Panera Bread

Love love love love this place! So refreshing to have excellent customer service and great food every single time. Wonderful :)

If there was a zero I’d give it. Ordered a breakfast item and a coffee. Went to pay and the manager spill the coffee down my pants and legs and in my shoes. I stood there looking at him with my feet on fire and he said to me politely $ 8.30. I said are you effing kidding me? He replied I’ll get you another coffee. What a joke worst customer service ever. I get accidents happen but if you burn somebody with hot coffee and then ask them while they’re still burning to pay their bill you’re a joke. I will never step foot in a Panera again.

The food was burnt. Turned it back two times. Second time I was told it did not look burnt. Hmm… service was rushed internet and parking a nightmare

horrible twice in a row first time wet like bread for sandwich and second time forgot my salad in to go order. no apologies from management.

Overpriced of course. But I LOVE it. Turkey avocado BLT is my go too! The Mac and cheese is bomb. And my son always goes for the m&m cookie. The bread is so delicious and love the ice tea too! Service is so so but I always get it to go anyway.

I love the atmosphere as it is conducive for when I am in town on business. Their WiFi access has really burned out recently. It is limited and you either cannot get on at all or access is really slow and limited. Liked the food and healthy options. Just too bad the WiFi is no longer working. That is the main reason I go there.

Ive been here a few times. Usually Mondays or Wednesdays because I love their baked potato soup. My usual is the pick 2 Turkey Avocado BLT (no tomato) with the Baked Potato Soup and Bread on the side. Their bread is delicious! I love to eat it with my soup. Ive been disappointed the last 2 times ive gone though. Last week they barely put any turkey in my sandwich. Considering that the sandwich is already very small the meat didn’t even cover half of it. And also the avocado was half black. AND they added tomato. And yesterday (1÷11÷16) I ordered the same thing. This time everything went better. but they forgot my bread! Ugh –_​– I dont have time to go back because I go during my lunch time at work. I’m going to have to start checking my whole order before I walk out of that place. Which really is an inconvenience considering its during the lunch hr and I really just want to get out of there so I can eat. Panera is already very pricey. They charge me $ 10 for a very small sandwich a small cup of soup and a piece of bread. The least they can do is be more careful on getting the order correctly. I doubt its hard to miss that the avocado is black.

When heading up 99, we’d usually stop at In-​N-​Out, or Wendy’s, though we went to Red Robin and Sonic once, too. There are so many options at this Turlock stop: Sizzler, Panda, Starbucks, etc. Decided to try Panera Bread this time.
This is right off the freeway by Red Robin; good location, plenty of parking. Inside, I immediately noticed the relaxing, colorful décor; the eatery had three major sections, one of which reminded me of a coffee shop.
I ordered the Greek salad, no feta, dressing on the side, with an apple and the antioxidant smoothie. I stressed that I was gluten-​free, yet when my travel partner ordered a sandwich with their bread roll as a side, they put her roll on my tray, and my apple was next to her sandwich. If I was much worse, that’d make me super sick. My salad was HOT. The onions weren’t sweet or mild at all; it came from the kitchen doused in pepper, making my eyes water; and the wax peppers were whole, and more hot-​tasting than pickled-​tasting. The apple and smoothie were good, though not quite enough to put out the fire, and the food came out in a timely manner.
Love the atmosphere, but I think I’ll stick with an autumn soup or green smoothie next time I’m in town.

Very disappointed with my visit today. I ordered he half salad and sandwich. Sandwich was really small and I also ordered a chicken noodle soup for 5.49 extra. Soup was loaded with msg and barely any chicken. I couldnt even finish it because I became so thirsty after the first sip. The prices are so expensive. $ 13 for a small sandwich and a small salad? Such a ripoff. I’m probably just coming back here for the pastries

Another lunch at Panera Bread. It wasn’t as crowded as I expected it to be around 11:30, as there were still a few unoccupied tables and booths. That was a good thing, because we had to push two tables together to seat our group of 6. Maybe most of their customers were ordering their meal to go?
I had the Frontega Chicken Panini again. It was just as good as before, love the grill marks on the panini bread. I went with more bread as my side. I prefer that to a bag of potato chips or fruit, both of which I already have at home.
I did notice one new thing at this Panera Bread: the pagers which light up, buzz, and vibrate when your order is ready have been upgraded. The pager I received had a small LED display at the bottom with my order number on it. Very cool! So when a lot of orders come up at once during the lunch rush, I can just flash my pager and they instantly know which plate is mine.

