Sunday Roast in Medway: Where to Book, Checked October 2026

The Sunday roasts most Medway people look for are by the water: the Command House beside Chatham’s Riverside Gardens, with bottomless roast potatoes and Yorkshires; the Ship and Trades at Chatham Maritime, carving a sharing roast at the table; and the two Upnor pubs, the Tudor Rose and the Ship. Every entry was checked against the venue’s own website on 25 October 2026.

We have not eaten at these places for this guide, and none of this is a review. Each entry gives what the pub or restaurant says about its Sunday lunch and what it publishes about prices, times and booking. We have added the Food Standards Agency hygiene rating, and we say where any other fact comes from. Prices are as shown on the venues’ menus on 25 October and change often. Almost every venue here asks you to book on Sundays.

Chatham and Rochester

The Command House, Chatham

The Command House sits on Dock Road beside Riverside Gardens, in a building listed at Grade II (Kent Historic Environment Record). Its site says every roast is “carved to order” and that the roast potatoes and Yorkshire puddings are bottomless with any adult roast. The Command House Trio of beef, lamb and chicken is £22.95; sirloin of beef or slow-roasted lamb £19.95; pork belly £18.95; chicken £17.95; a vegan Mediterranean veg tart £17.50. Children’s roasts are £6.95. The pub calls Sunday 1 November its “Relaunch Sunday” under new management, and it is offering free roast dinners to veterans and serving military personnel on Remembrance Sunday, 8 November. Roasts are served 12pm to 7pm. Book on 01634 949337. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 23 February 2026). Dock Road, ME4 4TX. Our listing.

The Ship and Trades, Chatham Maritime

The Ship and Trades is a Shepherd Neame pub and hotel overlooking a yacht basin of the former Royal Naval Dockyard. Its site has a Sunday Roast Sharing Feast for four or more: “perfectly roasted joints carved tableside” with roast potatoes, seasonal vegetables, Yorkshire puddings and gravy, then sharing desserts. The pub lists itself as dog friendly with wheelchair access and outdoor seating. It does not publish a price for the feast online, so ask when you book. Food on Sundays is served from 9am to 11am and from 12pm to 8pm. Call 01634 895200. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 21 October 2025). Maritime Way, ME4 3ER. Our listing.

Oliver’s, Rochester High Street

Oliver’s is a bar and restaurant at 186 High Street, Rochester. Its Sunday menu offers a roast for one at £17.50, with a choice of beef, honey roast gammon, chicken thigh or pork belly, and a Sunday roast sharer for two at £39, which adds cauliflower cheese, pigs in blankets and stuffing. The restaurant says the sharing boards “can be for 2, 4 or more”. There is a vegan mushroom bourguignon pie at £16.50 and a Yorkshire pudding wrap filled with roast chicken and the trimmings at £14. Under-12s get two courses for £10 or three for £12.50. You can eat in the garden. Sunday hours are 12pm to 5pm, and it is closed on Mondays. Book online through its site. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 10 August 2024). 186 High Street, ME1 1EY. Our listing.

Upnor, by the river

Upper and Lower Upnor sit on the Medway opposite Chatham Dockyard. Upper Upnor’s cobbled High Street leads down to Upnor Castle, and its public car park fills early on fine Sundays.

The Tudor Rose, Upper Upnor

The Tudor Rose is a Shepherd Neame pub beside Upnor Castle. Its site says “a traditional Sunday Roast menu, with a vegetarian option, is served every Sunday”, and asks you to phone for details, so prices are not published online. The pub describes a contemporary restaurant, a bar for lighter meals and a beer garden overlooking the river, and it lists a real fire. It also has two en-suite rooms. It opens on Sundays from 12pm to 11pm. Call 01634 714175 or email info@tudorroseupnor.co.uk. Hygiene rating 3 (FSA, 25 August 2026), the lowest in this guide. 29 to 31 High Street, ME2 4XG. Our listing.

