Was excited to try Panera out. Ordering was trying but we chalked it up to a new location with new employees. But geez, $40 for a teeny steak and cheese sandwich, half filled "large" bowl of Mac n cheese, a tuna sandwich with more mayo than tuna and a salad. $40 and no drinks. We got our food to go and when I opened the tuna sandwich at home, it was already smooshed oozing from the middle and had to be eaten with a knife and fork. Caesar salad was fine but nothing to write home about. Things tasted pretty good but definitely not worth the $$. read more

Panera Bread - Smooshed oozing tuna sandwich :( - Salad Near Me - Concord, California

Came here opening day and was delighted by how quick we got our food! I also got a vanilla cold brew and it was delicious!! To finish it off I got a homestyle chocolate chip cookie which I highly recommend :-) read more

Waited 25 minutes for a latte. Panera never has anyone working the espresso bar. Then when it eventually gets made, it's always wrong. Always. The difference today was that they tried to lecture me on how I ordered it wrong, instead of just fixing the issue. Then I tasted it, and I had to throw it away because it was so gross. Overall, just a massive disappointment for something I was really looking forward to. read more

Today, I had the steak and white cheddar sandwich. The beef was very undercooked to the point of not being edible. However, I have had good experiences with this location before. I'm not giving up hope in this location, if they can fix the issue I will go back and change this review. read more

This place sucks! Took 40 minutes to get a salad. Got home and the order was wrong. Would of taken me less time to go down the hill. Second time my order was wrong. Don't think I'll be going back. read more

I have had a run of back luck with Paneras lately. It's a shame because I am close to just writing them off completely. For this singular instance, it started with trying to order via website 3 times without it actually going through. It never came up with an error message either. It just never gave me a confirmation. I finally gave up and went to the app to order. This time it went through but it had such a short amount of characters allowed on the instructions that I couldn't actually write a full sentence (I think it allows like 15 characters). It also changed the time I wanted to order the food to 3:40pm when I wanted it 3:45 or 3:50pm. Because of this, I called the store immediately to change the time. I also asked the woman who helped me on the phone to add extra dressing on the side. She said it was no problem to change the time and to do the extra dressing. This call was made around 3:27 or 3:28pm. I called back around 3:40pm to ask if we could pick it up even later because we were very delayed from what we were coming from. The man who answered immediately said, "I just made your order, it's already done," basically making it like there were no other options. It's made. I was so befuddled by this I didn't even know what to say. First of all, clearly the woman who helped me in the first call didn't change the time. Secondly, to act as if, that's it, the order's made, you have to come pick it up, too bad-- was just out of my imagination for what someone would say where customer satisfaction is important. My husband had to come on the phone and say, "go ahead and refund us then." That's finally when the guy said, okay I can remake it when you get here... But almost sounded reluctant. We ended up keeping the order, but we're disappointed with the food. I love Greek salads in any other setting and always give them a chance here, but consistently am disappointed with what I get. I think it's partially just not a very good salad and also because the "personalizations" that I put on there are not followed. They used to come with "pickled" red onions. When we ordered the other day it just said red onions. So I made a note that I wanted to make sure they were raw red onions, and to have extra. Nope- they were pickled and the amount was so small, you couldn't even see them through the side of the plastic bowl. Following your order to a tee is supposed to be a point of pride for Paneras. So this is definitely lacking. In addition, having someone who is happy to change the time and set up of the order so we are satisfied is something I would expect Panera tries to teach its employees. I couldn't believe this person's response when we called. One final note-- the bread at Panera is really good. When it's available (they do run out of baguettes sometimes and also bread bowls), it is the one thing that saves my meal. I think if I go to Panera it should be to get bread or dessert. Those items never leave me disappointed. read more

Very unimpressed. I have been to better Panera Bread locations before. The just out of high school kids that work here have little to no experience with customer service, counting change, taking orders, cleaning tables, or making food. Such a long wait for such bland tasting food that came with rotten basil. They're a mess back there. They have half made orders all around them. read more

I haven't been to Panera in awhile so when my bill was unusually high I thought everything is going up in price. When I looked at the receipt I saw I was incorrectly charged. I brought it to the cashier's attention who left and came back and offered to give me a pastry or cookie. I told her I didn't want either. I ordered a salad to be health and don't eat high calorie treats. The manager was preparing my meal so when I picked up my food I explained what happened and that I would no longer patronize their restaurant due to this incident. I let him know they needed to properly train their staff. He then offered to refund the extra money charged. I told him didn't want the money at that point. I just wanted to have a nice meal after a long days work. Definitely will not be going back anytime soon. They also need to get staff who can count. The cashier couldn't count change. I had to count aloud to help her. Again, train staff to do their job. read more

Ok so whoever gave this place less than 4 stars is Hella wack! Panera is bomb and that is all I have to say.

