Close by an even if indoor seating is not yet available, the outdoor experience is still good. Been here about four times since I moved here a few months ago. The experience has been on par with other locations of this chain. I appreciate the speed of service with not being fast food. The food selection is decent and the meals always freshly made and tasty. I have had breakfast sandwiches, salads, and lunch sandwiches here. Always iced tea for a drink. The service has been consistently focused on production and prep. Today, I order a cranberry orange muffin for later. It is fresh and tempting me constantly in my bag. Soon, muffin, soon. My bacon, egg, and cheese this morning was a great choice after my walk. Hit the spot. read more

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I ordered the new Chicken Bacon Rancher 1/2 sandwich yesterday, and I was extremely disappointed when my sandwich came. I couldn't even see anything between the 2 halves until I opened the bread up. The little bit of chicken was in very small 1/2 inch pieces and there were exactly 9 bits of bacon. I'm done with Panera as this is the second time I've paid way too much for a sandwich that MAYBE had 1 ounce of meat. Shame on you Panera! read more

Good place for a simple meal, good food and atmosphere. Had some time to kill, and panera provides food and a place to wait. Coffee is pretty good when they keep the pots full. I had the dark roast because the light roast was empty. Pretty standard for them. Got the last spinach and bacon souffle and a sausage and cheese bagel. Both were good. Had a chocolate croissant for dessert. All in a good meal. read more

I usually love Panera bread but this time my sandwich was barely filled with anything. Staff was friendly and welcoming just extremely disappointed in the food. Basically was a loaf of bread cut in half with some spread on it. read more

Panera Bread - Where's the meat - Soup Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

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I can't get enough of Panera for breakfast! The Bacon, Egg, and Cheese on a freshly baked bagel is my favorite way to start the day. Pair it with their smooth coffee, and I'm set. Plus, I appreciate that they offer plenty of healthy options like fruit cups and yogurt parfaits, which are perfect when I'm trying to keep things light. read more

This sandwich costs nearly $14 and it was a complete disaster. The team should be embarrassed for serving this sandwich to it's customers. I don't even have cheese! Absolutely disgusting. Do not recommend this store. read more

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I go here with my son and have had a great experience. The place is lovely in mornings and it's usually where I start my day

Ordered in drive through. The girl at the window was friendly, everyone in the kitchen was working but seemed to be happy to be there. So often you see unhappy servers, it was nice to see employees happy while working. I think the food tastes better and I leave feeling better. I enjoyed my pick 2 salad and sandwich. read more

Went there for a breakfast with my friends and it's been a while since last time I went to Panera. Brings a lot of memories. The service was nice and the staff too! read more

THEY DO NOT ANSWER THEIR PHONE!!!! Very poor customer service! Trying to place a large order read more

I work right down the street from this Panera location and I would say that I'm often stopping here. At first, I didn't think there was an issue but as time goes on, I realize that the staff that works here (maybe not all of them), the ones that work the drive-thru are rude and give service in a dismissive way. I can feel their unhappiness when ordering, and it seems like they're so irritated with working, with taking someone's order, especially if it's customized. By the time to reach the window, they're shoving my order at me so fast to get me out and avoid me as a customer. Here are some prime examples: 1. I commonly order the Mediterranean grain bowl (w/chicken) and request that no Greek yogurt, no hummus, and no feta cheese be added. I usually ask for extra chicken which is often a disappointment because I feel like I'm charged for extra chicken but I'm not actually getting extra chicken. Take yesterday (9/22) as a solid example, I ran through the drive-thru as I was leaving work to grab dinner and ordered this very item. The woman working the drive-thru was so short spoken, so dismissive, and all around unpleasant. She was not friendly at all from the time I pulled up to the time she shoved my order at me. 2. I also commonly order the Strawberry Banana smoothie (w/whip cream added), and this is a more frequent issue I encounter. Every time I've ordered this smoothie, this particular location claims to never have any bananas, so it's always out. Yet, other Panera locations never have a problem making this smoothie upon order? I strongly believe the staff purposely avoids making it and tells customers that there's no bananas so they don't think anything if it and sub their order for something else. 3. This Rancho location has a habit for forgetting ordered ordered items or not actively listening to orders that by the time you reach the window, there's always something missing or wrong with your order. By this point, having death with rude/dismissive staff and shoving my order to get me out quickly creates disinterest in wanting to speak to the manager to form a complaint. I'm not someone to truly complain about something unless it really bothers me, and lately the attitude of the staff at this location is the worst of any location I've been to. I am a frequent customer of Panera (w/ rewards) but I will stop going to this location just because of the negative experience I tend to always get. I'm sure other customers have the same or similar experiences but it's disappointing. I understand working retail (and in food) can be challenging at times but if staff is unhappy and treating customers poorly while providing service, they shouldn't be in that field of work. This is especially for those that don't take their job seriously when so many people are affected by Covid and have lost their jobs/income. There's always someone that would be happy to take someone else's place. I hope management sees this review and takes a look at their staff in terms of what they do vs the service they give, and I hope there's improvement made. I believe yesterday (9/22) was my last time going to this location as a result of my poor service. read more