The Ship, Lower Upnor

The Ship is a village pub on the river at Lower Upnor that came under new management in 2025, its site says, with a refurbished garden. Its Sunday menu lists roast beef, roast chicken and roast pork belly at £18.95 each and a vegetarian nut roast at £17.95, all with roast potatoes, honey-glazed carrots, seasonal greens and a Yorkshire pudding. A Caribbean jerk roast chicken with mac and cheese is also £18.95, and children’s roasts are £9. Roasts are served 12pm to 6pm. The pub opens on Sundays from 10.30am to 10pm. Book through its site or email info@theshipupnor.co.uk. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 26 February 2026). Upnor Road, ME2 4UY. Our listing.

Villages: Cuxton, Cliffe and the edge of Strood

The White Hart, Cuxton

The White Hart is a Shepherd Neame village pub just off junction 2 of the M2. Its current menu lists a “Traditional Sunday Roast” from £15.95, the lowest starting price in this guide, with a choice of meats. The menu gives the Sunday kitchen hours as 12pm to 5pm; the food page says roasts run from noon until 6pm, so check when you book. The pub says it has a large, dog-friendly beer garden with covered, heated tables, a children’s play area and a fire in winter, and its ales are kept by two Master Cellarmen. There is a children’s menu. Call 01634 789969 or email thewhitehartcuxton@gmail.com. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 8 November 2024). 1 Rochester Road, ME2 1AD. Our listing.

The Six Bells, Cliffe

The Six Bells is a 16th-century pub next to St Helen’s Church that its site says is the last of the thirteen pubs Cliffe once had. Roasts returned on Sunday 27 September 2026, served from 12.30pm. The Sunday menu has roast beef at £19.50, gammon, chicken or a nut roast at £18.50 and lamb shank at £22.50, with roast potatoes, carrots, red cabbage, green beans, stuffing and a Yorkshire pudding. Gluten-free Yorkshires and gravy are available. The Sunday Roast Dipping Platter, served with a bowl of gravy, is £25, or £31 with two meats. Open Sundays 9am to 10pm. Call 01634 221459. Hygiene rating 4 (FSA, 14 July 2026). 181 Church Street, ME3 7QD.

The Three Crutches, Old Watling Street

The Three Crutches stands on Old Watling Street on the edge of Strood, just across the boundary in Gravesham (the FSA lists it under Gravesham Borough Council). Its food page calls the roasts “our famous Sunday roasts”, served with rosemary roast potatoes, a Yorkshire pudding, cabbage, carrots, parsnips, peas, creamed leeks and gravy. Roast loin of pork is £19, chicken with sage and onion stuffing £19.50, British beef £20.50 and a trio of all three £22.50. A vegan wild mushroom bourguignon pie is £16, and there are children’s roasts. The pub has a rear garden and a front terrace. Food is served every day from 12pm to 9pm. Book through its site. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 19 May 2026). Old Watling Street, ME2 3UG. Our listing.

How we chose

We started with the Medway pubs and restaurants that come up again and again when people look for a Sunday roast, in public booking listings and local guides. We kept only those whose own websites say they serve a roast on Sundays and publish their menus, times or booking details, so each entry could be checked. Several well-known pubs were left out because we could not find a current website for them, or because the site showed placeholder prices. Every place here has a Food Standards Agency hygiene rating of 3 or above on the FSA register, checked on 25 October 2026. Our Medway food hygiene ratings story covers the borough’s ratings in full.

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Frequently asked questions

Where can I get a bottomless Sunday roast in Medway?

The Command House on Dock Road, Chatham, makes the roast potatoes and Yorkshire puddings bottomless with any adult roast, served from 12pm to 7pm. Its roasts run from £17.50 for the vegan Mediterranean veg tart to £22.95 for the Command House Trio of beef, lamb and chicken.

Which Medway pubs do a sharing Sunday roast?

Oliver’s on Rochester High Street has a Sunday roast sharer for two at £39 and says it can scale the boards up for four or more. The Ship and Trades at Chatham Maritime does a Sunday Roast Sharing Feast for four or more, carved at the table, and the Six Bells at Cliffe has a Sunday Roast Dipping Platter from £25.

What is the cheapest Sunday roast in this guide?

The White Hart at Cuxton lists its traditional Sunday roast from £15.95 on its current menu. Oliver’s in Rochester charges £17.50 for a roast for one, the Six Bells at Cliffe starts at £18.50 for a meat roast and the Ship at Lower Upnor at £18.95.