Toby Carvery in Worthing

Full of large groups talking and swearing loudly and no staff/management asked them to keep it down! Warning... if it's busy, don't take your kids.

This was a last minute decision for Sunday dinner, so I couldn't get a table in the restaurant as it was fully booked. However, a table in the bar was just fine. The food was up to its usual excellent standard, and the service was great.

My lunch never arrived. No one cared that as my friends ate their carveries, it had been an hour and mine was nowhere to be seen. I asked two people to check and they said “just going into the oven” but when my friends finished I said “can you cancel it” - I drove two hours to get there and this completely spoiled the day.

Very good but getting very expensive

I ate most of it because I was hungry. The meat was warm not hot which is weird as they had just brought it out and it was so dry I couldn’t eat it all as I was struggling to swallow. This was not a nice meal.

Visited on a late Sunday lunchtime. The restaurant was packed. Quite a queue for the carvery with 4 roasts available. An abundance of veg & potatoes also available. Waiting staff extremely friendly as under a lot of pressure with the volume of customers.

Totally agree it was gorgeous bubble and squeak today lovely and cheesy would recommend this?

As always good food at brilliant prices 👌 Excellent service. What more do you want.

Toby carvery good selection of meats and veg. Very tasty and cooked just right

Amazing bubble and squeak today compliments to the chef lovely and cheesy would totally recommend sorry can’t do photo as eating it too quickly A************

Food was good. I am particularly impressed with our server Sam, very patient when going through the allergies menu for my little girl. They have a good menu if you have egg and dairy allergies.

We have eaten in many tobys and this is by far the best, cleanliness, staff, food ALL fantastic, it was very busy but you didn't have to wait, a big shout out to our waitress Nat, she was great,both my wife and I say if your passing try it, if your not try it anyway.

Superb value and delicious food. Tender meat and fresh veg. The staff are excellent too, very friendly and very chatty chefs too. Can’t fault the place. Been here several times and will return. Fantastic value for money. Thanks guys 👍👍👍

Sorry to say. Had not been for a while. I normally use goring. Found meat small portions even after going king size. Food was luke warm. Shame. Don't be put off might just be a bad day.

Delicious hot food and friendly delivery thank you

Food and atmosphere was smashing, came in with a table of 4 and Sally was lovely and very attentive to our needs. Definitely coming back in future.

Pleasant atmosphere, good food and good service and prices that will not break the bank.

nice size meal and pudding was so big will order again

Did not expect to wait 45 minutes to be served for drinks. they tried to give us an extra drink and charge us for it even when we didn’t ask for it and did not drink it!! the service was simply a joke. i would recommend you do not come here to eat and try a different toby carvery

yet again more orders missing on delivery! don't know why I am surprised, never anyone's fault..

Wrong order delivered restaurant not interested in replacing order

Food was great , but the service by the lady who greats you at the desk when you come in with blonde hair I found was rather rude . There was a member of staff that appeared next to here trying to help , the way she spoke to the staff memeber in front of me was appaling, she then walked of without even making eye contact or even saying come with me just walked towards the table so I follwed and said do you want me to come with you ? No reply she just walked off . First impression very poor service with attitude also lacking people skills , doesn't know how to speak to staff or customers On a postive my waitress who served me was a delight thoughtfull considerate and natural customer service thankyou to her

Despite it being a black Friday deal today and being incredibly busy, the service was excellent. Manager was very attentive and helpful, lovely waitresses checking on us if we needed anything and the food was superb. Lots of fresh veg cooked to perfection as always. I can honestly say this is the best carvery I have been to, highly recommended.

Friendly, clean and sprouts were done too perfection. Only improvement would be to the parsnips by making them honey glazed and making sure the large ones are cooked properly

Great service and excellent service..5 stars.

After a very early start this morning from Hythe Southampton with taxi bookings, it’s then onto Burgess Hill West Sussex for a return journey pickup at midday back to Brockenhurst, I decided to stop off at the Toby Carvery in Downlands Sompting for breakfast. I needed that in a relaxing atmosphere.

food was exactly as expected driver was prompt and polite

this was really tasty today. didn't include my pigs in blankets tho. I really wish there was an option to deselect mashed potatoes. would prefer more vegetables than more carbs

Food was stone cold and a whole meal and dessert was missing sadly, dont think it was down to anything untoward more than likely just left on the side as there were 5 gravies, so i think theyd intended to put the 5th meal in.

