Toby Carvery Dronfield in Rotherham

Been several times & always had wonderful time with great food

Food was fresh and delicious, staff polite and friendly

Plenty to fill you up here, and good as well.

It would be good customer service if the kitchen team let the other staff know when the breakfast food is due to run out so all new customers can be told as they come in rather than when they have been waiting for a long time in a queue

I think depending on when you eat there the food varies from average to a bit better. There is one guy there who gets customer service and tries to ensure you are comfortable, some of the other staff don't seem that warm or courteous, just my opinion but I judge my overall experience on the staff and their interaction when you dine there. I did get a response see below, I did call them and left a message, sadly no one returned my call.

Lovely food , not very good service this time.

Very good service and good, our waiter was called Paul. Deserved a pay rise absolutely lovely. legend

Lovely food and service was excellent

had to endure 2 sources of music at the same time , live singer and music played from the bar .

The staff was very nice. Roast potatoes were a bit overcooked but not too much and the rest of it was fine too. Thankyou mr toby we will be back.

Not as good as it used to be, meal was ok. The veg had been stood a while and was lukewarm. May give it another chance but not sure

I visited on a weekday it was fairly busy I was pleased fresh yorkies came out when I got served untill I tried to cut it. It would have done me proud on the sole of my shoes I could hardly cut it without being scared of sending the rest of my food all over. Now to the meat a vegetarian wouldn't feel guilty eating that meal I just got one thin slice which fell apart because it was so thin . Veg was average at best certainly not worth the money

Food was delicious & fresh. Staff were great as usual. It was very busy though so we waited a bit longer than we’d have wanted to order pudding but it’s to be expected when peak time. We also had our 4 week baby with us & they found us a great table with access & space to place her plus it wasn’t too hot. Baby slept through & we were able to enjoy our meals while hot which is rare with a newborn. Very attentive hosting. Thank you

Excellent evening. Food and service ( from the delightful Amy) both just what we wanted. Will be back.

Brilliant service and polite staff

So much better than our local one at Windsor. Great portions, hot and service with a smile. Asked was great serving our table

Thanks for another fantastic meal, we do love it here, the food is always thoughly cooked and hot, a great selection of choice throughout the menu. A good choice of drinks, and great offers, and a great atmosphere to eat, drink with family and friends,Thanks to Alex for making our experience even better. She is an asset to Toby Carvery!

Lovely food, staff friendly. It’s a regular of ours

Always lovely food and great service

Beverley was star and was super helpful. Great service and exceptionally done food. Definitely coming back.

Enjoyed the visit. Good food, service good a little slow on drinks but overall friendly and efficient.

Excellent service and lovely food 😋

I was suprised & disappointed to receive a parking fine following a visit to Bowshaw Inn. Have been coming here for years with no parking enforcement. Staff didn’t mention the new rules and signs were far from obvious. A lengthy notice period would have allerted infrequent clients things were changing rather than overnight implimentation. When the situation ‘s been a certain way for years you don’t look for, or expect changes.

Food spot on Alix our server was great thankyou

Great place. Plenty of space in the car park too. Lovely visit.

Great customer service. Food was served warm and tasted great .

Best toby carvery we go to always top class service and good food and meat portions. Friendly staff and good atmosphere. 5 star all the way.

Ruth was a lovely, friendly server

good food , waited a little time at carvery but not long. Great value for money

Not been for a while as the food isn't what it used to be. Because of the 50% off coupon we thought we'd give it a go. The carvery itself looks dried out and unappetising, the carving deck is littered with food debris and you have to wait whilst things are replenished or scrape the remnants of what is left. Surprisingly the carvery tasted good and had a generous portion. I like a carvery and after visiting other places my advice would be that in the quiter periods the veg is given a good stir to stop it drying out on top. The carvery deck is given a wipe down and things need replacing before empty to avoid a wait. The other disapointing thing is having to pay for a refil when ordering a crabonated soft drink. Not everyone wants numerous drinks and have to pay the price for it. Would I come and pay full price? Not till some changes are made to the appearance and quality improved. Yes it was well worth the money with the voucher but not when it's all dried up and you have to miss items due to be overly dry and needing replacing. You don't always want to wait when you have half a plate of food going cold

Very slow service, Yorkshire puddings took in excess of 30 minutes to be replenished, 50% off mains offer was on so naturally it was busier, sadly, the Kitchen was not geared up for this and food took an absolute age to come out on the deck. The one lad on the deck carving looked overwhelmed. Very poor standards, you’d think the team would be better prepared for a busier shift when offers are on

We had a lovely meal here last week, the meat was tender, succulent and very tasty. Tbh everything we had was delicious and so were the dessert. 🍨 We have already booked again for the Carvery.

