Toby Carvery in Worthing

We have been to the Toby Carvery in Goring for years but this visit was extremely disappointing and one of the worst visits we have ever had. Upon arriving, we were greeted by the front of the house hostess, who had such a nonchalant attitude, it was hard to feel welcome. She took forever finding our booking, staring vacantly at her screen and then proceeded to quickly show us to our table and left back in a hurry, mumbling something which made us feel like an inconvenience. We were surprised to be sat in the bar area since we had specifically requested NOT to be sat there so went back to her and she simply stated that the other side of the restaurant was for disabled people only (???). This bears to question as to how disabled people can make it up the stairs in the main restaurant area? When we went to the carvery to get our lunch, we only saw one person in a wheelchair and the rest of the guests were not showing any disabilities anywhere in that part of the restaurant. One of us requested a bit of everything from the all the meats and was given literally crumbs from the turkey and tiny slithers from the other meat joints. I would never dare serving such pitiful portions at home to my family. The carver serving was swearing quite blatantly in front of the guests "we do bloody everything here" and rushing people with their orders, again, not the welcome you would expect when you pay to go out for lunch. The mash had run out so I requested a new pot and had to stand there for 5 minutes before some new mash was brought out, while the rest of the vegetables on my plate were going cold. Paying £15 for slithers and crumbs of meat and £12.99 for a meat free carvery (having simply veg on the plate) is a very steep price especially when the environment is not welcoming. If there has been a recent change in management, you may want to rethink your new staff and bring the old staff back as the previous front of the house manager was always welcoming and could never do enough to help. A very disappointing experience, not conducive to renewing a visit anytime soon.

Nice car very popped on on my own got a table by the bar all grest

Great value for money and a great time had by all. Once more high quality food served with a smile and steady flow of customers due to the latest offers being better focused.

Perfect for a roast or breakfast!

The carvery is always superb , straightforward and great service. Highly recommend and fabulous value for money.

On behalf of my child: The staff was very friendly, very attentive and checked on us at various times during our meal if all was okay. We were 3 x boys, age 13 and appreciated that we were treated well and not being made to feel uncomfortable dining without parental supervision.

I recently visited Tony Carvery for a roast dinner, and I had a wonderful experience! The staff were lovely and made both me and my aunt feel incredibly welcome from the moment we walked in. The roast dinner was absolutely delicious, cooked to perfection and full of flavor. I truly enjoyed my meal here and can't wait to return for another delightful dining experience. Highly recommend it to anyone looking for a great roast!

Went for breakfast. It was lovely. Good food.

Place was really busy being half term, just turned up without making a booking and hoped we could dine there.... receptionist, only in the job for 2 weeks, managed to allocate a table in the pub area for the pair of us.....superb service followed by the usual excellent carvery....couldn't recommended this place highly enough....the guy on reception was really up against it but he was so professional and came up with solutions....certainly an asset to the business....well done, keep up the good work....many thanks

Arrived seated straight away.When we went for our carvery there was no gammon available, but the very nice man carving and serving who seemed to be struggling on his own !kept a smile on his face and apologised as was going to be 10mins or more before he had it .Anyway I continued with my meal and out off the blue he came to my table with the gammon on a plate this is good customer service and I do hope that this branch regcongnise his outstanding customer service .Very much appreciated.

This is our favourite carvery and last night we went back for the first time since the refurbishment. Wow! What a change and it looked fab. Food was amazing as ever and there really is no better place to enjoy a carvery. Everytime we try another carvery I just find myself comparing it to here and there isn't really anywhere better.

Good well cooked and importantly hot carvery. Choice of four meats all cooked to perfection. Veg all cooked well, not just blanched. Couldn’t fault anything about our visit.

Wasn't Happy with this visit I always request a Booth near the front or a table out of the way due to PTSD, We got given a table out the way and I said that fine as long as nobody sits on the table less than 2ft away,well a near on empty restaurant and people sit on the table 2ft away,well that was my meal over with,I didn't ask for much but clearly that doesn't matter, I couldn't fault the food we did have it was lovely 10/10

Always good to eat here, Very organized with tables and service , Never had to complain about anything Food wise always good.

