The good, then the awful: their staff is super-friendly and efficient. Catering team ROCKS! what is going on with your coffee?? Its just sh*t. buy folgers if your coffee is an afterthought. There are so many great coffee roasters out there that know what their doing and can turn the poo that you're serving now into something good. Better yet, support local roasters that make a great product. read more

Wouldn't recommend. Workers are nice, just stupid. Three things messed up in our order. The soup came out room temperature. It was chaotic with the sounds of stuff falling on the floor in the kitchen. read more

Panera Bread - Classic White Loaf - Sandwiches Near Me - Altoona, Pennsylvania

Sunday around 0915, walked into Panera, bright, well lite, and welcoming. Friendly staff. Food was fresh and fast. read more

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I was Suprisingly underwhelmed with this place. The sandwiches are super soggy and some of the prices are way too expensive. The only thing I can tolerate is their Mac and cheese. read more

It doesn't matter which Panera Bread we go to, the orders include almost the same thing every time. A strawberry smoothie. My youngest loves the strawberry smoothie from Panera Bread. I really like using the kiosks inside for when I order because it remembers my favorites list. Every Panera looks similar, not a ton of frills. The drink stations are nice because you can refill your drink before leaving. The open kitchen is nice because you can talk to a person in the event you have a question or issue. My food might not always be the best, but as long as the Strawberry Smoothie continues to be made the exact same way at every location, I will continue to give 5 stars because you made my kids day. read more

Very busy Panera, we ordered by app and had a :26 min. wait. There were crowds in the back waiting for their pickup. Glad there were 6 clean shady outdoor tables. Ordered an Asian chicken salad was as okay, crunchy almond slivers & noodles. Dressing wasn't flavorful & chicken was sliced chicken roll not the usual grilled breast meat. read more

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I wish I took pictures of everything I'm about to write about. I love panera usually and this experience won't stop me from going to my local panera but I will never stop here on a road trip again. 1. I went to use the bathroom when I first arrived as I had been in the car for several hours. I have NEVER seen such a disgusting bathroom. The employees and management should be ashamed of themselves for allowing the bathroom to get in such bad condition. There was toilet paper with poop on it on the floor in one stall as well as the toilet being full and had urine on the seat. I didn't see the other stall. I was so grossed out I just walked out of the bathroom. 2. It was hard to find a table that was decently clean. There was maybe 3 or 4 other groups in the restaurant, not busy at all, so someone should have been cleaning. Management and employees again should be ashamed at the lack of cleanliness. 3. My husband and I each got sandwiches. They were both flat and basically just bread. In fact, one half of my sandwich ONLY had lettuce on it. My husband brought this to the attention of one of the employees behind the counter and they did correct it. 4. The baguette my husband got on the side was stale. 5. The garbage cans had STACKS of dirty plates, bowls, and silverware. When I say stacks, I mean each garbage can had between 20-30 dirty dishes on it. It did not look like the employees cleaned or collected dirty dishes for hours. The place was not busy AT ALL. I even saw one employee walk around, look at the dining area and then disappear. Again, management and employees should be ashamed at how dirty this establishment is. read more

Good Panara, in a good location near the Interstate. Great place to stop for lunch. I had a really good grill cheese and tomato soup. My wife also enjoyed here turkey club sandwich. read more

The people are very nice , but I'm disappointed in the food. I get 2 slices of chicken , no apple chips and the hardest piece of bread in the world. They gave me a spoon to eat my salad togo .... ! read more

Panera Bread - Fuji apple chicken salad - Sandwiches Near Me - Altoona, Pennsylvania

Gosh it was so good. The only thing that sucks are the prices. If they did some type of cheaper 'dollar menu' type thing, there would be more people who stop for lunch. I am a huge Panera fan as far as everything they offer. I always feel so good after eating there and not weighed down or too full. Their Mac and cheese it to die for. This time I did a pick 2. Mac and cheese and a half of salad and a water for 13$.....the only reason for a 4 and not a 5 star. I really liked the arugula salad. The first time I've ever had a salad with grapes in it and I actually liked it. That's really big for me. I wish the water cups would be bigger. read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Altoona, Pennsylvania

