Toby Carvery Taunton in Taunton Deane

2 stars for the chef and majority of the waitresses however the side was let down by one incompetent waitress. When we arrived we were met with a nice lady who showed us to our table only to find that after making a special request not to be seated near the door, we were. She then introduced us to her colleagues who she said would take our drinks orders. We were then met with a 20 something waitress who looked offended at the fact we were trying to make an order with her. She said she didn’t know the drinks we had tried to order which were simple. Like a pepsi from their already barren drinks menu. All throughout this time she had a very disturbed look on her face and we were not sure what we had done to tick her off. We were then told actually to go to the bar ourselves. I honestly believed the thing that served us was unable to string a sentence together never mind remember our order. But then 20 minutes later we overheard her taking a customers order from a nearby table and could perfectly understand them, even had a note pad for the order. The other waitresses that served us were lovely and the food was delicious:)

Staff were really helpful and friendly, veg for carvery had been hanging around a while the peas were shrivelled up, the cabbage was dry and crispy from being under the lights too long and the cauliflower cheese was just mush left, all the veg was luke warm. I had the broccoli and cheese pastry which was freshly cooked and very nice.The location was very handy and had a warm and friendly feel to it.

Food quality was great and good value for money. Restaurant seating areas a little grubby - tables had been wiped down but it felt like it had been a while since a vacuum had been run around.Service at the carvery counter was frustrating, both for customers and the server as the fulfilling of takeaway orders from the same counter slowed things down and left no availablity of some items for customers already at the counter. Why are take away orders not processed in the kitchen?

Had a lunch pit stop, front door is round the back, under a trellis. Was a nice carvery everything was nicely cooked. Meal was a good price but soft drinks a bit pricey. It's traditional value carvery.

It had been a while since I have been in a Toby Carvey, it unfortunately wasn't for me - but I was glad trying it after many years of absence.If you are looking for a quiet, no-atmosphere kind of restaurant and just looking for a meal for yourself or some friends, here we go!

Had lunch there today. Comforting to see some familiar faces with regards to staff but although the food was exceptable, perhaps a little cooler than should be acceptable! the price of drinks, absolutely outrageous and unexpectedly ridiculous.....£4.40 for a pint of 'Thatchers Gold'...more than half the price of my main course...no recommendations for a further pint from you....and a bad recommendation for 'Thatchers '....shame because it's a good pint but unaffordable here....exploitation profoundly expressed, so the moral of the story is....drink water at Toby Carvery!!!

Amazing carvery!! Still can't get over the size of the Yorkshire puddings! They're huge! Great meal, pleasant chatty staff. Definitely will be going again :)

Came for Christmas Day lunch, was greeted by their friendly hostess and seated very quickly at a lovely clean table which was really well set up too. Food was all prepared fresh and was delicious. Massive well done to all management, front of house and kitchen team for how well they all did on Christmas Day and how welcoming they made us feel! They all deserve a pat on the back, thank you for making our Christmas Day lunch amazing.

Great fresh food. We went here yesterday for our Sunday Roast for the new year as our Christmas Dinner at another restaurant was disappointing. This was by far the best roast we have had. Will definitely be returning soon!

We stopped of here on our way down to Cornwall. We were staying in the Premier Inn next door. The carvery was really nice. The choice of meats on offer was gammon, Turkey and beef. All of it was tender and well cooked. All in all a very pleasant atmosphere with the staff being warm and welcoming.