We stopped by the Lynchburg Paneras today for a quick to go coffee and roll. We were greeted but pretty much ignored after that. The lady working to bakery was busy counting bagels.. Finally we realized we were not going to be helped so we ordered from the kiosk. So then we stood by the bakery waiting, assuming that she would then grab our 2 bakery items and coffee and off we would go. No, she told us we had to wait in the area where you pick food up when you are dining in. We waited 10 minutes when she literally could have just turned around and grabbed our items. We finally got our rolls and they were horrible. The coffee was burnt. I am a picky coffee person but my husband drinks gas station coffee....he couldn't drink it. My chocolate croissant was hard a rock. My husbands cinnamon roll was like a gas station pastry. We will not be going back. read more

The Panera restaurant on Old Forest Rd in Lynchburg has serious issues when it comes to wait times. Today my order wasn't ready when I arrived to pick it up in the store AND it wasn't even logged in yet to be prepared!!! Using this app is a huge part of the problem and staffing is the biggest issue. This Panera restaurant is notorious for extremely long wait times and orders being incorrect. It is VERY frustrating. HIRE MORE STAFF AND TRAIN THEM TO BE VIGILANT WHEN PREPARING ORDERS. Poor work habits of the staff is a problem. This is not rocket science. Stop hiring staff that have a poor work ethic. read more

The worst Panera I've been to by far. I travel for work and go to a different Panera EVERY morning. Unfortunately, the leadership and cust. service in this location is non-existent. I asked for egg on my Croque, and was told no, when I order this every morning in any location. After mentioning that fact, the gentleman tells me, "Well, you can't get it at this store", so I ask if that was the GM saying that, or corporate. He tells me it's corporate, which was a boldface lie OR other locations are pre customer friendly. I immediately go inside to get my coffee, using a company card to pay, I planned to tip the cashier with cash, the manager tells me they don't give change to tip. So you don't take care of your customers, and you don't take care of your staff...no wonder they have a 3.5 star google and a less than a 2 on Yelp reviews. Step it up Lynchburg Panera. Corporate, It's time to replace that GM Christina Butler, she is not your answer. I'm an RM with my organization and this kind of service needs a complete overhaul. This is my second bad experience in this same location & I've only been here twice when checking on my own work location in Lynchburg. If you would like to discuss further, please reach out to Rocco at (804)638-7982. read more

I waited in the drive thru forever I finally just left. I was in the line for 15 minutes.

I must be slightly addicted to Panera bread. I used to go there occasionally when I had a car. And when I was driving my daughter to school occasionally out that direction I pretty often stop there for coffee and a bagel or pastry. And then I had a couple of occasions, where I ordered bagels for morning pick up and got there to find that they had no everything bagels that I had ordered. I live downtown and last year I got rid of my car so recently for some reason I tried order/delivery from Panera again. A couple of times I got delivery of 13 bagels +2 tubs of cream cheese. But the cream cheese was missing! Sure they gave me a refund , but that really didn't solve my problem! But I have kept trying for whatever reason. Today they were offering 50% off on some new additions to their menu. I'm a geezer sucker for discounts. I ordered a tomato basil BLT. Very disappointing. Only a vague hint of the thinly sliced tomatoes. The basil is not in the sand but in the bread but only mildly. Supposedly garlic in the sandwich but you couldn't prove it by me. And $10+ which would be overpriced for what I got except for the 50% off. I think I have to give Panera bread a rest again for a while. There are plenty of choices and there is a good bagel place right on Rivermont just across the bridge from downtown. read more

this was one of my favorite locations until they completely remodeled the location to make it impossible to eat in. The furniture was hard and ugly and it goes against the company's claim on focus on the customer. food was okay. read more

30 minute wait in the drive thru. Ordered ahead in app, too. This is not the first time the drive thru has had an absurd wait time, either. read more

The reviews are spot on, just wished I read them first. Ordered onion soup and chicken frontega sandwich. There was no cheese or breadcrumbs on the soup and all that was on the sandwich was chicken and sauce, no onion, tomato or other ingredients that make the sandwich what it is. In addition, for takeout, I waited almost 30 mins. This was my first and last time I'll eat from this Panera Bread. read more

First time visitor, will never go back. Carry out was a 35 min wait, food was not good. Salad was old and lettuce was tough and limp. Management has to eventually realize there's a problem with this store. Will never go back, read more

It's disappointing that this location is so bad. Every time I leave feeling annoyed and wanting to write a review, and this time I caved. The store has terrible customer service. They're always out of foods, the wait times are 20+ minutes, and half the time, the workers are snippy. The store itself could use some work. Nobody has cleaned the vents in a while, tables are messy, just a little upkeep is required to fix it. This is the only Panera where I've seen this before, and it's like this every time I go. I still go because the food is still Panera food, I'm not an animal. But the service just gets me worked up and I give this place 1/10. read more

awful....just plain awful. I have given this place so many chances because it is close to my job. I even order and pay online so it will be ready when I arrive....rapid pickup I believe is what they call it. Once I get my food it is so cold and I wait so long. Never Ever again!!! read more