Wait in que times not good. One server cutting and kept on going off to get more meat. veg mostly were good. but 25 mins wait not expected

Miserable front of house staff. No acknowledgment when we entered, they just stared at us. When we asked if we can check-in at their desk, the short bloke in a white shirt spoke to my partner like he was an imbecile! In contrast, the chefs and our waiter were friendly, polite, and attentive. Food is what you’d expect; quantity over quality. The floor was filthy by the self serve, covered in bits of dropped food. Not for me, won’t be back here.

Fantastic food, beef cooked to perfection by Adam, service was excellent. 5 star service and food at 1 star prices, so cheep.

First visit since being recently decorated. Looks very nice with clean toilets. Food was very nice and served in a very timely manner. Great service from our waitress Tracey too.

Excellent food, especially the roast potatoes

Arrived at 4pm. Staff were extremely friendly & helpful. The carvery is what it is, you are either a fan or not! Became very busy & unfortunately a feral child was sat at the table behind us. Screaming & throwing food on the floor. We subsequently could not leave the restaurant quick enough. I hope never to return but it wasn't my choice.

Lovely carvery well worth a visit. Down load the app and we got 25%off the bill.

Great service, very good food, great price, I would definitely recommend

The meat portions are ridiculously small for the price charged. Two of the meat portions were so dry and on the bone, one dared not ask for a portion. The roast potatoes were so dry you could barely cut through them. The choice of vegetables was disappointing. Paying for king-size is not worth it as no extra meat is given, only 2 small sausages and an extra Yorkshire pudding.

Fantastic service, great food and great value.

Breakfast was clean and freshly cooked. I love the idea of Yorkshires with a full breakfast, better than fried bread. Staff friendly and helpful.

Lovely carvery, excellent staff, what’s not to like 😊

Gravy & meat were so good as were the yorkies! Decent vegetables too. Would be better if you could get more than one slice of each meat is all

This carvery is the best after being refurbished and with great food and this one was my first Toby carvery I used to live in this area in residential care home 34 years ago and this meal I was celebrating 50 years on public transport

Andy, the guy at the bar, very friendly. respectful, and polite.

All in all great food, great value, great atmosphere, and brighter new internal rebuild.

Busy night as there was a deal on. Very hot but there were fans on which was helpful! The beef, as usual, was chewy and fatty. Never again.. very tight portions on the meat. Veg was good. Service was slow but as it was busy, can't really complain.. Bar staff (male) miserable.

Great place to eat. Good value for money. Will go again

The food was great, meat and veg was cooked beautifully and the Yorkshire puds were the best yet! It was very busy, but it had been revamped, so not surprising! The chef did amazingly well, serving everyone so quickly!

The service is amazing, have had the same Lady a few times now. Kids love it too. Food is tasty and the puds are lovely!

It dose feel a little bit like you’re in an old people’s home for lunch..... However the food is great. Tables are packed in close, so don’t expect time for a private convocation. This was the second time in a couple of months we’ve been to this Toby restaurant. It’s never been the best place to have a meal, but it is what you’d expect from this company. The last time we went we assumed it was just a bad day, but unfortunately it was the same issues this time….. 1. The restaurant is extremely hot, all the doors and windows are open, so I can only assume they have ongoing issues with air conditioning? 2. When you go up to the carvery you have to wait ages, approximately 5 minutes for a member of staff to leave the kitchen and serve. Then because the queue has built up, they have to stop serving to get more ingredients to serve. 3. The main reason to go to a Toby is the Yorkshire puddings, last time they were too chewy to cut and eat, this time they were a little better on the texture, but tasted so flowery it was unpleasant to eat. 4. Self-service drink machines were not working last time, so for a refill you had to go to the bar. This time that wasn’t even an option, we were just given two bottles (small bottles) of Coke. On the plus side, the service was excellent, you never expect much from the service in a Toby, but our server Sophie was excellent. Also, some of the side dishes had been changed, a very pleasant addition was roasted parsnips, which were cooked perfectly. At the end of the day, we will keep visiting Toby restaurants, it’s the best and cheapest way to satisfy your roast dinner cravings, but I do hope things will improve. Original review from 5 years ago: Also the staff feel like they are forced into production line mode. This doesn’t allow them to give the best customer service. This appears to be the fault of the company, not the staff. Need a roast dinner ASAP, this is the place.

