Address: Unit 119a Coal Drops Yard, London, N1C 4DQ, United Kingdom
Rating: 3.8
based on 151 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"Chicken sandwich used to be great, very flavourful and absolutely worth the price."
"Fantastic, boojee sandwiches, packed with crisps and other wonderful things."
"For someone who didn't think she loved a prawn sandwich, I can confidently say it was one of the best sandwiches I've had in a while!"
"Superb sandwich shop and cafe in Coal Drops Yard - absolutely love the chicken sandwich, and the tuna melt."
"The egg salad sandwich 🤤"
"The food (Chicken sandwich and Merguez Baguette) was incredible!"
"Decent sandwich. The portion is large, based on UK standard, almost close to a typical size of an American NY style one."
Cons:
"The chicken sandwich just tastes like mayo lettuce and chicken, in that order."
"Food has gone down in quality dramatically since I started working in the area 1.5 years ago."
"I got the vegan sandwich and everything in it was nothing like what was described on the menu."
"Mortadella sandwich was cold on the inside, small and with a few scraggly pieces of arugula."
"I had the vegan sandwitch it was absolutely horrendous. The filling was lacking and tasted like they threw a bunch of ingredients together they found in the fridge."
"The chicken sandwich is 10.50£. Ten fifty. It consists of cheap supermarket bread with 2 crumbs of parmesan and some wilted salad."
"The chicken sandwich was small and very greasy, with the filling sliding out of the bread."
Portion Size
Pros:
"Great little spot in a new vibrant place in Kings Cross that is serving great sandwiches, salads and pastries that are different and delicious than your usual lunchtime spots."
"This place makes huge sandwiches, either come very hungry or save half for later."
"The best thing about the egg sandwich is the crunchy crisps inside the sandwich."
"You'll be welcomed with a gigantic hunk of a bloomer stuffed to the rafters with juicy fillings and delicious flavour combinations."
Cons:
"The merguez sandwich used to be our favourite in London. Now, it has more than halved to the size of a mini bap/slider bun."
"The price went down a couple pounds but the size of the sandwich was effectively halved."
"Went a few years ago and the sandwiches were good and huge! Went back and now it’s a third of the size, had hardly any filling."
"Extremely disappointing. We used to love their sandwiches back in 2020, but now both size, quality and service are appalling."
"Seems lovely place, but I was stunned that my egg sandwich was served cold, cold bum, cold egg… looks cute but tasted like a simple sandwich from a grocery store."
"Update summer 2023: something bad has happened to the sandwiches. They are now tiny and much less nice so I can no longer recommend this place."
"Smallest sandwich’s and the least possible fillings. On top of that no soup or chips available which is on their menu."
Value for Money
Pros:
"Cosy sandwich shop in a very convenient location, cool interior and friendly staff. The sandwiches are really good with tasty ingredients and good, very fresh bread to create a very filling lunch."
"Great little spot in a new vibrant place in Kings Cross that is serving great sandwiches, salads and pastries that are different and delicious than your usual lunchtime spots."
"Nice space and lovely staff, a star for each. Sandwiches are mediocre and very small, not like some of the images in the reviews."
"Decent sandwiches that are nice and big. For the price, the sandwich size and overall taste is worth it!"
"Savoury sandwiches. They have quality choice sandwiches available and well worth the price."
Cons:
"Probably one of the most overpriced sandwiches I have ever had in London."
"Extremely disappointing. We used to love their sandwiches back in 2020, but now both size, quality and service are appalling."
"The egg salad sandwich 🤤 Update: they’ve changed their iconic egg salad sandwich and I’m so gutted 😫"
"Very disappointing. This place has great reviews, the pictures look amazing and it's always busy. However, the sandwiches, the main attraction, were quite substandard."
"Are the sandwiches nice? Yes. But are they worth the money? No. £9+ for a bit of bread And filling. Day light robbery."
"So disappointed by the new size of the sandwiches! It used to be £9.5 and now £6.5 for a sandwich a quarter the size it used to be!!"
Customer Service
Pros:
"Smart shop though and excellent service with a huge choice on offer."
"Staff were very friendly I have to say that."
"Overall friendly staff and good food so certainly recommend."
"Service was great, tables are a little hard to come by but there's plenty of space outside and by the river."
"Superb sandwich shop and cafe in Coal Drops Yard - absolutely love the chicken sandwich, and the tuna melt. Laid back atmosphere. Great staff and service."
"I'd strongly recommend this place for the follow reasons: the coffee is very tasty and not burnt, the staff are polite, the area is very pretty and the food was amazing the sandwiches truest hit differently."
Cons:
"I got the vegan sandwich and everything in it was nothing like what was described on the menu. It was an extremely overpriced brocoli sandwich even though it was meant to be a roasted cauliflower, kale and beetroot sandwich."
"Was messy and staff were very flustered too."
"The service was a little rough as the staff were run off their feet by the looks of things, which only slightly dampened the experience."
"Have been meaning to try this place for ages and finally was able to yesterday. Sandwich options were interesting and tasted great, confusing drink selection on the board however really disappointed with the staff and service."
"Visited recently. The food was very good but the service was pretty mediocre."
"Rude service from the lady behind the counter today."