The morning drive thru is a joke. Twenty to thirty minute waits for coffee. The morning guy has an issue with everyone. Doesn't greet or thank anyone. Never makes your drinks as ordered. read more

THE WORST. i ordered a cup of tomato soup and half a grilled cheese. it took them 20 MINUTES. AND THEY STILL GOT MY ORDER WRONG???? literally how. i am so mad and i want a refund. absolutely terrible. read more

I never write negative reviews on yelp but I have consistently come here through the past two or three years and have always left disappointed. The baguettes, bread bowls, etc. are always out by the afternoon and waits usually last twenty minutes or longer. Management does not seem to grasp how to properly supply their store past the lunch rush. read more

Two drinks a small and a medium sized drink cost 5 dollars each.The strawberry frozen lemonade is ok,but the blueberry lavender drink sucks read more

Panera Bread - Frozen strawberry lemonade - Salad Near Me - Lynchburg, Virginia

I ordered the new Buffalo Chicken Sandwich. For reference it is an entire baguette, I cut the sandwich and the larger half had barely any chicken on it (view photo). I took it to the cook to show her and she notified me that it comes with two scoops of chicken, there should be no more added to my sandwich and the only thing that needs to be done is to "evenly distribute the meat". She further stated that "she had no more chicken cooked to give me". Lol. The cook basically didn't give a sh*t. The smaller half I had already started eating before discovering the lack of protein on the larger half was ok as you can see in the photo. Side note, the sandwich is not the worth the hype. Scoreboards makes better Buffalo chicken sandwiches. Service outside of the cook was not bad. read more

Panera Bread - Smoky Buffalo Chicken Melt - Salad Near Me - Lynchburg, Virginia

Very good service from the cashier she was kind and understandable about helping us save a little bit more. I wasn't impressed with their hot sandwiches, they need corporate to step in a get some cooks only cooks and pay them nice so you get better meals out and more sufficiently and efficiently. read more

It's a regular Panera, but the people are friendly, the food is good, and the atmosphere is quaint.

I get there at 7pm. They close at 9pm. I order 2 bread bowls...sorry, no bread bowls.. we just sold the last one. Ok, I'll take a cup of soup with a baguette. Sorry, no baguettes...you want chips? So what time do they stop selling the items on the menu? Is there a certain time I should get there to get what I want? Then instead of the cashier thanking me for settling for a meal I didn't want, I thanked her and she said, you're welcome. Is this backwards? lol.. I realize this is a waste of time as most of the reviews here are negative and obviously they're not concerned. read more

I would never consider returning. Camryn says that's her name . She is an Asian female said they were out of tomatoes for salad I asked for extra olives and she was snide with me. They ran out of baguettes and I asked for another piece of bread for my chili I didn't want chips or an apple with chili on a cold day. She was short and said no but she didn't have an issue throwing bread in a trash bag. This place has zero customer service skills read more

Horrible. Agree with everything below. Waited at the drive up line for 10 minutes for 2 $5 drinks. Won't be back.

I don't go here often, but every time I do, I'm reminded why I don't go here off often. The hot food is usually disappointing. The soups are just barely warm. The new Buffalo chicken sandwich was mostly bread...only two small pieces of chicken. When my daughter went and showed it to the server she said it comes with a measured amount of chicken and there wasn't any left! So it was actually a bread sandwich! No compensation or exchange was even offered! read more

AWFUL! workers there obviously HATE their jobs. food is mediocre at best - when you actually receive it. workers are surly to customers. never a smile. never a thank you. only once was my order correct in 4 attempts. twice I had to cancel because they texted that order was ready. it was NOT. one time I left after 20 minutes, the second time I left after only 7 minutes - absolutely NOT worth the wait. read more

last new times I've been there .. they put just enough ingredients on the sandwich just to say it was a sandwich.. and oy half way filled my soup bowl .. I would say 1/4 full at that .. and they charge for bread now! awful ... read more

Oh gosh. Nothing against Panera BUT. There's a few big problems I've had here. First of all, the problems aren't food related and honestly the food isn't half bad. It's pricy though... 7 dollars for a bite size amount of Mac and cheese? No thanks. Here's my problem, they always mess up my drive thru order. They forget full food items, cream cheeses for bagels, and sometimes even my drink... it's a nice inside area I'll admit. read more

I've placed rapid pick-ups three days in a row now due to a time crunch I have between places I need to be and every time for the past 3 orders it has been 45 minutes late. There's a reason it's a RAPID pick-up. I've been late to my college classes 3 days in a row because of how slow it was. I can understand 10 minutes but 45 is CRAZY. read more

This is an issue with online ordering. I ordered items an hour and a half prior to pickup for my boy who requested this and had been sick and it was his birthday. Arrived at the time that I stated on the app, only to find that they had not kept those items for me to pick up and they were "sold out for the day," even though they showed available on the app as I ordered. I was told they bumped my order,... so take this as advice that they will not secure the things that are available at the time of your order. I did not take any substitutes and had them cancel the order and we had to find a different option for his birthday meal. read more

