Panera Bread

18800 E US Hwy 40, Independence - 64055
423 reviews
Salad Soup
(816) 795-9800

Had an awesome experience. Fresh ingredients and an especially pleasant staff and atmosphere. We met a team member named Sage both times and I can't remember meeting someone as nice and willing to help. Will definitely return. Thanks ?

Ordered in drive thru....The food was good! Portions are too small for the high price! But again the food was good! I ordered broccoli cheddar soup and a salad that had fruit in it. only thing I didn't like was that they just threw my bread in the sack it wasn't wrapped it wasn't in a container. They just put it in the sack down in between the containers of the other food and with covid being so rampant I just thought that was really tacky and unhealthy! They could have least wrap the bread in something or placed 8n a food container and not just thrown it in there just naked! Also, bread wasn't fresh!....other than that it was... it was good!Overall Rating: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Well, my experience up to this point was decent other than the wait times. I had a 5⭐ reveiw up before this, but today wasn't great. I ordered 2 cinnamon crunch bagels, sliced and toasted, with 1 plain cream cheese. And the photo is what I got. My bagels were thrown in the bag, not even put together. One was toasted and the other wasn't. Because they weren't put together in the bag, the toasted one was cold by the time I pulled over to eat it in the parking lot....

Most of the food was pretty good. I really liked dipping the bread in the corn chowder. The chips for the soup were stale. Our cashier was like an emotionless robot who couldn't wait to end her shift. They forgot a croissant in our bag. All the other workers were cheerful and helpful. We miss Kneaders. We'd also love to see Zuppa's come to this area.

Fantastic service with very friendly staff. The bacon turkey bravo is still my favorite sandwich ever, and they NEVER skimp on the meat. Customer for life!

Panara Bread has always had great food and great service! I like that the company works toward things like low food-related greenhouse gas emissions and use meat without antibiotics, etc. It costs a little bit more but I think it is worth it!

Ordered a bagel pack today. This is not a trivial achievement for a Panera to complete. They have to select the bagels, slice them (or not), pack them, and include 2 cream cheese tubs, +/- utensils. Some Panera employees do have difficulty executing on this—but not here! Was in & out relatively quickly, and the server was very friendly.Only complaint is that the location is tucked away in a relatively low-visibility place.

Absolutely excellent, love going here and their food was amazing. Would recommend and go back again.

my only comfort food is gone. thank you for getting rid of the only reason I ever ate there. bring the potato soup back. NOT. HAPPY. f.u.

I deliver so was picking up $7.50 order for 6.1 miles and they had order ready, just didn't want to help me really. I get that in a lot of restaurants as a delivery driver representing the customer. So they ignore customers there for pickup? Or somehow they can differentiate between delivery driver and customers picking up food? Presumptuous considering everyone carries a phone especially if they ordered pickup.