Ordered a pick two salad and soup. At the counter I asked the guy next to me if the bowl looked like a cup or a bowl. He said a cup. I asked for more soup, but they did not have more broccoli cheese available. Forgot my sip club. Forget the brownie. Added no croutons. The girl tossed the croutons at me when I went back up to get them and never took the pissed off look off her face. Put no butter to go with the bread on the tray. Kind of a Soup Nazi experience. NO SOUP FOR YOU. read more

If I could give zero stars I would. Dirty restaurant. Slower than slow service on a Saturday night. Maybe 6-8 people working but not sure what they are doing as food is not coming out of the kitchen. Staff on their phones. I'll pass on this place the next time I'm in town read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - West Bend, Wisconsin

Really disappointed with this location. Another order that was bagel sandwiches and soups. 20 minutes later, I got our food. Multiple drive through orders were pushed ahead. Someone who used to work at Panera growing up, we were never allowed food to get out that late. 5-7 minutes tops!! Poorly managed, hearing swearing during conversations on the food line is not a great experience with kids either. read more

Went in to buy some bakery, which is excellent by the way, on9/30. The girl took a huge brown bag and THREW our bakery in it. Literally threw it. Came home with an $18 jumble in the bag!! Danish smashed together; cherry stuck to bottom of the bag. Not good!!! And we won't be back! read more

It's not that complicated. I just ordered Asian Sesame Chicken Salad. Now I am staring at a bowl filled with dry lettuce and chicken strips with no dressing whatsoever. Not on the salad. Nothing on the side. I logged in to try a second order just to check if I was supposed to select a dressing. Nope. They just don't want me to have lunch today. So now I get to throw out a salad and go hungry because Panera can't be bothered to put salad dressing on a salad. Why is this hard? What is the challenge? It wasn't even busy. Why am I throwing an $11 salad in the garbage? Why is it so darn difficult? read more

My husband and I had take out Tuesday December 9th 2025 the Greek salad with chicken and the French dip sandwich were absolutely delicious everything very fresh will definitely be back read more

Ordered some souffle and sandwiches. 3 Bacon and spinach soufflé's and 3 Asiago sausage sandwiches. The employee working the counter informed us that it would be a 10 minute wait on 2 of the soufflés. First, what the heck? Why not just make all 3 fresh for us? Then he offered (2) 4 cheese soufflés in substitution. We accepted the offer as we were hungry. The food then proceeded to take about 15 minutes to arrive. Wish we wouldn't have taken the option because it didn't save any time and wasn't even what we wanted. Food was EXTREMELY underwhelming. read more

Every time I order I get different samwiches with soup if you look at the picture it has a baguette samwich. Not flat bread or regular bread. read more

stopped in the drive through during my lunch break, 45 minute wait for my food during a 30 minute break

this is a new location in West Bend, and they really missed the mark! New construction, it's Bright, industrial, and you sit right next to everybody! The old place had a great atmosphere, and was fun to go to. I don't think we will be frequent visitors at this new location. Just not as much fun and they totally lost the atmosphere that made it attractive. read more

Customer service was great and the food was even better. Highly recommend this location.

Had the great pleasure of ordering pick up from this store today. Not only was the food great! Hot, delicious and wrapped very nicely. The young lady, Angelique, was polite, professional and exuded enthusiasm and warmth! Well done Panera of West Bend! read more

The Panera in West Bend is filthy. The floors are rarely clean. There are dead insects on the window sills that have been there for months on end. read more

We came in for lunch and the kid at the front counter had zero interpersonal skills. Just a complete slug....wow. The food was good and wait time was fine for as busy as it was. This shouldn't surprise me with their Yelp rating, apparently the owner or manager doesn't care. read more

New location feels like a mall food court. No privacy. Everything echos. Feels opposite of a cozy atmosphere. Went inside to eat and couldn't wait to get out. Terrible service, waited 45 minutes for half a sandwich and a bowl of soup. Wish they never moved. read more

Expensive! I paid $45 for a half sandwich, 2 half salads, a cup of soup and a bear claw. It was a to go order. They gave us one fork. No second fork, spoon or napkin. No butter for the bread. I get everything is expensive now, but I still expect quality and the items I need to actually eat the food. Food was fine, but not worth that kind of money. Based on other reviews for this place, I'm not the only one. read more

