Panera Bread
| Address: | 79124 CA-111, La Quinta, CA 92253, USA |
| Phone: | +1 760-564-3750 |
| Site: | panerabread.com |
| Rating: | 3.8 |
| Working: | 6AM–10PM 6AM–10PM 6AM–10PM 6AM–10PM 6AM–10PM 6AM–10PM 6:30AM–9PM |
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Sj G
Well, I had just eaten breakfast at home, but I had some time to pass so I thought I would set out to graze a bit. And I came to this Panama Bread place and began. First of all, the place was a bit cold, but Anabelle, who took my order, warmed the whole place up. What a smile - kind of reminded me of the girls back home in St. Lou. In fact the whole place looked like a place in Lou called there the Bread CO. Now its from Panama. Go figure! I love cinnamon, so I first ordered one of those cinnamon crunch bagels with some cream cheese slathered all over it. I even had them put some of it on the bottom of the bagels so I could lick the plate when I had finished . You know, all those little cinnamon grit-fire thingys fall all off and plop! right into that glued on cheese. So it makes the plate lickin a bit more productive. Next I moved right into a cinnamon crunch scone. What is a "scone" anyway? Seems like a stomped-on cupcake kinda like those flattened out frogs you see on the side of Highway 40 in the Lou. But, doggone it, it was good. Darned good AND the cinnamon crunchy things didnt fall off into the nest of cream cheese I had made for it! So, I had to lick off the cream cheese without the crunchy cinnamon do-dads. I remember what Mom - RIP - said about balancing our meals and needed some protein so I next ordered a spinach and artichoke souffle. Lordy was it good! Yummy ukeleles!! I loved it. And fast? I swear on a stack of New Testaments that Anabelle got this out to me faster than my bulldog Nuggy takes his call to nature in the neighbors yard. And speaking of nature, it was my turn. Now Im happy to tell you the restroom (or in aviation jargon the lavatory) was spotlessly clean. Furthermore, I took out my trusty tape measure to measure the height of the urinal since I have some mighty short and stubby legs on me because of my parents were - as we like to say in this politically correct world - vertically challenged. And YUP! Im delighted to say that the Panama Bread companys urinal measured EXACTLY 16 inches from the floor to the rim. The ADA standards, of course, include a 17 inch rise, so Panama did their homework! And even I could make water without leaving a puddle. I washed my hands vigorously for 40 seconds, warm water, the whole magilla out of the Ebola play-book. And then did a pimp-roll up to the counter again to start scouting some dessert items. I tend to get a bit of gas with chocolate, so I asked Anabelle (still smiling, bless her heart!), for an orange scone. Again with the flattened out pancake/cupcake. Maybe a better name should be a pan-cup or a cup-pan, but whos complaining anyway? Maybe Baskin and Robbins will come out with an ice-cream SCONE!!! This orange SCONE was the little cherry on top of the hot fudge! Sooo delicious. So perfect. Made my tummy SO happy. Like when my mom brought home that happy happy puppy for me. That puppy was the happiest ever because he was born with TWO, NOT ONE, peters! So all in all this Panama Bread thing is the real deal. Call first to see if Anabelle is there. If not Id ask when she was next working and pitch tent till then. If you give me some notice, I can meet you there and lead you through the menu. And we could re-measure the urinal height to see if we can work them for a few Benjamins by the old ADA urinal height shake-down. I have the lawyer, and all he does is make a few phone calls. The lawsuit jargon is all ready to go! Delete review
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Klaus Jambor
*No Star Rating from me! We have been going to this location since 2006. Never had a problem until yesterday! The girl who served us asked to leave HER restaurant!! When she brought us our sandwiches, the bread was wrong, the cheese was wrong. We told her she grabbed the plate said she had to throw it away and remake them, I mean it was in such a RUDE way!, she left, My wife reached over to me and told me that she thought she was so rude. after a bit my wife left the table, she came back told me we had to leave. I asked her why, then the lady came to us and said we have to leave now we were not welcome there!! they refunded our money we left, so i asked my wife what happened? she told me that she walked up to the lady and asked her why was she being so rude to us? the lady said it was a waste to throw out food and she would not have that. I thought she was a manager, looked at her tag she was a supervisor, all the while the manager was standing next to her not saying a word. He didnt even ask us what happened. Never again, We will not go to any paneras no matter where they are. Will Not!!! I am making a complaint to corporate about them!! I hope she gets fired and the manager is a tongue lashing from Corp. Piss poor management. Piss poor place to eat!!
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Bente Jensen
I have been going to this Panera since it opened and seen the quality slowly sliding, but in the last half a year it has truly been on a downwards slide. Today I ordered a Pick 2 - cup of tomato soup and 1/2 turkey BLT sandwich - and a large latte. It came to $13.02, which I thought that was a bit pricey for what I got. The Pick 2 comes with a french baguette, but I asked for extra croutons for the soup instead. Dont know what the normal number of croutons are, but with the extras I got a total of 6 croutons! The soup had a piece of something in it, so I would recommend not to eat at this Panera if you have an allergy, since you cannot know for sure how they treat the food. The coffee is good, but the pastries are, as in other Paneras, boring. Dont know why they changed the pastries they used to offer a couple of years ago, but they certainly did not go for better quality. In summary, I can only recommend this Panera for coffee.
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Robert Almquist
Guessing this is under new ownership as things have changed! Always dirty, trash piled up, floor filthy and tables not cleaned off for next diner until you ask. The staff at the registers cant get the orders straight much of the time. Used to be a mug for their good coffee (yes, thats still fairly good) was presented when you ordered it, now they hand you a paper cup and you have to ask for a mug. Last straw...ordered a tureen of soup to go which said for 4 people - to the tune of $13.00. When poured out it was less than an ounce of chicken and a few broken noodles and a thin tasteless broth filled the rest. Thats it for us! Used to like but give it an F in its present state.
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Jim Mannoia
I love Panera. Sorry but I love the variety of foods, the great breads, the brocoli cheese soup, the PICK 2 options, the Apple salad, the tuna salad on a toasted bagel, and the mango smoothies. Prices have risen and the menu is till more confusing than it should be for newcomers. But on balance I still love it and go because its good and convenient and not too expensive and gives everyone along a choice.
