Panera is... dependable. That's the one word I would use to describe nearly every Panera, but especially this location. You don't go to Panera to get phenomenal fresh baked pastries or top-tier food. But you can rely on a fairly tasty menu and consistently good coffee, tea, and other beverages. My biggest issue: the price. It's expensive here. Small portions and high prices. At least if you dine in, you can refill your beverage at their wonderfully stocked beverage bar. My latest visit included a coffee, a cinnamon crunch bagel, and a muffin top. The muffin top was over baked and kind of bland tasting, even with chocolate chips. The cinnamon crunch bagel was great and my kiddo devoured it, but I ordered it non-toasted and they toasted it anyway. Coffee- great as always. A few varieties to choose from. I did half blonde roast and half decaf. Very tasty. Hot and fresh. I do like that this location has lots of seating, is open and spacious with lots of windows, and offers a patio. I enjoy walking to this location and enjoying coffee on the patio. Dependable. Not phenomenal, but dependable. read more

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My family and I stopped here for breakfast while passing through on a road trip to Yosemite. While my husband was ordering, I asked the cashier if I could purchase a few empty paper coffee cups to take to the cabin we were staying in. When I didn't get a response at first, I clarified that I was happy to pay for them. To my surprise, I was charged $15 for four empty paper coffee cups. I've never experienced anything like that before. The breakfast was fine, but that charge definitely left a lasting impression. Won't be visiting this Panera location anytime soon. read more

We've eaten here twice now. The first time wasn't bad. The last time it was way short of meat. My husband had steak and I had chicken. Either one of us could find hardly any meat. They were the stuffed Salads. At $25.00 for the two of them, way too expensive! We went through the drive and it took forever, however the girl did apologize. read more

We went to the sandwich place yesterday. Fine employees we're not very friendly. They could've been a little more helpful. I thought they were rude and for the price of the sandwiches that we got, they couldn't add a little more meat to the sandwiches and then on top of that they had us pulled to the front and sit there and the person that came and gave us our food did not even say hello or anything They really do need to work on their manners and be more polite and for the price of the food, put more meat on the sandwich's read more

I haven't been to any Panera in almost 5 years because of how expensive it's gotten... my experience at the Carson City location solidified I won't be back anytime soon. I was feeling a little sick so I placed a pick up order for soup and salad. The bag was sealed when I went to pick it up and the receipt had everything checked off, I thought I was good to go. My half soup, half salad, and then soup in a bread bowl cost $34 AND was missing the side baguette, croutons and extra salad dressing. Super overpriced hospital food, and then you don't even get what you pay for. I miss the golden days when Panera was actually good and fairly priced! read more

Have been here several times recently while my mom was visiting from out of state. Very clean pand delicious food every time! We were lucky enough to be helped by Jade on 2 of our visits--love her! Thank you Jade for being fun, friendly and helpful. That's rare these days. read more

9:30 in the morning and the bacon is "out of stock". What the hell Panera? Get your act together.

The location was bright and clean. The employee that was working the register was friendly and welcoming. For food we both ordered from the "you pick 2" menu. I got the Frontega Chicken (no onions) and the Autumn Squash Soup. My husband had the Ciabatta Cheesesteak and the Cream of Chicken & Wild Rice Soup. To drink he had a soda pop and I had the Blueberry Lavender Lemonade. Both sandwiches were good but nothing special. They were hot and all items were in proportion. The meats were lightly seasoned and the bread was toasted to Panera standards. The Frontega has been my go to for years and I have to say I miss the old recipe-i'm not a fan of the new one. The Autumn Squash Soup was DELICIOUS! I wish it came around more often. It is flavorful and the garnish brings it to the next level. The Chicken & Wild Rice Soup was hearty and good but had an interesting surprise in it. We weren't sure if it was a giant chunk of cardboard (this is my thoughts based on texture) or a large bone, but we found a large object in the soup which was a turn off. My Blueberry Lavender Lemonade was DISGUSTING! I had two sips (my husband could only stand 1) and had to throw it away. It tasted like a lavender candle. I will be returning but Panera will not be my 1st choice with my favorite sandwich just being ok now, and definitely will be passing on the special lemonade. read more

