Toby Carvery Northbourne in Bournemouth

I have to say brilliant breakfast lovely and hot the russian manger was rude me and my friend were waiting at the Pepsi machine waiting for the bartender to change the Pepsi and I get asked what are you doing so I said waiting for the Pepsi but Dermott the bartender was brilliant very well spoken and made sure we had a good visit lovely lad

Had a really nice meal from there went in early for a breakfast. Bartender was friendly and happy to help however the only reason I can't give 5 stars is the manager was rude to me and my friends while we were near the Pepsi machine as when we were waiting for the bartender to change the Pepsi which the manager was aware of and the manager said what are you waiting for and it made me and my freind uncomfortable!

For our 1st time breakfast experience it was not very good, and we will not visit again. We will have breakfast at home.

Been coming here for years but havnt been in couple of years, the food was absolutely bland and the gravy was tasteless dish water was so thin was literally like pouring water over a roast, the potatoes was whiter then white and very hard as you can see in the photo, meat was ok but very very thin, was thiner then packet meat brought from a super market, thanks but will not be attending any toby carvery again

A mix-up over table size( my mistake) on a very busy night, was quickly and very politely dealt with by the manager, and our server, Martin was very friendly. Queues for food were very long and food only just warm. The meats were well_cooked but vegetables were uninspiring, either very hard or claggy. It was a Christmas outing, so probably queues may not usually be that long.

I did ask the chef for some extra meat and he unfortunately totally ignored my request. I have visited on many occasions over the last 30+ years and they are very reluctant to give you extra meat

An excellent carvery but had to avoid the turkey which the server was cutting from a tiny chunk no bigger than my fist. The problem was customers were getting a couple of small pieces plus a few crumbs which should not be given to customers. Nobody wants wastage but customers do expect actual slices of turkey.

All thow very busy all was very good

Visited Sunday, excellent service from staff. Query with Bill. Issued resumed by very helpful manager, no problem. The staff are all hardworking, friendly, polite and helpful. As always lovely meal!

Great roast veg cooked just right still slightly firm just the way i like it.

Given that we follow a plant based diet we were keenly interested in the many vegan and vegetarian options that the restaurant had. We chose the vegan Ratatouille Tart and the vegan Mushroom & Caramelised Onion Pie. Both were well presented and of course being a carvery we got to load up with all the vegetables on offer. The pie was better than the tart as it was more tasty. Excellent service. Nice ambiance. Very busy it being a Sunday at midday. Good carpark too. Good value at £15.79 each. (Note: It's even cheaper on other days e.g., £11.49 Monday to Friday.)

Lovely atmosphere great place to eat. Staff always very helpful

We live in Hamworthy and we have a local Toby at fleets bridge but the food is so much better at northbourne Toby and we think it's worth the 30 minutes of driving for the quality you get .

Cannot give a genuine score as we booked a table for 4.50 in a thursday for 3 of us but there were no parking spaces at all!! 🤬 Come on Toby, extend your car park to cater for all your customers

We arrived at correct time, whilst waiting in a long queue we received a message that our table would be given away in 10 minutes.When greeted the gentleman obviously was a bit stressed by the amount people in the queue by the way he spoke polite but a bit blunt and said there were no tables available in the restaurant area but their was one table left in the bar area. By that time we must have passed the 10 minute deadline, if i book a table i would want a table in the restaurant not the bar area where everybody was coming through the door into the premises. Now wether you over book just in case of "no shows" i don't know or the queue was large just from people walking in hoping for a table i don't know. All in all a very poor visit and will i visit again or recommend ..... i don't think so. needless to say we left without eating. you asked for a review and i've been honest with it.

Excellent food. Staff welcoming , friendly and helpful.

On holiday in Bournemouth and went for a lovely carvery. Staff were lovely and very chatty and helpful.

Very good meal and were sat at a nice table for 2 :)

Food was fantastic. Piping hot and very tasty. You will be hard pressed to improve on it.

