The Ainsworth Arms in Bury

Lovely place lovely atmosphere very friendly staff Elisha was our server ❤️ food was hot and enjoyable we will be back again soon

Alisha our waitress was very attentive, very efficient, and had a lovely warm customer focused attitude. The food was also spot on. And the toilets clean. A really good all round customer experience.

Lovely Warm and friendly welcome by Alesha and very helpful. Food was hot and fresh. Definitely be back. Nice atmosphere

The staff were amazing and welcoming. the food was brilliant definitely coming again. Nothing was to much trouble even entertaining my little one.

Best breakfast going! Big place, plenty of parking. Friendly, hard working staff, Toby best appreciate them! Carvery is great too, can get very busy but the staff try so hard to make everyone happy. The negative reviews are valid but they try so hard and they are only human! You can’t take away the work ethic and care they put in. Good value for money, even better when the offers are on! Get the App, it’s worth it!

Just had a meal at the newly renovated toby on Bolton Road, I can honestly say say it was the worst meal of my life the, the beef was totally inedible, grisly and chewy and absolutely no flavour, not recommended Won’t be going back

Arrived without a booking and only had to wait 5 minutes for a table. Very busy and yet we weren't rushed. Cavery was all fresh and well presented, clean and tidy. On a Sunday so there was 5 roast meats on. Good atmosphere and staff were attentative without pestering. Food was hot and wholesome. Good value for money. Saved me having to cook.

Wow! What a pleasant visit. We desperately missed our local Toby when it closed for a month recently, when we visited today, what a surprise. It was always our favourite eatery but the closure was worth it. The restaurant is much better designed with a better through flow of traffic, better lighting and a general spruce up. The staff are fantastic (as always) and the whole experience is very friendly and homely. Oh yes, still the best food around. Highly recommended.

Masie served us and was wonderful and very helpful , the new decor and arangment of the restaurant hightened our dining experience

Had dinner here last night with family food was fresh and hot! Very tasty would come again. Was served by kat who was great from start to finish!

As you walk through the doors, you’re met with the smell of roast potatoes and fresh food. A friendly staff member escorts you to your table and provides a service comparable of Alfred to Batman. For our visit, Maisie was our Alfred and with her help we were able to fight the greatest crime, hunger. A 10/10 meal and 10/10 service, thanks to all that made it happen.

Had a lovely carvery here, many great vegetarian options and were served by Maisie who was really friendly and attentive

came with my friends, we are still young and they were very helpful and accommodating. food was lovley and plenty to go around. especially loved the mini potatoes with bacon and cheese.

Made to feel very unwelcome and not the place to go if you have a disability staff rood everything to much trouble the whole experience very upsetting

Came here today for tea with my family the food was great tasting as normal the service received for the carver shaun was brilliant and out waiter nick also give great service

Jay(me) found my service amazing my servers Maisey ,jen ,jess and elliot were great no complaints and the bartender Lewis was there

Came here with my partner and children for our tea staff was very welcoming when we arrived also the carvey was very polite and friendly food was brilliant as normal can't beat the price for what you get

Best carvery around! Plenty of parking and always busy which is always a good sign and food is always fresh and replenished

Always great food, the staff are very polite and very friendly, if you have dietary requirements they cater for you. It's good value for money.

I normally have a good experience at a Toby, this however is a disgrace. For starters the drinks... I had a non alcoholic beer and asked for a lemonade to make it a shandy, I normally get the empty glass and fill at the soda machine. However, I wasn't given this option... I was served a bottle of 7up which for a small bottle I didn't expect it to exceed three pound! Meaning my 'shandy' came to over seven pounds!!!!! I'm sure franchises or chains shouldn't benefit from ripping people off. The carvery wasn't that great, was given the side slice of a piece of pork which had obviously been under the heat lamps way to long, I mentioned to the person carving that it looked a bit dry but he pretended not to hear me. I didn't eat my pork... the gravy had a thick skin on so that was fun to try a ladel around. One good thing was the yorkies... good Toby standard. The pub needs a bit of tlc... a bit of paint maybe. But not a chance I'm going back!

Service was great considering how busy it was! Our server Maisie was super helpful and really accommodating with the allergies we had!

Called in with the missus for some food. All though it was busy at the bar the staff was still smiling. nice to see Shaun the carver on the bar. Such a pleasant man. Food was top quality as usual. See you next week 😁

Went for a carvery lunch here which we both really enjoyed. Food and service was excellent. Just a shame three scroats walked in and sat at the table next to us, all had carvery lunches, three pints, cocktail and Bailey's and then one asked for his pint to be changed as he wasn't happy with it and then all three proceeded to walk out without paying. Maybe make people pay prior to dining to prevent this happening again .

