Toby Carvery Dronfield in Rotherham - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

We were one of the last arrivals for a carvery on the Sunday, after a long day so we’re really ready for some food! We were greeted by Paul who was very helpful and accommodating both for me letting me view the meat that is available for carvery beforehand and for my girlfriend who is a vegetarian providing her with an alternative to meat :) The food was good apart from the pork, but didn’t let it spoil in overall as I was still stuffed come the end. Would once again like to give a big shoutout to Paul making out experience great near the end of what I’m sure was a long day for him, we will be returning!

Used a Groupon to visit. Nice pub and setting, had a late night carvery. Food was ok, it was right at the end of the night but the staff were excellent. Would definitely visit again.

Food average but please clean the windowsill as mouldy and off putting

Lovely place for a Sunday Carvery, advisable to book in advance, to avoid a long wait, especially for the Sunday Carvery, brilliant selection of meat, veg and all the trimmings..

Amazing visit. Lovely food and spacious car park

Very busy on sun night which we expected. Food was generally good - I waited for the lamb. The carvers did very well keeping up with the demand and were pleasant. Sam did a great job maintaining the deck and filling up quickly . Disappointing to see tables in the upper bar area not cleared all the time we were there - doesn’t give a good impression but I suspect the main focus was the dining areas and maybe they were short staffed.

Really friendly and helpful staff, and the food is really good! I really liked the apple pie for dessert!

If I could leave 0 stars, that's exactly what they'd get. It took ages for someone to greet us on arrival to take us to our pre-booked table for 4 people. The manager was more occupied by the party of 28 people (yes 28) than anyone else in the restaurant. We only saw one poor lady waiting on tables which is ridculous on a Saturday evening. We went to the carvery area and I will list out the issues: 1. The meat: the pork looked like it had been cooked for 3 days as it looked dry and like you could knock someone out with it. The turkey was replaced with a full one from the kitchen which one of our party had, and it was stone cold which baffled us - how the hell could it be cold when it was fresh from the kitchen? The beef looked dry and like leather and had fat running through it - one of our party had this and couldn't even cut through it. 2. Yorkshire puddings: I was given the last one that was sat on the counter where everyone's hands had been. No thank you! 3. Stuffing - this looked like it had been sat out for a long time as it was black and dry. We asked for fresh which was brought out and they said oh it's just the way it's cooked - dry and disgusting. 4. Potatoes - the roasties were rock hard and we couldnt cut them. The scalloped potatoes tasted ok but were rock hard. 4. Full onions in gravy - raw in the middle. 5. Veggies - all dry and hard. 6. Mac and cheese - dry as hell. We refused the pay for that nonsense, so the waitress went to speak to the manager who didn't even come to speak to us - and left the poor lady to sort us out. She was the only good thing about the restaurant. The manager should be ashamed of himself, as should all the chefs! Get the picture? For a Toby Carvery, a carvery specialist, to be so bad, how the hell do they stay open? Avoid at all cost!!

BEST TOBY CARVERY IVE BEEN TO. The customer service was amazing, the food was cooked to perfection..Everywhere was clean and tidy with no waiting times for a table.

Absolutely love Toby carvery for a Sunday dinner. Enjoyed our recent visit with our friends.Every thing was just perfect. 🤤 See you again soon.

Friendly and welcoming staff and delicious food. The carvery here is excellent. Brilliant service and lovely meal. Highly recommend.

The two staff, Paul and Justine were great. Very friendly, dealt with any issues and a credit to your company

Went yesterday afternoon Thought it was old pub but Toby carvery. My husband wanted wrap not available. Woman with yellow top on entrance duty rude and surly! Ordered carvery x 2 young girl with face full of metal eventually came over to take order . Collected my food beef 2 slices FULL OF FAT see photo Horrible cheap carvery won’t EVER return Dried rotten cabbage on display near till! Asked if all ok I said how fatty beef was Oh sorry said young girl full of face metal didn’t ask if would like another slice! Walked off! Roast potatoes deep fried? Left from lunch? Just horrible. Completely put off

We were served by Beverly who was very polite friendly and professional, and the meal was excellent cooked to perfection

We booked well in advance a table for 8 adults and 2 children. When arriving we were greeted well and show to bar as we were a little early. The bar staff to say it simple were hopeless. Serving drinks in red hot classes more concerned about talking to other staff. We were show to our table tucked away in a back corner squashed next to another large booking to leaving us much room at all and very noisy. Most of our party accept to adults staying with children went a got their food. When the other two adults went the queue was unbelievable. It took a solid 20 minutes to get served. Only one chief carving meat. No lamb, and veg was very low. By the time the two of us returned to table everyone one else had finished their meal. One receiving the bill it was wrong with teams on it that we hadn’t had, this took another 15 mins to sort out. The reason why we booked the Toby Carvery was to remember our grandsons heavenly birthday. His other grandparents had come over from Boston USA. The whole experience was awful. No senior staff on all young people who really don’t seem bothered or had little training. Your reply is not correct. You have us mixed up with another table. Our bill wasn’t split 4 ways. I paid the bill all in one transaction… this just proves my point… you don’t know what happening right under your own roof.

