The staff here are so kind and after coming here a handful of times we've never had an issue. They were out of one item in the bakery and gave us the option to choose two other treats to make up for the lack of the one treat we originally wanted. The environment here is nice and very cafe like, the tables were cleaned frequently and there wasn't ever food left on the floor. read more

When traveling Panera Bread is a great place to stop. We went to this Panera to get a SIPS club drink and use the bathroom. We got in and out efficiently even during the lunch rush hours. I highly recommend Panera Bread! read more

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My wife was craving chicken soup, and this is what we got, I did complain, lady said it's the serving portion, ONLY ONE PIECE OF CHICKEN AND THREE NOODLES is the serving portion??? This happened 11/23/2025 6:35PM read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Munster, Indiana

After physical therapy today, I was craving a sandwich. Stopped at Panera Bread. I was greeted by a cashier named Verrick who provided excellent customer service. I ordered a 1/2 turkey avocado BLT, a half Goddess Salad, an apple and blueberry lemonade. The restaurant was very busy and the dining area reflected this as many of the tables weren't wiped off and the floors were messy. A kind customer wiped my table, which was nice of her. Anyway, my sandwich was delicious! The bacon was crispy and tasty and the salad was fresh and wonderful. The blueberry lemonade was also good. Yes, and so was the apple. Very satisfying! Overall, I had an excellent experience and will be back. read more

Panera Bread - Goddess salad and an apple side - Sandwiches Near Me - Munster, Indiana

I love the thai sald creme brlee bites squash soup and croissant twists! I dont mind ordering on the kiosk. The drive thru is friendly/ Munster indiana read more

So I'm pissed off. I asked for the Ham, Egg, and Cheese on a ciabatta along with smoked chicken. Why is this the thinnest sandwich I've ever received? I've had this EXACT sandwich before at another location several times-- it was MUCH thicker and that was without the pulled chicken. You made me wait that long in the drive thru for this muck you put together? Not only have I not waited that long before, but I have to ask-- were you all eating the product before you gave it to me? The bread isn't even warm. Not to mention, I didn't even notice the smoked chicken until I opened it (I genuinely thought you all forgot to put it on there). This is the most ridiculous experience I've had at Panera. I'm gonna need my money back in full. read more

Panera Bread - ... supposedly a "Ciabatta Ham, Egg & Cheese Sandwich" with smoked chicken. - Sandwiches Near Me - Munster, Indiana

I haven't ordered Panera in years and thought it would be great to get the Fuji Chicken apple salad like I always do. I paid $15 for a full salad no onions. I received what looks like the size of a half salad chopped full of red onions on top. I'm so upset, as I am having a late lunch after a long day! I'll never patron Panera bread again! read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Munster, Indiana

This Panera is quite close to home. I've stoped in several times to get one of their breakfast soufflés which are delicious. More than half the time they are out of soufflés. I give up. If you don't want to stock the item keep it off the menu. read more

I have ordered from this Panera location many times over the past several weeks when I have been working in the area. This is a very, very busy Panera, especially at lunch. Parking can be a challenge. But my order has always been ready on time, the food has been correctly prepared, and employees have been friendly and helpful. I order on the app and pick up inside. I've ordered from this location for breakfast, lunch, and dinner as it is very close to where I am working. Absolutely no complaints after many visits. read more

I ordered catering for a bridal shower in July. I ordered the catering online and modified my order a couple of times. My order was ready at the time of pick up. They followed all special request directions I had in my order. The salads were super fresh. All the lettuce was super fresh. The hot sandwiches were delicious And I was given plenty of salad dressing and utensils and napkins and plates. Would definitely recommend for catering! Thanks goes out to Michelle the catering lead! read more

This is my Grilled Chicken Salad? It should be called The Lettuce, Beans with 3 paper thin slices of chicken Salad with bad tasting dressing. read more

Panera Bread - This is my Grilled Chicken Salad. - Sandwiches Near Me - Munster, Indiana

I usually forget that Panera has a drive-thru, but it is so convenient. This location gets you in and out. The soups and drinks are always really good. Great place for a quick bite. read more