I've gone 3 times to this location in the past week and a half for the Ciabatta French Dipper. First two times the sandwich was perfect. Third visit, received less of a sandwich than the other two times and when I went in to talk to the manager about it she came back after a few minutes with two pieces of freshly cut ciabatta bread and went over to the bread case and pulled an uncut loaf and tried to tell me the half should only be the size of a square. Hardly any meat too. $10 for what exactly?! This happened during summer as well when I ordered a Napa chicken sandwich. Hardly any meat on the sandwich. Overpriced for what you're given. Super disappointing. read more

My cinnamon raisin bagel was a tad over toasted. It was Sunday morning, 9.30am not so busy yet... luckily the mocha was done right. Smooth. I was hoping the make and sell soup for breakfast as I was craving for that chicken and wild rice. It's the rainy weather, yup, I'm eating more, yup went through drive thru for a bear claw, medium hot mocha and blueberry bagel with cream cheese. Something to accompany me on my long drive. The wait was a little long but it's ok, I want something sweet and creamy. Bear claw and bagel & cream cheese, keep your mind on the munch. Friendly, patient and easy ordering via drive thru. The order taker was pleasant and friendly. Bear claw was yummy, bagel I have yet to taste it but from past experience no problemo. Hot mocha, hot th read more

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The price keeps going up and the food gets less. The bowl has shrunk over the last few years, but the price keeps going up and up and up. This time when I went, the grains were so hard it was like uncooked hard rice, and they put whole tomatoes on there, which I've never had them do before, they have always been cut up . Won't be going there much anymore. Panera you can do better. read more

Panera Bread - Baja grain bowl. - Soup Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

Im really disappointed at whoever put together my Caesar salad today. They gave me what seems like a drop of dressing for my entire salad?! I wish I noticed it before I got home because I've been looking forward to it all day. Just look at the photo. read more

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When I order in the store, I'm almost always pleased. But the drive-through always takes far too long! The food always good. My favorite is the super-flavorful chipotle chicken avocado melt and a cup of the seasonal butternut squash soup. Comfort food at its best! My kids are grilled cheese connoisseurs, and proclaimed their grilled cheese, the best EVER!" With a large selection of sandwiches, salads, soups, breakfast items and baked goods, I always find something that satisfies my craving. Also, join the rewards program- I end up getting a free cookie every other visit! Note- during COVID time, they aren't using the ordering kiosks, so you order from the counter and wait for your order order by the pickup area. Mobile orders are still filled the same as usual. read more

The food was very good. Employees were very nice. The kiosk is not so user friendly. After asking for assistance even the employee had a hard time getting it right. The tables and floors are constantly dirty (on EVERY visit) over the last 6 months). We had to clean our table off just to sit down, and we went during off peak hours!!! Prices are going up everywhere, I know, but here they are about 25-35% higher than they ought to be. read more

Panera Bread with a drive thru?!?! When did this happen?! This Panera Bread is seriously busy. I ordered Rapid pick-up online, before check out it said 10 minutes then at check out it changed to 30 minutes. The ordering was very easy step by step for the pick two menu. I came here at 12:30pm and the line is out the drive thru drive way to the parking lot. Glad I did online pick up and not come in to order. My order stated to be ready at 12:48pm and sure enough it wasn't ready earlier, wishful thinking. The tickets on the bags are very easy to read with names on top of the receipt very big and bold in little cubbies. At 12:38 I saw my name on the preparing side of the screen. Sure enough ready at exactly 12:45! Awesome possum!! read more