We had planned on having a carvery on Saturday evening. We purchased drinks and were shown to our table. However, when we went to get our meal, we were horrified to see several flies flying around, and landing on, the food. When we brought it to the attention of the person serving, we were told “Sorry. There’s nothing I can do about it.” Rather than risk being ill from eating contaminated food, we made the decision to dine elsewhere.

There is a great team here always attentive and polite. We go here every week and would recommend the place to anyone wanting great food, atmosphere and fantastic staff.

Taylormia was our server, lovely service. Lovely atmosphere, great service would come again. Carver Kyle was great, and helpful.

Me and my family had a fab time, the food and service was amazing, we had Ellie as our server who was very helpful and attentive once we’d been sat down. The food was delicious and our carver Taylor Mia gave us very good portions and the the veg deck was all there and amazing, will definitely be back soon love everything

Went for lunch with my boyfriend and was greeted at the door within seconds of arriving by Amy who was very welcoming. Our waitress for our visit was Taylor Mia she was very polite and attentive. 5star experience will be returning again

We went this morning as a family because we hadn't been before. The service was slow and with no interaction. The food, where to begin? Everything was over cooked apart from the beans and tomatos which where watery. The pancakes where so rubbery they would of bounced if you dropped them. Overall disappointing especially for £39.

Staff clueless as how to work blue light discount. Majority of our food was cold, lumpy, watery and vegetables were unidentifiable. You could have played marbles with the peas. Long wait at an empty bar to be seated. Only helpful member of staff around was Kate. Will stick to Moorlands in future.

Pretty decent food. It's a carvery at the end of the day so isn't cooked just for you, but it's very good and excellent value. Staff are always great.

Meat are not refill always, even arrived at 6:30. How to supply good food to customer until the closing time 10pm?

We was taken to our table straightaway. There was no waiting for our orders to be taken and staff was very welcoming and polite. There was just one issue which was my own fault. I do have mobility issues and the table we was sat at had steps to get up to it. They could see I had problems walking and was not offered a table where you did have to use steps

We visited Toby Carvery with friends yesterday and, unfortunately, had a disappointing experience due to slow and poor service. Despite the restaurant not being overly busy, we waited 40 minutes just to place our drinks order. After that, the delays continued as we had to wait for our drinks and to place our food orders. The constant waiting detracted from what should have been an enjoyable meal with friends. We understand that sometimes restaurants experience unforeseen delays, but this experience left us feeling disappointed. We hope to see improvements in service in the future.

I attended this restaurant with my partner today and experienced a low blood pressure episode and collapsed in the queue awaiting the buffet. The staff were lovely and reassuring, checking routinely on my wellbeing. The food was beautiful and very tasty. Very nice and welcoming stay during our time - over something that could have gone much worse, I'm very grateful towards the staff. Many thanks team.

The food and service was brilliant, couldn’t have asked for more from the staff they went above and beyond. Thanks for making my families experience an enjoyable one

The macaroni is so tasty. Meat well done. This is the best in the neighborhood

You know exactly what to expect and they deliver. Timing is key when the spuds are under a heat lamp (after 7 pm and they're dry) but fir the price and quantity? Fine by me! Service friendly and not pushy leaving you to eat in peace

Went there with a group of friends from work and the staff was very friendly welcoming and the vibe was just amazing and the food was just outstanding

The beef and turkey was lovely, lamb was chewy, no pepsi max or diet pepsi and we had already paid for 3 bottomless drinks. The chef on the carvery was really lovely and our waitress was lovely too. The issues were with stock and organisation. They had no pasta or chips for kids' meals.

One of the worst experiences I've ever had from here and both my friend and I were ill after.. not be rushing to get back here any time soon

Good food. Excellent table staff.

