Greggs

Its Greggs pure and simple! you can’t go wrong with a custard slice and a few veggie pasties :). Thumbs up!

This particular Greggs is situated on Crwys and is of the smaller variety. This branch of Greggs will attract the students of Roath and surrounding professionals. This one doesn’t get as busy as other Greggs, so if you ever have a Greggs craving then this is the one for you if you can’t be bothered with the queuing.
I’m not the fan of Greggs, the food bores me a little, I don’t really like eating pastry too often as don’t want to put on a billion stone, so yes you won’t really catch me here. I think there are a lot of other places people can go that serve up imaginative food and a greater, healthier variation.
The staff always seem to be nice though and don’t think I have had a horrible experience here, well apart from when it’s frustratingly busy. The thing about Greggs is that there are so many and they are always conveniently there when you need them and the price is right.

Poor Greggs. It gets all the stick for its merely average fare. It seems that, like Subway and Starbucks, it is lumped with the preconception that as it’s a chain outlet, it’s actually destined to be rubbish munch. It’s passable, sure; alright if you’re in a rush and can’t see anything more worthwhile to sink your teeth into quickly, but ultimately, there’s nothing special, or exciting, or especially tasty in a Greggs.
Unlike Subway and Starbucks though, Greggs reputation in this area is largely deserved. Sure, they have the occasional inspired flavour of pasty or roll or wrap (I don’t know who invented it, but my first experience of a sausage and bean pasty was here and I shall treasure that forever), but it’s pretty much a boring smörgåsbord of bland, uninteresting tastes. Sadly, this one doesn’t do much to buck the trend.
And, on top of this, they can never get the bloody selection right. When I ask for a vegetable pasty, I don’t expect to find the meager remains of some emaciated chicken looking back at me two bites in, you swines!

Pasties? Cakes? Sausage rolls? Mmmm everything naughty and very bad for you all under one roof.
I for one actually like Greggs… because all their products are freshly made and more importantly their cheap prices suit my tiny budget!
When I am after a sugar fix I always choose their tottenham cake… and when I get an urge for something savoury it has to be their steak bake.
The only thing I will note on here which is negative is the fact that I have seen the odd fly nesting in within the cakes on occasion… (naughty ickle buggers) but by the time I have taken my second mouthful of cake I have forgotten all about it! Yum!

Gregg’s is fine for a greasy pasty once in a while but it lacks real flavour there’s something artificial in the taste of Gregg’s pasties and it could be to much salt or sugar or both.
The Crwys store has a very small shop floor space but you won’t be in long enough to notice, once you’ve purchased your pasty more than likely you’ll enjoy it in your vehicle because there’s never any seating at Gregg’s. Go to a proper café sit down don’t rush and don’t eat while driving it just takes all the enjoyment out of food.
I don’t agree with Gregg’s in principle because it’s a fast food chain that’s so fast you don’t have time to sit down.

Can you ever have a Greggs — or, to be fair, any chain-​bakery — that could be anything more than just okay?
We all know that there’s times you need a pasty. And Greggs is particularly good about delivering what you need in that department. This one particularly because I have always been served with a smile.
At the same time, Greggs — any store, any where — cannot compete with excellent fresh, local, independent bakeries. Not only is the food fresher and better tasting for it. But the feeling of supporting local businesses is great.
Even given all of this, this is a good Greggs.