Sunday Roasts in Bristol

I'm on a quest to try as many Sunday Roasts in Bristol as I can in my time here. Roast dinners (used generally to refer to both lunch and dinner, as it is here) are typically British, consisting of a roast meat (beef/chicken/pork), roasted potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, sides of vegetables and gravy to top it off. When done well, it can be very satisfying and is a real treat to look forward to in the week!

I've had a few thus far - one at StartTheBus pub, Chin! Chin! restaurant and most recently, at The Square Club at Berkeley Hotel.

On their website, the Square Club claims to be a 2AA Rosette restaurant, and since they were having a "buy one get one half price" offer on their Sunday Roasts, I thought why not!

Sadly, what should have been the star of the dish fell far below expectations.

The duck fat roasted potatoes were nicely done, crisp on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside. The vegetable sides were buttered and decent. The Yorkshire pudding was fragrant and crisp on the edges where it should be and nice and soft in the centre.

But.

The roast beef was just tough beyond words. This was despite it being still pink (more like red) in the centre, and one would have expected that for it to be served in such a medium rare condition, it had better been tender like anything.

But it was not.

Perhaps the roast wasn't slow-cooked enough resulting in failure to achieve that soft, pulled-meat texture that the topside of beef is well capable of.

That aside though, the roast was decent, and at a price like that for a 2AA Rosette experience, it's worth a try. I noted that they have a £5 lunch deal for weekday lunches - shall give it a go soon, and hopefully it does the restaurant more justice.

Sunday Roast (12-4pm) 

£9.95 

(VAT inclusive, service charge exclusive)

The Square Kitchen

15 Berkeley Square

Clifton, Bristol

BS8 1HB

Tel: 0117 921 0455