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Panera bread is a pleasant addition to the dining landscape of Carson City. My wife and I were there on a cold and blustery day. We had some hot onion soup that tasted great. We also had two different breakfast sandwiches. The staff was pleasant and helpful and everybody knew their role in making the guests happy. In short, when we're in Carson City, we will definitely be thinking about having lunch at the Panera bread store. read more

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Geez why is Panera so expensive. The pick two isn't really a deal. A small side of Mac n cheese was over $8.00 and they give you bread with everything. So if you love bread this is your spot. All of of their soups contain dairy and gluten which was disappointing if you have food sensitivities. Although it does seem vegetarian friendly. I will say that this location is brand new and it's super nice inside and big. They do bake their own bread and have a large treat section. It's also a drive thru and right on the corner of the intersection. It is a healthy option for Carson and another quick place to eat is nice. read more

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Food was good. Panera has a good product. However, service is another matter. This place is perpetually slow. Every time I have gone there it takes a while to get anything. This is my first Yelp on it. I made an online order at 4:17pm. I asked for it to be ready at 5pm in the drive thru. I arrived at the drive up at 4:55pm and waited for one customer ahead of me. At 5pm I was at the window and was told my food wasn't ready, go sit in the parking lot. I waited 7 minutes. I go and ask where is my food? Who are you? I'm G Meyer, I have an online order I made at 4:17 to be ready at 5:00. Am I still waiting for it? She tells me they are starting on my food now. She offered me cookie to placate me like I was five. How long does it take to have something ready at 5:00pm? A total disappointment in online ordering. Honest to God, you can take lessons from Wendys. read more

Panera Bread - My order - Salad Near Me - Carson City, Nevada

Since I'm in the area, decided to order online from my phone. Went inside to pick up order and the bagels were ready, but not the drinks. It all worked out, and I was able to get my drinks while waiting. I did ask for almond milk, and they used regular... so I'm taking those oldies too! The cinnamon crunch lattes are really good! I also got the cherry vanilla bagels, and of course cinnamon crunch. read more

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No one there but insanely slow service. Multiple people left line. Brown haired boy cashier can't count 43 cents. Food was normal.

For day one and the crowds they had everthing running pretty smooth! Drive thru was wrapped as expected, but we found some seats inside. Employees were all nice, and the food was solid as always. They were out of several soups so be aware first day jitters! read more

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Pleasantly surprised. Clean bright Panera with plenty of parking. Service was fast and friendly. Not many baked items left at 1800 on a Sunday evening, but they had something I wanted. Dining room seemed clean and well kept. All in all a good experience. read more

Panera Bread - Cookie - Salad Near Me - Carson City, Nevada

Shoutout DOROTHY THE DELINQUENT DOOR DASHER! My lady and I ordered $56 worth of food from the Panera app for delivery and tracked the order up until it was claimed to be "DELIVERED" - 15 minutes later and my door step was still deprived of any edible, gluten-filled substances from this delicious establishment. I realized that I could not contact the driver once they "DELIVERED" the order, so I instead called the restaurant to explain our predicament and feeling horrible as they were set to close in 25 minutes! The amazing manager here was as accommodating as could be, and offered to remake our order while we made our way down to the restaurant! These people are fantastic and we will without a doubt be back here regularly! THANK YOU MANAGER BRYAN AND THANK YOU PANERA! read more

