Pret A Manger

This place has been my go-​to spot for breakfast and lunch while in town for a conference. I typically eat very healthy at home and it’s always a challenge to find a place with enough vegetarian, healthy options to keep up my usual habits. Everything is so quick and there are so many choices! Reasonably priced too — and the employees were quick and friendly.

The chai tea latte was amazing! Barista was really friendly but the cashier seemed like she had a stick up her ass.

Came here based reviews. Worst choice ever. paid 8 bucks for a chicken wrap with about 2oz of chicken on it. horrible. it was like eating a wrap with Mayo dressing. just another high priced place serving crap. they care nothing about customers other than how much money they can make off us. Subway is a better deal in my opinion and I hate them too.

Everything is fresh and delicious! Calories and ingredients posted next to the description of most items. The California Club: Best 410 calories I’ve ever eaten.

DO NOT COME HERE for a meeting or to try to work. They deliberately keep the music loud, and won’t turn it down even if you ask them. The management has obviously decided they don’t want you here more than 3 minutes.
I tried talking to a manager — on multiple occasions — asking them to lower the music. Nothing happens. The managers just don’t care. Too bad, because the regular workers are really nice.
Unilocal won’t let me post unless I give at least one star, but don’t be fooled — they deserve ZERO STARS.

This was our last stop before heading home from a long weekend in DC. Friendly staff and tasty food. All pre-​made but fresh each day. They give their food away to those who are hungry each night. We loved the mission of it.
I had tomato feta soup and my partner had chicken noodle soup. I had chicken salad and bacon sandwich and he had bacon macaroni and cheese. Yum!

Great place.
They are very friendly here. Very willing to help explain when questions about ingredients for food intolerances. Been at this location 3 times this week.

Stopped by here a few times during our stay at the Hilton Garden Inn (half block away) during Easter Weekend, 2015. There are Prets in NYC, but somehow the food here seemed to be a bit better. The sandwiches were fresh and pastries were amazing (chocolate peppermint cookie!!!). The staff was helpful, friendly and always cleaning or tending to customers. Keep up the good work guys. Bathrooms were clean as well.

i could write an entire article about this place!
my picks
tuna nicoise salad
lobster roll or salad
i LOVE the pineapples with lime. IDK why that works for me!
ham & cheese croissant with the strawberry jam!

This is a boring chain restaurant. Nothing special at all. If you’re hungry, and there’s nothing else around, sure — get a sandwich or something.

Now that the summer is coming to an end, I want to update my review and add that I have come to this Pret multiple times a week for coffee, breakfast and lunch. This is probably my favorite place to eat in D.C.
A large variety of foods that are affordable, creative, and absolutely delicious. Quick and friendly service. It is so easy and convenient to eat here and the staff make you feel at home. I love this place!
For breakfast, I love the mushroom brioche. For lunch, I usually get the seafood wrap or anything with cilantro. But now that I have tried their new Nori Wrap, I suggest that you GET THE NORI WRAP!!! It’s the most amazing thing ever!
Pret might end up being the thing I miss most when I leave D.C.

Ah, Pret. For awhile, most of the calories I was consuming in a given weekday were sourced from this Pret a Manger, until I finally burnt out on it (and my wallet begged me to start bringing my lunch and eating breakfast at home).
The food is pretty good (although much is high-​cal). My picks include the pinenut avocado and nicoise salad. Coffee and tomato mozzarella croissant are great too.
As an added bonus, flattery flows freely in this place along with the strong coffee. «Good morning pretty lady! Such a nice necklace! And a wonderful coat! Have a great day! I will see you tomorrow!,» ect.

Best sandwich place in the area — I was so excited when this opened. Lots of good choices and I really like the fruit sodas and hot coco.

Good lunch foods, nothing too exciting but they clearly do follow through with making everything fresh daily. I work around the corner and have quite a few lunch choices but find myself here more often than anywhere else. Can’t say I like their coffee, and their pastries/​desserts are lacking, but their sandwiches and wraps are always good.

Good, fresh food. Has healthy offerings too. I had a protein cup with hard boiled eggs, spinach, avocado, tomatoes and quinoa. Quite tasty actually. Coffee is fair trade and pretty strong. Knocked it down one star because it’s expensive, even for DC fast food.

So happy to see a Pret open around the corner. I love the simplicity and knowing that I’m getting fresh food even when I’m in a hurry. My kind of fast food~
FYI, once they’re out of something, they’re out of it for the rest of the day.

A VERY welcome addition to the block by me and my coworkers! I had actually eaten at Pret regularly while living in London a few years ago, and was super stoked when I saw the «Opening Soon» sign here!
Things I love at Pret (there are many):
— Yoga Bunny Detox soda — grape juice and herbs and fizz, which sounds weird, but tastes super refreshing and yummy
— Quinoa and tuna pot
— Egg salad and arugula salad
— Dark roast coffee
— Fresh out of the oven croissants
— Little cup of goodness yogurt pot
— Vietnamese baguette (don’t hold your breath for authentic bahn mi, though)
— Super veggie with spinach spread and kale baguette (SUPER love)
— the fact that they have calorie counts listed for all items
— the fact that they sell half sandwiches
Definitely love Pret, highly recommend!

VERY LOUD.
Although the food is fine here, this Pret is incredibly loud as a result of the hard surfaces and the amped-​up sound system, which is blaring christmas songs as I write this. The noise level is so loud as to be uncomfortable. Perhaps that the goal, to get people out of the dining room.

Woke up really early just so I can come here for breakfast on opening day! I really wish they had balloons outside because I would’ve asked to have one cuz they’re really cute, but instead there were two people passing out free lunch and free coffee flyers! Right when we got in a lady who appears to be the manager greeted us and already I felt like I was at home. The sandwiches and drinks all looked so good and I just wanted to eat everything they had! I finally decided on the balsamic avocado chicken sandwich and oatmeal which were FANTASTIC. There were so much avocados in the sandwich and it all tasted really FRESH. The oatmeal was also good but don’t forget to ask for brown sugar cuz it’s not on the counter. While my friends and I sat down to eat the manager came to see if we enjoyed the food and a few minutes later another worker asked if we needed anything. They were all just so nice! This place is right across from my work so I am definitely going to come often. I hope my experience is always this good!