Food - I had the French Dip Ciabatta. It was ok. Processed roast beef like what you would get at a deli. The au jus was nothing special. At least it wasn't loaded with salt. It actually reminded me of beef broth from campbell's soup. Service - the girl at the counter was in training so she needed lots of help from the manager who didn't act like he wanted to train her. Ambiance - the tables and floor was clean this time When JAB Holding Company took over Panera the quality of food and the dining experience started to decline!! read more

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I've done order pick up at this location numerous times. My only complaint is more times than not, they don't have something that I've ordered. That is frustrating to find out after you've arrived bc you have to wait vs just picking up your order and leaving (and referring to how most companies tell you via email they've had to cancel an item or an item is it of stock) and they generally want you to pick something else vs refunding. The location is clean, updated and welcoming, if you don't mind how dark it is. The staff is really laidback and they will just keep walking past you with nary a glance as you stand there by the order pick up queue.... After you got an email ~5 mins ago that your order IS ready for pick up. read more

"shrinkflation" these are my all-time favorite bagels, so sad and disappointed how tiny it was they used to be a lot bigger and looked it up on Google says it's called "shrinkflation" but still the same price ?? $2.19 read more

Panera Bread - Cinnamon Crunch Bagel - Salad Near Me - Gulf Breeze, Florida

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Disappointed with my recent visit. I spent over 15 minutes waiting at the drive-through window with no communication or update. The staff seemed polite but overwhelmed, which appeared to be an issue with management and organization rather than effort. I usually enjoy Panera, but this experience was frustrating and showed a clear need for better leadership and coordination during busy times. this defeats the purpose of fast food. read more

This location is in desperate need of a facelift and new HVAC systems. I only recommend the food but not in the restaurant.

No one was there to help you, kiosk was not letting me order. One older gentleman wanted to order, he ended up leaving. They truly despise their customers read more

I want to give a huge shout out to Kaylah for going out of her way to fix my meal and ensure that I enjoyed my visit. When I got my food I was not happy. First the soup didn't have any croutons. I'm a person who likes some soup with my crackers, so not getting any while the rest of the table had theirs was not appreciated. So I went in to get some. When I got to the counter the food came out from the gal that was there told me to wait and proceed to good other things. Another gal saw and seemed to be confused by that response. After a minute she reached out and grabbed something in front of both of them, then handed me a packet of croutons. Why the first girl could grab them real fast to fix their mistake I don't know, but I appreciated the second gal helping. Thinking that was the end, I went back to my meal Only to find the sandwich was disgusting. I had ordered a fresh sandwich since I really wanted some green, but when I picked it up it seemed dry and empty. I opened it and counted 3-4 wilty pieces of lettuce. Frustrated, and know what kind of service I got the last time I went to the food counter I went back to the register this time. It took a minute but a guy came to ask what I needed. I showed him my plate, and explained what had happened. He said they would remake it. I kept the soup and bread (since I had already grabbed the rest) and left the sandwich. When yet another lady (Kaylah-I think that's the spelling) came out with a plate to bring it to me (she also came out to personally check what had happened) I wasn't very hopeful. However I immediately saw it was much better, full of lettuce, basil, dressing, and everything else it should have had to begin with. When I took a bite.... So good! So from being the third and last time I ever went to a Panera, now I can't wait to get another. So thank you for fixing my dining experience. read more

Panera Bread - Salad Near Me - Gulf Breeze, Florida

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Ordered two toasted bagels with butter & cream cheese open face as well as a couple lunches. Looked in my bag to see my bagels thrown in a bag. No butter nor cream cheese. Asked Amanda about it, and she insisted butter was in the bag and I hadn't ordered cream cheese. She handed me a couple cream cheese packets. I then asked if salad dressing was in the bag. She said yes. All this time being snarky with a grin saying "Have a nice day" over a dozen times. When I was walking out, she rudely loudly said to the sweet young gal at the register "Make sure you read the orders back so I don't get yelled at again". I never raised my voice. I was just making sure my to-go order was correct prior to leaving. Ironically, after leaving, my ordered did not have butter in the bag AND my Fuji apple salad was missing the Fuji apple crisps! Hey Amanda, if you're going to be rude to your customers for no good reason, be sure YOU have the order correct and properly prepared. read more

