Panera is a staple in my "need food that isn't greasy, fast" column, especially when my day is overbooked! Not huge on some of their hot sandwiches as they seem to skimp a lot on the ingredients inside the sandwich, but their Napa Almond Chicken Salad Sandwich is nummy! Their soups and salads are generally pretty good as well. For what this place is, their food is pretty good and the staff is all very nice. Plus, the line, though long most of the time, moves very fast! read more

They have really good Asian Sesame Chicken salad I would recommend this plate to people who love salad like me:) read more

Panera Bread - Asian sesame chicken salad - Sandwiches Near Me - Elk Grove, California

I always loved panera the salads here are very good but always order extra sauce. And you can pick the half and half i always get the sandwhich and soup but they have chicken tortilinni now!! So thats what i tried and omg its soo good i think its better then paesanos tortillini read more

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First time to this location... Not impressed. Stood in line with 2 employees at the registers. There's 2-4 ppl in line. One of the employees leaves to go deliver something to a table, fine whatever. But then the second (and only one left at the register) finishes with her current customer, looks up at the line and then walks away! Very poor customer service. Then when my buzzer goes off to tell me my food is ready... I walk up and they're confused, saying we just had your food, not sure where it went. Um ok... Do they not pay attention to the food the corresponds to the buzzer number when people come up? read more

Great place for a quick lunch and hang out spot! Their food is always fresh with great quality! Prices are a little high but the quality of the food is worth it. read more

Have a bagel every morning on my way to work and everyone is extremely nice and bagels are always fresh :)

Ok food. Always good help. I feel they're slow to put together the orders. But the best cookie I have ever bought is here. Yes. The best cookie. Better than speciality cookie shops. Better than grocery store or bakery cookies. It's the Kitchen Sink Cookie. Get it. You won't be sorry. read more

Tomato soup was lukewarm... And halfway through I saw a piece of paper in my soup! Love their green tea of course, but I really am disappointed today! read more

Panera Bread - :( - Sandwiches Near Me - Elk Grove, California

This place has great food, but is typically busy, full of people hogging up the tables and parking can be a bit of a mess. Many days the line is out the door during lunch time. The tables are usually occupied by people who use the location for their wifi, similar to what you see at Starbucks. Makes it very difficult to find a place to sit and enjoy your meal. The reason for 3 stars. I went in this location yesterday and ordered half a sandwich and half a salad, my typical order. When I received the sandwich, it only contained veggies and a slice of cheese, no meat. It was the Italian Club BTW. I had to take my food up to be remade. The replacement sandwich didn't have any spread on the bread, so once again I had to take it back up there. I did mention my experience to the manager and he gave me a baked good for free for all of the trouble. read more

So I come in today around 1230 so I expect a lunch rush. Ok I get it. So we order our ridiculous amount of money food. $30 for 2 small flat bread sandwiches and 2 bowls of soup. So we get our food for dine in and we start walking around aimlessly trying to find a table. No tables available outside or inside. We walk around holding our food for 10 mins trying to find a table while observing one lady knitting with no food on her table. Looked like she has been there awhile. I also see at another table a man reading a book with NO FOOD or DRINKS on his table. I also observed huge groups of people just chatting it up AFTER they had finished there food. At this point I'm done. At this point I go talk to a manager and ask if there is anymore chairs for the ONE outside table I did find. She says sorry no. I then inform her of the multiple people that aren't eating food taking up tables during the lunch rush and she says oh we can't ask people to leave. I said whats the difference in leaving now cause THERES NOWHERE TO SIT!!!! I get my dam refund and get the hell out of there and go across the street to IN N OUT BURGER and feed 3 people for $17!! Moral of the story is I should know better then to eat at that overpriced BS place!!! Not to mention I got food poisoning from Panera last year. I'm done. I will never set foot in another Panera EVER AGAIN!!! I would choose 0 stars if I could. read more

