Toby Carvery Edinburgh

41 Howden Hall Rd, Edinburgh
0131 672 1408

Recent Reviews

Divina Miller

I like they food, Joan is very good highly

robert salt

Our server was very attentive, the food was great and we felt very welcome and at

John Adams

First visit to Toby carvery. Was easy to book a table . Anna and Andrew where very helpful. Food was great. Staff where friendly and happy to help.

Daxilot

We found out about Tobys Carvery a few months ago now it's our go to for breakfast we can all pile up our plates and get unlimited cups of tea, amazing when you just need something to eat. Would love to try it for dinner sometime.Update: We visited for lunch amazing portion sizes and amazing selection.

John Moran

Excellent value. Have been before and will definitely be back again.

Elizabeth Macdonald

Through enjoyed our visit. The carvery was excellent. The meats were delicious and there was a great selection of vegetables. Of course the Yorkshire puddings need a special mention. All the staff were professional and friendly.

Norrie Kelly

First visit today we will not be returning the food was terrible but that a too good name to use. No sausages has browns looked as if they been dropped on the floor no pancakes, asked the chef at 10AM and still waiting at 10.20 am .so our toast tea and coffee costs us £9.50 each. Spoke to the allegedly manageress her excuse was only one chef and one oven.

Peter McPherson

Went for breakfast on Mother’s Day, we had booked a table.Firstly before we were served we were asked to wait while she cleared some tables.There was then not a table free that would accommodate 5 people so we had to sit at 2 separate tables apart.There was not much food ready and this was at 10am. Had to get what scraps left and keep going back up to check if more ready and eat your breakfast in dribs and drabs.The female chef (if you can call her that as you could have paved the road with the lorne sausage or perhaps even built a nuclear bunker) was rude, asked if more sausage coming and she snapped at me saying it will be ready when it’s ready.I think it’s a joke for Mother’s Day when they know it will be busy and with the amount of bookings they took to have hardly any food ready like it’s a regular Sunday.We go here every Wednesday for breakfast and sometimes on a Sunday but I think now we will be going elsewhere for breakfast as I was really disappointed with the place on Sunday.Vegetarian options: Need to ask for vegan sausage if there for breakfast.May wait awhile for it if anything like the day we went.

Dani S

My husband and I took his 95 year old mum to Toby’s for mother’s day breakfast after church yesterday. We booked a 10:40 slot. Its in a lovely location.When I walked in the lady at the reception desk took a phone call instead of dealing with me, and once she finished talking on the phone she started looking at her laptop until I spoke to her (again). She seemed slightly confused, perhaps she was new, but it did not help she kept a lot of info to herself:).The staff looked very busy, they were I think expecting a large group for lunch. I’m sorry but the service we received wasn’t great, but more importantly the quality, presentation and selection of the food was poor. We got 3 vegetarian sausages on a plate looking very strange as part of a veggie breakfast. There was no coffee either but the staff was nice enough to prepare a couple of lattes; only a few cereals and supermarket bread. The food looked and tasted a bit cheap. I would happily pay more for a decent quality food.The gentleman who served us was very helpful, but he looked stressed and was running around a lot looking tense. My husband’s mum enjoyed it all which we were happy about. My husband thankfully got a refund for the vegetarian breakfast as I only had two pancakes and paid for my porridge - which came looking like soup with no compote so had to stir it for a while and ask for compote which did not look inviting so did not eat it. I do not like complaining as I used to work in hospitality so I know how hard it all is, but perhaps the breakfast should only be served until 10:30 and guests should be told that they have limited time to order and pick their food up when coming in later? I won’t be coming back sorry. I hope it was a one off situation that day.

Vanesa García

Toby's is a restaurant next to my house, although I've been living nearby for 5 years I haven't heard anything about it being worth going to. Today we decided to go to eat taking advantage of the proximity, since we were going with my 92-year-old grandmother who can't walk much.What a suprise! The staff is the best I have seen in a long time, Jon was our waiter, he had extensive experience in the sector and a great appreciation for his work. He was lovely to our son, who was not having a good day. The manager was also a lovely person. The place is warm and cozy and they have tables outside to enjoy the sunny days. The menu has exceptional prices truly within reach of all budgets. Toby is going to be one of my favorites from now on.Thank you to all the staff for making me and my family have a great Mother's Day.

Gillian Birnie

Anna was amazing! Really nice meal for Mother’s Day.

Chew Baaarker

Took my 92 year old mother to the Liberton Toby and it was brilliant. Mum had soup and a sweet and Joan the waitress arranged for mum to take away a king sized carvery which is awesome. The carvery meat is next level with their gravy and mum scored her vanilla cheesecake and whipped cream a ten out of ten!! Joan really made us feel looked after, she treated mum like she was her family. Perfect 10 experience

Christine Rigley

Went for sunday dinner lots of meats to choose from my plate was half full with the beef and

MARIE JACKSON

Food was nice but service at the counter was extremely slow. Waited a good 5 mins for chef to appear, then he mumbled about be a few mins and disappeared with tray of roast potatoes again. Another one came back. Asked what meat I wanted and then disappeared to get more Yorkshires before finally carving my meat. I got back to my table first. By the time the rest of my party got back to the table I was half finished. They said he did the same, kept disappearing. Other than that the food was lovely

Jamie (Baillieboi)

Had the breakfast was great all you can eat for £7 well worth it ?

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