Paneras are one of the only establishments, that I know of, that has microwaves available for use. I will always buy something, don't get me wrong, but I do bring food from home bc ya girl Is tryna be healthy. This time around I brought breakfast and bought my fav Madagascar vanilla latte. An absolute TREAT for me whenever I come to Panera. So-- I rate a good Panera based on if there's readily available parking and whether they have microwaves. This one DOES! Also the staff here -- so sweet. It makes me very sad to see elderly people working :( but, they did make you feel very cared for and homey. If I find myself in Winchester, I always come here. Since I'm from NoVa, I do post up for a couple of hours since I WFH. Open to suggestions for different places to visit whenever I'm visiting Winchester. read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Winchester, Virginia

I've been a Panera customer for years, but today's visit to the Winchester, VA location convinced me to cancel my Sip Club membership. When I ordered the Green Goddess Salad, I simply asked to swap the dressing for balsamic vinaigrette. The cashier, clearly annoyed, said "so you don't want the green goddess," which made no sense since that was the salad I was ordering. When I clarified, she dryly said, "the dressing is called green goddess," with zero courtesy or understanding. Then she gave me the large drink cup--forty cents extra--despite my Sip Club only covering the regular size. I didn't bother correcting it. At pickup, when I asked where to leave the pager, the staff member pointed and said coldly, "over there where it says leave pagers." No smile, no basic hospitality. It's unfortunate, because Panera used to feel warm and consistent. Judging by recent reviews, this location has bigger management problems than a salad order. I'll be staying away until that changes. read more

I'm not sure why this place is so expensive you get a little bit of soup that's been sitting there all day some bread stuffed with salad. The cashier was unhappy and wandering aimlessly around and when they forgot the bacon on the Mac n cheese they pulled a cold prepackaged pack out of the fridge and just dumped it on. read more

I bought the DubaiStyle Chocolate Pistachio cookie today and its nothing like the photo. I knew it would be small but they show a nice amount of pistachio cream inside and there was a small sliver of green inside the cookie not even enough to taste it. So disappointing! read more

Fast, efficient and always get my order correct. The soup, bread, and bagels are my go tos.

Not sure who the manager is as of today 9/23/2025 I called because I had an interview lined up, just wanted to make sure everything was still a go. He said he has more important people to talk to on the other line and he wasn't hiring anymore people. I mean, damn. There could have been a better way to go about speaking to me, there was no need at all to be that rude. No wonder this place has horrible reviews read more

Before Panera went national, I used to eat there all the time. Now, I eat there every six months or less, when nostalgia gets the better of me, and always regret it. This Mac and cheese in a bread bowl isn't even half full. When I asked them to top it off, they unapologetically said no. The manager, no more friendly, 'explains' that the Mac and cheese comes out of containers already premeasured at 8 oz. First, 8 ounces should be a child's portion. The only way an 8 oz portion would fill a bread bowl the way it's proudly displayed in their menu is if it's poured right over the top of a hole-free piece of bread. It's not like I hadn't already figured out that their entire menu comes right off a Sysco truck, and that all they do is pop the top, microwave, and serve, but I never would have believed they would openly brag about it. Mediocre food, serving temperatures lukewarm, unfriendly staff, overpriced fare, and I'm officially done with Panera. read more

Panera Bread - Mac and cheese as advertised vs. real - Sandwiches Near Me - Winchester, Virginia

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The manager Tom has absolutely no people-skills. How he snared this job is quite the mystery. I feel bad for the employees under his supervision. If the manager can't interact well with customers, most likely he is the same with his employees. Going forward, after two 1-star visits to the Winchester Panera, we will choose any other rather than this location. read more

Pro: online food delivery app. Con: price, no utensil. Was at work and was looking through the DoorDash app for some healthy food. Options was very limited until I came across Panera bread salad. I ordered the Green Goddess Cobb Salad with Chicken half portion with no eggs. Upon opening the bag there were no utensil given which is a basic if you sending food. The meal itself was ok. All in all, I won't be ordering here again due to the price and lack of basic utensil upon delivery app ordering. read more

Panera Bread - Green Goddess Cobb Salad with Chicken - Sandwiches Near Me - Winchester, Virginia

