Panera Bread

I'm not a Panera fan by any means, BUT needed a coffee...just a coffee, however, the minute I saw their pastry selection, heck, one little treat won't hurt😁 Tried a cherry one AND IT WAS DELICIOUS...and really liked they're Hazelnut coffee. I actually, decided to sit in there for a minute and enjoy my danish and coffee - very clean place, not a bad stop at all👍👍👍

Not recommended! The Inverness location is much much better. This location is like a school cafeteria. We like to go to the Inverness location, it's comfortable, homely and very inviting. This location on Lecanto highway is like going out to lunch at a school cafeteria. It's a big open room with lots of bright lights. The portions of food we get at this location is smaller than the portions we get at the other location. The best part of this location is the cashier that helped us. Her name is Kathy and she is super helpful, very very nice and just a darn good person. She is the only reason we will be coming back to this location. We didn't meet anybody else, they seem nice as well but Cathy is super nice, elderly and works her butt off! She deserves a raise and a free meal! Thank you Kathy

1st time at this location. Hit it up before the lunch crowd arrived. I'm glad I did because it got busy fast. The cashier was friendly and got our order right. Thank you! The parking lot is tight once it starts getting busy. For those of you who like to drive fast thru parking lots as a shortcut, don't, you'll definitely hit a pedestrian or someone in the middle as they backed out. The food was OK, I've had better at a more established Panera Breads location. Maybe later on down the road, it will get tastier.

Wife and I came in tonight. I ordered a French dip and a bowl of Mac and cheese. First bowl of Mac and cheese was gross. The bowl was not cleaned. The dried food on the sides rubbed right off with a finger. It was disgusting. The lady upfront offered a new bowl and asked the Manager Garrett for a new one. He in an annoyed tone asked her why in front of me. Then looked at my bowl with an annoyed look and said sorry for the stains. That was no stain it was a dirty bowl. Then my replacement bowl of Mac and cheese has this wonderful little hair in it. At this point I am just done. The Manager Garrett and two of his male co workers who have long hair and beards do not have proper beard restraints. The workers all have a very annoyed look and demeanor to all of the customers.

I went to this location at 8:15 am yesterday for a simple order of four cinnamon raisin bagels. They had none. Corporate orders take precedence over individual patrons who come here for a reason, yet we are shut out of being able to obtain bagels on a consistent basis. This is an area-wide pattern and one of the last reasons I patronize Panera. Why should I waste my time?