This Panera Bread is located in the Hollymead Town Center Shopping plaza. This location features plenty of indoor seating including booths and tables. There is a gas fireplace with seating around it. The outdoor seating features large umbrellas to keep the sun off you while you're enjoying the fabulous Panera meal. The menu features traditional Bakery items, bread, bagels, sandwiches, soups, salads, and much more! The employees at this location have been super friendly every time I have visited. The orders are very prompt and the service is fast! My favorite menu item is the Broccoli Cheese Soup bread bowl. A very popular item during the winter months in Charlottesville. Warning: They have run out of the bread bowls before on winter evenings. For a tasty sandwich give the Bacon Turkey Bravo or Sierra Turkey a try! While you shop around the Hollymead Town Center, a stop by Panera is a must! read more

We were very happy this location reopened. However, this is the third time we have gone for breakfast and no cinnamon crunch bagels.

This location of this bakery cafe is in Hollymead Town Center. It's a convenient stop when we want to pick up something quick and don't want fast food. The pick two combos are always a favorite. My go to is the thai chicken salad and chicken noodle soup with a baguette. Every now and then, I'll indulge in a chocolate croissant. Every October, I stop for the cherry vanilla bagels. Having realized that today is November 1st, I checked just to see if any of the ribbon shaped bagels sold during breast cancer awareness month were still available. Fortunately for me, I was able to get one along with a container of honey walnut cream cheese. read more

Panera Bread - Ribbon shaped cherry vanilla bagel sold during October for breast cancer awareness month - Sandwiches Near Me - Charlottesville, Virginia

This is a reliable Panera. It gets crazy packed during busy times (like weekend mornings and finals season at UVa), but they get food out pretty quickly. They actually do really great delivery, the food is packaged well and sent in a timely manner. Overall it is just another Panera location, but it's very clean and quick. read more

I used to like this location until COVID hit. Management has used COVID as an excuse to be lazy. This is the only location in Charlottesville that doesn't open until 10am and doesn't serve breakfast. I had a coffee prescription but cancelled it because I need my coffee before 10am. Too often they are out of half and half and fill the container with milk ugh! I dump my coffee out when that happens. read more

The food here is consistently good but this is the second time I have come here and felt I was inconveniencing the cashier. Today this lady had a whole attitude going on before I even opened my mouth. I was actually politely stand in front of her at the cash register waiting for her to finish whatever it was that she was doing. She was short in terms of her language and refused to make eye contact until she decided to start an argument with me about my Panera account. If it wasn't for the reasonable food here, I would definitely give this place a zero based on her unprovoked nasty attitude read more

The only good thing about this Panera is the food which happens to be good at all Paneras. I recently put on a rapid pick up order and they forgot to get it ready so had to wait 15 minutes for them to complete it. Anytime this has happened to me at other locations they usually discount my purchase or throw something in for free. This isn't the first time this has happened to me at this location so I won't be back. read more

Very clean, very friendly staff. Not too busy and the service was quick. We got our bagels toasted and they didn't come toasted...barely warm. That's my only complaint, but I'd come back! read more

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Wonderful sandwiches, soups and salads. Love how they in-cooperate fresh fruit into their salads. Salads fixings match the seasons too. Nice selection of natural teas and great coffees. After eating take home some of their freshly made breads and pasties. Free Wi-Fi. read more

Panera Bread - Yummy breads! - Sandwiches Near Me - Charlottesville, Virginia

Customer service was very good! The order was very quick and staff were very kind & smiling to the customer. This Panera is in Barracks Road. read more

I love Panera, and this location did not disappoint - I stopped in for a coffee and some wi-fi (we still haven't got our internet set up in our condo) and the ambiance was relaxing and quiet during my afternoon visit. The staff is friendly and the patrons are families and students, which makes for a very comfortable atmosphere as well. I'll definitely be back! read more

The staff here is amazing! Yummy easy food, and a cool easy spot to set up and study a little while eating. My favorite dish is the Baja Bowl! read more

I used to love, love, love Panera back in the day, but it hasn't really impressed me lately. Panera is always pretty standard and consistent no matter which location you go to. This location was no different. read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Charlottesville, Virginia

