Concise breakfast review gary. I went into Travelodge for breakfast and asked the guy behind the counter for two burnt sausages, one cold bacon. two burst eggs and lukewarm beans. The guy replied "I don't know if we can do that." I said, "Why not? You did it last time." 😂

I don't think I could ever justify spending £25 on a buffet breakfast or even a buffet lunch. But for £10 yes, every time 👍

Every Monday (except bank holidays) we do our business banking in town and adjacent to the bank is a Premier Inn. We have a full breakfast there on each occasion. There is a strategy to getting the best quality of food on offer - if a component looks dry or shrivelled (those heat lamps are powerful) we ask for fresh and are never refused. At £9.99 this has to be the very best value breakfast available, especially as you take as much, or as little, as you want. As for the £24.00 breakfast, they exist everywhere, including Harrods, Harvey Nicholls, Fortnum & Mason and many more but they aren't necessarily value for money.

Gary is the kind of guy who will help a lorry reverse whilst his breakfast buffet is getting cold 😍

Gary I have to tell you two funny things. 1. When I am making dinner I watch your videos while cooking. Every time we watch them we then change our mind to what you’re eating! 2. My whole family watches your content. When we drop something on a plate or the table we now call it “ doing a Gary “ 😂😂😂 Thank you as always for the great reviews.

Another great video. I like the way that always a the first spoonful enters your mouth (every video) you look straight ahead expressionless and really focus on the taste. It’s like watching a professional wine taster :)

Been watching for a couple of months and must say, these are the most genuine reviews doone with no biasness and openminded must say thank you for the content and the entertainment

I used to work for the Premier Inn as a Chef and loved it. Been doing it prior to that in all sorts of kitchens but PI was my favourite. Would work 60 hour shifts a week often though. The buffet is great fun to do but behind the scenes, I would 95% of the time be by myself, making the hot food, washing up, deliveries, any inspections or audits, prepping for Dinner, some paperwork, date checking and a few other bits, all on my Todd. With the food on the buffet, bacon its pretty much cold as soon as its out. Doesn’t hold its temperature very well, and the hash browns are best stacked on their side to avoid getting soggy. Anyway, enjoyed this vid Gary and Camera Man. And glad you picked my old ghost 👻 😂

From experience, buffets only work if there is a constant flow of folks , this one seemed very quiet

The Premier Inn was by far the best value, bacon is always slightly difficult on a buffet, if there is lid on the container the bacon ends up in a pool of condensation, I prefer it drier anyway!!! As ever with a buffet timing makes the difference as the various items get replenished.

There’s something really calming and comforting about your reviews mate. Keep it up!

Hi Gary and Mr Cameraman. Well firstly Gary i personally like these comparison vlogs, it gives you a good incite into two places. Re these two, for me it was a no brainer the difference of over £14 makes the decision very simple, to which how odd both places made a slight bodge up on the same food groups. By the way Gary tell Mr Shy cameraman his photography is very good, i keep looking for that slip up where you get to see his reflection in the glass or a passing car, but he always manages to avoid being caught. Chris.

Hi Gary, as always thank you for the review, excellent as always. What I love is that you are reviewing restaurants that us the ordinary folks are eating at. £24 for breakfast which is about €29 is just, "sweet Jesus !!!" . I've always found Premier Inns great value for rooms/food etc, £10 is great value which is about €12. Can't wait to see your reviews when you visit us here in Ireland ☘️☘️☘️

The amount of times I have said "Let's give it a go" since finding your channel a month or two ago is unbelievable. Need some Gary Eats merch!

I love a good cooked breakfast when I’m staying in a hotel. One thing I always pay attention to though is how clean the plates and cutlery are - you’d be surprised (or maybe you wouldn’t!) how many times this has been an issue.

Spot on Gary, with the Premier Inn breakfast choice, great value aswel. And for some reason it always seems to be a quiet atmosphere in there. Brilliant review as always. 👏

I have never heard anyone complain about a Premier Inn Breakfast. Brilliant value for money

Nothing more manly than backing in a lorry...Well done Gary. nice review

When our children were small, and we travelled to England, we often stayed at a Premier Inn, as children under 16 eat for free. That’s a big saving, if you’re four people, and the breakfast was always good. 🙂

Very interesting! More was on offer at the Shakedown, of course, but the Premier Inn was truly value for money. Thank you for showing us.

