Toby Carvery The Friary in Swindon

Very nice but could of been a bit warmer.

I ordered a particular meal option, paid extra to include pigs in blankets, these never arrived, there is no way of saying that there was missing items from the meal ordered, so paying for the more expensive one means you pay more and don’t get what you ordered. There was also missing potatoes and again, no way of reporting it. Food arrived cold also, needed a complete reheat, was fine once heated but annoying you don’t get the meal you paid for and no way of reporting it!

No good choice of vegetables, fatty meat and Yorkshire pudding was way too fatty. NOT IMPRESSED AT ALL

Very polite and smiley delivery driver which was great to see. Food was lovely, loads of it and presented nicely. Will order again! Thank you!

very nice still hot absolutely lovely

The meat was dried out and hard. To long under the heat lamp Yorkshires we’re soggy. Overall the meal was not very nice. Grandkids didn’t eat it

Homemade dishes and a warm welcome. A pleasant experience.

Food poor, beef very fatty, not much actual meat. No mash potato and lots of cauliflower.

Meat free dinner but mostly carrots and peas , advertised with mash but no mash added . Everything that was in there was nice just mainly peas and carrots and small amount of cauliflower 🤨 other vegetables would have been nice

Came here with the family for a carvery. Service was fantastic. Waitress very lovely. Food was very good, just a shame they ran out of beef and the queues were long..

I highly recommend, Emma was amazing, advising on the best combinations.

A fair selection of veg and it was reasonably fresh, plenty of room on the plate for veg as the meat wasn't exactly plentiful, but at £6 a head you couldn't expect much more really. A great atmosphere in this pub even if it is difficult to find from the postcode. And the waiting staff were very pleasant.

Great location and good carvery.

Brilliant place to go for a meal out, food delicious, staff very friendly and helpful. Thank you and will call again.

Clean, friendly staff, decent food

Typical carvery for food , service. Other food available. All you can eat breakfast. Not a great choice in the bar , quite pricey.

Delivery time kept getting pushed back. The food arrived warm/good temperature to eat straight away, but with items missing.

The meal was cold did not enjoy

Extremely fine cuts of meat, and as much veg as you like to put on your plate .. what’s not to like! Price wise, tain’t to be sniffed at neither - most excellent value. Highly recommended ..

Nice place to have breakfast.. Nice buffet of breakfast items. Helpful people... Nice atmosphere..

Very good typical English breakfast.

Great carvery delicious, pudding was exceptional

Food was decent, restaurant nice decor but service was horrible! She waited on the other tables around us several times & never got to us, I had to ask 3 times for the bill!

unfortunately my apple pie is missing ibe got my roast my mac n cheese pigs in blanket my gravy my custard but no apple pie

Staff are lovely but the breakfast was cold

Negatives: A very long queue for food, one person slicing the meat is not enough when busy. The pork crackling was rock hard and inedible. Positives: Friendly staff and tasty food. I wish you had a savoy cabbage/green cabbage, not sweetcorn!

Food was not what I asked for and turned up cold

Always a good fill your face place! Love the gammon! I would have given 5* for the atmosphere but the child behind me kept flicking food at me and I’m sure it’s frowned upon to throw a spud back haha This is my favourite Toby’s! They are always so so polite and friendly ! Always good with allergies and are quick to show I the allergy booklet :)

Sat in the restaurant now (Sunday 1554 hrs) watching my husband creep forward in a very long queue, one he’s been in for 44 minutes and still nowhere near getting his food. I’ve given up queuing due to a knee injury meaning I just can’t stand in one position for that long. The staff are pleasant, I’m sure the food will be acceptable, and it’s clean enough (however see picture of mould around window) but a £5 surcharge for eating on a Sunday should mean swifter service. I challenge Toby Carvery execs (not the branch manager) to answer as to why they can’t make changes to ensure quicker - note not quick - service can’t be achieved for the extra charge. This is our first time in any Toby since before Covid. The food and the eventual time it arrives will decide whether we visit again.

A fantastic middle of the week treat! The staff were friendly, professional and helpful, and the food was quite simply divine and bountiful too!

A fantastic mid week treat. The staff were friendly, professional and helpful, and the food was quite simply delicious, divine, and plentiful too!

Went on mothers day in memory of mum. It was her favourite place. Couldn't stop crying. The staff were amazing as always as they couldn't do enough for us. They also remembered her too. Wasn't the same without her. It was very hard to go back and even harder to try and stay composed. Thank you Toby staff. You really made it special xx

Was a busy Sunday but the staff were friendly and the food was hot and tasty.

Toby Carvery was its usual reliable self — the food was good and the service from most of the team was fine. However, I’m here to talk about the manager (I believe her name was Kasey?) who was extremely rude and unprofessional throughout our visit. From the moment we arrived, she spoke to us in a dismissive and disrespectful manner, as if we were an inconvenience rather than paying customers. Her tone and attitude were completely uncalled for and left everyone at the table feeling uncomfortable. It’s honestly one of the worst experiences I’ve had with a manager anywhere. Someone in that position should be setting a positive example, not making guests feel unwelcome.

