First and foremost the parking lot sucks butt!! Just FYI for all you people who are trying to rush to eat here! They have a BWW near by so thats why most of the parking is taken up. Pros: 1. The QUALITY of the FOOD was amazing! No questions asked... 2. Easy to find seating when it was busy durning lunch time 3. The wait time is not bad at all 4. The food comes out fresh and warm... Cons: 1.The PRICES of the 2 meals I got was about $36.04 Yeh, we got a sandwich meal and a Salad meal SMDH 2. The parking sucks like I said 3. The cashiers didn't seem so friendly today 4. I feel like for the portion of food we got, it shouldn't have costed me almost 40 bucks... Its ridiculous. This will be my first and last time there! Sorry Panera, you guys are amazing, but your prices are just sky rocket!! Now I see why you have a specific kind of cliental... The ones that are rude and swear that money are growing off of trees, if you catch my drift! Over all it was okay... No 5 stars for me guys! read more

Panera, I love you. I would totally ,love you more if soups & your bomb af mac & cheese were magically available right when you open! LOL This location never disappoints us on our travels to LA or LB. For some reason I thought on Sundays- it opened at 6ish. But, lucky us, we arrived at 7am on the dot! I keep forgetting the coffee is served one size only- so, I can never finish my pumpkin spice latte. The asiago, cheese, bacon, egg sandwich is always welcome in my belly! read more

Panera Bread - Chocolate chip muffie?! - Sandwiches Near Me - Lake Forest, California

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This PB location has a lot of work to do when it comes to customer service. Curbside pick up is a joke here. I placed an app order well in advance and when I get there to alert them I've arrived, no one comes out. So, I called to let them know and the guy apologizes and says it'll be right out. Five minutes later, still sitting in my car waiting. I walk in and there's four staff members just standing there talking to each other. The guy I spoke to leads me to the pick-up station and hands me my order that's been sitting there all that time. Again, he apologizes. Next time around, I placed a drive-thru order and ask for my receipt so I can claim a reward point. The guy hands me a reprint with no receipt code for me to enter for to get my point. Look, I understand these are challenging times for all of us as well as businesses. But if you're just standing there not doing your job, how can you count on staying in business? Ridiculous. read more

New flatbread pizza. Half chipotle chicken with bacon and half margarita style! So good! Next time, I'll do the whole pizza as chipotle chicken but also top it with avocado read more

Panera Bread - Perfectly crafted turkey, apple, cheddar sandwich - Sandwiches Near Me - Lake Forest, California

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Ordered a "pick 2" (no drink), price was 23$! Plus then a tip at the register. Then they hand me a buzzer and say pick it up yourself. Then realized they didn't ask what "side" I wanted, just gave me a side of bread ... with my sandwich. Food was good, but def not with the money! read more

Ok time to write a review since I have checked in here a bunch of times. Service is really fast from order to delivery. The girl at the counter could use a personality ...she's not rude or anything but not very welcoming and never says Thank You. I just paid 2 or 3 bucks for a soda that costs you a nickel so saying thanks might be a good idea... Food is good so 4 stars for you... read more

Panera Bread - Thai chicken salad is by far their best salad - Sandwiches Near Me - Lake Forest, California

Good quality food, good service, employees and manager have been very helpful. Will definitely eat there again?!

