I decided to join the Unlimited Sip Club since Panera Bread has this promotion going on for the next 7 days with free drinks through July 4th. The Unlimited Sip Club lets you get a free drink every two hours with unlimited refills during the visit that you're there. I believe the price of the subscription is normally about $11 a month, which is honestly a great deal if someone is in the area of a Panera bread and looking to frequently visit. Considering their drinks tend to cost in the $3 - $4 range per cup, this monthly subscription price is a great deal. Today I decided to try the Mango Citrus Charged Lemonade. This is a highly caffeinated lemonade drink with coffee extract and guarana. After taking a few sticks, I could immediately tell this is an incredibly caffeinated beverage. I looked up the stats online, and the large cup has over 350 mg of caffeine in a cup. This is about 2-3x as strong as the average cup of coffee, or potentially 5-10x as strong as a cup of tea. For someone looking to pull an all nighter, or needing a bolt of caffeine in the morning, I'd definitely recommend this drink. I've tried it a couple of times now, and it is a great drink that really amps you up. I think I'm going to be switching back to my normal cup of coffee on most days since I love the flavor of coffee. Overall, very solid option! read more

Panera Bread - Mango Citrus Charged Lemonade - Sandwiches Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

Got the chili... taste was ok but in the whole bowl there were ten bean no meat just like a thick soup. A bowl of chili and grilled cheese sandwich and drink was 21.09. Over priced and could be so much better. read more

I would avoid this Panera. I ordered the Bacon, Scrambled Egg & Cheese on Ciabatta minus the cheese. Everything was stone cold, as if they took it out of the fridge and dumped it in the bag. read more

Just stopped in for my favorite soup, broccoli cheddar. I also ordered a green smoothie. There was some minor construction going on today. No one greeted you at the door. Oh well! Place is nice and clean. Many options on the menu. There are several screens around if you want to self order. It didn't take long to receive my meal. Plenty seating area to dine, inside or outside. read more

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I love this place. Despite being crowded, the staff is nice, and the food is great. The avocado sandwich paired perfectly with the creamy tomato soup, is one of my favorites! read more

Panera Bread - Bacon Avocado Melt + Creamy Tomato Soup - Sandwiches Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

Came in to get some quick bagels for a friend and I. There was no waiting, and the bagels were fresh and hot. I already had coffee in the car, so it was an awesome snack, yum!:) read more

Overpriced hospital food is the best way to describe Panera... but I always find my way back here. If I'm craving soup and want some that's not from a can, I usually come here. My go-to order is a you-pick-two with broccoli cheddar soup and Mediterranean veggie sandwich. I usually order online or off the kiosk because it's easier to customize the sandwich online or at the kiosk. I like to add extra toppings like spinach, arugula, pickles, etc. I appreciate how there isn't any extra charge for the additional toppings. I've tried almost every sandwich on the menu and I don't have any complaints about any of them. They're all decent sandwiches although I could probably make the same thing at home. Out of all the soups I've had, the only one I don't like is the butternut squash soup. It's too sweet for my preference. Overall, I wouldn't recommend Panera, I think there are a lot of other places to visit before Panera. I don't think it's worth it. It's the place I go to when I want something fast that's relatively healthy. read more

Update: Panera has recently updated its menu, so this item was in fact sold as it was advertised. I'm still disappointed that corporate has changed this recipe, but it is not this location's fault. I have ordered the Mediterranean Bowl at every Panera I have gone to, and every time it comes with emerald greens (basically baby arugula) and grape tomatoes, as it is advertised. I ordered the bowl for pickup and received many substitutions that I neither asked for nor was informed of. There is iceberg lettuce and spring mix instead of the emerald greens, and large slices of tomato. I dislike iceberg lettuce, and would not have ordered this if I had known they would do this. It is their responsibility to inform the customer of any substitutions at the time of pickup and give them the opportunity to order something else before they made it. I don't know if one of their chefs is lazy or they ran out of those ingredients, but neither ur is an excuse. The appropriate thing to do is mark the item as unavailable on the app. Also, this Panera has never been very clean. Lots of residue on the floors and tables. This warm bowl, which is now essentially a salad with wilted lettuce, is mediocre at best and I'm very disappointed. Not worth the price I paid for it. read more

Panera Bread - Mediterranean Bowl - Sandwiches Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

