Pret A Manger

Omg my first time herethis store Healthy and Organic place.wow.The entire staff is Great and the Manager is Fabulous… this is my BBF spot.lol.I bought Regular dark roasted coffee with half & half a energy bagel, almond croissant omg it’s Delicious and a handmade bite oat & caramel crunch that I can’t wait to try it later. lol… The place is clean and the food is Hot and Fresh done throughout the day… i can’t wait to Try Everything in this place.lol.I can’t wait to come back for lunch… keep up the great job… Marisol

Misleading with very rude Saturday staff. Other locations are great, this one the worst. Gave me a coffee coupon on my visit last week. Today they refused to honor it, saying it was only for their customers. Whatever that meant. Said I am a customer they said no, we have to give it to you. They did…

This is great for a guilt free quick bite on the run. Everything is fresh and delicious. They have many hot and cold wraps as well as sandwiches, sweets, chips and fruit. The coffee and tea are great too. The banana cake with frosting is especially good.

Was overcharged at lunch for something I did not order. When I questioned it, was told that that was the price, and I asked the cashier if she was sure, and I was told yes. After I paid, the cashier said that she rang up an additional item by accident. She did not even apologize for the error and inconvenience. It’s just bad customer service. Pret– you need to train your staff better.

Pret offers a range of organic eats at reasonable prices. Hard to find in a fast-​gentrifying city.
I got a sandwich, yogurt with granola, and organic iced coffee. Yogurt is vegetarian. No gelatin, thankfully. Very hard to find. Unfortunately, no decaf organic coffee.
Someone dropped cans by me and everyone awkwardly stared at me. I wasn’t involved in dropping them so that was odd.
They’ve still got great offerings.
They seem like a respectable business, donating unsold food to the homeless each night.

Just stumbled in here looking for a quick bite between classes… Very happy I found it. Affordable and fast service. Sandwiches are ready made but fresh. All natural ingredients so I feel like I ate healthy. The organic coffee is full flavored and just the pick up I needed. Great spot!

I love this store. The ENTIRE staff is great and the manager is fabulous. I come here often as I work across the street and I have NEVER had a bad experience here. Which to me speaks volumes because we all have our horror stories of fast food service. The service is outstanding, the food is simple, healthy and good.
Only thing… STOP PLAYING TAYLOR SWIFT EVERY LUNCH TIME lol…

I used to be a huge fan. Still love the cafes in London. The ones in NYC are a complete rip off. It’s all bread. Barely any protein between bread. The only decent thing is the chicken soup. The sweets are awful. Completely overpriced

Good sandwich. Tasty. But the music is too loud. I couldn’t have a conversation loud. I came in just to relax and eat. No club music when I came in till I ordered and sat down then blam. I’d be okay with any music just not that loud please.

So I decided to give this place a try, not much of a food truck supporter… So my first time here and I’m in love. They make their food selections with natural and fresh ingredients daily. So everyday everything is fresh!!! NO LEFTOVERS TO SELL NEXTDAY!!! That’s amazing to me!!! I tried a chicken Asian wrap!!! It had fresh cilantro carrots, cucumber, onions, shredded chicken and a spicy Asian sauce. Not too spicy but just enough to make it delicious!!! The place is very clean and in order, almost no wait to pay. Their motto is made today, gone today and I give you a high five Pret A Manger!!!

Breakfast, lunch, snacks and more snacks… Lately, for me, it’s been all about Pret’s uncommon ability for satisfying those four most important meals of the day.
OK… so its practically cookie cutter, part-​of-​a-​food-​chain ambience can be something of a setback for my current lunch spot crush lasting more than a few days. But with fresh food ALWAYS, fast and super efficient customer service, a clean and pristine environment, and affordable-​for-​Soho lunch options, Pret has staying power and forever returning power too.
Before my job moved to the less practical Holland tunnel area from Midtown, Pret was reliable and conveniently located downstairs from the office. In fact, I remember it being on my top 10 list of things I would miss most about moving offices.
Happy that Pret has maintained its amazingness, and glad that there are so many more locations.

Never been to a PAM before.
Self serve coffee BEFORE you pay for it??? I guess the honor system is alive and well here. Plenty of organic and healthy options for food. Open eating space but limited amount of seating. I can see a lot fighting over seats during lunch. Only had their coffee and it was tasty. Prices are below what I expected to pay in NYC. A stones throw away from the Passport Office. Will return to try their food options.

The Starbucks across the street was closed on Presidents’ Day, so I went here for my mid-​afternoon coffee fix. Because I’ve been brainwashed by Starbucks, I mistakenly ordered a «tall» here (wanting the smallest of the three conventional sizes). The barista prepared the larger size. I apologized for my error and asked for a smaller one, and she just let me keep the larger ones and charged me the price for a small. That’s great service. This Pret will get my business.

