Local Toby Carvery Vent

santer_2

johnnyboyrebel wrote: »

Lol, don't be ridiculous

That's what he said

Have stopped using credit cards there since getting a bill for two identical amounts a week apart. Do go to a carvery weekly but never the same one two weeks running and we take it in turns to pay.

E-mailed them and apparently they had the credit card slips, didn't offer to show them to me though.

kitty_cat_2

Always wondered how they manage to make all the vegetables taste of cabbage.[/QUOTE]

Ha ha ha ha :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: sorry I find this v funny!!!

BTW I've never been to a Toby and prob wont after reading this.

3v3

.... we all spend a bloomin fortune there on our wee girly nights out over the course of a year....

Ok.

SkintBrideToBe wrote: »

... when i say we spend a fortune there, i mean the amount of times we all go along on our girly nights out. And believe me, we put plenty cash towards the bar sales too

Right, but ... what difference does that make? Should you be given different treatment to other customers? Does it entitle you to something extra?

Presumably, as regular customers, you would be familiar with how they operate?

Azari wrote: »

This reminds me of an incident many years go in the 'coffee shop' of a big London Hotel. We went out to lunch there as it was near the office and an American with whom we were working asked for a ham and cheese omelette. The waitress said that they couldn't do that, ham omelette or cheese omelette only. The American became antsy and demanded to see the manager who affirmed that they could not produce the dish requested. (Which, I must admit showed zero initiative). So the frustrated customer gave his order: "One ham omelette and one cheese omelette - hold the eggs on the cheese omelette".

Isn't there are scene in a film where a very similar scenario happened? Jack Nicholson, I think?

Flat_Eric

I have never eaten in a Toby Carvery so can't comment on their food/service but I will say that my local sandwich cafe seems incapable of tweaking the menu to suit individual requests.

A pub I ate in recently in a popular tourist spot got the grumps when I asked for some butter ??? We chose the bread and oil as a starter to share except I didn't want any oil but butter yet despite asking at the point of ordering, no butter came out so I asked the person who brought the dish to our table. I guess he was having a bad day or couldn't wait to get home or something because he couldn't have been more grumpy in response. I got my butter but you would have thought I had asked to have my meal for free or something?

I have never worked in the restaurant/pub business and imagine I would be a rubbish waitress but I don't understand why most seem incapable of using common sense and instead stick to the rules to the letter.

And in response to the post about the chef leaving the bathroom without washing his hands.... I'm sure if we saw behind closed doors, we would never eat anywhere....

Azari

3v3 wrote: »

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Presumably, as regular customers, you would be familiar with how they operate?


Isn't there are scene in a film where a very similar scenario happened? Jack Nicholson, I think?

No idea. Anyone else know?

I've always wondered if he thought it up on the spur of the moment or had heard someone else do it.

This happened around 1976.

Equaliser123

kitty_cat wrote: »

Always wondered how they manage to make all the vegetables taste of cabbage

Ha ha ha ha :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: sorry I find this v funny!!!

BTW I've never been to a Toby and prob wont after reading this.

Totally true though. The whole place smells of cabbage so I guess the carrots have very little chance of escaping being cabbagefied.

SA_Brained

I have to say both the Toby and the Crown carveries near me are good value. Things are not always perfect but generally they do a tidy job. In my experience.

jamespir

we dont have a toby carvery near us but ive been before and it was lovely if i had been manging the pub i would have given you both

skintandscared_2

I must be a real cheapskate 'cos I don't think that £10 for a roast dinner is cheap... Plus their yorkshire puddings are RUBBISH! They're all puffed up and tasteless - they should have a soggy bit in the bottom

SA_Brained

They don't cost £10 down here. £5-50 in the day £7-75 in the evening.