Has Panera upped their game?

[Anonymous]

McDonald's with smooth jazz.

[Anonymous]

No. Panera is gross. I refuse to eat anything from there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The sandwich with green goddess dressing is amazing. I hate Panera but my kid likes it.

You think the sandwich is amazing but hate the restaurant?

[Anonymous]

I like the Mediterranean Veggie sandwich quite a bit.

[Anonymous]

Their steak is actually not bad. Pretty impossible to find a fresh steak, egg, and white cheddar sandwich for breakfast. Theirs is very solid for only like $8.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The sandwich with green goddess dressing is amazing. I hate Panera but my kid likes it.

You think the sandwich is amazing but hate the restaurant?

It's a new sandwich. I like the food but the restaurant (every one I have ever been to) is super dirty. They never wipe down the table, the bathrooms are never clean, there is food all over the floor. I also don't like how they don't have a proper menu up. I have to look on my phone to see what they really have.

[Anonymous]

I mean, they sell Lobster Rolls now! My son begged me for one but I refused to pay 20 bucks for a Panera lobster roll.

[Anonymous]

They added bacon to everything! What's up with that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The sandwich with green goddess dressing is amazing. I hate Panera but my kid likes it.

So, they have at least one thing you consider "amazing," but you hate it?

[Anonymous]

Restaurants are so filthy and the bathrooms smell like piss. Can only imagine how gross the food prep is.

[Anonymous]

I mean, I think it's good, but the last time I went I was so shocked by the price tag (like $45 for two adults for lunch??) that I couldn't focus on the food.

[Anonymous]

No I think their food has been pretty consistent in terms of taste and quality. Panera isn’t bad, it’s just no longer worth what they charge for it.

[Anonymous]

I got their cinnamon roll breakfast sandwich this morning and it was actually amazing. It's like an upscale McGriddle. A total calorie bomb but it was fun to try once.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No I think their food has been pretty consistent in terms of taste and quality. Panera isn’t bad, it’s just no longer worth what they charge for it.

+1 they are charging for it like it's some fresh farm to table soup and sandwich shop because it's how they advertise their image... but we all know it's factory made, prefrozen food assembled on site.

The quality doesn't annoy me because I know what I'm getting when I go to Panera. It's that it's priced the same as local soup and sandwich shops that provide the same kind of fare and actually fresh and better tasting.

But I guess people will pay for it, or they would lower their prices....

[Anonymous]

I had the frontega chicken for the first time in years on a road trip and it was fantastic - the amount of chicken they included and the dressing was different than before. I wasn’t sure if it was because I was in a different location or if they’ve improved.