Toby Carvery

Called in here at 9am this morning for breakfast whilst killing some time... I was pleased to see that their large car park had plenty of space for my van. The staff were very polite and courteous. The breakfast items for the all you can eat buffet were all very fresh and plentiful and there was plenty of options for vegetarians too.

We tend to go here for breakfast 2 or 3 times a year on a Sunday morning when friends are visiting. There's usually a large group of us, perhaps 10 or more plus about the same amount of kids and we find it a really nice place to be able to have breakfast and catch up, with space for the kids to play with each other as well. It's not usually overly busy at that time and there's usually space for us to take over an entire corner as it's a fairly big place. Staff are always friendly and never have a problem with the kids making noise and running about a bit! (I suspect they wouldn't be so lenient if it were a busier time though!) The breakfast is an all you can eat buffet with all the usuals (plus a massive oniony delicious yorkshire pud!) as well as self service toast. There's also unlimited tea / coffee refills as extra on top of the cost of breakfast. They don't often run out of food but occasionally you can be waiting for fresh eggs or bacon etc. it depends how many people are around and it's never a particularly long wait. Never been for lunch or dinner but we do like it for brekkie!

I booked here for a Christmas festive party for 24. The atmosphere was very good. The meal was excellent and the evening a great success. The only downside was that there was only one waitress serving us all night, so you can imagine how hard she had to work. It was nigh on impossible. However, she was very pleasant and she was acted very professionally throughout the evening. Nothing was too much trouble. I would have given this review a 5* rating but for this lack of fore-thought by the management. I only saw three staff all night, surely this is cutting things to the bone, forgive the pun! I wish I could remember our waitress's name, she deserved a gold star.