Rude manager, has a go at my partner and I for not waiting to be seated yet there were no visible waiting staff for 15 minutes, said the table was reserved but no reserved card as there were in other tables. The area that was for lunch not breakfast was barricaded off so poor service and unprofessional. Food was good despite this

We will order again as we do enjoy the food, however once again Disappointed by missing item! this time there was no stuffing on both meals. Theres nearly always something missing 😔my husband has mobility issues so it is easier to have a delivery than go to the restaurant. I just wish they would take more care when making the takeaway boxes up.

Some of the potatoes were burnt, very cold food, not a lot of meat, burnt potatoes, awful Yorkshire puddings, very disappointing.

Great food , huge veg selection. Loved it

Fabulous meal, will definitely be back 😋

vegetables was cold meat and Yorkshire pudding was good

Lots of people all enjoying great food and drink

We had a lovely Mothers day dinner here, my son choose the place and I have to say I was pleased with is choice. Our server was Maddie (Ticket number 268) and she was great, she took our order quickly and was very polite, explained what we had to do and that our drinks would be on the table when we arrived back from getting our food. The food was lovely and what a great choice of meat, The roast potatoes were crispy and tasted great. We ordered drinks again half way through the meal and again Maddie was great and brought them straight away, We did order pudding and that was lovely, I had sticky toffee pudding and my son had Cheese cake. Food was great and the service was Awesome, thanks to every one who made my day special

Booked a short notice lunch for 6 people the Saturday before mother's day. Restaurant was very busy and we did queue for about 10 minutes. Food was perfect. Choice of 5 roast meats, a variety of potatoes and trimmings. And lashings of lovely gravy. Followed by a decadent sundae. All in all a delightful impromptu mother's day lunch. Definitely would recommend. Also joined the carvery club and got 25% off the food bill!

Great food at the buffet servery and the top up soft drinks.

We were pretty much booted out after an hour ...4 members of staff asked us to hurry up as they needed the table

Beef missing from carvery order… not good at all

Amazing food, and amazing prices, Love the roast, Should be allowed 2 Yorkshire puddings with a normal plate 🙏 and not go large

Fantastic, can’t remember the last time we ate that well. Everything was delicious…. Even the dog managed to sneak off with one of the cartons and had himself a little feast on the custard :-)

Food is acceptable and the atmosphere is good, however if you arrive halfway through the serving everything starts to arrive slowly.

Cam in .feel ignored by staff for quite a long time. Also , first time ever i had Yorkshire pudding that flat.Looks like pancake .I am not sure why the chef served this one when it was full plate of good one available. Good on the end, the person responsible for the area smooth all. Just because she was nice..

Actually 42 minutes late.Three small cold shrivelled roast potatoes.Beef gristly.Yorkshire pudding completely cold.Gravy lukewarm.Stuffing was missing.

Visited for Sunday roast not late at 5pm. Well over capacity, que round whole restaurant wait 1hr to get food. Then cold. Avoid.

the food was not of good quality. did not get mutch meat.was not much veg also. plus did not get any custard.

Meat rubbish what their was off it

I have always used the Toby carvery and have never had any complaints . I paid £43 for two meals . And what was delivered was one meal . No roast pots/ mash or Yorkshire puddings . I asked for a refund for one meal and have since not received it

Enjoyed another meal at the Toby Carvery

My beef was all stringy could not eat it beef dripping rosts pots could not taste any dripping on them

Food was lovely, could have hotter plates to keep the food warm

Went in with my family on the 10th of march around 3:15pm, qued up for our food and the nice lady serving us behind the food counter was lovely, very polite and just happy in general. Lovely to see.

Order the beef and it wasn’t too bad. It was all hot when delivered. Unfortunately the roasties were like bullets and inedible and one piece of the cauliflower cheese was hardly cooked. Plenty of peas and carrots and the gravy was good. Pigs in blankets were ok. It was an enjoyable meal. Oh and the Yorkshire pudding was very brittle

Decent carvery, good Sunday lunch options, very busy so book in advance on Sundays, tables are close together to get max number of people in so not the place if you like peace and quiet and not to be overheard

The last time I visited and baring in mind I'm travelling from hungerford as I find the newbury toby is not great very hit and miss and always short staff I do love this place but on my last visit I was very very disappointed with the amount of meat plated by the chef!! Also the young girl who was taking care of our table looked like she really did not want to be there and was not at all helpful!! Also as I'm a terminal cancer sufferer I have to be careful making sure my food is hot and on this occasion it was not!! I do love this place but this particular day was very disappointing. I'm unsure of a return and I'm always asked where I would take friends family I meet up with regular .

Good value for money, not bad not very special

Absolutely amazing portion was massive and still hot when it arrived, I’d happily order from there again.

Went on the £4.99 breakfast deal, as we'd never done the breakfast before and it was so lovely. I think all of the openreach team was in there, but still plenty of food left

Love . Sunday lunch Carvery. Great team of staff Book in advance it gets busy - early evening isn't as busy.