Come here early so you can get the Cheese and Artichoke soufflé! Nice and pipping hot when you get em. Really delish! Employees are all nice.

So… I have a lot of lunches catered for my business meetings, and I am spoiled to have gone to other Panera locations where there is an area dedicated to pick up/​phone orders…
I arrived, and had to wait in line in back of 8 other people before I could get to the front and let them know that I had a phone order to pick up. Then the gal handed me 3 cups. I asked what drinks were ordered, and she said «It doesn’t say on the receipt» I think that there should be a way to document it, especially when one person is picking up a group order.
Finally, when I returned to my office to conduct our lunch, I apologized for being late, as I had to wait in a very long line to pick up… and they told me they weren’t surprised, that there must be new people there, because when they attempted the phone order, the person on the phone said they didn’t do that… And only till she was insistent that she has placed a phone order in the past did they accommodate her…
They asked where the bread was, and I said I picked up whatever they placed in the bag, and that the gal that handed it to me said that was the complete order… Well, they missed the bread, so their soup went without :(

I totally expected the food to be great since it was organic like the chicken and eggs. BUT its not great. Ive had the chicken tortellini which was a total disappointment, i had to force myself to eat the chicken so i wouldn’t waste it or my money. It wasn’t delicious.
Ive had the egg white spinach avocado sandwich and it was not great either. I even put salt but it didn’t make a difference. The cheese wasn’t even melted.
Ive had the turkey avocado sandwich. Its just bland, no good flavor or anything.
Wont be returning for food.
The ONLY good thing there was the bread. Bread was delicious.
Power fruit smoothie was okay. Lemonade is okay too.
I wouldn’t waste my money here on their food.

Quick update to my previous, positive review. We’ve ordered take-​out from here a couple of times for work meetings and the quality and service was excellent. It’s now our go-​to spot for lunch meetings :-)

This place has a great selection of salad, soups and sandwiches. The only thing that really stops me from going here though is how overpriced it it though :-/​I hoe early don’t think it’s fair to charge someone that order a half salad and sandwich and a bowl of soup and a drink $ 16. Something about that doesn’t sit right with me. I would much rather spend a few more dollars and go somewhere else and get more for my money. This place does however have nice seating inside and outside and is a nice place if you want something casual. But be warned, it is on the pricey side.

Great delicious food! But the service was terrible The cashiers were unfriendly. The manager that rang me up was unfriendly and rude too

I love Panera. It’s my go-​to when I have some extra cash to burn. The soups and breads are wonderful. My past employer used to offer a cake or Panera bagels for your birthday. Needless to say, 90% of people opted for the bagels. Awesome stuff!

This Panera served as a stopover on a trip up the 99, resulting in a mixed experience. Bread is indeed their forte, but other than that I didn’t find a lot — at least at this particular location — to go out of the way for.
First off, try your best to avoid coming here at the peak of the lunch rush. Long lines, limited seating and slow service are just the beginning. It doesn’t help that Panera has a more complex menu that most fast casual joints, which guarantees a lot of questions and slower lines at the registers.
My turkey BLT sandwich and soup combo was probably the biggest disappointment. The «half» sandwich was really more of a ¹⁄₃^rd sandwich, and I’m not even basing this off the steroidal portions you’ll see at chains these days. The sandwich I got was delicious though. The chicken noodle soup was piping hot and chock full of fresh cut veggies. The bread, as I mentioned, was on point.
I should also give them credit for having a clean bathroom with a decent, safe and operable changing station. That’s sadly never a guarantee when your newborn decides to take the most inopportune moment (crowded restaurant) to shit his diaper.

Just another Panera Bread. It was almost empty at 8:30pm on a Sunday night.
I got the Chipotle Chicken Sandwich with Tomato-​Basil soup. We also got an order of Butternut Squash soup. I didn’t really like the Chicken sandwich, though it is my usual order at any Panera Bread.

LOVE the bagels & the veggie sammich! They’ve never messed up at order here, and they’re always super nice & make sure they repeat my order so they don’t «dairy me» & ruin the rest of my day.
It is really annoying when the place is packed & hard to find a seat when you’re holding your food, and all the seats are filled with people sitting with laptops, just wasting space! They need a separate area for «loungers» so people that actually have food to eat have some seating available! Other than that, love this place!