London Easter Sunday Roast Beef Dinner recommendations

It's known as a Sunday Roast. While some type of beef is the most common, it can include any type of roast meat--lamb, mutton, etc.

It is typically served in the afternoon although you can have it in the evening. It includes roast meat, roast potatoes, veg of some type, Yorkshire pudding and gravy. It's more than fancy Arbys.

Most pubs serve a Sunday Roast but there are more traditional restaurants serving it as well.

I'll let others give recommendations as to where.

Thanks for clarification. Sunday Roast makes a lot more sense. Arby's is just a joke.

Definitely more of a lunch thing than dinner. Service will start around midday most places. As it's Easter Sunday, everyone and their dog will be out for lunch, and possibly a drink at the pub in the afternoon, as Monday is a public holiday.

Quality will vary. Pubs are a popular choice, with the quality varying from a level you'd expect at Arby's back home to very high. Really high quality will be on the expensive side, even in a pub rather than a proper restaurant. If you have lodgings outside of central London, consider the local pubs first. It is going to be very busy at Easter and you'll probably need to consider reservations.

It's awkward for me to Google and post links just now, but there has been much written on the subject and published on the internet. Listings magazine Time Out will have an up to date guide on what's hot and what's not on the Sunday roast front in London. I don't have any particular recommendations, apart from locally to me, and I wouldn't have you trek out here.

my memory is that Arby's is a sandwich in a paper wrapper.

Sunday Roast is a large meal, served on a plate - usually a quite large plate - and the meal fills the plate. Not a paper wrapper or sandwich in sight.

Ah my mistake. I thought it was an actual steak place or something. Not equivalent then.

Time Out's top Sunday roasts in London, from January - https://www.timeout.com/london/food-and-drink/londons-best-sunday-lunches

You'll have nearly 3 dozen choices so you'll need to keep those salivary glands under control...

Happy ogling reading....

GerryM have you been to any of the Hackney food troughs mentioned in the list? Or the ones in Stokey?

It's funny me saying that I wouldn't ask the OP to trek out to Hackney for Sunday lunch, but Time Out would. The Gun in Homerton is number one on their list. Half of the places mentioned are within 2 or 3 miles of me.

As far as where I've been on the list, The Gun is a nice pub. It was one of the vanguard of gentrifiers in Homerton a few years back. The Cat and Mutton is another very hip place, in a traditional style. I've only been in both for the purposes of drinking, but food looks great in that article. On scrolling a bit more, I've also been to The Old Queens Head on Essex Road and The Marksman on Hackney Road. I'm familiar with many more on the list from outside.

If I were in fact to suggest a trek out to Hackney based on this list, I'd probably go for The Cat and Mutton or The Prince Arthur. The Prince Arthur sounds really interesting, with their fancy named chefs. Both are on or near Broadway Market, which is nice. Either of these combined with a walk around London Fields and / or a stroll along the Regents Canal to Victoria Park would be a nice afternoon out on a good day. Overground train from Liverpool Street to London Fields or a 55 bus from Tottenham Court Road / New Oxford Street to Mare Street.

Just picturing London Fields has reminded me that everywhere will be absolutely bouncing on Easter Sunday. Make the reservations well ahead of time if you're interested in any places on Time Out's list.

I'd also add that an early afternoon reservation is best. Many places will sell out of their most popular cuts of meat quite early on a busy day.