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Very nice, quite pub with friendly people.

This was the third time I’ve taken kids for breakfast. You can’t fault the price for breakfast as kids eat free, but there are definitely improvements that could and should be made. Previously the full breakfast was a buffet, they’ve now changed to individual orders. I therefore expected the food to be freshly prepared but it clearly wasn’t, most items were lukewarm. The coffee machine wasn’t working and the coffee provided was again lukewarm. The croissants were stale. There is one domestic 2 slice toaster for the whole restaurant which takes around 7 minutes to toast, imagine the queues. As the bread had been in so long it wasn’t just toasted on the outside, it was a completely dried out husk. The staff are aware of this so why isn’t it replaced? Preferably with a hotel style rotating grill toaster. Plus points, as well as the price, are the staff, who are cheerful, friendly and efficient.

We were staying for two nights in the adjacent Travelodge hotel. As is not a huge amount to do in the local area, we ended up popping into the Toby grill both nights just for drinks. The bar staff were all very friendly, and the drinks reasonably priced. Plenty of seating areas. The only negatives I really the people and the uncontrolled children that they bring with them. On both nights there are groups of families where the children were just allowed to run a mock throughout the whole place. I appreciate it was the weekend, but there are still other people that they should consider who are also trying to enjoy their time out. On both evenings the bar staff had to speak to parents to tell them that their children needed to be controlled as they were being a real nuisance and there were staff walking out with hot food from the kitchen and customers walking away from the bar with glasses of drinks. That said, it's not the stars problem. It's the people that have children that don't know how to control them. An idea would be for the management in the Toby grill to get clear notices saying that parents must control their children at all times. This would be for the benefit of general customers, staff and the children that are causing the problem. It's a shame that they create such havoc, because it was quite a nice bar other than that.