Panera Bread

I ordered take away French onion soup (over $ 5) and a toasted bagel. The soup cup was not even half full, and came with no cheese and no croutons. The bread that came with the soup looked like it had been bitten off of and was thrown into the bottom of the bag, no wrapper, no side of butter. The bagel wasn’t toasted. On the second go round, the bagel was so burned that it was inedible. In other words, the Lemmon Avenue location can’t get right even the simplest of orders. Crap food, crap service, outstandingly high prices.

Great staff. They delivered to my car because I could not run inside. Missed the extra dressing I asked for but no biggie.

I got hooked on Panera’s bagels years ago in Maryland. The Timonium location provided me with a baker’s dozen of bagels no matter what hour the hour. Now I frequent three Albuquerque locations despite the difficulty I have getting them to complete a bagel order successfully. My first visit to their new location resulted in a botched bagel slicing job. The bagel tops were paper thin so they burn in the toaster. I guess they did not test the the slicing machine settings before opening day. Next, I asked for my order to be bagged and got a box instead. Oh did I mention they did not have stock of multigrain? They never do! Hint hint, stock more multigrain? They must have a huge employee turnover. Seems every visit the help does not know how to slice, ring up and bag bagels. Oy vey! They are delicious bagels so I will persevere.

I frequent this place for my pick up orders and it’s quick and tasty every time.
I usually call ahead for their pick two combo with a Thai chicken salad and either the black bean or garden vegetable with pesto soup. Served with chips, apple or bread it’s less than $ 10 and a full meal at a great value.
I love the salad, they always make sure to put the dressing on the side and everything is packaged nice and neat.
The cashiers are always friendly and my food is always ready right when I get there.
I’m happy with Panera and I’m lucky it’s close enough for fresh salads and soups when I’m looking for something quick.

I like Panera because the food is simply good and they have some great sandwich and salad options. Their pastries, though, always look much better than they taste.
Their rewards really do pay off as I’m frequently getting free pastries, discounts on certain menu items, etc. The employees always fill me in on what rewards are available to me and when the expire. The customer service is excellent. On my most recent visit I ordered an apple as a side. When they brought the meal I asked for a knife to cut the apple, since my 11 month old can’t bite into it. The employee did one better and brought me a sliced apple.
It can get a bit packed in here and the lines get long at times. They move quickly enough and their bread is worth the wait!

Oh man, panera bread!!! Delicious, delicious, delicious!!! I’ve been to this location many times over the last 10 years!!! The turkey and avocado sandwich never disappoints!!! I love the classy atmosphere this place offers!

Great fresh food though a bit expensive but everything always taste fresh and good. My favorite bread is the baguette. Friendly service and they always get my order right! I wish they had more salad selections like chef salad or southwest salad.

This is your typical Panera. Expensive, and when they can get a simple oatmeal order right, average. Ehh. Nothing special.

I am very happy that panera is cleaning up their act. It’s the reason I stopped eating there. However, It pays to know the ingredients in a place that is now bragging about how «clean» their menu is
gets a super fail on this one. But we finally got it all together. After having the ingredients found for me, I had them remake my sandwich on a clean bread item. I had a veggie sandwich on the black pepper focaccia with the vegetable soup and chips and herbal tea… it was yummy! Make sure you ask for a clean item if this is a concern, because the chain is still cleaning up locations and all have not arrived just yet. But I love where they are going!

Girl at the front was amazing and did her job.
I received my steak sandwich with double meat frozen twice.
I was very sick so I had my boyfriend complain the first time. Someone brought out a new sand which that hat hot bread with even colder almost frozen meat inside. After the second time I did the complaining. I had a complete meltdown. I was looked at by the kitchen staff like omg what? No one said anything. The girl at the front was empathizing with me and told me she understood. I had her touch the sand which with her finger. She acknowledged it was frozen. I told them I want my money back.
A very unhappy looking manager came out of the back. Didn’t say one word to me, just if I had paid cash or credit. He gave me cash refund with a receipt that says «Accuracy matters. Your order should be correct every time. If it’s not, will fix it right away, and give you a free treat for your trouble. Just let an associate know. «
I was offered 2 frozen sandwiches and a refund. I am very hurt by this company now and am afraid to return.

Avoid the salads. What a rip off. If you get a salad that mentions a specific ingredient in the title you probably will see the tiniest amount of it. My chicken cob with avocado salad had the most depressing amount of avocado like. ¹⁄₆^th of the avocado. One small crumble of bacon and two thing strips of chicken.
The same situation happened the last visit. With the Mediterranean chicken quinoa salad.
A teaspoon of quinoa and two lovers of chicken.
What a complete joke.
I’d be OK if I could just go to a different location and have a better experience but happens in all the Paneras I go to…
The Italian combo was great, on the bright side.

