Am off for a roast tomorrow, so checked the Toby Carvery app/website and they are offering their 2 for £10 carvery deal (offer ends 7th October). You can just show the QR code on your phone.
And yes I will be taking my own plate.
p.s. worth checking any Visa offers e.g. Nationwide, as have a further 10% off which will bring it down to £9
All comments (63)
vassy1
5 Oct 17#1
Can you take mine too ? :stuck_out_tongue:
goonertillidie
5 Oct 17#2
Gabi
5 Oct 17#3
One for me and one for the tupperware for the next day...... :raised_hand:
clarabellecoww
5 Oct 17#4
That dinner looks delicious...
flaming.h
5 Oct 17#5
Could just eat that now :smile:
batemansxxxb
5 Oct 17#6
Worst carvery ever,Toby carvery,meat cut with a laser,poor selection of veg & fatty meat. won't go ever again
josephallen to batemansxxxb
5 Oct 17#17
They cut it with a knife in front of you at my local. Nothing wrong with it for a fiver.
gavin27 to josephallen
5 Oct 17#33
But it is reformed beef... you get what u pay for with Toby.....
davidridge1 to gavin27
5 Oct 17#34
Absolute rubbish man. Proper joints of meat.
gavin27 to davidridge1
5 Oct 17#35
To be fair u could be right i am just passing on what i was told from an ex cook employee... Plus its M&B i wouldnt expect quality from them at the value end of the market...
davidridge1 to gavin27
5 Oct 17#36
I am right! Go and eat at a Toby before making false claims and then quoting an ex cook employee who could have an axe to grind.......
gavin27 to davidridge1
5 Oct 17#37
Well he defiantly didnt have an axe to ground as he still works for M&B as a Trainer...
But knowing how much a roast cost it would seem difficult to make your standard 65% GP margins. Unless they run the McDonalds model who run on a low GP of 23% but rely on mass volume to make their money.. Even then that seems unlikely...
davidridge1 to gavin27
5 Oct 17#38
They may just be excellent value for money. Get yourself down there and give them a try.......
misterleoni to gavin27
5 Oct 17#39
Assume you’re not a restaurateur. Carveries are effectively a loss leader as people buy drinks on top, which are highly profitable. I have a family member who worked for the same group (who owns the Toby chain and some others) and the meat is absolutely not reformed - they’re proper, hunking great lumps of meat. Even the mash is made from scratch in the kitchen.
I would take whatever your friend said with a pinch of salt, unless his restaurant has been sub-let to some Farmfoods carvery franchise. Not saying Toby is the best carvery you can get - I can make a *much* better carvery myself) but for a fiver you’d have to be mad to complain.
SuffolkLad222 to misterleoni
6 Oct 17#56
Do you know what a loss leader is? If so, how much do you think it costs to produce a carvery meal?
superpanda to gavin27
6 Oct 17#51
Defiantly? He sounds very angry.
JusticeForThe96 to batemansxxxb
5 Oct 17#23
No wonder they're cutting back on the meat, lasers aren't cheap.
howiepaul to batemansxxxb
5 Oct 17#25
I'll have yours.
davidridge1 to batemansxxxb
5 Oct 17#26
Are you a vegetarian?
daffers
5 Oct 17#7
I'll be ready and waiting at 6
Chanchi32 to daffers
5 Oct 17#8
Look forward to it Daffers - best bib and tucker
deeky to Chanchi32
9 Oct 17#63
And don't forget to take your own sick bags.
Sorry chincho but I've tried 3 or 4 different Tobys and I honestly wouldn't go again if it was 2 for 10p.
I might vote on the price alone but I'm going to have to think long and hard about it before I decide.
PaulMilgate
5 Oct 17#9
Website now saying it expires september
Chanchi32 to PaulMilgate
5 Oct 17#10
If you click a page further it says 7th October - also the QR code in the app says 7th October too. I think the original promo was until end of September but got extended by a week.
summerof76
5 Oct 17#11
Heat added
LeahsMintytoutou
5 Oct 17#12
That picture does look nice.. I've never been to Toby carvery. Been told I'm not missing much but it looks really delicious. Gonna have to try it! Heat op :thumbsup:
LeahsMintytoutou
5 Oct 17#13
ps out of interest how much does it cost normally without this offer?
