I was passing through Redding and decided to eat at my favorite Panera Bread because I really love soups. I ordered the tomato soup and a sandwich. Very delicious, highly recommend it to everyone Total Price 16$ read more

Panera Bread - Salad Near Me - Redding, California

I absolutely used to love panera a decade Ago it was a great, now the food is meh Okay. They've gotten very stingy A 1/2 sandwich is about 4 inches. And the ingredients are mostly sauce. They put like 4 tiny piecs of 1x1 inch pulled chicken on a 4 inch x3inch read more

Panera Bread - Barbeque chicken but no chicken sandwich. Go somewhere else if you want a decent value - Salad Near Me - Redding, California

Pricing is very deceptive and food was ok but very small portions for the price. Would not waste time or money to eat there again. The counter girl was nice and friendly but it was so loud in there we couldn't communicate to each other very well. It's a newer store and it was clean. read more

Not awful. We had a chicken ceaser salad and thr chicken cobb with the green goddess dressing Ceaser was standard and tasty. Cobb was good too, the dressing was yummy. Both served with French bread which was good but we had to ask for butter. Butter was hard as a rock. I also had a Hibiscus iced tea. The tea was ok but not sweetened. I went to get sugar packets and to my delight found simple syrup. So much better for iced tea. So not great but definitely ok. Would go again for sure. One really odd thing is the ladies bathroom sink had only hot water. I mean really hot, like I wouldn't put a little kids hand in it. Weird. read more

Oh boy burnt chile was so dark and muddy. Took a few bites and regretted it. Called the store, no answer, no voicemail. Went into the store and the manager was nice but they seem to know that they're food is burnt yet don't know how to fix it. They are knowingly serving bad food. Not good. Next meal on Panera... hard pass read more

The Cesar salad is good and the dressing but the chicken needs improvement. The Rocco's soup was delicious. This low score is really about the chicken, the rest was good. read more

I've never had a bad experience at Panera. Their bagels and pastries are delicious. Their sandwiches are delicious as well. Their strawberry salad is probably the best restaurant salad I've ever had though. It was so fresh. read more

I don't think Panera even earns one star, but I had to choose one to leave this review. First of all, I had to wait at the drive thru order speaker for about five minutes until someone took my order. I paid over $40.00 for two super small smoothies, two HALF sandwiches and a soup. Way too overpriced. When I got home to enjoy my meal, I was met with dry, tasteless sandwiches, a cold soup, and a smoothie that was full of ice and not properly blended. I will NEVER eat here again. I don't believe the future looks too bright here in Redding for Panera. Redding has loads of other sandwich shops that are lightening years better than Panera. I wish I could get my money back, because going here was like throwing it down the toilet. read more

Panera Bread - Using my Roku remote for scale, the apple Panera gave me is minuscule! - Salad Near Me - Redding, California

We ordered the creamy chicken & rice soup and hearty chili to take home on a cold Monday night. Forgot to order the bread bowls. No problem as we went back to order them before we left. No one was manning the counter. There was one other couple in the restaurant. You would think that the place was packed and they were slammed. When a manager finally came to the counter, we were met with frowns and sighs. After a ridiculous wait for already baked bread, we got home only to realize that there was no chili in the bag, just soup. This will be our last visit to Panera. read more

Idk what everyone is complaining about this tastes delicious and I was served with super positive energy. Yall complain so much you're bringing down a business that just opened for what? It tastes delicious don't let the reviews deter you. 10/10 I got 2/2 half salad half sandwich best deal. read more

Panera Bread - Chipotle chicken avo - Salad Near Me - Redding, California

Ordered delivery. They didn't send one of the soups. They also sent me straight broth instead of the french onion soup o had purchased. The food was low quality and definitely not worth the cost. This is the worst Panera I have ever been to. read more

Love Panera and we stopped for lunch on our way up from SJ to Portland. Great salads and clean interior/restrooms. Super friendly staff too! read more

I'm not sure if it's only me or if anyone else got the same experience of dramatically reducing the size of the food with overpriced items. I'm a big fan of Panera Bread but not this one in Redding. I went today Monday 2/5/24 and ordered Baja bowl with chicken the whole size -not half- then I received the order as if I ordered only half so I questioned after I showed them what I did order with the photo on their website vs what I actually got. They insisted that's the right order. It was $14 for half of the size of what I just ordered last week. I showed them the advertised photo vs what I received and they just said yeah it doesn't have tomato. While in fact the whole portion is much less. I'm very disappointed and not coming back I'm not surprised that this location has a rating of 1-2 stars only but it seems they don't really care !! read more

