Our flight to home from Orlando airport would leave in early evening, giving us ample time to drive from Saint Augustine. We stopped for lunch at Panera while passing through Sanford. Panera is great for a reasonably healthy lunch at a decent price. My wife had the Cranberry Walnut Chicken Salad Sandwich, myself the Grilled Chicken And Avocado BLT. She also couldn't resist an orange scone. Good to see that Panera quality is consistent on the opposite coast from California! The sandwiches were turned around quickly, nicely done, and tasted good. Without too much delay we were back on the road and on our way. read more

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I ended up joining the zip club on a promotional email. I got this location is 15 minutes from my house so I tried it today. I had the blueberry lemonade which I thought I would really like, but it has a strong vinegar flavor so I changed it in for a regular soda. I also had a bagel with the asiago cheese, toasted with cream cheese, but the bagel looked more like a bread, puff or roll with cheese on top. They didn't have no bagel hole in the middle. I ordered on my phone so I had very limited interactions with the staff but everything seemed good. They have a shared parking lot. They do not have a strive through. They do mobile order contact, kiosk, and regular front desk order. Panera bread is a great place to work remotely. Have a Bible study meet friends or family for lunch or even sign your mortgage. A casual café that has lots of food. Options in the food is good. read more

Quality service and quality food. I usually come here in the mornings for coffee and never had an issue. Rarely, they would forget a side item but I would ask them to correct that when I notice. The food is good but sometimes only warm and not hot. It's a solid place for working or studying as well as there is ample seating read more

This location is my go-to whenever I treat the team for lunch. Service is excellent and the workers get the job done in a timely manner whenever I place a big order. They are also open most holidays which is a plus! read more

I've about had it with this Panera store. Okay so story-time!! Today counts the FOURTH TIME they have messed up my frontega chicken panini order. A little explanation: I am allergic to dairy and cheese and get hives when I eat anything with that stuff, so I always ask to remove the mozzarella cheese and chipotle aioli that comes on the sandwich. I don't know how the heck they are reading these tickets in the back, but today was the FOURTH TIME I opened my sandwich to find that they had forgotten to get rid of the mozzarella cheese. I'm not a picky person either, if they forgot to leave out something like onions or whatever I don't care but cheese is IMPORTANT for me given my allergy. To make the situation worse, I ordered my sandwich to-go...so yeah imagine my surprise when I opened my sandwich and found mozzarella in it...AGAIN. I called them over the phone and calmly explained to them what happened and that this wasn't the first time. The manager didn't seem to care and never even apologized. I asked them what could they do to remedy the situation and they said that if I came back they would make me another sandwich. At this point I was already tired from my long day and didn't want to go back and explained to her this. ONLY after that did she say that she would personally give me a full refund along with the sandwich if I drove back. I really didn't want to drive back since I was already physically and mentally at home, but your boy was hungry so I decided to drive back...but that's not where the story ends. I got to Panera and I don't know if my face gave it away or not but the worker at the front asked if I was here for the remade sandwich. I said yes and she handed me a bag and apologized for the whole situation. I said thank you and asked if I could speak with the manager I spoke over the phone with so I could get my refund. She said yes and walked to the back to grab her. After about 2 long minutes the manager came out and asked me what else I needed...UMMM maybe my refund?! I obviously didn't say it like that but I was just dumbfounded by the complete lack of sincerity or care from this manager. She forgot about my refund, never apologized for the situation, and honestly didn't seem to have cared just how bad they screwed up. She has a complete disregard for customer service and shouldn't be running the place in all honesty. The silver lining is that the sandwich, when it is made correctly, tastes pretty good! Am I going to play roulette to see if they're gonna make it right the next time? Hell to the no. This Panera Bread lost another loyal customer and given their previous reviews, I don't seem to be alone on this one. See ya!! read more

I am done. I've loved Panera since I was kid but it's not the same if I could give zero stars I would. this store specifically is awful. just absolutely awful and the food here is far too pricey to be such poor quality. Panera y'all need to do something it's rough out here for restaurants in todays economy you can't afford to be losing loyal customers like this. may not be today may not be for a few years from now but I can definitely see them being the next chain to close down for good if things stay the same. either lower prices or serve food that matches up to how much your charging not just garbage. read more

It's a big place with a lot of seating. Ordering is self serve or at the counter. They call your name when your order is ready. Then you go pick up your food at the pick up counter. When you're done eating you pick up your tray and dispose of your trash. As one can surmise the experience is quite impersonal. As for the food, the broccoli cheddar soup was good. The French Dip was below average with very little beef in it. The Aujous sauce was great. In fact, it was better than the sandwich. read more

Who doesn't love Panera bread I've tried many sandwiches. I've tried many soups and I can't get enough and the salads are delicious. Definitely will continue to go back. read more