I see this restaurant has many negative reviews, but the two times I have been here (October 31, 2022--two weeks after the grand opening--and today), and the service was excellent. This restaurant is in a new plaza (Cochise Crossing) on the south end of Carson City, by US route 50/I-580 and South Carson Street. It only opened on October 17, 2022, and was the company's second location in northern Nevada (with the one at UNR in Reno being the first a month earlier). There are two more Panera Breads planned for Reno and Sparks. I went in the early morning today and got a pastry to go (pumpkin cookie for the fall!). The manager was walking by and greeted me. I looked at all the pastries and bagels, which were freshly baked, full stocked, and thoughtfully displayed, and made my choice. I chose the self-service stations, as there were three, and only one was taken. Otherwise, there were two people ahead of me in line, but I noticed it went quickly. The self-service station was easy to use, well lit, intuitive, and clean. Almost as soon as I placed the order, I went to the pick-up hutch by the kitchen window. There was a computer display showing the status of my order. The manager saw me looking at the ready pick-up items and told me there was an order waiting with the name "Megan" she thought was mine, but it wasn't. She then quickly handed my finished order right to me. It couldn't have been more than a minute since I placed the order that it was ready! I forgot to test the free wifi, but I will next time. The restaurant itself was spotless, as was the parking lot. It was brightly lit. The store was well staffed, and the employees worked fast and were well trained. It wasn't too busy--mostly customers getting food before heading off to work. A few tables were occupied. There was even a clear drive-thru, which many of the older Panera Breads do not have. Delivery is also available if you prefer, as well as catering. One thing I would like to mention, which has nothing to do with the restaurant, is this business can be a little tricky to enter, since the entire small plaza it is in is on Cochise Street, but is blocked by Dutch Bros. Coffee on W. Appion Way. Most people will come to this location via S. Carson Street, and turn onto W. Appion, then think they can enter the plaza on W. Appion, but there is that aforementioned Duch Bros. Coffee, which is not part of the plaza. If you enter that restaurant, there is no way to get to Panera Bread. You have to turn onto Cochise St. after driving on W. Appion. No biggie, but I just wanted people who are unfamiliar with the location, like me, to know. I will definitely return to this restaurant, as it is a clean location with excellent service, good food, and plenty of space to work. read more

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Absolutely horrible! I ordered the Ciabatta Cheese-steak. It was extremely sweet, the steak was old and the cheese was no where to be found. After 2 bites I gave it to my dog, who also would not eat it. Don't waste your money! $14.99 and not edible. read more

I love their quiche! Also, all employees are helpful. Went out of their way to help me find my misplaced cell phone. Thank you, Panera! read more

I went to Panera's for the first time yesterday and had the most delicious creamy tomato soup with a big serving of crusty bread and the green goddess crusty baguette sandwich. Self serve soda and beverage. Feature is very nice, they have an express window. To pick up your order. The place is very clean and the people who work there are very accommodating highly recommend. read more

I use to come here all the time. The food has really gone downhill so I stopped going. I decided to pop in for some soup today and stood at the counter for 10 minutes without being acknowledged. I only had cash on me. I decided to leave. read more

Napa chicken salad sandwich it's my favorite. I don't have a Panera near my house so, an unexpected trip to Carson city means a stop at Panera to pick up a sandwich for later. I used to get two meals out of one sandwich, not this time. I ordered a whole sandwich but only received enough chicken salad for a half. Bummer. read more

Panera Bread - Not very much chicken salad on that sandwich. Lots of lettuce. - Salad Near Me - Carson City, Nevada

There's at least 2 ways to consider a Panera Bread review: Baked Goods and Sandwiches. Although I've enjoyed a number of business meeting catered lunches from other Panera Bread outposts, this review doesn't cover this service. Instead, I'll focus on the bakery (bread, scones, cookies, sweet rolls, etc). I consider Panera Bread to be a "Tweener" bakery that's situated somewhere in the middle between grocery store pastries (on the low end) and a locally owned patisserie. Here in the Carson Valley, think of the continuum between Raley's and LA Bakery or Schat's. Within my previous East Bay SF residence, any baked good purchase outside of Cheeseboard/Arizmendi would be considered a capital offense. The new Carson City Panera Bread is a little out of the way (off South Carson) and seemed a little quiet when I popped in. There was no dining room action, but the bakery counter did offer a decent variety of breads, scones, cookies, etc. I went for bag of small scones, which were both handy and delicious at home. IMHO, LA Bakery has the best scones in this area, but often convenience counts and we just happened to be in the Panera neighborhood at the right time despite a few more turns. Schat's? Let's just say that on Sunday, when they say they're open, isn't always the convenient truth (unless you're in Minden). read more

Service is amazing , they go above and beyond for their customers. Food comes out quickly and is very good.

