Toby Carvery Woodford in Redbridge

If I could give it no stars I would!! Just because it was New Year Eve and you are open to public doesn’t mean you can treat customers like rubbish due to us wanting to go and out meet up with family as most of us were keyworkers who was also working over the festive break. On arrival it literally looked like a ghost restaurant as most of the chairs were on top of tables so unwelcoming but brother wanted to go to this one. It was a large group meeting up. Food was dry,hard and burnt. Never have I seen mash potatoes that is so rock hard let alone told being told you got 15 minutes to get food as we are closing in a hour at just before half 6pm and when you go up to get food spraying cleaning stuff around the food area and not replenishing mustard, cranberry sauce and just turning over the very thick skinned gravy. Also being told if you want starters that might be problem as then held is putting away the food in 15 minutes. Also hearing that the people that were due in on new year day was getting the left overs/cooked meats of Newyear eve as over cook for lack of customers might explain the state of food then. Being rushed to eat the state of food being told let me see if we can do desserts. When you could have booked tables until 8pm. Staff turning away more customers that arrived 5/10 minutes after us and we got there before our table booking for half 6. However having to listen to staff telling everyone and each other what they are doing for newyear eve and how they are pleased they are closing early.

Went to Toby Carvery Woodford with my best friend for a catch up. We had a table booked for 2 o clock. I was slightly disappointed on this visit as the food was dry and the vegetables hadn’t been replenished. Never experienced this before and we always book at 2 at Woodford as Snaresbrook is always too crowded. Great service by Maddie though. She bought our drinks, dessert menu, desserts and bill promptly and was able to inform us on the seasonal sponge and crumble available. Asked Jill for a dessert menu as she was passing and was waiting ages and still did not receive it.

Amazing, we'd booked for 12.30pm, on Christmas Eve. We were surprised, when we walked in, at a bit before 12.30pm, there were a few groups/individuals there, but not packed out. There was a party of 8 of us, including an almost teenager, 2 teenagers, and 5 adults. Our server was Tamar, who was kept busy, however she came over a few times. I hate the OTT customer service at some places where they come over every quarter of an hour or so to check on you and interfere with your dining experience. This is NOT one of those places. To me Toby Carvery is always a winner, nice meats, help yourself to veg. Get a king-size plate for an extra £1.99, lovely. Conor the Bar Manager was also good. I do feel sorry for the Chef though, who said tomorrow (Christmas Day), he's having to cook about 1000 Christmas Dinners! Thankyou for helping to make it a good day, and a good early Christmas Day.

Excellent carvery very nice staff..Not many people very relaxed place to party well worth a visit to see for your self please give it a try if you like carvery places

7 adults. Roast dinner lunch. Drinks (non-alcoholic) all for around £9 pp (with discount voucher). What more is there to say? Food fine. Never going to win awards but perfectly edible. Staff were pleasant. My first time in a Toby carvery for about 30 yrs. It was a lot better than I remembered!

We enjoyed our breakfast. We like we can pop in and breakfast buffet is hot and food is cooked well. The staff were welcoming and helpful. A pleasant relaxed breakfast with friends without having to clear up.

I visited for breakfast, always warm and plenty to choose from. Food is good for the price. The staff here are very attentive and keep the place tidy when I’ve visited. Overall a very nice place to eat and drink.

Went here one Friday (4/10/24) with a group of friends, the staff were all lovely, there was a wide variety of food available where you get the carvery which were all very delicious honestly 10 outa 10 would recommend

Really enjoyed it here the staff are so nice and food was great! Feels very warm and friendly in there. Just popped in on off chance but it was lovely

Great evening, and amazing food. Jill was great, very attentive and friendly. We will definitely be returning again soon!

Stood at the bar for 20 mins trying to order food to be told the one person who was working there that he couldn't serve us as he couldn't use the till. We was here fory 40th birthday and they totally spoilt the evening. We was told to go back to our table and someone would come and serve us but they just carried on ignoring us. Don't come here if u want something to eat and drink

We had booked at Snaresbrook but they had a power cut and were closed for the day making Woodford busier than usual. I know it is cheap and cheerful food, made cheaper by our Groupon vouchers but we had 5* service. One of the ladies with us has an autoimmune disorder that means her diet is limited and the staff could not have been more helpful. Our server got the manager to come chat with her, then the chef came and said he would cook all her vegetables separately to avoid contamination. The lovely young lady serving us said not to get refillable drinks as the syrups contain gluten, something I did not know! Our friend was thrilled and as it was her first day visiting from NZ it left a lovely impression. Well done Toby Carvery, you were brilliant and we were very grateful.

We lunch here at least once a week, as always the staff namely Jill, Donna and Chefs Louise and Alex ensure our dining experience is second to none. Food is served fresh, hot and tastes delicious. Thank you all at Toby Woodford.

Had a lovely day with my family at Woodford, very lovely service from Louis-very smiley :)) 100% stars *** Came before and was served by Louis on another bank holiday and he was rushing around like a maniac very well done to him!

Excellent! Friendly! Welcoming and not to busy so service was great. Chefs were lovely talking about the food and the manager didn’t seem to stop making sure everyone was okay and clean! Great job and a great place to go!