Pretty rockin place. Ordering was under control and smooth. Food was good. Me, well I was feeling mellow just rocking a gift card to pay. Yep, it all worked out ok. We got fed. Paradise got their money. One more sandwich will never be seen again. Thanks Paradise. You are at least a Bakery and Café. Paradise is just over promising. Maybe change Paradise to something less of a reach. How about Acceptable Bakery & Café? That is cool right?
Ron L.
Place rating: 1 Glendale, AZ
New Panera last visit. Worst experience. Person tells me she can’t take my Panera card at the end of my order. Then over charges my credit card. After asking for them to change the Dr Pepper 3 times, I finally get told they are out(2 of the 8 choices had out of service). Then they bring us the wrong salad. Time to find a different place to catch soup and salad.
Joanna I.
Place rating: 1 Peoria, AZ
FYI this location is now a Panera Bread. Initially I loved the conversion because their Breakfast Souffles are amazing! But today was a major turn off… service was terrible. Not just one but both cashiers had the worst attitude. Quite disappointing…
Martez R.
Place rating: 1 Glendale, AZ
I’m sorry but to start I haven’t been here in years and was excited to eat here. One I asked for a large Cesar salad with extra dressing. Didn’t get any just enough for a little bit. Luckily I am at work eating my food so I could grab dressing for me. And second there is a bone in my chicken salad like really at first I thought it was part of my fork but no it’s not. So I also ordered a sandwich wrapped horribly fell apart when I tried to take it out. I also ordered no onions on my sandwich came with onions luckily I’m not allergic to them. I’m very disappointed I ended up throwing my food away
Andrew T.
Place rating: 5 Los Angeles, CA
Paradise, which is in reality Panera in every respect now, is the truly underrated and unknown best place to study. Almost every seat/table has its own set of outlets, there’s wifi that’s stable and reliable(although it does have a 90 minute limit during«peak hours», but I’ve honestly never had it enforced on me. The food is pretty decent, there’s baked goods, coffee, tea, and basically any other study snack you could want. And the parking is plentiful and there are a bunch of food stops including Which Which, Starbucks, and even a mall across the street. Basically, this is the perfect place to study if you have no other place to study.
Ron P.
Place rating: 3 Glendale, AZ
My last visit here. Turning it into a Panera bread. Good by Paradise… I will miss you!
Christine M.
Place rating: 1 Scottsdale, AZ
Sad! Came in for coffee and almost every empty table was dirty. wasn’t that busy or crowded. Asked for half and half and was told they were out at 10:45am. went back to refill my coffee and then the half and half container was full! Lack of pride and cleanliness :(
Leslie M.
Place rating: 4 Phoenix, AZ
I’ve only been to Paradise Bakery once, maybe twice? I remember them having some yummy menu items. So, when my son suggested we meet there for lunch, I said yes. We went on a week day around noon. It was busy, but not crazy busy. We had a short wait in line. I ordered the Greek Chicken Salad. He ordered the Soba Noodle Bowl. I was given the salad and the soup was brought in a fair amount of time to our table. I had noticed after we were seated that the salad didn’t have any chicken on it. I asked the server about it when she brought the soup. She asked if I had ordered chicken. I was a bit puzzled since the menu showed it as a Greek Salad with Chicken. She told me it doesn’t automatically come with it. She did offer to get some for me at no charge. It was odd since I wasn’t asked when I ordered it, but maybe I’m just a Paradise Bakery newbie. I’ll know next time. The broth bowl looked delicious! I tried some and may very well come back another time for one myself. Overall, it was a good experience. Service was good. Food very good. Lots of menu options.
Jett P.
Place rating: 5 Glendale, AZ
I stopped in for a last minute birthday treat for my sons 5th birthday. I had been working all day and was so exhausted but hoping to order a last minute pizza cookie for my son. Unfortunately you have to place your orders for that one day prior so I wasn’t able to order the pizza cookie. I was kind of disappointed and one of the staff members must have noticed my disappointment so she immediately offered to try to create a happy birthday cookie on a smaller cookie rather then the large pizza size cookie. It was an incredibly kind gesture which turned out to be amazing! Having someone go out of their way to make something so special for my son meant the world to me. We need more kindness like that in this world. Thank you Paradise Bakery staff. You will be seeing much more of me!!!