Sandwiches are great! I have only done quick pickup but it's been great! Try the Cuban!

they give me a free cookie and drink because they where behind on orders . great customer service and good food!

Panera is not vegan friendly and just about every single time I've ordered something without meat, it ends up with meat on it. If I've asked for no meat but please add some extra toppings (on their salads) they nickel and dime every item so they charge me 16.00 for a salad with no meat! They don't subtract from price for no meat (though most places don't) but they're sure happy to charge you extra for everything. I've ordered their corn chowder online for pickup only to be told they were out. (As an aside I sure wish they offered their corn chowder year round). Anyway, if you come in during "rush hour" to this store, be prepared for a long claustrophobic line and long waits in very tight quarters. read more

Rude service. I ordered snd came to pick it up and they locked the doors early and I couldn't even get the food I paid for. Stupid as hell

I just want to thank the integrity of the group of individuals that work at this location for finding my wallet. Thank you guys for your kindness. And the Mac n cheese bread bowl I had yesterday was amazing. read more

I got helped at the register by cheyenne byrd she was very nice and helpful with helping me decide on what i wanted her customer service skills were amazing and my food came out so quickly pls give her sum recognition because those are the skills of a manager her sells was on point thank u !!! Cheyenne ByRd read more

I am guessing it's true that Panera is too lazy to spread butter on my toast. Dry toasted bagel it's not something I enjoy, so if you can't do that for me I'll give my repeat business to Pet's Coffee in the same shopping center. read more

Horrible service in general. I ordered from them from DoorDash once- they put the wrong food in there and I could even eat it bc I am allergic to one of the ingredients. Ordered food to be picked up and they forgot to put in several items. Ordered again through DoorDash and my food bag arrived open. Fine not their fault but then I spent the next ten to twenty minutes trying to call them. No answer. And when I told them my issue, you know when they answered the phone FINALLY, All I got was a half hearted apology each time and an excuse that the phone doesn't work each time. Not acceptable. This used to be one of the better Panera's. Not anymore. Unless you can go in and order your food... and watch it to make sure it's what you ACTUALLY ordered, it's not worth the aggravation. read more

I don't understand why a restaurant that serves breakfast doesn't open until 9:00 AM. I can see why 7:00 AM might be too early for them, but 8 is reasonable. read more

I ordered online for the first time at this Clayton location. When I showed up 15 minutes later, my food was already bagged and on the counter waiting for me. We ordered the autumn harvest salad with chicken and the Fuji apple salad with chicken. Salads were excellent! read more

Opens at 8am. Really? Breakfast and coffee place to open at 8? Maybe your place if you're retired ...

Forget this place.... try the other two locations .....have been here several times have yet to get my order correct ...tried calling manager on several Occasions and after numerous rings get recording no one available ...thought they would get better longer opened but nothing has changed from day one ...must admit love the food but not when the order is wrong read more

Terrible service. The girl at the counter had no idea what she was doing. The guy in charge was talking down to her right in front of the costumers. I found it very unprofessional. Food was great. Not a place for me and my family. read more

Have always like Panera and frequent the other Concord and Walnut Creek locations. This location opened about a month ago and I wanted to wait for them to get organized. I guess I can't wait long enough! It was a horrible experience from beginning to end. Filthy floor and tables that had not been bussed, silverware that was still filthy (with the prior users fingerprints on it still!), dirty dishes stacked at the garbage areas, lack of inventory, crowded and overall unhygienic. Forgot to mention it took 30 minutes for a salad and a sandwich to be prepared and that while there seemed to be plenty of staff, most were standing around looking at their phones. Miserable, filthy place. read more

I had 3 separate orders and at first the worker only took payment for the first 2 and not the last one, i was waiting for him to come back to take my card but he shut the window on me. After i called his attention and i paid i now had to wait for the food, we got the first 2 orders fast but the last one was taking an excessive amount of time and the worker would act as if i wasnt there, there were about 3 workers talking for about 10 minutes infront of me not doing anything and i was still waiting until they noticed i was getting frustrated then they all disappeared, until 5 minutes later i caught the attention of another worker passing by having to wave my hand to get her attention and she got me my food and it was cold. very bad service. read more

I'm giving 3 stars for the food because it was good however they forgot 2 things from my order and this is not the first time. The other thing I noticed was that is was busy but the employees were just moving at their own pace which wasn't very fast when you have a line. My kid even commented how slow the service was. For now I will just go to a different Panera. read more

FINALLY!!! So glad to have somewhere that is somewhat vegan friendly in the area. Ecstatic to have a big chain/ anchor store to draw business into the shopping center. read more

do not use the kiosk to place your order unless you dont want to get your food. they dont process it in the kitchen

