Panera Bread

Great salad and the service was so great! I love this place! I came in hoping for a quick, healthy lunch while I was out running errands and these guys delivered. I ordered I the remote kiosk by the front door (that was fun) and placed my number on the table. My Thai Chicken Salad was there so quick and it was excellent. Early on this location struggled some with quality but I’m so glad I gave them another try!

Our experience was horrible. I ordered a Caesar Salad — it was like eating anchovies straight from the can. I took one bite and couldn’t eat the rest of the salad. My grilled cheese was o.k., I make better grilled cheese at home. We also ordered a sandwich that had rotten avocado on it. You could clearly see the black and brown portion of the avocado. The noodle salad was disgusting. But to top of the visit — A manager was dropping food off at a near by table and when he bent over to place the plate down… We could see almost his entire butt crack. Talk about losing your appetite. I did complain about the food and explained that it was my first time eating there and I would never be back. he did refund my entire check. I would never recommend eating at Panera Bread.

To call this place a restaurant is a JOKE!!!
The food is cold and poorly made. Soup is from a can, or just poor quality. I will not be back as well as the five other people we were with!

Sad to see that this business doesn’t want to serve Good guys with guns!!! Don’t they realize criminals don’t follow the laws or care about their «no gun signs» in fact that’s an invitation for a criminal to rob/​or shoot up the place because now he/​she knows there will be no law abiding arm citizen enjoying lunch who is willing to take him down first in order to protect their family and the lives of all the other innocent patrons enjoying a meal. Sorry Panera I won’t be victim sitting in your restaurant unarmed. I’ll take my business elsewhere :-/

Had the chili and baguette for lunch. SUPER!!! Staff, Food, Experience. PERFECT! Will return soon!

I’ve been to panera locations all over the country and I love them. However, this location is lacking. I’ve mostly gotten to-​go from their drive thru but I’ve also eaten in. They put less meat on the sandwiches than all the other locations I’ve been to, to get the same amount as the others you have to pay for «extra»
I’ve gotten bread bowls for soup and everywhere else, I get enough soup to fill the bread bowl, here I only get enough for half, the cup they put the soup in isn’t even full. Their customer service is wonderful, but their serving sizes need to be adjusted to match the other locations across the country. I refuse to pay extra for the amount of food that is supposed to be there.

This place is not worth going to. The food is ok, nothing better. The BLT has a tiny piece of bacon !, Ordering is confusing, it is also way overpriced for the quality and amount of food. Its a large, crappy chain restaurant. I will never eat at another Panera Bread.

I don’t really like Panera bread sandwiches. The soup are good and different. I wouldn’t recommend this place.

I have always had good experiences with Panera. Especially today– Skyker was so sweet, attentive, and went out of his way to not only make sure I received my meal quickly and completely, but went the extra mile to help me have a good day. I will definitely be back! Plus the food is quite tasty!

We love the food here. The power kale chicken Caesar is delicios, as well as the lentil quinoa chicken bowl. We have also had great service! I love to stop in on busy errand days, the atmosphere is great to wind down and relax for the meal. And the view is spectacular!

We went there when they first opened and ordered their noodle bowl. For what you pay for the bowl is way to skimpy. They cut the noodles to try to make it look like you were getting more but not. Was not tasty
Would not and never went back.

A very nice location up on a hill, you can’t beat the view. The interior is very nice. They have branch seats, tables and out door seating. Today I had the BBQ chicken salad. I would recommend having the chicken warmed. It was pretty good. On my last two visits I had sandwiches which weren’t really that good. Still worth trying!

While running errands on the far side of our valley, we found ourselves in Prescott and really hungry. Since we had been shopping right around the corner, we decided to give Panera Bread a try.
It’s a newer building, nicely maintained. The interior décor was nice and featured some upscale electronics in the form of a «kiosk» so you could remotely place your order from several stations — not unlike making jukebox selections of your favorite records back in the day.
The menu was a bit upscale as well. All manner of the newest sandwiches on myriad flatbread, panini, sourdough or traditional bread types. Upscale prices too. But no matter… Their motto is «food as it should be». I don’t mind paying for quality.
I ordered up their half of a steak and white cheddar panini with a classic salad, thousand island dressing, and water. My wife ordered the half turkey and avocado sandwich with chicken noodle soup and a Pepsi. We also choose the included small bag of potato chips and we decided to split a sweet roll. After paying we were given the electronic «tracker» to place on our table, and when completed, the order would be brought out to us wherever we were seated.
A few moments later a server appeared with our meals. My classic salad did not nearly resemble pictures I had seen. It was more like a cheap 99 cent dinner salad at one of those all-​you-​can-​eat places. And it was drenched in a basalmic dressing that tasted like raspberry pancake syrup.
I flagged down the server and asked him to bring me the salad I ordered — Thousand Island. He said he would bring me some thousand island in a small side dish. I had to tell him no, my salad was drenched in this other stuff. He scurried off to fix me another. He then returned without a salad and told me this type of salad doesn’t taste good with thousand island, so I couldn’t have that. I told him to give me a refund then. Eventually the manager appeared and provided the requested refund.
My half panini was okay, but nothing special — could have gotten something similar at Arby’s a heck of a lot cheaper. Taste would be about the same. My wife’s turkey and avocado was also okay but the soup tasted like something out of a can. The sweet roll was good, but a bit dry on the outside. Like I said, I don’t mind paying for quality food as long as I get it. This was not.
Food as it should be? No way. Not even close. It’s a nice enough place, with nice enough people, but $ 22 for two HALF sandwiches with small sides is way to much for the quality they serve. I’ve had much better fare at Subway for half the price and received twice as much.

