Typical Panera food fare. I got what I expected. I was in the area and wanted something fast that could also count as healthy. When I saw the Panera I thought 'Perfect'. What I wasn't used to was a Panera with a drive-thru!!! They don't make those in NY where I'm from. Of course I had to try it out. It was very convenient and my order was correct. Only thing is my soup was cold and the bread was definitely not fresh as im used to. But I was satisfied. read more

Always dirty, sticky, and full of unclean tables. The food used to be good, but now is cold, put together sloppily, and straight up tiny sandwiches. I'll never eat here again as it's not worth $13 for half a cup of soup and a kids sized sandwich. What happened to the Panera we used to know. read more

Panera Bread - Tiny sandwich + tiny soup - Salad Near Me - Buford, Georgia

Don't bother. They close at 10. Showed up at 9pm. Everyone is busy cleaning and after 15 minutes left when no one came to the counter to take my order. I asked at the pickup window if someone can take my order and was told "I don't know". I'm sticking with the Johns Creek location. read more

Everything is dirty, the counter where you checked in, the coffee counter was filthy with old plates sitting on it, no coffee in one of the dispenser and what I got was cold. Went to use the bathroom toilet paper all over no hand towels whatsoever had to use a napkin. Went out to sit and have my coffee, the cold coffee, had to hunt for a table. Crumbs on each one. When I left the same dirty dishes were on the coffee dispenser area. Napkins on floors it doesn't look like anybody's clean that place in a month. They weren't that busy that some one couldn't come out and spray down the tables and pick up stuff. read more

They make go inside for a Rapid Drive Thru order and they didn't haven't at the counter it was in the drive through all this time, I don't feel satisfied with the costumer service. read more

We have not been to Panera is so long because of the quality and attention to details. Today was no different. We ordered breakfast online. A new item that surely staff would be trained to make and at least have a recipe to follow yet the order was picked up through the drive thru and brought home. When we open our sandwiches, a main ingredient was missing. The eggs. We didn't even request something different and they could not get the basic recipe correct!! On both sandwiches!! Very bad start to our Saturday. The bagels themselves were untoasted so fairly hard and my husband who picked up the order said the person working the window was fairly unpleasant. I emailed to company in hopes of compensation. Panera, you could lose business to local shops if you don't improve. read more

Panera Bread - Basic breakfast sandwich ingredients!!! Egg was missing on both sandwiches!!! - Salad Near Me - Buford, Georgia

This place has gone down the toilet! Eat here at your own risk. Very dirty and smells as such. Bacon on mine and my mother's BLTs was cold as ice. We will never return to this place. read more

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I'm extremely disappointed with this location. The entire place has an unpleasant odor -- a mix of cigarette smoke and something sour, like dirty feet. When I went to use the women's restroom, it was in awful condition with feces smeared on the toilet seat and wall. This isn't the first time we've had issues here either; it's about the fourth visit in a row where they've been out of bread bowls. read more

I wish I could give a review less than 1 star. They are supposed to close at 10:00pm. we walked in at 9:10 and no one acknowledged us. we asked for service and the worker just said she didn't know and she continued to clean. we left. What an unfulfilling establishment. Don't waste your time. read more

Ordered half a dozen of a specific bagel a week in advance. On the day of pick we got an email stating the order was ready. When we waited about 20 min in the drive thru line the person told us sorry we are out of that bagel. When the manager came to issue a refund asked if they had that bagel today and he said yes. Then I asked why they didn't have any for our order and he said I don't know that is the catering managers fault. He didn't seem to know or care. Overall very very poor experience. On top of all of that, this was supposed to be breakfast Christmas Day. This is so poor and unexplainable. Mistakes happen but the uncaring way it was handled was his terrible. read more

While making our way from ATL to the mountains, we paused and enjoyed some shopping along with lunch at Panera Bread. We visited on a Thursday afternoon. We were immediately greeted and assisted by a friendly mid-aged gentleman who took our order. My friend and I decided to share a full size strawberry poppyseed salad and a turkey and avocado BLT sandwich. We paired both entrées with baguettes. She ordered a mango smoothie and I enjoyed a hot Madagascar vanilla latte made with almond milk. Our food was prepared to order and everything was correct and fresh. I was thrown for a loop when my hit latte was served in a plastic cup, but it tasted delicious and wasn't an inconvenience. The restaurant was calm and the vibe worked for us. We used the restroom before departing and it was clean. The entire experience was positive and I'd recommend this location. read more

