Panera Bread

Waterloo, IA · Cafe

Rating
4.0/5
★★★★☆ 4.0
Reviews
20
Rank in Waterloo
#58
of 163 restaurants
City Percentile
41%
rating percentile

Panera Bread is a restaurant located in Waterloo, IA. It is one of 163 restaurants listed in Waterloo. Its 4.0-star rating is slightly below the Waterloo city average of 4.2 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About Panera Bread

From focusing on quality ingredients to serving our food to you in a warm and welcoming environment, Panera Bread is committed to being an ally to our guests. That means crafting a menu of soups, salads and sandwiches that we are proud to feed our... More

Hours

Saturday6 AM–9 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★☆☆ 3.0 Kevin · Sep 2025

Bathroom needs attention. Salad seems a little short on lettuce and blt bacon not built on the bread, it’s just lumped on and not spread out. Very tasty though. Eating outside and a beautiful day!

★★★★★ 5.0 Larry Brandhorst · Nov 2025

Took my mom here for the Pick 2, soup & sandwich. We eat here often. Good food, fast and dependable. She had the chicken noodle soup with a grilled cheese sandwich. I had the black bean soup with the Chipotle Avocado chicken sandwich. Both were excellent!

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Debra Wiens · Jul 2025

Paid almost $8 for a half bowl of mostly broth. The chicken noodle soup had a few small pieces of chicken and a couple of chunks of carrots. When I asked for a full bowl, I was told that the half bowl -amounting to about a cup- is considered a full bowl. Due to dietary restrictions that was the singular item on the menu that I can eat. I left hungry. And Panera lost a customer forever.

★★★★★ 5.0 BTNT · Sep 2023

Wanted to try and definitely didn’t regret. Nice,polite, friendly,informative and helpful service it’s always great seeing welcoming servers they make my experience greater. I did take his recommendation and my sandwich was so delicious and tasty. Definitely will return to this restaurant ,service is very nice.

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Lisa Hovey · Oct 2023

Ordered delivery. Our order was over $100. Chicken noodle soup had 2 noodles 2 pieces of chicken and one piece of carrot in it. Pretty much got broth.They forgot the mt dew and gave one person a wrong sandwhich forgot her soup and couldn't bring us those which ruined her lunch (only have 45 mins for lunch). Offered refund for the missing items. Really disappointed. If you have an order that big I would concentrate and double check the items. Will not be ordering from here again.

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Seating

Services

CafeBakeryBreakfast restaurantCatererCoffee shopDelivery serviceTakeout RestaurantSalad shopSandwich shopSoup restaurant

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