Panera Bread - Cape Coral

I went with my daughter, 2 granddaughters, and 2 great grandsons for lunch after having a fun time painting pottery at the Bent Brush. We had a wonderful lunch, and every adult went back and ordered more food to take home. ? I highly recommend this restaurant. The food was delicious!Kid-friendliness: Any time an 8 y o. and a 4 y.o. choose to go to Panera's over 2 other places is a great day. They both asked for broccoli cheese soup and an apple and a cookie. They both really enjoyed their lunch and took home a cookie for later. They knew exactly what they wanted before we even got to the restaurant, so I could tell they had been there many times before. They both seemed to really like the bread. One great-grandson wanted 5 extra pieces of bread with his lunch. His mother took a big bag of extra items home, so I think he did get his extra bread. If the boys did this review instead of me, I definitely feel like they would give it 5 stars. Kudos from the kids themselves.

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Good place but how can you give more than an ok rating to a Panera?

Staff provided great service, especially Elaine. Coffee is pretty good, too. This is my first visit to this Panera and the first time I having anything other than breakfast at any Panera. I ordered the pepperoni/ cheese sandwich...pains me to say, it was terrible. I'll explain...a sandwich should not be 70-80% bread and the rest fixing. I literally removed the bottom bread, doubled the sandwich over, and it still was not a sandwich, in my opinion...disappointing for a sandwich north of $10.

Good food, but every single time i go without fail (and that’s a bit, i work in the same plaza so i visit a few times a week since the panera was built) the ketchup packets are COVERED in some sort of sticky slime?? how this hasn’t been addressed yet is beyond me. nothing is as unappetizing as going to get a condiment and your hands being covered in a slimy film