Panera Bread

The New Green Goddess Cobb with Chicken was superb. According to the menu, it says that the
chicken they use is raised without antibiotics.
The salad is composed of arugula, romaine, kale and radicchio blend, vine-​ripened tomatoes and pickled red onions tossed with freshly made Green Goddess dressing and topped with avocado, bacon and a cage-​free hard-​boiled egg.
I enjoyed the fresh pickled red onions and the soft avocado slices. Of course, the hard boiled egg added to the deliciousness of the salad. I will come again and try the Strawberry and Poppyseed salad next. The portion size for the salad was ample enough to bring home if you wanted to have leftovers for lunch. I decided to enjoy the entire salad in one sitting.
You have a choice of Apple chips, Chips, or a French Baguette. I got the Baguette and it was soft with a little texture to it. It was great.

I tried Panera for the first time the other day because my friend had a gift card. I got the Thai garden chicken wonton broth bowl, with an apple. The food was tasty and seemed healthy. I was shocked that it cost $ 9, it was definitely overpriced, but it was the only thing that appealed to me on the menu. I asked the cashier what the difference between a broth bowl and a soup was and I didn’t understand. Service was fast and friendly enough. I was very happy that we scored seats next to the fireplace since it was a chilly day! This place is very carb heavy, so I probably won’t ever go again (unless another friend needs to use up a gift card).

First time my order has been screwed up. Simple thing, I asked for no tomato. They added tomato. Fortunately, I’ve worked fast food on my younger years and recognized the hurry up and lack of precision. When Zack started to box my turkey bravo, I asked if it was no tomato. Out was not, obviously, and he took it back to the assembly station. He asked if I wanted it remade fresh our just pick off the tomato-​was it an allergy issue. I said it was a disgusting taste issue, so he remade it. He did not offer me a free treat as their «accuracy matters» motto implies. Zack appeared to be a manager because he wrote a button down shirt. This order was To Go. Lesson learned.

This place was dirty. Lots of empty tables, none decently wiped down. Debris all over the floor and under tables. Too bad we didn’t check this out before we ordered. I ordered a chicken kale panini. It was bland and disgusting. The kale was not de-​stemmed — making it hard to eat. The chicken was dry and extremely bland. Considering the ingredients I was surprised how little fast this sandwich had. The bread was average but not great. My son’s broccoli and cheddar soup was better. Overall, I had higher expectations and have had better food/​experiences at this chain in the past. Not asking for a lot, but decent food in a clean environment doesn’t seem like a lot to ask.

only eaten at this panera twice both times served undercooked borderline food last time it was raw steak still frozen in the middle this time pink chicken.
Im calling the health dept

Went looking for a Jewish delicatessen near Beaverton, Oregon. Somehow, Unilocal offered Panera Bread as a source. NOT so and I do hate being misled. There is nothing delicatessen about its menu at all and certainly nothing with corned beef or good rye bread either. The sandwich I ended up with was nice («smoked» turkey breast on erzatz rye bread and lots of veggies) but nothing to write home to mother about — and it was expensive. One of the side dishes offered was … more bread! This place is clueless. By the way, there is a specifically Jewish delicatessen in Washington County but Unilocal doesn’t pick it up. Clueless.

Hadn’t been to owners for some years and the food quality has deteriorated. Ordered the you pick 2-​soup and salad– thin curled up dried chicken tasted like cardboard on the Asian chicken salad with over sweet sugary dressing and broccoli cheddar soup tasted like it came straight out of a can. Salad bowl was less than half full and the lettuce strips were brown and dried out. Waste of $$. only good thing was the acai green tea.

Were out of everything. No Mac and cheese, soup I wanted was not offered, no bread rolls. Grilled cheese was half a sandwich and bowl of chicken noodle was tiny and not quality, basically canned soup. This was $ 8.95. Do not recommend chain restaurants are he worst

Great place for lunch. Sandwiches are good, I wouldn’t say they are the best. I like my sandwiches pretty meaty, I think this place is nice for its environment.
The combo special pricings are a little confusing especially for first timers.
Service was ok. The dining setting is lovely. They have divider areas, so the whole place doesn’t look too open. This place is bright and cozy. Great place for casual meetings as well.

I really enjoy coming here for soup and I can’t resist the bread bowl. They bake delicious breads and desserts… I have a hard time not spoiling myself with new types of both when I come in. The menu is getting some unique and delicious choices on it, which makes me want to come back and try more options. The lady at the front counter was informative and knew a bit about the company. I thought that was pretty cool, showed that she cared about her job. She was very polite. My order came out super quick, I was shocked when my buzzer went off. My son really enjoyed the soup bread bowl too, he was chowing down the entire time and was practically begging me for cookies after. Delicious. The lobby was clean and the people were nice, I’m glad it was a good experience.

I come here for the tomato soups and days you just don’t fee like cooking but want to eat healthy fast food!

They close at 9 now
I found this it when I showed up exactly at 9
Usually I love Panera :(
Next time please update your hours and I’ll update this review

Horrible service! Manager and staff having too much fun. Long line and still no additional cashier and too many people having fun playing around not focusing on customer service. Looks like this place is going down.