On the morning of November 26th, I decide to stop by Panera Bread. I ordered the new Bacon, Egg, Cheese no Cheese Breakfast Sandwich on Brioche with the Maple Spread. I received the food promptly and bounced. While driving, (I know I'm not supposed to do this), I open up the wrapping so that I can enjoy this breakfast sandwich. To my dismay, there's cheese on it. I'm approaching Bake Parkway Northbound now and I exit. I entered the 405 off of Lake Forest Drive. I roll back up, explain what happened, and was asked to pull forward. I received the next sandwich and was vaguely offered something to drink. When I say vaguely, it didn't seem as if it was a free offer but an offer. On the receipt, a "treat" is offered if there is a mix up. A drink isn't a treat so that would be presumptuous of me the think the drink would be no cost. I asked for a cup of water. I then roll off again. As I check the sandwich, I discover there's no Cheese (as I requested) but now, there's no maple spread. Dry sandwich. Great. 2 stars because the food was good and the drive thru person was sweet. I'm not of the mindset to go to a place a 3rd time on a botched order. I believe its fair to explain the issue, accept the resolution, and keep it moving. The resolution in this instance wasn't a good one. I ask that anyone who stops by here, please check your order before you leave the window. Panera has a good reputation for the most part. In my situation today, a Sunday after a Thanksgiving holiday, I suppose people need time to sharpen back up. My name is Theron D Sanders. My nickname is Via. I provide honest, fair, and legit reviews from my life experiences.. * If a representative from Panera wishes to contact me, I can be reached at Seven-One-Four / Four-Zero-Four - Two-Five-Six-Six.. read more

Panera Bread - Receipt indicates no cheese.. - Sandwiches Near Me - Lake Forest, California

The staff are very friendly and everything is just so fresh. Celine was extra nice! I highly recommend this branch.

Stopped in for a quick snack. Wasn't busy and the cashier was very friendly and patient with answering questions I had. Been a while and there was some new items on the menu. Ordered a pepperoni flatbread pizza- not bad. Broccoli cheddar soup- always a go-to and a handful of their chicken chip cookies and m&m cookies. I LOVE these cookies there! Went few days later to grab some cookies through the drive through and the cashier in the window was very professional and polite! He had manners! A 10 for that! read more

Terrible experience. I've been here before and good and service was ok but this morning it was horrible. Ordered from the table using their app. Saw at least 5 parties walking in and ordering at the counter after I placed my order and getting their food before I did. Finally walked up to the counter to see one of my breakfast sandwiches sitting there. Second nowhere to be seen. Server says yes that's your order so u take it. And it's the wrong sandwich. I eat it anyway cold as it was. Done and wife's breakfast still not there. Walk up to counter... No explanation, no apologies, "it's coming up". Shouldn't an order come out together? Apparently not to this crew. Had to take it to go as wife had to get on the road. She calls me a few minutes later... "This isn't right... Half the stuff isn't there and the eggs are way over cooked." Not going back anytime soon read more

Their ordering tablets dont work, asked the the cashier to help. Her terrible attitude completely escalated the situation. From the very start her attitude was confrontational. SHE went and got the manager.. I followed her, and heard her say something about my daughter. The manager was more helpful, but seriously needs to think about training his staff properly or replacing them. I will absolutely not be returning here. (definitely, not the first time I had a bad experience here with the staff). Above all the food was prepared very poorly, and was horrible and was tiny portions. No value, at all. read more

The location is terribly crowded during lunch I didn't get any napkins in my Togo bag. The quality of the sandwich and pasta weren't that great read more

Panera is panera...you either like it or prefer something else. I give this place4 stars because of the awesome fact they have a drive-thru...yes a drive-thru. My inky gripe is they should add another menu closer to the entrance of the drive-thru...it will give us that cant decide an opportunity to look at it before we get to the menu where we have to order. A little nerve wracking to not know what you want and have 5 cars behind you read more

Had my lunch here today. The cashier, Crystal,, was wonderful. I was having a stressful day and she took the time to listen. She told me a story as well. That just made my day! I really appreciate such a rare kind person. Thank you Crystal. read more

This is by far the worst Panera I've ever been too. It smelt horrible in there and the lighting is terrible, not a good place to sit down and do work. I also got the kitchen sink cookie which I have gotten at other locations but this time it was stale. The only nice thing was that I was greeted when I came in. read more

Every table was dirty. And they are Still using pagers that I'm guessing aren't cleaned regularly if the tables aren't even clean. The one star is because they at least had hand sanitizer. Although the need to clean the nozzle for that too as it sprays the sanitizer off to the side. read more

The team lead at the front taking orders is clearly sick. In the middle of her taking our order she turned around and hacked a lugie into the trash then proceeded to walk towards the kitchen and cough a lung. A serious health violation, COVID or not that was disgusting and she's shouldn't be around good while being sick. Update: before we left we literally watched her sneeze into a cup of hot water, walk away and the next cashier give the cup to someone else. read more

