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  • GET TO KNOW YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD PANERA BREAD EMPLOYEE

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    May 1, 2000
    Pros: great place to get a very good meal
    Cons: kind of pricey

    Summary: There is nothing sweeter smelling than the smell of fresh bakery products, especially when you can get them for free! My personal favorite is the apple cinnamon bagel. It's sweet ouy gooieness is the best thing you can do for yourself in the morning or ... read more

  • Panera Bread - Bagels to Die For

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    May 1, 2000
    Pros: The Bagels are Outstanding
    Cons: Some of the Cream Cheese Spreads

    Summary: Panera Bread is a bakery-café with locations across the American Mid-west, South and East Coast. Many of the cafés had the original title of the Saint Louis Bread Co., and mainly in Missouri they still do. Regardless of their name, the few locations that ... read more

  • Panera Bread - Give Your Taste Buds a Treat!

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Apr 28, 2000
    Pros: Fresh food, Decent Prices, Quaint Atmosphere
    Cons: Long Lines

    Summary: Is this a cafe, a bakery, or a coffee house? Actually, it's all of the above and my idea of "fast food". These franchise stores are located throughout the United States in major cities and I know of two in the central Ohio area. ... read more

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  • Self Service Ordering

    Not rated yet by the Epinions community
    Nov 25, 2012
    Pros: quick, good and tasty fast food
    Cons: Self service too many registers near the entrance could be a safety hazard.

    Summary: Nice restaurant, good food plus wifi and big dining area. I love the U pick 2. They give you enough food and if you are on a diet the menu tells you the calories. Great idea for many people watching their

  • Clean it up Panera

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    Oct 10, 2012
    Pros: We used to like the whole grain bagels, Greek salad and bear claws.
    Cons: Panera is pinching existing stores til they run down and lose service quality.

    Summary: What's gone wrong? Panera used to be our breakfast and lunch spot of choice and we regularly visited 4 stores around our home and businesses. Then they started getting run down and dirty. Dirty carpets, grimy furniture, torn fabric, sticky tables,

  • Tyson's Corner Mall Panera Bread

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    Jul 5, 2012
    Pros: The location and Menu selection is the only positive aspect.
    Cons: Abrasive, Unprofessional, and simply Unpleasant.

    Summary: Abrasive was the Panera Bread in Tyson's Corner Mall: Called in to order pickup and Jerry answered the phone. Screaming in the phone so loud that I could hear from across the room as my husband was trying to give the order. Messed up the order because he

  • Overpriced & not worth another try

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    Mar 4, 2012
    Pros: Tastes good
    Cons: Overpriced
    Not enough meat or anything else for what you pay 

    Summary: It was our 1st time eating there & it will be our last. Not was it only overpriced, but they barely put enough meat in the sandwhiches to even cover the bread.  We ordered the Steak balsamico which tasted okay, but Charley's would have been a

  • Smokehouse turkey panini tastes like vinegar on bread. :/

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    Nov 10, 2011
    Pros: Excellent smoothies, choice of apple as a side, great bakery foods.
    Cons: Menu does not list overpowering taste on smokehouse turkey panini.

    Summary: Normally I do not write reviews or complain about food, but my dinner tonight was so horrible that I felt compelled to inform others! I went to Panera for the first time tonight. I ordered the smokehouse turkey panini, thinking it would be a classic

  • Good food but...

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    Sep 8, 2011
    Pros: High quality food, particularly bakery.
    Cons: Overpriced (for the most part)
    Slow service

    Summary: I have prequented a local Panera's for the last several years. I think the quality of their food is above average, particularly the bakery items. But the prices for items are anything but a bargain. Significantly above where I can get similar quality

  • Panera at Greenback lane and Sunrise, Citrus Heights Ca Steak and white Cheddar Paninil

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    Jul 31, 2011
    Pros: tablespoon of carmeled onion a surprise wanted more 
    Cons: trace of horseradish was just the right amount 

    Summary: 7/18/11 this evening was the second time I purchased a sandwich at the newer Panera on Greenback Lane in Citrus Heights.The sandwich was tender with flavors brought out by the tablespoon of carmeled onion and trace of horseradish. The cheese was

  • I stopped going there years ago (Northern VA)

    Not rated yet by the Epinions community
    Oct 5, 2010
    Pros: I don't patronize the Paneras in Virginia.
    Cons: Not worth going, if they are still handling food the unhygienic way.

