Reviews for Panera Bread in Manchester, CT
Good food, some of it is better than others. Their breakfast sandwiches and baked goods are delicious. The sandwiches and soups... are good, but there are a few items that are just not suited to Panera (like the flatbread pizza). The drinks are really good,especially the "charged" drinks. Just be aware they have a ton of caffeine in them. The staff is mostly pleasant, and theatmosphere is nice but a bit busy to hang out and dine. Read more
Service is slow and not organized. Portion size for the price is ridiculous. Got more bread then Mac and cheese. Now I remember... why I don't come to this place. Read more
Great location and great tasting soups and 1/2 sandwich. The half sandwich was actually a quarter.
Stood for Rapid Pick-Up counter for 35 minutes after ordering as they ignored my order of 4 simple sandwiches. Watched as 8... later orders came and went, my name was still on the board. Gently asked if it was coming up soon & she just pointed to the nameboard and said it's still up. (Duh, I'm aware!) Finally received my order, returned to my waiting family and got the highway,only to find sandwiches were not made to order and no pickles included. It was indeed a busy time but there's no way 8 ordersthat came after me (many of them assembled and cooked and mine was 2 colds & 2 hots, the 2 hots being 2 pieces of cheese and 2pieces of bread to make 2 simple grilled cheeses) should have left before me while I stood there. At the very least, the 2 atthe counter should have asked me who I was after 15-20 minutes and looked into it. Standing for 40 minutes waiting on 4sandwiches, huge disappointment. Read more
I ordered a Greek salad. I wanted a scoop of tuna on top. Not offered as an option, even though they have tuna sandwiches. The... amount of dressing provided is minuscule...barely half the container was filled. I ordered an extra dressing and it was still avery dry salad. Read more
We ordered the Margherita pizza with steak and they forgot to add the basil to both pizzas. When my wife mentioned it to the... ?cook,? she just grabbed some wilted looking basil and tossed it on her pizza without so much as an apology. I mean, they mustmake a hundred Margherita pizzas a week and you forget the basil topping? I ate mine without basil once I saw my wife?s pizza. Other than that, they were warm and tasty. Read more
If you are concerned about hygiene or health this is not a good place. I've ordered a sandwich while ago.. noticed they do... dusting and cleaning the preparation area. Since it took a while after I ordered, thought they stopped operating for cleaning.When I asked, a lady just looked around and said, oh I can quickly wrap yours.. that said they did cleaning while exposed myorder. Read more
Was in for lunch with my family couple days ago. Salad was rotten, had the Fuji apple salad and the lettuce was old and slimy.... Went in bathroom with my toddler and both stalls/seats had tons of pee on top of them. Also an employee kept belting out a songvery loudly. And a either a patron or employee was in booth next to us listening to music on phone without headphones. Nope,won?t be coming here again. Ever! Go to the location in south Windsor if you are with your family trying to have a nice timebecause Panera is not cheap anymore. Read more