your favourite pret sandwich/baguette/hot wrap

usually get 1 of these:

Dolphin Friendly Tuna (too much mayo, needs red onion)
Swedish Meatball Ragu Hot Wrap
Italian Prosciutto Artisan Baguette (or the roast beef with cheese one if they're doing that)

Posh Cheddar & Pickle Artisan Baguette

^^^^^this

Never been in 'Pret' (a Manger, right?) in my life, so can't vote. I feel I am discriminated in, in this poll, therefore.

Against not in, dur brane.

Swedish Meatball Ragu Hot Wrap

This is king of Pret products.

lol the one in Hull closed down

Never eaten from here.

Never seen that artisan prosciutto one, I feel robbed.

avocado & italian cheese
hummus special
egg florentine

don't they all have about 1000kcals per serving? not as bad kcal count as EAT. pies however

Can't see the pastrami bloomer on there.

Wrap of lamb is good, as is crayfish & rocket.

why can't they just say Lamb Wrap?

rack of lamb get it

Same reason they can't say "Chicken and Lettuce" or "Cheese and Pickle".

list c&p'd from pret website*

*no pastrami bloomer there obv

Thinking about it I don't think they've done it for a couple of years.

avocado & italian cheese

what's in this? we get get an avocado, parmesan, basil, pine nut and tomato sandwich, which gets my vote. if you guys don't have that, i'm sorry.

do you get the raspberry/orange/banana drink? because that's what's to drink with it.

how do you work these things out?

Humous & Roasted Peppers - would give you fierce gas from both ends though

don't often go to chain sandwich shops but the avocado & herb salad wrap is really fucking nice

how do you work these things out?

instinct

Dry-Cured Ham and Greve Baguette, by a whisker over the "Award-Winning" Avocado & Herb Salad Wrap.

But I still miss their Coronation Chicken sandwiches.

where's the beef, Pret

My local one only has a tiny tiny selection of these. I was happy until I went to the website and realised the smorgasboard of delights I was missing out on.
NB don't have the miso soup.

I really miss Pret! I only just realised

We have this thing here that's like it. but not very good. it also sells magazines and bathroom items

best thing about Pret is still the Choc Bar

WANT

Dry-Cured Ham & Eggs Bloomer
All Day Breakfast
Crayfish and Rocket if i wanna be healthy
or Posh Cheddar & Pickle Artisan Baguette but I haven't seen one in ages

unless it's christmas... in which case christmas sarnie every day.

the US menu: http://www.pret.com/us/menu/ - does it have less mayo?

tho it's incomplete - maybe they're including just the US-only items

i like the hummus and bell pepper sandwich, but our peppers aren't roasted

i like the tuna baguette too, but there's something just slightly off about their tuna - it's too mashed-up or something

also they put black pepper in it

the blueberry/granola yogurt pot is awesome

I'm sort of amazed anyone goes to Pret in NEW YORK of all places.

Swedish Meatball Ragu Hot Wrap

This is king of Pret products.

The margherita wrap (discontinued - R.I.P.) was even better. So for this poll, another vote for the Swedish Meatballs.

Pret has ludicrous hours, though; they all seem to close at 6pm.

Posh Cheddar & Pickle Artisan Baguette

^^^^^this

-- The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Friday, 18 July 2008 11:52 (Yesterday) Link

yep. when that's a bit heavy i've gone for:

Summer Chicken & Mango
Free-Range Egg Mayo & Roasted Tomato Breakfast Baguette (started copying this one at home, never thought to use roasteds b4)
Classic Super Club
and the cheapo egg on rye which i havent seen for a bit.

also NO £1.80 HAM & CHEESE CROISSANT NO CREDIBILITY

I'm sort of amazed anyone goes to Pret in NEW YORK of all places.

it's good food (and my semi-local is a very nice environment, including good music). i go out of my way to eat there.

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I go to Pret in NY although I am always disappointed by how few sandwich types they have comparatively. They are good if you want a sandwich that is light compared to the huge monster meat sandwiches you find everywhere else in NY. Plus you can get a half sandwich now.