Super good! I love everything thing there just sometimes they forget the napkins and straws with my usual order but besides that it's awesome read more

Just went to this awesome panera bread location. Ty helped us with questions on ingredients and calories. He was extremely helpful and patient!! They are very attentive to your needs and making sure your order is correct here. We overheard Ty dealing with an angry male Karen. He definitely didn't deserve that, but he still dealt with it amazingly. Thank you so much Ty! read more

Not usually a fan of Panera this is a great location. Right off the highway and by my house I have stopped her for coffee plenty of times and enjoyed all varieties from hot to iced and blended. Breakfast sandwiches are tasty and made to order quickly for a healthier fast food alternative for on the go. Staff is on point and drive thru moves quickly. read more

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I'm a regular customer at this Panera location and they have consistently forgotten several parts of my orders. Today I ordered a chipotle chicken avocado melt. Had no chipotle sauce OR avocado and they forgot to give me my chips. Unacceptable. I'll find a new place to grab food. read more

I just recently started coming here for a quick breakfast before work. I have not tried very many food items here and that's because the ones that I have tried I like so much I can't help but order them every time. The egg and cheese breakfast sandwich with an over easy egg on ciabatta bread is heavenly. The blueberry muffins and OJ is also great. read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Lake Forest, California

First time eating here and I loved it. Great big portions. I had the pick 2 meal with a large bowl of creamy chicken and rice soup which was amazing along with a good 3 inches of French baguette. I also had the pepperoni pizza on the French baguette and it was juicy and wonderful. I will be back soon. Very affordable too. The staff were super helpful and friendly and they also kept the restaurant super clean. read more

I love panera, just not this one. i'm literally sitting here at the restaurant right now writing this. I've never bee nto this location before and was excited to find it. Parking was easy, and there wasn't a long wait to order which was great, but their selection of pastries was very limited and the person who took my order could definitely been nicer. I ordered my sandwich then i asked her "do you guys still have the deal where if i order a sandwich and a drink i get a pastry cheaper?" without relying to my question she tosses a soda cup over register.. (i go to panera a lot so i know for a fact that a coffee would qualify as a drink as well) so i told her i actually wanted a coffee instead, still without saying anything she took the soda cup back and put a coffee cup over the register, let out a sigh like i was being annoying or something.. UM.. OK so then she asks me which pastry i want, i forgot the name so i quickly walked over to look at the tag real quick, came back to tell her, once again she lets out her *SIGH* DUDE LADY CALM DOWN, there wasn't even a line behind me and i wasn't really taking that long. finally she asks me if i have a club card account which i do, so i give her my number, she hands me the receipt without saying anything. it turns out that because of my birthday i get a free pastry, she didn't even bother telling me or saying anything, all the other parneras i've been to they tell you when you have a discount or reward from your club card. the lady seemed pretty nice to the couple in front of me so i have no idea what she was so pissed off about or what crawled up her (_l_) between the person before me and when i ordered. read more

Today was a first, well, two firsts actually. One, I got to see what food in a toddler prison would look like if there was such a place and two, a sandwich was actually capable of angering me. I'll admit, I am a bit of a sandwich snob, and my bar is set higher than most, but this was truly like nothing I have ever seen. I was embarrassed for both Panera and for the greater sandwich world for being lumped in with this poor excuse for what really is supposed to be just some meat between two slabs of bread. Well if that's the case, I guess they succeeded. Oh, and the kids sandwich was pushing $5.00 and mine was $8.19, both w/o drinks. read more

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Came here for breakfast and they were out of many items. Although the place was not very busy we had a difficult time finding a clean table. I'm not in the restaurant business but usually most restaurants the meal for the table comes out at the same time. The food was flavorless and expensive. Do your self s favor go to MacDonalds. Much better food and cleaner. read more