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Good food but slow service, little expensive and they removed good food from the with the new menu expansion :(

I haven't had Panera in years, but today was treated to a delicious sandwich and coffee for a lunch date, accompanied by fantastic staff that was very helpful from the register all the way through the meal. Nice, relaxing music in the background that wasn't overpowering and tables that were all clean. Highly recommend! read more

Amazing broccoli cheddar cheese soup and the employees were so friendly and took the time to make my order perfectly. And the display of the fresh baked cookies, and breads I wanted to get one of everything. I will always return to this Panera Bread when I'm in Redding. Thank you read more

I LOVE THEIR SOUP! Service was great, everyone was friendly and knowledgeable! Clean with a good atmosphere. ​

Lilly went ABOVE + BEYOND!!! Really catered to the customer's needs and ensured we had a good experience!!! Well done!!! 1. Was patient and kind as we figured out what to order. 2. Ensured that we got our modified order with the correct elements 3. We received extra sauce with a pleasant smile! read more

I've been to the Redding Panera Bread three times in the last month. Once for lunch - soup and half sandwich with a drink, everything as advertised, taste and quality were standard Panera (not looking for an upscale experience here). Next time was for a drink and blueberry muffin, best muffin I've had anywhere in a LONG time. The third time was for a drink and everything bagel, all good again. I rarely go to restaurants in the first year they're open and expect anything reliable. So far, this Panera seems to have worked out the kinks they experienced in the first few months. I'll keep going back! Oh, Cassie, manager, has been friendly and helpful on all three visits. I imagine she handles the register frequently due to staffing shortages, much like everywhere else. read more

Went by around 9 this morning. The place was dead. Clean though and very nice employees. We ordered two breakfast sandwiches, one with bacon and one with sausage upgraded to a bagel instead of ciabatta. We usually add cream cheese to make these sandwiches not so dry and we were SHOCKED to see their cream cheese prices. A tiny small container is $2 and that's not even enough for one sandwich so that would be adding $2 per sandwich. We decided on the bigger size of cream cheese for $4 something instead but those prices alone made me want to never go for breakfast again. Whyyyyyy is cream cheese so expensive here? The sandwiches were good but next time we visit, we will be trying lunch instead. read more

Possibly one the worst Panera Breads I have eaten at. Ordered soup and sandwich. Soup was Luke warm and the amount of meat of meat on the sandwich was minuscule. If you want quality Panera, head down to Chico. read more

Panera Bread - Tomato soup with tuna sandwich. - Salad Near Me - Redding, California

My first time going to any Panera Bread. If this visit is typical of all Panera Breads, no sense going to any others. Long wait given the restaurant had so few people in it. Perhaps they were backed up in the drive-through? Portion sizes were not particularly large, especially for the price. 'Warm Bowl' was not warm at all. I would recommend using a smaller bowl for their serving of chili. When it's less than half full, it looks more empty than full and makes you feel like you were shorted. And please train your counter staff to greet you when people first come in. Or at least make eye contact and smile. Food quality was OK, but not better than other restaurants in the area. read more

Food was good but for $50 my partner and I couldn't even get enough food to be full. Walking into Panera was fine, understandably busy due to being recently open, but nothing crazy. But when I went to pick up my mobile order, I stood waiting for over 10 ten minutes, despite my order being done and visible on the counter, because the associate giving out the food was talking with another customer and other employees instead of handing out orders or delegating it to someone else. I was standing right next to him and kept making eye contact with him and order workers but was still ignored. Very frustrating. Not a good first impression for this new store whatsoever. read more

Panera bread was straight garbage. Got a soup and half sandwich that barely had anything on it. I took a bite and noticed there is nothing in my dang sandwich, took it to get it fixed and they said they were fine with that and they have a set amount they put on each one. False advertising! Completely unacceptable. We definitely will never go there again. read more

Panera Bread - Salad Near Me - Redding, California

Wow. I simply ordered a lemonade. After a sip of the highly priced liquid ($4.38) that tasted more like cleaning fluid than citrus, I complained. I was informed I bought it, I keep it. No replacements. Thanks, Panera! read more

