Topside of beef is pretty good.
― chap, Monday, 8 June 2009 13:26 (fifteen years ago) link
but would it kill them to include some salad?
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, 8 June 2009 13:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Has anyone tried their cheese and onion flavoured popcorn yet?
― James Mitchell, Monday, 8 June 2009 14:53 (fifteen years ago) link
To answer my own question, it's fucking disgusting.
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 17 September 2009 10:17 (fourteen years ago) link
It sounds awful.
― Mark G, Thursday, 17 September 2009 10:19 (fourteen years ago) link
There's something a bit too moist/disintegratory about the pastrami sandwich or the NYC club with the pastrami.
― lacoste intolerant (suzy), Thursday, 17 September 2009 10:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Red Pepper Tapenade & Soft Cheese
Malted Wholegrain Bread ★ Creamy Soft Cheese ★ Cucumber ★ Red Pepper Tapenade ★ Toasted, Flaked Almonds ★ Rocket
Red pepper tapenade (made with roasted red peppers, olive oil and tomatoes then blended into a pâté), creamy soft cheese, freshly sliced tomatoes, red peppers, toasted flaked almonds and wild rocket. Our chefs have made a bright, beautiful veggie delight for the season.
― r|t|c, Thursday, 12 May 2011 14:57 (thirteen years ago) link
the bomb yo
― r|t|c, Thursday, 12 May 2011 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Discovered the Malaysian chicken curry soup recently, annoyed that they only do it on Mondays.
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:01 (thirteen years ago) link
i assume those meatball wraps are about as fatty as a big mac right?
― Phelan Nulty (Local Garda), Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Used to have the pret soup all the time, now I changed jobs and found that the new Pret is a bit further away than EAT and the EAT soups are better.
― Mark G, Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:05 (thirteen years ago) link
debatable
eat's lentil and bacon soup is a down-to-earth creamy lentil soup with some slight red slivers that might once have been bacon. pret's is a chunky creation with huge bits of bacon, celery, beans, tomato - basically a chunky tomato + bacon soup that one had a passing acquaintance with some lentils.
― ledge, Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
eat's off-the-shelf gyoza dumpling soups are awful. pissy weak stock, half empty cardboard pastry DUMPLINGS!.
aaaah, genuine lol there
― ledge, Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:08 (thirteen years ago) link
xxxp The wrap has more calories, carbohydrate, sugar, fat and fibre, but less protein and salt according to
http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/food/nutrition/nutrition-counter.mcd
vs
http://www.pret.com/menu/hot_food/swedish_meatball_hot_wrap_3485.shtm
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Not so much the gyoza ones, more the "very big" Chicken Laska and the Musroom risotto ones, particularly.
― Mark G, Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I won't go to EAT; they invited a friend of mine to interview for something like their head of menu development and strung the person along for a suspicious length of time. My friend felt like EAT were on an idea-swiping mission and were generally sketchy, so ended the process.
The chicken laksa from Hare and Tortoise is absolutely amazing, so I can't really have it from anywhere else without feeling a bit meh/cheated.
― that's when i reach for my ︻╦╤─* (suzy), Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link
do not understand the appeal of Pret tbh... way overpriced and for some reason I always think of them as unethically corporate.
― Devil Mo (dog latin), Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
way overpriced
nah
― ledge, Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
they invited a friend of mine to interview for something like their head of menu development and strung the person along for a suspicious length of time
My guess would be that your friend was their second or third choice and they were keeping her in play just in case the first didn't play out.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Italian Prosciutto Artisan Baguette
This is still the king, even if the bread does occasionally have the consistency of moon rock.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
You can get nicer sandwiches at slighlty lower prices from M&S and not-much-worse sandwiches at much lower prices from supermarkets. Makes Pret seem a bit wanky and redundant in my eyes. Should I give em another shot?
― Devil Mo (dog latin), Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
'nicer' is subjective, maybe the distinctive pret flavour ambience is not to your taste. but pret sandwiches are generally 2.99-3.99. are m+s really cheaper than that?
― ledge, Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
m&s are pretty cheap...i like m&s a lot i have to say, esp if you want to break the sandwich's despotic rule and have like some empanadas and a salad or whatev
― Phelan Nulty (Local Garda), Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
MDC, without getting into the finer details, it wasn't like that.
― that's when i reach for my ︻╦╤─* (suzy), Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
M+S sandwiches are awful imo. If it has got to be a sandwich chain and there's no Paul around, then I'll usually go for Pret.