We went here on Sunday night and I wanted to write a review purely because of Jack the chef on the carvery counter. He was so happy and helpful and friendly and made our experience much better so I think he deserves to know his attitude makes a real difference to the place, many thanks for giving us such a nice night 😊

Lovely welcoming staff, great atmosphere and delicious food.

We love the food, the facilities and the atmosphere. The staff is really good and approachable. 100% recommended.

1st class service. 1st class food. Nice atmosphere.

Typical Toby carvery, reasonable prices, and large portions, veg can be a little dry at times. Very polite staff.

Nice, fresh and clean after a refurbishment. Good food as always, at a fair price. Drinks expensive, which is a shame. Delightful staff who provide great service.

10/10 service. Man behind the bar greeting everyone is very kind. Always asks how we are and if we enjoyed our breakfast. Asked politely if we’d mind doing a review and this has to be the first time ever I’ve been more than happy to. Quality of food for price is very very good. Not like your quick hotel breakfast buffet with fake bacon and chipolate sausages that everyone’s disappointed with. Will return time and time again!

We come multiple times a week and absolutely love it here.

Great bar staff, he always has a smile for me. (Multi-colored hair and piercings) I have an unusual soft drink as I'm in recovery, and he doesn't point out the fact and just does it without making me feel conscious about it. The carver was friendly too at this one. Having a laugh and a joke with us as we are new to the area. Beautiful food too, which is why this is now pur go to Toby in Bournemouth.

The staff were very friendly - Mags was excellent (always is) and the guy carving the meat is very organised and always chats to you. By far THE best Toby Carvery locally, probably nationally.

Collected a take away. Vegetables were thrown all together and on top of each other and meat was a tiny portion. Waste of money.

We popped in on the off chance of a place being available. We were offered a bar table. The gent who advised us (wearing a Hawaiian style top) was polite, professional and an asset to the company. We had to do self-service and order at the bar. The young bar man that served us was polite, professional and funny and made us feel welcomed. The food was good as! usual. Whilst eating our food we could hear the 'front of house' man doing his thing with waiting customers. His bedside manor is excellent and made all feel valued and important.

Toby Carvery Northbourne - Sunday 3rd Nov 2024 VERY GOOD Plenty of choice, service super quick ! Excellent service from Karen. All Good ! Thanks Julian & Amanda

The food was excellent, the prices however I thought were too expensive

Manager rude short tempered would not give me free dessert even though it was included main meal was wrong which I had to pay extra for it to be resolved. Rushed by manager telling me he needed table in 15 minutes felt very uncomfortable and unwelcome. Do not recommend going when European speaking manager is on

Good value,staff friendly 2nd visit this month

Friendly staff good choice of veg and meats and all looked fresh and well stocked despite being exceptionally busy

Toby carvery is good value Northbourne is best one to go always hot and clean there

Nice clean Toby Carvery. Staff are helpful and polite. Food is great. Doesn't seem to get as manic as Fleetsbridge which is nice if you want something a little quieter.

Food good value for carvery pleasant decor

The waitress Gilly was particularly brilliant! Great and efficient service as well as having us in giggles! Really made our night!

Had a amazing meal tonight our server gilly was attentive,amazing and a assett to toby.

Always helpful staff food good and hot

Fantastic breakfasts! Value for money is excellent!

Who doesn't love a roast. Always delivers excellent food at a good price.

Nice carvery shame about the decor & the toilets are to small taps with cold water

Excellent food and great service

I was a little disappointed on this visit. The food was plentiful but lacked flavour. The cauliflower cheese was watery and both that and the macaroni cheese had little flavour. The roast potatoes looked crispy but weren't and the carrots had no flavour. We are vegetarian so I can't comment on the meat. I have eaten here before, albeit a very long time ago, and it always lived up to expectations until now. The servers seemed to spend more time chatting to each other than anything else. We were shown to a table by one girl, told she would be back in a minute and then ignored despite requesting drinks. Then the very lovely Anne stepped in and couldn't have been more helpful. It was busy so clearly popular, however, I will choose a different Toby Carvery for my next visit.

