Toby Carvery Almondsbury — Restaurant in England

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 A Feast Fit for Heroes: The Ultimate Toby Carvery Experience 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Having traveled all the way from London to experience the world-renowned Toby Carvery in Bristol, we can confidently say it was the best meal we’ve ever had! After spending a thrilling day driving World War Two tanks up in Leicester, battling and "defeating" our enemies, we needed a feast worthy of victory—and Toby Carvery delivered beyond all expectations.

The portions? Let me paint you a picture. Imagine a banquet laid out by giants, where each dish is heaped with enough food to feed an army! The plates were so loaded with succulent cuts of meat and mountains of roast potatoes that they seemed to defy gravity. Our Yorkshire puddings were as large as the tanks we had driven earlier, and the heap of vegetables on my plate was as vast as a battlefield itself. Every bite was a celebration of indulgence!

A special shoutout to our waitress, Emilia, who was the true hero of the evening. She was attentive, kind, and made sure every need was met with a smile. Emilia deserves nothing less than recognition for her impeccable service—she truly went above and beyond. In fact, Toby Carvery, if you’re reading this, give that woman a pay rise!

And a heartfelt thanks to Lal, the butcher at the carving station. Lal’s dedication to serving the best cuts of meat was unmatched. He was willing to burn his hands while carving the leg of lamb, just to ensure we received the finest, juiciest piece possible. Talk about commitment! His expertise made the meal unforgettable.

All in all, this was not just dinner, it was an experience. Thank you, Toby Carvery, Emilia, and Lal for making it a night we will remember for years to come. We’ll be back—hopefully not too long after our next triumphant victory!

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Parking scam! My father-in-law was charged £85!!

This is a hard one to write. My family and I have been coming here off and on for many years.

About a month ago my father-in-law and I came to the Toby Carvery in Almondsbury for breakfast on a Sunday. It was our first time back since the pandemic. We had a very nice meal, staff was great, etc. Sometime later he received a notice that he was being charged £85 for parking (!).

We had no idea he needed to enter his vehicle registration. The staff certainly didn't mention it. There are apparently signs. We didn't notice them. (We were probably talking going in and out the restaurant.) We paid for our breakfasts in cash. Didn't get a receipt. How can we possibly even dispute the charge?

I'm very disappointed for two reasons (beyond being charged £85 for parking when we were paying customers): 1) The staff didn't mention we needed to enter in our vehicle registration details. Seems like this should be the first thing they say before they take payment or take you to your table. 2) There's like five menus at each table--why isn't there a notice about you needing to enter vehicle registration along with those?

I've been reading past online reviews about others who fell victim to this scam. These include office parties, a woman in a wheelchair, and a grandmother with a disabled granddaughter. It's frustrating reading. Management seems to take no responsibility for these problems.

I'm angry but mostly I'm disappointed and hurt. We really liked this place. Beyond my father-in-law and I going out for our breakfasts, my family and friends used to come for dinners.

We won't be...

Awful experience here after a few years of not visiting. Cold meat and vegetables and terrible customer service. At first we were offered for our meals to be microwaved, which we politely declined as we didn't feel that we should have to do this after spending almost £16 per person on a meal.

We were then approached by the manager who said they were unable to get us fresh hot meat, and offered for it to be warmed up again. As this was declined, we were offered for it to be a meat free carvery saving £2 per person. This is completely unacceptable. We were left to decide if we wanted to have a meat free carvery or free deserts. We were told we couldn't have fresh meat because they would have to use a new joint that they didn't want to do in case it didn't sell and would go to waste. The manager left to probe the meat temperatures.

The manager then came over to our table with a plate of meat consisting of beef, gammon and pork. I have no idea why we were given pork because we had turkey, beef and gammon. We asked why not turkey and they said that it was being probed. My guess would be that the turkey was below temperature.

The meat that we were given was clearly warmed up as it was absolutely steaming hot but cooled down extremely quickly. We were given a piece of pork that was solid and dried out.

We left unhappy, having not eaten much, due to the undercooked and solid vegetables. The stuffing was also an awful stodgy mess that needed fresh bringing out.

Overall, our visit was awful and we will definitely not...