I stopped in recently on a Friday evening to grab food and get some work done. The customer service was great and my food was ready fairly quickly. There was a moderate amount of people sitting around, so there was ample seating available. I got a sandwich and soup. The advertisement said it was a "new" baked potato soup, but it tasted the same as it always has; yet it was pricer than I remember. Food is decent, if not anything the baked goods are my favorite when I stop into Panera; especially the kitchen sink cookies. read more

Food and service was off. Food was especially bad though. Hardly any meat or veggies on our sandwiches

What a terrible place to eat ! The worst customer service I've had with Panera . The ordering lady was the only person that was nice. We came at 8 pm and I ordered a cup of Mac and cheese for my kids that was supposed to come with fresh bread and we got precut old bread with barely warm mac and cheese for $7 ! Panera is open until 9 pm but they said they already doing the dishes so everything will be in take out containers. They won't allow us to even use the bathroom because they were preparing for the store to close. read more

Panera Bread - "Fresh bread" - Salad Near Me - Pooler, Georgia

This restaurant was so dirty! The floor had all kinds of food on it and every single table in the place was dirty with a combination of food stains and crumbs. I saw a worker brush crumbs onto the floor from one table and then bridled try to use a vacuum brush on that area of the floor but left the rest a mess. No one wiped down the tables. You could not sit at one. It makes me wonder what the kitchen must look like. I will not go back there. read more

Paid $8 for a freezer burned tasting sandwhich with none of the customizations I asked for

Best food in Pooler that's not fried, burgers, tacos, fast food, junk food...Finally some food that has food value and not the crash.

Ordered a half Chipotle Chicken avocado Melt with no sweet peppers and this is what was on the sandwich. There's barely anything on this I just bought two slices of bread for $9 that's insane. read more

Panera Bread - Chipotle Chicken Avo Melt - Salad Near Me - Pooler, Georgia

Just received my order chicken bacon ranch sandwiches and soup no chicken on sandwiches no bacon or lettuce and tastes horrible never received my free brownies will never order again! read more

Please have all cooks and food handlers/servers wear hair nets! The 2 men with short hair shed as well as the 3 women working there right now. Not one is protecting my food from their hair. Gross. read more

This is one establishment that I can only get in the mainland. Hoping they would consider coming to the islands. From breakfast to lunch that various items that are available is my kind of eatery. For breakfast I love their hot sandwiches and pastries. And I'm a salad person each season they have a special combination so I would try something new. What I like about this place is you are also able to order take out and pick up the mobile location along with earning points for discounts. read more

Panera Bread - Mediterranean veggie sandwich - Salad Near Me - Pooler, Georgia

I can't stress enough the importance of hospitality in the food service industry. Warm smiles and a customer greeting should be mandatory. It must be end of day vibes because the staff was about as dry as roast can get. Moving slow, checking phones, standing around moping. And I just came for a cup of coffee. The employee at the register couldn't figure out exactly what the customer in front of me wanted so I ended up using the app so that I wouldn't have to stand in line any longer. Trash bin was overflowing out front and shelves were void of pastries and such save die two or three pieces of bread. It was not a feel good restaurant, Panera style. If it wasn't for having to force myself to Panera since I have unlimited sips club card I would have skipped the place. read more

Panera Bread - Trash overflow - Salad Near Me - Pooler, Georgia

Panera, the chain of consistently good food, with inconsistent levels of service and cleanliness. Sadly, I'm finding more and more of their locations lacking in these core competencies. This particular store included. Walked in at 11:30am hoping to get a bagel with bacon & cheese. The young lady behind the counter said they're no longer doing breakfast, in spite of the breakfast menu still posted. She added that they can't do eggs. I assured her that's fine, as I don't like eggs anyway. She was insistent that there was no way to do a bagel with bacon and cheese. I ordered my wife the turkey, bacon, avocado BLT. No problem! I then asked the obvious... the BLT has bacon, right? "Yes, it does." At that point a young man came from the kitchen and heard me ask once again to please put the same bacon that is used on the BLT onto a bagel with some cheese. He grabbed the bagel and got right on it, so I was able to finally enjoy one of their delicious everything bagels with bacon & white cheddar. After eating, I returned to buy a cookie for the road, which is usually offered for .99 with meal purchase. She rang it up and asked for my $2.29, so I of course inquired about the .99 deal (not that the extra $1.30 would have ruined my day). She said that I hadn't asked for it, so I reminded her that she hadn't offered it, at which time she canceled the order and told me to enjoy the cookie. Oh, I did!!! A few other observations; the iced tea urn was empty. The restroom and the door leading to the patio was dirty. Getting to the coffee station was difficult due to "wet floor" cones blocking the way. I very much enjoy Panera's food offerings, but it's getting increasingly difficult to overlook the lackluster management practices at too many of their stores. read more

See all

Ordering was enjoyable the cashier was nice. After that it all went downhill. Our Sausage croissant came without sausage, and when I took it back up, they just put a sausage patty on the plate so it became a build your own sandwich. The ham and cheese breakfast bagel came with two small slices of ham and a very small slice of cheese and an over toasted bagel. Overall, you can probably get a better breakfast for your money elsewhere. read more