The service is amazing, have had the same Lady a few times now. Kids love it too. Food is tasty and the puds are lovely!

We are regulars. Love a good Toby roast. Tonight was on point. Really yummy. Staff were friendly. Dave who was carving was cheerful as always. Tracey, not sure how her name is spelt was very friendly as always and helpful. Clean and cosy environment. They were really stretched with the current £6 a carvery dinner deal, who's gonna miss that?... and yet everything was cooked perfectly. Yes they ran out of things but just ask and they will refill what they can. We definitely recommend this restaurant.

We had a lovely meal in very nice surroundings with pleasant ,friendly staff

Lovely carvery, good choose meats an vegetables 😀

The staff at the Toby in Goring are always welcoming. My Dad is disabled and likes to sit close to the carvery counter. Not once in all our visits have we had anything to complain about. Long live the Toby in Goring!

Visited the Toby Carvery Worthing for a weekday Carvery that was excellent good selection of meats and vegetables that were nicely cooked the service was excellent and the icing on the cake for me was their Bramley Apple pie with choice of Ice cream,cream or Custard very pleased well worth a visit.

Lovely staff, very welcoming! Clean and tidy Toby!! Sadly, the food was cold. A good selection of condements & toast with marmalade! The orange juice tasted of! And the hot chocolate was not the best, sadly. Maybe it was an off day. But again the staff were really helpful!!

Vegetable and gravy overdose (plus some meat). Worth going when there's an offer on food. Drinks are reasonably priced compared to other pubs in the area. Update: after the refit, they have changed most of the bar area into the restaurant. This meant I couldn't get served because the restaurant was full. Lost a star because of this. Still busy so booking a table is very wise.

Absolutely lovely as always. Good food. Good customer service....xxx

Didn't like queuing for 15mins to get food.. had to que through ppl eating. Which is not pleasant for anyone.

Came in here for a cheeky dinner after work, got served by a lovely lady named Tracy who was very attentive to us the whole time, 10/10 service and great food

Great food, great prices. What more can a customer want?

Got served by tracy, she was lovely and very quick. Food was tasty especially the mac and cheese it was bussin.

29.09.2024 5pm Awful meal today, female front house manager has a very rude & unhelpful attitude. The Male manager was extremely apologetic & more than helpful….served us himself & could not help enough. Would definitely go back purely for his service.

29/09 5pm- dreadful meal but male manager was extremely helpful couldn't do eenough to rectify . Female manager unhelpful & extremely Rude.

Lovely place looks fantastic since it has been done up

Worthing is awesome beef was delicious fish veg

Not the best went for breakfast staff were nice but food was cold no real choice had to ask staff for some of the selections that they were ment to have overall wouldn't go again.

Went early evening on Monday night. Bit of a wait for fresh meat but thoroughly enjoyed the meal. Waitress was bit slow on service but. Totally enjoyed.

Still a very hot environment in the restaurant area.

Love a carvery. It's a lovely carvery restaurant and does what a carvery does.

We went in at 12pm so everything should of been freshly cooked & if it was its worrying they can't cook properly as both types of the roast potatoes were inedible rock solid like nothing I've ever encountered as were the parsnips everything else was OK but that was enough to spoil the meal & as I've never had that happen to me at the downlands Toby carvery I won't be returning here to the Goring one. Also the meat carvers are dead inside but then again so are all of the Toby carvers.

We went in at 12pm so everything should of been freshly cooked & if it was its worrying they can't cook properly as both types of the roast potatoes were inedible rock solid like nothing I've ever encountered as were the parsnips everything else was OK but that was enough to spoil the meal & as I've never had that happen to me at the downlands Toby carvery I won't be returning here to the Goring one. Also the meat carvers are dead inside but then again so are all of the Toby carvers.