We are weekly customers for the last few years .Always discuss going elsewhere, but we know we will get friendly service ,lovely food and value for money .Even when I'm on one of my diets ,I still can have the meat ,and veg and skip pudding 🍮 although they are always tempting .Server Emma .Ticket number 159.

Really nice food, good temperature. Just 4 stars as our stuffing was missing

Too much people but what you expect on Sunday lunch time? Food very good, well presented and tasty

The food is lovely but the Yorkshire puddings can be either amazing or just too much. The service is excellent and the staff are very friendly and knowledgeable about their food. The tables are very close together so it can be a bit crammed at times. Overall great place and would highly recommend. The puddings are lush.

I'm food wasn't cooked proberly it was stone cold and all I received was peas carrots stuffing 2 roast potatoes I was missing the extras I had paid for and I didn't even receive any mash potatoes when I asked for it

Lovely food nice atmosphere good service

Great service and a lovely dinner. Good atmosphere and staff all really friendly and helpful. Server Emma ticket number 403

First visit to a Toby Carvery. Great service even though it was busy. Tasty food and lots of choice. Thank you Emma! Raffle ticket number 3

Very good food. Good variety.Very polite and helpful staff Good parking Very reasonably priced. Would come again and recommend to friends in

As always the food and services was excellent, Jenny 402

Our server was Jenny brilliant service cleared away when finished asked if we required any more drinks.our raffle ticket number is 397 .

Maddie waiter very helpful. Dinner was delicious

I really enjoyed the breakfast.

Very polite staff and carvery was cooked lovely will be back

Friendly staff good roasts dinner, fill your belly 🍗😋

We go to Toby about 2 or 3 times a month. Two people in our family are vegetarians and only eat the mashed potatoes. The rest of us also like mash. You have changed the ingredients and now the mash is inedible. We will not be booking again until we know that the recipe has been reinstated.

Food was cold and meal sizes have reduced massively

Great service by emma and the rest of the team, enjoyed our vist, food was hot and fresh. (2).

We really enjoyed our Lovely evening with a Gorgeous 2 course meal and drinks. Very Tasty all of it. We were served by our Lovely waitress Emma

Toby carvery at its best. Affordable prices. Decent food. Ample parking and an attentive staff. Be mindful that this place is popular. On weekends book ahead and arrive before your booking time as sometimes you will need to wait to be seated. This is especially true if you are in a smaller group 2's or 4's as for larger bookings they will prep the tables ahead of their assigned timeslot. Small groups are seated as tables are available.

Brilliant!!! As always, goodly portion and value for money

Brilliant place highly recommend

Saturday late lunch with my Daughter, waiting staff lovely. But only one slice of pork.... Cut in half! Really!! Omg. Sadly lacking meat on my plate. Vegetables OK, roast potatoes looked lovely but still frozen and cold in the middle. Spent £43.00 for two. Could have done so much better. 😢

Very popular and busy family meal venue. Great choice of meats and plenty of veg.

Didn't get the right order delivered

Food is always reasonable. Not the best caravan around, often meat cut so thin if you hold it up to light it will resemble plankton, but breakfasts are always worth it..

the roast potatoes are very hard couldn't eat them

The food was cold and the meat was stringy , very poor , can’t see my self going back there

Really busy on arrival (6pm on a Wednesday), so delayed our ordering a little (but couldn't decide anyway!) and drinks serving, but that didn't matter as we weren't in a rush. No queue at the carvery. Vegetarian choice was ready in good time. Nice, friendly waitress. As time went on we were the only ones left in our area, so able to chat and relax. Appreciated that the background music was quiet in our section too.

Lovely place, staff were great, the meat's were great but the veg was shockingly bad.We had a discount for signing up to Toby carvery but the restaurant wouldn't accept it.

We were served by Emma raffle ticket number 410. We were a family group of six people. The service was excellent in this busy restaurant. We got s friendly reception at the entrance. Drinks were served promptly soon after arrival. Carvery food was excellent, sweets excellent and value for money excellent.

Consistently great quality and exceptional good value. I love the self service soft drinks. I loved the service given by my waitress. I love that I can ask for the cripsy bits of the roast, as that's my favourite bit. I would like to see sprouts and braised red cabbage offered more often as seasonal vegetables in winter

Wonderful carvery, and managed dessert too. The food was great and our server was lovely.

I went to this place with the intention of coming to England and trying traditional food. It's a Bury chain store. The restaurant is good if there are a lot of elderly people. This is the place then. You can choose from beef, pork, or turkey. If you ask for it all, they will cut it into different types. The portion is limited and you have to ask for the sausage separately. Even though the amount of meat may seem small, you will be full if you eat the bread, potatoes, and roasted vegetables on the side. You can choose one of 4 types of gravy and sprinkle it on top, and if you like mint, you can even sprinkle mint sauce on the side. Baguette bread and tomato soup are provided as standard. After we finished eating, they gave us apple crumble, which was delicious. Sweet and refreshing.