Napket

Overpriced… and if ever you need to hammer a nail into a piece of wood and don’t have a hammer… use their sandwich baguettes. My jaw still hurts…

Had lunch here today with a good friend who works nearby. She normally only comes here as a treat because it is fairly pricey.
It was my first time eating in a Napket. Oh goshy, it is the love child of Pret a Manger and Mary Jane’s (in the Minories i.e. bordello chic)!!! Didn’t know what to make of it? Difficult to say as I am the sort of person who wants to pay for the food and not the décor.
I had a grated carrots salad which, alas, was bland and had no discernable taste. My Americano coffee was good, though. My friend’s toasted foccacia sandwich looked pretty good.
All came at a price, of course. I suppose it is the sort of place where one pays to hang out and be seen. In terms of the food experience, I would rather go to Nusa Kitchen in Clerkenwell.
Still struggling to ask myself whether I want to pay for bordello chic???

Hypocrisy at its best. Beautiful interior, beautifully presented food — a poor attempt to hide an absolutely mediocre restaurant, where food quality is poorer than McDonalds. The first time I went, my 2 friends each found their £6.95 salads accompanied by moldy bread. The second time round, my poor co worker trekked there in the rain, only to return to find the mesclun salad that he ordered was nothing more than wilted, BROWN iceberg lettuce. Not one, but two occasions of extreme letdown. If you pride yourself on serving ‘snob food’ then your extortionate prices should at least be reflected in the quality of the food. See you at Pret.

Napket you will find on Kings Road, at Piccadilly and Mayfair. Having a seminar at Bond Street I desperately wanted to get away for lunch, having an hour on my own. Walking down Brook Street, already worrying if there is any take away around Mayfair, I saw a sweet little place, which looked pleasing from its outside as well as its inside.
The great thing about this place is you can sit outside (even though there are just 2 tables) to eat your lunch or even have a cigarette. This is a rare thing in London nowadays.
Looking at the food displayed for take away, my heartbeat got higher. I chose a tasty and aesthetically pleasing salad with avocado, sunflower seeds and artichokes. As well as brown, fresh bread — nothing comparable with the white British toast I normally eat.
Even though it might be a little bit potencious — at least they are honest — saying themselves its Snob Food!, it suits the busy lifestyle of the offices around there, working long hours but still want a lunch which looks good and tastes good.