Good location. They had all ingredients for my order & made it accurately. The staff is very kind & their food was good quality. I especially appreciated that they weren't stingy with the red onions on my sandwich like the Brea location was. read more

Love this place... And tbe broccoli cheddar soup. Pleasant atmosphere good service and great food. read more

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Don't come here worst Panera I've ever been to. Ordered the new grilled Mac sandwich they charged me $11 for two pieces of bread and barely any Mac. As well as taking 45 minutes to get it to me. Messed up our drinks and had poor customer service. Never coming back to this Panera read more

HORRIBLE HORRIBLE SERVICE I came in around 5pm, the cashier was a young Asian female. She was very rude. I ordered my bagel & cream cheese. And it came out sliced weird, the top was paper thin & the bottom part full bagel. I asked if this is okay & she said have a nice day & shut me out. Very rude, horrible, I paid $2 for a small cream cheese, like at least be nice! read more

Panera Bread - HORRIBLE SERVICE - Sandwiches Near Me - Fullerton, California

How hard is it to put a Caesar salad together? I just picked up a take out order where the lettuce was wilted, brown edges and lettuce that was completely bad! When I called to report, I got no satisfaction. I was told they just open the lettuce bad and poor it in. Does anyone have eyes? Disgusted and that was my last visit to Panera! read more

I forgot the name of my sandwich, but it was an avocado sandwich club and it was the perfect portion size and tasted delicious!! I will definitely be back here again! I had never actually visited this place although I live down the street and fell in love ! read more

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I use to frequent this location all the time because it was close to work. I mostly would just go for breakfast. It's your ordinary Panera, nothing different or special. There rapid pickup concept is amaze! You order online, pay, tell them what time you'll pick it up, and the order is, or should be ready, by the time you get there. Every time I did this at this location, my order was always ready. It was also always right which is important! This location is right next to Cal State Fullerton so it's better to do the rapid pickup because otherwise it is packed! Parking can be a pain, ESP during lunch time. There are a few other lunch places here so it can be hard finding a spot. The employees I have dealt with were nice. Most of them young and probably college students. Now that I don't work close by anymore, I probably won't be back to this Panera unless in the area. But all in all a great ran location! read more

Panera Bread - Chicken Cesar salad with kale and romaine lettuce with avo! - Sandwiches Near Me - Fullerton, California

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Clearly not a company store as it is understaffed, dirty and only has outdoor dining. Do yourself a favor and find another store.

Yeah, I won't be coming back. PARKING Plenty of parking in the plaza. This location is on State College next to the KFC. It's in the same plaza area as Thai Basil and Sharetea! INTERIOR/ EXTERIOR Very similar layout to their other locations. Stepping in, you're greeted with beautiful displays of their delicious looking pastries up front. They have many tables to the left of the register but you might want to think again about dining in. MENU I've previously only taken breakfast pastries or drinks to-go and this is my first time dining in at this location. The friend and I came by when we saw that our original destination was closed. We placed our order and sat down to wait for our food to come. We got the Chinese Citrus Cashew Salad and their You Pick Two option, getting their half-half Chipotle Chicken Avocado and Mac & Cheese. Quite the regret upon the arrival of our food! Instantly, I noticed that my spoon was still stained and dirty - caked with last person's mysterious meal of whatever they ate. So disgusting! Appalled at the thought once again. The portion for the salad was generous but I would not recommend their You Pick Two option unless you are ordering for a young child. The plate looks empty and for $12, it was not worth it at all. However, the sandwich itself was not bad. SERVICE Service during my visit is probably the only thing that is saving this review. The guy at the register is nice. I am a little disappointed at the server because despite looking at our food as he brought it to us, he neglected to see that both utensils (spoon and fork) were still dirty. Even upon replacement, many of the utensils were dirty and I felt disgusted trying to eat without touching any part of the spoon. Suggestion for management? Get your shit together! No one wants to eat at a dirty place and while your pastries and food selections may be good, I don't think I'd ever come back. read more