Booked a table 6.20 got there at 6.15 was sat in que till 6.35 np where near the front

I like this Toby better than the one closer to me. The staff are excellent.

Unfortunately, I've had to update my previous high rating. Booked for breakfast at 8am and get to the restaurant to find that they're not serving breakfast until 9am and my booking was irrelevant because they cancelled it at 7am when they weren't open, not impressed.

There was a special offer on for a £6 carvery, so we booked a table and arrived to find it very busy but no problem being welcomed and seated immediately. There was no queue for the carvery. The meats were cooked perfectly and there was a good selection of vegetables to accompany them. The toast potatoes unfortunately tasted like they were reheated but that was the only let down. The soft drinks were refillable too.

Warm welcome from the front of house followed by exceptional service from Gilly who was our server, Gilly was fantastic and a wonderful asset to Toby. Great roast dinner and again great service from the two Gents on the carvery.

It was lovely hot food the service was great the chef carving the meat was really good the waitress was great welcoming and helpful it was very busy tonight

Lovely meal with friends , food was lovely nice to see lamb on the menu on a Saturday evening, very excited about that. We all enjoyed our meal , the waitress asked if we wanted puddings , friend asked could she wait a bit please . In which the waitress came back , friend said no thank you. Within a few minutes the bill came back, I said are you in a hurry as we would like more drinks . Our meal was Saturday 21st September 2024, for 19.00pm, was comfortable in there and not too busy , no one was waiting . The back door was open, and some ladies went out to vape, it smelt disgusting . I was not impressed at all. If people smoke would it be nice , if further away for a non smoker . Apart from that the meal was lovely .

I had a very pleasant lunch here recently

Very disappointed! Carvery was cold, potatoes hard to cut, some veggies a little dried up and very small portions of meat. Requested a seat by the window, request not noted, so asked to be reseated. Staff were very friendly and attentive, the pub was quiet, so they had time for us. It was not explained how getting the carvery worked. We have always had good meals at Northbourne but will not return again ....a great shame.

We visited at around 19:30. There were a few customers still eating but no staff to be seen. Took a while for someone to see us. Our order was taken, chef and carvery were excellent. But when we were nearing the end of our meal, just finishing our wine, the waitress shouted across the room and said “do you want your bill?”. We were surprised about her outshines but agreed. She brought it over on a plate, dumped it down on the table and said “they want to cash up”. I said it was still early and that it was a pub. She disagreed and said it was a restaurant! What that had to do with it, I don’t know! Then they started vacuuming around us! So damned rude! They said nothing to us when we left; we felt as if we’d been an inconvenience.

This place was very good very busy,it was well worth the visit,came with friens who recommended it,friendly staff food excellent 👌

Great lunch today very friendly staff

Owww food was absolutely delicious :) it was best carvery I had and I been I few places before . Really delicious food

Cheap buffet breakfast if you don't want drinks. The drinks make it expensive.

Brilliant meal, nicely cooked. Went at 4.00pm on Wednesday, not too crowded. Attentive and pleasant waitress service, very pleased with whole experience. Intend to go again soon.

Food and service are always great. Bonus that this Toby is dog friendly in the bar area! our dog is always welcomed by the staff here who treat him to a sausage or two

Great place for a meal. Me and my husband is big fan of Toby

Good meal & puddings served from here, the downside was service was very slow from our server. He was very friendly, but was some half hour between finishing the main course to ordering desserts, and again waiting for the bill & paying. The restaurant didn't seem over busy, but I do wonder if his colleagues left him to do everything & serve everyone else. The carver was friendly & helpful and gave good portions of meat

excellent food. Both ladies who served us were helpful, friendly and efficient

Amazing service from Jack at the front serving the carvery. I have had many carvery’s in my time and I will have to say he made the experience one I will not forget, great communication, good person to talk to and he was just happy and smiley 5 stars to Jack well done

Great, friendly team and amazing food, as always. Well worthwhile.

