Is this the best Sunday roast of all time?

Is this the best Sunday roast of all time? Lunch you have to wait for FOUR YEARS to try at a Bristol pub is hailed as ‘superb’ and ‘faultless’ by diners

• A pub in Bristol has been praised for its mouthwatering Sunday roast offering 
• READ MORE: Bristol pub with a FOUR-year waiting list for Sunday roast crowned the world’s hardest place to get a dinner reservation  

A Sunday roast with a reported four-year waiting list has been hailed as the ‘best of all time’ – as foodies praised not only its mouthwatering flavours but affordable prices. 

The Bank Tavern in Bristol – which has recently beaten off stiff competition from around the globe to be crowned as the eatery with the longest waiting list, according to research compiled by business payment provider, Dojo – has earned raving reviews from patrons who admit that it’s ‘worth the hype’ and dubbed the food ‘faultless’.

Its popularity is so exceptional that the website says booking for Sunday Roasts are now ‘closed for the foreseeable future’.

The menu usually consists of a 30 day aged rare topside of beef, a slow cooked pork belly, a honey and rosemary roasted leg of lamb and a vegetable lentil loaf.

And it’s not the first time the pub’s delicacies have attracted widespread attention. 

A Sunday roast with a reported four-year waiting list has been hailed as the ‘best of all time’ – as foodies praised not only its mouthwatering flavours but affordable prices. Pictured, landlord Sam Gregory tucking into a roast

It was crowned for its roast in the Bristol Good Food Awards in 2018, and in 2019, the Bristol Tavern was hailed ‘Best Sunday lunch’ by the Observer Food Monthly Awards 2019. 

Speaking to The Guardian about their skyrocketing reputation at the time, landlord Sam Gregory admitted it’s ‘an emotive subject’.

‘What is the best Sunday roast?,’ he questioned. ‘We are very much a backstreet boozer but I guess that’s part of our charm.

‘You just don’t expect to get the quality of food you do when you first come through the door.’

‘We don’t repeat the same menu and although we always have beef. We also do pork, some vegetarian options and perhaps venison or poultry,’ Sam had also told Secret Bristol last year.

He also explained that the pub’s meat is sourced from West Country farms – and the landlord even catches his own deer and rabbit as well. 

A three course meal will set customers back £26.95 or £21.95 for two. 

TripAdvisor is filled to the brim with shining reviews of The Bank Tavern. Of 218 ratings, 177 felt the pub was ‘excellent’.

‘Supreme on all fronts,’ one happy customer wrote this month. ‘Always brilliant for weekday meals and Sunday lunch!

The Bank Tavern in Bristol has recently beaten off stiff competition from around the globe to be crowned as the eatery with the longest waiting list, according to research compiled by business payment provider, Dojo. Tom Lee pictured putting finishing touches on a roast

It’s popularity is so exceptional that the website says booking for Sunday Roasts are now ‘closed for the foreseeable future’

TripAdvisor is filled to the brim with shining reviews of The Bank Tavern. Of 218 ratings, 177 felt the pub was ‘excellent’

‘The latest menu offerings are very tasty and as always, competitively priced for what comes to the table. The presentation invariably surpasses the expectation from the menu description.

‘The kitchen team always come up with something new, expertly presented and super tasty.’

‘By far THE BEST Sunday roast,’ another exclaimed. ‘(Eaten more than my fair share, so more than qualified!!) A small pub just off the centre of Bristol, with the genuinely friendliest team and clearly the most amazing chef. 10 out of 10.’

A third claimed that the roast is ‘faultless’.

‘Lovely staff, good wine and a proper normal pub,’ they added. ‘Three things that are essential to me for a roast dinner.

‘1: Rare beef, 2: plentiful condiments (whole jar horseradish for table), a decent nut-free pud (Banoffee meringue pie).

It was crowned for its roast in the Bristol Good Food Awards in 2018, and in 2019, the Bristol Tavern was hailed ‘Best Sunday lunch’ by the Observer Food Monthly Awards 2019

Customers pictured enjoyed their Sunday roast dinners at The Bank Tavern in Bristol, hugely popular for its menu

The pub has received glowing reviews for not only its Sunday roasts but exceptional customer service

‘Top marks! I will be back…if the waiting list ever goes down. Unlikely! Thanks so much to the team for making my friend’s birthday dinner special.’

‘Superb Sunday Roast,’ another review read.

‘I had tonkatsu pork as a starter and a main of Roast Beef. The food was superb. The staff are friendly and helpful and the place has a cosy homely vibe for a pub in the centre of Bristol.

‘4 year wait for a table and I can understand why. Everything was well thought out and balanced and they also have my favourite cider on tap. Can’t beat a Thatchers Dry.’

One customer would have even ‘happily licked off the plate’.

The hugely popular menu usually consists of a 30 day aged rare topside of beef, a slow cooked pork belly, a honey and rosemary roasted leg of lamb and a vegetable lentil loaf

Dylan Christoph pictured preparing vegetables for a roast at The Bank Tavern, which has been hailed for its food

Pictured: Dylan carves beef at the pub. The Sunday lunch has been a hit with patrons who have raved about it online 

The independent free house has been around since the 1800s and says it has survived ‘an alarming number of riots, two world wars, Bristol City Council town planners and Thatcher’

‘Sunday Lunch here was absolutely insane,’ they wrote. ‘The beef roast was to die for, large portion, beautifully presented and delicious!

‘Would happily of licked the plate. Had the rum soaked pineapple and coconut crumble for dessert, heaven! Booking here is almost impossible, and I now know why, we were very fortunate to get a walk in, well worth trying. Top work Chef, and team, a fantastic experience!’

The independent free house has been around since the 1800s and says it has survived ‘an alarming number of riots, two world wars, Bristol City Council town planners and Thatcher’. 

The Bank Tavern in the UK isn’t the only eatery in the UK to offer a long waiting list, with two others also featuring in the research’s top 10. 

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