Panera Bread

Despite what I’ve heard people say, I think the staff are very competent. They have never gotten my order wrong, and I’ve been going here for years. The food is delicious. I usually get the you pick two with soup and a flatbread, and the scones I’ve had a few times were great, too. On weekends during lunch time, it can be a little crowded, but the food is still ready in a timely fashion.

I’m really over this place. Walked in at 12:30, the prime of lunch hour. Wanted a bagel. That’s it. There is a small line at the pastry/​bagel register and a long line at the main registers. I get in the pastry line… where a woman is ringing people out. She tells me I have to get into the other line. WHY does this place have ONE register going at lunch. And WHY is this women having a line form at her register if she’s not actually using it? I keep giving them chances but I’m always disappointed. I’m officially done.

My wife and I have been regulars for years and have gotten to know the staff. Great young people many of whom are college students earning money for school. Often this is their first job and the management does a nice job of introducing them to the real world.
The food is good and there is a nice selection including pasteries, check out the hidden menu online or by scanning the symbols at the store.
The service is good, occassionaly you have to be patient with a new trainee.
The place is popular and sometimes during rush hour there can be a wait.
Nice outside eating area.
The staff has always been friendly to us.

I was told to get back into line, a very long one after buying our bagels, which were cold after waiting 20 mins to get cream cheese. Why not just give me one? I would of paid for it. The cashier actually laughed at me and the manager was irritated by me.
Was that too much to ask for? I also have a disability which made standing an challenge. No one cared. Won’t ever go back.

Horrible service, placed a breakfast catering order, when I asked for plates, I was given an eye roll and was told they weren’t sure if they could give me plates. Had a bunch of bags to carry out to my car, they weren’t busy and no one offered to help carry bags to my car. I’ve never been to a Panera with that horrible of service before. They weren’t teenagers, all were grown women.
The bagels and pastry ring were good, but I won’t be using them for catering esp for work functions. I would get fired it I acted like any of those women.

Check the bottom of your samie, they burnt mine. Only posting cause this is the second time. Ran out of half and half, brought over the empty one for refilling, shift supervisor at 9 am told me well there is another one. That was empty too. A thank you would have been nice. What’s happening to this place?

Too many teenagers at register now and orders come out wrong and they are not very friendly at all. Used to go there all the time but service is not so good anymore. :-(

I love tho place for any time of day. I love the you pick two because you don’t just have to pick one thing you can have a little bit of both. I am aways there for coffee an paninis. the price is okay for lunch and dinner. The breakfast is quick, easy, and cheap if you are in a hurry or are in a rush, even when you just want to hang out and read the news paper it is just a chill kind of place. Every time the staff is so nice, if their is a problem they will fix it immediately. The lunch/​dinner menu is great, even if you are on a diet or a vegetarian. Great place to go for every lifestyle and every time of day!!!

I’ve gotten more orders with mistakes than correct orders. This is totally ridiculous. Totally incompetent workers most of the time.

Where are the Paneras of yesteryear? We always come in hopeful. The décor is promising and the place is filled with conversation. Then, your name is called and you’re given a haphazard sandwich on a white microwaveable cardboard tray. If I wanted a hot pocket I’d… Scratch that. I don’t want hot pockets. We’re done here.

I can never make up my mind here especially with that Pick Two thing. By the time I get to the counter I just spin around, cover my eyes and point at the menu board, trying not to thwack the cheerleader with the Sharpie’d hearts on her nametag at the register with an outstretched palm.
Whatever «Southwestern Hubbaheyandtheho» sandwich she says I pointed at is what I’ll get. Same goes for soup. «Give me the soupy one, please» I say. «The one with the things in it.‘
If that ordeal wasn’t enough, she ups the difficulty on that by being all «do you want some moooorrre bread with that or an apple?». I have so much bread coming already. I’m already getting bread with meat on top of it with more bread on top of it. But. Ugh. How do you choose? Double ugh. I give up.

The food was absolutely delicious, and the atmosphere and area is fantastic. It is in a beautiful little strip mall across from the new Village at Pine center. Not to mention the staff was so nice. A group of us came in to eat and work on a project, and they let us go into the back business/​private room to work. I’ll be back for sure.

The food is very good but for the quantity that you get and what they’re serving, but I would say that the food is a little on the pricey side.

I went to Panera Bread across from Sheetz on Rte. 19 Perry Hwy. in Wexford on Sunday 11÷13÷11, and decided to order something different than usual. I had been getting disenchanted with this place, because when my little daughter ordered the roast beef (kid’s meal) the last 2 times, the beef was so gristly that she couldn’t even eat it and I had to ask them to exchange it for something else. I saw a sign stating that there was a new panini «Pick 2» combo, which was Turkey Artichoke panini with Mac & Cheese as the side. No price was listed on the sign (CAVEAT EMPTOR!!!). I should have known better.
I ordered this and received it, thinking it would be in the moderate price range as their other «Pick 2» specials, which are I believe $ 6.49 give or take 50 cents. I looked at the receipt, and I was shocked to find out that I had paid the better part of $ 9 for this wimpy, thin little panini sandwich and a small little cup of mac & cheese. It was I believe $ 8.89. The amount of turkey on it had to be about ½ of a slice (maybe 3 oz. tops), and there were a couple of artichoke halves on it and a little bit of sauce. It was about 4″ long and 3″ wide, and it came with a small section of a baguette.
I left very disappointed and felt hungry (and I am not a heavy eater at all). I will not be going back anytime soon.