Serious journalism. Silly sandwich.

Every club sandwich, judged by its layers.

We travel, we order the club, we take it apart. Ratings are out of five, but instead of stars, the sandwich builds itself. A five earns the full stack. A one gets dry bread and our sympathy.

5 sandwiches judged3.3 average score1 regret (Fort William)
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Current champion: The Harbour Larder, Oban (4.0)
The rating system

How the sandwich builds

One point, one layer. We average four sub-scores (bread, filling, structural integrity and value), then the sandwich assembles itself accordingly.

1 / 5
Dry bread. Our condolences.
2 / 5
A lettuce appears. Hope stirs.
3 / 5
Chicken arrives. Respectable.
4 / 5
Bacon. Now we’re in business.
5 / 5
The full stack. Perfection.