The food alone warrants a 1-star review, however the manager dealt with it in a fair manner which means I'll be giving 3 stars overall. We were seated very quickly with a booking however waited 10 minutes for our order to be taken, which would've been fine had the two servers not just been wandering back and forth asking people who already had their food if it was ok. Our empty drink glasses took a further 10 minutes, which again, would be fine had we actually ordered drinks they had to make, but we were waiting for empty glasses which surely takes a minute max. Onto the food, the meat was fine, the rest of it was horrid. Potatoes, peas, mac n cheese, stuffing, mash, all stale & some completely flavourless, I managed to force it down after a long day working with no food, my partner managed a few mouth fulls before giving up as it was horrible. We got chatting to the table next to us who fully agreed with us & also stated had they not had their kids with them they would've complained too, but didn't want potential confrontation. We've been a few times before to Dronfield & it's always been great, today was our first Sunday visit and it was a real let down. The manager, sadly I didn't get her name, dealt with it by taking the food & drinks off our bill entirely, I didn't expect nor want this, I was more just after recognition that the food was bad & maybe a discount for our next visit at best, but she went up a level and didn't let us pay for anything which was very appreciated. We will be back, in the week some time, and hopefully it'll live up to the expectations we've previously had as another visit like today would definitely be my last. Overall, terrible food, OK waiters but a very understanding & helpful manager.

Ordered takeaway carvery on line. Disappointed with vegetables as only carrots,loads of peas, cauliflower, roast potatoes and gravy. If eat in get more choice. Was cold after a few minutes. Not much meat.Another visit. Ate in . Pleasant staff. Good meats and vegetable choice.Visited on October 13th. Pleasant staff. Good meat choice and vegetables. No sanitiser on entry or next to refillable drinks machine. Carver had no time for any conversation other than to ask size of carvery plate and what meat you wished to have!! On a repeat visit, carver pleasant . Quite a queue to get carvery but efficient service. Tables quite close together which disliked. Had cranberry sauce today.Good meats on recent visit . No apple sauce again Could benefit from having some ventilation.return visit. Good choice of meats and veg. Sat in airy part. Return visit and front of house staff very pleasant. Carver could benefit from customer service training. Return visit in March. Friendly staff. Ice machine still not working. Roast potatoes over cooked as too hard.Return visit. Was seated at a table in an area as requested. There was an issue with choice of meats as some ovens were not working. The first carver was very pleasant but another one came to take over and she was not pleasant. Other staff were very helpful. .Return visit on 21st August. Good meat choice. Carver only spoke to ask which meats we wanted. Could have been friendlier.

Staff very helpfull but not very quick... food good quality ingredients

So disappointed just come back from a family funeral and decide to call in for tea Last time we were there they had no gas so couldn’t serve soft drinks unless you paid £3.60 for a small bottle of coke this time there was no vegetarian alternative and to make it worse they were trying to get my niece to eat meat instead I’m absolutely appalled at the way she was treated.

Stopped in with my partner after a big walk, quite late but food was lovely and the service was amazing! I’ve worked in hospitality for a long time and i’ve seen lots of venues, the service here is absolutely top notch nad the team were lovely. Amazing work🫶

Not keen on bullet garden peas, but otherwise it was ok. And it wasn't easy to get to the disabled toilets as too much furniture was in the way.

This place is exactly what you'd you would expect from a carvery it's busy and can seem a little chaotic around the food collection area but once you sit at your table it's like any other restaurant. Food was tasty, staff were great and it feels like a very welcoming family friendly place.

Good place to eat, with good service.

18-8-24 table booked for 2. Ordered 2 carvery’s. Also ordered gluten free when table booked. To start only 3roasts not 4. Man cutting an serving the meat simply cut 1 peice an then threw it onto ur plate. The other food. Peas an carrots both hard. Roast potatoes also very hard. Yorkshire pudding large but no taste a chewy. Mashed potato not soft full o lumps. Cabbage tasteless. Then to top it of the gluten free gravy was cold which made my wife’s meal cold an a lot left etc. Spoke to manager who was very good apologised for what was a poor experience gave us a very good refund as compensation an offered us deserts free. We declined paid our small bill a left thinking what’s gone wrong here cos we have had lots of meals here an enjoyed them all. Won’t go again till it’s better.

The staff and atmosphere are lovely but I usually find that the food tastes off, has no flavour and the gravy is usually runny when I go there. I couldn’t even finish my meal. Everyone is lovely and has great chat but the food just misses unfortunately for me.

Meats were cooked to perfection beef, pork, gammon, turkey Yorkshire puds were a lil flat today but still delicious suffering were hard and dry but everything else spot on.. My kids love the mac n cheese too

Carvery queues too long. Very few Non carvery options on menu Crumble pudding was terrible. Very little fruit or crumble option. Supermarket crumble 100 times better.

