Check tour order, I couldn't tell you the last time they got my order correct and complete. The last time I ordered, the egg in the Cobb salad was rotten. This evening waited over 20 minutes for a curb side order that never came. When I called they said they hadn't started part of the order yet and said a manager wasn't available to speak to because they had 19 orders they were working on. I was sitting outside, there were no cars in the drive through and there were a handful of tables inside that all had their food. Ridiculous. I leave angry every time. read more

My boyfriend spend the whole night puking after eating here on 1/2/2022. He said the sandwich tasted off and we assumed it was the spicy sauce they used in it that gave it a spicy but slightly sweet tang. The restaurant was very quiet but the dining area was dirty. Dirty dishes on tables, trash on the floor. We just figured it was a covid lack of staff thing but we could hear a good handful of people laughing and having a good time in the kitchen area. We didn't see a single employee come out to the dining area the whole time we were there. Most of the people (4 total) in the dining area were students with laptops set up, using paneras wifi. After we got home, and within an hour, my BF started feeling queasy and his stomach started to really hurt. During the night, he had to vomit three separate times. We are definitely never going here again and may even report them to our local health department. read more

Ugh, horrible place to stop at if you have a short lunch. They take fooorrreeevvvveeeerrr in the drive thru (I should've learned my lesson previously). I don't understand what takes so long?! I legit waited 25 minutes!! Did I want to? No. But being that I had a 30 minute lunch and this is the most convenient food establishment near by, I stopped by. Not only that, but others didn't have the patience to wait like I did (thank God they didn't because I moved up a few). Any who, they must've not liked that I asked about the wait while ordering because they didn't give me utensils (figures). Hopefully I didn't get spit or some shit in my food since all this COVID going on... read more

For a first time ordering here through DoorDash was horrible. I ordered 2 soup in bread bowls and the bread was hard and cold. I also ordered the kitchen sink cookie and they sent me what looks like a cold hard grilled cheese sandwich. Only good thing was their smoothie with peach and blueberry. Everything else was not good at all or worth the price. read more

This is my 4th time having items missing from my delivery order. All of the other times it was pasta and today my whole sandwich is gone. The tape seals are not tampered with so it is the store getting it wrong every time. I've tried resolving by phone with the store, corporate and door dash and nothing ever comes of it so I won't even bother calling this time. But I won't be ordering there again. read more

I am so disappointed in Panera. I really like the people working there. I like the food. But they only have two booths and one has had a torn upholstery seat for a long time and the fabric back has food on it. I have complained to the headquarters and no response. read more

Ordered curbside pick up waited 5+ minutes for my food to brought out. Mind you in prior visits I had to wait 10+ so I figured I might as well save myself the time and go inside. Anyways I walk in and my food is already ready and on the shelf waiting. I get home to eat my chicken avocado melt and the avocado is disgusting. What kind of service is this? Would you eat this? read more

Panera Bread - Avocado - Sandwiches Near Me - Merced, California

Our family regularly visits our local Panera. This was our first visit to Panera in Merced, and it will be our last. We ate at the restaurant and ordered a bagel pack to-go. When I ordered the bagel pack, I had to explain that it included 13 bagels and 2 cream cheese tubs for the Paneer employee who told me he would need to ask the manager to complete that order. The manager came over and showed him the bagel pack option on the register, but didn't assist the employee with the order. The employee didn't even know which size cream cheese went with the bagels. I don't blame the employee as he should have been better trained. I used the women's restroom. There was no toilet paper and the soap dispenser was obviously broken (hanging off the wall and empty). Dining room was also very dirty. Our food arrived and all the baguette sides were cold as if the bread had come out of the fridge. As a bakery, bread should be fresh and ideally warm or at least room temperature. read more

Second time in a row they have left items out of our order and we were told we couldn't get a refund unless we drove all the way across town back to the store. Weird that they could take my money without me being there (online order for pickup) but aren't able to refund it. Unfortunately had to drop food off and then go to work so I couldn't go back for missing items. read more

