I ordered something quick on my way home from picking up my hubby's truck from a local business. I love their soup. It was delicious. Ready early and everyone there couldn't be nicer or more professional! read more

NATIONWIDE: pick up the phone and call your local Panera Bread to see if they have an outdoor patio! And, if they do, leashed dogs are probably allowed. We visited the Howell location and were so impressed with how big and beautiful the outdoor patio is! Bryan, the assistant manager, confirmed dogs are allowed here, and was so friendly chatting with us. Panera has a great app to place your order for rapid pickup. They prepare your order then you can pickup inside the restaurant or curbside. From great baked goods, to sandwiches, to soups and salads, coffee and fun drinks, all served in a warm and welcoming environment. We are dreaming about the 10 vegetable soup in a sourdough bread bowl. read more

Horrible.....The 12:79 Baja Bowl was like a side Salad! This company has deteriorated! Pathetic source for a meal..Save your money! Go somewhere else! read more

Panera Bread - Baja Bowl! Pathetic attempt at a salad for 12.79! Save your trip ! - Sandwiches Near Me - Howell Township, New Jersey

Purchase bunch of gift certificates and received $10 bonus card l tried to use it. They said it was good only for " one month." Never was told. read more

Thought I'd add on to my previous review -- ordering that You Pick Two (this time with the cheaper Bacon Turkey Bravo) and mac and cheese is still just expensive, but adding a small fountain drink makes this total $16.50. Yikes. Food was fine, but considering you need to clean up after yourself and grab your own drink, is this seriously worth it? Take out's always been the move, but if there's something good about dine-in, you could probably just come in and spend however long you want to talk or study in the dining room. read more

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As much as it pains me to give a 1-Star review at a time like this, when restaurants are struggling, short-handed and dealing with rude people, times are hard all around, so believe me when I say this is not an easy review to write, but it's necessary. We were not rude. Surprised?! yes, but not rude. My Review is for the staff member that took directions from the Manager, who was not giving any "care's" at all, the Manager that struggled to give a legitimate reason, for cancelling a lunch order for 5 people that were working on a Saturday , without so much as an, I'm sorry. Order was placed via Door Dash: 2- Bistro French Onion Soup 1- Pick 2- Broccoli Chedder Mac & Cheese, 1/2 fuji apple salad w/chicken 2- Broccoli chedder soup 1- Napa Almond Chicken Salad Sandwich 2- Grilled Mac & Cheese Sandwich 1- Strawberry Banana Smoothie 1- Teriyaki Chicken & Broccoli Bowl 1- Chips No issue here- 11 items and delivery was no rush- then received an email saying order was cancelled- no reason given, no phone call, no text. So we called... Staff: Said "we the consumer" needs to understand that they are short staffed so it cancelled. Period. Us: Ok well someone could have called us, we would have picked it up- no rush, but this is our lunch, we too are working through tough times, and a cancellation sucks, please re do and fill the order- Them: Sorry, no can do its cancelled. Us: Let us speak to a manager.. Manager: Gets on the phone--- we cancelled your order, because it is a catering order. We are not catering now. Us: Wait.. what???? it's 5 lunches- it's not catering order Manager: Ya, anything over $70.00 is considered catering... US: Uhhh, well, part of that was $6.65 is tax, $1.00 Delivery fee, $9.03 Convenience Fee, and your added tip of $9.03 - food was $ 90.29 - so it came to $116.00-- So, you, you mean, no one there could have called us? told this to us? you don't have this anywhere on your website, how are customers supposed to know? that anything over $70.00 is a catering order? this is our staff's lunch! You don't just cancel an order without giving a reason! Manager: ya- sorry- it's considered a catering order........ we'll credit back your credit card have a nice day. long pause..... Us- Okthanksbye So, FYI- if you place an order for lunch and if it's over $70.00 it's considered catering, even if you are not in a rush, even if you say you'll go pick it up.. its catering. "nuff said". I'm pretty Sure its obvious my opinion has changed drastically about Panera, I used to say I loved it and then it was like, ya, it's Upscale Hospital Food-- but I've been in a lot of hospitals, and I'ma just gonna say it--Jersey Shore UMC's Kitchen staff kicks booty when when it comes Hospital/Cafeteria food-their french onion soup, turkey sandwiches and chicken caesar salad is 10k times better than Panera-- THERE I SAID IT !! read more