It's hit and miss here. Sometimes the meat, potatoes and veg are cooked to perfection. On this visit the meat was chewy (beef & turkey) and fatty and quite stringy (gammon). Hard potatoes and carrots and a chef doing takeaway boxes who was just throwing the spoons back after she had dished each serving of veg into the boxes. A disappointing visit this time I'm afraid .

It's hit and miss here. Sometimes the meat, potatoes and veg are cooked to perfection. On this visit the meat was chewy (beef & turkey) and fatty and quite stringy (gammon). Hard potatoes and carrots and a chef doing takeaway boxes who was just throwing the spoons back after she had dished each serving of veg into the boxes. A disappointing visit this time I'm afraid .

Great staff very helpful with only a couple of hours notice they were able to accommodate a coach group of 20

Clearly the food was not all fresh, it was clear that most of the offerings were left over from the previous night and reheated, I say reheated but most of the items were “warm” a roast dinner should be piping hot. The roast potatoes were cut too small which meant that the whole thing was hard on the exterior with little potato inside. The waiter put my meal into a microwave oven which improved it. I have to say the recent renovation of the restaurant is a vast improvement on the previous establishment, it’s a shame that the food lets it down.

Mamma Mia ... what can I say. It's like a Chinese buffet except it's a roast. You can't go back for more meat but boy if you're still feeling hungry after opting for their 'KingSize' plate which includes 2 mahoosive Yorkshire's from the get go you can roll up to get yourself some more - and likely needed - veg .. or mash .. perhaps a parsnip? Whatever keeps your boat afloat. The service provided by our lovely waitress was fantastic that we felt compelled to tip a burger kings worth. Thankfully we missed the queue which looked as if it went all the way back to the good old days but that's to be expected for a Sunday. Great place, great food, great service. Oh, and the brownie for dessert if your gut allows? Marvelous, aside from the stomach cramps I felt after misjudging my stomachs capabilities.

We went for breakfast here after attending the Crawley site for breakfast recently. Very disappointed. Yorkshire's were normal and not the breakfast ones there was only one egg left and was sitting in cold oil. My partner ordered an orange juice with her breakfast we both tried it and neither could work out what juice it was all we could agree on was that it wasnt orange. Very greasy breakfast and not remotely fresh at all. Shame really.

Dreadful visit, pre booked the table for 4 people. Arrived and the table was not ready for a while. Once seated all staff avoided us and wasn't offered any drinks. When I requested to order the waitress said we would be better ordering from the bar as she was too busy. Lots of unclean used tables with leftovers on, busy ramed bar without a clean glass in sight. Staff were super stressed and clearly they were understaffed. The que for the food was heading out round the restaurant and the que to get into the restaurant was round the front carpark. No one even noticed we had left the building to go elsewhere. Won't be returning !

Great food and amazing staff, especially Heather, Lily-Grace and the cheeky chappie on the carvery, who thought my friend was some chap's elderly mother-in-law! If there's a downside, it's walking out of the restaurant through a smoke cloud, as all the smokers gather right outside the main door...not a nice way to end a lovely visit!

Food was very nice, and a big thanks to the meat chef Adam who is always very friendly, cheerful and cuts the meat to perfection. The vegetables were plentiful and warm. The waiting staff was very attentive.

Had a lovely pint in the 'garden'. Didn't have any food this time. Previously it has been really good. This place is a pub too.

When booking I requested seating near to the serving area as two of the guests have limited mobility. On arrival we found that we were sitting a distance away from the serving area where there was no atmosphere at all. The food was cold and the potatoes were hard and cold to the point of probably being overcooked. This is out second visit in 3 weeks to the Toby and both times were seated in the same place even after our requests. I have to add that on the first visit the food was hot and very good so what happened on the second visit?

Great food, tasty, well cooked. Very kind service.

