First Services - First Class (Motorway Services)

Member Name: pussycat

Product:	Motorway Services
Date:	29/08/00 (269 review reads)
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Advantages: Real milk, Wendy's burgers, cheap jacket potatoes, pleasant and clean surroundings

Disadvantages: Generally pricy, can get extremely busy

I do a lot of travelling and seem to spend a great deal of time in motorway services and the by and away the best that I have visited is First services.

All motorway services seem to charge excessive prices - I can't see that there is a lot to choose between them and First is no real exception. Its the little things which makes First head and shoulders above the others for me.

Firstly, they will give you real milk with your coffee. This may seem like a minor point but I hate and detest those little cartons of non-dairy whatever-it-is. The second major point in their favour is that they have a Wendy's burger bar. This is nothing like the McD's and BK offerings - the Wendy's burgers taste like beef and come with loads of proper salad and relish in them not a mashed up gherkin and brown lettuce.

Other than this, there is a standard serve-yourself sandwich and salad bar and a hot meals counter. They do a jacket potato with one filling for £1.50 which is pretty good or a plain one for £1.

There are the standard facilities - shop, flowers, cashpoint, video games as well of some of the best-kept toilets (complete with fresh flowers) that I have come across.

I will admit that the prices here are about on par with all other motorway services. Nevertheless, it is a pleasant place to stop and the staff always seem friendly. They have overnight facilities too but I've not yet used them.

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