Chances are, both kitchens cook up a big batch of bacon and a big batch of hash browns first thing, and dole them out during the morning. So the bacon dries out a bit and the hash browns get soggy. That's better than a diner that I visited in my travels that cooked a big pile of bacon the evening before and just threw a towel over it for the night.

An interesting comparison and both looked pretty good. I think bacon's a bit of a problem for buffets. It doesn't do at all well under heat lamps and I wonder if the Victorians didn't do it better with chafing dishes. Worth considering that we all tend to like the same foods in a 'full English' and there's only so much of anything we can eat at one sitting. So who wouldn't go for the cheapest version? Sometimes the ambience is worth paying for, and sometimes not and I agree, for breakfast who cares, really? Definitely it's the Premier Inn for me.

The breakfast buffet at the Windsor marriot where we stayed when we went to legoland was amazingly good. Waffles made to order , omelettes made to order and every kind of breakfast food imaginable.

Done quite a few courses during my career and always stayed at the premium inn and found them reasonable on all levels Love melon after a cooked breakfast to cleanse my palate Thank you Gary for another interesting comparison

Thanks Gary good video again. As a retired chef who has cooked thousands of breakfasts, I always say the sausage is the main event on the breakfast plate. If the sausage is good it makes the whole breakfast. The sausages were better quality at the first place. Generally the whole buffet presentation was much better. Glad you enjoyed both.

I believe it is very difficult to make a quality buffet of hot breakfast food. Scrambled eggs, bacon and hash browns or home fries, just do not lend themselves to being kept warm for any length of time. If these foods are not served quickly after they are cooked they just get soft rather than crispy, too dry or otherwise boring and unsatisfying.

Must say, whenever presented with a hotel buffet i tend to pig out on the continental as their fried is gash. Love that cold meat and cheese and pastry. Greasy spoon for the fryup.

Hi Gary, i agree value for your money on your 2nd breakfast visit 😊

My favourite hotel breakfast is where you have a hot a la carte menu combined with cold buffet items (juices/fruits/pastries). The Castle in Dartmouth and The Grasmere Hotel are top examples.

I travel a lot down South and always use Premier Inn as I need a Wet Room and this chain has the best available and in most cases offer free parking for guests. Consequently we've had endless amounts of their breakfasts and truly never been disappointed for the price : fruit , cereal , toast , crumpets , etc,etc......only complaint and this seems to be an issue nationwide is they've replaced a traditional black pudding for a none traditional hash brown , it's an English breakfast I don't want an American item on my plate. Great review as always Gary and you'll be hitting that 50k before you know it 👍

Never eaten in a Premier Inn but have stayed in a number of their hotels around the country. They're nothing fancy but always decent sized clean room, great bed and value for money.

Getting good bacon from a buffet style brekkie is a bit of a holy grail, i always seem to get it with really crispy hard or cold!

You need to go full Partridge, Gary. take your own plate with you. 😅

We stayed at the Premier Inn at Lewes in East Sussex around Christmas and I have to admit that it certainly rated as one of the better breakfasts I've had in a hotel. The hot food was taken to order and it was all really good. Well cooked and no limits to what you could have. Coffee, tea, toast, cereal and croissants were all buffet, but I really couldn't fault it. The previous evening we had dinner in a pub called the "rights of man" next to the courts, really good food with a combination of Tapas and classic English dishes, worth paying a visit.

Gary, Enjoyed the video. On the size of the plate with the buffet, our favorite breakfast buffet place, the owner told us that with a larger plate, people will put more on than they could eat, Too much wasted food he told us. Good afternoon from the U.S.A.

Another masterpiece of a review Gary. For £9.99 the breakfast was brilliant. I have had it before, you can even have fruit salad and all the drinks for an incredible price. I go with 2 of my nephews, and my nephews son eats free, so to me magnificent.

