Panera Bread

The restaurant was super cute. Really something you would not expect in an alley in Chinatown. The ambiance was fancy and what you'd expect from a Michelin star spot. Nice, open kitchen. Service was good, friendly, knowledgeable. Moving onto the food. We opted for their prix fixe menu which consisted of 7 items for $69/pp. We also added on their seasonal pot stickers. I think this is a good spot to visit once. As far as a repeat? Nah. It's fancy Chinese food with good ingredients. I grew up on the real deal and find it difficult to veer away to more modern takes on traditional dishes. 4 solid stars though.

Panera bread is not the best place to come and eat! Especially this location. We ordered a soup and when we got it, there was no steam but it was pure cold. We tried going to return it for the chef to make it hotter but they said that they were not able to do that! The place is very clean tho and the workers are somewhat friendly! :)

The rating is for Kelvin who served a large group of people. He was kind enough to get us a spot where all of us could sit down and get our food. The place could get some maintenance. Tables, chair and the upholstery could get some cleaning. I wish I did not use the Men’s restroom, dirty.
Portion size was unbelievably small for the price.