After some bad experiences at another (out of the area) Toby I was delighted with the standard of food and customer service at this restaurant. Vicky our waitress was superb. All of the food was cooked and served to a high standard

Great food and reasonable price We went with our 3 children, one of which is Vegetarian and 1 very fussy and they enjoyed their meals. The stuff were friendly and helpful. The only downside was we had nearly finished our main meal before we got our drinks I would definitely recommend booking as the restaurant got very busy and when we left at 6:30ish people were queuing to get in. We didn't eat from the menu we went just for the carvery so can't comment on the menu food.

It was very hot.lots of coming and going beside our table. The meat was slightly dry. Vegetables OK. The fly buzzing round our table landed in my wine. Not a good experience for me this time round.

Lovely staff roomy and light. Food good. Friendly atmosphere

Pulled out an 8 inch hair from a mouthful of Yorkshire pudding IN MY MOUTH🤢🤢🤢 Showed staff immediately As myself and partners hair both short! Couldn’t carry on eating after that. Our waitress was friendly, but a waitress who was in our vicinity had a face like she’d lost a grand and found a penny! I acknowledged her twice, but she ignored me. Overall not a great experience ☹️☹️☹️

It’s so disappointing that a member of the bar staff was so negative and has very little respect not withstanding any “ Manners “ I really don’t understand why he’s in the hospitality industry the general manager is brilliant and incredibly professional if I was him I would tell Matt to look elsewhere for further employment .

Alway come here but was not impressed with what happend so I always have gammon and the cheff who I think was new gave me one thin slice of gammon and that was it I was very shocked as having one meat I normally get 3 thin slices I spoke to the waitress who went and got the young girl who was in charge well her people skills are totally shocking and rude I explained and showed her what I got and said I think its not on I have one thin slice of gammon and the rest of my family had lots of meat her words are it goes on weight which I get but one thin slice to me is not on she then went to me 'well what do you want me to do about the one slice of meat " I was totally shocked by her attitude and her people skills my reply was I would like some more if I can she then stormed of and get me some more!! I feel that you need to train your team up with some more respect and how they speak to paying customers!!!! Not a great experience at all!!!!

First time going here , waiting at door to be seated , staff went past 5-6 times without uttering a word, felt like a ghost. Floor manager told us to sit down he will come get us , other customers come in and get pager straight away , we had to ask to get one. My beef had the smallest of meat on it And the waitress didnt take the no tip well. Tip given if exceptional circumstances, but standard stuff not shown , wrong to add tip to pdq , give one if I want to, shouldn't fell like I should opt out of one.

Great service, great food, great atmosphere! One of the best Toby’s I have ever been to!

Myself and my elderly mother visited you for Sunday lunch last weekend on arrival everything seemed fine we were shown to our pre booked table and all was good, drinks order taken and we were told we could go upto the carvery section when we were ready, there were four roasts to choose from and we were the first people to be served, this is where the good experience ended, the beef looked over cooked so we thought we would have the lamb - wrong decision absolutely awful over cooked and extremely dry, when being sliced it just broke in small pieces, in my years I haven’t seen the like, we sat down and tried to eat it but just wasn’t good, the waitress asked if all was ok and I told her what I thought of the food quality to which she agreed it didn’t look good, she reported it to the kitchen, no chef came to see us to apologise so we just asked for the bill paid and left, in my opinion if you are looking for a nice Sunday lunch you should avoid this location there are plenty of restaurants in Worthing, with chefs that know how to prepare a good roast dinner for the same sort of cost, don’t waste your time and hard earned monies at this venue, I emailed Toby carvery first to see if they wished to put the situation right

Our granddaughter and partner travel from near Guildford to eat your carvery meals and of course we are pleased to accompany them and treat them by paying the bill

The food was excellent and the lady who served us was lovely.

Really nice after the makeover. Food was hot and fresh.

It was packed with tables and chairs in the eating area. The food unfortunately was mediocre. The Yorkshire puddings were totally unedible - you couldn't cut through them the exterior was so crispy with absolutely no filling! I went with a group of 9 and they were all the same. It's a shame really as it's only recently been redecorated (although the sash window we sat by was an awful paint job - when the window was open you could see a part where the decorators had missed 🤣 I don't think we'd go back and will try the carvery in Downlands.

