Comments on: Is Press Panini the Valley’s Best?

By: Andreas

Andreas — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:42:21 +0000

Hello all you wonderful food bloggers! This is Andreas from Press Panini. Thank you all so much for your kind and wonderful comments. I have become a regular on this lovely site, and have gone to almost every suggested place. I would love if you (anyone) has a wheat bread they like to suggest it to me. I have yet to find one that produces the texture I am looking for, but completely open to suggestions.
Anyway, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate this site! Keep up the wonderful work! thanks! Andreas

By: FoodEater

FoodEater — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:14:53 +0000

MaxMillion: I agree, whole wheat would rock!

By: MaxMillion

MaxMillion — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:37:13 +0000

Just picked up an ‘Olive All Over’ panino today – still smoking hot after I drove home with it (5 mins).

I love love LOVE this place!! I adore toasted sandwiches and there are so many different ones to choose from. My other faves are Classic Caprese and Teriyaki Tofu (or chicken).

I make a great Lentil soup, so I seldom order it when dining out, but I was surprised by how outstanding their Lentil and White Bean soup tastes.

I happen to know the bread rolls are baked specially to their order because you have to have a roll that will take all those flavours without getting soggy.

Now if they ever offer a wholewheat roll, I’d be dining there practically every day!

By: FoodEater

FoodEater — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:39:38 +0000

Eric Meyerhoff: Bummer to hear about your bad experience. I think it’s quite an exaggeration to call them the worst rip-off in the Valley, but to each their own. As mentioned in my review, there is usually a wait because they make the sandwiches to order. I have no idea how a freshly pressed panini manages to go cold so quickly, but what do I know?

As for the pictures here, these are my own photographs of the food I ate which they served to me, not pictures supplied by the restaurant. If that bread isn’t good enough than I guess I don’t know good bread! I have no idea where their bread comes from but it was very fresh and tasty each time I’ve gone. I don’t expect them to have their own bakery there in that small space, obviously the bread needs to come from somewhere, be it a market or other bakery. When choosing to eat a fattening panini sandwich, I think it’s somewhat odd to be complaining about the bread being high-carb. If you want a low-carb meal, it’s probably best to just avoid fast food panini joints all together.

The service has always been spot on and very friendly, so again I have no idea why you had such a bad time with them. Seems like everything just happened to go wrong for you that day with these guys :( Every place has bad days once and a while and it sounds like unfortunately you visited Press Panini on one of theirs. I’ve got no vested interests in convincing you to go back, but I do find it rather harsh to call this place a complete rip-off based on one visit that unfortunately didn’t go so well. I’m sure nowhere gets it perfect 100% of the time. I’ve been there numerous times now however and have always left satisfied and quite pleased with my meal.

By: Eric Meyerhoff

Eric Meyerhoff — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:32:34 +0000

It took 15 minutes, I took it home and was till COLD inside..called to politely inform them and got hung up twice. I returned and the older employee blamed it on technical issues with the phone..did not apologize. I requested a refund and left. OVER-PRICED,POOR SERVICE, Coyote Pizza, Vitello’s and Aroma have better service and more reasonable prices. Almost $3 for a fountain drink, $2 for a bag od chips. The biggest RIP-OFF in the Valley without a doubt. or you can pay $9 for a cold panini, they don’t even use the bread in their pictures, it’s high-carb generic supermarket rolls.