Panera Bread

Wake Forest, NC · Cafe

Rating
3.7/5
★★★★☆ 3.7
Reviews
20
Rank in Wake Forest
#149
of 206 restaurants
City Percentile
21%
rating percentile

Panera Bread is a restaurant located in Wake Forest, NC. It is one of 206 restaurants listed in Wake Forest. Its 3.7-star rating is slightly below the Wake Forest 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

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Miranda Kaye · Jan 2026

Ordered a few bagels, cream cheese and a coffee for breakfast delivery while we had family in town. The original delivery estimate was approximately 30-40 minutes, which turned into right at an hour and 10 minutes. When the order finally arrived, the coffee was missing which was absolutely frustrating but not the end of the world. I opened the bag to find the bagels looking a bit unusual with an unappealing smell. I then opened an individual cream cheese only to find a product that smelled sour and had a grainy consistency that wouldn’t change no matter how much it was mixed. Ultimately, more than half the order was inedible and a complete waste of money. Panera offered me a small credit to my account that must be used at the store within 30-days which is honestly ridiculous. I’m disappo

★★★★★ 5.0 Daisha · Jan 2026

Let’s give it up for KAYLA!! she was the cashier located on front I came in around 3 pm . I had to come in and work due to a power outage so I was there for quite some time and when I say she made sure she talked to every guest that came in took orders with a smile and even after taking orders still suggested if there was any help needed to come to her I would say her attitude is a bright positive attitude the establishment needs .. other than that it could of been cleaned better table wise but Kayla did try her best to clean it in between customers I think it was a shift change prior to her coming in . But to end it all Kayla very sweet girl great job on having her be the front cashier. She also knows alotttt of customers which just shows she tries to make relationships to have loyal cust

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Rhiannon DeCora · Dec 2025

I was a weekly customer of this location, but I will no longer be purchasing anything from them. There used to be a very nice lady named Kiersten who worked the register. She was friendly, knowledgeable and efficient. It seems that they have not only cut her from the staff, but have downsized their staff significantly. Now there is always a long line because someone from back of house has to come up and take orders, and half of the time they don’t know how to work the register. In the 3 weeks since I noticed the significant decrease in staff, one week my order took over 30 minutes, one week my order was just completely wrong, and last week there were no hot drinks available. I understand things can happen to the equipment used to make the hot drinks, but there was no urgency to fix the iss

★★☆☆☆ 2.0 Connor Sigmund · Dec 2025

The kitchen did not melt the cheese on top of our French onion soup. When my wife asked the kitchen staff if they could kindly melt the cheese, the cook rudely dismissed us. This was not consistent with Panera’s advertised recipe. We won’t be returning or recommending this location to friends or family. I’m leaving two stars because the young lady taking orders was kind and approachable.

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Natasia Jackson · Jul 2025

I love Panera in general but I will NEVER be back to this one. I got home after driving there to grab dinner from their drive thru- only to get home and there’s a fly in my salad. I almost threw up. This is absolutely UNACCEPTABLE. I tried to call back but they were closed.

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Seating

Services

CafeBakeryBreakfast restaurantCatererCoffee shopDelivery serviceTakeout RestaurantSalad shopSandwich shopSoup restaurant

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