Swansea named the most expensive place in the UK for a Sunday roast

Roast dinners are the ultimate comfort food, and with the cold weather officially here, there’s no better time to tuck into this classic British staple. But which cities serve the most expensive roast dinners?

To find out, Betway analysed data from 179 different Toby Carvery, Greene King, and Brewers Fayre restaurants across the country to reveal the most and least expensive places to get a weekend roast dinner.

Swansea is the most expensive place for a roast dinner, with prices averaging £12.89

Coming in as the most expensive city for roast dinners is Swansea. Average prices are around £12.89, which is nearly 20% more than in Wolverhampton. The most expensive pub is the Cockleshell Toby Carvery, which offers roasts for as high as £14.29, though there are a few pubs in the city where you can get a roast for £11.49 – a 25% difference in price. 

With an average of £12.57, Leicester is in second place. There are two locations included in the study where diners can get a roast dinner for £10.99, including Farmhouse Inns’ Grove Farm pub, but one location is as high as £13.99. 

In third place is Gloucester, with average roast prices of £12.49. The most expensive prices included in the study are around £14.79, but, thanks to the trusty prices of Brewers Fayre, diners will find roasts for as low as £11.49 in the city.  

Wolverhampton is the cheapest city in the UK for Sunday lunch, with roasts averaging £10.99

Taking the top spot as the cheapest city for a roast dinner is Wolverhampton, where roasts cost an average of just £10.99. One Greene King location, the Nickelodeon, is as cheap as £9.49, the lowest price of any roast dinner in the study. Prices do go as high as £11.49 at some Wolverhampton pubs analysed in the study, however this is the standard price at most Brewers Fayre locations across the country. 

Glasgow has come in second place. Roast dinners in the Scottish city average £11.52, just 5% more than in Wolverhampton. There’s not too much of a price range in Glasgow, with all roast dinners analysed in the study ranging from £11.49 to £11.69. 

In third place is Newcastle, with roast dinners costing around £11.70 in the city. One Greene King location offers roasts for as low as £9.99, but there are a couple of pubs included in the study that are a little pricier, at £13.79 – a 38% difference in price. 

Are Swansea Sunday lunches out worth the cost? Where’s you’re favourite place for a roast dinner? Tell us in the comments below!