I dreamed of having a Panera bread come to town that would be like what I thought if so often with nostalgia but this isn't Panera bread. It's got the name but that's it. Panera was niche and amber lighting, Persian cafe music, a fireplace, leather living room style chairs, people coming to work on their Mac's in various spread out locations and they all looked trendy and the entire experience was one that made you feel sophisticated for choosing to dine here. The food was actually bistro style and unique combinations of healthy or cultural ingredients that made you believe you were healthy or of a special class to eat here. Now it's just another chain. Sterile commercial bland environment. Tables and chairs so close that you can't look anywhere without making eye contact with a stranger. Nothing feels private or sacred or special about this place. It feels like you could be in a subway if you didn't look at the sign on the wall. Food is basic and bland now. Nothing about it is unique and it's trying to replicate instead of being its own thing. There were no really intriguing menu items anymore so I get a cheesesteak sandwich which is Panera's version of something everyone knows is o much better when it's made the way it's meant to be made. What happened to the caramelized onions, avocado, thinly cut strips of high quality organic and ethically raised meat, visually stimulating items like bistro steak salad and all the things I associate with this place when I think of the past? The staff is plenty kind and professional and on top of it all so this isn't negative towards them at all. It's just that NOTHING makes this place special anymore and I am missing the experience I wish I could recreate for others from my past when I dined here in Texas during the early 2000's. Very disappointed that I don't recognize anything that once defined my favorite restaurant. read more

The food is always great and the servers are very polite. I think the management is very qualified too

Great service Fine Atmosphere Excellent food Friendly staff Always!!! Get on the sip program!! read more

Two stars for the new and attractive environment, however, the food was a little less than mediocre and way overpriced. Also, the amount of filling in sandwiches was the bare minimum, and worst of all the cherry tart was obviously stale as it was tough to chew on not what a pastry should be like light and flaky, a real disappointment. It was very expensive and one of left the restaurant still hungry in spite of a very expense meal for two. We are not likely to return. read more

I can't get over how I feel ripped off by ordering 2 half sandwiches with the sides of their so called Bistro soups. $32.68. Their description is nothing compared to what was served. If I hadn't ordered it to go and was across town before eating it with such disappointment, I would have surely confronted this eatery and demanded my money back. The portion size and missing ingredients down to the bland taste will prevent any future return visits. Save your money and enjoy your lunch elsewhere. read more

Nice clean store. Friendly staff. Decent food. However, they have very few gluten free selections.

Ive just moved here, So glad that theres a Panera! Excellent quality, one of my favorite places for breakfast, lunch and dinner! A great deal for a dozen bagels and you get two tubs of cream cheese thrown in. The Honey Walnut cream cheese is amazing BUT PLEASE BRING BACK VEGETABLE CREAM CHEESE read more

Service was good. Didn't wait long. Just that sandwich had way less ingredients than last time I had it

High prices and just ok food. Not a fan of any business that tv slips through a loophole to keep from paying the new CA minimum wage.

First off, I hate writing such negative reviews but this is THE worst Panera Bread I've been to. The only Pro was the counter person was friendly, kind and helpful. We have been to other Panera Breads and have always seeked them out knowing we'd have a good meal. Well, not the Redding location. We were curious why they weren't busy on a Friday in the summer at lunchtime....we know why. The two sandwiches we ordered and choked down were both 80% bread. Dry and disappointing. The Cream of Chicken/Wild Rice was ok. We felt ripped off and won't return to the Redding Panera Bread. read more

Excellent food, awesome customer service! Great value for food cost in California! Drinks , many choices and the flavors are on point

Rude rude customer service. Cashier literally talking down to the guests at the counter.

The store was empty when I came in there completely five employees. I did have a hard time ordering because the menu is so confusing but I decided on a pick two ordered the ciabatta and macaroni and cheese. I asked them to make it extra hot because I remember I've been there one time before and the soup was cold, thought it was a one off they just opened. I was shocked when my bill was $20 and I had an ordered a drink. I figured $20 might fill me up. This was pathetic. I honestly feel like I was robbed. I got 2 ounces of macaroni and cheese and there couldn't have been 2 ounces of beef on my sandwich. The onions were so old. It was very nasty. I guess everyone else figured this out before me Friday night 6 o'clock the place was empty five employees making $20 an hour seems like a waste. read more

Panera Bread - This is a Philly sandwich and macaroni and Ciabatta Cheesesteak - Salad Near Me - Redding, California