Food nice but only just warm. Server Nicolas was very helpful and polite.

Ordered a meal only to be told no meat.

The place is nice the staff are good but the food I am sorry is.only Luke warm

Nice meat cold potatoes sweet lovely staff no complaints

Always have a good experience here :)

Discounts go crazy, Beverly’s outstanding.

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!!

Zero stars would be better. Only carvery in the world with no meats available. This despite having booked

Absolutely awful carvery Sunday dinner, the meats was very full with fat, the vegetables was rock solid I could break a window with them, the staff not helpful at all, when it came to paying she said “I’m not very good at maths so I don’t know how much it comes up to” which we then had to tell her ourselves, the cutlery was very dirty had to clean it ourselves, the gravy was incredibly watery and had very little taste, will not be visiting again unfortunately. Very disappointed and for the price for two people £40 was not worth it one bit.

Staff are unbelievably friendly and helpful every time we go. We go every week and the atmosphere is always pleasant. The fact we go every week is a great recommendation. A great variety of vegetables and meats. The carvery is a great option. No matter how busy they are, the food always comes out in good time, no extra waiting time. Exceptional service..! We book each week, greeted with a smile in a super relaxed atmosphere. My autistic son has the same meal every week and all the regular staff remember his meal. Al the staff are super, however, Darcy has served us once and mixed a few things on our menu.

Don't sneeze or you'll miss the meat

Very poor service food all dried up ,run out of beef and almost out of pork ,all veg was cold ,9 dining and we all complained

Food was amazing. Staff was lovely too. 5⭐️

Nice pub food is very good, especially carvery .

Good value for money but the vegetables need to be replenished more often.

The customer service needs improving. The food quality was very poor it was inedible. They didn't keep the food station tidy and had previous food all over it. The drink station was wet and had a bad odour. It was just a really terrible experience. I would not visit here again and would not recommend to anyone.

Our server was lovely, The food was okay but the roast potatoes were rock hard couldn't eat properly so was the cauliflower and the brownie pudding was not good was over cooked and tough the soda drinks area was a right mess and the lady that greeted us on first entry was not seeming very happy, I had special requests she made a none needed remark when I queried table but I'm guessing she was overwhelmed....it was busy

Absolutely fantastic service and food only thing that let it down was near the drinks machine there had obviously been a leak of some sort and the smell was horrendous. That off putting that i went without a drink

Went for breakfast on Boxing Day as thought we would treat ourselves. It was "ok" but wouldn't dash back. On arrival, we were directed to the bar where our order was taken and asked us to find a seat and help ourselves to the breakfast buffet. We assumed most of it was oven cooked; the hash browns were almost tasteless, the bacon was so overcooked (like old boot leather), and the "fried" eggs were swimming in fat. Also seemed a bit basic to have an urn of hot water, sachets of nescafe, and a jug of milk to make your own, instead of a coffee machine. On the positive sides, the black pudding was nice and the sausages were tasty. Staff we interacted with were friendly. All in all... it was ok, but the food really let it down.

Shocking waited a hour for starters which arrived cold bread hard and stale. When mains finally came one Yorkshire still had frost on. Ran out of any Yorkshire raps . The pub was empty blamed card machine.Manager came said sorry offered free pudding but as none of us had mains declined left .Avoid should contact h and h someone will become very sick soon

The food was completely dry and vegetarian food rockhard. Waited awhile to try and get some peas but there wasn’t any rest of the vegetables was dried up looked like it been cooked from Yesterday and reheated. The vegetarian gravy was cold and lumpy, looking like someone had just had water to it to get it smooth again. Toby carvery at Dronfield was disgusting food.

