Bergen Bagels

Bagels are pretty good — a little salty for my taste but there’s a wide array of options

Delcious fluffy chewy bagels. I LOVE the blueberry. The tofu cream cheese is good and without an aftertaste. The coffee and iced coffee is surprisingly good as well.

A great bagel! Great selection of spreads too. Pretty thick, but not as hard and chewy as I like. But still a solid bagel.

Manager reached out to me and gave me a sincere apology and offered to make things right. Updating my review to reflect this. Great bagels at a reasonable price!

heard counter staff say insulting stuff about customers in Spanish. Spanish isn’t a secret code! most American high schools teach it!

I recently moved back to NYC (Brooklyn) after 2 ½ years away and breathed such a sigh of relief after finding Bergen Bagels. I am back in the land of delicious NYC bagels.
The bagels themselves are thick and to the quality you’d expect of being in the city, amazing cream cheese (with real vegetables cut up into it!) and the breakfast sandwiches are fantastic as well. I think the prices are fair too, given the quality.
The line can be kind of long on a Sunday but that’s to be expected. They seem organized and efficient in order to get you on your way somewhat quickly. But it’s also worth the wait.

I’ve been wanting to try this place for a couple of months now. Today I was in the immediate area so I planned on stopping in. It’s a small space, but nicely decorated. I ordered a bacon and egg sandwhich on a roll. It was almost 4 dollars and there was barely anything on the bread. It was the skimpiest sandwhich I have ever had in my life. Not worth it at ALL. Maybe it was an off day but I don’t think I’ll be coming here again.

This is where you get bagels and/​or black/​white cookies when you come to New York City.
Being a newb I didn’t realize that you probably shouldn’t toast bagels this good. Don’t make my mistake ;) even though it will exceed expectations either way

If Bergen Bagels was in any other city, it would be the best bagel shop. However, you have to hold NYC bagel shops to a higher standard thus making this a three star experience. It’s a small shop in Brooklyn and there’s a long line if you go on a weekend morning. The line moves really fast and there are many bagel options to choose from. Since they didn’t have chocolate chip bagels or a sweet, non fruit cream cheese (Why do you ruin sweet by putting fruit it in it?!), I ordered a sesame bagel with an egg, ham, and cheddar cheese. It was definitely a decent bagel, but not the best you’ll have while in NYC.

Such a complete disappointment! Heard a bit about the place (good things as odd as it turns out) and having a few extra minutes this morning, went out of my way — thinking it would totally be worth the trip. I ordered bacon, egg, and cheese on a scooped out plain bagel … I think they ran out of eggs when they were making my sandwich — there’s barely an egg in there! Two slices of bacon, and possibly a slice of cheese … The bagel itself was also nothing to rave about. So not worth the trip and absolutely not worth the calories. Very upsetting start of the morning

Whenever I’m heading over to Gorilla coffee or Hungry Ghost, I make a stop at Bergen bagels first.
You can tell you found the right place for a bagel, cause you can smell them from down the street.
Stepping inside, you will be greeted by a long (though fast moving) line. I’m guessing they’re all regulars too. The bagels are *THAT* good. Homemade & fresh, you may not even need to toast them.
I’m also surprised by the variety of cream cheese. I like the tofu stuff cause I’m lactose intolerant. And they have a bunch of different versions. I like Tofu Scallion. They also offer lots of other options for toppings. Tomatoes & avocados anyone?
Definitely a gem, and worth every penny. If you’re around here, stop in.

The bagels are delicious and so are the spreads. BUT THEY HAVE TO GET A NEW TOASTER!!!
The bagels never toast evenly anymore

Decent bagels (on the thicker side) but their everything is just lacking, well, a lot of things. Needs more toppings. I like all their spreads and love that they actually take cards with a $ 5 minimum. Passable coffee, both hot and iced. Amazing black & white cookies.
I think their service is also great. I’ve seen them deftly handle the long weekend lines as well as confused tourists on a weekday afternoon. Convenient to Barclays and the ²⁄₃ but if you have a little more time, it’s worth going a bit farther afield.

This review is for the FULTON BRANCH and I stand corrected for the last one I posted. And because the manager was concerned and kind enough to point it out, I give an upgrade to 4 stars!
I promise to try all the other branches! I find it very appealing when your opinion is taken seriously.
I’ve been to this place twice. Yes it’s affordable but I guess you’ll have to go try crowd favorites first. I had the bacon, egg and cheese on a plain bagel which tasted very bland and dry. My next visit, I tried the chicken club wrap which likewise wasn’t very pleasing to the tastebuds. The servers aren’t really friendly at all. And poor cashier, she’s like a robot. No eye contact whatsoever.

