I was on my way to an appointment this AM and needed coffee...BADLY! Stopped in here and also picked up a Cobblestone (delicious, usually...kinda' like a cinnamon raisin roll in a cupcake cup). Coffee was great, though the paper was stuck in the Cobblestone dough... I ended up eating half of the paper YUK! Overall OK but I don't get the whole "draw" of the place. You want bakery? Deerfield Bakery's the place to go! read more

They were out of baguette so offered chips or fruit. I ordered large Mac and cheese which costs around $9. Bowl is literally half full. Charge is $9 for half filled large bowl. read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Palatine, Illinois

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This is the one chain that I really like. The food is consistently good from location to location. It's not as cozy as my favorite on Waukegan Rd. but it's near the house. We find that we go here frequently for a quick lunch or a cheap breakfast. Coffee is excellent & the bagels are more substantial, not all fluffy. Soups are decent. I haven't had a bad sandwich here yet. One thing I would like to see is soup for breakfast. A bowl of soup would be so good with the spinach artichoke souffle... read more

absolutely terrible service, how can you stand for 27min to get a toasted bagel with cream cheese? employees just stare and go about their own business. no one cares terrible service. now I know why they are 2 stars. never again read more

This place in specific just doesn't meet the quality of other surrounding Panera's. You wait in line all the time (drive thru) that tends to take 15 minutes and the food always has a hair in it. Clearly no one wears hairnets there. I don't plan on coming here again. I'm better off driving to a further location. read more

The nice thing about chain restaurants is consistency between the different restaurants. This one was up to par with the others. The food was good and the service was good--just as I expected. I really like the Pick 2 option and feel like you get a good amount of food with that. I don't like the setup of this restaurant as much. The dining area is all open so there is no quiet little corner to tuck yourself away and get some work done. It's fine for having dinner with a friend but that's not usually why I go to Panera. The free Wifi is always nice and I will probably hit up this location again on a quiet weekday night to work. read more

Service is good here - the times I've stopped in it's always been prompt and friendly. But the food is just OK and at my last visit I picked up two brownies which looked decadently chocolatey and moist. Well, they did have a deep chocolate flavor, but were totally dry. Quite a disappointment. I'll stick with Deerfiled's in this area. read more

Tomato motzarella panini is sooo flavorful. It has basil, which goes perfectly with the tomato. I also love their soups in a bread bowl, if you are not very hungry get just the cup. The baked potato, chicken noodle or french onion are the best in my opinion. Their bread is made in house and it is amazing, if you want to bring a warm loaf of great bread home, stop by panera. read more

Like most Paneras. Like Bruce, i don't get the whole draw of Panera in general, but it is a good place to get a decent meal and wait out traffic...and use WiFi. I will say that the staff is usually nice here, and at lunch, they are wickedly fast at churning out your food. read more

Every time I come to this drive-through I end up sitting there waiting anywhere from 2 to 5 minutes without any response from anybody at the drive-through. If someone would simply say "hey we are busy right now and will be be with you shortly" then I wouldn't even be upset but this is the third time I've been here and they just straight up ignore the drive-through. I ended up leaving after five minutes of silence and me saying hello to only get no response. read more

Great representation of Panera. Food comes out relatively quickly, and the drive through is a nice touch. Their location makes getting in and out of kind of tricky. read more

I come to this Panera frequently. Overall, the place has a clean and nice atmosphere. The food is consistently good. The service is generally friendly, but they are a little slow and incompetent. I can't think of a single time they made my order correct. I always need to go back to the counter for them to fix a sandwich/salad or add a dressing or ingredient that they missed. Overall, this place is okay. read more

I like the setup of the inside of this Panera but the parking lot is really tricky to get into at that intersection and they DON'T have a diaper changing station. If you don't have children then fine but this is kinda a big deal for moms and since Panera is family friendly it should be a requirement. I won't be back mainly because of that. I had to change my son on the floor of their bathroom. So gross. read more

