Carrs Pasties

winter, spring, summer or fall. yummy all year round.

Okay so I admit it, I’m a Greggs girl. However, I thought I’d treat myself and the sprogs to a posh pastie so to speak and we ventured into Carrs.
We’re either pastie philistines or pastie connoisseurs but either way all I can say is we were not impressed at all.
I expected so much more, better quality, better taste and all I got was a lighter pocket.
The products are quite small and they fall apart really easily, not ideal when you’re eating on the move and the filling is very hot. The taste was pretty bland in places and strange in others. The pastry was too flaky in some products and too mushy in others. My kids adore sausage rolls and they wouldn’t even eat half of a Carr’s one!
I wanted to love them but unfortunately I just can’t. Carr’s just didn’t Carr-​y me away into pastie bliss.
The staff were okay but didn’t seem very interactive with the customers and interacted a bit too much with each other.
The actual shop is easy to locate and very handy for the market and bus station but it’s a bit ‘dim’ inside with poor lighting and brown colours it’s not very inviting.
Give me Greggs (or Greenhaulghs or Hampsons) anyday for range, taste and price.

Carr’s is a bit like a posher version of Greggs. The prices are slightly dearer than Greggs but the quality is that much better its worth paying for. their pasties and pies are very tasty and do offer good value as it tastes like they use quality ingredients. The staff here are really friendly and are always very polite.
worth a visit while wandering the market