This place needs some attention from upper management. I travel for work and eat at all kinds of restaurants but this one sucked extra hard today. First...The bathroom smells worse than an outhouse. There are no air fresheners in the bathrooms so when someone drops a nasty in the bathroom the smell will linger and choke you out like an MMA fighter. Please get some urinal cakes and air fresheners...they are not expensive. But wait...I'm not done...there's more to this review. Today it is currently 65 degrees and they have the AC on full blast. I am freezing my nether regions off sitting here typing this review. Normally I am not that vocal about issues in a restaurant but...at 65 you don't need the F'ING air on. So I used my big boy words and went to the counter to ask them to turn it off or make it warmer in the store. When I got to the counter I asked "Do you guys have the air on?" The girl responds with an eye roll and "Yes". I felt I had to match her "I'm irritated that you are here" attitude...so I said "I think I am coming down with hypothermia...can you turn it down?". Still haven't turned the AC down and I cant feel my nose...I think I may have to revert to survival mode and start a fire in a trash can so I can warm myself like a hobo. I can deal with the employees that don't care or don't want to be there but this was a really special visit today...never thought a gas station would have a cleaner restroom or the threat of hypothermia would be a reality while eating a meal. Thank you Panera. read more

What is this?! Did someone get hungry, take a bite and put it in my bag? Really I would have not received anything. This literally looks like someone tore off a piece and ate it. I'm so grossed out! read more

Panera Bread - Tiny chunk of bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Munster, Indiana

Wowwww thanks Panera in Munster for putting the paper inside my grilled cheese... I guess keeping me waiting almost fifteen minutes for my drive thru order wasn't long enough to leave the paper out. How careless. Now I can see why the reviews are so low at your location! read more

Panera Bread - Grilled cheese with paper included - Sandwiches Near Me - Munster, Indiana

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Well what can i say... This will be nasty. I have had the u pic 2 for years. Always git the half ham&swiss on rye. To night OMG! If memory serves me the is lettuce and tomatoe on it. This thing from planet ming was a peice of crap! No tomatoe. Stubbled across a piece of lettace the size of a fingernail. There was alwats 2 slices of bread and the sandwich was. Built neat and full of ingredients. Look at this mess. It tasted worse then it looks. read more

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I ordered a you pick 2 and a bread bowl. I Did not receive my bread bowl or my chips with my meal.

We had to clean the table before we could sit down. They didn't have the kind of bread that usually comes with the napa chicken salad. The chicken salad didn't even cover half of the bread. Didn't feel it was worth the money. Will try a different location next time. Not happy with the Munster location. read more

Ordered thru the Panera app to be delivered to Be delivered to my work. Delivered to the wrong business and when I called Erica who claimed to be the manager was grossly incompetent and unwilling to help insisted I had to contact doordadh, I didn't order thru door dash I ordered thru Panera app. Now I have a cold lunch , missing an item which Erica insisted was in the order. Not planning to ever use their app again. Very unhappy read more

Panera Bread - Notice no check marks by items in the order. No utensils or brownie received , but Erica claims it's in there. - Sandwiches Near Me - Munster, Indiana

I haven't been here in a while but I'm glad I stopped. Panera's menu has never impressed me as a vegan/plant based eater but today I was impressed. When I got to the counter, I searched high and low for the vegan options. Not much to choose from. Whomp, whomp. Then the manager Tracey comes in to save the day. She explained what was in the vegan lentil bowl and it sounded pretty good. She also explained that I can add or take away whatever I wanted on the sandwich. I was really impressed by her hospitality and willingness to work with me on my food choices. She was really great! I ended up getting the veggie sandwich, minus the feta and the vegan lentil quinoa. It was really good and filling. I will be back read more

4/6/2019 - service and quality have not improved since this place opened. It is probably one of the worst Panera's I've experienced. But let me start with how i was greeted. The young woman who took my order was void of personality. Ok, i can deal with that. So i ordered. They didn't give a buzzer...probably because i was the only or in the store. Some big guy was in the back yelling about being a neanderthal. I'm assuming he thought he was being funny. I will say the store was clean... And that was a first. I ordered Chipotle chicken breakfast wrap. I was waiting a long time before i realized they had placed it on the counter where i didn't see it and did not call my name. He quietly did as i went to picked it up. He actually thought that was funny. So I got to my table and took a bite... It was very cold... Not cold from sitting, although that probably contributed. But cold from not being cooked or heated. I spit out my blade and just left. read more

