Toby Carvery - Caversham Bridge

Top notch food overall, you don’t go to Toby Carvery and then complain that your food wasn’t the quality of a five star restaurant. Toby Carvery produces no nonsense decent quality carveries with an excellent choice of vegetables. I went for the early sitting at midday and was greeted warmly by the staff. Caversham is definitely my favourite location, go there early and you will get the best choice in an uncrowded restaurant. Lots of signs alerting me to register my car registration for the free car park, understandable in view of the location just by the riverside next door. Table as per my request in the online booking was right next to the carvery. The choice was excellent, I went for the king size option since I love a second Yorkshire pudding. The lamb was a bit dry but apart from that, the other meats (I went for a bit of each) were quite nice. Top notch roasties and veggies. I left a bit of space for pudding after the carvery and thanks to the recommendations of the lovely Becky, I opted for the crumble: lovely with lots of fruit and a massive portion with ice cream, easily shareable!

Went to the Toby Carvery for breakfast with a friend this morning. Food was excellent, with a fantastic choice and range of food and would definitely return if passing. Only bad point had to wait ages at the desk to request a seat while a member of staff was nearby, although she kept looking at me, would not come over. Then when she did she went to the bar and called me over, rather than coming to me, so looses marks for the welcome. So maybe a little need to improve there. Also worth mentioning that there were dirty or stained plates within the clean plate stack, which was a little off putting! No one wants to eat off of a dirty plate. Had to leave them where they were as there were no staff around. (Looking through other reviews it appears this issue has been mentioned before!)

This restaurant offers excellent value for your money. We enjoyed the carvery on Sunday, and although it was quite busy, the service was outstanding as always. There was a bit of a queue for the carvery, and they could benefit from having an additional chef to slice the meat, like other Toby Carvery locations we've visited. However, overall, the food was fantastic and the prices were very reasonable.