Chanchi32 to LeahsMintytoutou
5 Oct 17#14
Pricing varies - my local is £6.49 without the offer (which I still think is good value for money)
LeahsMintytoutou to Chanchi32
5 Oct 17#15
Ah great thanks... I just googled how far away my local is and it's half an hour drive. Was thinking of asking my mum to go with me and my daughter tomorrow for tea. I'm presuming we can just show up can't we
Chanchi32 to LeahsMintytoutou
5 Oct 17#16
Sure - just remember to download the app. If theres 3 of you, there should be a 33% off £15+ food spend still running for the 1st time you download the app which would probably work out better than the 2 for £10 offer.
LeahsMintytoutou to Chanchi32
5 Oct 17#24
Great even better thanks again Chanchi! :thumbsup:
davidridge1 to LeahsMintytoutou
5 Oct 17#27
£6.49 each.
ScampiLamp
5 Oct 17#18
I tried Toby carvery the other day. Its not the best quality but it's cheap and plenty of food. I'm veggie and went for a tart that tasted like cardboard, wish I'd just gone for the carvery with no meat option as they have a cheesy veg dish to help yourself from. Its basically like McDonald's but roast dinner - cheap and tasty enough. Drinks are so expensive though!! Can any of my fellow tightwads recommend a cheap drink option? I'd gladly order tap water but hubby would disown me!
fattyuk to ScampiLamp
5 Oct 17#19
Whiskey on the rocks, minus the whiskey.
cuffbertt
5 Oct 17#20
Used to love Toby Carvery, but then their meat went downhill. Now I find it's chewy and fatty and nowhere near as good as it was. Mind you, for the price you can't really complain. Not many other places that you can get a belly full of food (and I do mean full) and a beer for less than a tenner.
poisondwarf to cuffbertt
6 Oct 17#60
Totally agree with you. The beef in our local Toby is bloody dreadful. Very fatty indeed We only go rarely and we tend to have our meal served with just turkey
Scoot_eruk
5 Oct 17#21
Used to be nice until some time ago but lately there beef is so bad, it's like chewing leather.
JusticeForThe96
5 Oct 17#22
Thanks OP.
Also got a free J20 when signing up, and 33% off food using the APP in future.
davidridge1
5 Oct 17#28
We must have a particularly good Toby in Gorleston. Excellent beef, good selection of veg including braised onions, really crispy roast spuds, great yorkshire puds and either horseradish or whole grain mustard gravy.
davidridge1
5 Oct 17#29
Don’t forget to finish with the decent size ice cream in a sundae glass with toffee sauce and flake for £2.
summerof76
5 Oct 17#30
I love a good roast dinner
:raised_hand:
maclennanneil
5 Oct 17#31
Just in case it helps anyone, AA members get 20% off food and drink, not just food, at Toby Carvery.
roscoeward to maclennanneil
6 Oct 17#49
I'm a member of Alcoholics Anonymous. Do we get 20% of alcoholic drinks then too? :unamused:
If you bank with Santander check your offers, I'v got 5% cashback for Tobies....
iwilliams54
5 Oct 17#40
I've just got back home from the carvery with 7 people :persevere:
aarontufft
5 Oct 17#41
I cant see the deal. 2 for £10 Mon - Sat or 33% off carveries not valid on Sunday is all I can see
maccy1
5 Oct 17#42
mmmmmmm enough said, head added chichi :grin:
gedymiah7
5 Oct 17#43
Like McDonald's? How is it in anyway? :joy:
gedymiah7
5 Oct 17#44
Some Mothers do av em.
juggler1
5 Oct 17#45
Have done heat for this cracking deal! Big plate needed!
kris147
5 Oct 17#46
Does this include big plate? Also my toby has started using a weighing scale for the meat and since thenyou get fucking lots more!!
kingtreelo
5 Oct 17#47
there is a reason you cant buy a good cut of meat for this price......
think about it people
dannyjones106
6 Oct 17#48
Got your big plate, Alan?
Good deal, heat.
Rita0514
6 Oct 17#50
Looks good
haribo21
6 Oct 17#52
I would rather have a leg off than go for a sunday dinner in a Toby...awful places to eat
garethsmith72
6 Oct 17#53
Not sure why this is so hot for the McDonalds of carverys.
misterleoni to garethsmith72
6 Oct 17#59
I’m an amateur chef but I still like a McDonald’s now and again. Sometimes a dirty treat can be nice. I’ve been to many a carvery with family over the years - some good, some awful. On the whole though the Toby ones have been fine.
I make a really fantastic roast dinner myself but forgetting the price for a second, sometimes it’s nice to just be able to sit down with your family and have a chat without slaving over the oven.
