Quality Service. Relaxing. Great place to study. Looking for a place where you can get some work done and have a warm bowl of soup? Nassau Park Panera is here for you. Princeton area has 2 Panera breads: Nassau Park and Nassau Street. Ever since the Nassau Street Panera ( downtown Princeton one) was remodeled it lost its coziness and area where you can really study and have piece of mind. This location, Nassau Park Panera is cozy, relaxing and a perfect place to study. They even have a private room in the back, where you can find people study in groups or just play table games; you won't find this in the Nassau street location. Another reason for making this place so homie is the decor. Whoever designed this place made an amazing job! Love it. Service here is outstanding. Workers are super helpful and always smiling. I stayed here pass closing time and nobody even pressured me to leave. Food is delicious and well presented. PS Make sure to type your phone number for rewards when you order. One time I won the whole month of FREE bagels . read more

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I love the strawberry salad and it's only around for the summer. The veggie sandwich has changed a bit. The peppers are spicy so skip those if you aren't a fan of hot foods. Hummus is no longer cilantro flavored but still a great sandwich. read more

Panera Bread - 1/2 Strawberry salad & Mediterranean 1/2 sandwich - Sandwiches Near Me - Princeton, New Jersey

This is one of the nicer venues of the chain but pretty surprised to receive such bruised, inedible strawberries on my salad. read more

Panera Bread - Bruised strawberries - Sandwiches Near Me - Princeton, New Jersey

Food was good and service was fast. I would go again. Kudos what else needs to be said here??

Do not online order from this location. The orders are never made correctly and they do not follow the instructions no matter how you put them in. Worst part when you contact Panera through the app they offer a $7 credit for a new order- their sandwiches are all over $12 and why would I want to order again?! read more

if I could give this zero stars, I would. horrible food. my cousin got a grilled cheese and the whole inside was burnt, it was literally inedible. we also didn't get half our order. I mean what? Who was our cook? This is just unacceptable. I'm never going back. read more

it keeps getting worse! I'm a glutton for punishment I suppose. Also, this is the third time this week the restaurant has had NO CLEAN DISHES for eating in person. and no warning customers until they've made the food already. read more

Panera Bread - Messed up grilled cheese - Sandwiches Near Me - Princeton, New Jersey

Very unhappy with the service & the food. Starting with service, it wasnt busy at all, maybe 15 customers and not a single napkin holder had napkins. The trash areas where you dump trash and plate/silverware had a mountain of trays like no one had collected them all day. No lids available for cups and faulty equipment for soda machine. Next onto the food, you can taste the quality deficits. To pay nearly $17 for a salad that is clearly a smaller portion than what we are accustomed to, with poor quality ingredients. The lettuce was not crisp, there was very light portion of chicken, (and i was not paying like $4 for more chicken) massive chunks of iceberg lettuce, and to top it off, the fruit cup I received was literally like half empty. I was not impressed, frankly disappointed in the lack of customer service, quality, and lack of cleanliness. It appears that management here have let their quality standards drop significantly. I will not be back anytime soon. read more

I like this Panera Bread. I don't know when they renovated it, but it is very open and airy in there. I ordered from the kiosk. It looks like they don't have the pagers anymore to set at your table to have the food brought over, which is fine. I found a table despite it being lunch time. My order came up quick and was prepared as I requested. I ordered the BBQ chicken salad. The salads are much better and bigger when you order them in. I have ordered this same salad for take out and it is so small and always missing something. read more

The cheddar broccoli soup was thin and watery, not the usual thick and creamy. My salad hardly had any toppings, just plain lettuce and chicken with only one cup of dressing, which was only filled halfway. I wasted money and only ate the side of bread. Ridiculous! I hope they read these reviews. read more

Ok! Being single sometimes means I go out more often or don't feel like just cooking for myself. Out shopping at Target, is was getting late and I was hungry. This Panera Bread is located right off Rt1 in West Windsor, NJ, Nassau Park Shopping Center. You all know with all the changes, they accept mobile orders, in store pickup and I also believe they will still bring it to your car when you arrive, you may want to just double check that though. I went for my normal Fuji Apple Chicken Salad with extra chicken, extra avocado, extra onion, no tomatoes and extra dressing. Just as expected the order came out complete with all the extras I asked for. This Panera is clean, and food service was speedy! read more

Panera Bread - Exterior - Sandwiches Near Me - Princeton, New Jersey

The Reich has their ways with these sammiches. Got a full Bacon Avocado and it had a quarter of an avocado and 14 bacon bits. If it wasn't bad enough the dagnabit thing was $15. Ain't nobody got time for that. read more