Called in for a breakfast, poor quality of breakfast items, very dissatisfied and disappointed, won’t be returning in a hurry which is a shame as it’s close to where we live.

I went with my father and partner last night ... Absolutely awful and I will not return ... We keep giving it another try but this is the last .. Carvery was basic. I was given 3 very small pieces of meat .. roast potatoes were tasteless .. stuffing was dry and hard . Red cabbage or carrots were burnt not sure which as so mushy all kind of mashed together .. just all had a burnt taste . We ordered two course meal .. but no ice cream available!! What restaurant has no ice ice cream when most of the deserts rely on ice cream .!! So we ordered latte's no milk 😮 . It just gets better .. I'm sure it wasn't fair on the waitress who was giving us this information.. But where the lattes are concerned I just don't think they wanted to dirty the machine .. My dad loves his lattee after his meal so he was most upset .. We will never return .. unless they get a better chef and a better supplier

The staff were brilliant but there was little choice of meat left on the carvery (just pork and gammon). If we had booked for the following slot we would have gone hungry.

I wrote a really indetail review to justify my opinion but my phone glitched and I lost it. long story short I wouldn't accept being served that standard of food anywhere else, I don't see why we accept it cause it's a carvery. Cook less and fresh or make it cheaper

Went to the Dronfield carvery around 6 months ago and it was dreadful. Food was cold and had to ask them to warm it up in the microwave. Thought i would give it another go with my daughter and grandson today. Food was tastless, luke warm and gravy was that thick I could stand my spoon up in it. Asked for a doggy bag as wanted to take it home and warm it up and add ingredients to make it taste better. I bill was £44 and you wanted £1.99 for a doggy bag. Definitely won’t be returning a right tip off. I really don’t know how this has gone down hill so fast. I forgot to mention the beef was just one big lump of fat. Thank you for your reply. Seems you are not bothered about the bad reviews 😡😡😡

Great atmosphere,friendly staff,good food and well done sausages!. Didn't have the cubed potato with the onions though and I do like that.

Arrived around 5.50pm, no gammon, the pork was dried up, and the beef was full of fat. Thankfully, the turkey looked OK. The veg wasn't much better, missing items or dried up. The gravy was nice though. I've been here before, and it has always been ok, so I'm assuming it's just bad timing or something. The waitress knocked £2 off for the lack of edible meat.

Had a good carvery here. Was extremely busy.

I always love going for breakfast, although longer could be better.

Walked in for breakfast on a Saturday morning, no real acknowledgment from any of the staff, food on the floor around our table. The fried eggs on the hot plate looked awful, Only the sausages looked nice

Great food, friendly staff and a lovely atmosphere.

Loads of parking food was great. book first as can be busy

Food was all overcooked and bland, potato’s were powderd mash, only thing edible was the turkey, gravy like water and flavourless the drinks came when were nearly finished our meal for £13.99 needs fixing up very disappointed

Hit the spot, but parsnips or broccoli would have been nice.

Usual Toby roasts and veg selection, plus a couple of pints for £30. Can’t go wrong.

Great place for carvery friendly staff download the toby app to get a discount on Fridays

Lovely staff great service. But as with many carvery meals the food is only just warm. That's disappointing.

Excellent staff couldn't do enough

Good food, good service, good value, what more could you ask

Came for carvery with my granddaughter (she's 5 and chose Toby carvery over Galaxy chocolate). Food was delicious, she ate everything on her plate including 12 sprouts, she had gammon, peas, sprouts, mac/cheese and Yorkshire pudding and went back for another pudding. I had pork and beef, pork was tender and beef melted in your mouth. Veg delicious. A weekly treat we can't go without 5*

Decent food always have a good discount so beats washing the pots Beverley served us with a smile xx Will be back again soon

Lovely food, piping hot, lots of options on the refillable drinks. Emma was great at front of house & waitress, even told us about promotions on the app to save us money off our bill! Will be revisiting soon!

Service was a little slow. Soft drinks dispenser out of order, had to go to bar. Limited selection of draft soft drinks.

We decided to have lunch at the Dronfield carvery. The reception was good. Food good and well presented. Our helper Nicola attended to us in a friendly and professional manner. A pleasure to meet her. The food was excellent. We have one point to make. The knives need to be sharper. Difficult to cut both meat which was tender and a regular Yorkshire pudding. A bad example for the home of the best cutlery, Sheffield. Tha apple pie and custard was outstanding. All in all a very pleasurable experience.