Panera used to be my favorite place to eat and now it's just disappointing. The food is outrageously expensive for what it has become. They don't even have the basics anymore! No hot chocolate? Really? My bagel this morning was hard as a rock, my spinach and bacon suffle had no bacon and my husband coffee tasted stale. Don't waste your money going there! ​ read more

It looks that this place just upgraded to iPads to have faster and easier ordering. However, staff has no clue how to make customized salad or even sandwich. Heads up lines are way too long to ask corrections or even ask for refund cause you didn't get what you ordered. All Panera Cesar salads come with croutons except this place forgot on both of our salads. Plus they simply disregarded most of the extra items. Staff needs serious training in this location. Over all: Food freshness 9/10 Clean 8/10 Speed 7/10 Friendly staff 8/10 Order accuracy 1/10 read more

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I used to love love Panera bread. But I am going to say as a take out option it is found to be a let down. I do like how they package the food all neatly in the bag. But the bread doesn't taste as fresh when you get it in the store. I mean bread.... is in the title of the restaurant....if you chuck stale stones of bread in someone's order it's kind of a let down. Also I ordered walnut cream cheese spread and I received plain. If I wanted plain cream cheese I would have went to the grocery store. To an employee it might be whatever same thing but for the cost of the delivery and to tip a driver. We are expecting our delivery to be what we ordered. Please do better. Thanks. read more

Spend more than $62 here to feed 4 children and 4 adults. Ordered broccoli cheese soup and mac and cheese. The amount of food was ridiculous for what I paid. The mac and cheese barely fed 4 small children. They give you a quart container that is filled 3/4 full. They give you a quart of soup and this didn't even give each adult a cup of soup. Truly sad to pay this amount of money for mac and cheese and soup and not be able to sufficiently feed everyone in your group. will never go back read more

Amazing it's good and beautiful to go but not only that the cookies are There also for a good price you should try out the organic juice read more

I went for lunch early last week 1/22. Floors were super dirty as were tables, my sandwich was soggy on one side and the chicken cold I love this place but the food and cleanliness have went down hill quickly read more

I got a tuna salad sandwich and all I got was a teaspoon of tuna!! This is the second time I got very little food here.

Staff was friendly but the order screens are confusing AF, and staff are confused by them as well... Also 6$ for half a sandwich that is 3/4 bread... sure it tasted good after I had a sore jaw from chewing through it all. As always good food, but dang... I just expect better for the $$$. read more

Panera Bread - 3/4 bread 1/4 actual filling... sandwich yes, sore jaw? Also yes... - Sandwiches Near Me - Altoona, Pennsylvania

Panera is good, but overall the restaurant is expensive. The food it good, but it isn't made there. You can't tell me that this place really is putting out that quality of food is that of the price that you pay. read more

We were all a little hungry so we pulled off the road and honestly this Panera was the first thing we saw so we stopped. I got a you pick two: half turkey go go and half cheddar broccoli soup. It was pretty good, though I wish I upgraded to the bread bowl. Scarlett got a steak sandwich and I was shocked to hear her say she liked it as much as she enjoys papa Johns double cheeseburger pizza. I would be amiss not to mention that a couple hours later she told me that actually wasn't true and that she was just really really hungry at the time she proclaimed that. I figured as much. My sister in law Charlene, whom we are shacking up with, is not a very good cook and the kids refused to eat the meatloaf she made for dinner the night before. They being said, she said it was indeed good for a sandwich. Trina got some sort of salad and she seemed happy with it. Overall a good experience but the lemonade machine was broken which was kind of a bummer. Thanks a lot for making some pretty good food that my family will actually eat. read more

While the food is okay, the portion size for the price is ridiculous! I will not be back any time soo n as there are many more options around! I had the grilled cheese which consisted of very, very little cheese! My bad, never order that again! read more

Had to wait 15 minutes for my order, which it turned out, was sitting in a takeout bag for ten minutes. My name not called. Not very well run and the noodles arent that good. disappointing visit. Do not order the roasted veg sandwich here. It had cucumber, lettuce, red pepper and a few flakes of feta cheese. The tomato soup was good. read more