I waited 18 minutes at the drive-thru waiting on my salad. When I finally received my order, I asked the employee why it took so long to prepare a salad. He answered with "I don't know." I said do you realize it took 18 minutes to prepare my salad? He said "I don't know" and he shut the window!!! This is not the first time I have waited in line for my order to be prepared. I don't know what is going on at the Gulf Breeze Panera Bread, but they need to fix the problem. Unfortunately, the manager was unavailable to speak to me because "she was online," which speaks volumes to why there are problems with preparing orders in a timely manner. read more

holy moly do no go here unless you have like 2 hours to spare and the patience of a jedi. pulled up to the window and literally waited 30 mins for them to even take my payment. the whole crew was off frolicking and scratching their asses not doing anything but yap. after they FINALLY gave me my food, to literally nobody's surprise, they messed up our order. bro charged me $2 for some bacon bits in my mac and cheese and forgot them. do not come here if you want peace upon your day. read more

Panera Bread - no bacon - Salad Near Me - Gulf Breeze, Florida

Very slow service for a simple order. Waited in the window service line for 25 minutes for 2 bowls of soup and a teriyaki bowl. At the window no apology for the long wait. I do not recommend this location. read more

So today I was told that Panera no longer will be making 'sesame' bagels anymore. This is very disappointing because they are my favorite second to 'poppy' bagels which this Penera never had. Is this a corporate decision or is this just this Panera? Now I will have to search for a bakery (which is nearly non-existant) in Gulf Breeze, FL. read more

They were very rude. They've been taking a long time. And they have been getting the orders wrong. Worst Panera we've ever been to.

What a big disappointment, used to go all the time, was always busy, ha, NOT ANY MORE, most every table was dirty, had to clean the table myself, fine, then I at least know it's semi clean, but manager standing around talking to girls, I ordered a Bread bowl of french onion soup, first it was small, but there was NO SOUP, no broth, just nasty croutons, and onions, it would of been maybe three bites, but again, no SOUP, I went to counter ,showed them the nasty stuff, they tried the excuse well maybe it's the bread and blah blah. I said for 8.00 there should be some broth, she did offer more broth, which I took, but was not good. Bread seemed old also, I won't be back and will not recommend the place to visitors, I used too, but no more. And CLEAN THE PLACE!! read more

Sat inside for 20 minutes waiting for a sandwich and latte that never showed Quality went down the drain at this Panera read more

southwest chili chicken lime salad was not good - so weird. think the ranch was what made it odd for me. restaurant was good size and parking lot good employees were very friendly and kind seemed to be hard workers read more

Food tasted awful, I ordered a grilled cheese and tomato soup; the grilled cheese was ice cold and I was given cheddar and broccoli soup. I wouldn't mind but they both tasted terrible. I also ordered a pepperoni sandwich just in case...... the bread was stale and my sick mother wouldn't even feed it to her dogs. The food way overpriced it was $35 for the meal, and the place was filthy on top of that. read more

What's there to say? Almost every Panera I've visited has delivered a consistent, quality experience, and this location is no exception. If it wasn't for Panera's long hours and bottomless coffee, would I even have made it through grad school? The good: Plenty of indoor and outdoor seating with a reasonable amount of space between tables, typical coffee shop music, bottomless coffee, warm bagels, clean bathrooms, and a decent number of power outlets. Also, of course, free WiFi. There's also some kind of book exchange box outside that I'm guessing is popular with the teenagers. The maybe-not-good-depending-on-your-age: This Panera is across the street from a high school and is therefore a teenage hangout during certain times of the day. I came during the morning, and the kids were quiet and didn't bother me, but other reviewers have said otherwise. read more

I was visiting from out of town. I'm from Phoenix Arizona. I had a wonderful experience at this location. They were fast, service was amazing, and the food was excellent. When I come back to visit my family I will definitely come back! read more

We love Panera but this location was pretty bad. We ordered at a kiosk which was nice (less contact due to Covid). When we received our food it looked pretty bland. I noticed they forgot the baguette with my meal so I went to the counter and asked them for one. This man that I wasn't even talking to THREW one on the counter and said "there you go!". This bread was not even on a plate or on any type of napkin. So much for keeping things sanitary! The Mac and cheese with broccoli was great but the Caesar salad was meh. The croutons were stale and the chicken was definitely not grilled. I would definitely reconsider going to this Panera location. read more

My last few experiences at this location have been pretty mediocre, and I said I wasn't going to come back. Today I was craving a salad and their papaya green tea, so I ordered on the app and had my husband pick it up. No complaints. Everything was correct, even the substitution. I was impressed! read more

This place is terrible about labeling their sandwiches when you order more than one. It's a process of elimination opening everything. Why put the sticker to close the sandwich paper if you're not going to label it? Come on! read more

Sorry Panera. This is more about your choice of delivery. Door Dash picked our food up at 728 and we just received at 821pm. Google shows I am 9 minutes away. Don't order delivery due to their choice of delivery method. read more