Every time I break down and return to Panera I feel like an Olympic marathoner testing my endurance just to get my hands on a sandwich and a tepid bowl of soup. For starters, I don't think I'm going to do well in a contactless, kiosk driven world - especially when human assistance comes in the form of a pitiable front-line "monitor" whose only function appears to be assuring me that my food will appear momentarily when we both know he has no clue as to it's whereabouts. Adding insult to injury is their constant upselling of cookies and gluten free gluten while I cool my heels waiting for food that is apparently being grown and harvested in real time. Like I said, miles to go before I eat. For all of their pretentious yapping about being "clean and sustainable" Panera should set their utopian aspirations a bit lower, like producing an order in less time than it takes to rebuild a transmission. Consider me triggered. read more

Ok this is by far the worst Panera I've ever visited. It's filthy. The Asian Sesame Salad had dark meat chicken and was drenched in dressing. Literally I'm eating my bread. And so are the birds btw bc the exterior trash cans are overflowing with garbage. Embarrassing. Do better Panera Princeton. read more

Panera Bread - Exterior overflowing garbage - Sandwiches Near Me - Princeton, New Jersey

Racism or pure laziness? After waiting 10 minutes in line behind one woman, the cashier gives me an attitude. But I let it slide, after all you're the one working for $8 an hour... not me. So After receiving my order which specifically said "no pickle" due to my allergy..... there's a pickle on my sandwich. This has happened 3 times at this location, so I go back in and ask to speak to the manager. The manager apologized and said he'll make it himself. So he "re-made" the sandwich......and left a nice little surprise in it. Not even bothering to go back for a complete refund which I should've gotten in the first place. If I was white this would've been handled much differently and I would've gotten an actual fresh sandwich lol. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS LOVELY PIC POSTED BELOW! Welcome to Princeton. Where the people who can actually afford to LIVE here get treated like the people who ONLY WORK HERE. Haha, simply ridiculous. read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Princeton, New Jersey

I've been here several times in the past, but my Most recent visit was here for dinner with a friend. We came in around 8:30 PM for dinner. The cafe was fairly empty and quiet which was nice. I find that this specific Panera has a very nice ambiance and spacious seating accommodations. Both my friend and I placed our orders in the screens in the front of the cafe. I ordered a "You Pick Two" meal consisting of a half "Spicy Thai Chicken Salad" and a half "Frontega Chicken Panini." I switched out the chipotle mayo for white bean purée, which I an a huge fan of. I also ordered with a side of bread. Overall my meal was tasty, and I found that the sandwich portion was generous. I've had past issues where some sandwiches are made very inconsistently in size. However, this time my only issue was the taste and quality of the baguette. The baguette at Panera is a favorite of mine. However, this time the outside was very hard and tasted over cooked. Overall, my experience was good. The server who brought out our meals was friendly, and the orders were made accurately. I would recommend this specific Panera to anyone looking for a good cafe. read more

Panera Bread - Half "Spicy Thai Chicken Salad" and half "Frontega Chicken Panini" with side of baguette (somewhat burnt) - Sandwiches Near Me - Princeton, New Jersey

Not a fan of chain restaurants but this one is an exception. Fresh vibrant salads, healthy and tasty sandwiches. Kids adore the mac and cheese here. Fairly good customer service and beautiful outdoor seating during summers! And of course the bagels with the blueberry cream cheese is such a yummy start to the day :) read more

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Came back here a few days back and the quality was quite a bit lower this time around. Food took quite a while and wasn't particularly tasty when it was finally ready (my wife's tuna sandwich tasted slightly sour and my chicken sandwich was a little flavorless) and the organization inside was kind of confusing. There were no obvious places to stand and they had walled off most of the restaurant, so people had to walk near each other to grab food, exit, etc. Not sure if I'll be back, as it really didn't hit the spot this time. read more

We used to love Panera, don't know what's going on, but the quality of the food is not as good as it used plus they seem to be short staffed. My 94 year old mom likes us to take her here, it's her favorite. I don't know why it's so difficult to make a simple sandwich? I have nothing really new to say that the others haven't said. The Greek salads are decent. One really nice thing is that Steve always helps us to order and is so pleasant and patient! It is greatly appreciated. read more

The floors are always nasty! The sandwiches have more lettuces than meet. The customer service is always pleasant, and the ambiance is very inviting. However, I feel cheated! I ordered a chicken salad sandwich and got so much lettuces. read more

