Toby Carvery The Friary in Swindon

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

Fabulous meal, will definitely be back 😋

vegetables was cold meat and Yorkshire pudding was good

Beef missing from carvery order… not good at all

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 :-)

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

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

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

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 .

Enjoyed another meal at the Toby Carvery

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

As always the food and services was excellent, Jenny 402

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

Maddie waiter very helpful. Dinner was delicious

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

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.

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

Food was cold and meal sizes have reduced massively

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.

Dion is an amazing waitress and would recommend large bookings and if you get Dion your in for a treat 405

Food was good but we did not receive the meat that we ordered.

Very late delivery. No mashed potatoe, roast potatoes soggy, not enough meat, rock hard cauliflower.

everything was lovely good food and service x

Great place Nice meals n Great vaule

Disappointed no mash potato two roast potatoes. And pigs blankets I did not order

Beef was frist class,not over cooked and moist

It was really busy when we arrived which was to be expected for a Sunday, the wait staff seemed to be rushed off their feet as they seemed slightly understaffed! I would of loved a pudding but due to having to wait i was kind of put off having one, this is no way any of staffs fault they were all doing the best that they could! The roast from what I had was lovely apart from the beef was stringy and chewy which doesn't usually happen if it's slow cooked! I also think my note about coming to celebrate a birthday got overlooked which was kind of disappointing. Overall though it was an okay experience but I've had better experiences at toby!

roast potatoes were like rocks.no mash, cauliflower broken my fork(say no more)

The Breakfast was less than I usually see at Toby , very limited ,eggs fried up , bacon and sausages were so dried up due to the lights . No other egg options such as scrambled eggs. Horrible boiled eggs/ steamed mushrooms like rubber balls . Only thing good was the toast and tea It was an expensive mess Definately will not be going again

Update: Scanned code for rewards and mentioned it twice as it said removed on the receipt. They said it was accepted but it never came through. The customer service ignores you and it was never fixed even weeks after with evidence. We booked to celebrate a birthday. It was somewhat busy, so there was limited food left and just unlucky with receiving bad pieces of meat. There was no gravy left, so there was a queue for it as 1 customer said. We waited in line and got other sauces first. A white male customer purposely threw mint sauce all over my arm, which I had wiped off with tissues, and he had made rude comments towards me without apologising. I was angry that he did it on purpose and did not say anything until he made comments, proving it was on purpose. This made the family angry as it was on purpose against us. They don't speak English. A white male staff member in black came over and saw it and wiped up the mess. Of course, we argued. The man says some things and walks off. This should have been the end of it. The white male waiting staff had sat us near each other, which they should have separated us after what happened. We had to walk past him to get to our table. As I went past, he was trash talking about us, which I made clear to his partner what happened. She told him off for not apologising. A female white staff member came over, repeating that there are children around and to not argue. There was no swearing, no name calling, or physically fighting. I only stated what had happened. "He threw sauce on me on purpose and claims it was an accident, but if it was an accident, there would have been an apology." I went to get a drink. The same white male staff came over saying that we are as bad as each other and need to stop arguing. I said that's fine, but he needs to stop lying and talking about us. He said he told the man to stop, too. The situation could have been handled much better by staff. The staff saying we are as bad as each other and asking me to stop defending me and my family against racism and assault is ridiculous. Everyone in the restaurant heard what happened. The man who was queuing behind us also saw what had happened. If it was an accident, he would have apologised and not made rude comments. It's like the staff made judgement against us because we are not white, and my family can't speak English. They did not care to check CCTV, resolve the issue, or call police to help. All the staff did was tell us not to argue. I'm very disappointed in how they handled the situation.

No roasties , no carrots loads of stuffing filling the container😔

Visited this place yesterday (Sunday), and the food was decent. We’ve been to various Toby Carvery branches before, and I’d say the experience was pretty much the same. All just fine! Forgot to take photos, though. 😄

Great food as always. This is always the best place to go for a carvery. Very helpful , friendly staff too. Thank you

Cold but fine after a quick ping in the microwave. Peas inedible

Great staff,great service great food highly recommend jenny and racheal were fantastic made our day,in fact I tipped it has to be good service for us to tip 👍

Friendly staff. Always love a carvery. Amazing Mac and cheese and massive yourshiers

There are many Toby franchises, but this one seems to be a bit more luxurious and has a nice atmosphere.

Very approachable good price for what you receive I would recommend.

Once delivered after being later than original time- Food was cold, missing Yorkshire puddings and stuffing and only 4 small roast potatoes between 3 portions was far from enough, only vegetables were carrots and peas. nothing like the dine in experience. disappointed tonight

Went there with friends foe xmas meal lovely food, service etc

Beautiful food hot and very tasty

Delivery was good. Carvery great and hot. Mac n cheese was inedible.

Absolutely beautiful food and plenty of it

Writing this review as I didn’t hear from anyone as promised by the manager on duty, who took my phone number and my email address. And this review will be shared on my social media pages too. We booked a Christmas dinner for the 27th December as my children were flying over from Canada this year and they spent Xmas & Boxing Day with my daughter in laws parents and then came to us. There were 10 of us and we booked for 7pm, and upon arrival we ordered drinks and sat and chatted for a while. The waitress who was miserable from the get-go told us that over the Christmas period they stopped serving food at 8pm. No one told us this when we booked the table. We were rushed to get our food - which was literally remnants of meat - and as we loaded our plates we had to wait whilst one of the kitchen staff filled take away containers with the vegetables and sides for their takeaway deliveries. There was no meat gravy and we had to make do with the vegetarian gravy. They also use plastic serving spoons and tongs which over heat under the heating lamps making it impossible to use them. So it became a disappointing evening as we had to rush our meal and the waitress just kept hovering all the while we were eating. We paid the bill and as we were walking out I noticed the carvery now had fresh meats and veggies and people were still eating on the other side of the restaurant. I asked to speak to the manager and he came out and spoke with me. His attitude was no better than the waitress’s - and when I asked what time they stop serving food he said 9pm. I explained what had happened with us - and he just shook his head and said ‘no, that’s not true. I’ll speak to her’. No apology no nothing. Your team ruined what would have been a lovely evening for my family and made sure that this family doesn’t come to your restaurant again.

