygiene ratings from the FSA register the same day. Some menus are marked as samples by the venue, so dishes and prices move. The Rattle Owl on Micklegate, still on many older roast lists, has closed; Brancusi now trades from 104 Micklegate. We left out Hotel du Vin, the Wenlock Arms at Wheldrake and the Ship Inn at Acaster Malbis for now because we could not find a current Sunday menu on their own websites.

For more ideas, see things to do in York, what’s on in York this month, our York restaurants, York pubs and York cafes guides, and York playgrounds for after lunch, or browse every pub in our York business directory.

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Frequently asked questions

Where can I get a Sunday roast in York after 4pm?

Several places in this guide serve roasts into the evening on their own published times: the Fat Badger, Pearly Cow, the Rose & Crown on Lawrence Street and the Carlton Tavern in Acomb until 8pm, the Whippet Inn until 6.30pm, and Ye Olde Starre Inne, which serves food until 9pm on Sundays. The Star Inn the City, Roots and Bosun’s stop serving Sunday lunch at 4pm.

How much is a Sunday roast in York?

On the menus we checked in October 2026, a roast main costs from £17.95 (chicken supreme at the Rose & Crown, on its sample menu) to £27 (salt-aged sirloin at the Star Inn the City). Set Sunday menus cost £32.95 for two courses at the Whippet Inn, £36 at Pearly Cow, £50 for three courses at The Rise at The Grand and £75 a head for the Sunday Feast at Roots.

Which York Sunday roasts are dog friendly?

On their own websites, the Fat Badger allows dogs in the bar and outdoor seating, Ye Olde Starre Inne and the Carlton Tavern describe themselves as dog friendly, the Rose & Crown takes dogs in the bar and garden but not the main dining area, the Fox Inn at Stockton on the Forest takes them in the bar, terrace and some restaurant tables if you call ahead, and the Star Inn the City in its bar and River Room. Bosun’s allows dogs on the veranda for drinks only.