Great place for breakfast or dinner always good food and service

First visit for us, liked the decor food was great service and staff were really friendly will visit again.

We’ve been long term Toby fans and I drive 45 minutes to eat here as there are none near to where I live. I came today with my parents and children to celebrate my birthday. The food was delicious as expected and our waitress was lovely. I wanted to mention in particular the chef called Jack doing the carving. He was very polite, asked us about our day and exceeded our expectations in the care he took to ensure we were happy with our meal. We felt genuinely cared for. Thank you

I have visited this pub/restaurant for over 40 years and in all that time, and only once have I had a ‘bad meal’. Excellent food & service.

Excellent service highly recommended

Very poor carvery, meat was dry, potatoes dry not crispy, veg were soggy as been left there too long, gravy had skin on top, not happy

Good cheap meal out with family

Overall good experience, food could of been hotter than it was.

We had 1 lady serve us, she was very busy but lovely,friendly and efficient. Great with the children. The staff on the carvery was lovely chatting away. The food was fresh and hot. Veg regularly replaced. Plenty of choice. Will go again

1st time visit on a Sunday rather than during week. Found it less busy than expected.

Went for the carvery roast dinner, found the food very bland. The gammon had the most taste

Fantastic staff great service thank you Gilly for accommodating our son with a pillow in the highchair will definitely be coming back again t

While out on a walk we thought we'd pop and sit outside the Toby, have no problem with the staff as they are always very polite helpful and very friendly but considering the Toby has not long had a bit of refurbishment done although nothing done outside i was absolutely disgusted at the state of the place, it needs a good sweeping and washing down as its full of rubbish and cigarette nips, to sit there and look at this is just awful and such a shame, it just spoilt a lovely couple of hours there,it's not the best of views there as your basically sat on the main road but surely the staff there could come out and clear that mess up? I understand a lot of places are under staffed but it's just not good enough, 😐 come on Toby shape up.

Busy, but smooth and quick service.

Got there about half 8 , got told noone had eaten for an hr so they had taken all the meats away "as there was no point keeping the food hot for nothing" ended up leaving hungry as no food was being served despite being open until 10pm

We went early to avoid too many people. Excellent meal and service.

Great place staff are amazing fab price all fresh 🙌🫶

Such a friendly and welcoming place to enjoy a meal with all the family.

An all round great experience by friendly and welcoming staff

Lovely fresh Carvery, love it here , especially the beef !

Love this place. Food is always good and all the team are all friendly and hopefully. Would highly recommend

Love this place always good and team are always helpful and friendly. Best roast dinner in the area. And can’t go wrong with refill drinks

Ordered delivery. CONNOR was so accommodating!! Lovely man who cares a lot about his job and making people happy. Thank you CONNOR ❤️

Top of their game at the moment. Don't delay.

Enjoyed as usual. Was very busy and great to see savoy cabbage on offer instead red cabbage Managed to upset waitress as she never gave me an opportunity to tell her I had a voucher before she presented the bill so got annoyed because it had to be changed

Lovely welcome from the staff, all friendly and welcoming, shout out for Susan and Charly. After ordering our drinks went up for carvery. Beef was beautiful. Plenty of veggies to choose from. Excellent service. Good value for money. Will be returning soon.

The meat was cooked really well and the service was good.

An enjoyable meal with friends without being rushed

Always like to have a carvery when can’t be bothered to cook and sometimes they can be a bit hit and miss with the quality. Stopped of at this Toby as we were passing and soooo glad we did !!!! Food was tasty and well cooked and plenty there to choose from (staff kept topping items up) and the staff were amazing and friendly and really went out of their way to make us feel welcome especially our server Maggie. Overall I must say are visit here was an excellent experience and will definitely be visiting again.

Came for breakfast with my daughter. Very good service and great food.

Helpful friendly staff. Accommodating for my friend who's in an electric wheelchair. Good range of food. Helped with supply of radar key for accessible toilet, given we'd left home without ours.

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