People Beware! Pander Bread Elk Grove does not back their deliveries. I ordered a meal On Line to be delivered. The delivery person didn't deliver it, put a note on the order that he tried to deliver it 3 minutes after I made the order and no one was here to accept it. I called the Panera and the Manager stated they would Not correct this. I am out $17. without receiving my food. What a rip off and Negative customer care. read more

So my wife was hungry and she went to this location and she had to wait 30 minutes for her order as she watched others who were behind her get their food One of the girls that work there told her they forgot her order .. and she still left without being rude and all well you just lost customers .. read more

I'm typically a fan of Panera bread but this location has let me down on several occasions. Yesterday, I ordered a flat bread and a bacon turkey bravo. The flatbread had chunks of cheese that were not completely melted and all toppings fell off when we pulled for a slice. The flat bread was just left with sauce. My 6year old took a few bites but ultimately didn't like it. I ordered a bacon turkey bravo for the first time and I was surprised that it had no turkey. Maybe I misunderstood the sandwich thinking it was supposed to have turkey and and bacon but in reality it was turkey bacon??? The name Bacon Turkey Bravo threw me off. But it was dry and flavorless. I think the best part of that quick meal were the chips pickle and water. read more

Excellent service and food. Had the take 2. Smoked turkey on country bread and bistro onion soup. Great way to end the evening. read more

Panera Bread - Slow evening - Sandwiches Near Me - Elk Grove, California

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I am not impressed and likely will never come back. I used to enjoy the food but it is no longer what it used to be. First the food I ordered was boring and had lack of love putting it together. Second, my order buzzer said my food was ready but I stood there while my food was getting cold waiting for them to give me my full order. On top of that when someone finally realized I am waiting I had to instruct them as to what I ordered. I am not sure why they have a sophisticated system if they can not make sure that the overpriced food is served correctly. Save your money and go to McDonald's lol read more

I went in to this panera today and a lady who worked there greeted me super loud in my face and I said thank you and she kept following me around because she didn't hear me apparently demanding for me to greet her back. It threw me off so much, and when I sat down at my table the same lady came over demanding to move my table with my stuff ON IT away from me. And now the same lady keeps coming over to me giving me dirty looks. AWFUL SERVICE!! read more

12/19/2018: I am very disappointed with Panera Bread. I was given an offer on a free bagel every day. I got off work and arrived at Panera Bread at 6:45pm and the lady says..."we're all out of bagels, sorry". Why is Panera Bread making an offer on free bagels every day and then when I arrive, they have no bagels?. I drove out of my way to get the bagel and if they have a time period for handing out the free bagel, then tell me. Let me know it ends at 6:45pm or 7pm. They lost my business. read more

Panera is the Starbucks of bread, and I mean that in a good way. This location is busy, but the lines are never long. I usually get a bowl of chicken noodle soup and a baguette if I am coming there for lunch. The clam chowder is also good. My favorite is the cinammon roll pull aparts. Sticky and gooey with melted cinnamon glaze, just to die for. For a quick bite to eat t hat doesn't suck, and a place to hang out and get some work don on the computer, Panera comes through. read more

Ordered a steak, egg and cheese on an everything bagel. In my to go bag, I discovered a hard fried egg on two slices of sour dough. I am very disappointed because I could have made that at home in two seconds and it looks terribly unappetizing. I wish I owned a dog to eat the sandwich, just so it does not go to waste! Boooooo! My coffee was good and the person that helped me was nice. Bad luck I guess! read more

Panera Bread - Ordered steak, egg and cheese on an everything bagel and this is what I came home with in my to go order! Boo - Sandwiches Near Me - Elk Grove, California

Stopped by Pannera Bread again today for another quick bite!!! The services and my turkey sandwich is spot on!!! Great job!!! I was making a quick stop at the panera Bread for lunch today!!! I was ordered a turkey with avocado sandwich!! I would not believe how cold the turkey was!! It tasted like it just come put from freezer!! I feel like having a turkey ice cream and not a turkey sandwich!!!! They need to prep their food!!!! read more