The refurbishment was wonderful, very clean loved the new carpets, seating etc, it made you feel you want to come back. The food was delicious and very enjoyable, well done Toby, we will be back soon.

Usual good roast meal. The only drawback was that it was incredibly hot inside. I saw a fan running in one area but it could certainly do with better climate control.

Amazing food, atmosphere, decor and staff

The meat was very dry, the Yorkshire puddings were soggy/stale which is a shame when you're paying £15.40 including the soft drink re-fills, this was always my go-to toby carvery and it's the first time I've visited since the re-fit and the quality has gone down a bit more since the last time I went which is a shame. The vegetables looked dry too. I watched the man throw away the legs of a new turkey and all of the crispy bits at the bottom of the previous turkey too, a bit wasteful in my opinion.

It says Home of the Roast on the door and 'roast' is exactly what they do, and they do it very well. For a reasonable price i had a plate of roast beef, roast potatoes, mash, Yorkshire pud, onions, peas, macaroni cheese, carrots, stuffing and gravy (not too much of anything in my case, but you could pile it on to your heart's content. Although your heart may not appreciate it if you do that too often 🙄). There were other sides and sauces. Staff were friendly.

Good wholesome food if you need a carvery. Never had a bad one yet.

Hi was wondering to put a suggestion in the gate in the garden every time we come car park in disability bit so can't get mobility Scotter in garden if car park their .c an you not move the gate and have the other gate open and do a little ramp would make it better for people in Scottor .

Bad experience, wait the queue for food about more than 15mins, there is only one stuff to serve food but not full time stand by….

This Toby is much better than Downlands. The service is quicker. Food is quick and more of it. No problems with food and the menu is different on some items. We asked for a certain item to be removed on a main menu order. They said it wasnt there in the first place. Whereas Downlands have insisted its always been there. Rubbish. Recommend this Toby to everyone.

Make sure you try the Bailey latte, sensational, roast dinner sandwich very nice but filling, Yorkshire Pudding a bit dry

The dining area is extremely tight. Somehow, they managed to run out of Yorkshire puddings. It was only 7pm! You'd think as a carvery restaurant, they would have enough of the basic stuff to see them through. But apprently not. The car park was absolutely tiny and didn't have anywhere near enough spaces to accommodate even half the diners. Finding a parking space nearby is pretty difficult, so I ended up having to walk 10 minutes back to the restaurant. It's not a big deal, but you don't really want a 10 minute walk back to the car after a Toby Carvery. Whilst not specific to this location, I am still confused as to why a Carvery chain doesn't offer chicken gravy. I know they have their own "special" gravy. But let's be honest, it's passable at best. It's not great, and considering most people will be getting turkey. I feel like it's something they should do. I'm not trying to tell Mr Toby how to conduct his Carvery affairs But if you ask me, he needs to pull his finger out and check the temperature of the room.

Long wait at the front desk despite the restaurant not being particularly busy..Waitress was very pleasant. Meats were well cooked and a reasonable portion size. Roast potatoes were awful, oily and soggy 🤢 Cauliflower barely cooked. All other veg looked tired and messy. Gravy very tasty but a messy servery.

Me and my elderly parents waited in a 20mins queue for a food when they have painful knees etc….. and it was extremely hot when I just got out of the shower….. the meat quantity is tiny…. And I saw a fly in table and bar by all the food…. Not good

The usual Toby quality and efficiency. Huge portions of meat and vegetables plus gravy to die for. I walked in without a reservation for a quick lunch and got seated immediately and had filled myself up within 15 mins. Special thanks to waitress who was very kind and attentive.

Not sure about adding 20%vat on the end of the bill. Is this a marketing con.so the carvery seems cheaper on the menu.

Lovely rendez-vous friends. Spacious and nice atmosphere. Ver helpful in turn off the msic for the duration of our stay because one of my party has Alzheimers. Competing noise is awful for them. Went early to avoid the crowds. Lovely choice of vegetables but as so often in these places some of the veg was hard - undercooked. Who wants to eat hard brussel sprouts and cabbage? Meat - fresh and lean.