Pret A Manger keeps its service quick and dirty, so I’ll review in kind.
When you want decent, relatively healthy lunch without having to wait in line (I’m looking at you, Hale & Hearty), come here. It’s not cheap, but there are still food trucks on the same street that are consistently more expensive.
Chicken Caesar salad is a favorite go-​to of mine. (Thank you Pret for FINALLY giving up those cardboard salad containers. Who could toss a salad in those things?)
Ham & cheese sandwich is decent (but sometimes the ham is a little too stringy for more taste, and they often skimp on it anyway).
Roast beef sandwich is decent — I’d say a step up from the ham.
Chicken noodle soup is decent, but if there isn’t a line next door at Hale & Hearty (i.e. if pigs are flying), get it from there instead.
I come here for iced coffee sometimes when I don’t feel like dealing with Starbucks, but I won’t lie — it tastes weird every. time. Not BAD, just… not good. Why do I keep doing this?
The All-​Star on the menu at Pret is the chocolate croissant. It’s amazing. Get it over the breakfast sandwich without a second thought — that one’s kinda weird too.
Last but not least, the brownie is good. But why is it twice as big as it used to be? Some of us have resolutions in 2014.

I usually pass by Pret because I think the prices are on the high end (though I do appreciate the «just made» concept) — but word of «FREE soup voucher!» from my co-​worker was enough to bring me over there this Fri afternoon. AND the Holiday Turkey Dinner wrap he was eating, which will be my focus today.
OCCASION: Workday lunch (and I usually eat out)
AMBIANCE: Bustling work crowd
SERVICE: Nice — Smiling cashier and staff, likely a result of the sun being out today
ORDER: I got it too — Holiday Turkey Dinner Wrap ($ 8.70) — Roasted Turkey + Turkey Gravy + Sweet Potato + Nut Roast Stuffing + Cranberry Sauce + Crispy Onions + Black Pepper + Tortilla Wrap
Just about everything you like from one of America’s fave meals of the year! Nice crunch in the stuffing, right wrap chewiness, always enjoy sweet potatoes, hot, mostly met expectations. I would like green beans added to complete the «dinner», but it was flavorful and filling. I also appreciate the instructions on how to eat «Unwrap (the paper) here, like a lollipop!»
[No more soup vouchers left, sadly]
[Just to note: other things I do get more often and like, esp when I’m on a healthy kick — Honey Pot Yogurt, Detox Grape Soda, Quinoa Proscuitto Salad]
RECO: As another co-​worker said, «it feels like cheating if we have Thanksgiving dinner before Thanksgiving», and I agree with her, but if you are ready to get in the holiday spirit already (I am always ready) — I’d give it a shot for lunch, at least once, to get your stomach excited for bigger and better eats later this month!

Hip location — check.
Cool packaging — check.
Fast and cheap — check.
Made a quick stop into the Pret A Manger on Hudson to see what all the hype is about and grabbed the ham and egg sandwich and the pesto chicken with avocado sandwich to take with me on the plane.
Big mistake on the pesto chicken selection. These guys weren’t kidding about how fresh their product is. These were definitely meant to be eaten immediately. The avocado on my sandwich was already starting to turn an unappetizing brown.
I loved the inviting space and warm lighting. Would definitely go here again.

Really clean and excellent customer service for soup, salads, and sandwiches. She offered me a free coffee. Yes, please.

I do like the sandwiches here but I have always found the meats to be on the dry side. The turkey with swiss and cranberry sauce on a soft, fresh potato roll was delish but the turkey could have been less dry. The roast beef was flavorful but very tough; however, the ham and cheese was fantastic and the mustard spread had just the right amount of spiciness. The caprese sandwich was also fantastic with plenty of basil and fresh, thick slices of mozzarella and beefsteak tomatoes. They definitely give you more fillings than Gigi or the Food Exchange and the sandwiches themselves are more flavorful. Overall, a good catering option in NYC with higher quality sandwiches.

The good: they have vegan options, and they’re labeled as such.
The bad: they have remarkably few vegan options.
Everything is pre-​made, naturally, so you can’t work with the chef to make something vegan. (For some reason, I just doubled over laughing at the idea you could do that!)
It’s not like I actually work in this neighborhood, so I’m fortunately not tied to the choices in the neighborhood. If I were, I’d either a) brown-​bag it or b) go to Westville across the street, which just opened up another outpost to its growing empire.
And they have a clean, accessible bathroom – with an XLerator dryer. As one other reviewer mentioned, the vibe here is infectiously cheerful; they must be snorting laughing gas in the back!

So they change their menu rather frequently, which I guess is both good and bad. The bad is a lot of the vegetarian choices I relied on are gone, but there are still some options. No more Hungarian Mushroom soup, which really sucks. The good side is there are new things to try. Had the avocado wrap which was ok. Not big enough on its own, definitely grab a soup or chips as well.
Overall I like eating here over Hale and Hearty next store because it doesn’t smell like soup at Pret (H&H always smells like soup, understandably), but also because it is a really cheerful and bright place to spend my lunch. Huge windows are awesome, lots of natural light, and super high ceilings.
This is also the quickest place on Hudson St to grab breakfast in the morning.