We were on our way home and wanted a quick stop for lunch. Knowing we have picky eaters with us, I knew a Panera would be the best option. First, you guys were quick! Your curbside delivery was quick and efficient. Second, the restaurant was extremely clean and the one way in and out was very helpful for social distancing. Third, my youngest said you made the best Strawberry Smoothie bed ever had. This says a lot considering he only every drinks strawberry smoothies from Panera! As an added bonus, your restaurant was conveniently located for an easy on/off stop on our way home. Next time we are coming home from my sisters house, we know exactly where to stop for a quick bite to eat. Keep up the great work! read more

They charge $5 for a half-filled container of soggy Mac and cheese. The price is okay for a full container of well-prepared food. A half-full container of overcooked noodles - for $5!! - is extremely irritating. read more

Panera Bread - An underfilled, overpriced to go order. - Sandwiches Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

the food and service was great and the restaurant is really clean I also love there green tea

Not busy, every single open table dirty. sitting at the cleanest of the dirty tables. Lady seems annoyed to be told that all the tables are dirty. read more

If I could I would give them 0 stars. I ordered through Uber eats and the cost for really bad food was doubled. I ended up with a $60 charge that could've been $35 if I had gone in. Anyway, the Frontega Chicken was the worst that I have ever seen: it was chicken out of a can between two pieces of bread and a lot of mayo. The chicken soup was basically all water with a few noodles -just really bad food!!! If you can, go to Publix and buy bread and cold-cuts, and make yourself a sandwich and don't bother with Panera read more

Found a maget in my broccoli cheddar soup today! Will never eat here again! Please beware food is not fresh read more

Panera Bread - Maget - Sandwiches Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

The thing I enjoy most about this company is the consistency it keeps with its franchisees. The company as a whole does very well to reward its members through their membership program. Free food items is becoming a norm for places like these, what is not the norm is that they have the occasional week to two weeks of free items (bagels, coffee) for members. This appreciation for customers is a great retention tactic, but also creates the incentive to want to enroll in their membership program. As someone who has been a member for a year, Panera has made me want to return because of its visitation perks. Food quality is quite good, their soups are unbeatable compared to other competitors. Broccoli and Cheddar soup is to die for with the complementary french bread. The pastries are quite nice as well. Nothing too spectacular, but a bit too much on the sweet side for my taste. A major recommendation is to order using the electronic kiosks. All the sandwiches give you the option to add extra toppings for no additional cost and allows for customization. My only downside to this review is Panera's pricing. It is catered toward a nicer cafe setting, but it disappoints sometimes when it comes to a singular sandwich for $11 with a side of chips. Overall, Panera is well established and worth a visit. This location is packed especially during dinner time due to students studying here. So avoid long wait times by going after lunch and before dinner times. read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

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So disappointing. Would be worth price as ingredients are fresh. I tried new green goddess melt. Mostly just bread. Lots of space between tomatoes and seems as if completely forgot the fresh mozzarella. It was a pathetic sandwich. Shameful honestly read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

I am forever looking for new places to study in Gainesville. Panera bread turned out to be a not so great option. The noise level inside is average and can get too loud sometimes from the music and kitchen sounds. There is usually a good amount of people and chatter which also contributes to the noise. There are very few outlets in the dining area. The few available are usually taken by another customer. My main complaint is the wifi. It is very spotty. I could not manage to connect to it during my visit no matter what I did. Not a great study spot. However, Panera is a restaurant before a study. This specific store is very clean and its employees are really friendly. The food comes out super fast. It's a great place to grab lunch and catch up with friends. read more

Panera Bread - Greek salad and French onion soup - Sandwiches Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

WHAT I LOVE - usually pretty quick - clean - always friendly - you can order on app and pick it up without having to talk to anyone lol WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW - I've always had a hard time with the internet here - very very small portions...but I've heard you get free bread if you ask (?) read more

Nice and clean Panera. Thank you for saving me yesterday when I was exhausted from waking up arely and the driving. The caramel coffee you made me was delicious and hit me just in the right spot. The ladies helping in the front were extremely nice with me. We ordered a cheese danish and a chocolate pastry. We asked to be warmth. The ladies told us that they don't do that in a toaster, they showed us the microwave where we heat our food. I didn't like the taste of my cheese danish a after I put it in the microwave because is not the same as in a toaster. In the microwave it gets soggy, so my suggestion is to put a small oven maybe next to the microwave so people can have the two options. Agradable y limpio Panera. Gracias por salvarme ayer cuando estaba exhausta de despertarme temprano y manejar desde miami. El café de caramelo que me hicieron era delicioso y me cayo justo en el lugar correcto. Las muchachas ayudando en el frente eran extremadamente agradable conmigo. Pedimos un pastel de queso danés y una pastel de chocolate. Pedimos que nos los calentaran. Las muchachas nos dijeron que no hacen eso en una tostadora, nos mostraron el microondas donde nosotros mismos calentábamos nuestra comida. No me gustó el sabor de mi pastel danés después de ponerlo en el microondas porque no es lo mismo que en una tostadora. En el microondas quedada aguado, así que mi sugerencia es poner un pequeño horno quizás al lado del microondas para que la gente puede tener las dos opciones. read more

