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40 recommended Sunday roasts in Manchester and Greater Manchester

4 weeks ago

Everybody knows that the antidote to any *ahem* late Saturday night is an epic Sunday lunch. And if there’s one thing any northerner knows, it’s how to judge one. The Confidentials team all have our favourite spots for Sunday roasts in Manchester and we’re willing to let you in on some secret left-fielders too.

  • The Sunday roast at Three Little Words is one of the best in Manchester. See where else is on Confidential Guide's list of top recommendations
    Book Now Manchester City Centre

    Three Little Words

    Bars

    Three Little Words is housed under the arches at the lesser-visited end of Watson Street, near Beetham Tower. Inside you’ll find the Spirit of Manchester gin distillery, a cocktail bar, and a kitchen serving small plates with thoroughly decent cooking. It’s certainly a place worth knowing about.

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  • The Sunday roast at 11 Central is one Confidential Guides' top recommendations
    Book Now Salford Quays

    11 Central

    Bars

    11 Central is another venture for Seven Bro7hers, only this time their Sis4ers are on board too so the bar is a fantastic mix of craft beer and craft gin.

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  • The Sunday roast at 11 Central is one Confidential Guides' top recommendations
    Book Now Knutsford

    The Bells of Peover

    Pubs

    There’s a story behind the American and British flags that fly over the entrance to The Bells of Peover, a country dining pub in a village south of Knutsford.

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  • The Black Friar serves one of the best Sunday roasts in Manchester, See where else makes Confidential Guides' list of the best places for the ultimate weekend treat.
    Book Now Manchester City Centre

    The Black Friar

    Pubs

    The Black Friar stood empty and unloved for almost 20 years before reopening in summer 2021 after a substantial renovation project. Now a modern British restaurant and a traditional pub, it has two distinct settings with menus to match.

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  • The Bridge is just a short drive from Manchester and serves a great Sunday lunch
    Book Now Prestbury

    The Bridge

    Bars

    Located in a Grade II Listed building from 1626, The Bridge is full of charm, whether you’re going for a weekend away or Sunday lunch. This hotel and restaurant sits on the banks of the River Bollin in the picturesque Cheshire village of Prestbury, and has been newly refurbished.

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  • The Sunday roast at Cibus is one of Confidential Guides' favourites
    Book Now Levenshulme

    Cibus

    Bars

    Once a stall at Levy Market, then a pop-up pizzeria above Fred’s Ale House, Cibus took baby steps to get to where it is today; a fully-fledged and much-praised Italian restaurant and bar on Levenshulme high street, and the winner of The Good Food Guide’s award for Best Local Restaurant North West 2024.

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  • The Sunday roast at Founder's Hall is one of the best in Manchester
    Book Now Manchester City Centre

    Founder’s Hall

    Pubs

    Founder’s Hall is a smartly-refurbished pub with an enviable position on Albert Square. It serves up comforting pub food and a vast range of beers.

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  • The Sunday roast at Grand Pacific is one of the best in Manchester.
    Book Now Manchester City Centre

    Grand Pacific

    Bars

    Grand Pacific is the work of Living Ventures and it easily outshines its sibling venues in terms of pure glamour. Not in a big chandeliers, glass and chrome Spinningfields way, but with a decadent blend of colonial Raffles-style grandeur and some of the best of the city’s Victorian architecture.

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  • The Sunday roast at Malmaison Deansgate Bar & Grill is one of the best in Manchester
    Book Now Manchester City Centre

    Malmaison Deansgate Bar & Grill

    Restaurant

    Malmaison Deansgate Bar & Grill is a confident operation with prime grass-fed British beef and popular classics. The menu veers towards traditional rather than adventurous but great wines and well-aged, matured steaks mean that doesn’t matter. When you’re serving juicy marbled rib eye that everyone loves, what is there to complain about?

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  • The Sunday roast at Piccolino Caffe Grande is one of the best in Manchester. See where else is on Confidential Guides' list.
    Book Now Manchester City Centre

    Piccolino Caffe Grande Manchester

    Bars

    With its terrace overlooking Albert Square and Manchester Town Hall, and a beautiful interior featuring a 40-seater private dining room, an open kitchen, and an oyster bar, Piccolino Caffé Grande Manchester is a real destination restaurant. (And, notably, it’s one that doesn’t price people out of the experience.)

