King Carveries, Coventry

Head to Earlsdon Ave North and you'll find yourself in a proper neighbourhood pub that gets what people actually want: a decent roast without the faffing about. You're carving your own from the trolley, loading up with Yorkshire puds and veg like you mean it. It's the kind of place where families sit next to regulars, everyone's got a plate piled high, and nobody's pretending Sunday lunch is anything other than a serious business. The Stout and Stone group runs a tight ship here, and it shows—people keep coming back.