Toby Carvery

I am a huge fan of Sunday lunches and all the trimmings, however I am not a big fan of cooking! For me, Toby Carvery is the perfect alternative. I have been to many Toby Carvery's and my opinion is the same for them all- however this one is a review of Toby Carvery, Calder Island, Wakefield. What is it? Toby Carvery is a chain of pubs ran by Mitchells and Butlers. It offers mainly carvery, but also has other menus which I will go into later. They host quiz nights, and special evenings for example "Curry Night". The have lots of pictures on the wall of random things which take over most of the ... more

It's very rare that I get a Sunday off from work, so when I do, we like to either go out for Sunday lunch or cook a roast at home. Recently we took a trip to the Toby Carvery down the road from us. As you can imagine, being a Sunday, and serving roast dinners, the place can get very busy. We noticed it was easier to get a table for two rather than a larger table very quickly. There isn't the option to be able to book in advance, however if you should need to wait for a table, you have the option of sitting in the bar while one becomes available. *The pub* Being owned by Mitchells and Butlers ... more

At the weekend during a visit to family we decided that it would be nice to go out for a meal. With 4 generations of us we decided to go to Toby Carvery as we could either have the carvery and help ourselves to as much or as little as we want - ideal for the youngest generation and the eldest or the set menu. We went to the Toby Carvery in Banbury, Oxfordshire. On entering the grounds we found plenty of free parking surrounded by plenty of well set out lawn and garden. On entering Toby Carvery you have to wait for the waitress to ask how many of you there are. We were told there would be a 30 ... more

A couple of weeks ago, myself and mrs p took a short break to Washington...not the DC one, but the original near Sunderland. We were staying at the Holiday Inn and thought it convenient that there was a Toby Carvery just a few hundred metres away where, after a long...make that very l o n g day shopping at the Metro Centre, we could just check into the hotel, have a quick freshen up, and toddle off to the Toby for a bite to eat and a bucket of beer. So we did. On arriving at 6.55 we were informed that we were too late for the fiver special deals which ended at 7. We were then told that there ... more

I do love a traditional roast Sunday dinner. If I don’t have one roast dinner a week, I get serious withdrawal symptoms. But I don’t like cooking them most of the time, and I don’t always want them on a Sunday. Enter Toby Carvery, my culinary saviour. Toby Carveries are the restaurants within Toby Inns, which are situated nationwide. There are two close to me and I visit both regularly. Like the best chain restaurants, they are consistently the same whichever you visit. The Ambience Usually hectic and buzzing. Toby Carveries are very popular. To calm you down though is ... more