Panera Bread

The service was satisfactory and the price is always affordable. The beverage station was completely filthy and all the booths were a mess. The floor was littered with food and trash. This was at 3:30 pm so no excuse that they were busy. My wife ordered a quinoa salad that had no quinoa in it. Not impressed!

Good spot for lunch at the outlets!
Pro– quick line and friendly staff! No hassle with food orders and it comes quick. Quality here is very good like chicken noodle soup and just the plain bread to dip it in. The water cups are sturdy and kid friendly.
Con– kids Mac n cheese is $ 5 and portion is small.

Disappointing. The experience here is very poor. It may not even be the restaurant’s fault. The patrons dining in while I visited were nothing short of gross. The woman ordering in front of me allowed her 10 year old son to shove both arms into the beverage cooler at the register and slosh around in the ice while she watched. The bathrooms are in constant use from many shoppers passing through. Management really needs to step it up and establish some level of control here.

10 Min late for breakfast, guy didn’t even ask the cook. Just said yeah they toss everything really quick. We ended up going next door to Johnny Rockets and the first thing the guy said is oh let me ask if the cook will do breakfast! You just lost 4 customers ! And i don’t even like Johnny Rockets. I don’t eat meat! But their customer service was superior!

I always enjoy breakfast here. Very yummy oatmeal. Bagels are always soft and fresh. Nice array of baked goods. Just wish their prices were a little better, especially on the lunch/​dinner menu.

I just got lunch at Panera Bread after a long time, the Mediterranean Chicken salad with Quinoa was fresh and Delicious, The fresh baked goods look really nice, I wish they had Gluten Free pastries and Bread…
This location is very busy because of the outlet crowd, so the service is a bit rushed, but it’s understandable

I don’t know if they were having a bad day but reading some of the other reviews I’m assuming that this place is usually like this. I would normally give service like this one star but it got bumped up a bit because the manager owned up and apologized. From the very beginning the service was bad from getting our orders wrong to the fact that they didn’t place it to not letting us know why we were waiting. We will definitely be avoiding this place in the future.

Probably the worst Panera I have been in. Without a doubt this is definitely the dirtiest. Trash, food, and filth all over the floors. In addition to everything being rather dirty, they were out of French baguettes. I don’t know the volume of business they had today that could have caused them to run out, but throwing that on top of slow service and dirty floors and tables just made for a horrible experience.
The food is good, as usual. Got my typical broccoli cheddar soup. Can’t go wrong with that.
Would I come back here? Not to this location. (I love Panera, but I won’t come back to this one.)
Would I recommend this place to others? Only if they really needed Panera. Otherwise I’d suggest driving on.

This place is alright. I have been in before and have had decent experiences all the way round. My normal sandwich is the Frontega Chicken, sans tomato and mayo, with a side of their (glorious) Mac and cheese. Today, I got the Asiago steak, minus tomato and mayo, with a side of Mac and cheese and a brownie for dessert.
The sandwich was okay, although leaving something to be desired. The best part was the heavenly Asiago roll it was served on. The cheese was regular cheddar and although I would have changed it, I wasn’t given the chance to while ordering. The Mac and cheese was quite lackluster as well, which was really disappointing as it is normally the highlight of the meal. For dessert, the double fudge brownie was very rich in taste but awful in texture: dry, cracked corners and overly done throughout.
The service, which is normally very pleasant and quick seemed mediocre at best, with cashiers rushing you through your order and not really listening to requests.
In all honesty, I will be back to give this place another chance, but I was less than impressed with them today.

Saturday, 10.40am. I asked for 2 ham and swiss souffles and the lady told me that they were not ready and it will take 20 minutes.
11.10am. I went in again and ask for same 2 souffles. A different lady said that no more ham and swiss. I explained that I was there just 30 minutes ago and they told me that they were making them. And her response was what made me write this review. She told me with a kind of bad tone that there was only one ham and swiss soufflé and it was sold already.
How is it possible that they bake only one ham and swiss soufflé for the entire day? If availability is limited, it should not be part of the main menu!

How much does an Avocado cost?
Placed the order online, walked in, it was sitting on the self ready to go, quick and easy, right?!
Great until I arrived home, gave my girlfriend the choice of Chicken Cobb Salad or Mediterranean Chicken Salad, she smiles and says Cobb salad of course! The smile quickly disappeared when she opened the box to gaze at the black rotten orb formerly know as avocado staring up at her! Really?!?
I can only assume a sighted person made this salad, someone had to see this disguising piece of #$*%, someone had to make the conscious decision to place this on top for all see. A live breathing person thought it was a good idea to serve rotten food to another human being. Really??? BLACK IS NOT THE COLOR OF RIPE AVOCADO! My only regret is failing to snap a pic before tossing it in the compost pile. Look, someone at Panera gave us worm food, yay…
Guarantee, if we were eating in, there is no way that GROSS Avocado would of been in our food, no way!
So once again I ask, how much does an AVOCADO cost? Me thinks this putrid piece of black discussing fruit is going to be real expensive…
And while I’m at it, the bread was tossed on the bottom of the bag, both salads were suppose to have chicken, just look at the Panera pictures, I think the rank avocado scared it away!
Won’t be back, I know, shocking! Already chased two friends away… yip the cost of BLACK avocado is going up…