Food was very good and great value. I had the beef carvery melt in the mouth meat. Our server Nicola was exactly as you would want, quick, attentive and efficient. We will be going again soon.

Went today for lunchtime carvery. Had not booked, but neither had the other 8 people kept waiting at check in point. Seen by 2 members of staff, but still needed prompting to request a table. Eventually seated, drinks ordered. Unfortunately, these arrived well into our meal. Not asked during meal if everything was okay as is usually the case. On paying, we were not asked to leave a review, as is usually the case. Needless to say, very disappointed with today's visit.

discusting ! orderd off deliveroo and has a huge dead fly on a carrot as soon as i open the tub 🤢🤢 never putting my money onto that again

Good staff and polite, food good value

Great carvery ata decent price.

Everything brilliant Another visit today fri 7th july Brilliant service from carver plus brilliant service grom ruth lady was very friendly when we arrived our tsble was ready carvery was just amazing again nothing we could fault again roast potatoes were scrumptious amazing thank you toby in your food never ceases to amaze us ...

Some carvers could do with customer training. Friendly waiter/waitress staff generally.

The carvery was great as usual, and the service was also great by Kate F, which was attentive to our needs, friendly and overall providing a very positive atmosphere.

It was lovely very friendly the carvery was so good but would like cabbage onions and cauliflower now and again without cheese otherwise all was ok 14-6-2024

The server was very friendly and also advised us about downloading the app to receive special offers. He was attentive without being pushy. The food was not as good as it usually is. The meat was fatty although I’d requested no fat and there were not many vegetables to choose from. The Yorkshire pudding was delicious as were the mashed potatoes and roasted potatoes. Staff are good there, but the food let them down this time.

Queue at the door was long even though we’d booked. Queue for carvery even longer. Hardly any meat left. Yorkshire pudding looked like pancakes. Food we had was hot and fairly good though. The guy on carvery was practically running it on his own. Topping up veg, plates, napkins, serving on the bar, setting tables. Definitely not enough staff.

Terrible breakfast, bacon floating in greasy fat. Tough skin sausages. Tasteless tomatoes, eggs floating in oil. Mushrooms like slugs. Complete lack of imagination and care of what they put out by the kitchen staff.

Food was great and service good . Never had a bad meal being going over 6 year's keep up the good work

Very friendly staff. The young man on the carvery deck was extremely polite with every customer, kept on going in this extreme heat. Thankyou

Very friendly and really good food

Tasty, fresh food and fantastic service!

Always come here with my family , the welcome and food always yummy. This visit was the same super duper food and looked after by our favourite waitress . See you soon peeps. Gary & Lorraine

Perfect place to visit and dine. Will always return! 🩷

Quick Visit on the Way through, great service, will definitely be back! Being Welsh I had to take advantage of the Lamb on the Deck, and it was on a Saturday and not Sunday!!

Great food, great staff will definitely be back

Staff were friendly and helpful and the food was hot and tasty, will definitely recommend

Appalling, got worse over the past few months, food constantly dry, variety non existent, food quality has been worse each week we have been, We have been repeat customers each week for 4/5 years ... but now we won't be returning, we walked in for our table, saw the food on offer at the carvery section n decided to go to KFC! Avoid not worth the petrol driving for ... you'll only end up disappointed! - EDIT returned few

Great food value for money would recommend

Very good venue. A great roast with plenty on plate. Chefs cooks meats to perfection and lovely roasted Yorkshire puddings Service fine , but prices great value especially if you download a voucher

Great food and service, a special thank you and mention for Emma, you really helped make my elderly parents feel at home.

This used to be a great place to eat but it appears to have gone down hill. The food was not well cooked and the beef hasn't been changed. The meaty gravey was located behind the vegetables giving rise to cross contamination. We when had to ask for cutlery. For a Saturday evening I expected more however it was no surprise that it was fairly quiet. Unfortunately I will be unlikely to visit again

Last time I was here the food was super fresh. They’d just put new stuff out and all of it was nicely cooked. Good, filling food at a really reasonable price. Good vibes!

Nice place food could have been better

Dinner and a show watching the gluttons pile their plates obscenely high with gallons of gravy. Bravo!

Usual carvery was fine but the whipped cream for the desserts had run out and they refused to substitute ice cream without an extra 50p charge. The money isn’t the issue, it’s the principle. The Peterborough Toby were ok with swapping cream for ice cream for no extra. Never known the cheek of it before.