Picked up some breakfast before work and got a large hot chai latte and the egg white sandwich with avocado and cheese (added sausage). The sandwich was good and chai was all right. Ease of ordering is a plus, though prices are pretty steep ($8.50ish for a breakfast sandwich, $8ish for the latte). I got mine to go so the order was filled pretty quickly. It's pleasant and clean inside, wish I could stay a while to work here because a Panera always has a comfy vibe. read more

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Review: Disappointing Experience and Poor Customer Service I went to pick up a chicken noodle soup for someone with allergies, but I was given the wrong order -- a cream-based soup, which she's allergic to. When I called to explain the situation, they apologized and said they would fix the order and even include a pastry to make up for the mistake. However, when I arrived to pick up the corrected order, the person I spoke to simply handed me the soup without mentioning anything about the pastry. Another employee then came over and asked if everything was okay. When I explained what happened, that person offered me the pastry again, and the first employee awkwardly added, "Oh yeah, would you like one?" Overall, the customer service was disappointing. If a restaurant makes an error--especially one that could have caused an allergic reaction--they should go above and beyond to make it right, not act as if it's the customer's fault for not writing specific instructions. Mistakes happen, but how they're handled matters, and this experience showed a lack of care and accountability. read more

This place is a complete rip off. $7 for a breakfast sandwich that has one piece of bacon. No seasoning no egg and a piece of cheese. Not hot, not fresh. Just a complete waste of money. Go somewhere else that values you money and time. Panera is not it. read more

Panera Bread - Bacon Double Take - Sandwiches Near Me - Winchester, Virginia

30 minutes for a sandwich, you got to do better than that. No wonder I stopped eating here.

Panera bread has taking a turn for the worse! Sad enjoy coming here. no croissants this is what they call a bagel.now serving only bagel. read more

Panera Bread - Back and egg - Sandwiches Near Me - Winchester, Virginia

We order from here once in a blue moon hoping theyve become better but there has not been a single time where they get the order right. Never once will they see that we added bacon to the sandwich or any other modification we choose on the website. When i call they "transfer" me to a manager which never picks up and the phone goes to voicemail. I called like 4 more times and they just let it ring. I just dont believe the panera is so busy that they cant say sorry for the inconvenience at the very least. Elementary level education required to read a list of ingredients and put them together, somehow this place always falls short of that read more

Unfortunately this restaurant is a walk in-food establishment that could be an expensive drive thru. They make zero meals that resemble homemade. It comes from corporate and the soups are frozen. Can buy soups at a local supermarket. It's overpriced and sodium filled. If you want fresh bread look up a local bakery. read more

Uber eats delivery, small fibers throughout the salad bowl. Plastic like. Couldn't finish and now worried about how much of my salad had plastic. How can I get money make... and my health?! read more

Panera Bread - Plastic fibers - Sandwiches Near Me - Winchester, Virginia

Empty pastry shelves, gross bathrooms, dirty tables; food tastes good, but ... won't be coming back!

There was this one employee that really made the vibe bad. She would complain very load to pretty nobody except herself about how bad her job is. But everyone including all the customers have to hear. This asian lady made my food and all, I would say she did an excellent job if I can rate her separately she would get 5 stars. Now for the bathroom experience I would say it was worse than any bathroom I've been to in a while. An absolute abomination! It smelled like an entire environmental disaster happened with many casualties and nobody came to clean it up. Order a plumber already it's been months of innocent men reporting this and nobody handled it. read more