Panera Bread - soba noodles with edamame - Sandwiches Near Me - Altoona, Pennsylvania

The customer service could be better and the food was nothing spectacular. I ordered Mediterranean Salad that comes with quinoa, olives and almonds, and sandwich with avocado, egg whites and spinach. When I went to pick up my order another customer waiting for her food grabbed my tray in front of me and hurried away. I told her that this looks like my order but she just left. After a minute she came back and said that it's not what she ordered. Some people are just weird! The employee said that they can't give me food that's been with someone else so they started to prepare another round. Which is good and I appreciate it, but somehow they acted like its my fault. Second time making my salad and sandwich they were really fast and seemed annoyed, they forgot to add olives in my salad and there was barely any quinoa in it. The sandwich ingredients were all over the place and they almost threw it in front of me. I have to say the sandwich was tasty and I would order it again (not from this location though) but the salad was mostly romaine lettuce, the dressing was way too vinegary (I could not eat it) and the tiny amount of quinoa and tomatoes were really cold and also tasted like sone sort of vinegar marinade. Would not order again. If they would add more quinoa (preferably warm!!), didnt forget olives and there was nice dressing - that would be awesome. read more

Panera Bread - Mediterranean Salad. Where did olives go? They also forgot quinoa (3/5) - Sandwiches Near Me - Altoona, Pennsylvania

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My experience was too terrible not to share. My party of five stopped in at 8:45pm, Friday. A few sections were blocked off completely because they had already been cleaned for the night and they apparently did not want people to sit there. We asked if they were closing and the cash register guy said not to worry they were open until 10:00pm, so we ordered. An employee was cleaning the surface of the only remaining table that seated more than 4 people. I approached her and asked if it was okay for us to sit there. The employee rolled her eyes and said "if you must", slammed a chair into the table, and walked away. My Mom witnessed the entire debacle and then had her own run-in with this lovely (extreme sarcasm) young lady in the restroom. My mother is the nicest woman you'll ever meet, no one should ever treat her with disrespect. She's lucky I wasn't there to witness it and we'll leave it at that. I had ordered a cup of tomato soup and grilled cheese and it cost me $11. I'm aware that Panera is grossly overpriced, so that wasn't shocking. However, my expensive grilled cheese came out microwaved, literally was sitting on a microwave-safe sheet of white cardboard paper. In fact, all the other hot sandwiches in our group came that way. They were so GROSS(!!!!) and really not even that warm. We overheard another patron complaining about his mediocre sandwich and an employee explained they were making all sandwiches in the microwave, due to everything being shut off. That should have been disclosed from the start. There is absolutely no excuse for providing low-quality food, if you're going to say you're open for business. To top this experience off, when we were finished, the same miserable employee noticed us walking toward the dish deposit/trash area. She looked directly at our group and removed the trash bag, as we started to deposit our plates. We stood there with our trash in our hands and waited for her to come back with a fresh bag, but instead she went behind the counter and watched us stand there. We checked the other trash areas and the bags were all removed as well. We ended up just throwing the trash in with our dishes. To be clear, we were not the only people eating or the last group to order. So every single customer was unable to take care of their trays, after over paying for microwaved bread. Worst Panera experience ever. I don't foresee ever stopping here again. read more

Came in for lunch with my swim team and the manager was very rude and complained greatly that we were in one big group. Nathanial was very rude and will not be going to this branch ever again. read more

Awful. I stopped for a quick bite. One other party was in the store. 20 minutes later, not a glimpse of the simple grilled cheese I ordered. The soup to go with it sat on the counter, and in the 60 degree store, got colder and colder as I watched. Disorganized staff, mediocre and cold food, rubbish experience. Never again. AVOID. read more

Friendly staff and the nice Panera food - we had soups and bowls and enjoyed. What we love - no plastic cutlery and plates ;-)

Why can't this Panera keep ingredients in stock to make their menu items? Today, they have no Greek yogurt for the Baja Warm Grain bowl. Previously, they have run out of the balsamic drizzle for the strawberry balsamic salad, mozzarella for the same salad...there's a grocery store right across the plaza, Panera manager! Other than that, the squash soup is great. The Warm Grain bowl could use some Greek yogurt. read more