Our lunch was prepared well, served quickly and most importantly, very tasty. Less palatable was the price. Two half sandwich and soup specials including a drink and a bag of chips left my crisp fifty dollar bill in tatters. Considering the ethos of the place is full bore woke millennial it's a wonder how these organic up-sell artists manage to stay solvent catering to their wool-capped fandom in perpetual fiscal crisis. Next time I'll bring a crisp Benjamin and treat myself to some ethically sourced avocado toast. On second thought... read more

Went back to Panera almost 2 years later. I ordered a Grilled Cheese and Bacon on White Miche. Well not much has changed. The outside of the bread was as chewy as leather. The cheese was broiled to the point that no moisture remained. In another words, awful still! read more

If you want fast casual dining, cannot get better. I had a new Cuban chicken panini and chicken Caesar salad. I enjoyed this new sandwich. Creamy dressing and seasoned. I think Panera has one of the best Caesar dressing's. Don't judge!!! My wife had the French onion soup and lobster roll. First off, we didn't know this lobster roll was $16 dollars! Damn! I tried it and it was too chewy and didn't taste any seasoning. I would of been very upset with the meal, but she liked it. I will say, the French onion soup is the best!!! I always get the plum tea. No extra sugar and is the best tea they have. I enjoy going to this Panera for the outdoor seating during the summer time. Timing on receiving the meal meets my expectations. Price is effecting the rating. They are starting to increase higher and higher. Just turns me away when a sushi place down the street, gives more the value. read more

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Yes I enjoy eating at Panera Bread. A favorite is the Broccoli Cheddar Cheese Soup, Yummy

Been here a few times and while it's not fantastic you get a fairly good sandwich for not a great deal of money. The ordering process is a bit bothersome but you do get a beeper that lets you know when your meal is ready. I ordered a turkey sandwich on whole grain bread which had bacon and avocado on it. It was good. Ambiance is decent and it's worth a return visit or two read more

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Loved it. It was great. Me and babe stopped here for lunch. I was able to build my own salad which was great. We did curbside so it was quick and easy and contactless. read more

Panera Bread - Lunch! - Sandwiches Near Me - Howell Township, New Jersey

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Amazing food and the staff are so kind. I love to get the Grill cheese and it comes out looking and tasting so delicious ( I am the most picky person ever).It isn't that dirty. Also, my favorite drink is the papaya green tea and they are always filling the drinks if they are low. The food comes out so fast but so fresh at the some time. Do recommend. Will be going back very soon read more

Their beverage dispensers are extremely disgusting! I got diarrhea every time I had beverages there. read more

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I had never eaten at Panera Bread before, in part, because the idea of quick comfort food just didn't appeal to me, and the other reason being that I just didn't know what they served. For a week, I have been on a very specific diet, and needed a good salad place to go to. Upon my search for salad places, I found out that Panera Bread offered a wide assortment of customizable salads to-go. I was thrilled with this realization, and headed over to the location in Howell. Inside the restaurant, there was an option to order on this ipad style screen. I ordered a Green Goddess salad (no shame), and eliminated the bacon, adding cucumber instead. I paid and waited. While waiting, I was able to look around at the menus, and was surprised to note how many healthy options they had. I always thought of Panera Bread as, "the home of the bread bowl", never kale salads and cold brew. I picked up my order further down at a second counter, and ate in my car. I have to say the salad was excellent. It had chicken, avocado, some type of onions, and they also gave me a free complimentary baguette slice (which I gave to someone at home, as I am no carbs). The salad dressing was unusual, in a good way, unlike anything I had tasted before. I believe it was cilantro based, or consisting of some other type of leafy green that gave it a stand-out flavor. It was the dressing that came with the salad. It was overall, a very filling meal that was enjoyable and pleasant. I will be back, and am happy to inform that Panera makes a great salad. Whether I'm late to the party, or not, I am unsure, but at least now I know I'm invited. read more

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Horrible drive thru LONG LINES not efficient we should be able to order and pick up. It feels like the same person that takes the order makes the order It's a shame read more

I love Panera. But this location is awful. There's always something wrong with my order or they're out of stuff or they take forever to get my order completed. I just need to quit coming here. It took 30 minutes to get a bowl of soup. A bowl of soup!! read more