Food is good but staff disrespects customer dietary restrictions - I ordered a grilled cheese with no side and when I went to pick up my order staff tried to give me a bag of potato chips as a side which I cannot have due to dietary restrictions. Please respect customer dietary restrictions when filling orders! read more

Today marks the last day I ever eat at this chain. I've been a die hard panera fan for so many years and their quality at any location has gone downhill so drastically, it makes me angry. Over the pandemic I can't even recall the amount of times they've had such severe staff shortages that their trash bins were overflowing. As for this specific location- this is the last time I get screwed over with paying this much for such bad service and lack of quality in their food. Today I ordered for pickup a standard Cesar salad with the addition of arugula.. and my salad came out as a literal small handful of arugula. Seriously? Furious with my order- I went into the restaurant to ask why they had left out the literal base of the salad.. for an employee to say she will give me the lettuce.. went to the counter and picked up a small handful of lettuce only. Do I care to argue?? What am I going to get out of this? Do I blame lack of customer service training? I have had general problems with this location, where I NEVER get my cup for my drink. I always have to ask and you can't ask the same employee who is working on the food.. you must wait or cut in line at the register to show your receipt to wait to grab a cup.... This is such a small detail which makes me waste so much of my time and energy to grab my food to go. I hate to be rude and cut a large group of other customers who are waiting to order. This locations overall lack of heavy duty cleaning also makes me upset, as this is a heavy traffic location. It's very obvious there hasn't been a heavy cleaning by an external company.. EVER??? There are obvious roof leaks and lack of standard hygienic measures in place. When you have a restaurant, you cannot rely simply on the employees who have just worked for 7 hours and are now asked by their manager to clean the dining chairs- who have no proper training on doing so. This $6 salad will be the end of my service this company and their inability to train employees, maintain employees, as well as lack of creating a clean and easy atmosphere for their customers. No free drink subscription should keep anyone coming back to a business that doesn't care about anything but their profit. This Sanford location and the Millenia location, that I used to frequent are both owned by the Covelli franchise. It's very obvious the lack of quality that these 2 locations share. read more

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It doesn't matter which Panera Bread we go to, the orders include almost the same thing every time. A strawberry smoothie. My youngest loves the strawberry smoothie from Panera Bread. I really like using the kiosks inside for when I order because it remembers my favorites list. Every Panera looks similar, not a ton of frills. The drink stations are nice because you can refill your drink before leaving. The open kitchen is nice because you can talk to a person in the event you have a question or issue. My food might not always be the best, but as long as the Strawberry Smoothie continues to be made the exact same way at every location, I will continue to give 5 stars because you made my kids day. read more

We came and ordered soup and a drink. While the prices have gone up considerably, the soup was steaming hot. The bread was delicious as always. We were a bit hesitant given the reviews, but we really enjoyed our meal. We will come back. read more

Panera Bread - Chicken Tikka Masala soup - Sandwiches Near Me - Sanford, Florida

We've patronized Panera in many areas around Florida and found this location to be just fine. Years ago they removed the Cobb Salad from the menu, which I never understood, but now it's back. Good for them. We did not see any issues while we were there. I do agree that the prices have pushed up as they have everywhere. Not good but what are you going to do? The Cobb Salad was very good as was the Southwest Chicken Salad. The bread is always good. Enjoy! read more

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Wow! I naturally have a negative opinion of Panera, so I was a little skeptical going in and honestly already had a negative opinion. However, this past experience has entirely turned that around! I had the Baja bowl and the baguette and both were excellent! Super tasty and fresh! I will definitely be back! They use Greek yogurt as a dressing, which I know seems odd, but honestly I was pleasantly surprise, it was a super good option, tasty, and healthy. read more

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What happened?! Luke-warm soup, snippy employees, half of a half soggy salad. Mediocre mac, also Luke-warm, and a basic sandwich....tap water, and very tasty hunk of bread. When you spend $40 on a lunch, it should be better than drive-thru in quality. It should, at the least, match it. We wanted something different than our usual and figured it had been a while, so why not? Well.... We used to love Panera, food was always quality. Bread was still great. But it alone isn't enough reason for us to come back anytime soon. At least not to this location. read more

Great coffee, sandwiches, salads, bagels and pastries. Panera has it going on! It was a super cold day in Florida (yeah, you heard me) and I was in the mood for something warm in my belly. I headed in for a quick late lunch and I ordered the "pick two". I asked for half of the Green Goddess salad and some cheddar broccoli soup. My buzzer went off in record time. I grabbed my meal and sat down in a booth. My salad was fresh and oh so tasty! This was my first time ordering the Green Goddess. Usually, I'll opt for a Greek salad. The only downfall was it seemed liked the hard boiled eggs were extra chilled as I felt I it was a tad bit "frosty" when I bit into it. The cheddar broccoli soup was so satisfying. The temperature was just right. Not too hot- so I was able to get right into it! I left feeling good and not hating myself. That in itself shows that the meal was perfect. read more