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  • The Vicarage is just a short drive from Manchester and serves a great Sunday lunch. See where else is on Confidential Guides' list of recommended roasts.
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    The Vicarage

    Bars

    The Vicarage sits on the banks of the River Dane, in Cranage, a village on the edge of Holmes Chapel. It’s full of old-fashioned country charm: bucolic surroundings, a wisteria-clad eighteenth century Grade II listed building, beams and roll-top baths.

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  • The Bay Horse in the Northern Quarter
    Northern Quarter

    The Bay Horse

    Pubs

    The Bay Horse Tavern, to give it its full moniker, describes itself as a modern take on a Victorian Pub. With its dark hues and warm woods, puttering candles and kitschy knick-knacks as well as its range of gins, craft beers and ‘other libations’, it may well straddle the eras.

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  • The Bird at Birtle is a country pub serving a great Sunday lunch. See where else is on Confidential Guides' list of recommended roasts.
    Birtle

    Bird At Birtle

    Pubs

    The big, first-floor window at the rear of Andrew Nutter’s Bird At Birtle frames the moors – and this gastropub is an ode of sorts to its impressive, rural location.

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  • The Sunday roast dinner at Blacklock Manchester
    Deansgate

    Blacklock Manchester

    Restaurant - British

    Handsome subterranean restaurant Blacklock Manchester is the first northern opening from this London-based restaurant group. 

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  • The 'Burbs is one of the best Sunday roasts in Manchester. See where else makes Confidential Guides' list of top recommendations
    Book Now Heaton Moor

    The ‘Burbs

    Restaurant

    The ‘Burbs is exactly the sort of informal neighbourhood spot you want round the corner from your house.

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    Dakota Grill Manchester

    Bars

    Dakota Grill Manchester is the work of former Malmaison owner, Ken McCollough and it is as dark-hued and handsome as the successful boutique hotel chain. It’s an inviting place with flickering candlelight, very retro-sexy – sure to be the setting for many a first date.

    The focus at Dakota is on steaks which are very good – all grass-fed, 28 day-aged, hand-cut Aberdeenshire beef cooked over hot coals.

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  • Sunday lunch at the Eagle & Child
    Ramsbottom

    Eagle & Child

    Pubs

    The Eagle & Child is famous for offering excellent Sunday lunches and award-winning pub grub in the hills above Manchester.

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  • The Edinburgh Castle serves a great Sunday lunch. See where else is on Confidential Guides' list of recommended roasts.
    Ancoats

    Edinburgh Castle

    Pubs

    The Edinburgh Castle is a fortification for fortifying yourself, full of hearty British fare. This defence against hunger has two parts. No, not motte and bailey, but an upstairs restaurant and a downstairs pub. Upstairs, downstairs and all the connotations that go along with that.

    The downstairs is a traditional old pub with a welcoming drinking zone and a separate eating area. Traditional pub or not, this is much more than just some Scampi Fries. In fact, this is some of the very best pub food in the city.

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  • Elnecot serves a great Sunday lunch.
    Ancoats

    Elnecot

    Restaurant - European

    Named after the first recorded name for Ancoats, Elnecot (meaning ‘lonely cottages’) takes its influence from historical cooking methods with lots of fermenting, a little foraging and a few nose-to-tail dishes.

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  • The Firehouse serves a great Sunday lunch.
    Ancoats

    The Firehouse

    Bars

    Found in the former E & A Auto Services garage depot on Swan Street, Firehouse is the sister restaurant to Ramona’s Detroit-style pizzeria. It’s part restaurant, part bar and part performance venue where tables are available to book for dinner and “after dark drinking”. The space is open and airy with a real laid-back feel. White shutters, bleached brick and glitter balls hanging from the high ceiling complete the chilled out party ambience.

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  • Fold Bistro & Bottle Shop serves a great Sunday lunch.
    Marple

    Fold Bistro & Bottle Shop

    Restaurant - Modern British

    Fold Bistro and Bottle Shop is a new addition to the foodie scene in Marple Bridge, and has already gained a reputation as a must-visit spot in the town.

