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Toby Carvery is a restaurant chain. They are known for serving carvery and roast dinners.

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Toby Carvery job reviews

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  • Best thing

    It’s easy to get a hang of things a lot of big tasks and they are simple

    Worst thing

    Some of the equipment is broken but not getting fixed

    8.0

    Production chef at Toby Carvery, May 2025

  • Best thing

    Free drinks while working and the tips

    Worst thing

    The managers are ignorant except one walk all over me every shift shout over anything they also never actually help they just criticise everything I do and the customers are very rude as well and the team does not do good together unless there with there friends

    1.6

    Waitress at Toby Carvery, April 2025

  • Best thing

    Discount, convenient for a student. Tips

    Worst thing

    Hours are cut after they have been worked and we are not told about it. managers speak down to you. efforts go unnoticed

    3.0

    Team member at Toby Carvery, April 2025

  • Best thing

    the discount is great!

    Worst thing

    the hours are bad, your expected to stay and work overtime with no payment, your consistently put down by management and the sales targets are unrealistic even if you upsold every single table

    1.4

    Waitress at Toby Carvery, March 2025

  • Best thing

    Getting hourly pay

    Worst thing

    No breaks and no prior training

    1.1

    Bar staff at Toby Carvery, March 2025

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  • Best thing

    The staff are friendly for the most part

    Worst thing

    it’s a bullying environment with constant gaslighting and belittling of employees, making male members of staff wear female small uniform with constant arguments and lack of direction receiving no training

    1.2

    FOH team member at Toby Carvery, February 2025

  • Best thing

    My team are top notch, love working with customers. Discounts are a nice bonus.

    Worst thing

    Management are living in the clouds. General manager is more concerned with their yearly bonus rather than the team having the right levels of staff and working equipment, as one of the busiest in the country, it shouldn't even be a concern. Over state and hygiene of front of house is horrendous, at not fault of the staff however.

    1.1

    Employee at Toby Carvery, February 2025

  • Best thing

    Easy money & lots of socialising with team m

    Worst thing

    Customer disrespect & anti social shifts

    8.0

    Kitchen assistant at Toby Carvery, January 2025

  • Best thing

    Interacting with others

    Worst thing

    Not getting breaks when supposed fo

    1.1

    Employee at Toby Carvery, January 2025

  • Best thing

    Some guests and staff are amazing and discounts and perks can be good

    Worst thing

    Manager can be really tough at times and hard on a zero hour contract

    3.0

    Front of house at Toby Carvery, December 2024

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  • Best thing

    Some people

    Worst thing

    Managers, tips go to whoever has a section, have to pay for our mistakes

    1.5

    Waitress at Toby Carvery, November 2024

  • Best thing

    Great staff members and hours are always there

    Worst thing

    Far too stressful and team members consistently panicking and stressing over small things

    1.5

    Chef at Toby Carvery, October 2024

  • Best thing

    The people who I work with, a kitchen manager who isn't like your stereotypical type, getting tip money and employee discount on food and drink at any M&B establishment.

    Worst thing

    Minimum wage, having to swap your weekend day off or work 6 days before one my my colleagues called in sick, inconsistency in hours over the week and a head office that doesn't understand how labour works.

    7.8

    Kitchen assistant at Toby Carvery, October 2024

  • Best thing

    When trained well the job comes easy. The customers are lovely and working in the kitchen is great

    Worst thing

    Too much aggression and arguments coming from all staff even managers. Very stress inducing and there is definitely favourites

    1.7

    Kitchen assistant at Toby Carvery, September 2024

  • Best thing

    A few friendly staff both in kitchen and out front, you get to keep your own tips however have to give some to the kitchen depending on how much you got, you can have as much drinks as you want all day from the bottomless machine

    Worst thing

    You don’t get breaks even if you ask for them but get them taken off your wage, you get shifts changed the day your meant to work, managers talk behind your back all the time, you don’t get paid for all the hours you do

    1.4

    Front of house at Toby Carvery, August 2024

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  • Best thing

    Great team

    Worst thing

    Too many hours and soo much stress placed on your head and they won't do anything about it

    1.4

    Chef at Toby Carvery, April 2024

  • Best thing

    The People i work with and the nice customers.

    Worst thing

    The rest of it

    3.7

    Waitress at Toby Carvery, February 2024

  • Best thing

    Everyone is very friendly and there is such a great atmosphere

    Worst thing

    Can be stressful when busy

    8.8

    Waitress at Toby Carvery, February 2024

  • Best thing

    The other team members are friendly
    Discount on food, chains, and retail shops

    Worst thing

    Hard to book time off
    Very unreasonable to disabilities and sickness
    Not flexible shift patterns if you have exams
    Working on Christmas Day

    1.2

    Front of house staff at Toby Carvery, December 2023

  • Best thing

    I get to make amazing food to satisfy my customers

    Worst thing

    The early morning lol

    6.6

    Chef at Toby Carvery, December 2023

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  • Best thing

    The staff

    Worst thing

    Always understaffed and one of the managers

    4.6

    FOH team member at Toby Carvery, December 2023

  • Best thing

    I have received adequate training. My team is competent and easy to work with. My manager has kept me in the loop with how the business is doing as well as the company on the whole.

    Worst thing

    Shift changes without warning. Bar is neglected

    7.0

    Chef at Toby Carvery, June 2023

  • Best thing

    Some of the staff
    The benefits and perks
    Some Customers and regulars

    Worst thing

    Needs refurb that’s being denied
    Some staff can’t do their job
    Management don’t wanna progress their staff that do want to progress or take too long to do so

    3.7

    Front of house at Toby Carvery, April 2023

  • Best thing

    The people and team environment, the tips are good and there’s always something to keep you busy.