Panera Bread - Cheddar broccoli soup - Sandwiches Near Me - Sanford, Florida

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Ordered a cup of fruits. The fruits are old and I ended up throwing it out a waste of money. Mushy grapes mushy pineapples. Absolutely disgusting I lost my taste for going to Panera bread at this location. read more

Panera Bread - Ordered a cup of fruit and I got this nasty old fruits. I wish I would've checked my bag before leaving the building. - Sandwiches Near Me - Sanford, Florida

Panera is known, at least for me, or for their breakfast and baked goods items. I use them frequently to bring in some breakfast when I am conducting breakfast meetings around the southeast. Everyone always likes to be surprised with a nice package of bagels, cream cheese and some hot coffee. I do like their bagels with cream cheese, it is my most common go to at Panera's. This is the case whether I am buying for one of my aforementioned business meetings or if I'm just grabbing something to eat for myself. I have had lunch there a few times and while it is okay, I find it nothing special. Some of their suits are pretty good and I guess they have become quite popular as I am seeing them now in supermarkets. All in all, I would give this place my recommendation. read more

This location does a great job with their curbside option. I've never been waiting for longer than 5 minutes even when there is a large group of cars using the same service. The food also tastes great and is warm when handed to me. Pros with Curbside: * Quick Service * Don't have to leave your vehicle * Friendly Customer Service Cons: * Runs out of bagels occasionally around lunch time read more

Panera Bread - Small Mac n Cheese - Sandwiches Near Me - Sanford, Florida

I don't understand why rapid pickup is behind the cashier station. It feels like it defeats the purpose to have to stand in line to then ask for your food. I prefer the locations that have the racks where you grab your food. I want a quick in and out process typically. I still feel their prices here are overpriced for the size and quality of the food. I tried the hot chocolate recently for the first time and it was pretty good. Overall I feel there's room for improvement with menu pricing & rapid pickup setup. read more

Always excellent service when we go. Always fresh. Unfortunately with the new menu it is very limited of choices especially for little picky eaters. The chicken salad sandwich was amazing and is now not on the menu, but the tuna one is still there. read more

This location was a nice place to come. I don't know if they change ownership or what. The seats are torn up, the sink on the bathroom looks like is going to fall. I ask for a chicken sandwich and hardly had any chicken. The prices keep going up. read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Sanford, Florida

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My family likes Panera. But this particular one, all of the food is still good, it's not a very clean looking restaurant. It's still Panera so it's not bad good but the tables were not bussed, not at all we was there. It was very crowded and none of the tables were wiped once. Gross. read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Sanford, Florida

70% of tables dirty , undercooked margerita flatbread and when I asked for them to toast or make me a new one, so that it is properly cooked and not undercooked manager, Stefanie said that they could not so they left me with an undercooked flatbread, soggy and unappealing. She truly did not care, and as much as Panera bread cost, they should've at least gave us food that was properly cooked. Very disappointing will not return to this location. read more

I am giving this Panera one star Bc the food was made good and correctly. I usually have my food in the bag when I do rapid pick up online but today they forgot to put cream cheese. I asked the girl at pick up for it and she gave me the nastiest attitude ever. She was light skin with brown hair. She said get it from the front and turned her back on me. The manager apparently was also in a bad mood because another costumer waiting said geez looks like everyone in here is rude. It really is annoying to start your morning off on a negative foot. I will probably just get my breakfast elsewhere from now. I really can't stand rude people. If you don't like your job.. find one you love read more

Panera Bread - Scrambled egg and cheese on an Asiago bagel - Sandwiches Near Me - Sanford, Florida

Panera... I will not be back. Total lack of service. I placed my order, paid and then waited for my cup. I finally asked for a cup. Your employee was not the least bit interested in working. After getting my drink and finding a place to sit down, I realized she did not give me the cookie I ordered. I went back to the cashier and told her she didn't give me the cookie. Her response was " it's over there" and pointed to where you pick up a coffee. She didn't move to assist me or say anything else. I went over to the other counter and found my cookie. It wasn't busy or crowded. My order number was 165358. read more

One of the more disgusting places I've ever gone into. There is seldom soap in the bathroom, toilets look like a frat house after a party of drinking and exlax. I usually end up walking out it's disgusting to think employees aren't using soap. In an area that has plenty of eating choices, you can do better read more

I like the selection of sandwiches and soups as well as the pastries. Ordering on the app is easy and food is ready quickly.

