{"id":265386,"date":"2025-11-16T03:27:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T03:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/265386\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T03:27:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T03:27:17","slug":"new-ms-cafe-at-cabot-circus-was-sadly-pretty-underwhelming-for-the-hefty-price-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/265386\/","title":{"rendered":"New M&S caf\u00e9 at Cabot Circus was sadly ‘pretty underwhelming’ for the hefty price tag"},"content":{"rendered":"

An expensive place to take a break from shopping\"M&SThe caf\u00e9 inside the brand new M&S was incredibly busy on the day the flagship store opened(Image: PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach PLC)<\/p>\n

Even in the context of the opening day bedlam at Marks and Spencer\u2019s new flagship shop in Cabot Circus<\/a>, the in-store caf\u00e9 was particularly busy. A huge scrum of shoppers flooded the caf\u00e9, at the back of the shop\u2019s enormous food hall<\/a>, to try it out.<\/p>\n

I understood the excitement around the opening of the new M&S, but I was slightly more baffled by how keen everyone was to be among the first to sample the delights of an in-house caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n

I went back on a thankfully much calmer second day of the shop’s opening to try it out for myself.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, you go up to a till and speak to a human being who takes your order \u2013 it\u2019ll never catch on \u2013 unlike at the touch screen-heavy caf\u00e9 in M&S\u2019s Cribbs Causeway store.<\/p>\n

The festive menu is already in full swing at the caf\u00e9. There are two Christmas toasties: one with \u2018pigs under blankets\u2019 and the other a gluten-free turkey option. Both will set you back the princely sum of \u00a37.50<\/p>\n

A Yorkshire Pudding wrap, similar to the much-loved Bristol Christmas market classic<\/a>, costs \u00a38.50.<\/p>\n

On the drinks side, a calorific Rodney Reindeer hot chocolate is available for \u00a34.25, with a maple spiced latte coming in at \u00a34.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also a selection of standard caf\u00e9 classics, from bacon or sausage baps (\u00a34.50) to a huge range of pastries and baked goods.<\/p>\n

My bill for three items \u2013 the turkey toastie, a regular cappuccino (\u00a33.60) and a mini-Colin the Caterpillar (\u00a32.25) placed strategically at the till \u2013 came in at a hefty \u00a313.35. The toastie and coffee were both pretty underwhelming, no better than what you\u2019d get at Greggs for a considerably lower price. Colin was great though.<\/p>\n

\"AA sadly underwhelming way to spend \u00a313.35<\/p>\n

The new caf\u00e9 has 200 seats for people wishing to dine-in, between that and takeaways it will clearly print money on days when the shop is busy.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a nice environment to sit in; a lot of the mainly elderly patrons I spoke to said they were relieved to have somewhere they could relax while they were on a shopping trip, giving a sense of what has been missing in the Centre since the closure of the Broadmead M&S in 2022.<\/p>\n

Given M&S’s reputation for luxury, it wasn’t a surprise the caf\u00e9 was so expensive, but I felt the quality was sadly lacking. Not that I suspect that will matter to the coffee shop’s bottom line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An expensive place to take a break from shoppingThe caf\u00e9 inside the brand new M&S was incredibly busy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,32950,59,3534,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-265386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-cabot-circus","tag-gb","tag-marks-spencer","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}