This is the worst panera bread i have ever been to. I got a ceaser salad and the chicken was frozen. I bit into a piece of frosted chicken and lost my appetite. Truly unsatisfied. Would of gave it 0 stars if i could. Not to mention this is the second time this happened to me at this establishment. Save your time and your money. Should of got wendys instead read more

I go to Panera very often. There is a managaner who is so rude with glasses, Guyanese maybe Dominican a little chubby. I don't like him. He's so rude. There is a little boy named Mike who is always smiling he's very enthusiastic about his job and speaking to customers. I love him. The ladies in the back are also lovely. The other manager with blonde hair is really nice too. The food is delicious, I go there breakfast and lunch on saturdays and sundays. read more

Just horrible! Cold sandwich, warm soup, stale croutons. Go elsewhere! I asked for a bowl of soup they gave me a cup, they would not correct it I literally had to go to the manager to fix it. And I've never had a bacon turkey bravo this small lol, Panera tried it today. read more

Panera Bread - Salad Near Me - Valley Stream, New York

Why is this establishment so freaking cold we are in the middle of winter no need to have an ac on blast. I feel like this Panera does not have the same standard as the other locations. Why is that I place an online order and my order is never there. I saw 5 people get their food before me and I had to ask about mine the lady just had it sitting in the back. Food is hit or miss at this location sometimes fresh and sometimes questionable read more

Pros- A somewhat healthy fast food restaurant at the Green Acres Mall. The inside of the restaurant allows for secluded well lit seating and window side seating.The menu offers a variety of sandwiches and salads, soups, drinks, pastries at an okay price. The soups that I've tasted could be a bit better. but overall, probably give it a try if you're ever around there. I would most likely recommend the broccoli cheddar soup, the bistro french onion soup, the roasted turkey and avocado BLT, as well as the steak and arugula sandwich. As far as salads go, their take on the caesar salad would do just fine, usually I prefer the spicy thai salad with chicken and the modern greek salad with quinoa. Cons- The service is slow, often at times it could take upwards from 10 to 15 up to 20 minutes for your meal to come out.The staff also seams a bit young(nothing wrong with that), but as behavior stands with them, they could attempt to be a bit more professional.There is also a problem with insects, flies roam about the restaurant and its rather unpleasant to see them around while you're eating. read more

I'm disgusted!!!!! There was a fly in my salad. Unfortunately I noticed after almost eating the whole thing read more

Panera Bread - After almost finishing my entire salad I spotted a little creature with wings - Salad Near Me - Valley Stream, New York

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As close to healthy fast food as you can get. Lots of options, sandwiches, soups and salads. Great for kids! Mine love the chicken noodle soup, which even with chips is only 10 grams of fat (Compared to nuggets and small fries which is over 25 grams of fat) And this location has maintained high quality of service and cleanliness that you find at other Paneras. A great addition to the Valley Stream area. read more

i love it i recommend the green goddess salad if ur scared what to get get it full with ceaser salad dressing its a rlly good and quiet, great if ur going to study or do work there too read more

This is my favorite Panera ! If you were thinking of going anywhere for clean fresh food it would be this location! All the ladies in the kitchen are amazing and they deserve a raise! Very well mannered and they have the most excellent customer service! The only problem is a girl named yoshi thats been at the register for 3 years and still has the worst attitude and the worst customer service skills but everyone else there is very warming and excellent at what they do ! read more

I am sitting here right now and cannot believe the amount of flies i am seeing! I first noticed it in the area where you pick up your food, like 6 flies sitting on the ceiling! Then I sat with my sister and they are on every wall, everywhere you turn. So disgusting never coming here again. read more

Panera Bread - If you look closely you will see the family of flies sitting on the ceiling! This is just a few of the hundreds this panera has EVERYWHERE.. - Salad Near Me - Valley Stream, New York

Decor is typical for a panera bread. Food is pretty good. My only issue was with the staff. They seemed sort of preoccupied. They weren't rude, but I just expected a little more in terms of customer service..like maybe a smile..hello..or thank you. read more

Food was good not great. Place was clean. Service was ok. Would eat there again if I'm in the area. read more

Panera Bread - Lobster roll, tuna sandwich, frozen lemonade. - Salad Near Me - Valley Stream, New York

I tried the new Tuscan grilled chicken sandwich. Pretty tasty. I miss the Italian sandwich, that used to be on the menu, though!!

