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Toby carvery is terrible now

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CurdinHenry · 06/11/2026 17:38

The cost of living crisis has gone too far

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Redorgreen · 06/11/2026 17:40

What is terrible now? The food, the service, the prices? All of it?

Greenwriter76 · 06/11/2026 17:45

Not the ones we go to - love their breakfast and carvery

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CurdinHenry · 06/11/2026 18:03

The vegetables are gross and paltry (scrape the bowls out with a spoon)

No beef left (on a Friday!)

Small salad bowls of gravy dripping everywhere

£££££

Can't believe anyone pays the £75 for Christmas day?? £75!

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CurdinHenry · 06/11/2026 18:03

The red cabbage is grey

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Redorgreen · 06/11/2026 18:06

I've never seen salad bowls of gravy. Is this a specific branch or multiple? Have you complained?

UnjustifiedAncient · 06/11/2026 18:08

It’s always been low quality meat and abominable gravy!

GucciBear · 06/11/2026 18:10

Always been fifth rate.

ginasevern · 06/11/2026 18:11

What does small salad bowls of gravy look like? Do you mean the gravy is served in salad bowls, and why is it dripping everywhere?

TeensNoMore · 06/11/2026 18:12

Had a lovely breakfast there on Thursday.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 06/11/2026 18:14

They used to be good , my DC loved going there for dinner (meat free for DH/DD /me . Carvery for DS but he only ate the chicken).
Really nice Yorkshire Puddings .
Then after Covid , they changed and we found them to be more £ and downhill.
We prefered one over the others near us.

MyballsareSandy2015 · 06/11/2026 18:15

Our local one has always been shit … luke warm food and regular punch ups. It makes spoons look classy.

Mycatmyworld · 06/11/2026 18:15

£75 for Christmas Day is about the going these days, & personally I think it’s on par with other venues, we have had many Christmas days at Toby Cant be bothered with the the faff, I like a complete day off

BillieWiper · 06/11/2026 18:17

CurdinHenry · 06/11/2026 18:03

The red cabbage is grey

It's blue if you boil it, so must be grey if you let it sit in water for ages.

It needs to be braised in oil/ butter and small amount of stock to retain the colour.

Sounds awful. I always wished there was one near me but maybe not now!

MyballsareSandy2015 · 06/11/2026 18:19

£75 for Xmas dinner at a Toby is extortionate … for £25 more you can get a superb Christmas lunch at a very nice pub around here.

MyballsareSandy2015 · 06/11/2026 18:19

Do you still have to queue up on xmas day with your plate 🤔😂

Xanthippe1 · 06/11/2026 18:27

CurdinHenry · 06/11/2026 18:03

The red cabbage is grey

I'm particularly concerned about the red cabbage being grey.
Was it actually grey, or just a rather disappointing shade of purple?
I'm trying to establish whether this is primarily a catering issue or a botanical one

Shoxfordian · 06/11/2026 18:29

What do you mean, now? It's always been terrible

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 06/11/2026 18:39

It has always been shit, hasn't it?

Vitrolinsanity · 06/11/2026 18:44

Actually no. It’s being going decades and I can really remember it being very good. Now, it’s franchisetastic and the quality is aligned with pile it high, sell it cheap. Don’t get me started in the brown bags of air that are the Yorkshires.

Vitrolinsanity · 06/11/2026 18:45

I can remember the Bromley outlet from when I was maybe 15. I’m 60 now. The good old days.

WonderingWanda · 06/11/2026 18:51

I've only been once 16 years ago when I had a baby and a friend convinced me to go there for lunch. It was horrible then.

hattie43 · 06/11/2026 18:51

It’s always been cheap shit meals

TheHairInClaudiasEyes · 06/11/2026 18:52

George Michael loved a carvery.

MyballsareSandy2015 · 06/11/2026 19:22

TheHairInClaudiasEyes · 06/11/2026 18:52

George Michael loved a carvery.

Really! Bloody hell with all his money 😂

AccidentalPrawnYouFool · 06/11/2026 20:22

Has Toby carvery ever been good? I’d rather have a McDonald’s!