The carvery presentation was superb Staff friendly

Sally was a dream! So nice and friendly

sally was brilliant!! delicious roast :)

Went on a Sunday so expected it to be busy and it was. However meat was lovely. Some veg was a bit hard but overall really enjoyable meal. Server was non existent after our dessert so we waited around for a while took some time for the bill, then we were asked polity that they needed the table and to leave. Which we would've done thirty minutes earlier had we got the bill when asked. But overall a very enjoyable dinner.

BEWARE, greedy overselling of tables, they will not honour your booking. We made an early (pre 5pm) booking specifically with kids (pushchair, highchair in the notes) so timing is important. On arrival they "don't have a table" and if we wait we "might get one in 45 mins". There would then be, by their own admission another 30-45 mins queue for food taking our 4:45pm booking to 6:15pm, way too late for the young kids to eat. Your booking means nothing.

Was OK, for the price it's decent but you don't get a great deal of meat, just vegetables

Nice welcome, and drinks order taken quickly. But we waited ages for our plates to be collected, we were never asked if everything was alright

I used to be a regular at this Toby Carvery frequenting both the bar and restaurant, but after my last visit with family this weekend and the standard of service received, it really has gone downhill. We booked a table at peak time on a Sunday so understandably we expected it to be busy, but despite pre-booking and arriving promptly we didn’t expect to be deferred to the bar for a further 15 minutes whilst, as you host politely put it to us, “We’re just waiting for some tables to be cleaned”! Finally seated, our waitress took our food and drinks orders and directed us to the Carvery queue. It was THAT busy we queued for the best part of a further half an hour just to be served there. My mother is disabled and cannot stand for very long periods of time, so she made the difficult choice to return to the table where we had been seated to rest. Because it was so busy she didn’t end up returning to the queue for her Carvery and essentially went hungry. My mother who is also diabetic, requested a bottled soft drink after complaining to the waitress that there was no Pepsi Max dispensing from the vending machine for the unlimited refills, only to be served a bottle of coca-cola (the full sugar version)! There was no lamb meat available when we eventually got to the Carvery counter which is the only meat my father wanted to eat so he essentially went without meat and only took and ate potatoes and vegetables yet was still charged for a full carvery. The choice of vegetables was scarce due to many pots being empty and not replaced quickly enough. The carrots tasted undercooked. With the exception of the vegetarian gravy, all the gravy pots were empty are finally getting our food! The list goes on and on. The waitress was good enough to remove the cost of one carvery for my mother who didn’t eat but overall the experience was very below par. Staff struggling to cover all tables and the bar and I feel the kitchen was probably overwhelmed too. It really does make for a stressful shift for the staff as well as a stressful visit for your customers as was clearly evident on this visit which will probably be our last. Please understand that Downlands is not the only Carvery in Worthing and if standards of service don’t improve quickly, I expect you will end up losing a lot of business to your competition. Please don’t use one of your ‘canned responses’ on here “Thanking me for my feedback” and to “Reach out to you so that we can resolve any issues” - I see this on other negative posts on here and think it only goes to show what little effort goes into appeasing those who leave a bad review on here, when the account holder can only be bothered to reply with a copy and paste job.

ordered stuffing but none delivered, ordered veg gravy but not marked so couldn't eat it. cauliflower undercooked, food luke warm

We regularly come here with our toddler for an early evening roast after his swimming lesson which we all like We arrived today at our booked table slot to a very packed restaurant. There was a 30 minute wait for our table and then we would have had at least a 20 minute wait for the carvery. Safe to say my toddler would not have been able to wait this long so we went home.

