It's been a while since I've written a review and that's because most of the restaurants I've been to have been mediocre. I feel like my reviews should reflect a 1 star or 5 star to really help with the masses. Who cares about the 2, 3 or 4 star reviews. Those can range from the simple mom n pop's breakfast joint to the local fast food chain. Not worth writing or reading. But the 1 stars are a fun read and also a good piece of advice to avoid at all costs and the 5 stars are the gems you so happen to find which should be revered.
On with the review. Chain restaurants trying to be chic with the healthy options I think are a waste of time. They have the calories written beside each menu item. That's a great feature except the range is huge!!!! Which means you've come to the right place to try and make good healthy choices but you can also be a fatty. Very disconcerning. But the biggest issue I had (and will prevent me from coming back) is that they ran out of ingredients!!!! "I'll have the steak and arugula sandwich. Whole, please." "Oh I'm sorry, we ran out of arugula." WTF!!! ARE YOU SERIOUS? It's the other half of the features in this sandwich?! How can you be out? Especially from a stupid chain restaurant? EPIC FAIL. Already disappointed at the counter and no reparations for their failures either. So I had the turkey, bacon blt sandwich. What another fail!
I never had the option to have my bread toasted which would have helped the structural integrity of this sandwich. (And yes, the bread has to hold up during the consumption of the sandwich or else the sandwich fails) and they gave me a pickle spear which was a nice touch but they placed it on the only napkin they provided. Making sure the pickle juice was completely soaked in the napkin I was going yo use to wipe my mouth. BIG EPIC FAIL!!!!
My girlfriend's soup came out kind of warm and turned I've cold after the 2nd spoonful and the bacon that came with our sandwiches were so paper thin you could literally read through it if put up against a glass window. All this for almost $30 bucks?? RIP OFF!
PANERA BREADS SHOULD SHUT DOWN ALL THEIR LOCATIONS AND STOP RIPPING PEOPLE OFF.
If you're ever here standing outside panera wondering to walk in or not, turn your head to the left and you'll see 5 GUYS BURGERS AND FRIES. Go there instead. You won't be disappointed.
On the plus side, one of the servers working here has a nice booty. Oh nvm, that booty belonged to my gf.