to expect a Sunday carvery to be hot?

[onthelastlegtohome]

We helped ourselves to the carvery in a busy pub at 1.30 today, the carvery had already been on offer for some time, The food was under heaters, the plates were warm, not hot, the food was luke warm. The manager said the heaters were tested and were at normal carvery standard, and if I liked my food piping hot, I should order something from the kitchen. fair enough, I realise the food shouldn't be cooked further, but generally, do you think the standard of heat produced by the heaters is too low or does everyone accept that food from a carvery is always luke warm?

Oh, yuck! No, that's not nice and surely not very healthy?

call enviromental health and ask them. tobys carbery is always really hot

I'm generally not a fan of carverys because they are too easy to get wrong, bit there is a pub near us that has just started doing them and they are fabulous. Food isn't hot out of the oven type hot, but I wouldn't say it's lukewarm either. They keep the gravy properly hot, which I think makes a big difference because I like loads of gravy.

If its really busy the food won't get a chance to be ruined by the heat.