Toby Carvery Macclesfield Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Fantastic carvery, I come here most weeks and I can’t fault the food."
• "The food was delicious, and you can help yourself to as much as you can eat."
• "Beautiful fresh food."
• "The food was so fresh and hot. The beef was melt in the mouth."
• "The food was fresh, hot & tasty."
• "Really nice hot food & very tasty & the meats available were very lean."
• "The food was great and the chefs were polite as always."

Cons:

• "The veg selection, which is almost always going cold."
• "Wasn't much in the way of choice on the hot plate and considering it cost £8.50 was disappointed at the standard of the cooking."
• "The turkey was ok, the beef was total fat and so tough and chewie it was inedible."
• "Food was a buffet, and due to the hot lights keeping it warm, it all tasted rubbery."
• "The only meat left was pork which was both soggy and chewy at the same time."
• "The beef, lamb gammon were all undercooked and full of fat was not even edible!!!"
• "The food was terrible. Fatty, watery gammon and grisly beef."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff here are always very friendly and courteous."
• "We were delighted to be served by a happy and welcoming Georgie."
• "Service was excellent and we look forward to visiting again."
• "Our waiter was very pleasant and welcoming."
• "The staff were extremely friendly & very helpful."
• "All staff were very friendly, open & willing to help which if you are a mum to an autistic child would understand how we struggle daily keep up the good work please."
• "The staff are so friendly and polite."

Cons:

• "Very busy and too few staff to cope with bar and eatery at the same time."
• "Sorry 2 say fall short as staff..never came too table too help or clear plates 7 of us this ngt."
• "On entry approached by a very surly young lady, one star removed for her attitude."
• "The server asked if we wanted the dessert menu and we replied in the affirmative. Almost 10 minutes later there was no sign of the menus."
• "Friendly staff, but very poor availability and quality of advertised meats."
• "Service was absolutely appalling."
• "Staff are not very customer friendly. 'Charlie' needs to learn to appreciate customers a little more."

Value

Pros:

• "Very respectable price."
• "For the money this is a great place for a carvery."
• "Great value especially when 2 eat for £10 with voucher on app."
• "Very good value for money."
• "Food was good value for money, with decent quality."
• "A cheap place for a good meal."
• "The prices are reasonable and the soft drinks are refillable."

Cons:

• "it is expensive for what you get."
• "They have hiked the prices, so not such good value."
• "I used to give this place a higher rating because it was cheep, after going back I found out its now the same price as other places with far higher quality."
• "Tea and coffee are extras, so for 3 of us, the bill was £20!!."
• "Is £13 expensive for something like this (refillable plate and drinks)? Quality is lacking and you can cook this yourself for roughly the same price..."
• "The Carvery servings were miniscule extremely thinly carved portions of beef, pork or chicken with no lamb on offer."
• "First of all I must say the carvery food and waiter service is very good. Unfortunately booking for a party of 9 for fathers day including 2 young children became expensive."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Nice atmosphere and lovely plentiful food the carvery was delicious."
• "The atmosphere was very strange as all the staff seemed to be on another planet."
• "Atmosphere was not drab and boring quite the opposite. Lively for a nice evening meal."
• "The general atmosphere was relaxed."
• "The whole place has a calm, & relaxed ambience."
• "Despite being in close to a main road is quiet and relaxing."
• "For a beautiful calming hour I sat in a warm oasis with my hot coffee, toast and jam, being smiled at, being wished Good Morning."

Cons:

• "The place is pretty soulless and nondescript at the same time."
• "Find another Toby Carvery as a graveyard has a better atmosphere than here!!!!"
• "Although cheap, i didn't think the food was nice... it pretty much tasted of mushy nothingness..."
• "Very warm and lots of flies indoors."
• "The decor looked old and tired and as first time visitors we expected more from this Toby Carvery."
• "The seats in the restaurant were shabby and in need of replacement."
• "The table was sticky."