I've been coming here for my morning coffee a little over 3 months and I want to give praise to Briana. I recently moved so, I've been going out of my way to get my coffee from this location because of her. Briana is an asset to Panera Bread and does her best to remember how I like my coffee which makes me feel like they care here. Definitely will keep coming back for my morning coffee. read more

So sad food quality is going down where prices going up. Ordered creamy chicken and rice soup. Not so creamy, more like water down with added salt! Why not just say sold out instead of adding water?! read more

Very nice and clean restaurant. Good food. Good location My only complaint is that the wifi is horrible if u need to work on your PC. Less than 1mbps read more

Panera Bread - Wifi speed at this location - Sandwiches Near Me - Fullerton, California

What can I say, I'm just not impressed. I ordered a pick 2 - bowl of chicken soup and a tomato and mozzarella flatbread and got a cookie on the side. The food was delicious but my total came out to about $15. To me the price just isn't worth it. Granted, I did have a free pick 2 so I didn't pay the full $15, but that's what the full price would've been without my reward. Also the silverware I got was really dirty so I had to get plastic silverware. I just feel really grossed out by the dirty silverware. Makes me wonder how cleanly the kitchen is as a whole. I hate leaving bad reviews, but I'm just not impressed by Panera. read more

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Pamela was nice when first taking my order and when I said I would have 2 orders her attitude completely changed and was very rude to me and my friend. I asked if she could change my drink out to another and it seemed like it was a huge deal to her. Not to mention she messed up our two orders at the window. read more

The food was amazing and awesome and the staff were great the manager was funny and I just loved the overall event. Thank you so much for everything really appreciate you guys read more

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Bring back Splenda!!! Other than that, 4 stars. Stars are based on service and cleanliness because I never get food there. My only complaint is that they got rid of Splenda and replaced it with this disgusting Equal stuff. Are usually try to dig to find old packages but there aren't any left now. It's become a bit of a conversation topic at the coffee station... read more

Why do I go to Panera Bread? Because it's predictable. I knew exactly what I wanted and I knew it would taste ok. I was hungry and I was too lazy to go eat so a night sandwich pick-up was perfect. The workers were friendly and they helped me right away. Free wi-fi too!! 3.5 stars!! Panera Bread is yummylicious!! read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Fullerton, California

AOK to get a decent meal and free wifi. MInimal outlets, but with a full battery you can get your grub on and java-fi (coffee with free wifi). I found both the quality of the food and the service to be inconsistant here. Sometimes the staff is great, and sometimes they are not. The coffee is aok and is probably the only thing that I have found to be consistant. If I am in the area, and I need to Java-fi, I come here over the starbucks across the street. AOK. read more

Super fast service!! Jeffrey took my to-go order and handed it right to me when I came back a couple minutes later. Supper efficient. I also really love the cob salad. Really good mix of vegetables and protein. Really good salad if you like a lot of variety! read more

Panera is a go-to place when you're looking for a place to grab a bite while cranking out emails or cramming for an exam/assignment you procrastinated on. This location is close to local schools such as CSUF and Troy HS so you're bound to see students hanging out here. Food quality and taste at each location is consistent. I haven't had any problems with my food personally. However, each location is different in it's own way. As a previous employee of Panera, I thought this location was quite lacking in service. Even I didn't treat my own customers rude. The service was not terrible. However, every time I go to this location in comparison to the Costa Mesa or Huntington Beach/Westminster location, none of the workers seem friendly. Even if I had a bad day or didn't feel like being there, at least I faked a smile to make someone else's day. Tables are not cleared and wiped clean that I do it myself. I don't normally come during rush hours so I don't get why it's not kept to expectations. Also, the managers need to be friendlier at the registers (you can spot them in black/maroon dress shirts.) They just wanna take your order and shoo you away instantly. They're even worse at customer service than their associates. Breakfast recommendation: asiago bacon egg and cheese. If you like a kick, swap out the asiago bagel for a jalapeno cheddar bagel. Salad recommendation: BBQ chicken salad Soup recommendation: summer corn chowder (only from June-August though :( ) read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Fullerton, California