Terrible service the store manager was very rude they charged us for a cup of water the food was undercooked (as always) and the knife was dirty my drink was watered down and the tables were filthy and unwashed I will not be returning till I get an apology! read more

Avoid this location because it's the slowest, most often miss-made order location in the chain. Ordered the Ancient Grains, Arugula & Chicken salad. Should have checked the bag before I left. They gave me the Asian Sesame Salad with Chicken. Had to drive back so I could get the salad I ordered. Two days later: 15 minutes in the drive-thru. Ordered the Ancient Grains, Arugula & Chicken salad, full sized. I paid for full sized. Received a half sized with an apple. Knew the bag was too small for a full sized salad so before she closed the window I gave the half sized salad back. She returns with my full sized salad, she grabbed the wrong bag, you had one job. Got to where I was going, no napkins, no utensils! How does someone eat a salad with no fork?? I can't imagine this location lasting more than a year. I WON'T be going back. read more

I used to like this Panera. Went in for dinner yesterday and placed my order. After paying and sitting down, I am notified that they are out of the flatbread (I had ordered buffalo chicken flatbread) and that I could pick a different sandwich for my "pick 2." I picked a grilled cheese, since I'm not too big on any of the other sandwich options. When I got the grilled cheese, it was like biting into a brick of rubber. My soup bowl was also not full, and there was a hair in my boyfriend's sandwich. Then, I hear the couple next to us be told by an employee that they are out of the bread for the sandwich they ordered too. They offered to substitute a different type of bread for the sandwich. Why wasn't I given this offer?? I would have been much happier to just eat the sandwich I wanted on different bread than to be given that brick of yellow/orange rubber. I'm not sure if I'm going to be back to this location. read more

Nice new cafe. The food tastes better than in any other Panera I visited(and I visited a lot). The service is good, and I like that they keep the tables and area clean. read more

I have bin eating at Panera for twelve years and I must say that this Panera has not only surprise me but dumb founded me on there response first walking in server leaving with some one food that was not correct dropping the French baguette down okay next lets order ordering my pick 2 is a slow process apparently asking for green tea as a drink okay after paying and getting our number where the green tea oh wait there four new green teas but no regular green tea having a associate tell me they always had papaya in it wait no next let find where to sit so the bring you your food if you find a clean table ah an to make everything come to getter asking how was everything wow ,No I'm not coming back . This is not and everyday oasis !!!!! read more

Went there this morning ask for spinach egg white and avocado with no egg only spinach and avocado told cashier I'm vegan I don't eat egg and still got egg read more

Panera Bread - Sandwiches Near Me - Palatine, Illinois

So freaking friendly! Ordered decaf at 3:30 pm and they made me a fresh pot with a big smile. Let me use my own reusable coffee cup. Waiter giving me sandwich so friendly too! Will come again! read more

Ordered 12 box lunches from here for a work lunch meeting. Two of the salads were Caesar and came with no dressing on it or on the side. The lettuce was turning brown and croutons mushy. The boxes that had the French bread as a side didn't come with butter! Who serves plain bread? Bread and butter go together can't have one without the other. The cookies were all hard and seemed like they were all old and stale. One star because the turkey sandwich was tasty. read more

I go to this place out of convenience, and I regret it every time I go. It's a 10 minute wait just to be greeted at the drive thru every time. They're constantly out of half their menu and the things they do have are average at best and extremely over priced. I have to just learn from my mistakes and quit stopping here all together. Plenty of better places than this near by. read more

So I ordered 2 bowls of soup and extra bread. At the window I was told my card was declined. I asked for some time because I had just used my card within the hour & had plenty to cover the cost. Instead the manager told me not to worry about it & he payed for my food. My short interaction at this location was the highlight of my day read more

Love this place! Super cozy and relaxed atmosphere. Nice staff. Clean. Amazing food options !