On vacation and decided to try Panera. Frankness so helpful and made good suggestions to eat. My family and I had a great time. Frank was AMAZING and so friendly! I will gladly come back again. read more

This place is honestly hit or miss tonight I went through the drive through and my husband and I both noticed that the young man taking our order didn't have very good customer service and sounded very distracted we pulled up to the window to see 3 teenage boys laughing inside while the guy at the window still seeming distracted. I am not usually one to leave a bad review but the past 3 times I have been to this location I've either had bad customer service, missing food or completely wrong order or all of the above. read more

Received damn near half a smoothie, somehow the Mac and cheese isn't correct. Definitely not worth spending money on if they can't get it right read more

The place was a zoo. Totally understaffed there were dirty tables everywhere. There was a very long line to order and a bunch of Door Dash bags on a shelf waiting to be picked up. I finally got to order and I ordered their pastrami sandwich. It too quite a while for me to get it and when I did it was pathetic. There was a small smear of sauce on it, un-melted cheese and one thin slice of pastrami, probably not even an ounce Too bad because i have had good experiences with Panera in California,. read more

Can they please stop burning the souffles. I asked what looked like the asst manager if they were all burnt and she just said um probably since they all went in at the same time. Needless to say not super helpful lol read more

Panera Bread - Burnt egg Spinach & Bacon Souffle - Salad Near Me - Carson City, Nevada

For $18 you would think a chicken salad sandwich would be brimming with chicken salad! First time eating here and I was so disappointed with this sandwich when I got it home and saw how much they actually put on the sandwich. There were 4 slices of tomato, about a cup of lettuce and less than 1/2 of chicken salad on the entire sandwich. The $28 did include a lunchbox size of chips and a drink, but still! And the bread even though it was soft, the crust was so chewy you could barely bite through it. read more

Panera Bread - Napa chicken salad sandwich - Salad Near Me - Carson City, Nevada

The last 2 or 3 times we have been, we both noticed the food (soups, mac &cheese, sandwich) is not as good as it had been. Appeared to be a new crew. My sandwich was on bread that was falling apart. Couldnt pick it up so used knife and fork. Broccoli cheddar looks and tastes different. Going slowly downhill. Makes me sad. Was always clean, floors clean with no stuff on the floor. There was someone who would come thru several times in the dining area to clean tables, pick up stuff from the floor, etc. but not now. People working there were perfectly nice. Its just not like it had been. read more

Ordered the Green Goddess Cobb salad with Chicken. Not happy! Salad dressing was thin and tasteless, quality of lettuce questionable, and it was much smaller than the one I've ordered before. At the least the 3 bites of chicken was ok - so one star for that. What happened? read more

My husband and I have lunch at Panera almost once a week. Have always been treated well and enjoy the food. We were in the store today and enjoyed our lunch, but saw a couple of things happen that we thought should be brought to your attention. One of the men working in the kitchen kept touching his hair, his nose and his eyes, he was not wearing gloves, but never left to wash his hands. I used the womens restroom while I was there and an employee was using the restroom also and she left and didn't wash her hands. I worked for many years in food service and always notice when employees of food establishments are not following the rules for sanitation. read more

I ordered a greek salad. The salad was 90 percent Romain lettuce with like 5 small pieces of red onion, 5 grape tomatoes, no olives because the restaurant ran out, less than a table spoon of feta cheese.... Then...A Tiny rationed amount of chicken.. The salad didn't have enough ingredients added to the lettuce to give it any flavor... The whole experience felt like the restaurant is skimping on the amount of ingredients to maximize profit... Good luck with that in Carson City, people don't return when you aren't putting out quality food. read more

Single slice of meat on sandwiches, or egg so thin on the breakfast sandwiches you can almost see through it. Not sure if owners are Jewish or the workers are paid for lack of quality of the food. Perhaps the worst Panera bread in the country, quite an achievement. Congratulations on your one star review, if zero was possible I would select that option. read more