Nothing special about this Panera but as far as Panera's go it's a great location. The food is what you would expect at any other location and the layout is very similar to many other Panera locations. Always had a decent selection of bagels available and the pastries were what you would expect. The employees at this location are very friendly and offer samples an suggestions. The restaurant and restrooms were always tended and there was always seating available. Can't really give less than 5 stars. The food was what you would expect, the location is clean, well stocked, and the staff is friendly so there's no real reason not to come unless you just don't like Panera. #86/100 read more

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This place has become a hit-or-miss type of place to me, unfortunately. The last few times I've gone to this Panera Bread have been negative experiences though. I ordered a smoothie from them one morning, and since I'm part of their rewards program, I got an offer for a free smoothie, so I figured "Why not try it out then!" I'm a big fan of smoothies by the way, but what this Panera Bread had to offer was terrible. It was very clear that they used some sort of powder to mix this drink together, especially considering that after each sip I took, I could feel the texture of the leftover powder on my tongue and the roof of my mouth. There was this weird chemical-like taste from the powder as well. Absolutely disgusting. I'm so glad I got that smoothie for free. Not sure if all their other smoothies are like that as well, but I guess it's safe to just stay away from ordering any of their smoothies. Their hot chocolate tends to be hit-or-miss. It used to taste great when I first started getting them from Panera, but the last few times have been a bit bland... almost like water with SLIGHT chocolate flavor. Quite disappointing. I end up getting my hot chocolate from Starbucks now for a slightly more pricey cost, but it's still worth every penny. I haven't had many of their pastries just yet. I used to get their croissants in the past though, but I just stopped because I started realizing how greasy they were. With each bite, oil or grease would fill my mouth. Quite nasty. They would taste rather old as well - the croissant. The last time I went to Panera (last month), I ordered their iced green tea, and it was like drinking syrup... maybe even Kool-Aid. It tasted good, of course, but I was still hoping for the green tea taste as well. I guess at this point, this place isn't hit-or-miss at all for me for the past few months. Their food and drinks are awful. I've never tried their sandwiches before though, but having gone this far with their services, I probably won't even try their sandwiches. Kind of regret putting quite a bit of money into this place now.. What gets a thumbs up from me, though, is the staff. I've come across nothing but friendly employees at this place. There's this one girl who works there who often looks rather pissed at the customers though, but other than that, most everyone there are very sweet. read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Fullerton, California

Gave a order and there was no line . Waited at least 25 minutes to get the order for a simple sandwich. When inquired from the manage he said he had 3 orders before me. All this time not a single one was prepared with 8 people working its pathetic , slow and the manager is "RUDE". Never coming back to this location again! read more

Been here twice in the last week and both experiences were bad. First, I came in with a friend to grab lunch. It wasn't busy but our food took 10 mins to come out. She ordered a salad and I ordered a pasta/sandwich combo. The pasta I order was made wrong as they forgot to put avocado on it and the center of the pasta was cold. As if they microwaved it! My friend asked for an extra side of dressing for her salad. The waitress came back several times to ask what salad she had, then brought two dressing says she didn't know which one was the dressing for her salad. Neither of them were the right dressing so she took them back and and brought a third dressing out which was Italian.... she ordered an Asian Sesame salad. Annoyed and hungry yesterday friend just used the Italian and we left not satisfied. That brings me forward to today.. I figured maybe they were having an off day the other day so I gave them a second chance. My sister and I went in to grab breakfast. I ordered a bagel toasted with cream cheese and she ordered a breakfast sandwich. We were both starving because we had an early appointment and couldn't eat before. OUR ORDER TOOK 13 MINUTES TO MAKE. To toast a bagel and give me a side of cream cheese.... normally I wouldn't care much but when our food came out it was COLD. My sisters sandwich and a fried egg on it with cheese. The egg was not warm enough to melt the cheese at all! While we were sitting there I saw someone from another table get up to MICROWAVE there bagel. (Side note, what kind of establishment has a microwave and charges that much for mediocre food.) Anyway, we were so hungry that we just went microwaved our food ate and left... Two times in one week they served me cold, possibly microwaved food. I WILL NOT be coming back to this location... read more

