Toby Carvery Widnes

Toby carvery, what a shambles. Meat stored on the floor. See pictures. Other complaints to heard from tables surrounding us that it was cold. Ours wasn't cold. Heat of the food is not our complaint. Food dry, poor quality of meats and veg clearly sat under a food lamp all day. Flies engulf this place and would never suggest anyone spending their hard earned cash at this place. First walking in no one was at the seating stand and we were left to wander the establishment. Seating arrangements crammed. Booked for a big family meal and there was no festive decorations. Menu was fixed for purely carvery. Children's menu is limited and no chips. Starters arrived and this was cheaply put together. When collecting carvery all meats were poor cut and cheap quality. Vegetables were all soaking in grease clearly sat out and coated in oil to prevent going dry. Never in my experience of reviewing have I ever left such a poor review on a place.

Seated but no drinks order taken, we had to enquire, then within seconds a large & loud group seated next to us. We asked to be moved, and found a quiet table for two. No queues for the food. It was edible apart from the beef. For years their beef has been awful despite giving feedback. It wasn't that warm out but very warm inside and had to open a window. During this visit no staff asked how our meal was, and we had to leave our seats to order dessert and wait an extremely long time to ask for the bill. Outside could be cleaned up and window sills painted because it looks very dated.

Probably the best carvery I’ve been to. Ample parking, plenty of seats out and inside. The tables inside aren’t too close to each other like other Toby places. Food was piping hot. In fact, it was difficult to keep hold of the spoon to add veg to the plate, but that made the food much better.