Regulars at FRA T1 mostly talk about the REWE downstairs, not Flavors.
Flavors sits in Terminal 1, but frequent-flyer food threads map out REWE and the bakeries in the Airport City Mall level by name and basically ignore it. The crowd consensus on FlyerTalk and Reddit is that airside spots in FRA T1 charge a premium for pretty average food, and Flavors never comes up as an exception in those discussions.
Hours for Flavors can shift with the flight schedule in Terminal 1, but expect typical daytime coverage that roughly tracks banked departures between about 06:00 and 22:00. It’s past security, so you’re paying airport pricing: think sit-down plates in the 15–25 EUR range once you add a drink, compared with supermarket sandwiches and snacks downstairs for under 10 EUR.
Regulars with a 2–3 hour layover say they go landside to the Airport City Mall level, grab food from REWE or a bakery, then re-clear security for T1. One Reddit user even spells it out: with more than 2 hours, they leave the airside options entirely because the price-to-quality ratio doesn’t make sense, especially when a hot takeaway meal downstairs can come in at half the cost of a basic main at Flavors.
Based on that pattern, treat Flavors as the “I don’t have time to go downstairs” backup. If your connection in Terminal 1 is under 90 minutes and you’re already airside, sitting down here for something simple is more realistic than hiking out to the mall, grabbing food, and re-clearing security, which can easily eat 45–60 minutes during busy banks.
Practical tip: check your actual connection time first; if you have 2+ hours in FRA T1, follow the regulars and head to the Airport City Mall level, but if you’re under that, stay airside and treat Flavors as a time-saving compromise rather than a destination.