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I would give this zero stars if I could... how does a chain based off of it's bread run out of... ... bread? This is definitely a red sign guys - maybe you should have a team meeting with management that it's a "common occurrence" that you run out of bread "every night". At least, that's what our cashier told us tonight. It was 6:30pm on a Tuesday. You should have had bread. Oh, that's right, you DID. It was on the rolling dolleys right behind our cashier. Want to know what he said when we asked about them? "Oh, those are frozen and are for tomorrows customers." So then, Archer Road Panera... what about todays customers? read more

I am baffled!!!!!!!!!!!! Actually I am so baffled that baffled isn't enough to describe my emotions!!!!!!! Me eyes were deceived as I saw a baby cockroach face down ass up in my Fuji apple salad. Not to mention I was distracted by the yelling in the kitchen. The ambiance was off putting because there was shit on the toilet seat in the men's restroom. I wanted to give zero stars put it wasn't an option. read more

Yesterday my family and I stopped here for lunch and ate outside on their patio. They were very busy, however surprisingly we received our food quickly and everything turned out well. This location has some kiosk machines so I used them to place our order so my young children could see what they wanted because it displays the pictures, which was cool, however honestly it takes much longer to order, even for someone who is extremely computer savvy. Overall, the food was good and those who were making it were great. My only complaint is that the bathroom here was dirty (trash can was full and the toilet was flooded onto the floor). [Review #441] (26th Review of 2017) read more

The online order for rapid pick up doesn't work anymore. I waste time now going inside to order for food to go. They need to fix this.

Excellent customer service! Restaurant was clean and the staff were very friendly. Food was good quality. No complaints here!

This location is going high-tech by implementing self-serve kiosks. They were offering patrons a free cup of coffee just for trying it out. It was a little challenging to use given that the categories were not in any kind of logical order, but that's why they're testing it out, right? The steak breakfast sandwich I had was really good.. a refreshing alternative to the fast food options available out there. The coffee was good too. I asked for almond milk, because all of the other creamer options they had were dairy. To my surprise they did have some in the back with the baristas. So if you want a non-dairy option to flavor your coffee, just ask. It's also worth noting that the staff was really nice and extremely helpful during our visit. read more

2 Things to know before you go: 1. PARKING SUCKS!!!!! How did they get permission to build with so little parking options? If you park next door, you will get towed, so beware. 2. FREEZING air temp inside, bring a sweater! Expected my soup in a popsicle stick. read more

This store is utterly pathetically run. They are constantly out of items. This location has not had ham in a very long time. They give a ridiculous excuse about changing distributors, which is lame. Management is amateurish, at best. The staff consistently gets special orders wrong, so we use the kiosks. They are supposed to offer a bakery item for $.99 with the meal order, but all items on the kiosk are listed as "unavailable". When inquiring at the counter, the staff member offered to ring them up, but tried to charge full price. After this, after waiting over 20 minutes for our order, we discovered that it had been ready in sitting ready on the back counter for over 20 minutes. The pager had never gone off. I asked for the order to be remade, and was told that they were now out of the items. Avoid this place at all cost. The food is average, and overpriced, when you are actually able to order it, and the service is terrible. Don't walk, RUN away to somewhere else. read more

My boyfriend and I had dinner here last night and I was very content with Panera. I've dined at the Gainesville location now and then and when the Savannah one went in on Bull Street, I ate there a lot and found it an ideal lunch spot. The free Wi-fi is certainly a draw for a lot of students and businesspeople alike and it's also a nice, affordable, comfortable place for lunch or dinner. Their sandwiches and salads always taste fresh and their selection of bakery goodies is very good, perhaps not the quality of Uppercrust, but still as good or better than Fresh Market or Publix. There is outdoor seating also and ample room inside and best of all, orders come up very quickly despite how fresh they taste: Panera must have prep work down to a science in their kitchen to maintain such speed and also such quality. The staff is also very attentive and friendly which is always a nice plus. My only complaint at all with Panera is that it is freezing inside! I can see Coldstone next door being chilly, but Panera? In the summer? They must be paying a king's ransom in their GRU bill . . . read more