I just really will never understand the appeal of Panera Bread. Gross coffee, bland as hell food. I've tried the soups- bland. I've tried the sandwiches- nothing to write home about. I've tried the bagels- go to Bodo's. It doesn't help that last time I went I found a bug in my food and they didn't have two of the things I ordered. Just skip it and go anywhere else. read more

First time there, and I won't return. I ordered coffee at 5:30. The coffee had been brewed at 1pm, and every pot was empty. After finally brewing new coffee, they were out of creamer! Come on people! read more

Consistently mediocre. It's exactly what you'd expect from a fast-casual dining experience. To the managements credit, the place is always clean and the service fast and pleasant. That said, the food is nothing to write home about. It's the same flavorless sandwiches and disappointing salads that you'll find at any Panera. A safe choice if you can't decide where else to go. read more

Panera is one of my go-to, reliable restaurants that I often visit when traveling. They are always consistent and offer good quality food. This location is no exception. I generally order the same meal every time and Panera always delivers. If you like good food (not amazing), fast service and consistency, you'll love Panera. read more

Panera Bread - Cheddar Broccoli soup: always a part of my "you pick 2" - Sandwiches Near Me - Charlottesville, Virginia

One of the worse paneras I've been to. The seating areas are clean and the staff is respectful, but the sandwiches are really shy of ingredients and at the end of the meal you're left wondering what you paid for. read more

PANERA BREAD!! You really outdid yourself!! My friend and I come here very often and one guy is really cute. His name might OR MIGHT NOT BE Jack. Very good place. Very nice atmosphere. My personal favorites would be Chicken noodle soup often in a bread bowl. Chipotle avacodo melt is what my friend , my dear friend, gets. I also tend, if i'm in the mood, TO GET SALAD! Typically i go for the FUGI APPLE SALAD. All very nice stuff! DEFINITELT would recc o mendo ! read more

Food was good but bad customer service. I wasn't feeling too great so I ordered something basic off of the kid's menu. My cashier was understanding and even offered to make a note so that it would be an adult portion. However, the people making my food were practically mocking my order and giggling about it. One of the workers even appeared to be a manager. Very turned off by the lack of professionalism at this Panera, I shouldn't have to hear the employees laughing at what I ordered while waiting for my food! read more

This location is always out of the things I try to order. Last time it was broccoli cheddar soup. Today is was french onion soup and broccoli cheddar soup they were out of. I also heard the woman at the table next to me tell her young son they were out of cinnamon crunch bagels for the day. This is unacceptable. read more

I ordered the Italian sandwich which was tasty. Ordering at the counter on sunday was quick and our whole group of 7 seemed pretty happy with our food . My only critique would be that my Italian definately could have used more meat. Overall I' d I would go again. read more

The sandwich I ordered was delicious, but as I was standing there waiting, I began to notice how dirty the lights & fans were. They all have a very thick layer of dust and fuzzies,even the ones in the food prep area. read more

This is a good little Panera, cleanish, decent service and the food is just like every other Panera.

Wife and I stopped here on the way to down to the UVa/Maryland game a few weeks back, opting for something healthy over the "tailgate" fare offered at Alumni Hall. I typically will give any Panera 4-stars if they deliver as expected. And this one did - salads the wife and I ordered were on-point. The service was fast and prompt, even as they were pretty busy due to all of the football game traffic. Definitely will hit this Panera again on the way down to C'ville. read more

This is my favorite Panera location. The staff here has always been nice and the food is great. I tend to stick to the same thing every time I go in. I get the mediteranian egg white panini and a chai or coffee. read more

They offer menu items on the online app that aren't actually available in the restaurant. That is pretty confusing and disappointing, and they've been able to mark certain menu items as unavailable before so I don't know why it wasn't done this time. They also just seem to make a habit out of running out of things. read more

This used to be a favorite, but today I'm disappointed. I ordered a Greek salad with chicken. The dressing is scant, but overall the salad was fine. My issue is with the baguette side - unevenly torn and less than a quarter of a loaf, and the obvious lack of custodial care in the dining area - multiple tables in need of cleaning and an overly crowded dining space (we're talking an excessive number of chairs and tables that make even traversing through an empty dining room prohibitive). read more