Decided to try to drive through, an exciting new feature I thought, I was wrong. I was told to pull up to the drive-through parking spot and proceeded to sit there for 15 minutes while I waited for my food. I ended up even having to call the restaurant to make sure my food was still coming. Drive-through's are supposed to be quicker and more efficient. Not happy, especially with my newly potty trained kids in the car with me. read more

Personally, I believe the food is quite pleasurable here, the one thing thats not is the manager. Mary jo needs to not only learn respect for her employees but also for the buisness. 2 stars is being quite generous and well exceeded the kindess I've ever gotten from walking into that "restaurant" read more

Extremely slow service. Don't come here if you are pressed for time. 25 minutes for a bowl of soup and salad. My southwest chicken salad came without the chicken and had to go back and ask. I think they are focused on the drive thru. If you are in a hurry try that. Seems like everyone except walk-in customers are a priority... Very disappointed read more

Takes forever to get your order and not enough seating at this new location. Liked the old location much better

You'd think a new location and drive thru would make this place better. Online order supposed to ready at 11:11. 11:32 finally got my food. A sandwich and 2 bowls of soup. Money would've been better spent adding a better restaurant in this town. Panera used to be good. read more

Understaffed, no sense of urgency, had to wait 25 minutes for 1 breakfast sandwich before finally cancelling my order.

Stopped in for a 1st. time to try it & pick up lunch. Ordered a Chicken Avocado Melt & broccoli cheese soup to go. When I got home & opened the sandwich there was about 1 tablespoon of chicken CRUMBS - didn't even look like chicken on 1/2 of the bread & nothing on the other side. The melted cheese was barely on 1/2 the bread hanging over the side. Basically it was just bread not much inside. The only thing good was the soup. The prices are expensive for what u get, no way will I ever go back, big rip off! read more

Went there and got the Caesar salad and French onion soup last night. Been shitting my guts out for the past 12 hours. Cold sweats and everything. NEVER AGAIN WILL I STEP FOOT AT THE WEST BEND PANERA read more

Okay food but was lied to when I asked if a certain soup was vegetarian. They said it was when chicken broth was the second ingredient listed. Night ended with me with near unbearable stomach pain. read more

Forgot my 2 smoothies and didn't recompense us even after we called them. Would not recommend. Food was meh as-well.

Very old style Panera. Very run down, customer service is abysmal, and very slow. They need to update, get a new GM and retain the staff.

So i came into this Panera location, for the first time ever on my way to work. It was about 7pm. They do not seem to have anyone working the registers here. I stood there for a couple minutes and was never greeted in any way shape or form. I ultimately placed my order on the self service kiosk. The self service kiosk clearly stated that my drink cup would be on the table with my order. Buzzer goes off and i bring the buzzer up, again not greeted in any way shape or form... only comment from the employee at that counter was to tell me i placed the pager in the wrong spot and i needed to put in a bin...... asked where i get my soda cup from at that point and am promptly handed the wrong size cup.. and when i complained he essentially just gave me a dumbfounded stare and another female employee needed to jump in and fix it..... i actually rated this 2 stars at the beginning of typing this but now am lowering it to 1 because as i sit here in the restaurant finishing my meal another customer came in only to be told they were closed all while fully admitting they forgot to lock the doors and that some of the signs were still showing the wrong hours.... Come on guys wake up and get with the fricking program here. Apprently being closed for dine in for a year due to the pandemic means all basic customer skills are gone. Highly doubt ill be back. read more

They were very busy with a large group of kids there for homecoming. Staff remained courteous and worked hard to keep up. Food has always been great. Nice job folks! read more

I love panera. I first found out about them in Green Bay. A handful are sprinkled throughout Milwaukee and I've probably been to all of them. This one is sunnier inside as two walls of the shop are mostly windows. Nice stopping in here after class to correct papers and read over lunch. Very busy over the noon hour on a weekday but panera usually is. I love their mac n cheese since it's so zesty, but that dish is pricey. It's about $8 for one bowl, fountain drink, and baguette. Little ridiculous. Usually i love their soup in a bread bowl. Recently i looked up the calories in that and it can be over 1,000! Wish there were more low fat options. Regardless i love soup and theirs is always excellent. Top faves are clam chowder (which is a fairly rare offering), lemon chicken orzo (how can they trick me into eating the spinach in this? I hate spinach but this is delish! - only a summer offer), chicken and wild rice, and chicken noodle. I've heard the chili is also good but i'm not a chili girl. Anyway, seating area is nice and clean. Staff friendly but could have asked for my card just in case i was forgetting. Luckily i remembered. Food good - still the best thing here is the variety of soups. read more

