Oh behave! Lol.

​food police alert

Nowt wrong with Toby Carvery. Bet you prefer McDonald's?

Talking from experience?

Fffflleeetttcchhheeerrrrrr

Extortion :laughing:

stupid ignorant idiot

Anywhere is a prison with the wrong attitude to life. Go on go out enjoy a healthy meal for a fiver. You may even crack a smile

Lol, its not that bad. They used to be ok but cost cutting has got to them getting cheap cuts of beef. Avoid the disgusting beef and the roast is not bad

At least you won't have to slop out.

Our crown carvery in Derby is terrible we prefer Toby carvery

I previously thought the exact opposite was true so I stopped going to Crown. But I haven't been to Crown for about 3-4 years now so it's worth me giving it another shot!

Any excuse to get out of Morecambe!

My nearest Crown Carvery on Grane road in Haslingden is awful.
Luckily we have 2x Tobys in Bury where I live
When I watch Bury FC away at Morecambe I always go to your Morecambe Toby for a pre match meal, one of the best in the country surprised you don't use your local Toby !

You probably just prefer the frozen veg at Crown compared to the fresh veg at Toby.
Or maybe you prefer the less fatty and cheaper top rump/topside/silverside of beef at crown, compared to the rolled rib of beef at Toby

The Crown in Fulwood (Preston) is dreadful in my opinion.
The Toby at the shrimp in Morecambe is one of the best I've been to, the downside being that they have a habit of forgetting the drinks order.

Maybe the Crown has improved in the year or so since I last went.
Plus tastes differ.

All Crown Carverys I've been to have awful frozen veg, frozen Yorkshire's and tough meat. Very rare you get poor dinner at a Toby though.

It certainly isnt the same stuff - beef in tobys used to be ok, but now is horrible. Crowns beef is even worse

So for two people you'll save £3.98. That's a good chunk towards your drinks.

I'm sure these are hit and miss. Our local one is pretty good.

Same company but totally different quality, Toby use turkey crowns on the bone, crown use boneless joints, home made Yorkers at Toby's , frozen ones at crown, Toby is a lot nicer imo

I supply the food for M+B Crown carvery use Frozen meat and veg from poland and brazil where as Toby Carvery uses fresh from the uk.

...and that was the tastiest part of the meal presumably

Three roast budget carvery is £3.99 here. It's a smaller plate but you can still have unlimited veggies. I get this as the normal plates are too big for me lol

Crown carvery was £2.99 but has been increasing for the last 2 years so we stopped going its over priced now as its hit and miss if you get a decent tasting dinner or not. we often walk in have a look to see how it looks and walk out again when it looks dry and reheated and often ask other customers who are already eating if its worth staying or not.

Sundays are usually aroound £10 each.

£5.99 when i went several months ago. Take it they put it up to make their offers look better.

Your voucher is good for up to four people – so if you’d like to invite two extra friends along, be our guest. Then you can all tuck into one of our famous carvery dinners for just £20 in total.

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Yes there is my sister had it but didn't like it

Yes without meat,veg only
Toby carvery is poor & overpriced

There are usually a few vegetarian choices as well as the "carvery without the meat" option - of all the places we go for work meals out, the carvery actually usually has the best veggie choices.

http://www.tobycarvery.co.uk/carverymenu

By it's very name, no. Carvery according to Wiki is a place where meats are carved to order individually. Now please ask a sensible question.

​Mostly true. I am one of them delivery drivers, and can confirm that yes, all the veg except tates and onions are frozen at Crown, compared to nearly all fresh (bar peas and cauli) at toby. Crown turkey is frozen-fresh at toby. Top rump beef joints at toby compared to silverside at crown. You basically get what you pay for at either-and both good grub and value.

get a grip, why do you think theyre offering anything at all? do you know nothing about business?

Most likely financial reasons. Sundays been most folks day off at work so expect to be much more busy than regular days. They are serving English dishes, not Indian or Chinese and most UK folks tend to cook Sunday roasts on Sundays at home for lunch or dinner, not during the week. Who has got the time to do that, right? Folks been lazy sods who can't be ass to cook at home for a family roast but eat out instead. Nothing wrong been lazy but that's a choice so expect some restrictions or flexibilities from businesses who or may not want that kind of business. You're paying for convenience end of.

How about TC charged extra like 25% for the weekends from customers to pay for extra staff cover at weekends. You would like that won't you? Can't afford it then skill up, trade careers for better pay or cut back on luxuries that you can give up.:neutral_face:

Another alternative is go to home & cook it yourself. Time is money right?:laughing:

Generally you can choose the meat out of four (Beef, Pork, Turkey and another), I generally go for all four and supersize for an extra £1. Then you help yourself to veg etc, which you can restack on at any point. I must say if your going super for lunch, then skip breakfast, and cancel you dinner! I only tend to go when I'm stacking on food for energy for gym, ie Autum and Spring.

Give this man the award for joke of the day.... Hilarious

? Is this a different deal?