Friday's are my days to go. Every time I go I get the chicken panini with a bowl of clam chowder. Both are really good but I mostly go for the clam chowder, which is why I can only go on Fridays. From their pastries I've only ever tried their cinnamon roll and warmed up its really good!! read more

Panera Bread - Chicken panini with clam chowder - Sandwiches Near Me - Fullerton, California

If you're looking to study and get some work done they have a lot of seating! If you're looking to go on a diet and starve, this is an excellent choice. The portions here are SO TINY. I ordered my normal thai chicken salad and a soup and normally my salad looks fresh and there's a good abundant of ingredients. The one I got was probably the most disrespectful portion I've seen ever in the history of Panera. My salad had tomato in it, and I only got one 1inx1inch slice of a tomato... I was just extremely disappointed how they skimped on almost all the ingredients. Anyways the portions are a joke here. Service was okay. Not much interaction with the customers. The nice thing is you can order on the kiosks on the side! read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Fullerton, California

So Kristina O's review brings home a point about this location. It's near CSUF so it's always going to be packed with people who are studying or tutoring. Also, during peak hours they cap internet access at 30 minutes. While I can say I understand - I can also tell Panera that you are alienating people who can easily cross the street to a Bux where their time is not metered. Best thing about this location (other than the usual rah-rah I would add about Panera's food/drink) is it's huge and the staff don't bother you if you're there for hours working on a project. Which is great ;-) read more

Just another average Panera... I come here every once in a while when I'm at school and want to grab lunch off campus. The cashiers are friendly and the food is always good! And it's never really crowded so I'm always able to find a seat. I usually get the "You Pick Two" combo with a sandwich and salad. Their signature salads are amazing! And their sandwiches are pretty bomb too. I love how the servers make sure that you're enjoying your meal and even offer to get you water! read more

Just wanted to say Thank you to all the workers at Panera. As everywhere we are all short people to work. You can see you are short staff and have to deal with a lot. Watching how people treat you guys is hurtful. I appreciate your service. read more

To say the least, I went back. I decided that since they were so close by, I'd give them another couple of shots lol. The food remains pretty much the same, though they seemed to have fixed the whole cold soup issue I had with them. Their creamy tomato soup is delish. Service remains hit or miss. Sometimes I get stuck with a cashier that has a constipated, pissy look on her face, and I know I'm going to have to beg the heavens above for patience. I order, I'm done with her and then hope I never have to order from her again. Then there are the girls that cashier and have painted smiles on their frowny faces. Sad, but tolerable, and I smile brightly at them as I place my order. This is the service that I get most of the time. Once in a great while, the deities smile upon me and make the experience a pleasant one by providing a cashier who actually does give a fack about her impact on the customer service issue. I still like the twofer deal with half a sammich and a cup of soup for around $8 and you can currently add a pastry for $1 if you want, to your order. I'll keep coming back as long as I live in the area and it's a 5 minute walk for me ;) read more

