Panera Bread

"High quality food that tastes great. Night crew needs to improve customer service and responsiveness to requests for orders or questions. Dining area needed serious cleaning maybe think about remodeling interior. 1 salad 1 cup of soup half sandwich and 2nd half sandwich 35 dollars."

"It pains me to give this place a negative review. Panera’s are wonderful but 80% of the ones I visit are just run down and remind me of a rotting whale on the beach. The building is unique/cute. The outside seating area is plentiful and clean. But the interior looks dead/dark/dreary. Went in at 3pm on a Saturday. A really bad pungent odor was lingering around the whole dining area. Couldn’t tell if it was mold, sitting water, etc. (I came to the same location a couple weeks later - same awful pungent smell. Though not as strong as initially. If this is a yeast smell from the baking, then I apologize. And readers can ignore this complaint. But if it’s not yeast, there’s a serious mold/sitting water problem somewhere.) There were 8 tables that had finished food/bowls just sitting there for God knows how long. Perhaps this was the cause for the smell? Unsure. But I can’t blame them…there were only 3-4 people working. So perhaps they were understaffed. The internet was nonexistent. It was beyond bad. Couldn’t even load the Google homepage once connected. Not even heavy traffic. There were 5 customers in the shop. Defeated the whole purpose of coming here to do work. Cups were not stocked. So you have to wait at the register until a skeleton crew member can come to serve you. Not sure if this is due to the homeless population or general abuse of free drinks. It is Rossmore, so perhaps that’s got something to do with it. A place that has great potential, but left to neglect. The employees were all friendly and nice though. Service was good."

"I had the beef and cheddar on Asiago focaccia bread and half a chicken Caesar salad. The food is vary good. The service fast and friendly. I don’t normally go to places like this but I was given a gift card. Cost was $32 for what would cost about $6 made at home. And that’s why I don’t eat at places like this."

"We stopped into this iconic Panera Bread location that has been an eye-catching Seal Beach mainstay over the years. We ordered an Asiago cheese bagel with low-fat chives and onion cream cheese, a bacon, egg, and cheese on Ciabatta, an Americano, and a cup of regular coffee. The service was very fast, there were lots of booths to choose from, and the meal was very good. The carousel shape of the building lends itself to lots of all-around natural lighting, which makes for a relaxing atmosphere. We enjoyed our morning visit."

"I wish there was a better system of rating allowing for negative scores. Our experience was bad enough to decide never ever to try another place of this franchise. What they call cheese toast is sweet bread with melted “cheese” product on top. The pizza alike creation is with smelly low quality cheese often passed as “Italian” in California. Overpriced like never before. I bet prison food is made better in a lot of places."