Reviews for Panera Bread in Solana Beach, CA
Great spot for lunch and great coffee too! Nice outdoor sitting area too!
Delicious coffees and fresh fountain drinks. Friendly staff. Clean cafe. My favorite coffee place
Disappointing. Buffalo chicken sandwich was average at best. Typically Panera has quite good offerings - not sure if it was a... function of this location or an off day. In general, sandwich choices have gone downhill. No baked bread (shelves were empty)and very few bagels - maybe only 4 choices and not much available at 2:00p.m. Read more
I recently visited this Solana Beach, CA Panera store after not having visited for a long time. I placed my order with a woman... at the counter and was presented with a terminal that asked what size tip I wanted to leave. Since my order was for a take-outorder, I declined to leave a tip. The woman taking my order must have seen that because she was not very friendly and did notsay anything. My order included a coffee but she did not say to wait, or that she'd prepare my coffee, so I went to the otherend of the store to pick up my order. Eventually the bagel came, but no coffee. I asked someone behind the pickup counter wheremy coffee was, and she came back a bit later with my coffee. The coffee cup had a lid loosely placed on top. I tried to push thelid on tighly but it would not stay on. The rim of the paper cup was kind of crushed all around. This should never be the casewith a new cup. I took a new cup from the pick up area and went over to the sugar area and poured my coffee into a new cup,unfortunately creating more waste to end up in a landfill. Upon reflection, I firmly believe the woman I paid was angry orannoyed that I didn't leave a tip (for a take-out order!) and didn't tell me whether or not I should wait there for my coffee.Then when I had to ask for it at the pickup counter, she squeezed the rim of the cup so the lid would not stay on and I'd spillthe coffee all over myself in the car. Nice. She was short, kind of round shaped, hispanic, borwn hair, in her 40s or 50s. Ihope the manager can use this info to fire her for her very awful behavior. I do not feel I need to leave tips for take-outorders. It's the business's job to provide a living wage, not mine. If I had eaten in the establishment, I would have left atip, but having a tip expected for a take-out order is just extortion, and I will not be intimiated. Buyer beware. For all Iknow, she may have also spat in my coffee. Poo-nera! Read more
Didn't have the soufle I wanted despite it being on the menu. They automatically give you a medium coffee without asking size... despite the free refills, total scam in my opinion, doesn't leave you with a positive feeling about the place. Read more
Went on Sunday I have the coffee deal with panera but were out of dark roast the cashier saya was amazing and offer to brew some... for me I also got the combo meal and she suggested the autumn squash which is delicious ???? Read more
The nicest lady came by when we were done eating and saw that I had a lot of bread bowl left and brought me extra soup to fill... it! It was so nice! Great service and great food. Read more
I like the menu options. I should have asked for the dressing on the side for the BBQ chicken salad as there was too much for my... taste. But that is a personal opinion The flavor of everything was very good. I like plain black iced tea and their tea is verygood consistently. Read more