I had some items missing pigs in blankets and stuffing. And paid extra for pigs in blankets

We visited here Sunday about 12pm, we hadn't booked a table and were seated straight away. The staff were very pleasant and helpful. Especially the chef serving the meat!! He was so friendly, chatty and helpful!! The pub wasn't very busy at this time, yet people were seated at the 2 tables directly next to us which are really close together! Awkward! The food was lovely, it's meat and veg! I just can't believe how expensive a Sunday carvery at the Toby has gotten!! 2 carvery's and 2 Pepsi's came to 40 quid!!!! Now that did leave a bitter taste in my mouth!! But that's my fault for not checking the price before we went!! 🤦🏻‍♀️

Great service we booked and was a little early bit the staff were very helpful and genuine and sincere that made a pleasure to.eat there the carvery chef was quite funny to and this was a busy Sunday evening bit the special weekend sage and onion roasties were to die for so three types of roasties normal ,sage and onion and the best ones beef dripping roasties

Lovely atmosphere and food. Good quality for money. Got served by Sally and she was very attentive and lovely. Answered all our questions would come again!

We had a lovely time at Toby carvery on a Thursday night, served by the very attentive Sally. The food was hot and it was a great evening with my friends Dominic, Beth and Bia. Will be back in June 2025 for their unlimited breakfast.

we booked for lunch when we arrived we were warmly welcomed and promptly shown to table , soon after we were asked what we would like and then went to a happy chap for our carvery yummy

Lovely freshly cooked food. Had table booked for midday (the time it seems the carvery comes out) amazing, great service, been many times previously.

Yummy lunch. Great service and atmosphere

Excellent service, Polite staff, always helpful and smiling. Food fantastic Always clean even at busy times.

Staff friendly & helpful, the young lady who is an assistant manager,could not be more helpful, willing to help me with my sons allergies to make sure it was all safe. We had a lovely family meal & would definitely go back

The food was great and the waitress Natalie was attentive and kind

Sadly some of it was cold Custard was missing and the pudding was really dry & inedible

Gone right downhill for breakfast won't return for a long while

won't be ordering again. The meat was disappointing, beef was chewy and very fatty, and not alot of it. far to much mashed potato. and meal was cold when arrived. not worth the money paid for meal.

Worth a visit, especially for the entertainment behind the carvery counter!

Thankyou Delivery Driver was Great so was the food thanks

Not rushed nice atmosphere hot food clean

Got taken to our table very quick, but waited for over 10 minutes for someone, so we got up and got our food, by the time we had nearly finished we was asked if we wanted drinks, once finished we waited again, so in the end I had to go up to the staff to take them away from there phones to ask for the bill, will go to another carvery in Worthing next time

Delicious hot food and friendly delivery thank you

Toby carvery, no frills Roast Dinner cleaned warm and we'll stocked. Service was better than expected.

Top service. Great food. People serving us at the table are fantastically friendly. Smile all round. Meat was cut by a guy called Sparrow. Top lad. Great cuts. Delicious food. Wonderful time all round. Everybody go and get fed there immediately.

Cold pancakes, cold custard, no Strawberries dessert not great😢

Unfortunately my order on Sunday was cold, this was pretty unexpected as I live very close to the restaurant. I assume it had been prepared and left. This wasn’t ideal but not the end of the world. I was more concerned about the pigs in blankets, more than half of them didn’t have bacon on and the cauliflower was only stems on one of the portions. I’ve always loved this carvery so this was a shame for me and the mrs.

Warm and cozy atmosphere and excellent food.

Please stop taking so many bookings! We walked in to find every bar table filled with plates and glasses. We had to wait 30 minutes for a table despite having booked in advance. The line for the Carvery took 15 minutes to get to the front. It seems to me like pure greed. Please start to limit the number of bookings so that your poor beleaguered staff can keep up. Food was good as always.

Both meals arrived without yorkshires- a standard part of the choice. I ordered veg gravy with both and only got one pot of gravy. I also ordered 2 apple pies with vegan custard and neither arrived but I have still paid for everything.

delicious food, perfectly cooked, thankyou

As a vegan, I wasn't looking forward to visiting a carvery restaurant! Thankfully, I was pleasantly surprised to see a vegetarian and vegan menu with plenty of choice. And both our server and those on the carvery were super helpful to point out what was vegan and what wasn't. Delicious tart, potatoes, veg and mint sauce.