Panera Bread - Strawberry Poppyseed Chicken Salad (whole) & Turkey & avocado BLT Sammie - Salad Near Me - Buford, Georgia

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Entry way smells really bad, like wet dog and piss. All of the tables and seats weren't wiped down, felt unpleasant to sit down. Ordered a Caesar salad and some baked goods. Ordered from the kiosk instead of an employee taking our order, two employees on one register but line was moving way too slow. The girls sat there gossiping to each other. Sweet tea and lemonade dispensers were out the whole hour dining in. Took 40 minutes, FORTY minutes to get one salad. AN extra 15 to get the cold croissant and danish. Management needs to figure it out here. I'm never coming back. Should've asked for a refund but no manager was on shift. Thank you so much!! I'm never a Karen but this was my final straw This store is nasty, does not care about customers or employees. read more

Food was immaculate and delicious always gets the order right and I have recommended personally several times bc there amazing

I sat waiting at the counter for like 10 minutes while people walked across, not saying anything to me. Also I think it's weird how you just let crazy people run in and out of the back entrance of the building. read more

Great breads and pastries. I miss the pizzas. Superb sandwiches and a wonderful beverage deal

I tried the croque monsieur croissant toast and added tomato and mixed greens. I don't eat at Panera bread often just because I try to stay away from the carbs, but when I do, I usually will do their cookies and their mac n cheese. When I see there was a new sandwich on the menu, I wanted to try it and it did not disappoint. The tomato and mixed greens added an extra health kick to the sandwich but tied in perfectly with the caramelized onion and Gruyère spread. The food at Panera bread is usually good, some of the sandwiches are a bit dry for my liking, but this sandwich was the opposite! The service at this location is always quick and the employees are very friendly. The ambiance is warm and inviting with a modernized atmosphere. read more

I don't leave a lot of reviews unless I feel compelled to make sure someone gets recognized. Wanted to make sure we leave a big thank you to Andreas for being incredibly sweet in answering all my questions and catering to my 3 year old. Thank you for putting a smile on our faces! :) read more

We were waiting in the drive thru for 45 minutes for a sandwich. Could've eaten inside at Cava for the time it took to get our order. They need more staff & better management. read more

This location is always busy and there is not enough parking. You have to park in an adjacent shopping mall lot and walk to the Panera. It's a walk. It's not like they can do something about it. They only have two spots allotted for pick up. This is not enough. It would be one thing if I was dining in. But I am not. read more

Nothing much to say about this location since I just stopped by to get some coffee in their drive thru. I have MyPanera+ Coffee subscription, which lets you get unlimited coffee a day for any size, and any flavor. It is so convenient to me since I have a Panera right next to my house, and the drive thru staff were so quick and nice! ESPAÑOL No hay mucho que decir sobre esta ubicación, ya que me detuve para tomar un café en el camino. Tengo una suscripción a MyPanera + Coffee, que te permite obtener café ilimitado al día para cualquier tamaño y sabor. Es muy conveniente para mí ya que tengo una Panera justo al lado de mi casa, ¡y el personal de drive thru fueron rápidos y muy agradable! read more

Panera Bread - Salad Near Me - Buford, Georgia

Pictures speak for itself. Manager explained that line cooks wear hats and hair is supposed to be up above the neck. No hair nets are required. Will not be eating here ever again. Smelled like wet dogs in the lobby area. Rating: 0 read more

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Sadly I have to agree with a number of these posts. The value to $$paid just isn't there. I found it amusing that there is a bog poster about food being clean when you walk into this place and the restaurant was filthy and out of most items. Staff was reasonably okay although I am not too keen on them socializing when there are customers waiting. read more

