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Panera Bread

2.3 (122 reviews)
InexpensiveSandwiches, Salad, Soup
Closed • 6:00 am - 9:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Casual
Good for kids
Good for groups

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The strand of hair found in my husband's sandwich.
Jennie D.

While I was at work today, my Panera app sent me a notification. Perfect timing because I was starving. I told the husband we were getting Panera for dinner tonight. We when to the grocery store and I placed an order in the app for pick up. This location was packed tonight. Turns out there was a fund raiser going on. No big deal! My order was ready to go and I just needed to get it... but I couldn't find it. Turns out they were so busy inside that all the in app orders were packed behind the counter. Again, no big deal! I saw my name on a bag and waved for an employee's attention. She gave me a big bag and a drink and I was on my way through the crowded restaurant and lobby to have dinner at home. Once we got home, everything looked perfect - except I forgot to ask for my crunchy cinnamon bagel to be cut ahead of time. No worries! I have a bread knife and I cut it myself. I asked my kids how their food was and my son couldn't be bothered to say any words because he was eating his mac and cheese up! But he gave me a thumbs up! My daughter was quite happy with her order (half Mediterranean green with grains salad and a half chicken chipotle avo melt) except she wished she ordered a whole sandwich! My husband got a whole toasted Italiano. I got a half chicken Fuji chicken salad and a half grilled chicken & avo BLT. My husband is about 3 bites from finishing his Italiano when he stops eating and pulls out a long hair from his mouth! My daughter and I do have long hair, but we were not handling his food and the color and texture of the hair is not like either of our hair. He immediately threw the rest of his sandwich away and stated that maybe it was because the restaurant was so busy tonight that this happened. While that may be true, and I can attest to the full lobby of customers and seeing the employees moving about so quickly to prepare food (witnessed this as I was looking for my prepared order), it ma be better practice to wear hairnets so avoid hair in customers' food.

Avocado toast - Garden Avo
Joe L.

This is usually a busy Panera. The food is just about the same as other Paneras. Our favorites for breakfast are the soufflés and avocado toast. Try the avocado toast with the aioli on the side. I think it tastes much better if you control the amount of aioli. Since it is pretty busy the service can seem slow after you order. Sometimes the pickup area has a bunch of folks waiting, but they have a pretty good order board. So you'll have a better idea when your order is ready for pickup. Order before you get there and then eat in. They have lots of tables, to include for groups. The outdoor tables are pretty good too. There's parking lot traffic but it's not noisy.

Service Counter
Cynthia F.

PLACE IS *FILTHY*!!!! I would have taken more pics but---I think these few say it all. I went in at 1100 on 10/9. Just five hours after they opened and every single table that was empty had piles of napkins and crumbs and trash; eating area was FILTHY. Counters--FILTHY. Soda machine floor--was puddled with syrup/juice. was there anyone trying to clean? ABSOLUTELY NOT. The manager said "we're too busy to clean". I told her--"This place if filthy and it's just as much a part of customer service as filling orders." TOTALLY UNSAT--People--avoid this Panera at all costs.

Mac & Cheese
Ava W.

I really like Panera, but sometimes it's a hit or miss. I've had Mac where it's almost entirely cheese, or it's mostly bottom of the barrel noodles. The service is good, and the vibe is nice, but all in all it's about the food itself, and the food is inconsistent.

Ieesha S.

In the past year I've tried to give this location the benefit of the doubt.. First there was a long curly hair in my salad. Then my rapid pick up order was stolen within minutes of me getting there. Next my order had specific simple instructions that were clearly ignored. Lastly order stolen again!!! I completely understand it is of no fault that the stolen food from the shelf is not completely their fault however, it should be monitered more closely. Waiting 35 more minutes to repeat an order that originally only took 8 minutes is ridiculous!!! I won't give this location another try unless they fix all these issues!! I tried! Update: called and spoke with "Tonie" a "manager" who wanted to argue the length of time my daughter waited all the while I was in the phone. Once we looked in the bag there was no whole Frontera which we ordered, there was no cream cheese which we ordered 4 different ones. Requested extra mayo on the turkey blt as pictured I must be blind! And this must be the only panera where the b in blt means bread instead of bacon!! There was mac and cheese which we didn't order! Thanks for my refund for this horribly wrong order. Won't return

Southwest chicken Cesar salad with a side of HAIR
Zekrya S.

