Toby Carvery Dodworth Valley — Restaurant in Barnsley

I have been to several toby carvery’s and they all truthfully fall short to this one. Dodworth valley always slaps, the only day they are sometimes at their worst is a Sunday as it’s so busy but that’s expected.. but to be honest Dodworth valleys worst is what other TC’s should strive for.

I have tried almost all through travelling across the country expecting dodworth quality and it is rarely ever there, there’s always something off but dodworth never misses to get the carvery perfect.

Additionally on top of the banging food, my partner and I over the years have become regulars due to the friendly service from the moment you walk through the door to then through to the carving deck where all the carvers are very kind and will even try to make you laugh, to then finally paying and still having amazing service as you leave. You are also checked on during your service, asked how your food is and someone is always a stone throw away if you need anything.

I have never had issues here or complaints. We take friends and they are always leaving happy and with full belies. The desert is also always unreal, they never miss with the sauce, toppings and serving sizes.

You definitely get your moneys worth here. Especially considering the weekday deals and other spontaneous deals throughout the year. I always find myself popping back in for some quick grub over many other restaurant choices as it never fails, it is consistently banging food. Which I’m sure as a carvery brand it is hard to get it locked down so well.

If you want a homey vibe, that is warm and welcoming with just banging scran that’ll make you think of home then you know...

Myself & my wife had just returned from Tenerife at 6am Sunday morning 8/6/25 & so had nothing prepared for a Sunday dinner so booked a table for 3 people ( + my daughter ) at 14.20. We arrived but there were a 15 minutes delay ( no problem ) BUT the lamb was very fatty, the garden peas were like bullets ( I did mention this to the waitress but I think she just brushed it off. According to our receipt the carver was Josh, but there were 2 carvers but one was pushing lots of customers to go King size plates all the time, may be pushing the sales up but this just seemed to be forcing food down people's throats ? Customers should be able to walk in & feel comfortable to know their own mind as to what they want & feel what they can consume without the feeling of someone trying to persuade otherwise, this surely would create large amounts of waste food. We have been here some time before ( last year ) and wasn't that impressed then but as I said we weren't organised for dinner due to coming back from a holiday & it hadn't got any better. We definitely won't be back in the future!!! Update to Toby reply, You state that your staff ask customers if they want to go King size, there's a difference between asking the customer if they want to go King size & the customer replying no, but it's not left at that, your stsff are carrying on saying go on you know you want King size & if you go King size your friend will go King size too. This is harassment, I was there & I had it done to me, please don't make excuses for your staff when it's probably down to the owner to boost up sale margins. ITS DISGUSTING & YOU SHOULDN'T...

Ate here tonight and while the food was spot on, I had to ask for more meat on my carvery. I think you should get more than 2 wafer thin slices of meat for £9.45.

This is the 2nd time I’ve been and both times I was served by the same carver. The first time I thought it was just him being tight as the first time he gave my partner (female) 4 slices and me (male) 2 slices of meat.

Again, tonight there was a male & female couple in front of us and the female was given 4 slices and the male only 2 - as well as me and my friend who I visited with today (also male) 2 slices.

There was 6 of us queuing to be served and the carver was cleaning down the deck with a jug of dirty water with veg floating in it. One of his colleagues told him to “take his time, it’s not like there’s anyone waiting or anything” and the carver replied “perfection can wait!”

Also noted that his chef whites were scruffy and hadn’t seen the face of an iron in a while. Not really an ideal person to be putting on a customer-facing role when his uniform looked like it did. He also used the same oven cloth that he’d previously dried the deck with to manoeuvre a fresh turkey into position.

So yeah be prepared to pay £9.49 for a carvery and only receive 2 wafer thin pieces of meat that you could probably see through if you held it up to the light. Really sad to see the direction in which Toby Carvery’s standards are going as we loved eating here at one point and would visit 2-3...