Had the best customer service EVER today! I ordered with Davyn (or Devyn? Sorry, I can't remember!), and she was so amazing and helpful. She didn't mind me asking her about almost every single item on the menu so that I could ensure I avoided the foods that I'm severely allergic to. She was so kind and patient, I will honestly drive out to this Panera just because of her. She ended up making a great recommendation and the food was delicious. I hope that she sees this because she absolutely made my dining experience incredible. read more

This place is consistent they offer a variety of sandwiches and more recently don't allow tipping of their staff. I had a tuna sandwich on wheat, that came with a half of dried non-appetizing pickle. I like the baguette that they sell here, it is far from a French baguette but decent tasting. Overall good for lunch if you like basic sandwiches. read more

Wow this place is really bad from atmosphere ,to quality of food to cleanliness. We walked in 40 minutes to closing and employees were too busy discussing the latest Japanese porn. while we're ordering you hear "what the F*** in the background" The cashier thought it was funny. Place was awful. I even had to get my own food from the window as it was sitting there any was hot soup or what was supposed to be hot soup. It made no sense as we and another couple were the only ones in there which should have been a hint not to stay. Gross place, terrible employees. read more

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I would never have guessed, but panera makes the best caramel frappacino ever! It is seriously a super duper yummy frozen coffee treat! read more

Panera Bread - Super duper yummy! - Sandwiches Near Me - Lake Forest, California

Me and the family found this Panera by accident. This is our favorite chain and for people that do not eat out that much we probably do 50% of our eating out here. Unfortunately the location's near our home have been not great experiences. This place is located in a strip mall area with many other businesses. The first thing I noticed when I walked in was it was actually very clean. To be fair it was not busy but I have not walked into a clean Panera since we moved to California a year ago. So we immediately liked this place. Ironically we noticed it had more selections around the drinks and the cookies and bakery items were well stocked. This was also physically a bigger location which gave much more room in the actual seating area. It was comfortable and a nice place to sit and eat with my family. read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Lake Forest, California

This place is really good with getting the order right. Ive never had an issue with them. And i love the smoothie, strawberry banana

Excellent service, this place is clean, with courteous staff, great management, helpful and always available to make sure we get our order on time and it's complete, great casual place to have a good salad . Love the place , awesome staff, great slads Thank you read more

2nd time my rapid pickup order was stolen/taken by random loser. No apologies by staff member.

I love panera. Food is delicious, however their customer service could improve. The The guy at the register wasn't very friendly. He wasn't rude either just not welcoming. After ordering I couldn't find a table. There were empty tables but they were dirty. I decided to sit at a booth and move the plates to one side. A blonde lady walked by and I asked her to please take the plates. She completely ignored me. I waited until my food got delivered and requested to have the plates, that weren't mine, to be removed from my table. She did and was very nice. They could improve improve on keeping tables clean, specially during lunch time. Besides that my chowder was good and I enjoyed my panini. read more

Panera Bread - Please clean your tables panera!! - Sandwiches Near Me - Lake Forest, California

I ordered 3 "Pick 2" meals for my family. The menu was like a hall of mirrors - unorganized and deceitful. The pick 2 item had the price of $5.69, making us think that each meal was $5.69, which is reasonable for a meal at a lousy 3 Star wannabe classy fast food joint. No. That wasn't the case. It was $5.69 per item. I'm a poor college student, I don't have time for this nonsense. The French Onion soup was watery and bland. The waitress brought us 3 soups and only 2 spoons. Usually, I'm not disappointed in a fast food meal because I already know it's gonna be lame. This, however, was the exception. Because I spent $35.37 on edible trash. Fun for the whole family, right? read more

Love the Fuji Apple Chicken Salad dressing. Service is excellent, and pre order is easy. They have a hard time with tossing the salad AND adding extra salad dressing. Just for it and be specific and they are very accommodating. Totally recommend for anyone who is a picky eater like I am read more

I go to this location cu service the best specially the manager is the best an friendly I give the 10 star I will recommend all my friends and family to go to this location love the food read more

Awesome service! This is my go to location when I am traveling. They take care of my large office orders as well provide excellent service and fresh food when I drive through for a quick lunch. read more