Panera Bread

Got the «Pick Two» soup and half sandwhich for four people and it cost $ 48.07. All the soups were cold. Wanted to complain but it wasn’t worth it getting in a line again. Won’t be back!

I’ve never had any problems with the food or service at this Panera. I recommend only eating there in the afternoon, as there are some loud obnoxious groups that get together there at night. The WiFi there is really slow, but sometimes the xfinity WiFi is available which is much faster.

My favorite Panera. «Why?» You ask. My answer: the drive through window. I love swinging by to pick up a breakfast power sandwich in the morning or a you pick two for lunch. I can get a meal full of plant based foods, which is more than any other drive-​through window offers.

I know this place is a chain and I have had great Panera Bread before but my last visit here was bad.
The portion sizes are small and it tasted like my flat bread was put in the microwave. For the price they charge I expected better.

Extremely clean. The gentleman working in the table area very helpful and friendly. What was best even with a crowded room you could still have your own conversation. My sandwich was okay but the pecan roll makes it all worth it.

The black bean soup i ordered was hot, a must. But the Greek salad was drenched in dressing, very tangy dressing and they forgot the feta cheese. New rule always get dressing on side, as well as quality control food before leaving counter. Panera you can do better.

I am basing this review on several visits (most drive-​thru), but we always purchase the same item: Cinnamon Crunch Bagels.
The bagels are always fresh, delicious, and good quality. We are always asked if we would like the bagels whole or sliced — we generally do half sliced for those of us who like cream cheese and the rest whole for those who eat these like doughnuts. The service is fast and friendly.
We keep saying, «If they don’t have the Cinnamon Crunch, we’ll try something else.» But we never do.

Date visited: Saturday, July 28
Time of day: 10:30ish
Items ordered: Me: Med Veg, large unsweet tea (half acai/​half unsweet)
We arrived at the Panera right about 10:30 on Saturday. It seemed like it was going to be a standard Panera write up… until I opened the front doors. From the moment I stepped foot in that Panera, something felt off. The service was extremely slow. But there was something else. I didn’t figure it out until it was my turn to order, when I asked the cashier, «Where’s the music?» To which the cashier said, «Huh, you’re right. That’s weird.» Indeed it was weird. A Panera without the classical music blaring is like a painter without paint. A drummer without a drum. A dog without a bone. Ok, you get my point.
It was eerie. And the people at this particular Panera were borderline Stepford. Was it just the lack of music that created such a debacle? I guess we will never know. I am fairly certain that no one noticed the lack of music.
BOLD DECLARATION: The Oak Ridge, TN Panera is the oddest Panera I have encountered.

Reliable place to eat for soup and sandwiches, especially for out of towers that don’t want burger fast-​food. Well run place as well.

Like I said before, Panera is fundamentally a fast food outlet, but that’s far from the whole story.
This location is unbelievably popular in the community. There are regulars who gather here every morning for a daily koffee klatsch. On a Sunday evening there might be a church youth group holding a meeting. At any given time, there probably are a couple of intense business meetings occurring in the quieter corners of the restaurant and a few people sitting alone using the free Wi-​Fi. And always the booths will hold people who came here for food and conversation with family or friends.
The popularity may be due in part to the fact that service here is fast, friendly, and accurate — that’s not my experience at every Panera location I’ve sampled, but it’s consistently true here.
Two innovations that have increased my loyalty to Panera are (1) the calorie counts displayed on the sandwich and salad menus on the wall — information helps me eat more sensibly and (2) the chain’s loyalty card — it gives a new meaning to «checking in» when my name is on my receipt, but I do enjoy the occasional freebies I get from using it.

Came to this location for breakfast. The one star is solely for their internet access.
The bagel was simply not good. Not chewy, pretty tasteless. I thought this place was called Panera BREAD? What a joke. The coffee was equally bad.

If you’ve been to a Panera Bread before, you’ll know what to expect. This is a nice one, and it seemed pretty new. It’s in the parking lot of a big Wal-​Mart Supercenter, which seems like a strange location to me, but I don’t know Oak Ridge too well.
I’m visiting for a day and was glad to find a place where I knew I could get a good salad. I had the greek salad with a side of bread, and it was really good.
It was open until 9, which it is Sunday through Thursday, 10pm on Friday and Saturday.
Also, they have breakfast sandwiches now, which were pretty good — egg and white cheddar cheese on fresh ciabatta, with optional bacon or sausage. I had the bacon, egg and cheese with some coffee, and it was a pretty good start to the day. As I ate I saw a lot of Oak Ridgers come through for coffee and breakfast pastries. The Panera seems to be a bit of a local gathering place in the mornings.
I make sure to mention this because I searched Unilocal Oak Ridge for «breakfast» just now and only found a review of Krystal, which wasn’t what I had in mind at all.