I have had the bagels with cream cheese and the brownies. I love both for breakfast; both are good for kids. The kids meals are good too. I like the peanut butter sandwich with a go gurt, chips, and Apple for lunch. read more

The food is usually good but I can never get over how trashed the place looks every time I go in. Went in this past Friday night and they weren't busy and most of the tables were dirty! Happened a couple of weeks ago as well. McDonalds cleans better than they do! Just sayin! read more

I called to place a pick up order. Was told not to because "I'm sure we will mess it up." Really? So I go in person and they refused to take cash. So they prefer to pay the extra % the credit card company charges? Just floored. Won't be going back back here again. read more

Not happy at all. I wanted to enjoy a nice meal with my mom, but because I'm not able to wear a mask I was told to leave. When I told the worker I had a medical issue and couldn't wear a mask his exact words were "I'm sorry we don't do that." I felt discriminated against. They lost my business. read more

I've always enjoyed coming here especially during my college years. The staff members got to know me well & vice-versa. However, I've always thought the food prices were on the higher side with a lackluster portion. As someone who was in the food service industry for many years, I shouldn't have to bus & wipe my own tables. It doesn't even take 5 mins. to clear & wipe down a booth well. Also, the customers shouldn't have to remind staff that the drinks are running out. I don't recommend going here near closing time because some teenage employee will inconsiderately start vacuuming around your area without asking you first if it's okay. On the plus side, the food is healthy & delicious. I'd recommend the salads (my fave's the Chicken Cobb Avocado) & the soups. I really dig the Lemon Chicken Orzo & the summer-exclusive Summer Corn Chowder! The bagels are great too, such as the French Toast Bagel paired with the Cinnamon Hazelnut cream cheese. read more

I don't know why I always come here, because it is consistently dirty. It is a rarity to receive silverware or a mug for coffee that doesn't have food stuck on it. It is even rarer to find a table that has been cleaned. If you use the women's restroom, expect the towel dispenser to be empty. If you want a pot of coffee, expect it to be empty or hours old. I love Panera's, but this location is unsanitary and would without a doubt fail a surprise health inspection visit. read more

I show up to Panera bread to simply grab a bagel, the cashier has poor service, and complains about her job to the customer. The cash register lady as well is very weird. After I grab my cup from her, I go to grab something to drink to find out they are all out of green tea. I asked them if they have more green tea, and they say they have none, sorry. They did not even bother to go get some for me. Do not go here, terrible people working. As well, no gluten free options. read more

I work in the food service industry so it takes a lot for me to complain. On my lunch I ordered a bowl of soup to go along with a frozen drink. Half hour later I was still waiting. I finally went up to cancel my order and get my money back because I had to go back for work. It took the manager 2 seconds to grab me my drink which was fully melted and another 30 seconds to grab my soup. Highly disappointed by the length of time it took to receive my order along with the quality as well. Do not go there if you are on a time schedule. read more

Food is good, but service at this location was poor. I just came from the DMV and I spent less time waiting there than I did waiting for my food at Panera. read more

Panera Bread started out pretty good years ago. They have gone downhill in our estimation over the past few. Over the past year I think I stopped in once. We recently decided to give them another try in a different location, West Bend. They definitely have a nicer interior than some other locations. This place was really nice inside in some ways. But service and food still need to deliver and this is where this place falls down. They continue to use the cafe method of calling my name and requiring me to get my food and also clear my table. Dumb idea. If they insist on continuing this let me see some savings in the prices but no. They are just as expensive as the next place down the road of similar or actually better quality food. Their breads are interesting and of pretty good quality. But I find a lot of their breads over baked and hard. My sandwich was rather plain and light on quantity of meat. I got the Cuban. Oh, they are mentioning things like low fat and non antibiotic chicken which is a step in the right direction. The bean soup was good. The vegetable soup was not very good. We won't be back for a long long time. 2017 update: Greatly improved. Better menu and delicious meal this time. Good portions. Caveat: this location is much better than others. Panera has a long way to go to get my regular business back. read more