Positives- the salads were fine (hard to screw up salad) the team was helpful in replacing a baked food that my wife wanted. The team member on expo also was helpful in making sure everyone was getting their food- my wife and included. This is the only reason we aren't giving 1 star The negatives: We ordered to eat in the restaurant and they packaged our food to go. This could be an honest mistake but we wanted to eat out of plates and bowls, not waste a bunch of paper packaging, extra plastic. Additionally I get the impression our food was pre made, packaged and not made to order. Pretty much the team did what was convenient for them at the expense of the customer experience. Our sandwiches were gross. Wife ordered a chicken sandwich that came out tough, dry and the roll it was served on felt and tastes stale. I took the "turkey" off my sandwich. It was slimy gross looking and the texture was all wrong. If this was once turkey it wasn't by the time I got it. Don't eat here. Better yet don't eat at Panera because the company is clearly doing everything they can to cut costs by employing as few people as possible, as evidenced in the lack of cleanliness of this location and are not investing in food worth serving or eating. read more

Probably the worst Panera I have visited. It's just a dump. So dirty you'd wonder how that are keeping their license! Never ever! They serve "For Here" food in go boxes, with no silverware (yes, for a soup) and you'd have to really beg for one. The person in the counter give an attitude that his kidney is asked. Restroom is unusable, probably never cleaned throughout the day! Never hot water or coffee! Most of them sate out of stock! read more

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I love the atmosphere and the convenience of the modern electronic order system. I dropped by in the Sat morning for breakfast. Many seats are available. Food is ok. read more

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During lunchtime they only have one cashier open :( The store is clean but why are we waiting this long to order read more

Not a single ripe mango went into this smoothie. This would give anyone stomach problems. read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Princeton, New Jersey

Placed our orders at 12:50 thru kiosk, there we no order chips so you could only put your name in. We waited 45 minutes for our orders. Restaurant was filthy. Table had not been wiped down, we had to do it ourselves. Used dishes stacked up at bus stations. Soda machine was out of Dr. Pepper & Pepsi. No Agave Lemonade, coffee was not fresh. Silverware that came with our food was not clean. We had to ask for plastic utensils. I asked for an additional cup of dressing for salad and employee from the back put on counter and swiped it and came shooting at me. I will never ever go back. read more

I ordered a latte and a muffin via the Panera app, but it never came to my table. I waited an hour, and then went up to the counter. The friendly woman verified the address from my receipt, and then gave me the muffin. She told me that she would have them make the latte and then she would bring it to me. It's been about a half hour since that, and I haven't gotten my drink. I'm not going to go back up and ask again, since I've lost all confidence in the competency of the staff here. read more

Ate there today . They still had a bunch of stems on my lettuce for my salad and my apple was brown all the way through read more

Panera Bread - Apple - Sandwiches Near Me - Princeton, New Jersey

Always love their sandwiches. Great good and fresh ingredients. Wonderful service too

This was first time eating at this Panera location after their massive renovations and I was a huge fan of new ambience - a modern, bright layout with lots of white and wood decor. It felt like a trendy cafe instead of a large-chain eatery! I was also a fan of their new self-ordering iPad stations, which made it easier and quicker to personalize your meals and pick up a buzzer. After you place the buzzer on your table, the workers will come out and serve you your food, which was also a nice surprise. However, I wished I liked the food as much as Panera's new design concept, especially with their new menu items and more vegetarian options. But, I ended up leaving underwhelmed. We got the classic mac and cheese, and quinoa broth bowl with egg, and the new caprese sandwich. Their mac and cheese is always delicious and is one of my go-to meals when eating at Panera. However, I wasn't quite as satisfied with the quinoa bowl and caprese sandwich, both of which I was trying for the first time. The quinoa itself was good but I felt as if the miso broth was too lemon-y and sour. The first couple bites were good but the tangy broth grew overpowering after awhile. Additionally, the caprese sandwich was kind of flat and greasy, and didn't taste as fresh as I was expecting. Honestly I think Panera should stick to their classics - mac and cheese and their ever beloved tomato mozzarella panini, a fan favorite for vegetarians everywhere. I thought the caprese sandwich would similar, but I would literally pay good money for them to bring the original panini back. read more

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Listen, I get it, we are in a pandemic and want to be safe. You refusing to have a cashier does not make us safer. It forces us to go to the kiosk and wait in an enclosed space with other people because they are so slow or don't even work. This is the 3rd time now. So I take my kids in for what I hope is a super fast dinner. Grilled cheese. It's going to be so quick and easy. Well, there are two kiosks, with 2 groups hovered around it wondering why they don't work. There's no one in sight to help them. 10 minutes into this fiasco, it took us 5 minutes to plead with the kid to allow us to order at the cashier. Finally, we convinced him they were broken. Ahhh...20 minutes in, I finally get to order (mind you, I was next in line when walked in). Well, when I order the grilled cheese, the kid behind the counter courteously (I know it's not his fault) that the only bread they have is tomato basil. Sorry, my kids haven't acquired the taste of basil yet. I'm out...20 minutes of my life I'll never get back. But on a side note, you are Panera Bread! How do you run out of bread? So we headed over to Wegmans to just get them pretzels. Wouldn't you know it, they were all out of pretzels, and every other type of bread thanks to the Hurricane. Realizing it wasn't my day, I gave up, and went home. The moral of the story? Get a cashier. read more

