Britannia Beefeater

went to toby carvery today the britannia at cleadon 20 4 2012 .i have to say that the meal, roast of the day was terrible. yorkshire puds were dry, rockhard and tasteless. the roast potatoes were stone cold and not properly cooked in the middle .the mashed potato was dry and very
stuffing left in bowl, and when i asked for some fresh, i was told by the chef, i would have to wait, so i didnt bother. the meat i had was beef, cut as fine as he could dont think il be returning there again

I love this place! It’s my favourite for Sunday lunch. I don’t usually like Toby restaurants but this has to be the best carvery I’ve ever had & the atmosphere is great. The Yorkshire Puddings are enormous and leave mam’s or indeed Aunt Bessies, behind at the starting line!

I visited the Britannia recently with my one-​year-​old to eat at the carvery (I should mention I’ve eaten there since I was a kid). The sign at the door indicates that small children may eat from a bowl for free. In theory, the carvery should be pretty good, as there are usually a lot of people there. While the vegetarian lasagna was adequate, the Yorkshire pudding and a lot of the vegetables were dry due to sitting under the heat lamps for too long; I waited in vain for fresh batches to emerge. But the worst bit came at the end — I’d asked the carver for a tiny piece of turkey for my son, to see if he’d try it (he’s allergic to tomatoes, so he couldn’t eat any of my dinner; in the event, he didn’t want the turkey or anything else). The server (a somewhat older woman) charged me for two meals. When I asked her to correct this mistake, she brusquely told me that there’d been «meat on his plate», and I had been «cheating», and could «take it up with the manager», apparently someone named Greg. I’m not going to beg anyone, so I paid the five pounds extra — which otherwise would have gone toward her tip, had the service been good — and have not set foot in there again.

I have visited the Britannia a couple of times, though it is now a Toby’s Carvery. I have had a mixed experience. The first time I went the food was very nice, there was plenty of veg and the meat was pretty good too. However, our last visit was pretty terrible the food was appalling. The roast potatoes were like rocks, as were the yorkshire puddings. The majority of the veg was inedible and we would definitely not visit again.
I must say that the general atmosphere of the place is good but it is just a shame that the standard of food has gone so downhill.

i visited the britannia twice since taking over by toby but wont be going back service and food was terrible. i did complain along with others but it fell on deaf ears. the staff could learn a lot by visiting the toby at washington, were the food and service is a very high standard, also clean and modern and all for a very resonable price.