served united kingdom key people martin howe ceo products food and beverages parent whitbread website taybarns.com taybarns was an english low cost all you can eat restaurant chain owned by whitbread modelled on the golden corral chain in the united states . customers pay on arrival and can eat as much food as they like from a 34 metre long food counter . 1 as with most buffets there is a lower price at lunchtime than evenings and a slightly higher charge is levied at weekends and during bank holidays . 2 3 food choices consist of themed counters including a salad bar soup best of british encapsulating the former chip shop and carvery counters pizza the spice rack tex mex pasta grill and dessert as well as free refills of soft drinks and a separate drinks menu for alcoholic drinks . in march 2016 it was announced that following a strategic corporate review all taybarns restaurants would close and convert to brewers fayre pub restaurants in 2016 . when the south shields taybarns closed on 13th september the business became defunct . locations edit the seven taybarns restaurants were in barnsley coventry newcastle under lyme gateshead south shields swansea and wigan . 4 in late 2009 the company made public its intention to expand rapidly with some brewers fayre pubs to be converted to the taybarns brand and up to 30 new restaurants to open the following year . 5 however the company was unable to open new restaurants due to the high costs of such extensive refurbishments and in 2016 it was announced that all seven sites would be returned to the brewers fayre brand . 1 references edit a b prince daniel 18 march 2016 . final months for taybarns as owners convert restaurant into pub food venue . shields gazette . retrieved 11 may 2016 . menu pdf . www.taybarns.com . whitbread group plc. retrieved 7 july 2010 . rich tim 28 july 2009 . how taybarns tasted success . the guardian . london . retrieved 7 july 2010 . location finder . www.taybarns.com . whitbread group plc. retrieved 7 july 2010 . kent tamsyn 26 october 2009 . rise of the all you can eat restaurant . bbc news . retrieved 7 july 2010 . external links edit official website v t e whitbread plc subsidiaries and brands current beefeater grill brewers fayre costa coffee coffeeheaven premier inn table table taybarns touchbase former berni inn britvic david lloyd leisure hogshead pizza hut swallow hotels t.g.i. friday s threshers whitbread inns other samuel whitbread whitbread round the world race category v t e food chains in the united kingdom casual dining angus steakhouse ask beefeater grill bella italia brewers fayre byron hamburgers caf rouge carluccio s chiquito damon s ed s easy diner frankie & benny s giraffe gourmet burger kitchen harry ramsden s harvester hungry horse la tasca little chef loch fyne restaurants nando s ok diner pizza hut pizzaexpress prezzo strada table table taybarns t.g.i. friday s toby carvery tony roma s wagamama wahaca wildwood kitchen zizzi fast food barburrito burger king chicken cottage chipotle mexican grill dixy chicken domino s pizza five guys kfc mcdonald s morley s papa john s pizza sam s chicken sbarro southern fried chicken subway taco bell tops pizza tortilla wasabi wimpy yo sushi baked goods auntie anne s cinnabon cooplands ditsch dunkin donuts eat greggs krispy kreme millie s cookies patisserie valerie pret a manger sayers spudulike upper crust the west cornwall pasty company coffee shops and tea rooms amt coffee betty s caff nero caff ritazza coffee 1 coffee republic costa coffee harris hoole starbucks dairy baskin robbins ben & jerry s kaspa s shakeaway pub chains all bar one chef & brewer o neill s scream pubs slug and lettuce walkabout wetherspoons yates s retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title taybarns & oldid 741282134 categories restaurant groups in the united kingdomwhitbread divisions and subsidiariesbuffet restaurantsdefunct restaurants in the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 september 2016 at 14 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view