*DOUBLE CHECK YOUR FOOD FOR HAIR* So! the manager, STU, at this panera location does not take care of cleanliness or correct customer service guidelines and this is why.. Our salads were ready to be picked up and I grabbed it and get ready to eat with my wife and I see a hair in my salad just laying on my chicken and she couldn't believe it, like why would that be there honestly? Could that be purposely because they think people won't notice just ready to eat or is this a genuine mistake, I honestly don't know! So I asked one of the employees if a manager was available and he left and came back to tell me that the manager was out front of the store on the phone, I waited about 3 minutes and finally was like okay, let me just go outside and tell him about the hair in my salad. I went outside and told him and he got off his call, came inside and I showed him that I hadn't even began eating the salad yet and their was a hair chillin on my salad, he says oh I'm sorry I will throw it out and make a new one for you, I'm like ok? As he was walking away with my old salad i mentioned how good the salad actually looked and I'm really bummed and I hope the next one he brings me will look just as good if not better, because in most cases people will get annoyed and just make the second bowl out of frustration and it might be made a bit careless the second time, and he said oh definitely I got you. I was like ok cool. He brings me the salad back and he's like this one is brand new! I'm like okay, and let me tell you that this salad was halfway full this time, had like 2 pieces of avocado and the first one had a healthy amount if not more avocado in it, so when he brought me the salad I was like oh man, I was afraid this one wouldn't look as appetizing and he's like oh it looks good right and I looked confused at him and said no, the first one looked better minus the hair and he's like oh yea that first one was more full right and I said right, he said I can bring a handful of more salad for u, I was like oh no don't worry about it at this point, and I'm thinking to myself how annoyed, hungry, frustrated and agitated I'm getting by this type of service, I will just eat what you've brought at this point!! So he leaves, then as I'm leaving I go outside to my car and I see another employee outside and I asked nicely, what is the process that you all take when someone has hair in their food, the employee immediately said we are supposed to refund it as a courtesy and remake it for them and offer anything else we can to accommodate our customers. I said wow, okay and what if that didn't happen when I spoke to your manager, Stu, and he didn't do any of those accommodations for me. The employee said honestly, I would recommend you call our corporate or HR and let them know. I said thanks for your honesty and left. So yeah, the manager there BY THE NAME OF STU doesn't seem fit for the job and if you look at how the kitchen floor is, you can get a good idea of how he takes care of his customers and cleanliness. It's bizarre that even with people who have ServSafe certifications they don't know the basics of up keeping a clean environment and having good customer service with paying customers. So unfortunate and very upsetting as u can see I've left a very long and detailed review of my experience. And from the rating I can tell other people haven't had a much better experience either lol much better paneras out there than this location!

Drink machine with build up mold that can easily be washed or wiped off.   No level of sanitizing

I honestly feel like this franchise owner does not care about cleanliness, training the staff, or anything you may expect from a Panera. I wish I hadn't paid in advance. I was grossed out by the level of visible dirt and mold on the drink machine. It is not hard to clean because I was able to wipe off the buildup on the handle with just the brown napkin they had. I have very strong health concerns about this specific location.

Matthew D.

They gave pickles 2/3 times . Everything else was good. The Turkey bravo sandwich was great love the bread

Cold, freezer veggies
Monica M.

This was a take-out order. Not fresh & off-putting. Cold, frozen sad salad.. this wasn't worth my money. I understand if you don't want to waste it, but it could be a health concern if it went bad. The edges of the vegetables were losing color, the chicken was too cold, and there was no taste to anything. Trust me, you'd know If a salad wasn't fresh.. You decide.

William S.

Love this Panera location in Merchant Plaza across from Lake Ridge Auto Care and next to Safeway! Allie Weeks and the entire team here are great! They're all so friendly, fast, accommodating, and usually spot on with getting your order right as long as you spoke clearly! The pastry supply is never hurting here.  They always have everything they promise.  With ample Indoor AND Outdoor seating there is always a table for you as well! Thank You Panera Bread Lake Ridge!

This just for decoration as they are slow af
K M.

Too bad there is no option for no stars. Very inefficient. Staff not in any hurry to make takeout orders. Slowest service of any place I've gotten anywhere in a long time. Only came here because my kid wanted it. After all that waiting they still got the order wrong. Won't return.

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Great customer service, great food, pink ribbon bagel is delicious and brings awareness

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Pretty standard Panera spot without the crazy long lines of some other locations.

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“Came here a lot, the staff and the manager are great, making sure everything is taking care of, the food quality is great too.”

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