― Lidl Monsters (seandalai), Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link
M&S sandwiches should be much, much better than they actually are, and most supermarket sandwiches are awful. I prefer yer standard sandwich shop/deli sandwiches for lunch most days but occasionally I still get Pret cravings.
Apostrophe is underrated imo.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Also I will consistently rep for the people who serve in Pret because they all seem to work as some kind of well-oiled machine no matter how busy they are, whereas the service in Eat is like 5 times slower even at quiet times.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Best service in chains = Pret and Caffé Nero.
― that's when i reach for my ︻╦╤─* (suzy), Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
i will try both pret and eat next week as an experimonk.
― Devil Mo (dog latin), Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Caffe Nero and "best" shouldn't exist in a sentence tbf.
I think I'm jaded because my market town's been overrun by Neros and Starbucks's to the detriment of the lovely Hitchin teahouse. Seriously, one town does not need this much fucking coffee!!
― Devil Mo (dog latin), Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Sill have never gone to a Starbucks. YAY ME.
Nero's coffees are at least drinkable, unlike all other chains' coffee I've had the displeasure of sampling.
― that's when i reach for my ︻╦╤─* (suzy), Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
i must admit i once had a lovely hot chocolate the one time i ventured into a nero.
― Devil Mo (dog latin), Thursday, 12 May 2011 16:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Nero's coffee is pretty obviously better than most of the other big chains IMO. Although when you come out of one you have this weird feeling of having been in the pub, pre-smoking ban.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 12 May 2011 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Nero does proper Italian hot chocolate, the thick/gummy stuff, which wins bonus pints from me.
― that's when i reach for my ︻╦╤─* (suzy), Thursday, 12 May 2011 16:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Although when you come out of one you have this weird feeling of having been in the pub, pre-smoking ban.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:05 (28 minutes ago) Bookmark
OMG IT'S TRUE. what is this bizarre phenom???
― r|t|c, Thursday, 12 May 2011 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I used to attribute it to the fact you could smoke in there, but post-smoking ban it's still the same. It's probably a combination of lighting and whatever they put in the coffee that gives you that sense of hyper-awareness of your environment and feeling a bit manky that you got from boozing in a smokey room during the daytime. NB - as far as I'm aware this only happens in daylight hours.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 12 May 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyone tried the Wensleydale & Apricot Chutney Bloomer from Pret?
― Per Yngve's having his brain out (MaresNest), Thursday, 12 May 2011 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
anyone tried the still water infused with iced tea and peach. fucking love it.
― LocalGarda, Thursday, 14 July 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
Search: the BBQ pork hot wrap. Think it might be a little smaller than the others but it is packed full of meat.
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 9 February 2012 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
Crayfish thai noodle is good and surprisingly spicy for a sandwich shop chain...I agree with the comment upthread that their staff are usually good and fast at processing queues.
― Bob Six, Thursday, 9 February 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
I ate so much Pret in my 20s I can hardly bear it now.
― Viva Brother Beyond (ithappens), Thursday, 9 February 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
Chef's special, Vietnamese baguette. With chicken. 2/10, must try harder (concept that is, I did not purchase).
― ledge, Monday, 13 February 2012 12:11 (twelve years ago) link
there's none of this Pret nonsense oop ere in Ull but i gotta give a shout to Gregg's Mexican Bandit baguette, that is one delicious and satisfying sandwich.
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Monday, 13 February 2012 12:12 (twelve years ago) link
When I used to go, it would be for the Malaysian chicken soup or a wrap.
― gyac, Monday, 13 February 2012 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
They've introduced a new bacon sandwich thingy, which must be good because it's always sold out whenever I get there
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Monday, 13 February 2012 12:33 (twelve years ago) link
this fucking sucks in my opinion, tasted like pork stew in a wrap, not pulled pork.
nope... it's sort of cold and has no ketchup on it, it is shite.
do like pret's soups tho.
the smoked salmon sandwich is the best thing in there, seriously thick wedges of the stuff, delicious, and relatively good for you.
― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Saturday, 18 February 2012 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
Never been, but I can't see the name without thinking of 1994 film Pret a Porter.
― getting good with gulags (beachville), Saturday, 18 February 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
The sandwiches are served to customers by naked models walking up and down a runway.
― mmmm, Saturday, 18 February 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
Only joking.