

Ridiculously low cost, even if you visit in London. Think McDonald's, but Mexican, but also not really Mexican at all. We have the same thing with Tortilla burritos whenever we visit Birmingham. It still feels like a treat when you spot one. Taco Bell comes in so high in part due to absence bias. Still, when it nails it, it is everything you want in fast food and leaves you needing a big nap. It has roots here, we want it to do better. The first ever KFC in the UK was in Preston. The correct answer is the one at Preston Docks, by the way. In year 2022 we should not still be discussing which KFCs are our favourite because there is such a big difference in quality.

KFC on a good day tops this list - and on a bad day it drops beneath Subway. I could probably eat their waffley fries in large quantities but it would undoubtedly be a pointless task after choosing an allegedly healthy option. Their supermarket range of sauces is genuinely really good. The point at which this list starts to turn into some actually good options. The one that dominates service and railway stations now. Still not as good as just going for a brew somewhere else but the clearly superior choice. Coffee is better than Starbucks and the whole experience feels less icky overall.

Ultimately loses because the pizza just isn't that good.Ĭlimbs several spots due to a food partnership with M&S that recently saved me on a groggy morning at Lancaster Railway Station. Like a grim flashback to covering elections from the office (Image: Tamworth Herald) Convincing people it's sound to spend £40 on a pizza takeaway even more so. How it went from not being on my radar at all other than being on the Simpsons adverts to being on most high streets is some excellent marketing. I kinda like certain things about Dominos. `Admittedly nobody is going to Domino's for a healthy option but it's one that took me by surprise. There are 280 calories per slice in a large Domino's slice of pizza. It's tough getting a good burger when you're out and about - it's not tough getting a better sandwich. We thought we were pure innovators because we could mix the self-service drinks and make our straws do loud popping noises.įor some reason, the allure of a Subway wasn't quite as timeless as the others on this list. It didn't matter that they'd never managed to make their breakfast sandwiches acceptable. Walking down from Runshaw College to the Subway in Leyland used to be a treat. It should've been phased out in the UK when Friends finished. I had a steak roll the other day where the steak was the sort of clammy beef slice people stopped buying in the 90s. Your local coffee gaffs are so much better and the food would get turned away at school dinner. Never has a chain managed to market itself to success despite the sheer paucity of quality on offer. More: Every major chain restaurant in the UK definitively ranked from worst to best Let us know in the comments how wrong we are. We've included the coffee chains here as an excuse to have a bit of a rant about them, to be honest. Invariably everyone has their favourites. You can be stuck in an airport, midway through a long car journey, or battling a hangover that makes you wonder why you do the stupid things that you do - but when it's time, it's time. But there are still times when it's the only thing that'll do. We think more about what we eat, what it might cost us and so on. The UK has largely wised up to the allure of fast food. If you thought you hated our opinions on the best and worst chain restaurants in the UK, wait until you read what's coming your way now.
