What's working in British Pride Bakery's favor is probably the large variety of items. It's certainly possible that I just made some bad choices, but... I can only give my opinion on what I've tried, and what I've tried was, honestly... not good...
First the positives. The pastry is flaky, and it had a pleasant buttery quality to it. And the customer service was good. Also, they have a bunch of British/European chocolates in a specialty grocery store style set-up. Granted, it's expensive as all get-out, but the fact that you have the option to get some unique treats (for gifts and such) is nice.
That aside though, the flavors (of everything we tried) were awful. The beef and sausage rolls were both unbelievably bland, and the Scotch egg had a mealy, unpleasant texture/flavor that can best be described as... spongy cardboard?
But the real kicker was the Cherry Bakewells. I'm a fan of all things almond and/or frangipane, so I jumped on those things (also because they were the cheapest things in there at around $1.75, whereas everything else was like $4+). There's supposed to be frangipane in Cherry Bakewells, and a top layer of almond-flavored fondant. British Pride clearly doesn't take that much pride in their stuff, because it was just... the tiniest bit of jam, and the rest was just cloyingly sweet fondant and almond extract. No frangipane. No almonds. Just... a phoned-in, cheap version of a Cherry Bakewell.
British Pride Bakery can best be described as "average" but when considering the cost of everything (expensive for what it was), it really lowers the bar to below average. read more