Dirty tables and carpets, no customer interaction by staff, people came in and asked for a table and were just pointed to it rather than taken to the table. Pub wasn't busy but took 15 mins to get two drinks from the bar. The food looked like it was from yesterday, we arrived at 12 and the lamb was dry, the veg was overcooked and the gravy was like water no customer care what so ever avoid at all cost. On a plus there was plenty of parking spaces in the car park ,good luck and a happy new year...

Being Christmas eve you'd think there would be some Christmassy atmosphere, Christmas music, crackers or something, but there was nothing. Starters were ok when food wasn't being dropped on the floor by staff. Food on the carvery had clearly been out all day as it was dried up and burnt, it was a write off. Hardly anyone on our table ate it. When the menu states freshly streamed veg this was clearly not the case. Desserts were clearly microwaved one at a time being brought out in very long increments to the point we had to start eating so it didn't go cold and we had finished before the last person had received theirs. Staff seemed rude when my niece spoke to staff she was ignored and then the deposit we had paid was forgot to be taken off the final bill. To say we had preorder all our meals it took 3hours to be severed, satting down for 45min before starters came out, which didn't help we when we had young children. I can honestly say none of us will be returning again. I would advise everyone to avoid .

Went to bowshaw for Christmas dinner never again.table booked for 3.15pm,seated 20 mins late can accept that it Christmas and their busy.all our meals were pre ordered starter mains dessert.4.30pm nobody been to table to let us know when starters would be ready or ask us if we require any drinks,had to ask staff how long they would be,table behind us was next but still not how long ours would be.walked out and cancelled the full Christmas dinner for 4 people,food was pre ordered so no excuse for lateness of starters.booked the meal for Christmas treat for wife and mother in law and my sisters Christmas present.thanks for spoiling our day 😡

Went to bowshaw for Christmas dinner never again.table booked for 3.15pm,seated 20 mins late can accept that it Christmas and their busy.all our meals were pre ordered starter mains dessert.4.30pm nobody been to table to let us know when starters would be ready or ask us if we require any drinks,had to ask staff how long they would be,table behind us was next but still not how long ours would be.walked out and cancelled the full Christmas dinner for 4 people,food was pre ordered so no excuse for lateness of starters.booked the meal for Christmas treat for wife and mother in law and my sisters Christmas present.thanks for spoiling our day 😡 Food: 0/5 | Service:

nice place atmoshere was good ,sprouts and cauliflower cheese was hard but meat was nice 2nd visit potatoes wasnt as soft as they should be and waiting a while for our drinks to arrive ,ordered pigs in blankets for starters but ended up getting our carvery and had to ask where the pigs in blankets was ,

Always a cheerful greeting by the staff. Comfortable and relaxing atmosphere. Today we had Justine and Ruth as our waitress, two waitresses?. Yes, as Ruth had finished her shift halfway through our meal. Both were friendly, helpful, experienced and competent at their job. The food was lovely excellent value for money.

I must say I'm appalled with the level of feed back from the management from our 21st meal with 9 guests very poor food and service all 9 guests complained and they offered a £25 voucher discussed

So we got there for are pre booked Time but still had to wait to be seated as there was a que to get in but fair enough it can be busy around this time of year, we ordered drinks 4 refills and two alcoholic beverages and they took over half an hour to cone to the table it would of been much quicker if had just gone to the bar and ordered them, and Jesus's I expected to be busy but not that busy where I'd be waiting in the queue for over an hour and fair enough it's gonna busy but what really annoyed me was that they only put one person serving and they kept disappearing to the back to do what ever which prolonged it and then when came to the food the only nice part was the meat and roast potatos the Yorkshire puddings looked hard and like pancakes the mac and cheese as dry as a gandi flip flop the mash was lumpy and the gravy was really watery and the stuffing was hard as rock could break teeth with how solid it was we got there for 5.30 didn't leave until after 8 o'clock and multiple people In the line was also complaining with how long they had been waiting aswell and I never really give bad reviews

Came for a late dinner with our children and Ruth looked after us. Wish I could give more than 5star review for the way we been looked after.

Great service from Justine thank you

Justine was lovely and provided great festive service!!

lovely food and perfect service by Justine!

Justine was lovely! very smiley and happy to be serving, Thank you! x

Justine served us and was very welcoming would go again

Really enjoyed our food, our waitress Justine was lovely, will be coming again soon!!

The food was hot and tasty, ours was a family gathering and everyone had a great time.