Went to Ainsworth Toby Carvery tonight as I was in Bury,I normally go to watermillock regularly, was surprised to see Rosh there, we were so pleased and well looked after as usual Rosh is amazing 👏🏼

Food absolutely lovely. Waitress Maisie did such a good job at making our experience the best it possibly could be!!! Will definitely be eating here again. So affordable and delicious!!!

Breakfast was cheap and delicious! Service was great waitress Maisie was lovely and very helpful ! Will definitely be back ! Thank you for the great service Maisie :)

Great service, Maisie was very attentive and handled our allergy really well. She went out of her way for find an alternative dessert.

Good cheap breakfast, good service! We came on a Sunday morning and found the food to be tasty and fresh. The manager was lovely and energetic and very attentive. Table 25

The are extremely friendly and it’s such a relaxing atmosphere, I regularly visit on Sundays for breakfast, I choose here because I feel relaxed.

Hit and miss! Some staff work their tails off and others let them. Same with the food, sometimes good other days passable. It would be good to not have to wait at the Carvery for someone to come out of the kitchen, (maybe a bell...

Great carvery, 5 different meats and a range of vegetables. Lovely staff thanks to Maisie for making sure we had everything and enjoyed our meals

Always great food and service: Staff go above and beyond to accommodate, and the food is always delicious. My go to lunch spot.

Great food, top service, loved our evening here at the Toby carvery, would definitely recommend 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Great food and friendly service. Full to the brim! Just what you want from a Toby Cavery :) Clean and calm setting also, happy customers!

We come here every few weeks for a carvery. Maisie is very friendly and a credit to the business. Especially love the chocolate cake.

Always unreal service and food whenever I come. Served by Maisie and Nick today and both were very professional and accommodating to my needs. Would definitely come again!

My local pub , great food, reasonably priced and they do refills for your soft drinks I come every week for breakfast as well

Called in for a carvery. It was a delight. Shaun's mash was bang on point. Will defo be calling again.

Lovely food, excellent staff, very attentive service, great atmosphere. Served by maisie at lunchtime on Monday 22nd January

We attend weekly for breakfast and always have a warm welcoming from staff, excellent food and restaurant

Came with family for breakfast was served by yasmin she was very friendly will definitely come again.

Visited for the first time after our friends recommended. We had a very pleasant visit and food was easy on the wallet and great selection of meat and fresh vegetables

Had my breakfast here this morning was brilliant quality as usual and the staff was very welcoming and polite as normal

Hot tasty food and plenty of choice. Lovely thick gravy. Friendly staff, efficient service. Consistently good. Always worth a visit.

We had our Xmas dinner out for the first time. We had been recommended to come here by friends and what a good choice, plenty of choice of meat and vegetables and plenty of it. The pub was very busy we arrived early and we...

Had a lovely meal with my family. Warm friendly staff, great food and service. Dave was really welcoming and would definitely recommend to our friends

Family of 5 visited for tea 4 adults one child. Carvery was actually very good plenty of choice & piping hot. Unfortunately we felt really rushed. No sooner had we finished our deserts the plates were cleared & was told they needed table back asap...

Dreadful dried up food and the meat cut so thin you could see through it, definitely not worth recommending and won’t be returning.. horrible experience and would definitely avoid

Oh dear, eaten here a few times and enjoyed it, sadly not this time. The meats were cut super thin like sandwich ham. Veg was barely warm, Leak and Potato bake tasteless.Not impressed, we felt the manager who dealt with our complaint was very blase...

It was a "really busy day" the place was buzzing & the Staff were marvellous. Yet again another "excellent" meal, could not fault it. I had Pork & Beef, Leek & potato bake, roast potatoes, Braised onions & lashings of lovely gravy, all cooked "Old...

Repeat visit, enjoyed our previous, and wanted another great midweek roast treat, not disappointed. Roast choice tonight - turkey, beef, pork, gammon, plus 'pigs in blankets' loads of veggies and the giant 'yorkie' Excellent. Special mention to our greeter Courtney, always pleasant greeting and welcoming...

Most likely the best Toby Carvery between bury and Bolton. Food is always hot and tasty, they are always so accommodating as possible with special requests. Our server was Maisie, was so so friendly and welcoming. She even helped when we came as a group...

Was looking forward to a Carvery. This one made school dinners of the 70's seem palatable. The beef was inedible,and grizzly. The carrots and peas were so soggy ,they must've been cooked last week Gluten free vegetable gravy like glue. The food was cold and...