Terrible Thai garden chicken wonton bowl. Tepid soup, gummy wontons and veg with brown spots — not fresh. Nothing in the soup hinted Thai or Asian except cilantro. 2^nd bad experience at Panera. Won’t be back. Save your money people McDonalds would have been better and way cheaper and I’m not a McDonalds fan either. I would have left satisfied at least.

I did not know what to expect. I have never stepped into a Panera Bread Restaurant. I was with my daughter who suggested we have lunch there since she had been previously and said it was good, very good.
We arrived at the tail end off lunch and still quite a line. It was hard reading the board from that distance trying to make sense of it all for the first time.
The gentleman that took our order was very personable and friendly. We order one half Roasted Turkey/​avocado BLT and Power Greens Salad w/​chicken and half Frontega Panini with one of the daily soups.
Even though you buss your own table the place was clean at this busy time with only a handful of empty seats, we finally made it to a corner with 2 leather chairs and side tables. It was great and we did not feel we were in a busy restaurant. My daughter plugged in her laptop for free WiFi. Huh, just like if she was at my house.
You are given a electronic beeper to pick up your order when ready. It did not take long for it to go off. Everything tasted great. Good portions for a lite lunch but on the higher end. Little stingy on the meat portion in the sandwiches. Love the fried cheese circles on the salad.
There are many choices for the health conscious and you can customize your order.. There is also a Panera Kids menu.
Exploring the menu online after I got home I noticed not all locations offer online ordering. I also noticed we had chicken on our Turkey BLT. Looked like the meat in the Frontega Chicken not at all like pictured on the web. Not that it makes a big difference in taste but it was not what we ordered. Like I mentioned earlier lite on the meat portions. About an ounce. This is not the standard of 3 – 4 oz on a whole sandwich. There should of been double the meat at that price.
Will be trying the Panera Bread closer to home with and open mind.

Went to have a simple lunch on a Saturday afternoon. Experienced one of the dirtiest dining areas at a Panera, ever. Disappointed.

Not a fan. At least of this location.
The guy behind the counter, who reeked of strong cologne, didn’t know what a café au lait was. And when I tried to explain it to him, he nodded as if he understood, and then brought me a 16 ounce to-​go cup of steamed milk. A steamer, basically. ?
So I just asked for another cup, and got some coffee from the self-​serve coffee dispensers, and made my own.
And then there was the food. :(We ordered breakfast sandwiches… mine was on a croissant. My croissant was so flattened and stiff… I couldn’t even tear parts of it apart. I couldn’t even break it with my fork. I ended up just eating the egg part and leaving the rest. The sausage tasted undercooked. It tasted microwaved, honestly. It was gross.
The whole experience was gross and disappointing. Not a good way to start your day.
I hadn’t been to a Panera in quite a long while. But I remember that I used to enjoy my experiences there. So I’m hoping it was just this location. I’m open to trying out other locations. But I really wasn’t impressed with this one.

Fresh quality sandwiches and pastries

It’s probably been at least 4 years since I’ve eaten at any Panera Bread, but over the past week I’ve been here twice! My main reason for going was because I was in the area and I wasn’t feeling well so I wanted to get some soup. On both visits, I ordered a cup of their broccoli cheddar soup with a soft dinner roll. They give you a few different options for the type of bread that you want with your soup, which I thought was nice. The soup tasted great and I was pleased with the service because the workers were friendly and helpful. This place seems like it can get pretty busy so I’m sure it may take some time if you order something a bit more complicated, but I was in and out of there in less than 10 minutes since I just ordered soup. Another thing I like about this location is that there is tons of parking and stores nearby if you want to go shopping :)

So, every week we have a small company meeting here. We show up, pick a table, get a couple coffees and maybe some basic noms. All of us drive all over town, and we chose this location because it was reasonably centrally located to where members of our team live and spend their time, with some being as far as Wilsonville, and me being in Forest Grove. So it’s about the halfway point where we can all meet up.
I’ve never had a full meal here – well, maybe once way back. I can’t remember what I had. I’m far more a carnivore than a carb-​o-​tarian anyway, so mostly I stick with the coffee (or maybe a latte), though I’ll occasionally eat the occasional bagel or carbo-​treat (especially if I get it free on my Panera Club Card!).
The food here, from what I’ve seen on others’ plates, is okay. This is kind of fast-​ish-​food-​family-​dining, and so the food fits in a manner of speaking.
The issue I have, though, is that I’ve NEVER (and I mean, like, out of the 50+ times I’ve been in in the past year) gotten through a line for a cup of coffee in less than 5 minutes. I don’t really get it. At Starbucks, I can have 15 people in the queue (sidebar: yes, queue – I so much prefer the British term for line – makes me sound all hoity-​toity…) in front of me, and still get my order in within about 4 minutes. At Panera, I can have 2 customers in front of me, and it still takes 5 minutes to get up to the register.
Some of the issue is Panera’s habit of having one register open while twelve people wait in line, and some of it is that their cashiers act as if they are contractually bound to making sure that every single transaction comes with a 30-​second explanation of the Panera club card, and how they can fill it out or register online, or yada yada.
I have a Panera card. And I know how to use it. But evidently no one else does. All I want is my dine-​in-​coffee mug. Can I get that, oh I dunno… today maybe?
The coffee’s fine, and yes, I’ll be back, next week, for more standing in line, and another decent cup o’ joe.