Taybarn Experience

There has been a Taybarn in that spot near Asda for 4 years thinking it was like a Harvester, it's bright Orange painted building put me of from the start, so I never ventured in until one night last week a friend posted a photo of her dessert on 'Facebook' being a foodie I asked her what it was and she explained.
I looked on the Taybarns website and was blown away but this concept.
Pay £5.99 and you can stuff your self silly.



So a few days later joined by my husband and good friend we ventured in, caught like rabbit in headlights they staff greeted us quickly ' Have you been here before, No? okay well lets show you how it works'
Guided by a overly friendly manager in a shiny nylon suit, we were quickly made to feel welcome. They offered drinks or a jug of water which by a point we were told was supplied free of charge!

To tempt our taste buds, a Grill, Pizza, Spice, Fish & Chip, Carvery, Dessert stations, take your plate and help your self to as much as you like as many times as you like.

So most of the food is tasty but you can tell things have been sat around for a while
dough balls hard as rocks, pasta sauces with a thick skin on top, meat like leather
however some bits where really tasty, the battered fish.. Yummm, the Carvery Ham.. Yumm, profiterole.. Yumm! So the trick is find what you like and stick with it

Sadly there is still Harvester / Sizzler feel about it and the dreadful sticky tables - Why can't they clean there tabled properly?

Would I go back?.. Not in a hurry however it is an experience and would recommend that side of it! But if you have lived in America, there will be no novelty as Taybarn is a long lived USA concept, no wonder they have the highest obesity scores in the world.

Asking the busy manager how much food is wasted... he replied in a week their £15K only £400 is food wastage with a 50% profit margin and the over adequate amount of stupidly friendly staff. I cannot believe this concept is making such a poor profit margin as on paper this is no way to run a business but cleary it's a success.

Hoorah for fatties!