My husband and I had late lunch here yesterday. We will never return. The food was good - no complaints. The black hot tea - YUM! Perfect for a cold day outside. The cleanliness? Well ... no! Someone has not cleaned the place in quite some time. The wood on the back of each bench where the head touches, GROSS! The food is dried and caked on! There are obvious bugs in the overhead lights. You can see the bug shadows in the shades overhead. The young guy came around attempting to wipe off the tables, yet when he finished you could still see smears and he did not wipe off a single seat. Crumbs everywhere. The ladies room toilets and sink were disgusting. There was a toilet cleaning brush in the corner of the handicap stall that has cob webs on it. The back of the sink has caked up grime. The place is disgustingly nasty. There were bits of toilet paper all over the floor. When placing our order, one of the clerks at the register had her scraggly looking boyfriend with a dirty ball cap on leaning over the counter then went beside the register and began to nuzzle her neck while she giggled. Please take your PDA outside or home. I have never seen a Panera Bread so nasty. Management, you need to step up and take a look around. Someone is not cleaning and someone else is not following up. And please train your staff how to behave in public! read more

I should have read other reviews first, then I would not have been surprised that Panera had no BREAD!. When I arrived a little after 7 p.m. I learned that they were out of BAGUETTES. Certainly understandable if they had a busy day, but why couldn't they take some of the bread from the bakery area and use that? There was a lot of bread just sitting there. Since I couldn't get bread, I treated myself to a brownie. It was hard as a rock and completely inedible. $2.49 down the drain. read more

I will not be going back their anytime soon. First of if you order something the same way the take out version shouldn't be half the size and the same price. I don't mind mix greens either for salad but if I wanted only kale I would've of said that. Makes me mad that they charge people that much money and all they are is the McDonalds of the deli world. Seriously salad and sandwich not hard to make bad but somehow they did and charge top dollar for it. So mad read more

Panera has a great menu. A few observations about this place- sometimes the plating is sloppy. The staff is somewhat friendly but what I despise is there's a need for more booths. Every time I go booths are taken up quite regularly by just one person with their laptop leaving bigger parties to sit in uncomfortable wooden seats left over. Get comfier seats for everyone or ask customers who are alone not to use the booths. Assign seats if you have to please! read more

Consistently good food and atmosphere. Don't mind sitting down and eating there at all, which goes against the norm. But I love everything they have to offer, and eat there as much as I can. read more

Hot tip - don't order a soda. Ask for a water cup and fill that baby to the brim with whatever your heart desires (Sierra Mist if you're trying to be sneaky). With a soda and a normal sized meal (emphasis on normal), I paid TWELVE DOLLARS. I don't know about y'all, but unless my sandwich contains Morel mushrooms or some form of Wagyu beef, that is simply absurd. SECOND ISSUE - why must Panera use those heart attack-inducing table buzzers?? The expletives that escape my lips each time those vibrating death squares roar to life on the wooden tabletops are surely not supporting a pleasant atmosphere for my fellow diners. THIRD ISSUE - for the love of all that's good, please make your sandwiches more "user-friendly." I ordered the roast Wagyu and Morel mushroom sandwich and it made for an incredibly embarrassing business lunch. Your sandwich bread tears as easily as a piece of animal hide (I'm of Native American descent so I know a thing or two about hides, believe you me). Upon my first bite, the contents of this sandwich, in their entirety, fell to my plate as a mother falls to her knees upon learning of the death of her only child. Not only was this embarrassing, I'm 100% certain that my business client was convinced that this was my first attempt EVER at biting into a simple sandwich. I then tried to mop up the remains with your cheap, 100% recycled, bio-degradable, plant-based, fair trade certified, bird-friendly, napkins. The toilet paper consistency caused me to use approximately 6-7 times more napkins than would otherwise be necessary, effectively cancelling out any kind of goodwill you were attempting to show towards the planet. So why did I give this location 4 out of 5 stars, you ask? The nice gentleman at the register put ice in my $6 drink cup for me. I thought it was a nice gesture given I could have easily done it for myself. read more