NO £1.80 HAM & CHEESE CROISSANT NO CREDIBILITY

I'm a fan of the £1.80 mozzarella & tomato croissant.

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Italian Prosciutto Artisan Baguette

I can now confirm this beats every other Pret sandwich hands down.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/91171430_6afcbafaf0.jpg?v=0

SANDWICHES! I EAT SANDWICHES!! YAYYY!!!!

all joking aside pret wraps are straight disgusting

I think I've had something like six New York Delis from Pret in the past three weeks.

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

Not so much the gyoza ones, more the "very big" Chicken Laska and the Musroom risotto ones, particularly.

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.

do not understand the appeal of Pret tbh... way overpriced and for some reason I always think of them as unethically corporate.

way overpriced

nah

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.

Italian Prosciutto Artisan Baguette

This is still the king, even if the bread does occasionally have the consistency of moon rock.

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?

'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?

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

MDC, without getting into the finer details, it wasn't like that.

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.

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.

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.

Best service in chains = Pret and Caffé Nero.

i will try both pret and eat next week as an experimonk.

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!!

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.

i must admit i once had a lovely hot chocolate the one time i ventured into a nero.

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.

Nero does proper Italian hot chocolate, the thick/gummy stuff, which wins bonus pints from me.

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???

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.

Anyone tried the Wensleydale & Apricot Chutney Bloomer from Pret?

anyone tried the still water infused with iced tea and peach. fucking love it.

Search: the BBQ pork hot wrap. Think it might be a little smaller than the others but it is packed full of meat.

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.

I ate so much Pret in my 20s I can hardly bear it now.

Chef's special, Vietnamese baguette. With chicken. 2/10, must try harder (concept that is, I did not purchase).

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.

When I used to go, it would be for the Malaysian chicken soup or a wrap.

They've introduced a new bacon sandwich thingy, which must be good because it's always sold out whenever I get there

Search: the BBQ pork hot wrap. Think it might be a little smaller than the others but it is packed full of meat.

this fucking sucks in my opinion, tasted like pork stew in a wrap, not pulled pork.

They've introduced a new bacon sandwich thingy, which must be good because it's always sold out whenever I get there

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.

Never been, but I can't see the name without thinking of 1994 film Pret a Porter.

The sandwiches are served to customers by naked models walking up and down a runway.

Only joking.

Eat now offering a chicken banh mi too. Madness.

pret's is gone, i never had it. pret's avocado and crayfish salad is good, had today for the first time.

we have a diff menu over here but pret is pretty dope

Slow Roasted Beef, Arugula & Parmesan

this sandwich is fantastic

Eat now offering a chicken banh mi too. Madness.

This changes everything

Oh wait, it would if they weren't mainly only in London :(

think the austere 'jambon beurre' buttered stonebake w/ ham and cornichons is pretty much indisputably the best thing they do, and it's only £2.50

In fact I am ready to award the all-time gong to their new chicken and crushed pea baguette, it is sensational

Anyone else been in the Pret on Great Eastern Street? It's massive and has loads of tables but there's only ever about three types of sandwich

I’ve noticed a really poor range in a few other Prets as well. I think that as you get closer you get to Pret HQ (in Victoria), they tend to have a better selection.

The basic tomato and brie baguette is secretly the best Pret sandwich.

looks like i'm a scab in the great culture war

veggie new yorker on rye

The basic tomato and brie baguette is secretly the best Pret sandwich.

― seandalai, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 23:37 (five months ago) bookmarkflaglink

They stopped selling this (in the three branches I've checked) two weeks ago! Massive betrayal.

https://twitter.com/pretetranger?lang=en

I had severe stomach cramps and badly upset digestion from a brie and tomato baguette from Pret twice last month, and have now abandoned buying it. I wonder if they've had complaints.

They need to make sure they keep those baguettes at the right temperature.

seems bad

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/aug/12/pret-a-manger-staff-consider-strike-after-temporary-pay-cuts-made-permanent