I love panera !! I give 5 stars to uppercrust..but panera comes in at 4 for just all around consistency, tasty food, prices are right, great place to have a relaxing breakfast or lunch. read more

Food is super overpriced and not worth it considering the small portion size's. But I have to point out that Kyra and Kelsey are amazing employees! Treated me with kindness and had a great help first attitude throughout our whole interaction. read more

Yo, today these mother fluffers told us they were out of bread, and that they run out of bread everyday. THE NAME OF YOUR RESTAURANT IS PANERA BREAD. Also the self order kiosks don't work. Whoever is managing this location probably shouldn't be managing this location. read more

I absolutely love Panera bread. They are always consistent with their pastries, salads, and sandwiches. They have great customer service. It's always clean in there and it's a great place to come and study if you're sick of starbucks! FYI there is free WiFi! read more

It's been awhile since I've frequented this establishment but I'm glad I stopped by this morning. They had these lovely Valentine's Day shortbread cookies that looked adorable. They looked so good I thought to myself that they had to be delicious so I ordered a dozen and half. The price tag snapped at me and the associate must have noticed because she quickly told me that a precentage of the cookies purchased goes to the local Children's hospital. I got happy chills all over me when she said that. I was right; the cookies were delicious and I was a hit at work for Valentine's Day. The pastry ring wasn't as fresh as I'd like so they didn't achieve a fifth star. The service was great and the restuarant was clean and vibrant. read more

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I went to go have a nice quick meal, because where I'm from this place is great! Now my meal was fine and good, but the reason I say one star is because of my boyfriend's meal. They gave him the opposite of what he ordered. And also in his sandwich (which he ate anyway even tho it was not the one he ordered) had a long brown hair cooked into it, and so he decided to put down the sandwich and eat the soup he ordered which they actually got right, a minute later of eating the soup he then finds another hair in it!!, so then I decided to share my soup, we were almost down with the soup, probably only the tip of your finger was left filling the bottom of my cheddar broccoli soup, and my boyfriend puts another spoon in and pulls it out close to his face, we start talking and then 5 seconds later he looks at the spoon and finds a short gray hair IN MY SOUP! THE ONE I HAVE BEEN EATS FOR LIKE 10 MINUTES! This place is gross I have to say, I would give it a 0 but I can't so I give it a 1. These people did not have gloves on or hair nets! THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED!!! read more

Hours wrong online and very rude when i went in while closing. Online said 10 and i went in at 8:30.

I regularly visit this Panera as well the other location in Gainesville, they are bother very similar. Customer service is friendly and fast. I personally think Panera is good for what it is. I don't think the price point is on key for what you get. A little pricey for sandwiches, (1/2 and a soup) but the food they do put out is good and fresh. I really am a huge fan of the Panera Iced coffee. I also really like their bagels. Although it's not my number one bagel place in the city. This location as expected gets a lot of college students studying. This Panera opens 30 minutes earlier then the one on Newberry road. The service and food in consistent here. read more

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When we walked in, the guy behind the counter was tossing the bagels in the baskets. Sometimes they made it, sometimes they didn't. Makes me wonder how they handle food when people aren't watching... The dark roast coffee was like light brown water. I'll skip this Panera when I'm in Gainesville. read more

Panera is a coffee shop serving espresso. Yet they don't have espresso cups. They will serve it in a large paper cup or a very large ceramic capicino cup. Really? Seriously? Total fail!! read more

Clean location, friendly staff, and fast service. Great place to study! Free wifi, but not many outlets. Also, it can get pretty loud during lunch hours. But great place to grab coffee and get some work done in the morning. read more

I have been to this place too many times for the past 3 years to study,eat, socialize and to read. The atmosphere of the place is pretty chill, but sometimes it gets really packed and it gets really noisey. But during summer, it is the perfect setting to study and read. Anyhow, on to the food. The food is fine. But it is pricey for the type of food we order. Quality of the food is good. But I always go there for breakfast, their breakfast sandwich and their egg suffles are awesome. I like their selection of hot teas and unlimited refills. In addition, they give you extra rolls for your soup if needed. Their service is consistent and it is good. As soon they see their line getting long, they open more cashier as quickly as they can. They always fully staffed and always ready to serve you. I have never waited more than 8 minutes in line. The managers always goes around asking people on how they are doing and if they need anything else. But anyhow they have a decent range of drinks along with food. Their salads are amazing but pricey! but the thing is you always do the "you pick two" items, it is worth the money. You get to pick a salad and a soup, or soup or a half of sandwich, or soup and a salad. Any combination you want. And they open pretty late. In addition, they do carry amazing breads and they do catering. read more