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This Panera location has gone down hill month to month. The people taking orders are rude, they don't seem to know about items on the menu, and they get the order wrong regularly. The food is good but the service is terrible. read more

This place is way too expensive for terrible service that they offer. They won't actually prepare your hot coffee for you, even if you ordered ahead and even if you ask. Instead, you get an empty cup chucked into rapid pickup and are told to make it yourself. If you want one of the ingredients they don't have upfront, you have to stand in line to ask them to get it for you. What?? What was the point of ordering ahead?? The employees pretend to care, but won't actually do anything to try and improve your experience; this includes the manager I spoke to. They're frequently out of ingredients to make menu items as they advertise them, but hey, they'll still charge you full price, or even up charge you for replacement items. Out of the white cheddar for the white cheddar sandwich? You can have American...for another 50 cents. Or you can just not have the cheese, but you don't get a discount. The last several salads I ordered tasted like they were halfway to spoiled. The eggs smelled and tasted funny, the lettuce was wilting and starting to change color, the croutons were stale. Like what the hell kind of restaurant is this? They actually charge double digits for this stuff! Disgusting. I wrote to Panera Bread with my concerns, and got a canned response. They don't care. I can't not recommend this place enough. read more

Ordered a BOWL of soup for delivery. Received a $20 CUP of soup. Phoned to work it out - but, nobody answers the phone. Phoned 3x. Nobody ever answered. Finally got a recording saying they're too busy to take a call. Now, I'm both hungry AND angry, and still paid WAY TOO MUCH. Customer Service: FAIL read more

I received an email and have seen advertisements everywhere announcing the return of fall soups, including butternut squash, not to mention a huge pic on the drive through menu, so I order it, since that's what I went there for and they tell me they're out of stock! WTF IS that!!!? Very disappointing. And the drive through girl had super long glittery nails with gems all over, and ONE glove, not my idea of a clean, up to health code service worker! read more

Where do I start? First at the counter, an employee is not in uniform, but in regular street clothes, cut in front of the girl, taking orders to place an order for his friend. After he was done, the counter girl then took our order, but seemed annoyed and what looked like her Mom who was also an employee was waiting an staring at us and made us feel uncomfortable ( later we realized why, as they both left to go pick up wingstop and then returned). As we were waiting for our food, we had to endure conversations from the staff preparing our food about bodily functions, and one girl say "she just farted." The extreme horse play was so unprofessional, and my food came out cold, we ordered soup and broccoli Mac n cheese. I used to love this Panera, but they sure have gone downhill with customer care and food quality. read more

We came here in between games during my daughters soccer tournament. It was really close to the field. The line was long but it went pretty fast. We did wait a while for our food but they were super busy. It was worth the wait though. The food was amazing. They have a good amount of seating inside and outside. The employees that I came in contact with were all really friendly. read more

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I spoke to Bella on the phone. She was very understanding and took care of my order that was mixed up from an earlier online order. My food was made fresh and they took care of the inconvenience by providing another half of the sandwich. My experience usually is good at this location as I order often from this store. Today's customer service was great, they took care of me. Will recommend Bella for the recognition. Thank you ! read more

Solid 3 star review. All of the napkin dispensers were empty. Everyone in my group enjoyed their lunch. Service was friendly and reasonably fast. read more

Rancho Panera!!! My got to for a fast meal that is healthier than a burger. The whole grains bowl has become a favorite of mine and meets my hunger needs. Plenty of vegetarian options that are wholesome and filling. Plus those cookies! I come her a few times a week cause I like the speed, quality and over all taste of the food. Never bland or boring. The customer service is always great too. read more

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Husband and I have faithful regulars at this location and other cities when not around in Rancho Cordova location, since they opened Panera. we have order the get two several times and we had it!! Enough is enough!! They are becoming very stingy with food, charging full price for what you order. Half sandwich is not made properly with right amount of ingredients, that iis not that big a child can probably get full with this, not an adult,. As far soup goes, rather you get the cup or bowl size is not even Full. Today I just order full bowl soup of wild rice and husband get2 meal. I had to go to the front and spoke with assistant Manager and she said very rudely that's the right amount it's supposed to be served and explained how many spoons base on what its ordered. So I told her wow $9.19 +tax for a bowl of soup? She did not said anything else but I told her lesson learned never again. So they just lost our business just like chipotle Which we had same bad experience. Loosing customers little by little. hopefully I'm not the only one disappointed. that's why so many restaurants are closing down due to bad service. read more

