Toby Carvery Almondsbury Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were welcoming and cheerful despite being under pressure."
• "The chef who served us our carvery was really cheery and friendly but also quick and efficient."
• "Seated promptly, drinks orders taken immediately."
• "Great service friendly and personable staff."
• "The staff were very friendly and helpful but we're very busy."
• "Staff very friendly (big shout out to Viv for being great) and food spot on."
• "The staff working this morning (9th October 2022) are an absolute credit to this place."

Cons:

• "Most of us in our party was disappointed with their main meal, the service was ok, but what shocked us more than anything was the fact the place closed at 21.00!!"
• "Poor bar service, slow waiting staff, poor selection of seasonal vegetables."
• "The service provided by the 'manager' was very poor when meeting the requests of the party."
• "Slow poor service. Staffed by young people with no motivation to work just standing around no welcome or smile."
• "Service and food was poor. We had to queue for carvery for over 30 min. By the time we got there a lot of meat selections were gone, the vegetables were dried."
• "Service was great the food was terrible!"
• "Service was ridiculously slow, they had close the deck at 8:30 we waited an hour to order puddings and drinks."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is always good and I have no complaints at all with this."
• "Food as always was hot, plentiful and delicious."
• "The carvery was excellent plenty of meat and the vegetable choice was amazing."
• "Excellent food quality and quantity."
• "The food was delicious and hot and the gravy was yummy."
• "The food hot and well presented, all the food was very tasty being cooked to perfection."
• "Lovely hot food... Meat cooked perfectly."

Cons:

• "Food was ok, only ale on was Doom Bar."
• "The carvery had run out of three of the four meats supposedly on offer, and the potatoes and vegetables looked like they had been regurgitated."
• "Honestly the worst restaurant/pub I’ve ever been to."
• "Beef as usual was just pure fat and nothing else."
• "The veterinarian gravy was really lumpy."
• "This was the worst experience of a meal i have ever had food not hot, just warm very little choice on offer no chips for children and drinks extremely poor."
• "Food and drinks were also more expensive."

Ambiance & Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Had a great Sunday Roast & stopped overnight in my campervan free of charge."
• "Lots of parking space."
• "Very clean and friendly."
• "The place was clean and the beers were cold."
• "Restaurant was clean and tidy. You are still required to wear a mask when entering and walking around."
• "Place was clean."
• "Toilets very clean and easily accessible."

Cons:

• "There weren't many people in so the atmosphere was very quiet."
• "The real lowlight was a having to use the toilet facilities! They were filthy and disgusting."
• "The toilets were also very disappointing, the male toilets had large puddles of liquids near the urinals, and a cubicle whose door was jammed."
• "Could use a bit more fresh air in there though, you could sit outside but the outside spaces aren't very comfortable and not really protected from the busy road."
• "The area to get your veggies was a mess, though, with bits of food everywhere."
• "Only slight downside was floor needed clearing from a lot of food that had obviously been dropped in bar area and under tables."
• "Pretty run down from the outside, sticky tables, food trodden into carpets on the inside....service was a bit short and the lady who took us to our table was almost irritated."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Great value for money. Carvery meat portions good too."
• "The prices for breakfast and carvery are very good in this high cost of living crisis."
• "Overall, it was good value for money and we had a really good meal."
• "great food very good value because of discount but would be worth the full amount."
• "The value for money is extremely good."
• "Meals are always really value for money."
• "Everything was absolutely delicious, and the fact that it came to just £6.29 was a steal."

Cons:

• "But we went on a £5 offer so felt no need to complain."
• "The food wasn't as good as Tobys Cavery in Witchchurch."
• "The meat was cold and tasteless."
• "The bottomless drinks glasses were slow to arrive."
• "Only other downside was that it was freezing cold where we were sat."
• "Food was okay although not a good selection of veg in my opinion."
• "4.99 for a tiny bowl of uninspiring crumble."