Pret a Manger

£4 breakfast baguettes and filter coffee fuel this EDI Pret

This Pret a Manger sits airside in Edinburgh Airport, squarely in the budget £ zone and geared to people who just want food in hand in under 5 minutes. Expect the usual Pret lineup: filter coffee, flat whites, porridge, yogurt pots, sandwiches, and pastries, all in a small fast-casual café footprint with limited seating that turns over quickly.

Prices sit lower than most EDI options: around £3–£4 for a latte, £4–£6 for sandwiches and baguettes, and £2–£3 for croissants or cookies. It’s a solid pick if you don’t want to spend £10–£15 on a sit-down fry-up before a 07:00 departure. Rating hovers around 3/5, which tracks with “standard Pret, airport edition” expectations.

Food is classic UK Pret: tuna baguettes, chicken & bacon sandwiches, hummus wraps, mac ’n’ cheese, plus snack pots and crisps. Fresh filter coffee usually costs about half of what the chains in the main hall charge for a large latte. Pastries start appearing by 05:00 as early flights board, but hot items like porridge and toasties can lag during the 06:00–07:00 rush.

As a fast casual café, it’s built for grab-and-go more than laptop time, and the small number of tables near the counter often fill during the mid-morning bank of flights around 09:00–10:00. Expect bins of pre-made sandwiches in the standard Pret brown paper wrap, with use-by times printed down to the hour, which matters if you’re grabbing something for a 2–3 hour flight.

Tip: if you care more about speed than latte art, hit Pret first for a £1–£2 cheaper coffee and a sandwich, then walk to your gate; lines here usually move faster than the bigger coffee chains when three or more flights depart within the same 30‑minute window.