Kinda sticky counters and not well maintained. The coffee and water on the self-serve drink counter were both tepid, nothing was hot enough to drink or make a hot tea. Had to wait in line (again) to ask for a hot drink after buying my cup. The staff barely acknowledged me and acted like they were too tired to speak clearly to customers. Don't come here too often, but after the morning rush is over, the place is not well maintained. To be honest, I'll likely go to WaWa next time for coffee and a snack. Not convenient or worth the time to come here. Less than "meh". read more

I do not understand why it took 30 minutes to put together sandwiches and soup. This was terrible service when there was virtually no one in the restaurant. I called and talked to the manager and when they came back, they apologized and said they forgot that they put me on hold. Never coming to this location again. read more

Don't eat the ice.....I saw a worker start mining the ice box with a mop and then proceeding to sit in the ice box.

The service was quick and hot. The kiosk responds slowly. Got the smoky buffalo chz melt. Not great. Not bad The food was hot, but the flavors don't mix well. You get one flavor at a time. The cheese is overpowering. The onion is too strong and wrong sauce. The bread was good. That sandwich needs a complete make over. read more

Nice place to have a seat. Enjoy some free WiFi, unwind and relax for a moment. Great little areas where you can bring a laptop to catch up on homework, look for a new job or just surf the web. read more

Panera Bread - Everything bagel with cream cheese - Sandwiches Near Me - Sanford, Florida

Absolutely LOVE this Panera. Best customer service! Stephanie is amazing. Always remembers my order. Everyone always says good morning and goes the extra mile to make us feel welcome and special. read more

If you want to grab and go, choose somewhere else. I'm amazed at this location how you can walk up to the counter with no line, ask for some bagels 'as is' in a bag to go, have your card ready to pay and get detained for 20 questions. Sliced? No thanks, just plain, nothing with it. Just put them in the bag. We need to go. No butter or cream cheese? No thanks. Just the bagels. Do you have a rewards card? Do you want them in the same bag? Do you want to sign up for a card? Jeez, guys. Just give us our freaking bagels, let us pay and GO! I can deal with one question. But when I'm getting a simple order of plain bagels and need to get out as quickly as possible, I start getting frustrated. They make everything so complicated. Bagels are OK. Not worth the hassle though. Einstein does a better job and lets you take your stuff, pay and leave. read more

This morning we ordered a rapid pick up from this location and were somewhat disappointed by the quality of service. I ordered a sandwich on a soft brioche bun because I am experiencing oral pain. The restaurant called us to inform us that they were out of brioche buns, so I asked for the ingredients to be put in a bowl because the other bread options would be painful to eat. The portions provided seemed kind of weak, maybe throw in an extra scrambled egg if a customer requests their order like this, I paid almost $5 for a sausage patty, two small slices of cheese, and what looked like half a scrambled egg. The food was good, but maybe try to provide value to your guests. The other problem was that my partner ordered an Asiago bagel, sliced and toasted. When we got our order the bagel was unsliced and cold. It was fresh and moist, a high quality bagel, but it wasn't what we ordered. read more

It seems unnecessary and audacious to wait more than 30 minutes for A SINGLE sandwich. The ambiance is fine, just like any other Panera Bread. Come here if you have nothing to do with the rest of your day. read more

My wife and I made a quick stop into Panera Bread on our way to the car dealership to pick up her new Honda CR-V. We picked up a Cinnamon Crunch Bagel, lightly toasted, with Cream Cheese; and, a couple of the delicious low-sugar Fountain Drinks... My wife had the Plum Ginger Hibiscus Tea and I had the Prickly Pear Hibiscus Fresca. We enjoyed our light breakfast very much. I usually object to the prices quick serve restaurants charge for fountain drinks; but, you will get no complaint from me about Panera Bread. I will go out of my way to get one of their unique flavor creations, which are super tasty; and, NOT loaded with sugar. read more

Located in Sanford, in a separate strip of shops in the Super Target, World Market plaza. I like Panera, I have eaten regularly at many locations including downtown, Altamonte, Longwood, Park ave, Winter Park (aloma) and Maitland. I'm not sure what went wrong at this location. Service is slow morning or lunch, crowded or not. If you call in an order, you have to wait in the main long line, this location does not have the "Take out/Phone order" register. It should. There is only a designated "online order" line to get in and out without the extra long wait. If you do call in or order online, check your completed order more than once. I've yet to walk out of here with a correct order. Missing items and incorrect charges for items. I hope they fix the kinks so the process is less frustrating. read more

Panera Bread - New lentil miso broth bowl - Sandwiches Near Me - Sanford, Florida

My experience was much better the second time around so I'll add another star, but still no where near as good as the Port Orange location. My issue this time was that my bakery item was hard and dry despite what it looked like (hence why I chose it). However, staff continues to be knowledgeable about what goes into in every menu item and they are very patient and diligent. read more

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