AAWFuL!!! Winner of my 2nd 1 Star (out of 120 reviews) in 2017 WORST Panera EVeR! AVOID! SaVE Yourselves STOP! Do NOT GO! =. Ambiance is okay like other Panera. Nice fireplace but saw a huge spider? / bug crawling across the floor. --- Food? forget about it. They were out of several breads. They were out of bread on my sandwich, so I picked a substitute at the cashier/order. Then I was told they were out of the substitute too at the pick up counter. Then I had to pick yet another substitute. Then get this - they made my steak and arugula sandwich wrong. She said she had to remake it. After all that even my 3rd choice of bread was wrong. My 3rd choice was ciabatta but what I got was nothing like it. WTF!! The sammie had only 3 ingredients: beef, arugula and bread - how many ways can they screw it up??? Instead of having them correct it, I didn't finish it. No confidence they can make it right. Also they F'd up French onion soup royally. Cheese was so loose it was hard to spoon it. Nothing like we've had at other Paneras. --- Service is weird and crappy. The gal making my sammie laughed to tell me my 2nd bread substitute wasn't available. Ya not sorry we were busy or ran out early. What's so funny about running out of breads? I told her I didn't see why that was funny. Then her manager JEREMY said it's not her fault. I agreed it's not her fault that they ran out of breads but her laughing was not funny. He got upset at ME that I wasn't okay with them making me suffer. It was only 7pm and they were out of several breads. Do they realize the name of their resto includes BREAD???? Besides poor planning, not having right breads for sandwiches, why do you make it WORSE by rubbing it in to your customers? - Price is same as other Panera but we certainly did NOT get our value. They should be paying us to suffer through this god awful place. We picked Panera on our 5.5 hour drive expecting to get the normal chain clean food and service. What we got was less than competent service and sub-par food. I've eaten at dozens of Panera in the past 10 years in many states and this takes the WORST Panera award. WOW! read more

I ordered the steak sandwich and the sandwich only had 2 small pieces of steak on one half and a few more pieces on the other side. I have pictures of the sandwich before I ate it. I basically paid $19 for a meal and drink that was mostly bread. I did not complain to management because their workers were trained by management and there is no way that sandwich should have been sent out that way unless that is Panera s standards. I will not be returning to any Panera. I can get a sub twice the size with much more steak from Jersey Mikes or Firehouse. Please check your food before you pay. read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Winchester, Virginia

One of my go to places to grab food, while I'm in the road for work! It's almost like being at home!

Just wanted to inform the public that this is the breakfast sandwich that I received in my DoorDash order this morning. Appalling. read more

Panera Bread - Bacon, egg & cheese ciabatta. - Sandwiches Near Me - Winchester, Virginia

Ordinary in all respects. The cookies were best. Service was quick. Good if you are in a hurry

We havent been here to Panera in awhile and today reminded me of why not! Ordered a half soup and salad on one order and half sandwhich and salad the other. The soup had NO noodles but was chicken noodle soup? How does that happen? Salad had soggy vegetables and lack chicken. Sandwhich had 3 inches of bread with 1/4 inch of tuna - couldnt taste tuna at all. The whole order was ridiculous and like many others we were ripped off. Will not be returning! This place has gone way down hill- DO not go here. read more

Worst Panera I've ever been to. I waited 45 minutes for an order, and after saying something to the manager she got very rude, and blew me off saying she had no control over which order was being made first.. I was quoted a time, and never received it after 45 minutes.after requesting my money back, the manager walked away and let the cashier deal with me. I never got my food, and after waiting 45 minutes I still never had an eta on when it would be ready. Most unprofessional manager I've ever dealt with. Customer service is horrible at this location. read more

Not good. Food inconsistent. Many team members complain loudly to the customers. Bonus cards are a scam

A big shout out to Debbie, Tom and anyone else who helped with my catering order two days ago. I was coordinating lunch for 40 people but my original caterer had to cancel that morning. I called Panera around 10 am and they were able to deliver 40 sandwiches, chips and cookies by 12:30! The sandwiches were great and I've never experienced such quick, excellent service from a caterer. Thank you Panera staff! read more

I really like the bagels and coffee cakes. Coffee is very tasty. Keep up the fantastic goodness.

I've never been a fan of so-called "artisan breads," which is marketing lingo for "good luck biting through the crust." We enjoy Panera's soups, but the sandwiches are a wrestling match: tough bread with squishy fillings falling out. Today we spent $30 on lunch for two -- more than we spend, with full tip, at nicer restaurants with table service. For our money, we got two half-sandwiches, two bowls of soup (order taker didn't tell us we'd get bowls instead of cups, so this was a sad surprise), two bags of potato chips, and one beverage -- plus two bagels at $1 each (a special promotion). For $30, we picked up our own orders and bussed our own table, tossing a huge pile of unneeded napkins we'd been given. Next time we'll go to one of the many local restaurants that have great prices, wonderful bread, and amazing waiters. (Think Roma, Italian Delight, or any of many Mexican places.) And we'll pay less than $25 including a generous tip. Bye-bye, Panera! read more