Panera has to have some of the best foods ever! perfect place for lunch. 10/10 recommended

First time I have ever had an employee who happened to be the mgr Adam say we are not just here to take your money. We want you to be happy!!! read more

This place sucks. Ordered a bagel with cream cheese and it took 10 minutes to get. Also ordered a bacon egg and cheese. Pretty sure there was 1 egg and 1 piece of broken up bacon and 1 piece of cheese on the bagel. Also they dont put the cream cheese on the bagel for you ???WTF... first and last time ever eating at a panera,dont know how or why people think this place is good. Placing a order is annoying and having to go get the food too is dumb. Save yourself time and money and go somewhere else. Unless of course you are a brainless hipster person who thinks the world of this place then by all means eat her. read more

I come here for breakfast a lot. There always seems to be issues here. The coffee urns 6:15-9:15 empty or not hot. People always seem to be waiting around for someone to refill the coffee. Ron, is one grumpy employee. Okay dude, if you are having a bad day don't be on the register. Go sit in the back and cut bread. People lined up waiting for their coffee. Maybe he doesn't get his in the morning neither. Better management is needed in this location. read more

Great service as well as always a good meal The staff team is always exceptional and Victoria is outstanding ! read more

Worst Panera ever. Waited 10 minutes to order (quick self serve ordering pad was occupied, and the second one was broken). Only two people were on line ahead of me. Then waited 10 minutes for food. Got served Mac and cheese with a hair super visible right on top. Oh, and no real spoons available--only plastic. Yum. Love the taste of hot plastic. Anyway, returned the mac because of the hair. They made a new one, which took another five minutes. This place is NOT fast casual. Beverage area was filthy as well. Will not be returning to this location. read more

Had special, cup of creamy tomato soup, not enuff chunks of tomato for me. Also had half a salad, not enuff veggies to feed a rabbit, so good thing it was all just an appetizer before I ate more food later. And I really could have passed on the half roll they gave me, too hard to chew unless I dunked it in the soup!!! read more

Stopped by today for a brunch & saw they had a lobster roll on the menu... thought I'd try it... omg... more lobster than I've ever had before on a roll... could only eat half... so my wife gets a meal too.. with soup it was a great meal.... btw the bread they put it on was far superior to a hot dog roll.... it was fantastic read more

I've been going to the Howell Panera since they've opened. However the last couple of times I've gone, the service was horrible. They had one girl at the register and the line was out the door. There was no coffee in the regular coffee urn and no milk or cream in the pitchers. I asked someone to refill the coffee urn but it never happened. There were also flys on the pastries behind the glass. These should be totally covered. Plus there was no soap in the woman's bathroom dispenser. I think they need a wake up call and get back to good business and customer service. read more

Weird general manager thumbed my food. Not happy about it I saw syrup on his thumb and he licked it off

I love Panera.... but the last time I was at the Howell location I was a little disappointed. I always go for the combo... usually salad and soup w/ bread bowl.. but this time I went for the salad and the mac&cheese combo. I've had the mac&cheese before and its really delicious.. but this time it wasn't that warm and kinda was just like a blob of mac&cheese. It may have been because I went on an off hour of the day.. i dunnooo... This little set back will not change my opinion of Panera... and I will definitely go back to this one. also, the cinnamon crunch bagels and choc chip cookies are ridiculous.. so tasty! read more

I'm slightly confused on the bad reviews for Panera, this one in particular. I've been going to the Panera in Howell for a few years now and have never had a bad experience. The only aggravation I experienced was the day they stopped making the ham and swiss breakfast soufflé, it's absolutely delicious, and I was NOT a happy camper when it was removed from the menu. But then to my surprise it was brought back! The servers seem nice and courteous, the food is pretty good. I don't really feel the prices are that bad, they are a little more than other establishments but not overboard. I love the French Onion soup and the panini's. The only gripe I have is with the rewards program. It's ok. You get free items every 6 or 7 visits, but why don't I get a free soufflé? I go to Panera for breakfast on my way to work a couple times a week and I always get the ham and swiss soufflé, yet every reward I get is a bagel! I don't buy bagels so why give me one as a reward? And it's just one after the other. At one point I think I had about 3 or 4 free bagels stacked up and they just expired because I do not want bagels! If you see that I am a regular and I purchase the same thing every time I come in, then I should receive that item as a reward once in a while, not something I do not eat over and over. This costs a star for me. I wish they would fix this aspect of the rewards program. Mmm, i'm getting hungry just thinking about those soufflé's.... read more