Just wow second time I've been stuck in their drive through for over half an hour!!!!! I can't this time I even ordered on the app 20 minutes before getting here and I'm still in the drive through half an hour after getting here! Two sandwiches and two cups of soup! Why on earth does that take 30-50 minutes to make and hand to me? The food is overpriced and skimpy. This will be my last trip to any Panera ever! I worked 12 hours and I can't even get my sandwiches! Subway cuts and puts everything on in less than 5 minutes so what is happening here. Don't use the drive through!!!!!! Also update I ordered 3 different sandwich's a bacon rancher a spicy chicken dip and tuna, I got 3 tuna sandwich's I can't with this place! Here's my advice stop at the store buy the ingredients to the sandwich you want go home make it and you will save some time and get to actually eat what you want.... Just WOW!!!! read more

I placed an $50 order online for pickup at 6:40 AM The online system allowed me to be select the time of 6:40. I have been to this location before at approximately the same time in the past. I received both an email and text message saying my order was ready. When I walked in I was told that this location does not open until 8. (The doors were unlocked) and the person helping me seemed rather put out that she had to take time to fill my order . I understand and there was a system message that stated the day before the location had a delayed opening due to weather but there was no indication that on the day I was placing my order it would be a problem. Yes I tipped, so really the question is why is the online system allowing you to place an order and further why does an employee apparently get to decide when they are open. Frankly don't waste your money, in addition to the product you get attitude, who needs it. read more

So reading the review were ready to have a long wait for our food. We even asked some folks while we were walking in how long it had taken for their food. They were still waiting. Our food came out relatively quickly so that was good, but.... For 60.08 we got 2 kids meals that contained a half turkey sandwich and a go-gurt. The sandwiches were plain with just turkey and cheese and bread. I had the pick 2 with the steak sandwich and tomato soup and mom got a pick 2 with the chipotle chicken avocado sandwich and Thai chicken soup. Plus drinks. So for that price we feel like it should've been better. Definitely not a good deal for a family of 4. We could've gone to our favorite sandwich spot and for 60.08 had enough food to bring home. Plus the prices on the menu board are misleading. And the menu they give you doesn't have pricing on it, just calorie amounts. What kind of menu doesn't have the prices listed for the items on it?!? But at least we tried it. Won't be back. read more

Panera Bread - Salad Near Me - Carson City, Nevada

We thought we waited long enough for the issues that plagues an opening of a place but sadly not. We have been to Panera's in So Cal and either their quality has gone down and prices going up or this particular one is having issues. We asked the person at the counter what she recommended, her response was, the bagels. We looked at her half laughing with a confused look on our face and she said, that's because she loves bagels. We asked what a warm bowl was and she showed us the picture in front of her register. That was the only picture of any of the food. There was a sign that said pick 2 so you got half a sandwich with a side for about a dollar more than the full sandwich. That was a huge ripe off if you see the nice half sandwich with what looks like about 4-6 ounces of mac and cheese which sells for $6.99 by itself! It cost almost $15! Crazy! Get the whole sandwich instead. My daughter said her sandwich, a chipotle chicken avocado was really good. My husband and I wanted something warm so we got the Mediterranean bowl and the baja bowl since the picture looked great. We got our bowl and my husband's looked small, got mine and was mind blown with the bowl only 25% full. WHAT! I walked up to the lady I ordered from and asked what the heck! This bowls were about $13 each! She called the manager and he said they forgot to add the rice. He took my bowl and about 5 minutes later got a bowl that had other items added but still pretty small and not presented well. Took one bite and it was not a warm bowl but more like a room temperature bowl. My husband enjoyed his and he and I left still hungry. $47 for 3 items and definitely not satisfied with the food, quantity and prices. The only reason why a 2 star vs a 1 star is my daughter's half sandwich was the best patt of this whole meal. Won't be coming back unfortunately. read more

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I've been traveling ALL over these beautiful states of ours and I seriously don't understand why these restaurants get such horrible ratings! Mom and j love them!! Another fantastic soup selection and we loved our sandwiches! Pick two is the perfect way to go! read more