Brilliant service Brilliant food Catered for my little boy

Chewing cardboard would of been easier, really really bad

Great food, good portions and kind staff.

Nice ambience, friendly staff and a good carvery.

Friendly staff justine was lovely great service

Justine delivered amazing service for our table. Thank you and will be returning!

Our server Justine was fab! Excellent service and communication

Justine was lovely, such a great experience

Justine was lovely! Food was excellent and service was efficient and kind, would recommend!

Justine did great at serving us this evening

Served by Justine who was lovely and friendly.

Great service very polite Justine .

Great value for a meal with my Grandparent. Our server Justine was lovely and very attentive.

Good food, excellent value for money because we used the 25% off food voucher. Nice atmosphere and great service by the staff.

My sister and I arrived today and we were served by Darcy. The food was excellent as always but Darcy's service was the highlight for me, kind caring, she smiled all the time was willing to help with whatever she could. After getting our food, Darcy checked on us at the 5 minute mark and the 20 minute mark. Having worked in catering and hospitality a double check back is highly impressive and professional. She was prompt with our drinks and deserts, always professional and friendly. As far as I'm concerned she is the best asset this carvery has hired for a while. We shall be back again soon.

Look forward to going back. Service on point. Long queues and a bit of a wait time for food. But when you get it, it's worth the wait.

our meal was lovely. the lady that served us was Ruth she was amazing alway very attentive and friendly.

Ruth looked after us really well We got our favourite table We all had a fabulous time Thank you

Waiter was nice and food was yummy.

Ruth and Callum are lovely people. It was a pleasure to be served by them. The manageress in the beige jumper had a rather unwelcoming face and demeanour, the phrase like a baboon comes to mind, but thankfully Ruth and Callum pulled it back with their nice attitude towards life. Maybe they should be the manager? The manageress left me stood right in front of her watching her and the chef discuss something on a tablet. Surely she could’ve sat me down and continued what she was doing without me being stood there like a dog waiting to be told when it can get its dinner?! She even told me to wait like a dog when I asked if I could sit down and get something to eat! Horrible behaviour. Starter was burnt. £3.55 for a glass bottle of coke (I had to check I wasn’t in London for a moment!). Carvery was generous and tasty. Carvery chefs were nice. Decent dinner before a long ride home. Would recommend if you need a hunger pain satisfying!

Beautiful as always. A very warm welcome from Steff and the team. Kyle on the deck and Ruth waiting on were fantastic. Thank you, and see you next week.

Very nice very good meat portions today

Love this place for breakfast buffet,everything is spot on,staffs really nice,and the pub itself is really homely and cosy ,totally recommend

Very disappointed, booked a table for 6.30pm as it looked a bit quieter got there only to find the place rammed and the cue snaking around the pub... run out of food, takeaways appearing to take preference over customers that have booked and actually turned up ....seems to be the norm now in most eateries ...deliveroo, just eat Been given priority, or so it seems..surely a separate out let should be catering for these take outs...

The food was as expected. The pudding we had wasn’t great but it was cheap so can’t complain. Service was a little slow - had to wait about half an hour for plates to be collected, then another 20 minutes for dessert order to be taken. Then what felt like an eternity for the bill. However, this may be due to the 7 uni students that decided to pay separately per item before us. The girls who served us were very kind so credit to them. 7/10, would come back for the Yorkshire puds.

What a wonderful experience. Thank you Lydia for making our family meal a relaxing and enjoyable memory. Everything explained and done in a calm, organised and professional manner. It was really busy but everything ran so smoothly. See you again really soon.

Great service by Ruth and really nice food

Great service by Ruth as always very helpful ❤️ food great had carvery yesterday and breakfast today both stunning 🤩

Was a random decision to come here on the way home. First time here. Was so glad we came. Family of 3. We all said how the food was beautiful. Not dry. Staff are welcoming and so polite. Atmosphere is just so nice and it feels sooo christmasy.

The server Marc was super friendly and helpful, and had pleasant small talk. The food was amazing I really enjoyed and the portion size was great

15 mins waiting for a table booked for 1-30,told the carvery would be at least 30 minutes waiting time so ordered something else off the menu waited 30 minutes before asking where our order was then told it would be another 10 to 15 mins , decided to cancel and came out