I like to stop in this shopping center whenever I'm about to board a plane on my way back home from visiting family in SC, which is pretty often. My daughter selected Panera Bread this time & I love Panera, so we stopped. It was Tuesday, January 4th - in between breakfast & lunch - a little after 10am. There was no line at the register and the lady behind the counter waited patiently as we discussed our options. She had greeted us politely behind her mask when we entered. My daughter opted for breakfast & chose the egg white, avocado & spinach on ciabatta bread ($6.19). I had my breakfast early, so I ordered lunch - a Greek salad ($8.49) and the pepperoni & sausage flatbread ($10.29). I didn't notice at the time that my salad was missing the tomatoes that were pictured. Nor did I notice my pizza was lacking the generous amount of cheese & pepperoni shown in the picture at the counter. The staff member behind the counter politely told us they would bring it out to us so we sat down nearby at a counter. A few minutes later, I heard a name called out from the back & someone got up to pick up their food. A few minutes later, I went to check on our food. It was sitting on the counter, in front of the cooks. I mentioned to the woman there that I was picking up our order. She didn't ask for a name or seem to care, especially when I mentioned that the woman in the front had told us it would be brought to us. Needless to say, the pizza wasn't hot. Shame, I only ate a couple of pieces and told my daughter to take the rest home. The salad was really good, nice and fresh. My daughter enjoyed her sandwich, no complaints. We rarely get the type of service in these parts that we do in Dallas, I try to overlook it for my daughter's sake, but geez, management should care more about the reviews - I really wanted to give it more **** Never forget there is a lot of competition out there. read more

See all

Worst Panera I've been to. Two out of two for giving me the wrong sandwich, and both times the meat and cheese were cold.

My husband loves Panera so we decided on a late lunch here. The cashier was great but the restaurant was filthy!!!!! Please consider taking up the carpet. Old food was all over the floor and in every corner. Dust was at least 2 inches thick. The food was very subpar also. This site truly needs some serious cleaning! We just ate outside read more

Excellent sandwiches! Nice combo deals. Love their toasted baguette sandwiches. Nice service. Great salad and bagels.

Terrible customer service. Food is constantly incorrect. Drive thru line takes forever & you are met with an attitude after waiting in line for 10 mins for a COFFEE! read more

I usually love Panera and it is a staple when I travel. I typically love the consistency and flavors of the food and often it is nice to have something familiar when traveling away from home. This Panera fell short on many fronts. I don't blame the store for being out of everything at 5:00 pm, it just shows the place is popular amongst the locals. However, the items I ordered where cold, prepared incorrectly and we had multiple items missing from our order. Fortunately, the staff was always courteous and friendly...I just wish the food was as good as the team serving it. Try harder Panera, the people of Pooler deserve it! read more

Flabbergasted by how little innards comes in this $11 sandwich. This is a loaf of bread with a couple pepperoni in it. I could have found more meat on a eunuch. The other sandwiches I've tried here are well proportioned, so they know how to get it done. Must just be the pepperoni mozzarella melt. read more

Panera Bread - Pepperoni mozzarella melt This is what you get for $11 at Panera - Salad Near Me - Pooler, Georgia

See all

I was hungry and wanted to pick up a quick bite. Ended up with a big loaf of bread and no chicken. I could just have gotten to a French bakery if I wanted to eat a big loaf of bread. read more

Panera Bread - Went to buy a buffalo chicken melt... well I can see and taste the bread more than the chicken melt. - Salad Near Me - Pooler, Georgia

I ordered a Green Goddess Salad with Asian Sesame Dressing instead of the normal. I received a bowl of lettuce, a couple tomatoes, a few bits of bacon, a small amount of avocado and the normal dressing. I stood there and watched the employee review the order & contents. When we travel, we often stop at Panera, today so far 1 breakfast (cold oatmeal with barely any ingredients) and this was lunch. read more

ordered a ham, egg and cheese wrap.. cashier had a hard time swapping out the maple drizzle bacon for the ham on the computer. Then waited over 10 minutes for a smoothie! It's so frustrating when you see most of the staff goofing around while you're waiting. Oh. and the worst part.. NO EGGS in the wrap! Ugh! read more

Panera Bread - forgot the eggs. mostly bread. waste of $$ - Salad Near Me - Pooler, Georgia

Everything was fine accept for the bathroom. The Young lady who took my order was very knowledgeable of the menu and was very helpful with my overall order experience. The only thing I would say is that the overall cleanliness of the restaurant could have been much better, especially the restroom. Q read more

Panera Bread - The restroom - Salad Near Me - Pooler, Georgia

See all

I love Panera bread and love their delicious sandwiches and I placed the order at pooler location, while we were driving trough, omg, It was the worst sandwiches from Panera I ever ate!! Chipotle chicken avocado melt wo AVOCADO!!! cilantro and pepper, just chicken, chees and sandwich, very salty! (Yes, I know what it's supposed to be inside I order them pretty often) Then - toasted steak and white cheddar - no onions, no horseradish sauce and small amount of beef! How it's possible not to put all these ingredients to sandwiches which suppose to be there?!??? Maybe they should train their workers better??? read more