I have eaten here 3 times food is good pastries are good today apparently they were having a meeting with staff outside when I went in to order I got to order right away... as I was waiting for my food I noticed the kitchen staff talking and taking a long time time to get out orders which was 2 in front of me... while I was waiting the manager I am assuming came in and one of the cashiers was asking him a question about a customer's coupon..he belittled her right in front of me I felt bad for her... it took over 10 minutes for me to get my 1 breakfast sandwich... so I am not sure I can go there before work.... but that manager needs some training on how to talk to employees because I would not work for someone like that read more

We were looking forward to Panera finally coming to town. Here in Redding, we didn't get a full Panera but their "cafe" concept, which is a smaller footprint with a simpler interior and a drive-thru. We tried it the very first day it was open, then twice more through the week to compare service and food quality. That first day, I knew it would be chaotic because openings often are. The interior looked packed, but there were only 7 cars in the drive-thru, so I opted for that. It took about 45 minutes to get served and out of the drive-thru, for a broccoli cheddar soup, flatbread pizza, cookie and a drink. Soup was very small for $10. The Chicken/bacon flatbread pizza was the better value. The next time a few days later, I decided to order ahead using the app to try to shave some time by using the express pickup inside. It told me the simple order (just a drink, cookie, broccoli cheddar soup w/bread bowl, and sandwich) would be ready in only 10 minutes, which I didn't believe for a second given my prior experience. It said my order was done, but just in quality check for completeness, so I went in to pick it up at the time the app said. Nope. Not done. Not even quality checked - it wasn't on the pickup rack. This pointed up a major problem with the layout inside for quick pick orders. They have a large TV near the pass where the food is served that shows what order is being delivered next, and in that relatively small space they also have the self serve drink bank and a very inconvenient bar table that makes it hard to get to the pickup shelving or drink bank when 10-12 people are hanging around waiting for their to-go order. The table needs to go. Watching the guy handling the orders on the pass expediting them pointed up a lot of why orders were taking so long to get out. He had a bunch of finished orders coming out from the kitchen, but he was operating in first gear processing them. There were a bunch of orders that had only 1-3 items, but he would spend a ton of time getting a larger order ready, making all the small order people wait when he could have blasted through the onesie-twosie orders and cleared out at least 3-5 of the people waiting quickly for their food that was RIGHT THERE and then did the large order to reduce the congestion. Didn't happen. When the quality check finally happened 15 minutes later they didn't have the cookie that was available when I ordered. We had a chocolate chip substituted so we could get out of there. It was a bad cookie. Very hard and tasted old. The bread bowl was very small and the bread was not great. Lots of crust, not a whole lot of soft interior. Sandwich was good, but the baguette was weirdly flat, like they didn't proof it long enough. The chicken featured on the sandwich was unavailable, so regular chicken was substituted. Final visit, ordered on the app for quick pickup. Order was literally dump mac n cheese and soup into two bowls, give a cup for a drink, and serve. App again gave what I knew were completely unrealistic pickup times that were missed by a LOT. When I arrived, the same guy running the pass "expediting" orders in complete defiance of what that word means. There were again a bunch of people trying not to bump into each other as they were clustered around the bar table that shouldn't be there as they watched the TV in vain, hoping to see their name pop up. Saw our items hit the pass (there's a large tag with the customer name on it with the food when it comes to the pass) and waited an excruciating 15 minutes for quickdraw mcgraw "quality check" it into a bag and hand it to me. Total time for this extremely basic order - 35 minutes. The mac n cheese was good, as expected. The bowl of "homestyle" chicken noodle soup may have been a typo, because we received "homeless style" soup - all broth with literally 8 noodles and a couple chunks of chicken. Would not recommend. At Olive Garden across the street a few weeks ago we got a chicken gnocchi soup as a throwaway extra included with an entree order that was 10x better and 3x larger. Baguettes that came with the mac/soup orders were again weirdly flat. Baguettes are not supposed to be fluffy but these were the flattest baguettes I've ever had. So, three visits in less than a week. Much slack given due to this being a new opening, but the successive failures were pretty hard. The best items were the smoked chicken sandwich (even though regular chicken was substituted) and the flatbread chicken/bacon pizza, but I am in no hurry to go back and do another order here. Prices are high for the quantity of food delivered and the poor service. My two pieces of advice for this Panera location: remove that weird table cluttering up the to-go shelving/drink bank/tv area and either completely retrain the guy at the pass or replace him with someone who can prioritize and expedite better. My advice to you? Try Sourdough Bread Company by Save Mart. It's better all around. read more

Panera Bread - View from the entrance into the cafe. - Salad Near Me - Redding, California