I want to give a minus star if I could .Come here if you want to pay money for bread with sandwich price,I don't know who is the owner look at your employees ,here became a really sucks place to go in Lynchburg no other ! read more

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App took my ASAP order, then changed it to 3 weeks out. Store doesn't answer the phone for me to check on it. Corporate did answer the phone and helped me cancel the order. read more

Panera bread: slapping a SINGLE piece of cheese and a SINGLE piece of bacon on a piece of bread does not qualify it to be a grilled cheese with bacon on it. How pathetic is that? And I paid for this? Y'all are lucky my lunch break is only 45 minutes long and I had to drive bacK to work. Ubacceptable. read more

Panera Bread - A horrible "grilled cheese sandwich with bacon". - Salad Near Me - Lynchburg, Virginia

In my opinion the food is a bit pricey, but I've never gotten anything that wasn't well prepared and delicious! The employees are friendly and accommodating. read more

I'm giving a 5 star for their customer service. I would say never go through the drive through unless you want to sit forever. No lie. But anytime I've had a problem with an order, they are so quick to rectify the situation. Today, my coupon which expired today didn't work and I just went inside to show them, I had already paid for my order. It was unexpected but the cashier rang up a $5 gift card because of it and gave it to me. That was just one example. You can look at reviews and see that maybe this Panera is struggling a bit but their willingness to try to right any order wrongs is consistent. This panera is a newer one and they haven't seemed to solve whatever issues they're having to be able to get good reviews but if you're not satisfied, let them know and I can assure you they're more than willing to try to make up for messed up orders or just long wait times. They are trying. So 5 stars for effort. read more

Don't expect the curbside pickup to be fast. It's not. It's always slow, but today was slow on a whole new level. I ordered a single item (coffee) and got a notification on my phone that the order was ready and someone would be showing up at my car soon, no one showed up. Despite no one in the drive thru and the other curbside pickup parking spots being empty the entire time, I gave up after waiting 15 minutes. Note - this was not 15 minutes since I put in the order. No, this was 15 minutes after I was informed that my order was ready and someone would be coming out to my car "shortly". Sure enough, after finally going inside, my single cup of coffee was sitting on a counter near the food prep area and by this point has ceased to be hot. Remember, this was a single cup of coffee, not a complex order! I shudder to think how they would have handled a more complex order. read more

Always great options fresh, healthy and delicious. Price point is a little higher but that's what you expect when you get good quality options. Pastries and baked goods are always exceptional I generally get a loaf of bread or bagels to go. I don't go as much as I would like to. read more

Shameful! Panera Bread corporate is offering a free breakfast sandwich for veterans. This store, "IS NOT PARTICIPATING." Don't honor veterans don't deserve our business. Boycott! The cashier had total disdain for my husband's service. read more

The food is always good. It was clean enough. Our table still had drink rings from the previous customer. They seemed to be short staffed. I absolutely love the automn squash soup. It's fabulous. read more

I have been ordering delivery at least once a week since I moved here a month ago. Panera is one of the only places that delivers to me with a reasonable minimum delivery fee. And honestly it's a chain but it's good tasting food with a creative menu. This place in particular always gets my order right no matter what I change. AAAAAND pays attention to special instructions to make sure I'm getting exactly what I want. Website down? App messing up? No problem these guys go out of their way to explain any item on the menu. I'm gonna be honest I've never actually timed them getting here so I can't really comment on their punctuality for delivery but I've never felt like I was starving and waiting by the door, guess it's good. So yeh, considering I don't have a car and the HEALTHY delivery options are limited in Lynchburg, I'm pretty stoked to have this Panera. read more

Panera Bread - Green smoothie and Chinese citrus chicken salad. - Salad Near Me - Lynchburg, Virginia

I put in a large order over $125 over an hour before pickup time and showed up at the estimated time. The manager said he had no record of it , then said they don't process large orders in the same way. I ended up waiting another 335 minutes at the store before it was ready. This affect my gathering were the food would now arrive over an hour late. Absolutely terrible experience and would not use Panera again for any online order Very sad a business like Panera can not even process a basic request. read more

Seriously Panera you can do better. I ordered the napa almond chicken salad but I didn't want any bread and this is what you give me??? A tiny little bowl of it not even a quarter full??!!!For 10$ that is completely unacceptable!!!!!!!! No longer coming here ever again! Not only that but your soufflés are always undercooked! read more

Panera Bread - I ordered the napa almond but I didn't want any bread and this is what you give me!that is completely unacceptable! - Salad Near Me - Lynchburg, Virginia

Have you ever gone to a restaurant several times over a couple months and find they are out of the same selection? Try ordering a flatbread sandwich at this Panera - sold-out 5 visits in a row! On a recent visit, the kitchen did not even acknowledge they were out of flatbread; the cook just made the sandwich with sourdough bread -- no acknowledgement. It was a takeout order, so image my son's surprise when I presented his "flatbread " sandwich at home. Prices at Panera are going through the roof, and the service is going down. Our most recent order was two bowls of chicken noodle soup to go. The total was over $13 for soup! We've found other choices in Lynchburg for mealtime. read more