I always feel so hungry when watching you eat!! I think the Premier Inn was the best for money the toast looked nicer, the sausages were cooked more plus all those tea's That is a good deal and the fried egg looked perfect. I'm interested to know the time the session finishes although don't think I am ever up in time to go out for breakfast. Thank you for sharing

Loving Gary moonlighting as a Parking Attendant - a man of many talents! Another great video and a fair assessment. In terms of the expensive breakfast buffet, I would point you to Ting Restaurant which is based in the Shangri La Hotel in the Shard...£45 per person! They have the breakfast items we know and love, as well as smoked salmon, bagels, chia seed yoghurts and also Ramen and Dim Sum. So the Dixon's breakfast buffet at an eye watering £24 makes me wonder how much can they reach for in London? If you can find the most expensive Gary, me and other viewers will fund it for you mate no problem... (it's gone all quiet in the back!😂)

The sausage is the key part for me, if it's a good quality sausage with herbs and a nice snap- then you're on to a winner.

The first place the food did look great colour wise - very vibrant, maybe the lighting they use? But a Premier Inn is an ok venue usually, and you can't ignore the huge price difference. I would choose the Premier Inn and save the extra money for lunch or dinner.

Oh yes! Double breakfast. Steak earlier in the week and now breakfast. 😁 I have stayed at several Premier Inn and I think their breakfasts are excellent. Sausages could have definitely done with a bit longer. Bacon looked disappointing and the scrambled eggs looked superb. Can't comment on the hash Brown as they are awful even when done properly.😁 Beans are beans. I don't have tea bags at home. I only uses loose leaf in a pot as I like my tea lethally strong. £24 isn't too bad if you were starving you'd get your moneys worth. The Premier Inn breakfast looked pretty good. The sausages looked better cooked. Bacon does not seen to survive well under heat lamps. Eggs looked pretty good. At that price it's an absolute bargain. I Bearing in mind the prices, you have to give the edge to Premier Inn. Excellent comparative review and very fair.

Mr. Gary, you’re an incredibly fair & unpretentious food reviewer. Watching your videos is like a breath of fresh air.

Great review again Gary - You cut sausage at a 45° angle so clearly know your stuff. I've unfortunately had more Hotel Breakfasts than I've had at home due to my work. You could do a whole season on this for me - Bacon in a Bain Marie + about 10 minutes = Shoe leather. Your summary was spot on. Thanks Gary 🤓

Closing in on those 50K subs! By years end you will be getting that silver play button.

You need Alan Partridge's big plate

Stayed at premier inn Birmingham just before Christmas. The breakfast £9.99 and was totally spot on. 10 outta 10. Bacon looked a lot better than you had i gotta say. Cooked perfect with griddle marks. No complaints... certainly for the price. Thanks Gary

Thanks Gary, terrific video as always. For me, the best thing about the Premier Inn breakfast is the two kids eat for free with an adult deal. Compared to your usual motorway services prices, we pay 20 quid for my wife, 3 kids and myself when we go. Tremendous value and a great stopover on UK holidays.

The high-end breakfast looked good 😊 though I like my toast wellll done so those toasters take forever to get it to where I like it. I just keep putting it through 😅what you had was warm bread 😂😊 that Premier Inn breakfast didn't look as bad as I expected it too 😊 much better toasted toast there too 😊 thank you for another great review ❤😊 just love watching your content 😊

Interesting comparison Gary - I would have thought the expensive option would have stood out but it obviously did not on the day. For a tenner the Premier Inn was a worthy winner and better VFM - either option I would have left with a full belly but with a healthier wallet from Premier Inn so have to agree with you too!

Hi Gary I once stayed at the Premier Inn, County Hall (for work). Fantastic location! What really struck me was that, because there was so much construction in the area at the time, all the Trade guys ate there. Good job I had a room! Also they did have Black Pudding 😊 and the turn over was so quick the Hash Browns were still crispy! Absolutely Love Your Channel. Steve 🎯

My vote is for the cheaper place. Good value for money. I have 3 paid streaming services, but somehow this is my favourite thing to watch atm. Thanks Gary! You are truly one of the most genuine and interesting people I have seen on KZfaq for a very long time.

