I went along to Roast to look at the venue for a dinner for a restaurant / hotel group I belong to. It was a stunning sunny day in the market and the hustle and bustle made me much more glad I was eating at the peacefull yet vibrant Roast for lunch. While I sipped my ever so good soya latte waiting for my colleaugue to arrive I watched many shoppers buying up the local wares from the market and witnessed sunny shoppers eating amazing chorizo and rocket baps while wandering around the fascinating streets.

The staff at the restaurant are very attentive and were very good at ensuring I was fine and comfortable as I waited. My colleaugue finally arrived and we were shown to our table and greeted with a chilled glass of bubbly. This went down very well on this sunny day.

We didnt have starters but dived right into the main courses and so glad we did as the portions were pretty large. I had the pigs cheeks with a parsnip mash and we orderd some extra crispy roast potatoes and curly kale to go with the meal. My colleague had a starter made larger for his meal and they accomodated perefctly for this.

The pigs cheeks melted in my mouth and went exceptionally well with the mash. The roast potatoes were a little dissapointing and not as crispy on the outside and or as fluffy in the centre as I would have liked and not very hot but the kale was amazing and something I havnt had for a while now. Why we dont eat more of that vegetable I now wonder!

We had a lovely glass of wine with our meal and the service yet again was very good, I would say a little over attentive maybe. We rounded the meal off with a great espresso and paid the bill. I will be booking the venue for sure and in the meantime I am going back this week for a dinner for a friends birthday. Hoping it will be just as good!

I would recommend this restaurant if you love British fare and local sourcing.