I ordered $60 in food tonight. I have it delivered and I open the sandwiches which cost 12 a piece there was more bread than meat. The sandwiches looked horrible. For 12 bucks a sandwich you would think I'd get some meat on it. It was made horribly and they could have cared less. I spoke to the manager who tells me they weigh everything. Well for that price I could have ordered 2 filets at a better restaurant and got meat to eat instead of just bread. I'm done with Panera too expensive and they don't even make it worth the price of the food. read more

Panera Bread - That's my 12$ sandwich - Sandwiches Near Me - Munster, Indiana

Always love the food. Good selections. The soup, sandwiches,salads, bread, pastries and croissants are all delicious. Service is always good. I enjoy going for lunch. read more

Holy cow these people are stupid ! Went to the drive thru asked if they had corned beef NOOOOOOO ! Then asked for a beef sandwich of which I have had before the girl said we only have steak , I asked is it a steak or is it sliced ? She said sliced . I said I think that's beef , then she gets all huffy and says Arby's has corned beef and beef . At that point I lost it and gave her a few choice words then a dude got on the mic and said were not going to serve you and I said I don't want to be served by stupid people that want to send business down the street . Looking at there reviews I can see this is not a great place to go . I hope corporate reads this and has a word with the owner .I will never go back again life is too short to be talked down to by a fast food employee. read more

Sandwich was good. I also ordered the Cocoa & Crème Cookie. This is what I got. A little tiny cookie. This is $2.30. What??? read more

Panera Bread - I ordered the Cocoa & Crème Cookie. This is what I got. A little tiny cookie. This is $2.30. What??? - Sandwiches Near Me - Munster, Indiana

Once again this location screwed up the order. It's unbelievable that they cannot train/replace the inept careless people working there. I'm so disappointed with this location that I will stop going. Already stopped going to schererville. read more

Ordered online. Paid $10 for the combo soup and sandwich. My order was received incorrect. Based on what I ordered and the portions, this should not be priced at $10. Should be under $5. Also the way my sandwich was wrapped it looked like a balled tissue that my 5 year old made. I will NEVER order from this Panera in Munster IN. read more

Best Panera I've ever been to. Quality service, excellent food, beautiful artwork. 10/10 would recommend.

Yuck! Worst Panera we have been to. $40, long wait time, got my order wrong TWICE. First it was missing from the order then when retold they messed it up! Broccoli cheese soup also tasted VERY odd and we tossed it. They were out of hummus for med veg. The strawberry poppyseed salad was a display of sad old lettuce. Gross all around and terrible waste of $. read more

Super nice staff and very good food! My soup was perfectly seasoned and warm and the green tea was splendid!

I wish I could give this location zero stars. WORST Panera within 100 miles ... at least. I've returned their Mac n cheese so many times. Apparently, this is just what they consider creamy Mac. Even my 5 year old asked why it looked this way. I love Panera's soup, but I'll never frequent this location again. I always use carry out. The last time 2 this happened, I drove back to return it, specifically pointing it out to the manager. They don't care. Hope others see this. read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Munster, Indiana

I live out of state so I don't go here often, but when I do, it's always the longest drive thru wait. 5 or so years ago when they opened, service and experience was always great. Not sure what's happened in recent years Yesterday, after I ordered, I pulled up to the window as the car in front of me drove away. I paid. And then waited, and waited for them to give me my size small salad? (Insert confused emoji.) But by the time I drove off there were three cars behind me. My order was correct, but I just couldn't figure out why it took that long to assemble and pass along a small salad? I can only imagine how much longer it would've been if my order was larger. No employee came to the window and told me it would be "a few more minutes." I waited around 7 minutes - which doesn't sound like long - but in a drive thru with your car running - it's long. Also, it makes it extremely more difficult on the staff, because now their line is increasingly backed up. Hopefully they can figure out a process to make it easier on themselves. read more

I'm a huge ABP (Au Bon Pain) fan due to working at a hospital with one. I was craving a southwest chicken salad today and decided to stop here. Paid $11.89 for my full salad via drive thru. Got home I had NO chicken in my southwest salad. I had utensils, napkins, bread and plenty quinoa in my salad - but no chicken. Called to complain automated phone says to press 5 to speak to manager- I kept getting a busy signal. Check your food before going home. I had my fussy 2 year old in the backseat and there was no way I was going back. read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Munster, Indiana