What is with this place? Management allows individual "patrons" to take up tables and booths for four while they use the wifi to do homework, conduct business or just gaze empty-eyed at their screens for hours during peak times. Some don't even bother to make a purchase. Very annoying when our weekly party of 3 arrives for lunch and cannot find a place to sit. On the upside, the food is fresh and pretty good, the staff is pleasant and prices are reasonable. read more

panera is one of the best options when it comes to "fast food". they have a little bit of everything for everyone & their green tea is my fave! i also stan their mac & cheese & cookies!! oh, AND WHO CAN FORGET THE BREADDDD read more

I come to this specific Panera Bread location breakfast a lot. The staff here is great, it normally is clean and well maintained. Love their egg, cheese, and avocado sandwich on ciabatta bread, the oatmeal, and souffles.. The broccoli cheddar soup with a greek salad and an apple makes a healthy and delicious lunch. Their coconut macaroons are very good as well. I will be back here for some breakfast for sure. read more

Awesome place they have the best cold teas and everything I've tried has always being delicious. Never disappoints

I really liked Panera in the past but the last few times I'm really not a fan. I don't think we will be going back. The green goddess dressing isn't good the salads are MINI when you order the pick 2, tonight my daughter had to pick through the lettuce because some of it was really Wilty they charge an awful lot of money for that kind of portion size and old lettuce.... read more

Fist time eating here and we absolutely LOVED this place. Our salads were super yummy, we will definitely be back. read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Elk Grove, California

I don't believe they have trained the cashier to listen to what people are saying. The result is after the bowl of soup and half a sandwich I am still hungry. She kept saying number 2, and I kept saying no frontega chicken sandwich and a cup of soup. Losing all faith in Panera. read more

Supply and demand; if you run out of soufflés every day and dozens of people ask if you are bring out more soufflés then you need a better system of inventory management. I see this happen time after time year after year. I like the soufflés but while waiting in line today (Sunday) at 10:30am I saw people told you we out of whole grain breads, several bagel varieties and of course my fav the soufflés. read more

I was surprised at the low quality of the food at this Panera location. I've always loved Panera food. But the turkey sandwich I ordered had low quality, processed turkey "stuff" (I wouldn't call it meat) in it. The bread was clearly store bought and not super fresh. I expected fresh made Panera bread. I ordered the whole sandwich thinking it would be made of two halves of a regular size sandwich. But I got two full sandwiches made with crappy store bought bread. Weird. If this was the quality of the food of all Panera restaurant, I definitely would not be back. read more

Love this place! What else can you say, stopped for bagels this morning to take to work and as always they were a big hit. Service was employees were smiling and it was a great way to start the day! read more

The food here is kind of pricey but options are kind of limited for salad places. The food other than (Mac n cheese, basic salads, broccoli cheddar, and bagels) usually leaves me regretting leaving the basics. And the meats on the salads look about lean cuisine quality. Here's some pictures of my last venture from the safe zone of Mac. My sandwich was kind of sad looking but at least cooked medium/medium well. But my girlfriends was so rare Hannibal Lecter took a pass. It was so rare I thought it was a sauce until I saw mine because the bread was wet with it too. The manager gave great compensation but every day the gap between mccafe and Panera gets a little smaller. read more

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I absolutely love panera! I frequent here often before I go into work which is down the street. I also love studying here (before the afternoon rush hits) I love the Mediterranean veggie grilled on focaccia & the Thai salad with out chicken. Unfortunately, I bit into a rock when eating my salad a couple days ago...I didn't want to make a big deal about, as I know working in the food industry "things happen". However, I wasn't impressed with the way the manager handled the situation. Although they did refund my money which I was happy about but was not the issue. I stayed an hour more to get the rest of my studying done & noticed my tooth was in so much pain every time I bit down.. Before I left I informed the manager & asked for his business card if I did in fact cracked a filling. I don't know if he's relatively new (I've only seen him at this location for a couple months) & not sure if this situation scared him, but I felt I should've filled out an incident report or something along those lines.. I still love the food, but probably won't be back to the EG location read more

