Pret A Manger

This is a chain and while I usually prefer to go to local places when traveling, I needed to grab something quick for breakfast before my meeting in the area and this decided to stop by here. I am glad I did! Good place for breakfast. I had the Greek yogurt with granola and blueberry… Delicious and very filling. Great and fast service so it’s perfect when you’re on a rush. Staffs were very friendly.

I got to say. I am a sucker for Pret A Manger. It’s clean, slick look, friendly staff, and premium foods get me every time. However, if you’re visiting NYC, I recommend NOT going to a chain and find a local coffee shop and/​or bakery. But if you’re in a rush and are walking by this location, there’s worse options. I recommend their season hot lunch wraps for lunch and their iced hazelnut latte is good too!

Awesome soups with great ingredients and without too much sodium (really hard to find!), love their ethics, and at this location, the cashiers are SO NICE! I feel like we’re friends (especially Emmanuel today!)

This location is quite an inviting spot, very clean and not too crowded (I went around 10:30 am). They have all sorts of fancy sandwiches at reasonable prices for the city. I had the French vanilla iced coffee which was delicious! However, they do charge you extra for the French vanilla flavor, or else you’ll get their regular brewed coffee. Other than that Pret is a nice little spot to pop in and get a quick fix :)

Went at about 11:00 am and the selection wasn’t the greatest — a lot of sandwiches missing from shelves. However, great staff and the beef baguette sandwich was delicious. If you’re expecting the quality of the Prets in the UK then this may not be the place for you — still a good spot though if you need a sandwich and coffee or tea on the go!

Fresh, delicious, delightful. I have nothing negative to say about Pret. I have adored eating here over the past couple weeks. They’re selection of sandwiches around noon are remarkably fresh and I cannot get over their Brie and tomato sandwich and their chicken caesar bacon sandwich. I also highly recommend their greek yogurts. Perfecto!

I like Pret A Manger for their natural food freshly made daily, also that the ingredients of the food are listed on the shelves which is helpful to people with food intolerance or dietary restrictions.
I had the Roasted parsnip and pistachios power lunch, which is part of their spring menu: roasted parsnip, mint, pomegranate seeds, pistachios, lemon, Pret’s grain mix (white and red quinoa, black and green lentils), parsley, lemon juice. It’s delicious with a contrast of texture from the crunchy pistachio and pomegranate seeds, to the chewy parsnips. It’s listed as a lunch but I could eat it as a breakfast.

Oh how I used to love and rely on this establishment! This store always seemed to be running out of things. I got the half bacon and turkey sandwich and it was nothing like I remembered. The yogurt with bananas and honey was tasty but I remember their sandwiches being good enough to have every day. Perhaps it’s the sandwiches or the competition has gotten rougher.

Mean service, mean girl. boo Enough mean girls at my office. Went here and had some questions. rough day at the office as I was just told I am losing my job and have never been talked to so rudely at a take-​out place. Whoa. Yeah, maybe the girl worker had a bad day, but I can bet that mine was worse!
Because of this. will stick to my cheery guy location a few blocks down.

I work a few blocks away from this location and I come here at least once a week. The staff is always pleasant and the food is solid. My favorites are almond croissants, egg salad sandwiches, roast beef baguette, any of their salads, salt and vinegar chips, tomato feta soup and their yoga bunny detox drink. They have great food that is reasonably priced and available to pick up and go. Because who really uses their lunch breaks solely for food?
** Every day they donate their unsold items to various shelters in the city. They get points for philanthropy!

Good quick clean food. The baguette sandwiches — ham and cheese, avocado — are great. Not the most filling meal.

I am very disappointed with the wrap I got here. I had wanted to get the Avocado sandwich on artisan bread, but noticed it was almost 700 calories — no thank you. Instead, I got the Spicy Shrimp and Cilantro Wrap (shrimp, cucumber, red peppers, spinach, cilantro, sweet chili mayo, pret’s seasoning, tortilla wrap). I didn’t enjoy it at all. The cucumber was giant; it was a large strip that was essentially the entire filling with the rest of the ingredients around it. I’m not a fan of cucumbers anyway so I picked it out and threw it away. After I got through half the wrap I threw out the shrimp too. They weren’t very good. Shame on me for ordering seafood at a grab and go store like this. Ugh.
I do like the fact that every night they give their food to charities helping the hungry. That saved it a star.
I might be back to try breakfast or soup at some point. I definitely will not be getting a wrap again.

If you are like me, then first of all, I apologize.
Okay, I’m going to just get straight to the point because this is an easy one…
— If you are like me, and despise inordinately long lines, pret is a sanctuary for you, because there rarely is a line longer than a person or two ahead of you, at best.
— awesome sandwiches — highly recommend chicken + avocado varieties, egg salad, (the next two are a little heavy, but delicious) pulled pork wrap, meatball and mozz wrap. everything is wrapped up, incredibly fresh and ready to go.
— awesome soup — morroccan lentil is great. Well seasoned and filling.
— great drinks — my favorite is the tangerine honey. i love honey, its healthy. look it up.
clementines, bananas, apples, nuts located in the front before ordering, in case you want a convenient mid afternoon snack.
Conclusion: You are in and out. A rarity in the midtwon scramble for lunch spots (ie. usual suspects of chipotle, hale and hearty, cosi, chop’t that often appear to have lines like a los angeles rush hour).