    Summary: The woman behind the counter, who spoke very little English, smiled at me, picked up the garbage can, then gave out change to the person ahead of me and then using the same hands -- picked up a bagel for my order. I left.Then next time, i went to

  • Overpriced, underfed

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    Sep 6, 2009
    Pros: Food tastes good.
    Cons: Overpriced, small portions

    Summary: When Panera bread first came on the scene a few years ago, they served good food and it was a good value. More recently though, they have raised their prices to the point to where its too expensive for what you get.  Their pick 2 (soup and sandwich)

  • over priced & uninspiring sandwiches

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    Mar 2, 2009
    Pros: Nice atmosphere
    Cons: over-priced, slow service, small portions and uninspiring snandwhiches and "paninis"

    Summary: I took a date to Panera the other night and all I could think about during the meal was how I just paid 16 dollars for a turkey sandwhich, an ice water, and a salad.  I had the smokehouse turkey "panini" (the sandwhich with fake

  • Be careful with 'loyalty cards'

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    Dec 7, 2008
    Pros: Good bread and bagel selection
    Cons: Did not honor customer loyalty card

    Summary: I had been a happy customer of the three Panera's in Dayton, Ohio for several years.  So much so, I used their card wherein if you buy eight dozen bagels (getting a stamp each time), you get one dozen free.  Easy enough.  When I went to

  • Distrusted customer service, Hayward Southland Drive Panera

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    Nov 4, 2008
    Pros: Well not a good customer service overall.
    Cons: I don't think I will go back again!

    Summary: If you ever walk in or make phone call order at Panera in Southland Drive, Hayward, CA, do...do...count and check your stuff before you left. I went there yesterday to pick up phone order of 3 sandwiches and 10 cookies. I didn't realize they didnt' stuff

  • Breakfast so-so

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    Oct 17, 2008
    Pros: Filling, quick
    Cons: Bland

    Summary: I ordered a "Four Cheese Egg Souffle" at Panera Bread this morning. While it didn't taste bad, and it was filling, it was quite bland. If it wasn't for the name, I'd never have known there was cheese in it at

  • waiting to pick up

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    Oct 8, 2008
    Pros: there's nothing I can do to get Panera pay that money, neither get apologies
    Cons: well I just can tell that good food should come with good service

    Summary: Well, Panera Bread , one of everybody's favorit places, good food and healthy, but this place has a big service issues.The other day I ordered something to pick up and I asked my friend to pick it up for me, when she got there, she had to wait 20 minutes

  • Paneras reduced size bagels out

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    Oct 3, 2008
    Pros: Great taste still, for now.
    Cons: Much smaller product for same price

    Summary: Anyone bought a bagel pack lately? It's like they are mini bagels. Sent a note to corp pr and they said "We apologize if they seem smaller to you. Our Quality Assurance > Department said the test is to produce a healthier product > with better

  • In love

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    May 19, 2008
    Pros: Broccoli Cheddar Soup
    Cons: price of desserts

    Summary: I love this place. My husband and I can go to Panera Bread and pay the same as we would at McDonald's and it's healthy. We're truly full when we leave and we're

  • No Parmesan for you

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    Feb 1, 2008
    Pros: none
    Cons: who ever heard of charging for a condiment?

    Summary: My last visit to the Panera in Wilmette, Illinois I ordered the vegetable soup. When they served it I asked for a few sprinkles of Parmesan cheese on top. The store manager named Mike told me I would have to go back in line and pay $.65 for the

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