    Worst thing

    Managers are horrible, you don’t get breaks at all, overworked and they don’t appreciate you as a staff member. And the pay is rubbish.

    3.4

    Waitress at Toby Carvery, April 2023

  • Best thing

    The team I work with are fun, friendly and hard working

    Worst thing

    Lack of rule enforcement or balanced workloads

    2.4

    Food and beverage server at Toby Carvery, March 2023

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  • Best thing

    The kitchen staff are amazing with foh and most foh and bar staff are really nice people. The job when people do their work properly makes yours a piece of cake

    Worst thing

    Management suck don't take into account personal circumstances or health issue and choose favourites. Management favourites don't do their own tasks properly leaving the slack for the rest of us. Hours get cut at a drop of the hat or the manager edits your hours to something less than you've worked causing you to lose money. You get gunned for if the manager doesn't like you and are in constant fear of being sacked

    1.2

    Front of house at Toby Carvery, January 2023

  • Best thing

    Occasional free food, 15% discount

    Worst thing

    Low pay, management were on and off, chefs would sexualise serving staff,

    3.9

    Waitress at Toby Carvery, December 2022

  • Best thing

    Some people

    Worst thing

    The talking down to and telling how crap you are

    1.2

    Kitchen staff at Toby Carvery, November 2022

  • Best thing

    I get 30% off the bill at any Mitchell and Butler establishment
    I get a free meal on shift

    Worst thing

    It’s very rare they actually give me the free meal
    When they say you’re bar staff, you’re not just bar staff. You’re also a chef, cleaner, greeter etc.
    The work environment can often become hostile because customers often get argumentative, violent or sexually harrassing
    My manager often lets all the other staff leave early so I’m left to clean up on my own. This can then take up to two hours which I don’t get paid for and I don’t end up leaving until midnight
    Managers don’t take into account that I have other commitments outside of work (e.g. I’m a full time student)
    I’m contracted to work 8 hours a week but often end up working up to 30 hours (plus around 8-10 hours unpaid clean up time)
    The managers haven’t taken my disability into account so often give me tasks that I’m unable to do but end up complaining when I do it wrong.
    I have other friends the same age as me in similar jobs. They do a fraction of the work that I do but make up to four times the amount that I do.

    1.1

    Bar staff at Toby Carvery, November 2022

  • Best thing

    Staff working with

    Worst thing

    Lack of staff

    2.0

    Team leader at Toby Carvery, October 2022

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  • Best thing

    the friends i’ve made at work

    Worst thing

    dealing with not nice customers

    5.1

    Waiter at Toby Carvery, October 2022

  • Best thing

    Its fairly easy once you get the hang of it, and customers can leave good tips

    Worst thing

    The amount of stress is not equal to the level of pay, especially when you see how much customers are paying

    2.7

    Team member at Toby Carvery, October 2022

  • Best thing

    The hours and the team

    Worst thing

    Electrics

    3.6

    Chef at Toby Carvery, October 2022

  • Best thing

    free food and drink
    the people you work with (sometimes)

    Worst thing

    if you’re under 18 you will be expected to do everyone else’s jobs and not get any recognition

    6.0

    Runner at Toby Carvery, October 2022

  • Best thing

    I get to interact with our guests

    Worst thing

    Some guests can be very rude and difficult

    1.2

    FOH team coach at Toby Carvery, October 2022

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  • Best thing

    Free food and drink on shift

    Worst thing

    Sometimes Dnt get breaks
    Toxic work. Colleagues
    Talking crap. About each other behind everyone's bck.
    Lack of respect
    Shifts changed without any notice
    Shifts cancelled last minute if your not needed

    1.8

    Kitchen assistant at Toby Carvery, September 2022

  • Best thing

    The environment and job role

    Worst thing

    Sometimes too busy understaffed

    8.0

    Chef at Toby Carvery, August 2022

  • Best thing

    Tips and the people

    Worst thing

    Cleaning up after a shift and polishing cutlery

    7.7

    Front of house at Toby Carvery, August 2022

  • Best thing

    The nice customers

    Worst thing

    Bad customers

    3.5

    Front of house staff at Toby Carvery, August 2022

  • Best thing

    The perks.

    Worst thing

    The lack of respect.

    2.6

    Team leader at Toby Carvery, July 2022

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  • Best thing

    Free meals
    Decent enough pay for an 18 year old in the kitchen with no prior experience

    Worst thing

    Management

    2.8

    Kitchen assistant at Toby Carvery, July 2022

  • Best thing

    Free food, good pay (more than minimum), good training, good team

    Worst thing

    Stress, late notices

    7.1

    FOH at Toby Carvery, February 2022

  • Best thing

    having a laugh with team

    Worst thing

    it’s hard to get a shift covered and you do lots of hours due to not many staff

    3.0

    Kitchen assistant at Toby Carvery, December 2021

  • Worst thing

    Hot kitchen and very heavy items to carry. And the amount of food in the containers are so heavy

    1.9

    Kitchen assistant at Toby Carvery, September 2021

  • Best thing

    The team, the discount

    Worst thing

    The hours and the stress

    6.0

    Kitchen manager at Toby Carvery, July 2021

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  • Best thing

    Always on your toes and preoccupied.
    Managers & FOH and BOH teams are all supportive and will do their best to help you progress

    Worst thing

    Rushed work environment (most kitchens have this though) and late night finishes.

    9.5

    Chef at Toby Carvery, June 2021

  • Best thing

    Percentage off meals, shifts to fit family life

    Worst thing

    Heavy duty work, very hot at times, often short staffed

    5.0

    Kitchen assistant at Toby Carvery, February 2021

  • Best thing

    I get to meet loads of people, I love my team, it’s flexible, I get perks and benefits and I love my job.

    Worst thing

    The pressure

    8.0

    General manager at Toby Carvery, January 2021