Ate here with some college buddies after a short meeting. This place is filled with college students either having meetings, doing homework, or grabbing a good and fulfilling lunch/dinner. The place is spacious and has lots of tables, but their tables are small so you might have to group them if you are coming in as a large party. I heard there's free internet here but after 9pm or is it 7pm? you get kicked off every 30 minutes and have to connect again due to the high demand of access around those times. This would suck because I would get really annoyed if I was trying to do work, but constantly got kicked off! =[ The service here was okay, too, but it was my first time so I didn't know what to order. I forgot what I ordered! LOL but the girl was patient enough to answer my various questions. I do remember I got the YOU CHOOSE 2 meal. Choose between 1/2 sandwiches, soups, or salads for 7$ plus you get an extra piece of bread on the side. My friend recommended the strawberry smoothie so I ordered this and it was pretty good! It had a taste of yogurt in it which was pretty good and tasted healthy, too! However, everyone else got the lemonade and that looked sooooo good and refreshing! For sure I'll stop by to get some lemonade here sometimes! One thing I wasn't sure about was to either leave tip or to not. There was only one girl going around cleaning and throwing away customers' trash, but this place isn't exactly a formal eating environment... more like a huge Starbucks that specializes in bread... so I didn't leave any tip. One more thing.. me and my friend both ordered the Caesar salad and hers came with cheese and mine didn't! The cheese is like the best part and I was not happy that I didn't get any! I was going to ask for some cheese on the side, but before I could I ate like 2/3 of my salad so I was like, SCREW IT! hahaha. read more

Classic Salad.... it was a salad, and it was just okay. Balsamic reduced fat dressing was good. Ask for allergen menu, if needed. The manager was a little hasty. Here's how our conversation went: Me: "Do you have an allergen menu I could look at?" Him: "What can't you eat?" Me: "Gluten, dairy.. -" - I was interrupted - Him: "We don't have anything without gluten. Sorry" He was so dismissive!!! sheesh... Me: "Even your salads?" Him: "Oh" - realizing his mistake- "it depends on the salad" Well....duh. So he finally gave up an allergen menu and I had a few options that I could pick from. Salad was just okay so 3 stars, but minus 1 more for the manager's sauciness. read more

The worker did not notify me and the other customers that the kiosks dont work when she clearly saw all of us working on it. When I told her that they dont work, she unapologetically said "I know. It hasnt been working since this morning." Well thanks for not leaving any signs that they are out of order, wasting all of our time. Workers in the back are super nice though. read more

I usually don't write bad reviews but I hope with criticism comes change. I am part of the "sip club" and visit Paneras all over so cal with my job . Every single time I go into this location something is lacking . Sometimes it's the tea is empty , sometimes it's the bagels are gone ( at 11am ) , the bakery items always look like the space is too big for what they have to sell, the ice is empty, It always looks like it's just about to close and they don't care that what they have to offer is inadequate. Usually the kiosks are broken. Please clean up your act here. It's a great location and they definitely need help. read more

This weekend, I needed to grab food and then work for a few hours, with free internet so I headed over to Panera. I was intrigued by some of their breakfast sandwich offerings (egg sandwiches and the like) but I arrived at about 11 am, which is when they stop serving breakfast. Instead, I ordered the 1/2 Soup/Sandwich combo. It's typically about $6.99 but if you order a Premium sandwich as I did, it's a bit more at $7.50. I selected the Smoked Turkey with Artichoke & Spinach Spread with Caramelized Onions on Ciabatta. It was tasty but far richer than I expected. The spread was essentially spinach dip. For my soup, I selected French Onion. It was not bad. It was beefy and oniony and not too salty as french onion soups tend to be. The only disappointment was the lack of the cheesy crouton that makes this dish sooo good. Instead there were three croutons and shaved asiago cheese thrown in. The cheese didn't properly melt and instead coagulated in clumps that I just avoided. He ordered the Chicken Club with chicken, bacon, tomato and cheddar grilled together with a side of the Panera chips. His iced coffee was underwhelming but they do provide free refills so that's one plus. What really astounded me was Panera's new internet policies. They had always advertised free internet but at least at this location, they limit it to 30 minutes during the prime hours: 1130-130 pm and 530 to 730 pm. In addition, most tables and booths previously had their own electric outlets. At this location, the majority were covered up. This location is extremely close to Cal State Fullerton so I expect that these changes are efforts to deter students who camp there for full days without ordering much. Still, they should consider opening back up some plugs... read more

