Panera Bread

My sis and I have been wanting to try Panera Bread and we got this opportunity on a recent trip. We both were drawn to the grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup. Though you order when you enter, the staff serves your meal at your table. The food did not disappoint, nor did the price. The toasted bread and cheese were delicious as was the tasty tomato soup with croutons. We also received a slice of delicious homemade bread. You can buy beautiful artisan loaves of bread to take home too. There are so many menu choices, something for everyone. And it doesn’t put a huge dent in your pocketbook. This is my new favorite lunch place!

This place is so good ! Their chili is thick, hearty and full of beans & veggies - none of this Texas "chili" which has a lot of broth and some meat. The 10-Vegetable soup is so delicious! Everything we've had here is wonderful, healthy and filling. The soups are my favorite (because I love soup-and really, doesn't everyone??!) They give you a piece of nice crusty artisan bread instead of *shudder* two saltines in a plastic wrapper. Or, you can get soup in a bread bowl, if you're really hungry and love bread (again....doesn't everyone??!). The salads and sandwiches are excellent as well. I haven't had their breakfasts but this is delicious fast food that won't clog up your arteries!

Was in Panera today and things were noticeably improved … clean, quick service and well staffed. Team was very friendly and helpful. The bakery looked organized and well stocked, the drink and coffee bar was clean and organized, the tables and floor were clean. Great experience today … thank you!! (We live in the area and love Panera seems to have struggled but was so much better today! <3)

I like Panera bagels and order a couple of dozen every 2-3 weeks...but not tonight! Their web site doesn't recognized either my normal login or my Panera Bread number. Simple enough, I'll just call my order in. Nope! 'I'm sorry but we cannot take phone orders.' Not exactly a successful business model! Next I tried to just go directly to my local store via the Panera Bread web site; "0 found." Then just before giving up entirely, I used Google Maps to find the store. That search was successful and Google even remembered my previous orders. So, I placed a repeat order for 2 dozen UNSLICED bagels. of course there was no way to enter my Panera rewards number but I thought I could get that done at pickup...Nope! I did, however, manage to get the bagels, of course, they were all sliced and I discovered that too late to return them.

The online ordering can be the pits. When I called the Georgetown Tx store, nobody answered the phone on my 1st try. I called back, finally got a person, explained that I wasn't able to place my order online and wanted to place an order with her. She couldn't take it because she's not allowed to take my payment info. Told her I'd pay for it when I picked it up. Put me on hold and nobody picked up.