I am so very upset and disappointed right now. Just got home in Atwater from the closest Panera Bread in Merced, to find my spicy thai with chicken salad (the only one I order) is missing the peanut sauce and the salad is mostly the hard white root of the romaine lettuce. This is by far the worst salad I have gotten from this location. I also did not get the baguette roll, instead got a small bag of plain chips. As much as they charge for their food, it would only be decent of them to actually give you what you paid for. read more

The food is good quality! I love their soups! Only complaint is soup could be hotter! Great pastries and drinks! Great staff that services the customers! read more

Unfortunately I chose to come to panera for lunch. I am still hungry & highly disappointed in the service received by the staff. My husband placed our order on line and 30 minutes later were told that the order didn't go through even though it had deducted from my bank account and that it has happened before and I would be refunded my money within 2 days. So 40 minutes later I still do not have my order, could replace and repay for my order or leave. It's obvious I chose to leave as to not lose more money to this place. read more

This restraint is a disgrace to the world. They don't have regular bread, instead they have cinnamon bread for their sandwich. I would rather die than eat their food. When the drive through window opened there was a foul smell, I'm guessing they don't have a health inspector. I hope this review saves your soul from going near that disgusting thing they call a restraint. It is run by a person who doesn't know what they're doing. I wouldn't say they have sandwiches more like slugs for their soggy sandwiches. My old mother who is very allergic to chicken had a simple request of no chicken on her salad, and they couldn't even do that. She almost ate it! But it was too late, fortunately she is okay. We threw all the food away. I suggest this business should be started over! I hope you will not suffer like us, you have my full sympathies if you did. read more

Went there tonight and got 2 soups and sandwich to o, also 2 cinnamon rolls for later, it was expense($31.45)but their food is good. When we got home everything was hot but the 2 partial loaves of bread were so hard it took a steak knife to cut the crust away to eat the inside. When I called to ask about the young man said he could not hear me after telling him what was wrong and so as i picked up the phone and started to talk he hung up. We give restaurants 3 tries when there is a problem and so you have 2 left. read more

Went through drive through they charged me for a whole sandwich I ordered but wasn't in the bag, didn't find out until I was at home called to see about swinging back around. They hung up on me. I like Panera but I think it's very overpriced and to be charged 40 dollars on my order and not get the sandwich which was the main part is ridiculous. read more

Their sandwiches are pretty good here, well out of all the other sandwich places here in Merced. pretty good but broth was a little bland. Chipotle chicken melt was pretty good no complains here Chicken Chinese salad- it was good Bagels- I'll have to say whole wheat has got to me my all time fav here Dining is always clean and it's so cute and cozy in here I love it Service- it was great. read more

I don't know who is running this Panera, but this Panera is the worst I've been to by far. When I come here, they leave out stuff, don't offer you your free rewards, and sometimes don't ask for your number for rewards. Yesterday, I got a bagel, and no one offered cream cheese, or put it in the bag. Just common sense stuff. read more

This Panera has gone downhill. The food is still high quality but there are some issues: 1. The prices have only gone up and it feels like the serving sizes have gone down. Times are rough, so they're nickeling and diming customers for things as little as sprinkling a little bit of cheese on the baguette fragment for your food. This is not sane customer service. 2. The administrative staff decided to switch from metal utensils to plastic, making some of their infrastructure (dish collection with slot for utensils) less useful while becoming less green. I'm not sure how they justify this decision. Maybe cutting costs will improve sustainability I dunno Im just some guy. This is a college town that values sustainability and I feel this is a step in the wrong direction. Star missing for each. Also my girlfriend Julie got the coldbrew coffee and it was incredibly bitter. I recommend against it unless a scalding tide for your gut microbiome is what the doctor ordered. read more

My son sent us food because we are sick and it came from Panera's. It was delicious and fresh and WONDERFUL! We will consider eating there again even though we live in the next town over. Thank you guys! read more

