It's one of our finest great British traditions and for many it's classed as the best meal of the week.
And there's something wholly comforting about getting the family meeting up around the table for a delicious Sunday roast.
But not everyone will relish slaving over a hot stove and a pile of washing up on the day of rest.
With that in mind, there are plenty of pubs and restaurants that will do the hard work for you across Nottinghamshire.
The only hardship is deciding which one to pick.
Here we've had a look at some of the most popular places for the most British of meals across the county and just slightly beyond.
Pieminister
The pie supremo has come up with a twist on the classic Sunday lunch, combining its best-selling products with a roast dinner. Pick a pie (beef, wild venison, and free-range chicken) and turn it into the Sunday Best with on a bed of mash and topped with Yorkshire pud filled with swede and roast garlic and rosemary potatoes, and finished with pork crackling and a pig-in-blanket.
And, of course, there has to be a brimming boat of gravy on the side.
Gluten-free and vegan versions are also available meaning that all the family can sit down and enjoy the Sunday Best together at the restaurant. Served all day.
57 Long Row, Nottingham NG1 6JB
Rancliffe Arms
Hop over to Bunny for a cracking Sunday carvery with as many Yorkshire puds and roast potatoes as you can load onto your plate.
What better than sinking into a soft leather sofa in front of an open log fire, sipping chilled wine and real ales alongside the aroma of freshly roasted meats from the carvery...of course, with all the vegetables.
39 Loughborough Road, Bunny NG11 6QT
Annie's Burger Shack
Torn between a Sunday roast and a burger? Have both at the American diner in the Lace Market. The Sunday Dinner consists of a burger topped with roast chicken breast, homemade Yorkshire pudding, stuffing ball, mini roast potatoes and mini vegetables, all covered in homemade gravy.
And just like all the other burgers on the menu, there's veggie and vegan versions.
5 Broadway, Lace Market NG1 1PR
The Round House
The round building used to be part of the old General Hospital. Now a pub, it's worth a detour up the hill.
Roast beef, chicken, and pork belly are on the menu along with a vegan quorn roast with chickpea and parsnip hummus. Served noon to 7pm, with all the trimmings.
Main course is priced at £15 with two courses for £19 and three for £23.
Royal Standard Place, Nottingham NG1 6FS
https://theroundhousenottingham.com/sunday-lunch
Unicorn's Head
The country pub in Langar is always worth the journey. Sunday lunch is a carvery set-up with five types of locally sourced meats.
Topside of beef, leg of lamb, turkey, gammon or pork and crackling are on the menu with a choice of mash, boiled and roast potatoes, stuffing, a variety of veggies and Yorkshire puddings.
Main Street, Langar NG13 9HE
The Railway
After scooping a clutch of awards on the national and local stage, including the 2018 Nottinghamshire Food and Drink Awards' best pub, the village gastro pub has no shortage of fans; both locals and those who have hopped on the train to Lowdham for a leisurely Sunday dinner.
Take your pick from roast chicken, rump of beef or pork belly. It deserves a bonus point for serving bread sauce with the chicken. Food is served from noon to 6pm. You won't be disappointed.
Station Road, Lowdham NG14 7DU
Tailors Arms
The Sunday lunch has won high praise from diners, who rate it fantastic and delicious. One said: "Roast beef was delicious even the kids finished their food."
Since transforming from the Wilford Green into a gastro pub, complete with a brand new look and improved menu, the venue has won an army of fans who can't get enough of the melt-in-the-mouth meat and roasties, served noon to 7pm.
Options include locally sourced roast topside of beef from Tuxford, half a roast chicken, leg of lamb, roast turkey and butternut squash wellington.
Wilford Lane, Wilford NG11 7AX
Tom Browns Brasserie
Living up to the boast that it serves one of the finest traditional roast dinners in Nottingham, diners flock to the restaurant for roast sirloin of beef, served as it should be (pink), pork loin and chicken breast with proper roasties cooked in beef dripping. Panic not, vegetarians, the chef uses olive oil for non-meat eaters.
Book in between noon and 7pm.
Mini portions are available on the children's menu. Parties of ten or more can have a two and three-course set menu.
2 Gunthorpe Road, Gunthorpe NG14 7FB
The Martin's Arms
This charming old country inn, honoured by Michelin, Sawdays, Camra and the AA, has wooden beams and a more formal restaurant area with antique mahogany tables.
Nottinghamshire's Dining Pub of the Year for many years in a row brings something different to the table. It has previously served a leg of local lamb with parmesan gnocchi, peas, mint, onion hearts, anchovies and salsa verdi and 12-hour brined lemon chicken, sausage roll, sweet potato lyonnaise and purple broccoli, as well as a classic roast of Richard Taylor's sirloin of beef, Yorkshire pudding, beef dripping roast potatoes and, in their words, "proper gravy."
School Lane, Colston Bassett NG12 3FD
The Butchers Bar and Steakhouse
Over in Derbyshire, this Long Eaton restaurant nails a family Sunday lunch with a fore rib of beef or aged sirloin cooked over charcoal. In the past, meals have been carved at the table with piles of roast potatoes, seasonal greens, carrots, cauliflower and blue cheese and Yorkshire puddings.
Diners have previously enjoyed a 28-day aged sirloin, chicken breast or marinated pork cutlet with all the accompaniments.
West Gate, Long Eaton NG10 1EF
thebutchersbarandsteakhouse.co.uk
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