Panera Bread

Megan Landahl

Food was good & people were nice. They need to improve the wifi. I came here to work and wasn't able to connect. This is probably a huge customer base so it needs to improve if you don't want to lose customers to Starbucks.

Marc Tailor

After over a year of not frequenting this Panera bread, we decided to try it again today. They’re doing much better since we were here last year and ended up walking out because of their irrational enforcement of mask and rules. As long as they continue to be rational I have no problem shopping here. The food was good and the service was fast. My previous (one star) review from about March 2021): I came in to place a take-out order (since they are not permitting indoor dining at this time), and was wearing a face mask. According to the cashier the way I was wearing it didn’t meet her satisfaction even though it was fully covering my mouth. In addition there was 6 feet of physical separation as well as a plastic guard between us. I requested that the cashier provide the basis of what she was mandating in the form of some written guidelines. Rather than providing that she went to get the manager and he was not able to provide any guidelines either other than a picture on the front of the store. As a result of this arbitrary decisions of how they want to enforce their mask mandate (which I was in compliance with), I decided to leave and take my business elsewhere. If, in these trying times, businesses are not wanting to accommodate their customers, there are other businesses who will. I ended up going to a different Panera bread that was much more customer friendly and I made my order there.

Steve

I decided to take my Mom out to lunch today. She suggested Panera Bread being that it is close to her house. She and I have eaten there a few times and it has always been good. Panera was not busy at about 2:00pm on Saturday when we got there. I ordered the Mac & cheese and a cup of French onion soup. My mother ordered a cup of chicken noodle soup and a bagel. My soup was very good with lots of onion and bread with cheese. The Mac & cheese is one of my favorites. Panera's is extremely good. My Mom and had a wonderful lunch sitting enjoying a warm afternoon. Highly recommend

Eric Chiou

Most customers appears to be students with laptops maybe that's why the wifi is extremely slow, not sure if it's just today or everyday is like this since UCI is nearby. Restrooms not maintained/cleaned (men's bathroom, not sure about women's). Coffee not hot, butter in the bucket not iced. Did not cut my sandwich in half as requested. Order ready not delivered (mobile app order) to my table, I had to walk up there and pick it up myself. Definitely do not recommend this Panera location.