Panera Bread in Bakersfield

I came in here wanting a salad 🥗 & ended up getting a Caesar salad with cheese & chicken & a piece of bread 🍞 & HOLY SMOKES. It was delicious. My friend got a baguette vegetarian sandwich with the broccoli 🥦 cheddar 🧀 soup 🍲 😋. The food was amazing & the service was friendly & the calm atmosphere was great. Nice & peaceful & quiet. The place was clean & our meal was fantastic 👌🏽.. The place was busy when we got there but it settled down pretty fast & we didnt have to wait in line longer than a few minutes & our food came really fast. I was shocked & surprised. All in all, it was a wonderful experience & we will definitely be coming back for some future meals.

This is the first time I’ve been to this Panera, I usually go to the one on California. But I will not be returning! I used the kiosk to order, to start there were no buzzers, or large cups. Slight annoyance already. Not a big deal though. Then we fill our drink, and try to find a table. ALL of them are dirty! I had to use a wet napkin to clean my table. Too dirty to sit at. Then we get our food, and the bowls of soup weren’t even half way filled! And it was extremely watery soup as well as the side of one of my bowls of soup was extremely dirty. What did I pay for?! It was so disappointing.

Food was Terrible, didnt even get our full order and live to far to go back. Our kids meals that we only got a part of cost more then our adult meals, if I would of known that I would of bought adult meals for the kids, but thats neither here or there. The restaurant was nothing special and, the best part of our experience was the young man that helped us, he was courteous and attentive to order, wont go back because of cost and food quality.

Love the teas! We enjoyed getting bagels and teas. The food is good but a bit pricey for what you get. Green tea is delicious, and my favorite is the black tea.

My good friend and I often go here. The atmosphere is welcoming and quiet for conversing over coffee and bagels. If we get there later, we enjoy their soups.

2.5 good food but it’s always dirty and a mess when I go in to eat it makes me not want to eat there. Love panera just wish they kept the dining area clean along with the beverage area. The other location on California Avenue is my favourite to eat in. Usually they always give napkins and spoons and whatever utensils we need for our items to go but these past few times they give us 1 napkin for two meals and no spoon for the soup anymore very disappointing they even made the bread slices smaller

It was a colleagues birthday so we ordered Panera bread as it’s one of her favourite places to eat from.I ordered my self a Mediterranean Sandwich which was pretty good, it was a bit sweet( I think the some kind of sauce or dressing), but i really liked it.I also had the veg soup and Mac and cheese, the Mac and cheese was ok but the soup was delicious. My colleagues ordered salads and chicken sandwich which they said was pretty good. I’m giving 4 stars because I dint like the lemonade, it kinda tasted weird to me. (May be my taste buds are weird 🤪) But other than that everything was great, great service friendly staff, we got our order pretty quick as we had placed it online.

Been there twice and really not a good experience at the least. Ordered two sandwiches and soups for 30 dollar bill, I guess inflation eat most of it. The stake and cheese sandwich had one thin slice of meat in it and they were out of correct bread for it. One of the soup bowl was half empty and when I showed it to Janet the server, she said oh we put 2 scoops in the bowl. So I said ok why then one of bowl is half empty? She didnt say nothing so I gave it back to her to save on her soup supply. After speaking to Juan the manager and told him that he should train his servers a little better, he didnt seem too concerned about it.Also overall the place was dirty and the tables were really old and scratched up. They were out of most of juice drinks and at 7:00 PM and they only had 5 bagels and out of bread and the place closes at 10:00 PM. For the price we paid and service and food we got it was a terrible experience. I dont like to write reviews like this but people should know and not waste their money and time.

I love to go in for a nice quiet breakfast meal. The service is great, the food is delicious and fresh, the coffee is outstandingly perfect for a good morning pep.

With their great 3 months free and then only $8.99 a month unlimited daily (iced) coffee plan, they got me through the hottest-ever summer when my car AC was broken. They even added extra perks. Thanks so much, Serenity!