Great place, as we all know, all the franchises serve the same food with pretty much consistency but what makes the place difference is the service. The manager named Louis was awesome, he was super friendly, polite & patient. Would definitely choose this branch when eating Panera the next time:) Happy Holidays:) read more

Panera Bread - Salad Near Me - Valley Stream, New York

Every time I come to this location , there's a long slow moving line and a long wait to receive my order . There were no napkins at the dispensers or straws , had to ask a worker to get me some . Also a lot of the tables were dirty , yet to be clean . read more

Panera Bread - Salad Near Me - Valley Stream, New York

I came in this store about 2 Friday ago for breakfast and got a cup of ice and this is what I find in the ice they tell me nothing but they cleaning the machine no sorry no nothing call customer service to let them no about the problem and they told me the owner of that store would call me I have not hear back from them yet so I remember I had pictures of what was in my ice and this is the store in green aces mall read more

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We went to the Panera Bread in the green Acres Mall in Valley Stream NY. They had a cooking program for kids we took my two boys they loved it, the staff was great a attentive. The manager Jessica was amazing she conducted the class so patients with my kids. My kids loved the program I recommend to try! read more

I don't come here often but it is the closest location to my house. I don't know why it has such a low rating but maybe I've just gotten lucky during my visits. Recently, I sat and ate lunch here on Friday and one other day about a week ago. Once with my mother and once with my five year old and infant. Both times I enjoyed the food and the seating area. My family loves the bread which we sometimes buy by the loaf. The staff is pleasant and of course real tableware is a plus. read more

Thought I'd go in again and give it a second shot. Nope. Nope. Nope. I am not writing this review because I want to 'hate' on Panera bread for the sole purpose of it being in green acres. I want this place to win! This is my neighborhood. I grew up around here. I would LOVE to give this establishment a fab review but unfortunately I can not. Came here two days ago. I ordered a Turkey Bacon sandwich, A salad along with a bagel w. cream cheese......................My sandwhich had no lettuce, tomato, OR (wait for it..this is the most important part...BACON!) My CHOCOLATE CHIP bagel came with the WRONG cream cheese (onion?..wtf) and my salad was whack. It lacked luster. I paid $23 for frustration. I will be avoiding this place completely. read more

This is a brand new location only a couple months old, and they have some kinks to work out. But the service is good and friendly, the thai salad is as good as I get it anywhere else. My only issue is the paninis are a little lacking in ingredients, like the manager cracks the whip if they go over their allotted measurements. read more

Didn't walk in here with too many expectations but standard, better than fast food food. I ordered the Frontega Chicken Panini with Mac & Cheese and the almost always amazing green tea (only to be disappointed by it). The sandwich was as good as I thought it would be, but the Mac & Cheese was quite impressive. My first time having the mac and cheese here and very upset I've discovered it (I may be running in here too much to satisfy an occasional craving). It was rich in white cheddar and lots of other cheesy goodness! Mac & Cheese a must have here. My green tea wasn't their usual - not sure what happened with my batch but it tasted like sugar water, no real green tea taste. The cashier was very helpful and accommodating because of my not so good green tea. Panera - no major complaints, you are A-okay in my book! read more