The one thing I've found with buffet type breakfasts in hotels is the hot food is either undercooked when it first comes out (they seem to allow for some food laying there untouched for a while so it will still be "cooking") or it's overcooked (been sitting there for while still cooking as it wasn't being eaten). The cooked food is not often hot enough either. Not a fan of them myself for that reason. I prefer to find a nice cafe somewhere like E.Peliccis or Regent Cafe or Terry's Cafe for a cooked to order quality breakfast. Also, as I'm not a really big eater, all you can eat buffets don't work for me as the price of them generally outweighs how much I'm going to eat. As well as that, those snail paced toast contraptions that take 4 days to toast your bread drive me up the wall. Each to their own I guess. Enjoyed your video though Gary. Good comparison. Premier Inn wins for me - virtually same basic cooked menu for half the price !

Great review Gary. Yes I would go for Premier inn any day . I can’t imagine my wife and me paying nearly £50 -00 for two breakfasts. Cafe prices have shot up in the last couple of years but premier inn are still good value . 👍

Premier Inn breakfasts are a good deal, especially at the busier hotels, but the quieter ones have a slower turn-around so food is left out longer. But even then, if you time it right they're very good for the money.

Now you mention the hash brown controversy but I love a hash brown. Bread gives me heart burn so I swap it out for hash browns or potato cakes/farls which I can handle. One thing I love with a breakfast that you rarely see is bubble and squeak….but here’s the real controversy…I’ve never done it but I think Yorkshire puddings would be a cracking addition to a full English to help moo up the beans, scrambled eggs and tomatoes. I could see people layering them up with their favourite bits for an incredible “scuse the fingers” bite or too. I’ve seen breakfast wraps and pastries so why not! I challenge you to find somewhere that serves them with breakfast!! Loving the videos as always good sir 👍🏻 top man for helping that driver btw

I agree with you Gary ... I would go for the Premier Inn. It's very good value for an English breakfast, especially considering it's a buffet. The 24 pound one ... not a chance. I would never pay that for a breakfast!!

For £24 I wouldn’t expect anything to be bad! Bacon definitely dried up, that’s one big problem with buffets isn’t it, stuff does dry up if left out for too long under the lamps, I suppose you just leave off the bacon and have more of other foods, I would ! We’ve had premier inn brekki’s before and for the price they are pretty good and you do get a good selection of other items, I love a danish then onto main event 😂. Totally agree with you on this one, such brilliant value for money 👍😀 thanks Gary 😊

I love Premiere Inn's buffets Gary.. Last time in London they cooked some of the breakfast specially when I asked so it was piping hot... The staff are always outstanding... an easy one to score for me. Your comparison reviews are my favourite .

0:37 love this bit coming up😂

I still think the Travel Lodge at Euston provides one of the best for value and pretty good quality. I was there a few weeks ago and it was under £11 for an all you can eat and included hot and cold drinks. Absolutely loads of choice for hot or cold breakfast. I always have a full English when out and they served good Cumberland sausages (no herbs, fortunately), back bacon, hash browns etc. The scrambled egg was a good colour and firm and all told, I could not fault it. Had breakfast there two days running and it was well worth it.

Hash Browns are a cheap 'nasty breakfast filler. They're American derived and have no place in a proper British breakfast. You need some proper Black Pudding on that plate.

HERE WE GOOOOOOOO, LOVE A BUFFET, ESPECIALLY A BREAKFAST ONE/TWO, NICE THUMBNAIL AS WELL

Good idea for a review, Gary 👍🏼 Reversing lorries seem to be a theme now! 😄 Think you hit the nail on the head with this one, Premier Inn if you want an all you can eat traditional style fry up at a good price and only got to Shakedown if you want salmon and other bits and pieces. Looking forward to the next review 👍🏼

Not muchroom on the plate hey Gary! mushrooms a no no for us as well :) xx

I was actually surprised at how good value for money it was in the Premier Inn. Think I would have a hearty breakfast, but also get enough sausages to make myself a sausage sandwich for later on.

The premier Inn was surprisingly good 👍🏾 and real value too. I can understand it’s not easy to keep bacon hot without it drying out or boiling in condensation. Scrambled eggs are anther tricky one so top marks to both for that 👍🏾

I love a Premier Inn breakfast!