We came to Toby carvery for a family meal and was served by a lovely young man called Nick. He was running round and couldn’t do enough for everyone. He was really attentive and always had a smile on his face.

Over the years we have been to various Toby Carveries many times. They used to be good value for money. We were a party of 4 - 3 adults and an 11 year old. Being a Sunday it was more expensive than mid week. We...

Lovely visit with my partner and a friend. Enjoyed the new food on offer and love the new menu layout. We were shown to a large table and the team were all very friendly and helpful.

Booked the toby carvery for a wake., a party of 25. The buffet was very well priced and lovely food. The staff couldn’t do enough for us . Always our go to place for great value and delicious food.

Dillon & team provided a lovely ‘wake’ buffet after mum in laws funeral at Ratcliffe Crem. We booked at late notice & so he couldn’t give us his normal service but the food was excellent & Dillon never stopped all afternoon. He really put his heart into giving the family an afternoon to remember. The sun came out too & so we eventually retreated outside for the last few hours. In all we were there from 2.30 until 8.30 which is the best compliment we can give him & his staff.

Booked the Ainsworth Toby as its one of the few Toby's in the Greater Manchester Area I've never been. It was a £5 carvery offer so booking is essential. The queue was two before us and then we were seen to, we weren't shown to a table but asked to go to the bar area, I presumed this was to wait until a table became available, there were plenty of tables free but these must have been reserved. We went to the bar to order drinks and I asked if I could pay for my carvery and had to confirm if we were sitting down there or had to wait, the barman confirmed it was probably asked to sit there to eat. We found a table, it was clean, felt nice, but the place is badly in need to a refurb. Wallpaper peeling off the walls, black spots, chewing gum under the table, the leather on the seats was non existent as all peeling off, and tables scratched. Fans full of dust. The most important thing was the food though. The carver was waiting with Pork beef gammon and turkey, this carvery also has nice pork scratchings. The veg options were the rest, peas, carrots, mash, beef dripping potatoes, and so on, but also included roast parsnips as a change. It tasted nice. Not as nice as Chadderton in my opinion as the mash wasn't very tasty, but it was a nice atmosphere and filled us up. I wouldn't rush back, but if I was in the area and wanted food, I'd choose this place.

Pleasant greeting and welcoming smile from colleague Courtney, seated, and order taken for drinks and extras (at table when we had collected our carvery.) Superb as previous visit. plentiful, delicious, well cooked and well presented. Better still with my birthday voucher. Definitely return soon. Thanks Toby Ainsworth Arms

Amazing food service spot on shaun was especially helpful when helping me choose a meat as i was undecisive will definitely be back . My nan loved the food aswell

The food was amazing service was great Abbie was really nice will be cumming again in the near future

I honestly can't stress enough how good the breakfast are from here. And the fact they are on uber eats is amazing. Can only mean one thing more breakfast for me.

Came for a carvery on Wednesday night and it was the best carvery I’ve had for ages , potatoes crispy and fluffy, and they had dumplings in gravy!! The sticky toffee pudding was fantastic too

Arrived at the serving station to be met by a chef carving meat. I and 4 others stood, and stood and stood waiting to be served. Eventually I reached over for a plate. That got his attention and he then said in a very rude...

Lovely friendly staff. Food was great, fresh and plentiful, couldn't fault it for the price. Another great visit. Thanks!

We make a conscious effort to always visit this Toby Carvery in Ainsworth and we have been going for about 18-months. We have not had one bad experience yet. The place is always clean and welcoming, and the staff are so friendly. The carvery is...

Called in for a breakfast on my way to work as I have heard nothing but good reviews. I was not disappointed. All you can eat buffet style breakfast all freshly made. I might have to make this more of a routine of mine. 100%...

Visited this restaurant a few times recently and it’s always ace, came for breakfast on Sunday and it was really tasty

Welcoming atmosphere and staff very helpful soon as I walked through the door. The carvery deck looked very well presented and there was so much choice. I enjoyed lunch choosing the carvery and went for ice cream afterwards which was delicious! Some of the best...

Called in for a Toby breakfast treat today (Friday 2nd June) Great food, Friendly and helpful staff, what more could you ask for to start the day...would highly recommend !!

The staff were friendly enough but the food wasn’t great. The kids meals (anaemic looking chicken nuggets in a sea of beans) were just bizarre. The place looks like it needs a good clean and some money spending on a full refurbishment. Won’t be going...

Great breakfast, recommend the sausages eggs and mushrooms, great way to start the day and at such good value! Staff are fantastic.

Love this place. Food is always tasty. Staff always friendly. Shaun the carver was so chatty and smiley. Abby the manager seated us was very pleasant. I would defo recommend and will most definitely be returning.