I took my elderly mom out for dinner. The person waiting on us was so kind and patient in explaining everything to her. (I admit I sometimes I don’t have the most patience). I had been here before with my husband, another time with my bestie, and another for a to-​go order. The food was delicious each time and all orders were correct.
I docked a star because each time we had to do a look around for a clean tables or booth. I was too embarrassed to ask to get a table wiped down. Multiple tables and booths needing to be cleaned-​there was plenty of staff available so there was no excuse.

We went last night (for the first time) for a cup of coffee and to satisfy a craving for a sweet pastry.
The place was nearly empty, only one other table was occupied. Dining room was quite clean and comfortable.
The cashier was very friendly, and offered advice on what to get as well as special pricing currently offered.
Ordered decaf coffee, which was not out at their large coffee pots. The cashier said she would brew a pot. This was the first negative, as I find that most coffee drinkers prefer a decaf in the evenings to prevent a poor night’s sleep.
My husband ordered a cherry danish, which he said was «okay». I tried it, and compared to my pastry (discussed later) it was great. But, in reality, on its own, the cherry pastry was good, but nothing special.
I ordered a cinnamon roll. It was quite large and looked very tasty. It was served on a ceramic place, as was the cherry danish. We took our dishes, and empty coffee cups (waiting for the decaf) to a table.
I picked up the cinnamon roll and it was hard as a brick, and felt exceedingly dry. I pulled a piece off and it broke into tiny little dust-​like crumbs, like the kind of dried bread crumbs one would buy in a package at the grocery store.
I took the roll to the front, where they have a microwave, and heated it for 15 seconds. This softened the roll SLIGHTLY, but it was still incredibly dry. I had to pull of the first 2 «swirls» of the bread to get to the center of the roll where it was not so dry that it was inedible.
That middle part was actually not bad tasting. But about ²⁄₃ of the roll was as dry as the desert.
The decaf was finally ready about 15 minutes into our time at the table.
We also purchased 2 bagels for the next morning. When we felt our rock-​hard bagels, we were again disappointed. We buy Einstein’s bagels in the afternoon for the next day’s breakfast, and have never had one so hard and dry as these from Panera. We microwaved them for 20 seconds, and they were edible, but definitely not anywhere near as good as Einstein’s bagels (or any of the grocery store bakery bagels, either).
We will not be back.

Pros: kiosk ordering, clean establishment, wi-​fi, good variety on the menu
Cons: service is SUPER slow, portion sizes vs price are way out of whack, ordered kids meals, they didn’t come with all the items promised and we had to ask for them, which took even longer!
Opinion: the manager and/​or corporate office needs to quickly do some damage control. In a small community, this is a huge problem!

The food: Ordered the Mediterranean vegetable sandwich. It was extremely skimpy. The only veggies were: small piece of lettuce, really skinny slice of tomato… 2 rings of red onion and about a teaspoon of chopped red pepper. No cheese, no other veggies. The bread was pretty dry.
The service: although there was a greeter, she did not tell us that if we had ordered at the kiosk we would have gotten a free cookie. My friend was handed a sort of «frequent use» card for future discounts… I was not given one.
Most everything had chicken… very few vegetarian options on the menu.
Will not go back.

Could not even wait to leave before sending off this review! Sandwhiches are terrible, dry with little meat and a big price! Wildflower we wil be right over, you know how to make a gourmet sandwhich!

The good:
–kiosks give you the ability to order without standing in line
–free wifi
–efficient drive-​thru
–organic menu options
The bad:
–always seem to be long lines to order if you don’t use the kiosks
–crammed/​awkward dining area
–soba noodle broth bowl is not good at all and very small for the price

Meals are a bit a la carte for the price, and order staff doesn’t have knowledge of what is in what, but food was fresh and tasty. Empty tables and seats were cleared but not well cleaned. They were pleasantly flexible by giving kids grilled cheese with bagel as substitute. They have Apple Pay.