I was looking for something healthy so I thought I would give Panara a try. I order a 1/2 Chipotle avocado sandwich and a 1/2 salad. I was shocked when it came up to almost $12 but thought it must be big. No, my sandwich had 3 small pieces of chicken and the salad was plain with hardly anything on it. The employees were arguing. I felt I was paying so much because their was so many employees and managers. I would of rather paid less and waited a little longer. I was even full after spending $12 read more

This review isn't to bash this specific location because hands down this is one of the best but......Today they sold me a very distasteful Grilled Cheese and Tomato soup. I am not sure who prepared that batch of soup or my sandwich specifically but they no longer need to be on duty for that. Especially since this is the first and only time it's ever been weird tasting. The sandwich had a burnt but chalky taste and the soup tasted straight out of a can, i can taste metal somehow. Please no more...I expected way better since it's what i'm used to. read more

I want to like Panera. Really, I do. It's a stone's throw from my house and it has healthy(ish) alternatives to fast food when we are completely pinched for time (or I neglected to make anything for dinner :). The biggest problem I have with this Panera location? Getting in. Seriously. The parking lot is rather small for the volume of business that this store seems to do. And the small amount of parking in the neighboring strip mall fills up quickly with patrons from those businesses. I have to be honest, if I circle the parking lot a few times without finding a spot, I am more than happy to bail on the idea of Panera. Yes, yes. I *know* they have a drive thru. Unfortunately, our few d/t experiences have been...lackluster. Items always seem to be charged wrong and my soup always seems to make it into the bag without a well secured lid. Perhaps this is to make sure the missing bread bowl doesn't seem like such a big deal. I mean once your soup spills out across the bottom of the bag, what does it matter if they forgot the bread bowl? I know that this problem could be remedied by checking before I leave the drive thru. But when there are a line of cars behind me and I've already been waiting 10 minutes, all I want to do is GTFO, you know? Also? I shouldn't have to check. It's called quality control. On the off chance we are lucky enough to snag a spot (and be careful parking here, I've seen a number of scrape/bump and runs in this parking lot) our cafe experience tends to be moderately better. Obviously, the food is over-priced for what it is, but at least I am assured soup and bread when I order a bread bowl. I'd be more willing to try other items if Panera would stop removing their few vegetarian menu options in favor of more protein laden items. All in all, Panera has a great concept which simply comes up short in its execution. Until it gets its act together...it really isn't worth the hassle. read more

I was just driving through and decided my love for Panera outweighed these terrible reviews. So I took a turn off a random exit and prepared myself for parking lot chaos and butchered special requests. As soon as the paper bag hit my hand from the drive-they window, I ripped my order apart like it was Christmas morning and what do I uncover... Missing chicken! I ordered my driver (boyfriend) to loop around. I grab the food and receipt and walk through the doors in the name of poultry justice! Not just for me, but for all you beautiful yelpers out there who warned me of this monstrosity. And you know what... I felt like a freakin' queen in this place. I was hit with an apology, an upgraded salad, a free cookie, offer from GM for bakery item of my choice and his apologies. Mind you, I was actually a pretty pleasant patron despite my minor annoyance. I really think this place responded to their pitiful yelp rating, and considering I'll never see this place again I thought I could at least show my gratitude with a little rating boost. I'd definitely come back here if I didn't live closer to 20 other locations, food taste the same as any other Panera I've had the pleasure of inhaling. Also, 1 star reviews because of the parking lot?? C'monnnn... read more

Met my daughter for lunch. I must say salads where delicious BUT the parking is HELL... read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Munster, Indiana

Typically this location does okay, I just got a chicken caesar salad there and I added avocado. For one I was pretty sad with the portioning of the avocado, you would assume if you are paying for something to be added to your food there would be a decent amount of avo but there was only one little piece that I could find. I continued to eat it and I when to take a bite and I felt like I bit something so hard it pierced my gums, turns out there was a thick piece of plastic in the salad. This honestly sucks because I go here at least twice a week Hoping they can step their game up! read more

My order gets messed up every single time that i go to the Munster location. I'm vegetarian and always order a salad with no chicken. Never fails, every single time my salad has chicken on it. A lot of times you can tell someone put chicken on and then realized it wasn't supposed to have chicken so they pick it off!!! So i have little bits of chicken everywhere. They are too lazy to make a new salad. I will never return to that location again, it has happened a minimum of 5 times to me. They are also always out of bread for panini's all-the-time. I also order company lunches all the time for meetings and such, that is a joke. Don't bother. read more