We continue to have the worst luck at this specific store. On the last visit, we ordered a full sandwich and a strawberry chicken salad in the drive-through. We pulled out to eat in the parking lot and discovered we had only the salad - which was old with black spots on the lettuce and mushy strawberries (which I just dealt with). Husband went back into the store in person - no one could find the sandwich so they made a new sandwich. He gets back to the car and finds only 1/2 a sandwich. He goes back into the store and they throw a fit because they felt like they already replaced his sandwich ! Eventually he got the full sandwich but it was ridiculous - meanwhile I'm eating an old rotting salad. Lesson learned: 1) check your order before you leave the window/store 2) don't eat at this store! This is the 3rd issue we've had at this store - 3 strikes and you're out! read more

This place needs management to care more about how people are being treated. They need to understand that everyone is under stress during these times and quit making excuses for being unreliable and RUDE. Who is running that place that allows their employees to be so sloppy and so belligerent. The young lady employee acts like you bother her by being a customer. Learn manners and how to treat people. I wonder what corporate office might feel about you driving people away who are regular customers. I guess I will find out read more

This is the kind of place that Merced has needed for a while. I went on the day of their grand opening, and while they were still working out some kinks, the staff was friendly, welcoming, and energetic. Additionally, they did a solid job at making my order. I even spoke with their district manager, and mentioned that his team was doing very well. I highly recommend checking this place out if you've never been to a Panera, and if you have been to one...come here anyways. It hits the spot. read more

Usually, I really like Panera but tonight I was very disappointed. My Frontega Chicken Sandwich was burnt. I don't mean a little toasty, I mean black on the bottom burned. When you combine that with their higher than average prices and recent dinner roll replacement of their baguettes, I'm starting to question future visits to this location and this business. Check out a pic of my burnt food in the photos. read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Merced, California

I signed up for yelp so I can write this review. Totally disappointed with Panera in Merced.. It's definitely the employees and their lack of caring for the final product presented to the customer. Panera mgmt better get a handle on this before the store closes. My spinach power salad, to go, had such a small amount of spinach it was pitiful.. How much is spinach, 20 cents?! Come on!!! While I stood at the counter a girl came up and asked for a new blt because the avocado was brown!! Seriously!! Don't serve brown avocado, idiots!!! read more

Don't waste your money on xtr avocado. At least on your to go order . I've dined in so I know the difference I guess they figure your already gone. they must have no respect for your opinion , sloppy . Very disappointed . Don't think I will eat here anymore read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Merced, California

We've been coming here a lot lately and we really enjoy it. The food is good and the prices are reasonable. It's also clean and the staff is really friendly. When they first opened they did mix up an order of ours and we had to drive across town to get it replaced but I'm willing to overlook that because mistakes are bound to happen at a new business and they've been really on it ever since. read more

I'm glad to finally have a Panera Bread in Merced, but it is so overrated. I am impressed with the classic decor. It is a beautiful place! However, the customer service seemed to run out of energy and didn't know the menu that well. The food wasn't that great either. I ordered Oatmeal Cookie, Iced Chai Tea Latte, and my friend ordered a Mocha Frappuccino. I've experienced better places in Merced. read more

Expensive! My wife wanted me to try this place. I usually go to different sandwich places. So she gets a small sandwich and bowl of soup That with a bag of chips and cinnamon roll over $18. Crazy. Sandwich tastes good buy it's all bread. It seems like they're trying to be to high class. Not my kind of food and I won't be back. Tasted good but not worth it at all. read more

Ordered a chicken Caesar....a lot of the romaine is all wilted. Usually this place gives fresh salad. read more

Panera Bread - Wilted romaine - Sandwiches Near Me - Merced, California

I ordered a half Apple Fiji salad with a soup which was real real good the only bad part was the apple salad didn't have any apples which I kinda like out of it all the dressing amount was perfect normally I have to ask for extra extra dressing next time I will just ask for apples in my apple salad . A young man asked my boyfriend how was everything he said it was good thanks I sure had to add my two cents told him how I felt about the salad he was nice enough to give us a cinnamon roll that was sweet it thought .. read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Merced, California

