Toby Carvery Bolton Reviews Summary

Building and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Beautifully decorated for Christmas. Such a lovely building to dine in."
• "It is a beautiful building, steeped in history."
• "The building is beautiful."
• "10/10 building, you can certainly see why they offer wedding packages."
• "If you’ve not been to this Toby before it’s well worth a visit just to look at the building!"
• "The building is amazing! Grand and impressive."
• "The building itself is clearly historic, beautiful, probably the grandest building for a carvery I have ever seen."
• "Lovely restaurant, all the staff are very polite and pleasant and have always given a great service."

Cons:

• "The building is beautiful. Food not so good, the staff didn’t really seem to care."
• "The atmosphere was weird, it is a nice looking old estate house."
• "Took my elderly relative here today against my better judgement as he wanted to go. The rooms are dark and quite oppressive."
• "Think it needs a bit of a revamp as wallpaper is falling off walls."
• "We went for Fathers day. It was really warm in the side room were we sat to eat."
• "The dine in experience was amazing at this Toby Carvery, the building alone was a picture."
• "Very nice carvery in an old building with a grand historic feeling, awesome decor."
• "First of all the atmosphere is horrendous, similar to a doctors surgery waiting room. Absolute silence, no music."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "All of the food was delicious, served piping hot, fresh and thoroughly enjoyable."
• "We all ate from the carvery which was a great decision as everyone really enjoying their meals."
• "The veg is great and unlimited."
• "The food was amazing and thr staff were very helpful and friendly."
• "This is always such a nice carvery. The food is really good and the service is excellent."
• "The food was amazing but even better was the customer service from Veronika and Lauren."
• "Food was lovely, all cooked fresh, just let down by flat Yorkshires but found one with 'puff' in it when requested."
• "Had a lovely experience at Toby Carvery. Was politely seated by Sam and served with a smile."

Cons:

• "The food was dry, fatty and flavourless, I’ve never tasted anything so atrocious."
• "Mash potato!! - Really it's just boiled spuds shook up when drained to look like mash."
• "The roast potatoes were almost raw inside, the cauliflower cheese was hard to cut up and the gravy was very watery!"
• "The food was fairly tasteless, the gravy watery, the cauliflower too undercooked."
• "The meat was dried up and we was only given shreds of it. The Yorkshire puddings were deflated."
• "Beef was leathery, the gammon had been waaay oversalted for some reason."
• "The roast potatoes were tasteless and not crispy. I did not enjoy my food at all."
• "The food was some of the worst I’ve ever tasted, the meat was dryer than the desert."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "Service was excellent even with them being busy and all staff were polite and attentive."
• "The staff could not have been more helpful and kind, including taking the time to talk about the history."
• "Michelle was amazing really friendly and helpful."
• "Jude was our server and was extremely attentive and knowledgeable about the building."
• "Lovely staff, was greeted by Sam, so friendly, polite and helpful."
• "The staff are always very welcoming, friendly and professional."
• "The staff were all so absolutely friendly and super welcoming."
• "The staff... they were amazing and friendly, made clear to us what to do after being seated."

Cons:

• "The service which was shocking, the waitress literally ran away from us."
• "The service was terrible. Waited 10minutes to even be greeted as there was only 3members of staff."
• "Absolutely horrendous. I have never experienced such poor and rude service."
• "The service was okay the food was awful. Ordered the carvery and pigs in blankets."
• "There was a wedding upstairs in the function room but there were no staff around downstairs."
• "No one came to the table to take our order so got up and asked one of the few staff."
• "Had to ask on several occasions to order but kept getting ignored and waitress went to other."
• "Server walking round chewing gum, taking ages to serve you, food average rst potatoes hard."

Value and Pricing

Pros:

• "We thought the food was very good quality and great value for money."
• "The veg is great and unlimited."
• "Portions were very good even on standard."
• "Surprisingly good food, I'm not usually a fan of carveries but visited here for a birthday party."
• "Definitely the best pub restaurant building in a large mile range, and the food quality is just as good."
• "A fantastic setting for a traditional carvery meal. The building is amazing to look at."
• "Excellent place to eat with plenty of selection, the meats are of great quality."
• "For the price, the Sunday roast was very good indeed. 5 choices of meats and unlimited vegetables."

Cons:

• "No wonder this place is so cheap!!!"
• "We arrived 10 mins late, and I get it that we should have been on time but we paid a fortune per head."
• "Poor cold food, tables dirty, took ages to get drinks and was half way through the carvery before getting them."
• "Tiny pieces of meat given on the carvery. All in all just a disappointing experience for the price."
• "We opted to go for the XL carvery, which included sausages, but the carver said they were still waiting for them to cook."
• "We pre booked a table with it being a Sunday, on arrival we were quickly shown to our table, unfortunately it was in a tight corner."
• "Meat portions are very tight even with the upgrade."
• "6 of us as a family visited here, they changed our time from 7 p.m to 5 p.m, the room we were sat in was quite dark."