Very bad service and poor management. Half the time they have no one working the register so your forced to use the touch screen. There was a woman who was screaming at the top of her lungs outside one day. We notified the manager multiple times and told her to call the police. This woman ranted on for 15 more minutes and after multiple attempts on pushing the manager to call, she finally did. Will not be going back. read more

Waiting almost 20 minutes for a to go order??? Really? To begin with, we came in and every "self order" kiosk except for one was out of commission. My wife likes the kiosk because of her diet restrictions. The guy in front of us was having trouble with his kiosk order and taking forever... We ended up ordering at the register and then we waited. And waited....and waited...and waited some more. It took all of 15-20 minutes to get our order. This place may look nice, but the service is a joke. No thanks. read more

Horrible employees there. Went in to order around 8 pm. Girl at register didn't give an "f" about the customers when question was being asked because all she cared about was going on her break ( this was on 1/5/17 at 8:05 pm). She didn't know any of the answers or didn't she really cared and gave me the dirtiest look and gave me unwelcome feeling, which is bad considering it's a restaurant. Totally forgot to give me bread for the soup also! Came here to eat with my son(4/21/18). He customized his sandwich and added beacon. They forgot it so when I asked for it rather than putting it. On the sandwich they put it in a soup cup. When my son opened it to put in on his sandwich it was covered in beacon fat. They didn't even warm it up! Gross! read more

This is definitely one of the most fanciest Panera Bread I have been too. The staff is very nice and the service is quick. The interior of the place is quite nice and so "instagram" i love it. The atmosphere is very intimate. read more

Panera Bread - Chipotle Chicken Avocado Melt - Sandwiches Near Me - Princeton, New Jersey

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This place has improved with the renovations but with the last visit. My friend had several beard hairs in her sandwich. They should have to wear hair nets over their beards or have no beards at all. I had Tomato Soup and a 1/2 sandwich. When i reached out to manager they could really care less! No longer will go to this location! read more

I ordered a pick-two of Mac & cheese with a Fuji Apple Salad with Chicken, I customized the order and requested that pecans be removed from my salad. I also added a note that stated I was allergic to nuts ( can be seen in the attached photo). After I was delivered the salad to my table, I was almost half way done with my salad when I found a pecan. I asked to speak to a manager, not realizing the lady I was speaking to was the manager, & told her that I could've died if I had eaten the pecan, she then gave me another salad & a refund. Just wanted to inform others with allergies to always make sure before eating the item that it doesn't contain the allergen. read more

Panera Bread - Allergic to nuts - Sandwiches Near Me - Princeton, New Jersey

This is the nicest Panera I've ever been to. The shopping center has a very nice outdoor seating space adjacent to this Panera and there's pretty pond view. My 4th star is because of the awesome outdoor area that makes this Panera stand out. read more

Panera Bread - The avocado ration in the Cobb salad has seen better days. - Sandwiches Near Me - Princeton, New Jersey

Aside from a sometimes quiet place to read, work and the like, this Panera has really gone downhill. It wasn't that uphill to begin with, but now it is just awful. I would've given the place one star if there were no places to sit and work or what have you. The food is not like it used to be, I ordered a simple espresso and it took them a while to get it done and by the time I came and asked, it was cold. No one buzzed my pager or anything, I am very disappointed with Panera. The one in Princeton was just horrendous, poor management, poor service overall. No wonder the Panera on Nassau street closed down. I wonder how long this Panera will last if they maintain that kind of low level work and morale. I also hope that they pay the workers a good wage, because if they don't, that could be why the place has gone downhill. I try to avoid this place now, it's just too depressingly awful. read more

I order food to be delivered an hour later from the Nassau Park Blvd, Princeton restaurant. I live 2 miles away so it's an easy drive. We wait, nothing. 45 minutes after the scheduled drop off time we check the front door "just in case". We find the Panera bags sitting on the front stoop. It turns out the delivery person never rang the front door bell, he/she just dropped off the bad and left. Yes, I checked the doorbell and the neighbors security camera. The food is now cold. I call the restaurant and their system says to call Corporate Customer Care and it hangs up. Not nice. I call Corporate Customer Care, their website says they are open but their system says not. I can't leave a message. It says go to website. Again, not nice. I go to website, provide details and my opinion of their new "absolutely zero contact delivery method". I get a generic email providing an Inquiry Number which says "you will receive assistance as promptly as possible". That's it and that was 2 weeks ago. Absolutely no other reply. Nothing, just forgotten about. I simply will not order from then again. Their food is not that good and there is plenty of competition that would actually ring the doorbell when dropping off food. This is not that hard people. read more