Walked in, ordered my broccoli cheddar soup with my you pick 2, was told they didn't have it. So I changed my whole order, and decided on a salad and sandwich. "Apple?" "No, bread please". Was informed they didn't have bread........ ITS IN THE NAME!!!!! How do you not have bread????? I walked right out, and won't be back. I wish I could give it less than one star read more

I was really kind of surprised to see such low reviews to this place. Albeit, this was my first check-in, but I have been here a million times and never encountered a problem with the food or service. It is most definitely in one of the busiest strip malls in town. So, with that, you are going to have mistakes made and maybe some under-staffing. However, you know before you walk in the door where you are and how much you are paying for a sandwich and soup, so for people to review based on their corporate-decided prices, to me, is not fair. As I said, I have been here lots of times and never had a bad experience. The food is good, it's quick to come out, even on the busiest afternoons, (was there during a lunch rush today, and it took less than 10 minutes for our food), and while the staff does look a bit overworked, they have never been rude or unprofessional. It's a staple establishment to go to, and not a bad one at that! read more

Very dissatisfied. I Always order the turkey blt. Today my sandwich was horrible. Not only did my sandwich look horrible (everything was thrown on and there was mayonnaise spilling everywhere) it seems as though the guy making my sanehiv read more

The food is good as usual, the portions are small as usual, the disappointing thing about this establishment is that they do not have the delivery service as many of the other Panera's do have. I love the French Onion soup, it is consistently a great thing to order. Now I need to fill up my Panera "frequent flyer" card(). GET THE DELIVERY SERVICE GOING!! read more

I just placed a pick up order and picked up dinner on my way home. It was ready when I got there which was great, however I ordered a lentil quinoa bowl WITH chicken only to find when I got home there was no chicken at all. I am very disappointed. I should not have to open my food and check things were done right before taking it with me. Soup was fine but it wasn't really a meal without the chicken and I was really looking forward to it. read more

Dirty ,filthy ladies room. Tables dirty. Spoke to manager started to tell him did not look us in the eye and walked away before we finished talking. Not the first time this has happened there. Is there any Management training or people skills in this store. Folks find a Starbucks better run. read more

This restaurant is absolutely absurd. The customer service, the wait time, the hygiene, the food itself, horrible. My daughter and I decided to go to this Panera location for a late brunch and were highly dissatisfied with it. When we got up to the register, the cashier was awfully rude and rushing. She couldn't get my order right for the love of God. I understand the overwhelming feeling of a cashier, but to mess an order as simple as a chicken caesar salad with bacon and cucumbers should not be this difficult. My daughter had just ordered a grilled cheese. The wait time to get my order was 40 minutes or more, with little to almost no people at the restaurant. When the food came, her grilled cheese was like ice. And my salad had been soggy and tasted like it had been made days prior. The bread I received was as hard as a rock. For the amount of money I payed, we should have gotten better. The water tastes like sink water and the hot chocolate my daughter had gotten was grey and reheated in a microwave. When it was time to leave, my daughter had forgotten her cellphone at the table, and as she was walking in to retrieve her cellular device, the manager came out frustrated with it and pushed the door into her, and basically threw her phone at her. We did not think much of it until we got home, so nothing was done at the scene. But overall, from my personal experience and as an old supporter of this Panera Bread location, I will no longer be coming back, even if it meant life or death. read more

I love Panera bread. Today I got half of a Greek salad with some delicious fresh bread. Soooo good. Also not too bad for you, total about 350 calories. read more

This spot never fails to disappoint. Whether you are on a diet or you want to stuff your face with bread, this place is the place to go. It even has gluten free options for all the people with "gluten sensitivity" read more

Don't come here if you're looking to eat they do not give you enough food and they ran out of bread how do you run out of bread at Panera bread? I walked in with money in my pocket and empty stomach walked out with an empty stomach and no money in my pocket Mac and cheese is good though read more

I love Panera Bread. The employees here are great, the food is great, and the environment is great.