This particular location is horrible. Asked them to make the chicken cesar sandwich that they took off menu, they said they can make it. I made sure to ask if I'm getting the full sandwich they said yes. Then I only got only half a sandwich and basically lettuce and a few pieces of chicken....and the explanation was that If I paid the full salad price I would of got a full sandwich..... I remeber paying 8 dollars which seemed like the full price...didn't bother to argue over a few bucks because they can't even portion a sandwich correctly either way. Wont be coming back! read more

This is the worst Panera bread I have seen in my entire life and I will never be going back to this Panera again this is because of the manger Who asked for the next person in line and then conveniently walks way back to disappear and then you lose your place in line and when you say something she just kind of shrugged as if it's no big deal at 7 o'clock in the evening they ran out of two of the three soups they ran out of French baguettes and they have almost no pastry left what are they going to sell for the dinner hour worst place ever read more

Pros: Friendly staff Abundant menu options Comfortable seating Free wifi Cons: Smaller portions than a few years ago Food tastes bland Very pricey Food takes too long to be considered a fast food sit down restaurant read more

How difficult is it to keep making the egg soufle so you wont run out in the middle of breakfast? On my way to work, I am told 20 minutes wait! This is the same story for the past 2 weeks. Not good business in my book. read more

This is your average panera and has a lot of traffic but is always quick with making everything. I usually don't wait more than five minutes for my food and all the staff there is super friendly. The food is always good and made quickly. read more

Love the soup choices. The sandwiches the combos. Get the large soup to go several times per month, always good and flavorful

Panera is one of my favorite places and it's pretty hard to get a cinnamon crunch bagel wrong, but they do it every time. Not only does it take 15 minutes to get one toasted bagel, but they consistently forget to put the cream cheese in the bag. I'm not sure why they can't toast the bagel in the front by the register like every other panera instead of waiting for them to make 12 other full meals. Corporate needs to come watch this operation in action. It's just not as smooth as the other locations. read more

I ordered a soup and salad from the pick 2 selection online. My fiance picked up the food, no issues there, but when I open my salad box there was hardly any salad in the box. I could literally see the bottom of the box when I opened it. I realize that this is a half salad, however, it was in the half-sized salad box. I'm not paying full price for 5 pieces of arugula. read more

A nice big place with a few, rude, customers (Buffalo Grove) and free wifi. Friendly, undertrained staff. Iffy food. Boring desserts. I remember Panera being much better than this. Tiny portions of meat on the sandwiches. Mediocre coffee. And the cherry limeade was hardly blended at all--chunks of ice the size of boulders. read more

The breakfast sandwiches we ordered were not warmed completely through, but tasty nevertheless. I really liked the flavor of the asiago cheese bagel. Pastries (cheese and choc chip) were flaky and delicious. Also some healthy options on the menu like soups & salads. Average coffee. Staff was very friendly and courteous. Women's bathroom was very clean. Dining area also clean. I recommend this as a convenient and consistent chain bakery if you're in the burbs and far from an independent family-owned bakery. read more

Placed an order for pick up. It was packaged with care. They accommodated all my modifications and requests. My mac and cheese was a bit cold. I do wonder how long my food was sitting there for. Other than that, I was very happy with everything. read more

Overpriced, quality of items getting smaller and of poorer quality. Bagels are unappealing and bland.

This Panera has outstanding customer service. The entire staff is so friendly and greets you. It is one of the cleanest restaurants I've been to and they are always wiping down something or asking you if you need anything. This has become my favorite Panera! read more

Food is good I go there once a week on Tuesdays for my French meet-up group. Staff very friendly and welcoming I am a regular Panera customer and I don't thing there is a Panera In the Chicago area I have not been to. I meet my customers there but the staff at this particular location seems more welcoming than any other one well maybe because they see us more often and they especially the two managers make us feel the appreciate our business read more

great sandwiches and soup but expect a long wait to get your lunch over the lunch hour. They have free wifi which helps and pretty nice atmosphere if you can find a seat. I like their dark roast coffee also. read more

LOVE THIS PLACE. However, I have one problem that is always annoying. Every time I get my order to go something is always missing and it is very disappointing. Not sure where the lack of communication is coming from but needs to be fixed. read more