"Yay! I'm a fan." is the description Yelp gives my 4-star review. I would say this is fair, I have been a fan of Panera for a long time and I still am. Their Pick 2 deal is revolutionary amongst their menu items. The grilled cheese? Life-changing. The kitchen sink cookie? delicious. The ten vegetable soup? unlike anything else. The bread and chips? iconic. Panera? bread. I have few complaints about this chain as a whole. The bread bowls are so creative whether or not Panera came up with and started this idea, it is unclear to me, it is still an amazing choice. What made me reduct my full 5-star review you ask? A recent debacle with a restaurant, NOT WITH THIS SPECIFIC RESTAURANT THOUGH! I found a fly in my salad. Unappealing and strange experience. I suppose this is a silver lining because I am not quite sure if I truly wanted to finish this salad truthfully. Either way, it is not the restaurant that made this said salads fault. It was just offsetting. That's all. read more

30 minutes wait for soup and Mac and cheese. A prepared item all that's needed is to heat and serve. No system and the set up was inefficient. The cashier was more interested in getting a job for the manger of another store than get my order right. Then everyone is corralled into a waiting area. Where you waited for your name to be called. After 30 minutes I finally got my food. Never again this location lacks leadership, professionalism and efficiency is certainly lacking. I will never visit this location again they clearly can not handle a rush service. read more

This is by far the worst Panera i've ever been to. The location is great and the seating is nice but the staff was careless and on top of that rude. The girl taking my order was unfriendly, there was no "hello welcome to Panera!", she just stared blankly and said with an attitude "yea?". But what really shocked me how she called the next lady on line to the counter by saying "WOMAN" and gesturing with her hands.... My sandwich looked like it was thrown together, the tomatoes were green and unripe, they forgot the croutons on the soup, and they forgot to give my friend dressing for her salad. I was very disappointed. read more

2nd time at this Panera location but I am an avid Panera customer both in the city and in Long Island. On Monday, Labor Day, Sept 7, at around 10 AM, I went to get breakfast as I was getting my car serviced at Sears. Although there was no one on line, I waited a few minutes as the man behind the counter just stared in space. After he called me, he proceeded to rush my order, never asking me anything as is customary with all of the other Panera people who are always nice. Mr. Zachary appeared to be extremely hung over, constantly rubbing his nose and eyes to the point that it was annoying. He was over dramatic as he spoke to another employee totally avoiding any interaction with me and upon check out did not ask if we had a Panera card which I did. I presented it to him and once again, the drama began with the rubbing of the nose, eyes and attitude. It was as if he could care less about my order as he rubbed his dirty hands over the small plastic cups. The only thing that stopped me from saying anything or asking for a manager was that the three employees at the front were all on the same page with the gossip and high fives. I WILL NEVER ENTER THIS LOCATION AGAIN!!!!!! Mr. Zachary go to Rehab!!! read more

I am a regular customer of this particular location but I noticed that the workers aren't wearing a net on their head and I've had cases where I found hair in my sandwich and I spoke to them about it and I've gone back there and to no avail things continued to be the same and I hope someone will follow up on this just to make sure this doesn't happen again thanks. read more

I LOVE Panera, but this location needs to get it together. Both times I've been here they messed up my order. I get it, maybe theyre new and working out the kinks but they NEED a manager to crack the whip. I ordered an Italian combo with extra pepperoncinis, I get home (30 min away), the sandwich has NO meat??? Two slices of bacon, and lots of pepperoncinis... The manager did handle the situation after i called satisfactorily... but still. The kitchen staff needs to stop goofing off and socializing over our food, its gross. Even the cashiers are like straight out of Daria. Very uninterested and almost miserable to be there. Even though I have a meal credited I doubt I'll be back til they sharpen up. read more

Real "SLOP" ! It's everything that you would hate in a NY sandwich. Stale toasted bread, bad ham, cut WAY too thick. Half melted cheese and totally COLD ! They don't know how to make a "Complicated" Ham & Cheese sandwich, I wouldn't trust them with anything else ! read more

I love panera so I can't complain. I always order their bbq chicken salad and tomato soup. Service can be slow (I usually go for dinner) - I'm just glad this is basically in my backyard. read more

