The best restaurants in Barking and Dagenham London

29/10/2020: Went for lunch, the staff were extremely friendly and helpful and couldn’t do enough for us but it was early lunch time so not many people were in. We had the Carvery which was ok if not a bit dry from sitting around. We also had the chocolate eclair cake which was lovely but the portion sizes need looking at as we all had different portion sizes.

05/10/2020: First of all we had to wait way to long for our food to come even though the place wasn’t busy at all. My partner ordered soup which never came. His fish and chips was unbelievably greasy. I ordered medium size beef carvery, the portion size of the beef was the tiniest I’ve ever seen, rock solid, hard to chew. The Yorkshire pudding was burnt couldn’t even bite into it. The whole dish was overcooked and tasteless. Won’t be back here...

05/11/2020: Haven’t been to Moby Dick Toby Carvery for years. Well it hasn’t changed- still tired looking interior in a desperate need for a clean lick of paint and a lot of deep cleaning.This I don’t have a problem with.What I couldn’t understand was why when we are unfortunately at a peak of Covid again, about to go into lockdown again, the 2 members of staff that attended to us were not wearing a face mask/shield!!! Orders are taken at the table by the unmasked waitress, drinks and meals brought to the table by unmasked waitress, checked several times we are ok, by unmasked waitress and yep you’ve guessed it, bill brought up by unmasked waitress.Don’t get me wrong- she was lovely and polite, but really!!!!On this basis alone- I wouldn’t be returning, not when so many other food places do ‘Covid procedures ‘ so well.The food - I’m not even fussy ( I’m just glad if I don’t have to cook), but it looked like what had been leftover after school dinners. Tasted like that too. Such a shame - years ago this Carvery was so nice, let’s hope this lockdown the owners are using the time productively and getting decorators and cleaners in and re- educating staff on the important of safety at this time.Would I come back - nah.

25/10/2020: This was our first visit to this carvery as we always go to the toby carvery at Whitewebbs Park which is set in a lovely country residence and is hard to fault. On arrival, we were shown to a comfortable table No 22 which is next to the window and gives you a nice view out. Our server Deborah was very pleasant and explained what the procedures are in place here due to the Corona Virus and invited us to go up straight away to the food counter as the place was not very busy at that time. We had to wait at least 5 minutes before the "chef" came out to carve the selected meats and then a second person arrived to serve up and plate the various vegetables of your choice and then our server then collected your plate and took it back to our table. I chose the roast beef and gammon and a selection of all the veg on offer. There was turkey available but it looked very dry under the heat lamp.Both meats were ok although the portions were very small and the veg dishes were not very warm and looked like they had been standing for quite a long time. The meal was just OK but I am not sure they can do much better in these troubled times. The whole place needs a make over which would help but the staff are trying their best which is a good thing. Perhaps we will return again in better times to see what improvements have been made, if any !.