Sydney's top 10 spots for a Sunday winter roast

Few things are as cheering on a chilly winter Sunday as a delicious roast lunch. Here are 10 Sydney spots that will make you glad you got out of bed.

Felix

A classic French dish with a modern twist right in the middle of the city. This roast chicken for two ($66) is garnished seasonally - think Jerusalem artichokes, parsnips or carrots. Chickens are brought in each Saturday evening from Thirlmere and roasted overnight Provencal style.

2 Ash Street, Sydney, merivale.com.au/felix

Dove and Olive

This stylish Surry Hills pub offers a cheap yet cheerful Sunday roast special. For $15 per person you can enjoy a traditional roast, with different meats every week, such as lamb, pork, veal and chicken. Spend the money you save on lunch on something special from one of the nearby boutiques and galleries.

156 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, doveandolive.com.au

Watsons Bay Boutique Hotel

Here's a pork roast with all the trimmings, including sides of Yorkshire pudding and pumpkin. The $50 price-tag (per person) also includes a glass of mulled wine and dessert. Make a day of it by catching the ferry from the city.

1 Military Road, Watsons Bay, watsonsbayhotel.com.au

Pilu at Freshwater

Head over to Pilu at Freshwater for a serve of their 12-kilogram free-range roasted suckling pig from the Hawkesbury region. Roasted at several different temperatures to achieve a paper-thin crackling, and served with a black olive tapenade, sweet and sour cabbage and fermented radishes, it has been the venue's signature dish for more than a decade. This classically Sardinian roast costs $100 for two and includes potatoes and green salad.

Moore Road, Freshwater, piluatfreshwater.com.au

Botanic Gardens Restaurant

What better way to spend a Sunday than to burrow into the Royal Botanic Gardens and share a delicious Sunday roast for $30 per person. It comes with a rotating range of meat options, such as roast beef, chicken, pork and turkey. The trimmings, gravy and wine list also change regularly, so be sure to ask what's next in line.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney, botanicrestaurant.com.au

Woolwich Pier Hotel

Catch a ferry to this 19th-century hotel and enjoy a $29 (per person) family-style roast while snuggling up to the fireplace and overlooking the harbour. There are two meat options - pork rack or Riverine saddle of lamb - rotating every few weeks. Both come with roast potatoes, pumpkin mash, roasted apple puree and yorkshire pudding with mint jelly and gravy.

2 Gale Street, Woolwich, woolwichpierhotel.com.au

The Public in Cammeray

For roast lamb that drips off the bone (and is available all week), check out the recently opened Public at Cammeray. A paper bag is opened at your table to unleash the delicious smell of the slow-roasted lamb shoulder ($22 a head), which comes with potatoes, roasted zucchini, charred lemon, tzatziki and pita.

429 Miller Street, Cammeray, thepubliccammeray.com.au

The Roosevelt

Step back in time at this art deco Potts Point establishment as you tuck into a traditional roast ($25 per person). The chef changes the menu every week, offering a beef sirloin and Yorkshire pudding with horseradish mascarpone one week, and slow-roasted pork crackling with baked apple and cider jus the next.

Ground Floor, 32 Orwell Street, Potts Point, theroosevelt.com.au

Papi Chulo

This incredibly tasty pork belly ($29 for one serve) with lashings of barbecue sauce can be eaten as a full roast or as single portions on fluffy white bread. Cooked rotisserie style, the pork is perfectly crackled on the outside with tender, juicy pork belly in the middle.

22-23 E Esplanade, Manly, merivale.com.au/papichulo

Charing Cross Hotel

If you are looking for a traditional roast, the Charing Cross has you covered. The historic hotel is manned by executive chef Matt Kemp (formerly of Balzac and Montpellier Public House) and offers a traditional beef roast every Sunday. The pasture-fed sirloin ($29 for one serve) is accompanied by winter vegetables, yorkshire pudding, horseradish cream and gravy. Head chef Stephen Scott calls it "honest food, it's homely", touting "generous servings". Different roast specials alternate every Sunday including pork belly and legs of chicken and lamb, all served until late.

81 Carrington Rd, Waverley, charingcrosshotel.com.au