To find food at John Lewis espresso bars disappointing

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Especially their sandwich selection. Surprisingly uninspiring and overpriced IMO.

First world problem much?

Oh for goodness sake - everything in these bloody boards is a first world problem! That phrase us do irritating!

Unless you are about to start a thread talking about whether you are unreasonable to be thinking of stealing a loaf of bread while your family is starving, please shut the fuck up, and let people talk about the day to day things!!

Obviously us do = is so

Rage posting haha

Totally agree. You can't moan about anything anymore on MN without some kill joy mentioning "first world problem"
Wtf?

I love JL. Love it.

Except any of their cafes.

The coffee is crap. The hot savoury food is crap. Their cold savoury food is crap.

The cakes etc are okay.

YADNBU

I bought a vanilla slice and the assistant put it on a plate straight out of the diswasher. It was not improved by the experience. She did not understand why I wanted a cold plate. Small but crushing disappointment.

I agree,dry lumpen and dull.

The scones in the espresso bars are dry and crumbly and 'orrible but the ones in the restaurant are ok. The coffee comes in too small a cup and the food is all overpriced and really not very nice.

So disappointing

I would kill for a prawn sandwich and a pot of tea from JL right now.

YANBU they are surprisingly disappointing.
What's wrong with First World problems

All terrible I find the same at M&S... in both cases, they would be vastly improved by simply selling the same as what can be found in their associated food stores...

However it is a remarkably quiet and peaceful place to relax, esp. with a baby, in our local shopping centre. So we buy a cold drink and eat elsewhere

M&S do serve the stuff from their foodhall, the ones I've been to anyway. But the choice isn't very good. Better than BHS though. Never again

Omg yes, they are beyond shit. I went once when on maternity leave and very bored. Good thing I didn't have anything else on that day as I had to queue three times - once for food, once for drinks, once to pay. All appallingly inefficient, it was all cold by the time I sat down.

Never again, no way. Ruinously expensive too.

Agree the food is always disappointing at JL. Shame as its such a fab shop otherwise.

M&S café food is alright by comparison with JL.
I queued 35 minutes yesterday for a spicy parsnip

Spicy parsnip soup that tasted worse than hospital soup

So bad - I just have a cheese scone now. That's my advice to you - don't stray beyond a cheese scone.

Thought it was just me! Went in there the other week for somewhere different. Had a cheese scone (tiny, dry, not enough butter) and The World's Smallest Vanilla Latte TM. It came to well over what I'd pay at Costa/Starbucks/Cafe Nero and I got so little for my money. Vair disappointed.

But I've now discovered the new Gregg's Moment cafe that opened last week - most fabulous place on earth. And some seriously hot guys on the counter too - bonus!

So, people in third world countries aren't allowed to be pissed off at crap service, over priced drinks and shoddy products? Discrimination much?!

Yanbu, I'm always disappointed by JL cafe/restaurant/thing. I don't want noodles for £8, i want a naice cheese toastie!

I love the coffee but it is the smallest heartbrokenthey're cupcakes are bloody fantastical fact

Coffee is crap and there is not a single gluten free item for my OH...so yes YANBU...it is crap. JL really could do much better but then Waitrose is overrated IMHO too.

The food in JL cafe looks amazing, but tastes of nothing. I love JL but never use their cafe. YANBU!

Agreed. YANBU.

Rubbish coffee. Tiny cups. Half size of most places and still £2.50. Food poor.

Service at our local one also leave a lot to be desired. I also avoid now which is a shame as I love a good JL shopping day.

But have you had the M&S cakes? They're dry and grainy and yuck Whereas the cakes sold in store are usually fine and look different from the ones in the cafe. Ditto JL - the Waitrose cakes are much better than some of the dry gross slabs they sell.

The ones here of both also never sell the regular sandwiches, just overpriced baguette/panini things that are equally bleh.

However no cold food here - our JL gives you a number on a stick thing to bring food to your table when it's ready. So your expensive rubbish comes nice and hot

Dried-up looking sandwiches, horrible presentation. Hot food stodgy, unimaginative, sloppy. Serving/queuing system stupid, inefficient and nearly impossible with pushchair and tray. I'm growing to dislike it more and more but do love JL. I just wish they would do something about their crap cafes/restaurants.
I'm referring to Edinburgh. Are they all rubbish?