Was just there and planned on going through the drive thru when the sign said it was closed (meaning the workers were too lazy) so I had to go inside. Already feeling frustrated I ordered and waiting for my food until to go home and realize I wasn't given bread OR utensils. How am I supposed to eat all this soup with no bread or a spoon for that matter. Really Panera? Step it up. read more

I was really looking forward to trying out the new location, as I really enjoy the one in Countrywood shopping center. I guess I was expecting too much. The food was not what I expected, and the service sucked. The young lady that took my order was fine, but after waiting for twenty minutes for soup and a sandwich I went and asked for a status and was told it had been sitting on the pickup counter for a while. The kid that was at the counter looked up and said " I called your name" and walked away. Nobody thought to check out when it wasn't picked up. I'll try at another time of day, but there were only 2 or 3 other customers in the restaurant. The grilled cheese sandwich with bacon and tomato had no tomato, barely cooked bacon and was barely warmed and certainly not grilled. They also substituted chips for a baguette without saying anything. Very disappointing. read more

They are always out of bagels. I have been six times over the past few months around 8:00 AM and most of the time, they have no bagels to choose from. The management doesn't seem to know what they are doing. read more

I placed an online order for 10:05 am pickup. I ordered a hot breakfast sandwich, hot soup and smoothies. When I got there at 10:07 I was told the soup wouldn't be ready until 10:30 but they had made the hot sandwich and frozen smoothies. The employee Janell said I could take all that and wait outside until the soup was ready. As I was outside waiting I'm realizing the hot sandwich is now 20 mins old and cold. When I went in to get the soups I asked if they could make a fresh sandwich due to the error of making it when the other items weren't available/ready. Janelle starts on about how she isn't making another sandwich because I took that one outside already so I asked the manager and was explaining to her and janelle keeps going on 'I'm not doing, I already made one and she took it out - now she just be asking for free food - I'm not'. I did curse in the heat of the moment and said 'are you Effing kidding me? I never asked for anything for free - you made the hot sandwich and frozen drinks and told me to take them and wait outside until the soup was done'. So the manager had her take her break and cool off while she made me a new sandwich. I will not return to this Panera again, I was so disappointed in the rudeness and yelling in front of other customers. Horrible employee even talking back to the manager. read more

Cheyenne was super helpful! She was very friendly. After helping me she was cleaning the store and being friendly with all the consumers in the store she's a keeper!!! Thank you Cheyenne it's people like you make peoples days read more

Requires a credit card or gift card to order food and pick it up. Wow, really??? Food is okay. Over priced for what it is. Sorry but the food is way to expensive for the serving size. It's like someone dined out at a pricey pretentious Restaurant and thought "you know what this place needs? To be franchised". No thanks I'll pass and eat out all week for the cost of a single meal and I won't have to have a credit card either. read more

Family of 4; two adults, two under two. To make it clear the computers at the front are if you are paying with a card but this isn't made clear so we went through all that hassle to go to the cashier and actually order there. So we did... quick and easy as we knew what we wants but the customer service was meh. It wasn't overly busy either so I'm not sure about that. She did offer a cookie for 99c but there was no alternatives for sides which we didn't know about because we ended up with bread as a side when we had sandwiches... the seating needs working on. It's very close proximity as you have people passing though you as you are eating as they are grabbing your food and leaving. I just love to be elbowed in the back of the head... seems alright for the latest teenage hang out, no highchairs... bummer because most of her food ended up on the floor. I suppose that's on them though. May or may not go back will try in a few weeks. read more

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My favorite soup and sandwich place! CLEAN, clean food, really nice people working there. It just opened recently and is staying busy but time efficient. read more

I love Panera Bread but I hate everything about this location. The seating area is very small and they have those high chairs at several tables that can't be used by elderly people. read more

I usually love Panera but this place is gross. I got a salad and there were bugs in my food. I am horrified so we called and talked to manager Theresa and she said "there aren't any flies in our restaurant so there's nothing I can do" seriously Theresa? Dump the salad at least!!! She then said as she was laughing "if you want another sandwich you can come down here otherwise I don't know what to tell you" I am so grossed out and so disappointed in the obvious lack of training this manager has been given to take care of the people in our little town. Next call is to the health department . I believe if she handled this differently and more professional or in the slightest showed some sympathy this could have been a much different experience. I'm so very sorry to all of you who fed your families at Panera today. read more

I've been to other Paneras and this place is horrible. They keep getting my order wrong to the point that I have to go over the receipt EVERY time so im basically doing their job. I asked to speak to a manager and they were not available so they told me they would call me back. But they never did of course. This location is 5 mins away from me but I'm more than happy to go back to the further one. IM DONE! read more

Really good food, but disgusted by this astonishing find. I found... a hair... in. My. SOUP!

Quality good food is a given. There was a minor issue with my order, but when I drove back to tell the manager he definitely made it right. He and the staff went above and beyond to make up for me having to drive back and were super nice. I will definitely be coming back ! read more