Parking is a nightmare. Drive thru blocks cars in. Smh! Also get receipt and check your order. Messed up order 3 out of last 5 visits. Food is good though, when order is correct read more

Sucks that this is the only Panera is this town. Every time I do curbside I wait forever. Today after waiting forever I just went inside my food was just chilled on the self left to get cold. It's so annoying. read more

I love this place. The staff is always friendly. I got the chicken bowl. I hope it's good.

This time, my son and I went through the drive thru. I got the classic salad and pesto pasta combo as something different and my son got the grilled cheese and classic salad combo. I was totally not impressed with the portion sizes vs cost (almost $10!). So I get a piece of bread with it, I'd rather save the $2 or more to skip it. The pasta was okay but the salad was not impressive at all. I think this is our last visit. read more

*This review is for my visit several weeks ago* I chose the 'You Pick 2' option from the menu. When I got my food I was disappointed with the serving sizes because they were on the small size. I also got an apple and it was soft and not that fresh. I enjoyed my food but once again, the portion size was on the small size. The size plays a big part in my review because it was not worth the money I spent. read more

Visited Panera Bread a week ago at 10:30 am. My friend and I were very disappointed in the service and most importantly the lack of menu items. They only had 2 types of bread available. No soup, and no buns for their 'breakfast Special'. This business was totally unprepared for buying customers. We left with very little and terribly disappointed. I guess there's one good thing, we saved a lot of money! However I believe the store owner would have preferred us leaving our money there and leaving happy. read more

Third time in a row that employees forgot an item. I don't know if they are too lazy to go back real fast or what. Regardless i wouldn't recommend it. read more

Avoid the flatbread pizza, at all costs. Bland bread with a smidgen (yes, just a smidgen) of sauce and cheese on it. Panera has gone way downhill nationwide, especially since they were bought out a few years ago. Now they're even more overpriced, and even the ambiance in many locations looks more like a Chipotle on the inside than a bakery/coffee shop. It looks like an industrial office space. Not sure if this location is also this tacky - didn't go inside. read more

i'm not a fan of Panera's since my first visit (it's been my last also) i'm less a fan now that someone gave me an italian sandwich. my only experience when they first opened the gal said to me and a buddy "we have a sandwich and salad for 5$" unfortunately we jumped on it..what was left out was it was 5$ for a sandwich and 5$ for the salad..both laced flavor.. we seriously need an Erik's in Merced dig it read more

I had never been to a Pantera before the other day when my mother in law offered to take us for lunch. We went at about 11:30 am on a Thursday. I'll start off with parking. Holy moly they could of planned that better! I recommend NOT parking in front of the actual restaurant because with the drive thru line you will probably get boxed in and have to wait until someone let's you out. Even parking on the side in the big empty lot next to it, at lunch time when we left the people leaving drive thru either didn't know where to go or were just impatient of other drivers because they were all going the wrong way down a one direction area leaving people who were following the rules to wait and have to squish to one side to allow the people going the wrong way to pass. Going inside it looked like a nice clean restaurant. The cashier was very sweet and nice. Ordering was quick, but in my opinion was over priced. For a half sandwich, cup of soup and a regular drink was almost $15 per person. But they were doing a special where when buying the combo and a drink they'd give you an item from the bakery for 99 cents. The food itself was good, nothing to write home about. And even though it was rush hour for lunch with lots of people coming and going I never once saw an employee come wipe any tables down. Customers did it themselves. The drink area was a tiny little nook next to the bathroom and the food pickup counter so it got very very very congested and wasn't an area that was easy to navigate. All in all the food was good, but not worth the price or the hassle of parking and getting your food/drink/use the bathroom. I most likely won't return to a Panera. And I definitly won't visit this location again. read more