I've been in here several times to eat and every-time I've been in I've had horrible experiences with some of the staff especially a woman named Susan. I've heard her say things to younger coworkers to the verge of tears. On Saturday March 11th, a younger worker was being trained and while I was ordering Sandra was yelling making her nervous and unable to continue taking the order. I think that it is imperative that businesses treat employees with the same respect and kindness they expect to be shown to customers. I hope that a manager is able to see this and deal with this because I've never seen an employee/manager so inconsiderate of a young girls feelings and I plan on never returning to specific location. read more

I like Panera, but the Winchester restaurant is the slowest and dirtiest Panara I have visited. Many times and found the tables dirty. The nd often staff look and act like they would rather be somewhere else. read more

Panera Bread - a woman standing in front of a counter - Sandwiches Near Me - Winchester, Virginia

There was an apple farm nearby and I came here for lunch. After placing the order and waiting to receive it, the baguette was small and I asked for more. The employee said that you had to pay more ??? I've been to Panera Bread hundreds of times in the Washington DC area. I've never heard anything like that. Is this a good service for customers ??? read more

I ordered a asian sesame chicken salad but for some reason they decided not to put chicken in it! I went in around 6:00pm but did get a chance to eat my salad until later because of work. Then I sit down to eat my salad and didn't notice until after a couple bites that they didn't put chicken in my meal. Also they were closed already so I couldn't go back. But just a mess, the manager needs to train their staff read more

I've enjoyed Panera's food and overall vibe for years. Sadly this one is not up to par. Stood in line while two kids were sent on break and two others yakked and stocked while one poor woman tried to get orders into the register. I called for a manager when One of the break kids went by and clocked me with the cord from his headphones. Oblivious to customers. Bad rep for a good company. read more

Untrained and unprofessional. The staff makes the pickup order as ready before starting it. Then when they didn't have one of the items the employee and their supervisor looked at it and decided it was ok with it. the employee was stunned when I asked her if she thought she might need to do a credit back to the card for the item they didn't have, "I need to check". You need to check to see if you should do a credit for items you didn't deliver that total over 50% of the orders? How at this point any franchise based restaurant will let you order something that they don't have is amazing (hint: call Chipotle and ask how they do it). Really makes me wonder how much they have made by shorting customer orders. read more

The hubs and I visited here for lunch. I ordered the Turkey BLT and the Strawberry & Poppyseed Salad. Both were good, however, the portion sizes are small and I was still hungry when we were done. The salad dressing was also too sweet. For dessert we ordered the Pecan Bun, which was good. They have a microwave that you can use to warm up the buns in. The hubs ordered the chicken chipotle panini and he was quite disappointed. There was a lot of orange cheese on it and it was not appetizing. We wish that there was a description on the menu board describing all the different sandwiches (only a couple of the menu items had descriptions). Food 3.5/5 Atmosphere 4/5 Service 4/5 Price 2/5 (Too expensive for what you get) read more

Panera Bread - Turkey BLT and a strawberry and poppyseed salad. - Sandwiches Near Me - Winchester, Virginia

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So, my daughter and I are very fond of Panera. This one is OK, not had any real issues. It does run out of stuff more than others I have visited. Recently, we started using the delivery service. It is a bit peculiar that when I have ordered sandwiches (full-size) I get two. The first on rye I explained away by the bread being a bit small. But I asked for bagel substitute for bread and got two! (Kudos for subbing the bagel even tho the website does not have that option.) When ordering online also be aware that the pastries which at the store discount to 99 cents are full price even with a sandwich order. Overall, OK although with delivery, tip and no pastry discount it gets pricey. read more

I entered Panera around ten minutes to 5 o'clock thinking it would be busy. A smiling, kind young lady greeted me and asked how I was doing. I was able to quickly order my food for my family where she was sweetly patient with me as I forgot to specify my side items that go with my choices. The food is always delicious and although very much expensive, the trip is always worth it and a treat! So grateful for the times my students gift me with a Panera card. read more

Food is fairly ok, but there are some major glitches in the handling of online orders; it's not unusual to have at least one thing missing (usually two). It's also fairly usual for them to sell out quiches in the mornings within a few minutes of opening -- they could use to track the actual requests vs the sales statistics. It's staffed by college students, so it's sometimes a challenge to actually get what you ordered. They're nice enough about it, but it's clearly a minimum-wage job that doesn't really inspire a lot of effort. read more