I tried a Toby Carvery Too Good To Go bag and was impressed

There’s nothing like a hot roast dinner, especially when the colder months arrive, but since I was saving food from going in the bin, this one felt all the more special.

Too Good To Go is an app that allows members of the public to buy a bag or box of surprise food items from a variety of restaurants and coffee shop chains including Starbucks, Greggs, Aldi and more.

The bags are often priced between £3 and £5 and they mean that food near its expiry date or food that’s otherwise going in the bin can be saved and it makes for a cheap meal or grocery top-up.

Toby Carvery put my roast dinner in a pot with a side of gravy (Image: Newsquest) Here’s what I thought when I picked up a Toby Carvery Too Good To Go bag.

Toby Carvery Too Good To Go review

I paid £3.49 for a Too Good To Go bag from Toby Carvery and I think it was great value for money considering what I got.

I turned up to my local restaurant and told one of the staff members that I was there to collect the bag.

I was asked to wait 15 minutes (at the end of the time slot) despite arriving at the start of the time slot allocated but when I was given my meat carvery in a pot alongside a pot of gravy, I was very impressed.

A downside is that you can't choose how much of each vegetable you can get but I did feel like I'd got a decent amount of each.

My local restaurant is about 20 minutes away from my house and the time slot was between 8.45pm and 9pm which is quite late for eating dinner in my opinion.

The portion was really generous (Image: Newsquest) However, I can see picking up one of the carvery boxes after finishing work for example would be very convenient for a lot of people.

Those who live alone could also find this Too Good To Go bag convenient since cooking a roast for one isn’t always possible or perhaps worth it in terms of cost and wastage.

The box contained enough food to fill a plate when I got home and it was very fresh and tasted just how it would if I had sat at the restaurant (based on previous experiences) – except this was available to buy for a fraction of the price.

With all the ingredients needed to make a roast dinner plus the electric/gas you’d use to make it, you wouldn’t be able to make your own for £3.49 or less so this makes the price point even more attractive.

What I got in the Toby Carvery Too Good To Go box

I was really impressed with the amount of food I got and I thought the pot of gravy was a nice touch.

I love gravy so a bit more would’ve been even better but I was just pleased they’d provided it in the first place.

My box had plenty of meat in it and lots of vegetables – it was a really generous portion.

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I got meat, stuffing, carrots, cabbage, peas, cauliflower, mashed potato and roast potatoes but sadly, no Yorkshire pudding.

The carrots were a bit on the hard side for my liking and the roast potatoes were a bit chewy but apart from that, it was an enjoyable meal.

Since I live a decent way from the restaurant, the food was warm enough to eat but I could’ve warmed it a bit.

Overall, I’d recommend the Toby Carvery Too Good To Go box because it provides a full meal and is a cheaper option for those wanting to eat restaurant-standard food.

I think an added bonus of this Too Good To Go purchase is that you know you'll get a dinner out of it, whereas some other purchases on the app give a more mixed bag of goodies - some which are better than others.