I've been through this Panera about a dozen times in the past several years and I don't think they've EVER gotten my order right on the first try. Two stars instead of one because despite their overall incompetence they're really friendly. At this point I almost feel like it's my fault that tonight I made a second 20 mile round trip since I know this location has major issues and still drove all the way home without checking the food. To be fair, how do you eff up soup? Don't worry... they'll do it. Edit: downgrading from two stars to one after I went inside this location for the first time to pick up my soup that they messed up. It smells like ass and reeked even through my mask. In addition, the kid making food was drinking while prepping food and wasn't wearing gloves. Dirty and gross. TLDR **check your food before you leave every single time** read more

Friendly, professional customer service at the drive thru. I tried the flat bread pizzas - Chipotle Chicken and the Margherita, both are very delicious. One flatbread is actually large enough for 2 people, the price was $8.49 +tax. What stands out the most to me is the mozzarella cheese. read more

Panera Bread - Chipotle Chicken and bacon flatbread. Delicious! - Salad Near Me - Pooler, Georgia

See all

We are retired and travel frequently - often seeking out a Panera along the road. On 4/29/23 we stopped at the Panera in Pooler, GA. As we were ordering the cashier suggested we select a Pick 2 from the menu. We asked a few questions about what that entailed. She wasn't very effective in explaining it to us. But in order to avoid holding up the line we agreed to the Pick 2 because we believed it was the economical thing to do. As it turned out we paid pre-tax $20.46 for two half sandwiches (lower end) and two soft drinks - exactly the same as if we purchased the items separately. As a retired financial services exec, I know all about rising costs. However, IMO, the cost for what we received was excessive. As we were leaving, I took pics of the menu board and still can't figure it out. We will think more than twice about visiting another Panera. read more

Mobile ordering very easy. Food fresh and very good. Great value. Will be ordering again today!

My daughter and I came in here for lunch. My daughter ordered the bread bowl with tomato soup and a Caesar salad. I ordered the vegetable soup and spinach salad. And we both ordered a cheese pastry for dessert. The food was prepared quickly. Everything we ordered was soooo good. The counter help was very friendly. read more

Panera Bread - Salad Near Me - Pooler, Georgia

See all

Waiting half an hour for two cups of broccoli cheddar soup. I went up to ask if it was coming up soon and the woman said she had 5 pages of orders and doesn't see it. Very rude and didn't even care about the long wait. read more

Second time in for Autumn Squash Soup. Second time they are out of the little seeds that go on top.

No notification that they were out of items when ordered online. No email and no call or text message even though they had both numbers. I've ordered online before and it has ALWAYS shown breakfast items that were sold out and therefore not available to order. Then brought out my cold brew and substitution oatmeal separately adding more time and frustration to what should have been a quick pick up. read more

Great service on New Year's Day! The place was clean and the food was ready quickly. The nice lady who took our order was kind and efficient. read more

One of the worst managed Panera Breads I have ever seen. Here's a quick list of our experience: 1. No toilet paper in bathroom (only one stall) 2. No paper towels in bathroom (overflowing in the garbage pail) 3. Communication between assistant manager and cooks not friendly and awkward. Cooks didn't seem to like being told what to do. 4. My son's grilled cheese sandwich looked like someone vomited between two pieces of bread. 5. My order and my wife's order were both wrong. This was even after I went up to the counter to tell them they had my order wrong on the ticket. 6. When the manager came over to issue refund, he didn't ask what was wrong. Said nothing, gave us our money back, turned his back on us, and walked away. There is simply no effort whatsoever at this location. The morale is terrible. The only reason I'm not giving it a 1 Star is because the cashiers were friendly and we didn't barf or get shot. read more

To add to the misery, they ran out of brioche rolls at 10 AM on a Monday. How can you run out of the title of your establishment?

There was one employee working the front and doing 4 different things while balancing orders while we counted 2-3 employees walking aimlessly around the back doing nothing. We were only the second people in line and waited around 25 minutes to even have our order taken. We then heard one of the employees complain about "having to do actual work". Super unorganized and slow service. Don't think we'll ever come back here again. read more

Delicious food at a decent price. Pick 2 deal is a great way to try more than one thing. Their soups and sandwiches are amazing and flavorful. One of my favorite places to eat. read more

Panera Bread - Pick 2 meals soup and sandwich - Salad Near Me - Pooler, Georgia

We've been to this location multiple times in the past 6 months and each visit is a little chaotic. This location is always out of something no matter the time of day; spinach, mozzarella cheese, soup, bread bowls, apples, chips. We got the smallest baguette as a side one visit. My soup was barely lukewarm at one visit. We spend quite a lot here when we visit, because I love Panera, but I kind of want to stop trying. The dining area is consistently unkept with crumbs on the tables and trash under the tables. We spoke with a manager one time and she was kind. Things happen and bread runs out, but it's consistently bad. read more

Usually order from the app. Order is always ready, correct and tasty! The staff is usually friendly, and the dining areas look clean