We ordered curbside service. When we showed up, we had to go in to pick up our food. My over easy egg sandwich was shoved into its box sideways, and the yolk ran oll over the inside of the bag and got all over my wife's bagel. The food was inedible and cold. read more

Through my travels I have visited many Paneras. This one is in my home town and what a disappointment it was. One word... dirty! The pastry case, the drink cold cooler, the soda dispensers, the coffee station, all neglected over a period of time. Things do not get that dirty if regular maintenance is done. I doubt I will return to a Panera again. read more

Great location and ordering through the drive-thru was very easy. The coffee was nice and hot and their chocolate chip cookies are the BEST!! read more

Panera Bread - Outside View. - Salad Near Me - Gulf Breeze, Florida

I ordered a pick 2 with soup,Buffalo Chicken Baquette and a green tea.The bill was around 19$. It wasn't the price that was disturbing but the food itself.The Buffalo Chicken Baquette was not edible. It had very little chicken,hard bread,virtually no buffalo sauce and that was pretty much it! I took maybe 3-4 bites and into the garbage it went! The soup was edible and of course the tea was fine. I'll never order the Buffalo Chicken again. It was possibly the WORST sandwich I have EVER ordered at a restaurant!I figured I'd leave a review to spare someone else the misery. read more

Dirty !!! All the drink machines are filthy with mold all over the spouts and the inside of ice machine is the same .

one word...SLOW..!! it took every minute of my 30 minute lunch break to get a soup... Made this mistake once before but considering it was just a bowl of soup, I figured I could get in and out within 10 minutes... Ha ha ha... I guess I can't afford the staff to cover the lunch crowds..won't be back...! read more

we asked twice to make sure forks and spoons were in the bag but there were none when we opened it on the beach. we got soup, mac&cheese and salads. Also in our salads we had multiple pieces of rotten lettuce. very disappointed. read more

Panera Bread - rotten lettuce - Salad Near Me - Gulf Breeze, Florida

Good food and service after an afternoon at the beach. A few of the sandwiches can be made vegan and so can the drinks. read more

Panera Bread - Veganized Med veg, veg soup, cafe latte - Salad Near Me - Gulf Breeze, Florida

This location is the worst Panera Bread I've ever seen! Poor sanitation practices. Food particles and crumbs everywhere in the kitchen and front counter area. The workers are laughing loudly and joking around while preparing food as customers are waiting for their food to be served. Disappointing experience. read more

Dropped in for a breakfast bagel at 9:30 AM. Surprisingly every inch of this place was filthy. counters, windows, drink station, walls, was dirty. I instantly wanted to turn around, you'd think the location would provide a better atmosphe. I'm completely disappointed. they need to do a deep cleaning, not a good look, at all. my bagel was good. Restaurant dirty read more

I (used to) love Panera but I spent a bunch of money getting bread with missing sandwich meat. I ordered a chicken salad sandwich and a grilled cheese. A quarter of the grilled cheese had cheese. Nothing else. A quarter of the chicken sandwich had chicken salad on it. The rest was lettuce. No one knew what they were doing. I'm contacting the corporate office because I want my money back. I went back a second time thinking it was just a mistake. Nope. Still crappy. The bread was hard as a rock, the turkey tasted rancid. Do not go here. You'll be disappointed and to pay $40 for three sandwiches with poor quality is ridiculous. Will never be back. read more

What a disappointment. The food ( and we ate in) was cold and not good. The pastries (9:00 am) looked old and nothing looked fresh. Wife was going to have a bear claw, but it looked like it had been sitting out for days and was overcooked. There are many other places to eat in the area, this will not be one we visit again! read more

This was an average Panera. Clean and efficient. Lots of outdoor seating. Wasn't too busy for a Saturday night and all the items were well stocked. Panera's prices nationwide are outrageous in my opinion-- it was $20 for two basic you pick two meals! But that isn't specific to this Panera. Sandwiches and soup were hot and tasty. read more

Went inside for dinner, order was messed up, food taste terrible (a gas station burger would've been better!), couldn't eat the food it was so bad, and was very expensive!! Restaurant was filthy...would not recommend this Panera restaurant to anyone! read more

Decent Panera with a drive thru. First one of those I've ever seen! Food was fine, and we didn't have to wait long. Good stop if you are in gulf breeze. read more

Oh the amount of times this place has left some food out of the bag is insane. I swear half the times I leave this place I'm not getting something I ordered. Lol. Too consistently inconsistent, seriously irritating when this happens read more

Love Panera Bread, but this location's drive-thru service rarely gets our orders right. Make sure to always double check your order before driving away! read more