Toby Carvery - What's Not To Like ?

wiffachip
wiffachip Posts: 861
edited January 2010 in The bottom bracket
3 types of meat, 8 veg, perfect gravy and only £5 with a voucher, including an ice cream sundae

a wonderful British institution, just don't tell Heston Blumenthal

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  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    Sounds great - quantity over quality?
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    One mans fish paste is anothers caviar. If you like it whats wrong with that ?

    Unless its a pot noodle of course, vomit of Satan that stuff. :evil:
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    dmclite wrote:
    One mans fish paste is anothers caviar. If you like it whats wrong with that ?

    Unless its a pot noodle of course, vomit of Satan that stuff. :evil:

    Unlike your avatar!!! :wink:
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    My avatar is the envy of cakestop. Its what I will have on the first bbq of the year. :wink:
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    dmclite wrote:
    My avatar is the envy of cakestop. Its what I will have on the first bbq of the year. :wink:

    First point, fair enough. I thought it was McD's! Secondly, have you got a patio heater? We're not due any sunshine until next year.
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  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    We use a local Toby, about once a week.
    We use it as a focul point for a meeting with some friends.
    The food is very well cooked and the menu pricing keeps it within the reach of all.
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  • singlespeedexplosif
    singlespeedexplosif Posts: 1,564
    I didn't know Tobys still existed! not seen one in years.
  • -spider-
    -spider- Posts: 2,548
    For value they are Ok but I find that the veg is usually cooked beyond taste, the service can be a little erratic. I choose to avoid them now.
    -Spider-
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,156
    Its is amazing some of these places can provide lunch for those prices.

    Used to avoid, my now with the kids, it means you can go for a sunday walk, treat one of the grandparents and not empty the bank account!
  • vitesse169
    vitesse169 Posts: 422
    We prefer the 'sizzler' at Yate - its the brimsham park. A large ultimate combo is 8oz steak, chicken breast, 2 skewers of king prawns, fries, onino rings etc fo £8.79..... wot a bargain.......!
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    hopper1 wrote:
    We use a local Toby, about once a week.
    We use it as a focul point for a meeting with some friends.
    The food is very well cooked and the menu pricing keeps it within the reach of all.

    unfortunately, i find this to be the problem! dry turkey and leather beef.....
    ....although to be fair this is a challenge for more expensive carveries too....
  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    wiffachip wrote:
    3 types of meat, 8 veg, perfect gravy and only £5 with a voucher, including an ice cream sundae

    a wonderful British institution, just don't tell Heston Blumenthal
    for £5 and no washing up its great. healthy too . thumb up. (i know its not piere-whites).
  • wiffachip
    wiffachip Posts: 861
    -spider- wrote:
    For value they are Ok but I find that the veg is usually cooked beyond taste, the service can be a little erratic. I choose to avoid them now.

    it's self service
  • -spider-
    -spider- Posts: 2,548
    I noticed - had to clear the table myself.
    -Spider-
  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    It's alright if you are hungry & can't be arsed to cook. Not memorable or particulary enjoyable food though.
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  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,156
    passout wrote:
    It's alright if you are hungry & can't be arsed to cook. Not memorable or particulary enjoyable food though.

    When the food is average, the people make the difference
  • pedylan
    pedylan Posts: 768
    matthew h wrote:
    When the food is average, the people make the difference

    Is that a culinary/social observation or a mathematical expression? :wink:
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  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,156
    pedylan wrote:
    matthew h wrote:
    When the food is average, the people make the difference

    Is that a culinary/social observation or a mathematical expression? :wink:[/quote

    :lol:
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    I'll stick to The Ivy.

    Or Wetherby Whaler!
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  • carrock
    carrock Posts: 1,103
    In my experience, you dont get enough meat- you can go for seconds of veg only but not meat, and it's full of frightul people in sportswear and hoopy ear-rings. Good value though
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,156
    carrock wrote:
    In my experience, you dont get enough meat- you can go for seconds of veg only but not meat, and it's full of frightul people in sportswear and hoopy ear-rings. Good value though

    always nice to see the family :)
  • pst88
    pst88 Posts: 621
    Where do you get the voucher from?
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  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    I wouldn't go in a Toby carvery if it was free personally. That and Brewers Fayre, dreadful food.
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    I'd rather lick a tramps armpit !

    You get poor quality meat, over cooked veg, tasteless gravey and the people...... don't get me started !!!!! It's like someones cast a net out in Argos !!!
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  • wiffachip
    wiffachip Posts: 861
    pst88 wrote:
    Where do you get the voucher from?

    loads of places, lots in the press, failing that the vouchercodes website
  • wiffachip
    wiffachip Posts: 861
    MattC59 wrote:
    I'd rather lick a tramps armpit !

    no you wouldn't, but I be glad if you'd prove me wrong, but make sure you put the evidence on youtube and post the link

    anyway, you can't lick your own armpit, or is it your elbow ?
  • Bear77
    Bear77 Posts: 60
    I'd rather lick MattC's armpit. Those chain pubs are the dullest places in the world, and a carvery is the dullest way to eat dull food. At least in McDonalds you get people in sportswear fighting each other for entertainment. Mind you I havn't been to either for years so what do I know :)
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  • Ollieda
    Ollieda Posts: 1,010
    As a student I don't see any problem with the food in our local Toby carvery, good prices too, only thing that annoys me is that you have to always leave someone behind in your seats when you go up to get the food otherwise guaranteed you'll come back and some chav will be sat there spitting out some silly phrase like "am i bothered" or something like that
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    -spider- wrote:
    For value they are Ok but I find that the veg is usually cooked beyond taste, the service can be a little erratic. I choose to avoid them now.

    That's because the sort of person who eats there would complain the veg is 'too hard' if it were cooked properly (no offence to the regular clientelle on here). :lol:

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