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While the food is good, the services need a lot of improvement. They were out of hot water, my husband said the coffee tastes like rat dip and must have been sitting for hours. He changed his beverage to soda. I went in the bathroom and they were out of toilet paper in the first stall. And I only saw one girl outside doing all the work, cashiering, replacing or refilling lemonade bins, and she was sweeping the floor, too. At the time, the place was more than half empty, maybe 4 clients at the most, around 7 pm. I wonder where everybody was. I told my husband that maybe they were back in the kitchen preparing food. My husband, with his wicked sense of humor, said, "preparing food for nobody!" And I had seen notification that Panera was hiring. If the working condition for the one girl I saw tonight, I won't be surprised if they have a large turnover. read more

Food poisoning alert! My husband and I had sandwiches with focaccia bread and the tomato soup from this outlet. Within a few hours, we both felt strong stomach pain. The next morning we had a horrible case of food poisoning. What followed was 3 days of diarrhea, vomiting, fever, body pain and dehydration. Had to rush to urgent care on the second day. Horrible experience. Looked up online and see several cases of food poisoning from Panera Bread. Have lost all respect for the brand. Never eating here again! read more

So disgusted. I was halfway through my lunch when I bit something that hurt my tooth. Literally don't want to know what this trash is. I threw my sandwich away. What a waste of money. I called to explain but they were unapologetic. Out of ranch for the BBQ salad also and if you're looking for clam chowder evidently not served at this location. You're better off going somewhere else for overpriced food. read more

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I love the food to a point of craving, but I'm regularly disappointed. How are you out of something already at 5:15? Why is my cookie loose in the bag? Where my croutons at? Drive thru visit 12/5 read more

Rude employee! Food was old and below standards. Tables were dirty and had to search for a clean one. Staff seemed too bothered by customers to do anything other than discuss how they hate their job. When asked about an ordered dish was turned away and said that's how it is without explanation or shown any reason and when shown in the advertisement how the dish comes was brushed off and told coworker to not serve us . Extremely disappointed at business practices of this establishment and questioning other locations. Especially when we order for events and gatherings. Rude and unprofessional. read more

Forgot give me all i ordered , I had call than give me extra drink and bread next day

This location is such a nice place to hang out. This particular Panera is huge inside and I like to come here and work with my laptop. Free wi-fi with a good signal. I also like the pretty fireplace in the middle of the restaurant. The food is always good and the staff here are very friendly and helpful. One thing about every Panera location is that they are often out of items early in the day. I wish they would fix that. Get the hazelnut coffee!! read more

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I don't know what it is with this location, but every order I place on the app is missing items when I pick up the order. Every single time. It is really annoying to get home and realize a whole order is missing. I think I will be going to the Sunrise location from now on. read more

Love the corn chowder soup, always friendly servers, and cute location. Always love the pick 2 deals. There something for everyone's tastebuds. read more

Got the pick 2 combo. Very misleading as both 2 items are same price as purchased separately. Only added perk is a free mini bag of plain chips. Half sandwich had plenty of avocado, but barely there meat and same with the salad. Tons of dressing to much, but only 2 little pieces of chicken. Cost $22 for a small side salad half sandwich and a drink. Definitely not worth it and will not be back. read more

Panera Bread - Soup Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

What happened to Panera's serving sizes? Brought home a $12 Baja Chicken bowl and the damn thing was like an appetizer. I remember the thing being hard to finish. Disappointing, love Panera but it's way to expensive for what they give you. read more

Panera Bread - Baja Chicken Bowl? Seriously? - Soup Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

My family and I come here if we want to have something "light". My choice has always preferred the sandwich and soup options, what they call "Pick Two". I always find these filling and very tasty...with a price that is not way over the top. Whatever sandwich I get, I always have my soup set to either the chicken noodle soup, or the tomato soup. As far as the sandwiches go, my preference has either been the "Italian", the "Cuban" or the "Steak and Cheddar". If you're new to the place, it might take a while to get your bearings on where to get started with your order. The order counter feels like it's hidden away, depending on which door you choose to enter. And it has always been like that for me irregardless of the Panera location I go to. Internal GPS issues... Love the place. You should give it a try... read more