Toby Carvery - Ipswich

Went here and to be fair the food was nice and the member of staff serving the meat was absolutely spot really nice . There was plenty of parking spaces in the carpark. Once we ate are meal there was abit of a wait until we ordered are dessert to be fair we had to ask the waitress to come over to take are order . I don't know why there wasn't more staff to cater for the customers. Don't get me wrong the staff were working hard but in my opinion they needed more staff to makesure everyone was looked after . Saying that the staff I spoke to were very friendly and polite I would go back and eat here again but I didn't like waiting so long to place orders.

If you have more gums than teeth like my companion, then you won't go wrong having a roast dinner here. The meat was so tender that he could even eat the roast beef with no trouble at all. This especially pleased him since he cannot eat this when cooked at home 😂 We went on a Friday lunchtime and the place was very busy. I feel we were very lucky to get a table without a booking so I would recommend booking in advance to be sure of being seated. Plenty of free parking outside with disabled bays right outside the door. Friendly staff. At the moment it is nicely decorated for Christmas which adds to the warm cozy atmosphere here.

Where to begin, been a while since my partner and I were last here which was amazing the last time, unfortunately standards have dropped sharply! Popped in for lunch today and had made a reservation, was quickly attended to, server was amazing and quickly came over to ask us about a drink order(he was the standout of the whole dining experience) we then looked at the menus which had food spatters all over them and were sticky, there was gravy on the salt shaker food on the floor around the table just pushed off to the side, no drink menu available as prices were wrong on the system we were told! Carvery open we made our way over to which point I witnessed a clear breach of food hygiene laws the carver who was handing out the plates with Yorkshire puddings and sausages and asking what meat people would like, had a full beard and no snood, which is mandatory if you have facial hair when working in the food industry(I know this from personal experience from working in food places and having family that have) that made me very reluctant to eat the food in case of any contamination from his facial hair, once we got our food and did a deep check through for any hairs we found the lamb to be overcooked and the beef very tough and chewy! We even heard a customer ask for a clean glass as her drink glass was filthy Won't be returning here after all if they are going to breach food hygiene it sends a very bad message, and it's clear standards have dropped in this place rather sharply, which is a shame as who doesnt love a good roast! The big upside is the server was brilliant, very friendly, nothing was too much trouble, he put in a lot of effort to make sure a good service was delivered, just a shame about the rest of it!