Food is good but sloppily prepared. Ordered a rapid pickup, it got stolen and I was told that it happens often. Not 100% their fault but the fact that you have to wait for them to sloppily slap together your order defeats the purpose of the whole "Rapid Pick up" thing. They didn't even apologize for the inconvenience, another day at the office I guess.... read more

Please don't get me wrong, I love Panera Bread. I usually go one in Garden City NY, because workers there are very friendly and professional. But today, I finally stopped by this one located at Green Acare Mall, after a couple of month passed since it opened, I thought everything was ready. However workers there were chatting, and very unhappy to deal with customers. I asked to cut the loaf of bread, and it took her five to ten mins. Just to cut ONE loaf of bread and put it to the bag! No customer was waiting before me. I am not going back there again. The service there needs to be improved. read more

Why is Panera so overpriced? In addition to charging too much, the portions are very small. Every time I order large or whole portions, I feel ripped off. The taste and quality of the food is just okay. It's really nothing special. $20.00 for a bowl of turkey chili and a whole chicken ancient grains salad....really! I swear you will get the same portions if you order small or regular, plus you will save a boat load of cash. I only gave 2 stars because it was clean. I won't be back. read more

I came to this Panera Bread while waiting for the Nail Technician in the mall. I was a little skeptical about this place after the reviews, but I decided to try them because I was very hungry. I got the Fuji salad with grill chicken. The food came fast, was good and the was fresh. I came here on a Friday early afternoon when there wasn't that much customers, so maybe this had something to do with my experience. read more

Food tastes good here just like other Panera locations. Usually order lines are not long. However you should expect to get your food later than anticipated. Place is clean and staff is friendly. read more

Let me start by saying I am a picky eater. The place has to look neat and clean like Mr Clean works there in between television commericals. Vally Stream Mall has him working there full time! I just love this place! I usually order the Chicken ceaser salad with extra chicken, olives and extra sauce. They are on the expensive side but the food is fresh so I treat myself once a week. I usually spend about eleven dollars and salad comes with , or chips. They charge extra for extra chicken but not for olives. Cashiers are so friendly as well as the one male manager I spoke with. Sauce comes in tiny weeneey cups that are half filled. A little annoying but very yummie. Soups are super yummy as well. Try them out if you want fresh but bring a few extra dollars! read more

The worst! I ordered rapid pickup that was supposed to be ready at 9:01, when I arrived it was still not ready. After 20 min of waiting, the girl finally told me that they didn't have the bread I wanted so I chose another one. THEN after another 10 min told me they didn't have any broc and cheddar soup left!! How is this even possible!? Can't forget to add how nasty and disrespectful the workers were to not only me but all the other customers as well. I canceled my order and left! I WILL NOT be back here, I'd rather travel farther away to another one to get better service! read more

This place is a hit or miss... if the mall had better food I could avoid it but it doesn't. I ordered a rapid pick up to NOT be late and of course it wasn't ready... the managers answer to me was well were busy.. they didn't even have a line.. how about a simple SORRY. I got a soup a couple days after and it wasn't hot, I approached the man at the counter and he directed me to the MICROWAVE.... if I wanted microwaved soup I'd stay at my job and use our microwave. read more

The service was pretty good. As far as the food it was really bad the salad had tomatoes that were not ripe , lettuce tasted weird and just didn't taste like good quality as other paneras read more

I come into this panera bread all the time. But now I think it's time for me to venture off its one thing I can't stand it's bad customer service but it's even worse when it is coming from a "manager" there is a new far short manager there who is very rude and doesn't know how to talk to customers or his employers. No wonder why you guys say the staff look like they don't want to be there. If I had to deal with someone as rude as him down my back for an 8 hour shift I wouldn't look pleasant either. I won't be back read more

Just found a black curly hair in my fu**ing salad ugh I would have took a picture if I wasn't so grossed out. Don't know if that was pube hair or if it was from someone's head read more