BadBrainz
6 Oct 17#54
Two disgusting plates of food for £10! Bargain!
davidridge1
6 Oct 17#55
Have booked our local Toby for Boxing Day. 3 courses for £17.99 including coffee.
gavin27
6 Oct 17#57
misterleoni:
Assume you’re not a restaurateur. Carveries are effectively a loss leader as people buy drinks on top, which are highly profitable. I have a family member who worked for the same group (who owns the Toby chain and some others) and the meat is absolutely not reformed - they’re proper, hunking great lumps of meat. Even the mash is made from scratch in the kitchen.
I would take whatever your friend said with a pinch of salt, unless his restaurant has been sub-let to some Farmfoods carvery franchise. Not saying Toby is the best carvery you can get - I can make a *much* better carvery myself) but for a fiver you’d have to be mad to complain.
Well actually i am, take aways, cafe to restaurant i have done it all. Many businesses run loss leaders but to run your whole business on that concept would be crazy. Your main selling point cant be your loss leader... in most food establishments steak make a terrible GP but has a better cash profit than lets say a burger which usually has a 80% GP
Lets break it down
1.67 tax man 4.00 for 2 roast (conservative estimate)
4.33 profit
Lets say 6 kitchen staff all on £7.50
6staff x 8hrs x 8.47 company cost = 407
That means you need to serve 200 roasts to break even.
Just a basic calc that includes nothing else like rent/rates/gas/electric etc...
Companies like M&B have completely deskilled the trade.
Jamies italian is another example almost everything is bought in boil in the bag except their pasta which is made fresh on site every day, but not by the chef and external team come in and make it every morning..
![Fresh Breakfast Meat Box (Using code) @ Campbells Meat [Haggis / Lorne Sausage / Bacon / Black Pudding & More]](/images/topics/208684_1.jpg)
![[Xbox One] Q. u. b. e: Director's Cut on Deals with Gold](/images/topics/208716_1.jpg)
Opening post
And yes I will be taking my own plate.
p.s. worth checking any Visa offers e.g. Nationwide, as have a further 10% off which will bring it down to £9
All comments (63)
But knowing how much a roast cost it would seem difficult to make your standard 65% GP margins. Unless they run the McDonalds model who run on a low GP of 23% but rely on mass volume to make their money.. Even then that seems unlikely...
I would take whatever your friend said with a pinch of salt, unless his restaurant has been sub-let to some Farmfoods carvery franchise. Not saying Toby is the best carvery you can get - I can make a *much* better carvery myself) but for a fiver you’d have to be mad to complain.
Sorry chincho but I've tried 3 or 4 different Tobys and I honestly wouldn't go again if it was 2 for 10p.
I might vote on the price alone but I'm going to have to think long and hard about it before I decide.
Drinks are so expensive though!! Can any of my fellow tightwads recommend a cheap drink option? I'd gladly order tap water but hubby would disown me!
The beef in our local Toby is bloody dreadful. Very fatty indeed
We only go rarely and we tend to have our meal served with just turkey
Also got a free J20 when signing up, and 33% off food using the APP in future.
:raised_hand:
Unlimited alcoholic drinks apparently. :heart_eyes:
How is it in anyway? :joy:
think about it people
Good deal, heat.
I make a really fantastic roast dinner myself but forgetting the price for a second, sometimes it’s nice to just be able to sit down with your family and have a chat without slaving over the oven.
Assume you’re not a restaurateur. Carveries are effectively a loss leader as people buy drinks on top, which are highly profitable. I have a family member who worked for the same group (who owns the Toby chain and some others) and the meat is absolutely not reformed - they’re proper, hunking great lumps of meat. Even the mash is made from scratch in the kitchen.
I would take whatever your friend said with a pinch of salt, unless his restaurant has been sub-let to some Farmfoods carvery franchise. Not saying Toby is the best carvery you can get - I can make a *much* better carvery myself) but for a fiver you’d have to be mad to complain.
Well actually i am, take aways, cafe to restaurant i have done it all. Many businesses run loss leaders but to run your whole business on that concept would be crazy. Your main selling point cant be your loss leader... in most food establishments steak make a terrible GP but has a better cash profit than lets say a burger which usually has a 80% GP
Lets break it down
1.67 tax man
4.00 for 2 roast (conservative estimate)
4.33 profit
Lets say 6 kitchen staff all on £7.50
6staff x 8hrs x 8.47 company cost = 407
That means you need to serve 200 roasts to break even.
Just a basic calc that includes nothing else like rent/rates/gas/electric etc...
Companies like M&B have completely deskilled the trade.
Jamies italian is another example almost everything is bought in boil in the bag except their pasta which is made fresh on site every day, but not by the chef and external team come in and make it every morning..