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  • Gaucho Manchester serves a great Sunday lunch. See where else is on Confidential Guides' list of recommended roasts.
    Manchester City Centre

    Gaucho Manchester

    Restaurant - South American

    For many people, Argentinian restaurant Gaucho Manchester is the destination in the city for very good steak paired with very good wine. Housed in a converted Methodist church on Deansgate, with an open kitchen, and the original church organ still in-situ, it’s also known as one of Manchester’s best-looking spaces for dining.

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  • Hawksmoor serves and excellent Sunday lunch. See where else is on Confidential Guides' list of recommended roasts.
    Spinningfields

    Hawksmoor

    Bars

    The first Hawksmoor steakhouse outside of London is a confident affair. Well sourced steak and attention to detail have created a place like no other.

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  • Hispi serves a great Sunday lunch. See where else is in Confidential Guides' list of recommended roasts.
    Didsbury

    Hispi

    Restaurant - European

    Hispi is, quite simply, a great bistro. Fifth in a growing chain of restaurants conceived by Gary Usher, the concept started with Sticky Walnut in Chester (see also Top 100), a neighbourhood operation which made its name off the back of great, simple food, quaffable wine served in beakers, and excellent quality produce. Expect chunky British dishes – such as chicken liver pate and braised featherblade – made with fresh ingredients and great results.

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  • The Jane Eyre Chorlton serves a great Sunday lunch. See where else is on Confidential Guides' list of recommended roasts.
    Chorlton

    The Jane Eyre Chorlton

    Bars

    The Jane Eyre Chorlton is a neighbourhood restaurant and cocktail bar on Beech Road, Chorlton’s most charming street. This offshoot of the Ancoats original has fitted in nicely to its location which has been home to some of Chorlton’s best restaurants over the years – and a few short-lived mistakes. The Jane Eyre is definitely in the former camp.

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  • The Marble Arch serves a great Sunday lunch. See where else is on Confidential Guides' list of recommended roasts.
    Manchester City Centre

    The Marble Arch

    Pubs

    George Orwell may have named his ideal (and imaginary) pub The Moon Under Water but Wetherspoons on Deansgate was not what he had in mind. It’s The Marble Arch which has all the qualities that mark it out as the perfect boozer.

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  • Masons serves one of the best Sunday lunches in Manchester. See where else is one Confidential Guides' list of recommended roasts.
    Spinningfields

    Masons

    Restaurant - Modern British

    Nestled in the Grade II Listed former Freemasons Hall, Masons Restaurant and Bar serves retro fine-dining fare in princely surrounds.

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  • Mr Thomas's Chop House serves a great Sunday lunch. See where else is on Confidential Guides' list of recommended roasts.
    Greater Manchester

    Mr Thomas’s Chop House

    Pubs

    Thomas Studd and his wife Sarah established their Chop House in booming Cottonopolis in 1867, and it’s still going strong, serving up top-end pub grub in the famous tiled back room restaurant along with flagons and snifters in the bar and on the sunny St Ann’s Square terrace.

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  • OSMA in Prestwich serves a great Sunday lunch.
    Prestwich

    OSMA

    Bars

    OSMA is a contraction of Oslo and Manchester, the home cities of its two owners. However this portmanteau is even more well-travelled than that. Ingredients are local, lunches are Scandinavian and evening meals are an ever-changing roster of small plates from further afield.

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  • The Pack Horse in Hayfield serves a great Sunday lunch. See where else is in Confidential Guides' list of recommended roasts.
    Book Now Greater Manchester

    The Pack Horse

    Pubs

    Humbly describing itself as a “community gastropub”, The Pack Horse is raking in the glowing reviews, including by food critics making a special trip up from That London – it’s even been named one of the Top 50 Gastropubs 2022 and it’s Michelin Guide listed.

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  • The Sunday roast at Dakota Grill is one of the best in Manchester
    Book Now Northern Quarter

    Dakota Grill Manchester

    Bars

    Dakota Grill Manchester is the work of former Malmaison owner, Ken McCollough and it is as dark-hued and handsome as the successful boutique hotel chain. It’s an inviting place with flickering candlelight, very retro-sexy – sure to be the setting for many a first date.

    The focus at Dakota is on steaks which are very good – all grass-fed, 28 day-aged, hand-cut Aberdeenshire beef cooked over hot coals.