I always find the scrambled eggs to be the coldest component of any hotel breakfast, surprised both of yours were hot. I didn't realise you could pay as an outside guest for a Premier Inn breakfast.

Love your videos/reviews. The food in both would not tempt me, I'd rather go to my local cafe where you order your breakfast - you get less, but it is good quality, local butchers make the sausages and the eggs are free range AND you get fried bread. Tea is tea leaves in a pot!

Gal - I love your videos, always even-handed, always truly delighted with your unfiltered response to the dishes.

Hi Gary great review as always and cannot wait to see you up North again! I travel quite a bit throughout the UK and you have to try the unlimited breakfast at the Hilton Liverpool One, £10 and the cooking when I went last time was top notch and simply a bargain for all they had to offer. My favourite restaurant in Warrington where I currently live is the Grill on the Square and their fish and chips offer on a Friday will absolutely define your reviews going forward as I can confidently say you will never get a higher quality to value ratio meal ever again although I am happy if you can prove me wrong! Keep up the good work and thank you for keeping me entertained on all your videos!

Looks nice breakfast at Premier Inn. Good to know as staying at one soon, thanks Gary 😊

I enjoyed this new video, Gary. I thought thev first breakfast looked better all-round, but did it warrant such a steep price increase? I dont think so. The second , Premier Inn breakfast was a good, solid breakfast but also seemed very good value.

I’ve never been a fan of buffets of any kind but I don’t have a problem with it if I can get the eggs cooked fresh, and in high end establishments an option for eggs Benedict etc. My nightmares take me back to the buffets of the 3 star hotels in Spain in the 90s! Luckily things have moved forwards.

I've been to the UK 3 times with work and stayed in the same Premier Inn each time. I was always quite impressed with the breakfast in that particular Premier Inn because they had all the usual continental breakfast but they came to the table each morning and took a hot food order and cooked exactly what sausage, bacon, eggs etc to order and brought them to the table. This impressed me because nothing was cold. The only downside to this is if you are in a hurry in the morning then it is hard to relax because it does take them that extra time to take the order and then cook the items and bring them out.

£24 is well expensive for a buffet breakfast.

Aside from the scrambled eggs looking better at Shakedown, that did not look like a £24 breakfast. In my opinion that was poor value for money. On the other hand, the Premier Inn breakfast looked only slightly lower quality, for example, the bacon looked very tatty on the tray but represented outstanding value for money. Well done Premier Inn & congratulations Gary on highlighting this difference. Great work. P.S. Where was the brown sauce? I didn't see it at either venue & I'm sorry but a fry-up isn't complete without Daddies sauce.😉

Thoroughly reviewed and fair and balanced. 👌👌👌 Choice,selection and quality ✔️ was there visually It must be hard to keep integrity of bacon and hash browns. Heat is usually the top problem isn’t it. Both are great. Premier can be expensive but your usually staying there , often pay it as an easy treat.

Nice video chap…Every time I visit the UK over the years when I’m doing city breaks I always stay at the “Premier Inn” and always enjoy the breakfasts 100%.👌👌 The first hotel the price of £24 was very pricey….I’m happy with “Premier Inn” any day….

A very interesting comparison, Gary. I do love to see both ends of the spectrum be reviewed, honestly. You know what? I see this same outcome in other areas than just the food industry. Thank you.

Hi Gary Very interesting review today on the breakfast buffet. Bacon in particular is notoriously not good from a buffet unless you almost get it as soon as they refill the tray. Not a great fan of hash browns either so rather they did bubble and squeak. Good to see the beans were hot because one thing I cannot stand is warm or cold beans. The scrambled egg seemed to be be very nice at both places which is good because they can dry out as well on a buffet. I’m with you there wasn’t a great deal between the 2 places but the premier inn was far the better value for money. Best breakfast I ever had was on an old inter city train back in the day. It was blooming fantastic!