The food was good. Could've been more variety of vegetables. What i was not impressed about was buying a child's carvery for our 3 year old (6 of us in total all had a carvery meal plus drinks) and being told if I wanted to take his home because he didn't eat much, I would have to pay a further £1.99 for a takeaway container when the meal was paid for. We had travelled from Somerset and he had felt sick in the car so hadn't wanted to eat much. I have never anywhere else, carvery or otherwise, been asked to pay extra to take food away I've already paid for. I would not return for this reason alone.

Poor breakfast hard eggs just food looked un inviting wont go back typical buffet breakfast poor quality

Great experience and Jenny was very friendly. Raffle ticket 60

We had a mixed experience. After finishing our main course, we sat at the table for ages with the dirty plates still in front of us, despite the place not being that busy. I approached three different waitresses to ask for a pot of tea, but no one came. Then we asked for the bill, and again, we sat waiting with the dirty plates. In the end, we had to ask yet another waitress for the bill, and only on the third attempt were we successful. We paid, but the dirty plates remained on our tiny table. The carvery itself was good, although the vegetables looked a bit rough. However, everything was cooked well. The gentleman serving the carvery was very polite, and it was evident that he cared about the customers. However, the waitress service was lacking. It was clear that there wasn't enough care and goodwill to provide nice service to your clients.

Staff were very friendly and helpful.. On this occasion there was nothing we felt needed to be changed....

Come for Christmas day and the experience from start to finish was wonderful. Food was excellent and staff were very friendly, welcoming and polite

We was a party of 17 adults and 3 children. When I booked I paid a deposit of 20 I rang up to confirm with the staff and make sure they was aware of our large party and they changes the booking to less people. When we arrived they tried to put us on a table with not enough seats so we had to be moved, they tried to separate us to start with then moved to a different area. To make a point though the servers did a great job.

You can have a nice breakfast buffet here. Food is good, and they've got enough space for quite a number of people.

Good service, carvery and waiting staff are amazing went on a busy Sunday and staff where very friendly and helpful, food was as good as a Toby carvery gets

Staff friendly and helpful. Food lovely.

Busy for Sundays, expect to queue for the carvery

Absolutely Delicious Thank You ☺️

Quality is excellent just sad when delivered not all that it was ordered comes in the bag or they forgot to put it in even tho it got paid for . I hope this can be addressed for future orders as it’s stealing money, if what you paid for gets forgotten. #7608

Lovely refurbishment, beautiful food. A pity about the ladies toilet with a soaked toilet roll on the dirtyfloor

Took my mother for Breakfast, sadly two tables near us spent their breakfast on their mobile phones! Which was very annoying!!

Staff are friendly and I when I ask about my allergies they are diligent to make sure I know what I can eat. It makes the experience stress free

The food was absolutely brilliant. Yorkshire puddings were cooked to perfection. The meat was so tender. The service was great. Very friendly and polite. Nicki was our server and Brendan was the carver.

Always a friendly welcome by a lovely lady as always grabbed a big plate returned to drinks on table, excellent service

Good selection of meats and vegetables Friendly and helpful staff Pleasant restaurant & excellent value for money (voucher visit) Busy and queuing difficult to improve on, but only downside

Great food and plenty of it!The queue was horrendous though and took a while to get through. Staff were friendly and welcoming.

Had an online voucher, so booked our seats online for a late afternoon serving. It was very busy at the front door, people waiting already!! We had quite a wait today!! I don’t think it was being managed very well🤷🏻‍♂️ When we were greeted and shown to our table, there was loads of free tables inside!!🤬 Well, we just joined the food queue straight away! A good choice here today😀so piked on to my plate what I fancied, but didn’t take too much, as I didn’t want to look greedy, or to take too much and end up wasting loads🤦🏻‍♂️ It was my partners first time here and she enjoyed it all👍😋 Booked a table for 1.30, a late dinner for us. There was a couple queueing in front of us at the front reception, so we didn't have to wait long before the waitress had come back to escorts us to our table👍 There did seem to be tables free at this time, so probably could of just turned up and got a table. But you never know how busy it can get in here? Was given a nice table, the waitress was nice a friendly. We were in for the carvery, so took our coats off and joined the queue for the carvery. There was one chef cutting and serving the meat. I choose Turkey and gammon today, then helped myself to the vegetables. I love roast potatoes, so had a few more👍 A great variety to choose from, nice to see roast parsnips there today. Had some tasty gravy, mustard and mint sauce as my choice of condiments, at the station as you exit the carvery😋 The gammon was so tasty! I enjoyed all of my dinner, although it could of been Hotter in temperature. Maybe a microwave on this end station as an idea, to give people the choice to get their dinners hotter👍 The price wasn't too bad. A lot of people really overloaded their plates!! Just hope they ate it all body didn't waste it🤦‍♂️

We have ordered twice now, both times we seem to get a sliver of meat and massive quantities of vegetables. I had beef and gammon, most of my beef was fat. I had to reheat both meals in the microwave. I will not be ordering again.