I was introduced to Panera when I first moved to Missouri in 2001. It was a standard out there for office party treats or a mall lunch. When I moved back West, it was nice to see it again.
When my daughter went to high school, I used to call in and have her Friday lunch treat ready for me to pick up. It was nice that they had lunch items ready to pick up before 11:00 AM. If we have houseguests, I usually pick up an assortment of bagels and pastries then replate them, which always goes well and you don’t have to cook in the morning;).
The pastries and bagels are good, especially the scones and is well complimented with a plain cup of coffee. One household and office fave were the French toast bagels, as they were the first to go. I’m not too fond of their specialty coffees that are sweet. In my opinion, they are a bit too sweet.
The location is off of Eastern and there is ample parking. You can always call in your order if you are doing take away. It’s very convenient.
ALSO, take advantage of their Panera card. You do get free items like a pastry or bagel. With the card, you also get a free birthday pasty which I took advantage of today.

Panera Bread is one of the only chain restaurants that has never disappointed me. They serve up some awesome comfort food including soups, sandwiches, macaroni and cheese as well as baked goods. You can get some decent breakfast grub here too I’ve heard though I haven’t tried their breakfast menu first hand. If you’re looking for an inexpensive quick meal this is a great spot. If you come around lunch time there’s usually a good sized crowd so be prepared to wait a little.
The customer service has been really great at this location both times I’ve visited. Once we called in to place an order for the office and I swear I thought the lady was going to hang up with all the questions my Co worker had but she patiently answered every question and placed our multi person, separate payment orders correctly. Thanks for the great service!

It was a really chilly day and I was in the Panera Bread strip mall, so I figured I would try them for lunch. I went for a small bowl of soup and half a sandwich. I chose the small size of the autumn squash and a half of a frontega chicken panini. Boy I make great choices. The soup was thick and very creamy. Great flavor. Just right for a cold day. The panini had chicken and melted cheese on a delicious focaccia bread. Another really tasty part of my lunch. More than filling. And they threw in a free Apple for dessert. All that for about eight and a half dollars. A good deal. Not gourmet. But very tasty and very reasonably priced.

Let me be clear — the service was PHENOMENAL! The gentleman helped me to my car and got my catering order together in a jiffy. BUT the food quality — a 1 star– for a $ 240 order of breakfast sandwiches I was surely disappointed. The bread, HARD, the sandwich on the inside, soggy even the paper they were wrapped in was soaked through with oil and a mess to get out. For a business breakfast a total disappointment. Even the «fruit platter» was just some cubed melon in a plastic bowl. I could’ve gotten a better assortment at the grocery store for ¹⁄₆ of the price.

Been wanting to check this place off my food bucket list for quite some time now. My mom had let me taste her broccoli and cheese soup from takeout that she brought over a few weeks ago and ever since I’ve been dying to check this place out. There menu is pretty easy to read and they are pretty generous with there portions. If you’re looking for a nutritious and healthy hearty meal, you’ve found the right place.
You order your food, find a table, then they come serve you within 5 – 10 minutes. Not dining service, but fast delivery of food. Place was somewhat messy, but food was very good. I can see how some reviewers believe Panera Bread is univiting, but don’t let looks fool you. The broccoli and cheese I ordered in a bread bowl and it seriously is something I could have everyday for lunch. Will definitely come back to check out more items.

I go to this panera on a regular basis and I’ve never had any issues. Always great service and the food is consistently good. I went there this morning for a Mediterranean Egg White breakfast sandwich, got it to go, and drove to work. When I looked at it I thought it looked like it was missing some of the ingredients, the only thing I saw was spinach and egg white. When I bit into it my suspicion was confirmed, there were no tomatoes and the ingredients that were on it were very limited. The sandwich was pretty much just ciabatta and egg white, very dry, and tasteless. I’ll definitely return to this location because it’s really close to my work, but it wasn’t even busy when I was there. No reason to be forgetting ingredients.

As soon as the door, opened, we were greeted! I wanted to try there sopa bowl! I’m not a big fan of Panera bread. So I got up to the register ASAP! It was Easter Sunday! So I ordered it with chicken to go! I got home, and it had some french bread with it. It was good! But not sure if I will be back! I didn’t expect it to cost $ 9 and some change! So to me it was good, but was it that good! Naw! I’m good! But it’s the best thing I’ve ever had at Panera Bread!

I found this place to be so confusing! I might be the only person on Earth who had never been to Panera before, so this was my first time.
The ordering process just seemed weird… there were so many windows and it seemed like it was confusing (I could just be an idiot). I found the menu to be a bit overwhelming as well. I decided to order the sandwich combo with macaroni and cheese, since I’d heard so many good things about it. My ham and cheese was good, but the mac n cheese was runny and not that great. It was not worth the price.
There were also not really good instructions on how I would be getting my food. I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to pick it up, or whether it was going to be delivered to me. Turns out, it was delivered (along with the utensils). The drink station is in a really awkward place and the dining room itself is really closed off.
I just found the entire experience to be strange. Although my food was OK, I won’t be in any rush to go back. Sorry, Panera. I’m just not that in to you.

It’s always busy but service is fast and friendly. Parking can be hard to find sometimes, but overall its everything that you can expect Panera Bread to be.
Also, the Internet could be little faster.