OK I'm proud to be among you all as a fellow negative reviewer, now I know it's not just me ! Has anyone else had the cops threatened to be called on them ?!?! lol So I get to work and decide that I want the delicious asiago cheese bagel with egg, sausage and white cheddar . This was before I started using the app to place an advanced order. I have the luxury of being able to leave work for a short period of time to go get breakfast or coffee whatever, although I'm pushing it with Panera Bread because I have to drive seven or eight minutes down past the mall of Georgia to get to it . After making the trip I have to wait in line for (((10 minutes))) for a simple bagel sandwich . Upon receiving my order I drive the seven or eight minutes back to work , with taste buds and mouth salivating fully prepared to mow down this delicious bagel only to discover that an item had been left off the bagel . Which one? Take a guess... That's right the most important, delicious , ingredient the sausage. After a few expletives (since I'm still in the office alone ) I resigned myself to go ahead and make the best of a bad situation, at least I have food right . "hell no" I think to myself , "I can't allow myself to be treated this way and ripped off." so I get back in the car to make the seven minute drive back down to Panera bread to find Justice . The whole drive down I'm thinking to myself "remain calm,be polite, be professional." I will admit that I can have a forceful personality, especially in the face of a perceived injustice , to myself or others . So I proceeded to walk into the restaurant with the incorrect item and begin to communicate with the delicate, lilting, soft spoken, Asian, female behind the counter. I firmly but politely stated my case. "I drove seven minutes to get down here the first time, waited in line 10 minutes, drove seven minutes to get back to work, received the wrong order, drove seven minutes to get back down here to have it corrected and now I'm gonna have to drive seven minutes back to work " "So that's 14 minutes to choose your restaurants and then 24 minutes for your mistakes ." "I would like this sandwich made correctly and I would like to receive some type of coupon for a free sandwich in the future for my trouble. " (as stated in their advertised written policy around the store.) The sweet ,young ,Asian, girl working the register begins to wilt further into her already meek and frail personality . She takes the sandwich and my story and floats off into the back . All of the sudden a large woman , with beat red cheeks, frizzled hair , wearing an ill fitted beaten up uniform bolsters out to the counter . Immediately has a reaction to me having the audacity to be irritated and vocalizing such. (Keep in mind, I did not use profanity at her or anyone, made no threats at her or anyone else nor did I begin to damage the store.) My assertive personality was simply too much for her to bear . Instead of deflating the situation , apologizing to the customer and remaking the sandwich and providing the advertised coupon , she instead proceeds to throw me out of the store and threatens to call law enforcement on me . At this point it's just too much for a darn breakfast sandwich, I give up, she did in fact refund my money before throwing me out so at least there's that . So along with everyone else's review I guess I have to rate this Panera Bread as the worst Panera bread and restaurant I have been to in quite some time that I can remember. Word to the wise beware of complaining . Not only will you not get your food ,you may end up in jail . read more

This location is utter TRASH. Order is never correct, their food is terrible days old quality and sloppily thrown together, the staff clearly hate their jobs (or life or me who knows) it gives major nursing home food vibes and they run out of any decent bagel within an hour. It's 845am and they only have plain and everything. Ever heard of demand prep? I love panera but this one needs to be shut down, waste of money and pathetic. I can get crappy food and teenager angst many other places. Also do NOT ORDER through door dash or Uber eats they will sub your items and not tell you. Got a bakers dozen of Asiago cheese and cinnamon crunch, ended up WITH STALE plain and a few everything. And the $10 BLT had 2 strips of gummy white microwaved precooked bacon - it was disgisting. Horrendous location. I don't know who the owner is but they are in the wrong business. read more

Always so disappointed with Panera bread - last time I'll be going there because what you get doesn't match the price. Their cost/value for what you receive is absurd. I've written reviews before And I always keep hoping their service and food value would improve. I don't like eating in their store very often either because they want you to order from a kiosk VS a person and they often don't clean their tables so you're searching to find a spot that's clean but most of the time you have to ask them to come clean a spot read more

Panera Bread - Strawberry salad no strawberries. - Salad Near Me - Buford, Georgia

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This is Panera Bread so you know what you are going to get: good healthy food. My order was the Pick 2 with tomato soup and Greek salad, a good choice and filling lunch. No complaints with the food. I ordered through the app and picked it up in the restaurant. Ate on the back patio outside (as it is covid time and outdoors is safer, during covid the staff is wearing masks). My order had potato chips instead of my bread, returned inside and they promptly gave me my bread (see pic of my corrected order). I have eaten at this location a half dozen times and every other visit has some small problem. The staff always fixes it, so can't complain about that. There must be some problems here as during my visit there were several PB big wigs wandering around checking on things; even the store manager came outside to make sure my order was correct. A nice touch. This location is across from the Mall of Georgia and gets super busy. Also PB is better than the food court options in the mall. Lots of free parking. Easy access to I-85 or I-985 here. read more

