Panera Bread - Clark
Panera Bread
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This Clark Panera blends friendly, attentive staff and a clean, kiosk-friendly space with uneven food consistency and service lapses. Favorites like pastries and broccoli mac & cheese please, and free Wi‑Fi and customizable kiosk ordering are conveniences. Frequent order mistakes — missing ingredients, wrong drinks, cold items, watered-down soups — plus inconsistent portions and occasional curdled cream undermine otherwise diligent management that often corrects problems. Expect a busy, casual café suited to quick customizable lunches, but verify orders before leaving.
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I was pretty upset to arrive home and see that I was given the wrong sandwich. Ham sandwich with no onions or tomatoes yet I received some kind of chicken sandwich with lettuce tomatoes drenched in some kind of sauce.
The restaurant is not very clean, and the music is excessively loud, even in the early morning.
Awful experience. Every time I request and pay for extra toppings on my salad, they never include them. Additionally, they gave me the wrong dressing, completely ruining my salad. They really need to hire staff who are more attentive. This isn't the first, second, or even third time this has happened. It's honestly unacceptable.
I've been trying Panera again lately after a long absence. A few weeks ago, I discovered the Green Goddess Cobb Salad with chicken and have had a yen for it since.The first time I ordered it, at this location, they were out of avocado, which was totally fine as the rest of the salad more than made up for it. At a visit to the Somerville location, I got the salad only to discover when I got home that there was no chicken on it. By that point, I was too far away to do anything about it.Today I returned to the Clark location to try my luck. Ordered at the touchpad, made sure the avocado was included in the order. Picked up the indoor window and took my order back to my car. I was about to drive away when I realized I should check to make sure everything was included. Good thing I did while the avocado was on the salad, there was no chicken. Eggs, yes, but no actual chicken.Ya gotta wonder... when the food prep people don't include an ingredient that's actually part of the name of the dish... what's going on?I went back inside and asked if, indeed, there was supposed to be chicken that this issue happened twice, at two locations. Honestly, it made me wonder if some Panera lawyer had advised that egg could suffice for chicken as some sort of cost cutting move. The manager introduced herself, apologized profusely for the oversight and got it fixed quickly. I really appreciated the customer focused attitude and hope it's a good sign for this location, as I noticed other reviews aren't too great.
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