Ka N.
Place rating: 1 Glendale, CA
DIGUSTINGAVOID at all cost. We went at the deli section and bought Turkey and Chicken slices. The Chicken was expired almost threw up after tasting it at home. They must have had it in that fridge for YEARS…
Alex F.
Place rating: 3 Phoenix, AZ
Don’t expect them to substitute or modify anything. They’ll listen, but won’t follow through. You want chicken with your Alfredo? Nope, sorry. How about spinach instead of lettuce? Okay, but not really. I’ve had to go back a few times because they charged me for he chicken in the pasta, but added none. Now they don’t even bother to add it on the check out receipt, but it still being on the receipt they give you to bring to check out. It’s Paradise Bakery, it’s okay. But this location is awful with substitutes or add-one.
Julia B.
Place rating: 5 Peoria, AZ
Today I give Paradise Bakery A+ my points where not registering but there shift manager Mickey took care of it, and fast! She exhibited great customer service today! Thanks again!
Scott R.
Place rating: 2 Glendale, AZ
Came in around 8:30pm found a half shut down restaurant. Ok so looking to order two kids means and couple of salads. The person who took sandwich order was rude and argued about making a peanut butter and banana sandwich. Really? So goes further ask to talk to manager. Not impressed. The food is expensive and service should be right next to it but it’s not.
Danny C.
Place rating: 5 Peoria, AZ
Good food as always, love the broccoli cheddar soup. Always the same Quality No matter which one you go to
Mike M.
Place rating: 4 Glendale, AZ
As a guy I often think of Paradise as a place where the ladies go to eat and socialize. Not so, many business men are eating here and for good reason the good is very good as is the selection. Try the Pick Two you get choice of salads, pastas, soups and half sandwiches, any and all freshly made and so delicious. You even get a cookie with your sandwich. Recently merged with Panera they will soon have shuffles on the menu. Try it you will not be sorry.
Mindy H.
Place rating: 2 Glendale, AZ
Food is great when they get your order right or haven’t ran out of something. The staff needs to learn how to treat customers better… thus the 2 stars.
Kay K.
Place rating: 2 Glendale, AZ
Not a big fan of Paradise. Sandwiches are overpriced. Very corporate. Sweet are too sweet and leave a taste of diabetes in your mouth. Salads are boring. Lots of cheap lettuce is a must, but they flake out on the chicken. Coffee is meh. Service is solid.
Katie C.
Place rating: 3 Glendale, AZ
Never understand people who come to paradise on a regular basis just to eat. It’s like overpriced cafeteria food… For real. But I come here once and a while and found out Students get 10% off if you choose not to use your rewards card. Also, the cookies are still amazing and the employees seem much older and much kinder than other locations.
H S.
Place rating: 1 Newark, NJ
Ate: Half a chipotle chicken sandwich and half southwestern salad $: Too much money for a sandwich and salad that barely fill you up. If they don’t give you that ‘free’ cookie I’d probably have to spend 12 – 13 $ for a decent amount of food. Recent experience: Asked for spinach on my salad and the lettuce that was already in my to-go box(less than when you eat there) seemed to rub the worker the wrong way so she removed half of it. Suffice it to say, my salad didn’t even cover the bottom of the box. Not enough chicken, not enough ingredients and she was incredibly rude about it. She talked about hating how customers asked for extra things. To be honest the ingredients cost next to nothing for the corporation let alone the employee. I am not expecting a pound of chicken but someone in management needs to do something about it. Otherwise they will lose customers daily due to their service and how cheap they are. I did however appreciate some of their employees who were very kind. For the most part I would not go back here unless I was dragged back in. The taste of food is important but so is service and quantity. No thanks.
Richard R.
Place rating: 2 Barrington, IL
An underwhelming experience to say the least. We stopped in for coffee, to access the web, and to hang out for a while. The coffee was lukewarm and we never were able to access their wifi. Before leaving, I decided to grab a salad(Chicken Caesar). It consisted of lettuce, a couple of croutons, lettuce, a couple a minuscule pieces of chicken with a thimbleful of dressing, and more lettuce. It was great if you were a rabbit. Not so good if it was supposed to be your dinner.