Pret A Manger

At Kings Cross Station Pret, I assembled a big selection of sandwiches and drinks noticing that if you don’t have a loyalty card or account the prices are 20% more expensive. When at the till I enquired about how I get a club card only to be told I had to download an app groan just what you need to be or when you have a train to catch. I refused the invitation and took my £45+ spend somewhere else. Ridiculous marketing ploy. Who thought that idea up?

I just had an amazing breakfast at Pret! You can't go wrong here. I had a bacon and egg sandwich that was absolutely delicious. I highly recommend pairing it with a hot oat chocolate.

I have been a loyal customer of Pret A Manger since it first opened in the mid-90s and have spent a significant amount of money there over the years. However, I was disappointed to find that the prices have become exorbitant. I recently purchased a flat white, apple juice (which my family affectionately calls "Pom J"), and a Scandinavian smoked salmon roll, which came to a total of £14.40 to eat in the cafe at Gatwick South. This price seemed unreasonable to me. I feel that the branch at Gatwick is not as busy as usual for a Monday morning in October, and it seems that customers are choosing to go elsewhere. I could have gotten a deluxe sushi box at Itsu next door for a similar price. It appears that Pret A Manger may have crossed the line with their pricing this time.

I am once again disappointed by my experience. I visited this morning for a pumpkin spiced latte, but unfortunately, the coffee seemed to have been sitting out and was cold. Despite being the only customer in the store, the latte had no coffee flavor at all. This will be the last time I visit Prêt.

£2 for a bottle of water, their prices generally are a good bit more if you’re not a ‘Club member’. Tedious and annoying but now pretty normal. It’s the coffee though. It’s so hot. One rational I’ve heard is that in the UK it’s good to have very hot coffee because it’s a cold country. So why was my coffee so hot that it was undrinkable 10 minutes after buying it on one of the hottest days of the year?! Plus it had virtually no taste. Which is of course because it was so hot. I won’t be buying coffee from Pret again anytime soon.