Usually the food is good, the ingredients anyway. My sandwich is currently a glob of mayonnaise and mustard. The meat was folded into one hunk in the middle. My sliced bread is just one piece ripped off the loaf. The soup is good.. and so was the lemonade. 1 star for each good element.. read more

this review is based on this location only because in my experiece, every other panera has been extraordinarily delicious and had exemplary customer service but the panera in elk grove made me feel like a black man walking into a cafe in 1920's alabama... only i'm not black and the employees were a mix of chinese, mexican and white... i swear we stood there for over 10 minutes without so much as a look of acknowledgement from the chinese cashier...then three other employees just moved on around us as if we weren't even there....i never felt more invisible...on top of that, the restaurant was a mess and when they finally took our order, the people to ordered after us got our food first...wtf!?!...when we got home the food tasted like far less than the quality we usually have from panera....i'm boycotting this location....they suck balls. read more

Very disappointed in our salad tonight. We are regular customers that have been cooking at home for most of Covid 19 weeks out of public. Decided to order out from Panera and have our favorite Strawberry Poppyseed salad. It was terrible! Most of lettuce was the white chunky stuff that I throw out when I make salads. The fruit was mushy, none of it appeared fresh, and to top everything off our side order of French Bread was so flat that all you could do was rip it apart for two heels of bread. Very unhappy with our venture out into what used to be a "go to place". read more

We used to come here a lot and though it's pricey for sandwiches and soup, the portions were generous, and overall tasty. Today we were disappointed with how poorly made our sandwiches were. Barely any meat, and even our child's ham and cheese only had one meager slice of Turkey and cheese that looked very much like Kraft slices. I don't think it was worth the $4.00!!! Times are hard and everyone is cutting back, but they are definitely compromising quality for profit. Their prices have not changed, but their quality has. Not impressed with our visit. Save your money and go to Mr. Pickles for a better deal. Not going back to Panera any time soon, feeling ripped off! read more

Very disappointed in Panera Bread. I went in this morning to get a coffee ordered a Caramel Latte got a caffe latte. Meh whatever I'll deal the real issue here was that a woman in a wheelchair had gone up and ordered before me. While I am standing at the counter her order was up. She came up to the counter and asked the workers for help taking her food to the table and they just looked at her and continued working. She told me that usually they always take her food to the table but this time she was completely ignored. Very poor taste! That might be some of the poorest service I have ever seen. read more

Nice Atmosphere and soups are okay. The sandwiches are pre-made and kept in a fridge. Watch them make your sandwich - not from scratch. The bagels and pastries are tasty. Overall, okay to hang out - like a Starbucks on steroids. One gripe: it's overpriced. I spent 8 bucks for a large Mac Cheese, and the amount was the size of a small side. Kids were still hungry - yikes! I still go there, but not as a habit. I'll give them three stars. If they had better prices, then maybe a fourth star, but not today. read more

I went this morning around 9:30am, and I have asked for the clam Chowder, they told me it will be ready after 10:30am, So I ordered a coffee and a bagel then I came back around 1:10pm and I asked again for the clam Chowder, it was another person and she said we have discontinued serving the clam chowder. I think they should either fire their non knowledgeable employees or teach them each week of changes happening in their store. This mistake from them, made me loose 30 minutes of my break time of work. I don't think I'll go to this place anymore. read more

Absolutely love this place!!! Love the food, the staff, and the atmosphere! If u are looking for a nice healthy lunch to satisfy your hunger-this is the right place. My favorite it the choose 2 and I ALWAYS get the BBQ chicken salad and the chicken Caesar sandwich...yum yum! On top of that, a good dessert is always nice after a meal and you can buy ANY pastry for $.99 and the cherry Danish is yummy too! read more