Now I’m not a mathematician, but I’m pretty sure they have over 1 billion types of cream cheese or other spreads, and they all look delightful. I’ve tried a good amount of them, and never been disappointed. Lox spread, tuna salad, jalapeño, regular, raisin walnut, the list goes on, but Unilocal won’t let you write a billion words in your review, so I have to cut it short.
Anyway, it’s definitely the best and definitely my favorite bagel in Brooklyn, and (ironically?) my favorite bagel place in the world before Brooklyn Bagel in Chelsea. It’s tiny so the line is always doubled around, but it’s absolutely worth the wait.

Everything they say is true, you get a BUNCH of cream cheese and the bagels are very very good. The staff was quick but not rude so I disagree there. I had the Blueberry bagel with strawberry cream cheese (call me weird but I love this sort of thing). They could have not done it any better. BRAVO.

The staff is rude but fast. The bagel combos expensive but delicious so it depends on what you’re looking for. I’d probably go back for the veggie combos they whip up. A bagel with only cream cheese is medium price as far as that goes…
PROs: fast, lots of bagels, lots of spreads
CONs: rude, not much seating, nothing super special

The weird thing about Bergen Bagels is that they are not the colour of Bagels. They are Bergendy.
What to get: An everything bagel with any of their homemade cream cheeses.
What else: Bergen is in Norway and there is Norway you should miss these bagels.
If the guy serving you has huge bloodshot bulbous eyes, it’s because you’re at «Bugging Bagels.»
Bergen Bagels are definitely among the top 5 bagels in Bklyn and the top 10 bagels in NYC, and with all due respect, the top 10 bagels in NYC are probably the top 10 bagels in the USA, in fact the world. Even that one in East London, on Brick Lane, as good as it is, doesn’t really make a Harvey Dent in the top 10 list because of the NYC places. Maybe it could be high up on the «best of the rest» list but nothing more.
If all the guys are half-​balding, but in the process of correctional procedures, it’s because you’re at «Rogaine Bagels.»
The first time I came here, my travelling companion messed up, and ordered a «Salt Bagel» with «nothing on it.» Yeah, that didn’t go down very well. But if you like eating rock salt right out of a rock salt grinder, that was the bagel for you. Still, you could tell that it was a very special bagel if you just ignored the inordinate amount of salt scratching its way down your throat.
If nobody in the store is a virgin, it’s because you’re at «Broken-​In Bagels.»
The more recent time I visited, I went in myself, and they were fairly friendly. I ordered an everything bagel with some delicious olive cream cheese on it. It was absolutely divine. I was already full up but I could have finished the whole thing in just a few minutes, it was that good. The dough was so fresh and moist, the thing was so plump and scrumptious and well-​formed, and the olive cream cheese was fantastic.
If I’m in there when you go there, it’s «Bonkers Bagels.» And if Dire Straits are there, then they’re banging on the Bongos Bagels like a Chimpanzee.
It scores full marks from me. Perhaps not quite as good as my favourites in the city (such as Brooklyn Bagel of both Queens and Manhattan — lol, and Ess A Bagel on 1^st Ave in Manhattan), but it’s right up there.
And if you’re one of those annoying people who write for adult magazines and websites and Penthouse Letters (not that I’ve ever read any of them… ahem), who come up with ridiculous words for sexy areas of people’s bodies, like, so ridiculous that you completely take all of the sex appeal and enjoyment out of the entire concept… then you should go to «Bunghole Bagels» instead. But don’t come here. Because these bagels are too good for you, and so is my gf. I can give you my mother’s number though.

To all those other bagel shops out there I apologize,
shopping anywhere besides Bergen Bagels would just be unwise.
Don’t be thrown off by the long lines,
there’s enough for everybody and about a dozen different bagel kinds.
Another dozen cream cheeses to try out.
Fat, doughy and freshly made bagels with mounds of cream cheese are what weekends are all about.
Credit cards accepted after a $ 5 minimum,
walking past and not stopping in for something would just be dumb.
The black & white cookies are also a must buy,
For only $ 2.25 I try and pick one up whenever I’m nearby.
Make sure you bookmark Bergan Bagels or simply write it down,
this is one of the best bagel shop and deli’s around.

These are good bagels. Perhaps a little fatter and doughier than the ideal, but the same has been said about me so I’m not really going to complain.
They’ve got all the schmears you need, the prices are good, and the service is fast and efficient. This is just about everything you need in a bagel shop. Really, I think it’s great. I have to say though… and I’m not trying to fight any of you Bergen Bagel fanatics… but I am going to put this out there:
I don’t think they are the best in the city, and I don’t think they are worth going out of your way. But they are good bagels, and the neighborhood is lucky to have them.
I can also appreciate that in addition to black and white cookies, they’ve also gone the extra mile and made just black cookies, and just white cookies.
But then again, this might be a complex and metaphorical statement about the rampant gentrification in the area. Is it? Do these cookie choices have racial, socioeconomic, and political implications, Bergen Bagels?! I don’t support this cookie segregation! I support equal cookie rights for everyone in Brooklyn!
But if it’s just because some people prefer vanilla or chocolate, then that’s cool.