Panera Bread - San Jose

Pick 2 sandwich and soup combos are great! Love Creamy Tomato Soup. Very delicious. Also Chipotle Chicken Avacado Melt is great. We tried Modren Caprese Sandwich. That was pretty good. There was only one person in the register, but there were 10 people in the line. It took a while to place the order. I hope they will take more labour during working hours. Or rather good place to visit.

Pros Convenient source of good, reasonably priced bagels. Yummy soups, salads, sandwiches. Breakfast sandwiches and souffles are great. Rewards program is a powerful enticement to make a reason to have some bagels. Tuesday bagel Baker's dozen deal (say that three times fast). Online ordering with rapid pickup option. Cons Value. The best things on the menu seem like they are priced just a little higher than they should be. Sometimes rapid pickup isn't. When they are busy, sometimes the order takes longer than the app says it will. This can be managed by just ordering for earlier than you expect to get there. Inventory for online ordering doesn't seem very accurate. Some items may be gone before your order is filled, causing a delay when you pickup. Others may show out of stock, but when you are there, they have a counter full.

Decent food at a decent price. I like that some tables are near power outlets so you can plugin devices. Good amount of seating and tables. Generally nice and clean environment. Their wifi is pretty slow though. I preferred them letting us pickup the food when it's ready--which was real quick--instead of waiting for them bringing it to our table, which takes longer.

A great place for a late breakfast. They have good coffee and a wide selection of breakfast items. The WiFi is good and there is plenty of space and thus no pressure to move on. It is also quite if you need to get some work done. The coffee is always too hot, but they supply ice on request, perfect for cooling the overly hit coffee down.

The food is great. The menu allows for a few healthier options. They do seasonal favorites, like the strawberry poppy seed salad, that include fresh seasonal ingredients. The only down side is that this location doesn't always have it together in the AM. It all depends on the manager that day.