I’ve always been a fan of Pret — lots of organic choices and healthy foods. The chicken avocado sandwich is great, and I love the organic popcorn! A bit disappointed they discontinued the brownie bites — they were just the perfect little square of chocolate when I had a sweet tooth without feeling horrible afterwards!
The NYU continuing education building is next door, and I used to come down frequently on breaks with my classmates to stock up on snacks and coffee before we went back to class!
Service was always good. Nothing to rave about, but no issues.

I paid over $ 40 for the following:
– chocolate fudge bar
–a love bar
– a ham and cheese baguette
–a roast beef and cheese baguette
–a bag of Chicago popcorn
–a bag of BBQ chips
–a bag of sea salt popcorn
–a bag of sea salt kettle chip
– a chicken and bacon sandwich
–a health cookie
–a chocolate chip cookie
–a bacon and egg croissant
so expensive for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

I am regular, like a 5 day a week regular — bordering on boring! I have my daily lunch from this Pret. So when they introduced the ‘hot wall’ — I was impressed with efforts to improve efficiency till i opened my soup from the hot wall and it was HALF empty!!! I could have stormed back from my office and demanded better but really not my thing. I will take my business elsewhere thank you very much!
You are conveniently located but so are others! I would rather go somewhere else where they wont cheat me by placing half filled soup cups! You don’t expect your customers to open every bowl and ask before paying to at least fill it up?
So disappointed that lost my appetite. ughh

I used to come here a lot when I worked in the Chanin Building for breakfast and lunch. Their oatmeal is great for an early pick me up before you head upstairs to the office and their Moroccan Lentil Soup is amazing for lunch! I had never tried lentils before this and absolutely will be trying to my hands on more from now on. Everyone is also super friendly here, they’re always shouting «Hello! Welcome to Pret!» when you walk in!

I’ve been to the same location twice due to the convenience factor and both times I’ve been met with attitude.
Steel cut oatmeal isn’t memorable but the rudeness of the staff certainly was.

The question I have for those of us who live and eat in New York is, have we lost our damn minds? How did this chain get so popular? Were we craving yet another mediocre grab and go place?
The name, «Pret A Manger» is a play on the French term for Ready to Wear, just meaning «Ready to Eat» instead. How clever. Though it is true. You can go in, reach out for your tasteless, small, crummy sandwich, and eat it… on days you feel like punishing yourself for being alive. It isn’t even a chain from France, it is from London. Don’t even get excited about that, they don’t even serve worldly foods. And I’m not buying the «natural ingredients» that pull you in. I call Hogwash! Natural ingredients taste good.
Pro: This place looked clean.
Now on to the cons. The selection was small. The menu is: crappy sandwich with chicken and avocado, crappy sandwich with chicken and bacon, or crappy sandwich with ham and cheese. Oh and don’t forget our huge selection of crappy chicken salads. And before you leave, try another crappy trendy juice of the month. Same crap, different bottle.
I was in a bacon mood one fine afternoon (ok, that is every afternoon but I digress) and decided on the chicken and bacon, having forgotten a prior experience with this chain downtown, and Pret didn’t waste any time underwhelming me once again. The «signature» bread was boring and tasteless. The small amount of grilled chicken would even make an anorexic cry. I’m still not entirely sure the bacon was bacon… when I could find it. The mesclun was gross. The tomatoes were oddly plentiful, but not needed and awful. (PS, you can’t buy anything without tomatoes so I hope you like them.) And finally the «mayo» and «pret seasoning» was nonexistent. I also ask another question, «Are Londoners known for their great seasoning?» Think about it and get back to me.
Come on people. This is NYC. You can spit and hit someone serving better food than Pret A Manger. And don’t give me the «it’s fast» excuse. There is no excuse for this place to be on every street corner in midtown. Rise up and send them packin’.

Nice convenient location right in Midtown East. If you’re looking for a nice croissant to eat for breakfast, this is the spot. If you come in early enough, then they’re nice and warm/​crispy. It’s a little small for the price you’re paying, but it is damn good. Sure, Starbucks is close by, but their drip coffee is horrible. Pret has some organic coffee, with a good variety to choose from. Just pay your ~$ 2 and self-​serve yourself to a nice cup of joe in the morning.
Not much seating inside, aside from the bar stools facing 42^nd street. If you work around here, ditch the Starbucks, and stick to Pret. Nice pastries, sandwiches, soup, and drinks. Even their pre-​made energy/​chocolate bars are tasty!