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One word. DISRESPECTFUL. I understand it's 9pm an hour before closing but the driver picked it up not even 15 minutes after ordering it online at 9pm. everything was great until I opened the bag. Both bread bowls no where in sight and many pieces of bread just chucked in the bag touching everything and it definitely was semi hard bread. I never really complain or do reviews but wow to this location. Ive tried this store a few times now and I will never go back. read more

I'd give it a zero stars if I could. $46 later - this will be my last visit to Panera. Ordered a sandwich and they didn't have the bread I normally get. I ask for another type and she tells me I can't get it for that sandwich. Both our sandwiches barely had any meat or tuna to cover the bread, so basically we ate bread sandwiches. The girl at the front has her foot almost on the counter with her Crocs on. Not very sanitary or appealing to customers. I'm done with Panera and throwing away money read more

unfortunately was disappointed, management can be rude at times as I've been missing or received incorrect items. will go to another location in the future read more

They forgot my $1.75 cream cheese & my soup was not filled in the cup and it was watery not thick and creamy like it used to be. read more

hello! my mother recently went to this location and ordered the autumn squash. immediately after she ordered it she noticed there was something wrong with it. and hours after eating it she was sick with food poisoning for HOURS. and the customer service she received after making a formal compl was disgusting and unprofessional. and according to her recount of the incident, multiple other people have been sick after eating the autumn squash and other similar orders. please improve your quality of food that you serve, and DOUBLE CHECK before you send your food with the customer. read more

Wow. Had I read the reviews prior to popping in, I would not have come! Lol. No problem at all with my visit. The cashier was friendly and seemed knowledgeable to the customers before me. It was their first time so they took quite a while to order. They offered to let me skip but I wasn't in a rush. I ordered the Baja Grain Bowl with a cup of broccoli and cheese soup. Delish!! I'm in love with this grain bowl!! It was soo good!! The perfect amount of every ingredient and they all paired well. I have no complaints, maybe I came on a good day or I'm far less needy than the patrons who reviewed before me. This will definitely be my spot when in the area. read more

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This is what you call a complete rip off. Ordered the chicken sandwich $12.19 + tax and it's so small it's a joke. read more

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Kaitie (if that's how you spell it) and her team are amazing! Our orders are always on point, the food is always fresh, and the atmosphere is chill and friendly. read more

Terrible expérience yesterday ! Did an online order for diner the app was saying order was ready at 6.45pm. Got there for 7pm there was a lot of people ordering at the counter. Waited at the pick up section. Asked the lady at the kitchen she was so rude said she did not find my order finally find it. The way it works they treat all in store order 1st, so my orders was prepared when they were finished with around customers .... I got my order at almost 7.30pm. Just a waste of time ... read more

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Horrible service, and all I ordered was a coffee via the app. I usually would clarify my experience, but the reviews on here seem accurate: 2 stars. Won't be visiting this location again for sure. read more

I reached out to customer service from the Panera Bread website and they provided a $5 credit toward the next purchase. I went in and used the credit but the people that worked there were still pretty abrasive. I'm going to give this location a break for a while. read more

Panera Bread - Ordered a bowl of creamy tomato soup, barely got half the bowl filled. I definitely didn't get my $5.99 worth. - Salad Near Me - Buford, Georgia

Always out of items. Frequently out of bread. Bread is in your name. Get with it. Manager not helpful nor pleasant to speak with. This location was great in the past but has declined greatly in the last couple of weeks. read more

I am so sad about this review. I literally come to this place almost everyday, but the past couple of weeks have been absolutely bad. It's been inconvenient because my order has been wrong a few times. Today I went through the drive through and they told me to wait at the curbside while people behind me got their food. And when I got my food. There was nothing inside my sandwich. So sad and they didn't give me the right sides. I am ok if it was the first time, but unfortunately it's happened way too many times....and today I didn't even get to eat lunch. If you are on your lunch break definitely not the place to go. I'll post a picture of my order today. read more

Terrible customer service, drive thru wait time is always way too long. Food quality has also decreased significantly. Avoid at all costs.