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  • The Red Lion Inn serves a great Sunday lunch. See where else is on Confidential Guides' list of recommended roasts.
    Whitworth

    The Red Lion Inn

    Pubs

    The Red Lion’s location in Whitworth, Rochdale is semi rather than fully rural but in terms of character and style, you can’t get much more ‘country pub’ than this. It’s got the cobblestone square outside, the roaring fire inside, the sleepy dogs by the bar, the sturdy British cooking. It has the history too, dating from the 17th century.

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  • The Refuge in Manchester serves a great Sunday lunch. See where else is on Confidential Guides' list of recommended roasts.
    Manchester City Centre

    The Refuge

    Bars

    Winning small plate fusion in an iconic and glamorous setting. Housed in Manchester’s iconic The Refuge Assurance Company dating back to 1858, this DJ-run restaurant and bar is large and sassy.

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  • Yorkshire puddings at Restaurant Orme in Manchester
    Urmston

    Restaurant Orme

    Restaurant - Modern British

    Restaurant Örme is a small fine-dining restaurant situated on an inconspicuous street in Urmston. But don’t be fooled by its humble size and location – this is a restaurant that means business.

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  • The River Restaurant serves a great Sunday lunch. See where else is on Confidential Guides' list of recommended roasts.
    Salford

    The River Restaurant

    Bars

    The River Restaurant at The Lowry Hotel is Manchester’s classic fine dining restaurant. Huge names that have run the kitchen include Marco Pierre White, while diners have included Jose Mourinho and Kylie.

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  • Station South serves a great Sunday lunch. See where else in on Confidential Guides' list of recommended roasts.
    Levenshulme

    Station South

    Restaurant - European

    Housed in an old railway station building saved in 2018 and restored with Heritage Fund support, Station South is a “destination cycle café and bar”, complete with bike workshop and urban garden, that sits overlooking the Fallowfield Loop cycle path, once the Fallowfield Line.

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  • The Swettenham Arms is a short drive from Manchester and serves a great Sunday lunch. See where else is one Confidential Guides' list or recommended roasts.
    Congleton

    The Swettenham Arms

    Pubs

    The Swettenham Arms is in an idyllic location, right next to the Lovell Quinta Aboretum. The pub even has its own lavender field, wafting soothing floral notes over outdoor drinkers. The Swettenham Arms itself is pretty idyllic too, dating from the 1500s. With all that history, it’s no surprise that it claims to be haunted.

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  • Tender serves one of the best Sunday lunches in Manchester. See where else is on Confidential Guides' list of recommended roasts.
    Manchester City Centre

    Tender

    Restaurant

    Tender is an elegant restaurant in Manchester’s Stock Exchange Hotel. The food lives up to the grandeur. Headed by Chef Niall Keating, it wouldn’t be a surprise if his cooking here earned him some more of those Michelin stars. He’s on his way to becoming a culinary constellation.

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  • TNQ serves a great Sunday lunch.
    Northern Quarter

    TNQ

    Restaurant - Modern British

    This unassuming, independent restaurant overlooking the historic Smithfield Fish Market is a stalwart of the Northern Quarter’s dining scene. Co-owner and chef Anthony Fielden has been cooking up a storm at TNQ since 2004, winning various awards and accolades along the way. 

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  • Trof in the Northern Quarter serves a great Sunday lunch.
    Northern Quarter

    Trof

    Bars

    Longstanding Thomas Street bar Trof has got ‘top Manchester night out’ written all over its labyrinthine three storeys. But it’s just as well known for its morning-after comfort feeds as its cocktails. The Sunday Roast has a reputation for greatness, and the weekend brunch menu is popular. Go for the full English breakfast or the confit duck hash with sriracha and honey glaze.

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  • Zouk serves one of the best Sunday roasts in Manchester. See where else is in Confidential Guides' list of top picks.
    Book Now Oxford Road

    Zouk

    Restaurant - Indian subcontinent

    Zouk specialises in ‘apna’ – home-style cooking shot through with colour and heat from the spices and herbs. In recent years it has incorporated elements of global street food to its menu (Lahori wagyu sliders for example) but the main focus is still the authentic Indian and Pakistani cooking that made Zouk a success.

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