It's fresh and I like that, but its a bit pricey. What has been killing me is that I'm getting very different experiences here depending on if I get their food for dine in or to go. Dine in has been fairly good and no real compliant. Yet the two times we have visited recently our to go orders are below standard, less care seems to be taken, and overall quality is lacking. Done with dine out service from here, I like Panera Bread, just need better from them... read more

Panera Bread - Plenty of places to put your bum and eat your yum. - Sandwiches Near Me - Fullerton, California

We finally gave up trying to place an order online for pickup after half a dozen attempts ( that represents 6 lost revenue opportunities ). Tonight we decided to go there and place an order. We started an order on the kiosk and then noticed that nothing was available - everything was "sold out." Meanwhile 3 other customers came in and got in line at the register. We got in line to order and when we got our chance, we informed the employee that the kiosk wasn't working. He said that he knew!!!! Why was there no sign to inform customers? Why doesn't the website work? We have to just believe that that location doesn't want customers... we will abide and never go there again! Worst customer service ever read more

My biggest gripe is that the food is a little on the pricey side for how much they offer, though I doubt they have much control over that. In spite of that, the food is absolutely delicious, and the Pick 2 option is a great option for trying multiple yummy things. The bacon mac 'n' cheese is warm and gooey, and feels so good on my throat. Caesar salad is pretty standard; you should ask for a little extra dressing if you're all about the flavor. Creamy tomato soup is delicious and perfect for baguette dipping. Chocolate chip muffies are on the dry side only every once in a while. Paninis are buttery and filling. Agave lemonade is boooooomb -- perfect balance of sweetness and tartness. Lots of places to sit inside and outside, and they do a great job of keeping everything clean. Parking can be pretty lousy during the week around lunchtime, I imagine thanks to all the CSUF students. You can always find parking somewhere in the shopping center parking lot, but you might have a short walk. read more

This location is near Cal State Fullerton in a plaza next to Pieology. The parking lots are marked with 90 min time limits and there are a couple of spots that are designated for Panera Bread as well. The interior of this is pretty nice, it's spacious and there are plenty of tables as well. I came here once to work on a project with some colleagues and the Wi-Fi was horrible. I was trying to go for something a little more healthy and this popped up when I searched for salads. For starters, I was attended very politely and the cashiers were very patient as well. I went with the Chicken Soba Noodle Salad, but they also offered it with peanut sauce too. Adding the peanut sauce was shown as a new edition to their menu and I contemplated on getting it. In the end I choose to not get the sauce and one of the employees offered to exchange my salad for something else if I didn't like it. I choose a french baguette to side with the salad and that was free so nice perk right there. One thing I noticed was that I had no idea when my order was done. I didn't hear my name called and so they could work on that. Okay so the salad I got looked pretty good, but for $7.29 its not that filling. Nice fancy box, there were more noodles than greens. Some bits of carrots, spinach, chicken and a whole lot of noodles. This particular salad that I got started off good and went sour quick. It tasted like they drenched the salad with vinegar. By the time I was almost done I saw the spinach at the very bottom of the box practically soaked. It left an unpleasant aftertaste...to much of that dressing. Price- Alright Service- Average Food- Decent read more

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I ordered broccoli cheddar soup and some pecan bread in store. After I paid, they informed me they were out of pecan bread. I requested a cinnamon roll instead. The worker didn't take off the charge of the pecan bread but insisted I just take the cinnamon roll- without checking the price of it. If the cinnamon roll cost less than the pecan bread I didn't want to be overcharged. Anyways, after that was sorted out, I waited for around 20 min. for my one cup of broccoli cheddar soup. When I approached someone to check on my order, they said it was ready. Right after, this person hid behind the counter and scrambled to put some broccoli cheddar soup in a cup. It was upsetting I had waited all that time for nothing. At last, just me and my soup- it's about time! As I'm on my way home, I open the bag to find a fork instead of a spoon. This "fast" food place is very disorganized. read more