Category: | Cafe, Bakery, Meal takeaway, Restaurant, |
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Address: | 23612 Rockfield Blvd, Lake Forest, CA 92630, USA |
Zip code: | 92630 |
Website: | https://locations.panerabread.com/ca/lake-forest/23612-rockfield-blvd.html?utm_medium=display-ad |
Opening hours (Edit) | |
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Monday: | 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
Tuesday: | 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
Wednesday: | 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
Thursday: | 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
Friday: | 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
Saturday: | 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM |
Sunday: | 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM |
Nice place to grab lunch but parking is hard to find 11:45 to 1pm
Great food and service. My son loves the fresh bagels. Yum!
I ordered from here on DoorDash last week and the order came wrong. I called this location and they did not hesitate to help correct it. The staff and managers are super friendly and went out of their way for me. Thank you!
Everyone is friendly and helpful and the food here is fresh and very good. We came close to 1pm so the lunch crowd had thinned out. Parking was fine at that time as well.
there's a buffet of salads, cheeses, vegetables, etc. to start, and then--when you're ready for the meat--you flip a round tag green-side-up and servers start coming to your table with spits of roasted meats. There are many different cuts of beef prepared in various ways, lamb, pork, poultry, and fish. The servers, in what I imagine are traditional costumes, cut the pieces you wish, and you then use tongs to pull the slices from the spit onto your plate. You can eat all you want as the servers periodically keep coming round and offering more. (When you're sated, just flip the tag red-side-up, and the servers won't both you; unless, of course, you subsequently flip the tag green-side-up again, in which case they'll start coming back with more.)
The combination of quantity and festive atmosphere more than offsets the inconsistent food quality, though some of the meats are quite good. When we went with friends the top-round and lamb were very good, the skirt steak and chicken also good. The fish was dreadful, but hey--it's really a meat place! And once you find things you like, you can pile your plate high. They also provide complimentary fried bananas (excellent) and mashed potatoes.
Dessert, in the highly unlikely event you have room, is an extra charge, and the selections look nice. Alternatively, for no extra charge, you can go back to the buffet and have cheeses and bread.