The pork & beef were excellent, however a tad small portion. The choice of potatoes, vegetables & gravy's were excellent

I don’t even know how this restaurant is still open. The food is below average decor and atmosphere very very dull. This should be turned into a lovely wine/sports bar would be much suited to the area.

Visited here for the first time on Mothers Day. Had a choice of meats you could pick 3. Plenty of choice of veg and potatoes. Really enjoyable and good value.

I attended Toby Ainsworth yesterday as part of a large family group, celebrating a birthday. We had several children under 5 with us who were excited and noisy. The staff gave us an area to ourselves where the children could move about without disturbing other...

Advertising at 8.99 but yet charged 10.21 for this rubbish meal, won't be going back Not worth the money at all. If was Sunday yes, Saturday at 10.21 not a chance Staff out of order also food cold

Food was substandard, meat was fatty and chewy , roast potatoes and vegetables all rock hard and only just warm. Mac n cheese was like chewing gum and again luke warm. Won't be returning.

You can improve on everything. The customer service and attitude of of both staff and management. The offering on the carvery was disgraceful - the beef and the pork looked they had been there for hours and looked dry as a bone. When we first...

Went in for family meal on Tuesday and we managed to get a table without booking food was great and Alfie who carved had a big smile on his face which was nice to see as we had our meals will definitely be returning again

Been meaning to leave a review for a fews days now but been mega busy. Nevertheless what a great experience we had on valentines day. My partner and I walked but tables where pretty booked up so a lovely gentleman named Dylan (manager I think)...

We had such a good meal! All the staff were super friendly but Jess stood out to us the most... She was so helpful and went above and beyond to make sure our experience was a great one. So thank you! Will definitely return and...

The staff were super friendly here, we spoke to about 5/6 in the end including a very happy chef at the carvery and everyone was helpful and chatty. I’d come back just for the great service. The food was great value for money and most...

Staff excellent especially Max normally a lot of younger staff cannot be bothered but mark I mean max makes you feel welcome and always working not stood around doing nothing. Food great Manager nice as well 10 out of 10

From walking into this Toby Carvery we received a warm welcome. Rita & her team were so friendly efficient and helpful. There was 12 of us eating breakfast and we all loved the food so much. Nice & hot plenty of choices too. Looking forward...

How a Company like Toby can think this restaurant is OK astounds me, we regularly visit the absolutely excellent Bowshaw Toby Carvery in Dronfield, so assumed all Toby Carvery’s where maintained to a similar standard…! Sadly this Toby Carvery needs a complete refurbishment, it’s tired,...

Excellent service good food and staff very efficient. Went for food today as a family and the food was all fresh. The drinks glasses were delivered immediately unlike the chadderton Toby. I will definitely recommend and visit again. Thank you for a lovely lunch out.

We go to this Carvery quite a lot but we were really disappointed this time! The Yorkshire puddings tasted burnt, the gravy was very thin, the roast potatoes tasted quite sweet and were only just cooked! The meal itself wasn’t very warm either. We are...

It had been a while since we visited here after a previous bad experience but decided to give it another go. Really enjoyed it, welcoming staff, clean restaurant and excellent food. Staff checked everything was ok during meal, and we couldn’t fault anything about the...

Always a brilliant visit and the food never disappoints. Great selection of meats and vegetables as always ! Also the gravy is the best around.

Food was excellent and very friendly staff. My friends and I went for a meal and a few pints, we had a great time. Very cost effective.

If you like a carvery then this is likely to be the place for you to visit … I personally don’t enjoy a carvery. Visited at insistence of my Australian friends. Seeing as I don’t like them and given I was quite warm outside for...

We had a lovely meal, the carvery was well presented with plentiful choice. Drinks were served quickly and refreshing.

Visited for lunch with my husband. All the staff were welcoming and friendly. We had the carvery which was delicious. The meat wasn’t dry or overcooked and the roast potatoes were the best I’ve had for a long time. It was as all hot too....

We are regular visitors but haven't written a review before; decided to write now because I think the staff need recognition for how lovely & welcoming they were even though they were probably the busiest we've seen them (I guess due to the discount offer)....

Absolutely lovely food,excellent service,lovely welcoming staff especially the manager tonight 28th June 2020. Definitely be going agine.

We visit the Toby regularly, be it for breakfast, lunch or teatime. The staff are very welcoming and the food is lovely no matter what we order. Would definitely recommend.

I came here with my family for my father's birthday and it was extremely welcoming the food was at a great standard and we even got the fresh joints I opted for gammon and turkey and the portion was just right for me and I...