The Ox

The Ox sits in a basement beneath the Commercial Rooms on Corn Street and is best known as a steak restaurant, which is exactly why its roast stands out: the headline is Buxton's dry-aged beef rump, alongside slow-roasted porchetta, a butternut squash nut roast for vegetarians and a 'Little Ox' children's roast, all with crispy potatoes, roast carrots, braised red cabbage, leeks, greens and the large Yorkshire puddings the venue bills as 'gigantic'. Sunday service runs from noon with roasts available until 5pm. The venue doesn't publish roast prices online, so confirm when booking — expect steakhouse rather than budget-pub pricing (its à la carte two- and three-course menus run roughly £25/£30). It earns the top spot over the more refined Kensington Arms because it pairs genuinely high-quality meat with a kids' menu and a central location, making it the easiest single choice for both couples and families — the trade-off is a windowless basement setting and roast service that ends at 5pm.