Think it comes down to the individual branch, we have two Tobys in my home town, the one that opened recently is very tight with the meat, the other one however is far more generous. Try another branch whilst the cheap deal is on, give them a chance.

Remember this is cooked fresh food, not processed reheated McDonalds rubbish, so one branch will be different to the next as one chef and his team might be a lot better than another. So unfortunately some are not as good, just as the case would be if you and I made the same meal, mine might not be as nice as yours!

PMSL, any more thicker would be called a meat steak.:laughing:

Gotta admit, Wow :confused:, I guess you have never ran your own business in your life with overheads to pay. Staff work for free, free business rates, free supplies, free maintenance, right? Tsk, tsk, another who will always be working for a Boss for life till you drop dead but God forbid, right? No one likes a dead customer who doesn't come back for more.:laughing:

The self righteous of a generation (maybe more in my life experience) of folks in this country who believes that an entltlement of a thicker slice of meat would satisfy a greedy so so who staves themself (missing meals) to the point of low blood sugar levels for a big slap up hot piping meal that could feed an small army with unlimited veg.

My word, as a long member of HUKD, what I have learned over the years are some folks expectations in here of tonights' OP deal are damn right rude to the point of been quite offensive, comparing a lousy £3 Boots/Tesco crisps, drinks & cold sandwiches to TC hot piping meals. Flaming liberty these cheap ass misers.

Get real, you do know that meats always costs more than veg or are you trying to be ignorant. Like most things in life, always cheaper to do it yourself.:laughing:

Now for dinner then?

That's the temperature they overcook the food at.

That's shocking,to think you had to wait 4 minutes for your food

We had to wait for a table when we went, went to the bar and the guy serving us couldn't pull a pint and had to be told which glass to use by my other half (who has bar experience), then they forgot about us and we had to ask to be seated, the veg was bland, the meat fatty... I'm hoping it was due to it being a new chain and will get better :-s

It was probably the manager and a customer who was trying to use a "Two carverys for £10" voucher.

Yeah I must admit the 20% off deal is usually better. The 20% deal is only if the food (not drinks) part of the bill is over £15. If me and one other person are going then the 2 for £10 works out a little bit cheaper. If I was to add on a dessert or more than 2 of us go then the 20% off is a better deal.

It's very badly written but I'm pretty sure what it means is the voucher will cover 2 people getting a carvery for £10 or 4 people getting a carvery each for £20 (2 x £10 obviously). So £5 each. If it was three people then you would use the voucher for 2 people and pay full price for the third.

That's my take on it and I can't see it would work any other way, but I agree it's confusing.

You have missed a 'to' out which is quite important.
The flyer reads ' This voucher entitles the bearer and up to three guests to two main meals for £10'
Quite clear really

Your voucher is good for up to four people – so if you’d like to invite two extra friends along, be our guest. Then you can all tuck into one of our famous carvery dinners for just £20 in total.

Sometimes I wish this place had a dislike button!!

...and if you are away from home do i tow my house and the back of my car

No trees left in London????

Both Crown and Toby are owned by the same parent company. Crown is cheaper but most of the products are heated from frozen. Toby are a little more expensive but all cooked fresh apart from peas apparently. This is according to delivery drivers who work for the company and posted on the first 1 or 2 pages of this thread. Having tried both Crown and Toby many a time and Toby being the better of the two it doesn't surprise me that crown is cooked from frozen and Toby is from fresh.

We had a Christmas meal at whitch for 13 and it was bloody awful, the excuse was given the manager had walked out and took the staff as well,still waiting for head office to reply

You mean because there are better deals with pudding? true, but then if you just want the carvery and a drink then this is a better deal.

Sure she'd appreciate the Marks and Spencer meal deal, you get wine with that too, apparently....

Drink prices are fairly average. At least the fizzy pop is on unlimited refills

Yes, so take a friend/family with you & no, they don't do doggy bag meals so you could take all the unlimited veg for seconds at home. Alternatively, if you're one that who doesn't care about any self respect or humiliation. You could try to arrive early afternoon have 1st meal then sit around all day (they do have free wifi + you may have to remain within the dining area & not leave the premises) relaxing until late afternoon to finish the 2nd meal & still pay £10 but better to ask though as it most likely be at managers' discretion while trying to serve other respectful patrons.

Be aware you may get the complimentary tsk tsk shameful on you look for doing that but at least you'll get the chance to hear from the managers' mouth of past rude customers testing their patience & tolerance for unacceptable behaviour.:laughing:

Anyone known to be been banned from TC?:smile:

They used to have a takeaway promotion years ago but not any more. Promotions can come & go at any time with T&C's like this.

The Walsgrave is a crown the Binley is the other Toby

I think they are run as a franchise and Toby then support them for branding, marketing, food delivery etc. This is the same with McDonalds and Subway.

I'd like to point out 2 things, first it's over 16%, second they don' have to give you anything. Plus as a bonus I will point out that on other sites people are wetting themselves over saving £1 on a full tank of fuel. If you don't like the savings then please leave the site in jerky movements.

Go on say it as you mean it. Actually we have a good one in Luton, but as others have said quality and experience varies.