Most of the time the place is quite busy. Their sandwiches are a little dry, it’s more on your preference and which sandwich you end up choosing as there are many to choose from.
My favorite go to meal here is the large Mac & cheese. It is incredible. There are rumors that they just microwave it, but I could care less how they make it. It is the best Mac & Cheese I have ever tasted.
Overall this place isn’t «to die for», but it does have a nice atmosphere, decent service, and not bad food.

Very bad experience. There were a lot of dirty tables around (the place was not busy at all) and the food is not pleasant as it seems. My plate was chipped and all stained! Stop serving food in it.
The steak sandwich didn’t have enough steak and was loaded with horseradish. The lentil-​quinoa chicken soup tasted only as spices and what not. But certainly nothing like lentil!
Better go for a slice of pizza or popcorn at the movie theater!

This review is for a seasonal salad: the strawberry poppy salad. It is my favorite salad at panera and SO GOOD. I wait all year for it to come back during the summertime. Strawberries, mandarin oranges, pineapple, blueberries, pecans on a bed of romaine. It’s paired with a fat free poppy seed dressing but it’s so fresh, crisp and already refreshing, I just leave it out.

This Panera Bread is a rather spacious location. Despite that, it can get rather crowded here since it’s one of the few places to eat within the Camarillo Premium Outlets. With the recent expansion (an outdoor food court of some sort), the crowd here has gotten smaller and it’s now much much easier to find a spot to eat.
The type of people you find here varies from local college students to outlet employees on break to the touristy shoppers. As a result, it is not a bad location to people watch (especially if you sit outdoors). The food here is typical of what you would find at most sandwich shops, but the drink selection is a step above what you would find at your local subway (you can buy a variety of coffee here). With that being said, I wouldn’t make Panera Bread my go to coffee shop.
Overall Panera Bread is a good rest stop between shopping. It is also a spacious place to hang out. If you need «energy» for shopping they have it. If you need a place to chit chat they have it. I would say Panera Bread is a good place to go while you’re at the outlets, but I wouldn’t make it the reason I go to the outlets. It is still much better than their designated food court though haha.

A few years ago this Panera used to be great. Now it is pathetic. I asked for a mozzarella tomato panini that they used to make. They said they could do it, but replace the sauce with another. I got a small glob of cheese with 2 cold tomato slices on toasted bread… With CILANTRO!!!

Being that this is in the outlets in Camarillo one would have thought it would be clean and good quality. It wasn’t.
When coming in to order the display case with pastries were dirty and crumbs all over it. I should have turned around then. But I didn’t.
We ordered 3 chilcken Alfredos that were oddly cooked to where some were hard and dry. And the tables and floor were dirty. The girl came through with a cloth that was darker than one dipped in mud and wiped down the table and chairs. Then later on a big party left and all she does is just push in the chairs.
Take my advice GO TO THE COLLECTION IN OXNARD. It is extremely clean, people are pleasant and the display is full of pastries and no crumbs.

ZERO rating for this location.
I will not leave a comment, just look at the pictures.
I want my $ 28.99 refunded.
Next time I am hungry I will just stop at ⁷⁄₁₁ frozen section and heat up a sandwich on their microwave oven, I am sure that shit they are serving will still be better than the food served at this Panera… Shame on you for ruining my day with the lousy food you have served us.
Both the Manager and district manager of this location must get fired. You can wish them both Merry Xmas too for a lousy job.

This wasn’t the «Only choice» around the theater, but it was the most appealing. In past, at other Panera’s, the quality has been very good, and they put up a good ‘feel’, that makes it seem not so ‘chain store’-ish.
The line moved fast, however, the cashier couldn’t seem to understand the order. I didn’t think I was *that* tired, but he didn’t seem to understand me. The sandwich, as it were, walked past despite my flagging.
And the sandwich, as it was… very lack luster.
Must have been an off day.

The more I come here the more I like this place. I have tried a variety of their salads and sandwiches and I like them all. The best part about eating here is I don’t feel like I have food coma when I’m done eating. I’m satisfied and feel good about the food I just ate.
Every time I have been to this location the line is very long. Being that it’s at the Camarillo outlets this place is always busy. However the line always moves quickly. One thing I don’t like is that when standing in that long line there is no visual of the lunch menu. They need another lunch menu facing the doors.
The autumn squash soup is too sweet for my taste. But I do like the roasted pumpkin seeds sprinkled on top. Service is good here and the employees are nice and helpful. Since it is so busy here sometimes the tables are not cleared away fast enough but this is a big location with lots of tables and chairs. Outside seating is available too.