Me and my boyfriend had a wonderful trip to toby’s! Hayleigh was attentive and we felt well looked after! Mo was friendly and helpful with vegetarian options! Give them a pay rise please!

This was such a nice meal, super cheap and lovely staff. Our server was called Sally and she was very kind and attentive

Sally and Katie were so helpful and friendly and we couldn’t have asked for better service from either of them. Sparrow carved the best meat in the land.

Service was slow even though the restaurant was dead. Allergen list was helpful. Had dessert among dirty dinner plates. Turned out we had a new girl. She was apologetic and polite.

Very good food lots of veg and lots to eat Saturday now a good evening lots of water and a good dinner

No yorkshire puddings :( , no.pigs in blankets x 2 , very disappointing

I asked for the VEGAN vegetables and they sent cauliflower cheese with them I asked for the vegan vegetables because I am lactose intolerance so now my whole meal is ruined and I can't eat it waste for money and time

Delivery placed at 17.20 and arrived at 19.50hrs .. I assume they had to cook the joints first! Terrible service waiting for Children's meals 😕

Chaotic and over booked. The staff worked hard to try and keep on top of a losing situation but arrived to be told it was a 20 minute wait for a table despite booking, and made to sit in the bar area where the tables were covered in half eaten plates of food, cups and glasses. After about 25 minutes, we were shown to our table and then had to queue for over 30 minutes to actually get our food. The sides buffet area looked like a bomb had been dropped on it and It's not an experience I would wish on anyone.

Food lovely, fairly quiet on Friday at 7pm. Toilets pretty disgusting by the end of the evening

It's OK food, not at its best, staff are pretty cheerful, I just don't understand the macaroni cheese with roast dinner?!?!?!

Our waitress Sally was dancing and always is.

Had a delicious Sunday roast dinner

Food was banging. Sally was amazing. Will be back for sure!

One of the best carvery around. But very busy on Sundays

Driver couldn’t find house, seemed to be at restaurant for 30 minutes waiting

Fine foods 😃 plenty of choice, reasonable price, make sure you book though, always a pleasure to visit, the staff are very accommodating, the menu has changed and the prices have gone up but still good value and worth a visit

The meal was absolutely wonderful for the price paid. The premises was extremely clean and well laid out. The members of staff were extremely polite. Will definitely be eating in premises again in the near future. Friends and relatives made aware of our experience.

Everything was excellent, very highly recommended

Food plain, potato were hard and chewy which we both left. The rest of breakfast was fine. Service was top, Gianmarco and Phil were exceptional. Overall good experience. We will come back for the the roast dinner.

Very slow service despite low amount of diners.

Lovely place, great atmosphere & lovely staff

The food is plentiful, but always like warm

Came her for a bite after work - Received a Toby deal in the email Carvery for £6.00 booked a table ahead - ordered one meat and one meat free carvery In hindsight should have just ordered two meat and give the meat to the other person Monday - Friday price carvery 1O.79 Meat-free carvery that's saves you £2 - £8.79 not sure how they do the carvery for £6 but for meat eaters worth the money ! perhaps they could do a meat free deal for £5 !! advise booking a table Cauliflower is definitely not cauliflower cheese

Absolute shambles wouldn’t waste your time

Food was surprisingly good, the waitress was slow, but she seems to have a large section to run where all tables were full. Strange as there were several areas of the restaurant that were quiet?

The restaurant is quite large, so there is plenty of room to queue. This means the queue is long, and you can be queueing for 30mins or more. This spoils the experience. The food was very good so it is up to you to decide if the wait is worth it

Food was lovely. Great value for money. Waitress and server were both super friendly.

Very good roast at a good price

I booked the Toby Carvery for myself and two cousins from London. I was not disappointed. It was a lovely dining experience. My cousin is gluten intolerant and the duty manager did everything possible to make sure my cousin felt safe. The chef was also extremely knowledgeable and even prepared a portion of cauliflower without the cheese sauce. The staff were all excellent and I would highly recommend dining at Toby Carvery Downlands.

Ordered a king sized breakfast and was meant

missing one whole meal 😕 how can you forget to put it in the bag 🤷

Foods ok, your average Toby. Cheap meals.