Panera Bread — Restaurant in San Jose

If you want the best tasting french bread in the Peninsula . .I'd even go the stretch to say the whole Bay Area, at least, in my opinion, and, I'm a quarter Italian - having an appreciation for that, delicious, down-to-earth, good old-fashion tasting sour-dough french bread, I would pick 'Panera Bread.' If some of you are not familiar, well, you can find them (the restaurants), just about everywhere. And I would rate them as just about the friendliest chain as well. If I was going to select an eating place, as a mainstay of patrionizing, I would pick Panera. Reasons? They have a fairly varied food selection, to start with. If you started with say, a breakfast apetizer, they have a rather large choice of pastries. They even have their . . par excellance . . 11" x 11" box of assorted cherry and cream cheese pastries, which, I swear, just to look at, starts up those salivary glands, frightfully fast. You look at it and say, gee, I bet the office would love to dig into a nice box of pastries for the morning, eveyone is so busy, and on the run, I bet they would just love to grab a quick morsal of nourishing enjoyment, that would have to put a smile on just any - down-in-the dumpster's attitude , no matter how bad their day was going. And, you don't want to ponder this for too long, because the whole territorial mindset just might settle in, and you start thinking, gee (again), I could easily polish off one of these boxes just by myself. I mean, they really look just down right deluctable. The price? Just $11.99. The restarant, you could say, really specializes in lunches for the afternoon crowd - though they're open till 9 pm., and, there's a nice selection of hot soups - such as, basal, cream tomato, and, the broccoli/chedder - always been a favorite of mine. And, accompanied with a nice tall cup of strawberry-lemonade. Sound tatalizing? Trust me, it is! I just recently bought the bowl (and was big too), for just $7½ (with my dollar off as a member). It came with choice of chips, or bread. And, if you've never tried their broccoli/chedder . . I swear . . it's to die for! Incidentaly, I mentioned earlier, about 'hot.' Now, seriously though, where can you find a restaurant that will serve you a piping hot bowl of soup? I remember back when I was a toddler . .hey! it wasn't that long ago! My aunt - whenever I asked her if she likes her coffee hot! Would, without exception, would sit there on her chair giving me a look, as if to say, now, what kind of question is that? And then staunchly exclaim, "I like my coffee . . scaaaalding hot!" Well, at Panera, you can actually make that happen, because every Panera has a microwave. How bout that! Panera, is generally always very clean, as well as their restroom, but, they do have a high turnover, so, don't be too hard on them, they actually do moniter things pretty closely. Seating is no problem, they have lots of cushiony booths, and, tables, and, in fact, the Panera at the corner of El Monte & El Camino, have a rather large outdoor pateo, with eating that is very nicely spaced apart, for those of you that might have a bit more of a secluded bent in mine. If you go to the 'Plant,' (at the corner of Tully, and Monterey Rd.), there will be a Panera right there. The Plant, has a number of places to visit - 'Target,' 'Home Depot,' 'Best Buy,' 'T-Mobil,' 'Chase Bank,' 'Jamba Juice,' 'Starbucks,' 'Krespie Kreames,' 'Ross,' 'Apple Bee's,' 'Famous Dave's,' and, more. Oh! Don't let me forget, but, if you sign up as a Panera member, rewards in food items will come your way. I've been a member for years, and on one occasion, my reward was a free bagel, every day, for a month . . not bad, huh! Annnd, if you sign up online, you can have a free coffee every day. Now, where are you going to get a better deal than that?? Panera is more specifically at: 2199 Monterey Rd. The cross street, is Tully/Curtner. As I mentioned earlier, Panera is part of...

A Mixed Experience at Panera Bread

My visit to Panera Bread was a blend of positive and negative experiences. On the positive side, the guest services were commendable. The staff was friendly and attentive, which added to the overall dining experience.

The food was another highlight of my visit. The dishes were flavorful, and the bread, a signature item at Panera, lived up to its reputation. It was fresh, soft, and delicious, enhancing the taste of the meals.

However, there were a few aspects that could use improvement. One of the main issues was the restroom access. The requirement of an unlocked pin number, which was larger than my debit card pin number, seemed excessive and inconvenient. This policy detracted from the otherwise positive guest services.

Additionally, the cleanliness of the restaurant could have been better. A cleaner environment would have made the dining experience more pleasant and comfortable.

In conclusion, while the food and guest services were good, the restroom policy and cleanliness of the restaurant need attention. I hope to see improvements in these areas during my...

My cashier was Monica and she was SLOW AS MOLASSES! I was standing in the store for 10 minutes before she even finished taking ONE order for ONE guy who was only getting soup and a sandwich, when we got up finally after a DIFFERENT cashier acknowledged us Monica didn’t even know what she was doing. Was trying to use my member card and she kept asking if it was credit or debit, when it was my POINTS card so they know what name to call when they call my order, and THEN when I swiped my card it said declined because she didn’t do something right the first time. Because the second time my card worked just fine. She can move JUST A LITTLE bit quicker, when it comes to things. I’m a cashier myself and it is absolutely unacceptable at my job to type things into the computer with my knuckles because I can’t even use m fingers because my fake nails are too long. Her 5 inch nails may have been the problem, couldn’t even type. Never coming here again. Or unless Miss Monica gets some proper cashier training. She didn’t smile, she didn’t look up at me, she was annoyed because the customer before me...