I tried Liverpool's new Sunday roast concept - here's what I thought

Voyagers Restaurant & Bar has launched its new roast dinner concept - Sunday with Sides.

The new menu at the Duke Street restaurant, located in the Halyard hotel, offers five main courses - each accompanied by charred honey-roasted carrots, golden roast potatoes, a Yorkshire pudding and bottomless gravy.

Options include slow-cooked shin of beef, fennel and parsley porchetta with crackling, lemon and thyme roasted chicken supreme, miso and mustard glazed shoulder of lamb or a vegan option of chestnut, lentil and cranberry stuffed portobello mushroom.

You then get to personalise your roast with what Voyagers believes to be the “world’s biggest Sunday roast sides selection”, including rosemary salt roast potatoes. multiple cauliflower cheese options, maple-glazed parsnips finished with pecan crumb, pigs in blankets and more.

Each main comes at a set price between £14.50 and £23, with the sides then priced at £4 each, 3 for £10 or 5 for £16. It is recommended that each guest orders around three sides.

My partner and I were invited to visit last Sunday and I opted for the vegan option, while he chose the lamb. It is worth noting that if you’re vegan, your main won’t come with the standard honey carrots or Yorkshire pud as they’re veggie only.

I chose to have the charred tenderstem broccoli with hazelnut dukkah as one of my sides, as well as the red cabbage. I had also hoped to try the maple parsnips, but as we booked in for an evening sitting, they were sadly sold out.

My partner chosen sides of n’duja cauliflower cheese, triple-cooked chips and pigs in blankets.

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Our sides and mains came out promptly, and we were gobsmacked by the sides’ portion sizes which were very generous. While my mushroom and potatoes looked a little sad without the Yorkshire pudding or carrots, my plate was quickly overflowing with the delicious broccoli, cabbage and beetroot - and I didn’t feel like I was missing out at all.

My partner thoroughly enjoyed his meal too and couldn’t finish his sides due to being full - which is pretty rare. We both loved the concept of being able to pick and choose exactly what you want, as I’m a fussy vegan and he prefers to avoid vegetables with a roast.

I’d definitely say two sides per person is enough as the main comes with a generous amount of food already - but the 5 for £16 deal is a pretty good option if you’re sharing.

Although I would have loved a vegan-friendly Yorkshire pudding and carrots, the roast offerings were really impressive with a total of vegan-friendly sides available - unheard of!