Thank Gary, great job again you always leave me hungry

Hi Gary, thanks very much for another super video. Great watching over the weekend. One thing did you forget to give them a grade because I was waiting for the marks out of 10 but I didn’t hear it. I may have missed it, but I didn’t think you graded each of the hotels to be honest with you looking at both breakfasts, the shakedown looks as though you’ve been shaken down Because £25 almost for that breakfast that didn’t look anything special seems excessive. I have eaten at Premier Inn before and found it not too bad but for £9.95. It’s pretty good value you can’t argue with that once again. Many thanks for an excellent video. Looking forward to the next one bye Janet

Great video Gary! Best breakfast I've ever had was at The Dorchester, the quality of the ingredients was amazing. That was back in the 1990s.

The main thing I judge hotels by is the quality of the breakfast! Having travelled around the world all of my adult life and stayed in 5-star hotels for the most part, I adore filling my plate with good sausages!! Ironically when I do return to the UK I crave cheap Richmond sausages!!!

I struggle with buffet breakfasts; typically find, hash browns not crispy, Ekky Thump, bacon and sausages dry and hard, beans going to mush. My best breakfast is Brown's Mayfair... cooked to order and nice surprises like duck eggs, beans in a ramekin, kippers on the side. I also like the idea of everything served to the table in a cast iron skillet... and there was a place in Marylebone that did a nice job of that.

That premier Inn gets the thumbs up from me, all looked good quality, choice of food and freshly made - a make or break with that type of buffet breakfast. Great value all you can eat too has to be a major bonus :) Personally i'd never spend £25 on a buffet breakfast and would expect perfection for that price.

Gary I love a good premier inn breakfast so very happy to see this. Gives me memories of going on holiday and being ill because of eating too much on the buffet breakfast ha 😂 And the fact premier inn accept walk ins is great. (Have to try holiday inn breakfast and compare as flying to disneyland in just under two weeks) All the best mate, Sam

This as usual was a great one. On prices alone the premier inn takes it for me. Less then a tenner. Standards in both places were similar but more then twice the price? I don’t think so. Well done. 👍

Very fair review. I couldn’t justify spending £24 on breakfast (despite it having more choice) when I could have almost the same breakfast for less than half the price. I’ve had plenty of Premier Inn breakfasts over the years and they do very greatly in quality - it seems to depend largely on the chef on duty. Oh, and I absolutely hate those rotary toasters - they have almost never been set correctly and either burn the toast or under-cook it so that you have to send it through a second time, resulting in burnt toast again.

Fantastic work straight away Gary. You've cheered me up.

3:37 Where’s the black pudding !!!!! Nooooooooooo Haha good video as always !!! 👍👍👍 Keep em coming !!!

I am so glad I found this channel about a month ago. Or…the algorithm found me:) It’s so comforting and delightful! AND, when I go to England, I will know where to give it a go!!😄

Again, a fair review and I can't fault your reasoning. For my part, I've stayed in Premier Inns around the UK for years and I absolutely love their breakfasts. I always go for the black pudding and I mark down any establishment that doesn't offer this delicacy. I wouldn't want to pay £24 for a bog standard 'full English'.

Hi Gary, great reviews as usual, yes Premier Inn I would say. However the Shakedown looked to have better ambience and the scrambled egg looked nicer. Also cameraman had himself a nice cuppa too 👌

I sometimes have a crooked breakfast out and it's usually around a tenner, but not as much as you can eat and tea is extra, great value at the premier and looks pretty good quality, plus you can have cereal to start 9 out of 10

I'm ridiculously pleased to see a food reviewer who holds the cutlery properly. British sensibilities.

Hey Gary. Good to see you're nearly hitting 50k subscribers! Congratulations mate and remember... Don't stop giving it a go!

More great video content as always Gary ! / When working away I do not not always have breakfast (I don't really have it at home ever). Anyway, when I do have breaky working away, I always have the fruit / yogurt (etc) to start - probably because it is available, rather than because I want it! / Mmmm -well the Premier Inn breaky does not look half that bad. / I agree with you - I do not think you can fault the premier inn breaky on value grounds. mark.

Another great review Gary. Different establishments and funny that same items good and bad. I think The Premier Inn did offer better value for money, although The Shakedown did have a much larger selection of different breakfasts. Many thanks for sharing with us. Enjoy the enthusiasm you put into the videos. Take care and catch you soon 👍💎👍💎👍