The dirtiest panera I have ever been in! Traveling all day and we stopped for a bite. Every table was dirty the beverage station was trashed. We had to clean our own table and then when we got our food they gave us dirty silverware. YUCK! read more

Good service and clean just out of many top items like lettuce and baguettes. Employees were great and offered options for what they didn't have in stock. read more

I have been coming to this Panera while I am home on break and the staff is so friendly especially for Maurice! They make fresh coffee regularly and their sourdough bread bowl is always fresh! read more

I've genuinely never written a review on the internet for anything ever but I'm so beyond the realm of irritated after my experience at this Panera today. I work in the food/service industry too, so I understand things happen, but this is not the first time I've had an issue here. I came into Panera to grab a smoothie before work. It took me 30 minutes to receive the smoothie and I only got it because I asked if they made it, and they hadn't. Not only was I late to work, but the smoothie was wrong. Again, I understand things happen but this is just so frustrating, especially since I paid over 5 dollars for an 8oz smoothie. read more

Was amazing first came in. Now they are just preparing items all together it is a mess in the back they were coughing talking about do not get the other sick oh heres your food. haha! Be careful! Delivery is nice but the quality needs to come back. Your Panera. Seriously look it up any other city 4 star plus. Here junk! read more

The soup was good, but my friend ordered a Mac n cheese he said a large and it was marked down as a small, then my other friend ordered a caramel iced coffee they gave him straight black coffee with very little caramel, and it isn't 100% clean the one booth we sat at had stains all over the seat, don't waste your time going to this Panera Bread. read more

Panera is very good. I typically get the French Onion Soup and either a salad or half a sandwich. I'm not a fan of their coffee, hence the 4-stars. It tastes okay, but it's missing a more in-depth flavor that I've come to enjoy from other coffee establishments. Their pastries are good and I do love their Fresh Baked Chocolate Chip Cookies. Oh, and they only serve Pepsi Products which brings down their rating in my eyes as well. read more

The food is usually good, but the evening shift manager seems to run the place like it's romper room. Some of the staff aren't in uniform, they're all laughing and carrying on while making the food, and it's just such a weird vibe for a restaurant. And it's always filthy. Stuff all over the floors, tables not wiped down, drink station a mess. I don't get it. We went yesterday and we got plastic spoons for our soup and they were giving small wooden sticks (coffee stirrers?) instead of knives. I saw an older woman struggling to put butter on her baguette. What in the world is going on? My wife stopped in in the morning and said the vibe was totally different while she was picking up breakfast items for a work function. I hope they can get back on track there as I see people frequently commenting on how it's being run. read more

No bread bowls, no Baguettes, no pastry's - how can a Bread cafe have no bread? And a very long wait for our food.

Ordered a cappuccino, the barista didn't put any espresso in it! It was just frothed milk. How does that happen?

I love Panera. It's the staff at this one which was the problem. They were all talking and not paying attention to the customers. Since they don't have the self-ordering screens other Panera's do, I forgot to make the modifications. They didn't ask what side we wanted either, just assumed bread. read more

Panera Bread was always a great spot to come to when I was younger. I'd come here all the time with my family for food. As I kept coming back; the service always got worse and worse each time. The staff always seems like they do not want to be there. The one day I mobile ordered 3 bagels total while I was shopping with my friends, one for each of us. We mobile ordered while still on our way because it said it would take ten to fifteen minutes. We then went to Barnes and noble and got drinks, then made our way to Panera to get our bagels. We arrived to see nothing on the pickup shelf. I could tell they were having their regular afternoon rush. So we waited a few more minutes, and then a few more minutes, and we kept waiting. I was watching the girl from over the counter. She had our bagels sitting on the counter just getting cold as she left to do other orders, which I understand there are other customers but if our order is done why wouldn't she just give it to us? So we kept waiting and eventually after a whole fifteen minutes of waiting (we arrived after the time it said it would be done so this mean it has taken her a whole thirty minutes to toast and slice three bagels...) she gave us our bagels. I said to her "Thanks? Finally." And she said "well you aren't the only person waiting" and gave me a nasty look. Sorry, but customers should come first. :) read more