Panera Bread in Escondido

First time ever walking into a Panera. I was tempted by the new sandwiches shown on t.v. the toasted baguettes.I got one of each kind, the Pizza Mozzarella Melt, Smokey Buffalo Chicken melt, and the Green Goddess Caprese melt.I specifically asked for no arugula and guess what, arugula...all 3 sandwiches that are the same price were all different sizes, not 1 sandwich was labeled or marked on the sticker. How is this OK?Even my receipt said no arugula. The young man at the cashier was friendly, and smiled, and went over my order, even reiterated the no arugula so for him, the 2nd star was earned.I regret the 10% tip.. Ive been in this industry for decades.... READ THE TICKET KIDS.... READ... THE... TICKET....the sandwiches werent that bad... but I can take a hop skip away to rocking Jenny subs for these prices, and have better sandwiches.I guess when it says on the receipt, accuracy matters it didnt today. I didnt think i had to open all 3 sandwiches to check the accuracy. 🌟🌟

Terrible. Visit was on Nov 8. First the food was cold, and gave us food poisoning. And when we were eating there was an employee sweeping the floors next to our table and we can feel the wind and dust getting into our face. Our day was already ruined and we were trying our hardest to be respectful about the food and the employee. So we didn’t say anything. I get it, you have to clean. But the restaurant was EMPTY but chose to clean the table right next to where people are eating? That’s very unprofessional.

The chicken sandwich was all onion and cheese, barely any chicken. Felt like I was eating a loaf of bread. Soup portions awful as well. Ordered a French onion soup for $9 and it was literally just broth and onion. Decided to eat it anyway until we found a hair in the sand which that was not my color and ended up throwing the whole $25 order away.

Its been a while since Ive eaten at Panera and after today I will never eat there again. Thirty minutes after I ate a Citrus Asian Salad w/chicken I had the worst case of diarrhea that I have ever had.The restaurant didnt look very clean and fresh. I was given a free pastry for my birthday (chocolate chip cookie) that tasted days old so I only took one bite, and the Pepsi I was drinking didnt quite taste normal.Overall, a bad experience.

The Manager Julio was extremely nice, very accommodating and had excellent customer service. He definitely went above and beyond! The Mediterranean bowl was super tasty! My wife and I will definitely return soon.

I ordered a Whole (Full size) Caesar Salad, when the called my name to pick it up it looked a bit skimpy, like maybe they forgot to add enough lettuce. I mentioned to the staff that I had ordered the “Whole” Caesar Salad and it looked maybe like a half size, didn’t even fill out the bowl. The guy said it was correct, as he “weighed” it, followed by a facial expression that was like “that’s it, sorry dude”.I brought the skimpy Caesar to my table, in disbelief I just paid $10 for this.I went back to the staff and asked someone different for an additional bowl, a half sized bowl. I then transferred the Whole Caesar Salad to the Half sized bowl. It fit perfectly, looked correct.The Half size is priced around $5-6.The Salad tasted good. But the value just doesn’t seem to be there, like if that’s really all the salad you get for the Full/Whole Caesar, they really should just change their bowls so the presentation is better. Having a giant bowl that looks empty was really frustrating. Having the staff tell me it was correct because they weighed it was frustrating. Not a single staff or manager came by to ask how my food was.It was a less than poor experience, I’m always reminiscent of the Panera of days gone by and continually disappointed of the serving portions, level of customer service, value and taste.I ended up going there because I had a “deal” to join their “unlimited sip club” for $3.99/month for 3 months. So I decided to stay for lunch and do a little work (video call).The environment ended up being so loud between their machines and staff yelling, laughing and goofing off I’ll never end up doing that again. Horrible environment to get any work done.I’m even thinking the sip club is worth canceling because their “Charged” lemonades had some funky taste.Panera, don’t get me wrong, I want to love you again. But until then we will only exchange some awkward stares.

Stopped by for quick lunch over the weekend. Great location and healthy food options. Ordering food through kiosk did take few minutes longer than expected as machine failed to communicate with the server couple times.

Similar to other reviews I now see on here, the portion of our teriyaki and broccoli bowl was pathetic. The bowl was half filled and I thought surely there was a mistake since this was the most expensive item we had ordered ($15) I asked the girl at the counter about it, she said she would ask her manager, but no manager ever came out. The girl just said that was it. I asked if we could return it and order something else and she just said no. Horrible customer service. I’ve never particularly liked Panera, but we had received a couple gift cards so decided to give it another shot. Won’t be doing that again!

I placed a big order for breakfast and the food was great staff was very attentive and Overall just so satisfied with this place thank you Panera in Escondido! You guys are the Best!

Every time I order here there’s a very sweet young lady who always has the best attitude and quickest service. Noor is definitely the best and most hardworking worker there so far. She deserves a raise!!!