The Bagel Store

Moving around New Jersey quite a bit, I understand not everyone gets to experience other places. So the reviews for this place over estimate the food here. The bagels are hard, seem to be cooked too much I’ve been there several times at different times a day, and there is no difference. The amount of eggs they give you, looks like a smear on the bagel. When I order I have to double my egg, in order to match what I get in other places as a single serving. The staff consist of high school age kids. They are nice, but you’re getting high school age service. After moving back to this area, it’s the quickest place to go to. I will take the extra 5 minute drive, to get a decent bagel. I just hate leaving there feeling jipped, and wasted money for sub par food.

If I could put no stars I would. I got a chicken cutlet sandwich and it was horrible. I wouldn’t feed a rat that sandwich I had. Extremely disappointed.

This place is great. The bagels have lots of flavor with many different spreads available. I love their grilled chicken wraps — chicken cheddar melt.

I love this local mom and pop bagel joint. I always order a breakfast sandwich from them and it’s always top notch. A delicious egg white garden omelette on a toasted whole wheat everything bagel is where it’s at. My husband loves their multigrain bagels and will order a taylor ham and cheese on a toasted multigrain bagel. Their home fries are also delicious. Sometimes I’ll bring home a french toast bagel and slather some cream cheese on it. So good! Their sandwiches are a good size and are always filling. Their coffee leaves a little to be desired, but it is what it is.
It’s a small store, with about 4 bar seats by the window inside. When the weather is nicer they have a few tables outside. I usually take my order to go. Depending on the day and time you arrive, service can be very slow (especially during the mornings on a weekend). I’m usually not in a rush, so it’s fine by me. They have a $ 10 credit card minimum, so have some cash ready if you are only ordering a sandwich.

French Toast bagels. That’s the only thing I tried, and they were amazing. Also, friendly and efficient staff and decent coffee.

Good food but the service is beyond SLOW. I would hate to see what it’s like during the morning rush…

Clean, neat with excellent service! Bagels are fresh and bacon is super crispy and good quality!

Been coming here for years. Literally, for about 10 years now. It gets pretty packed during the mornings on Saturday and Sunday which means your taylor ham, egg, and cheese sandwich will probably take a while to come out. You’re definitely going to want to call in a phone order and pick up instead to avoid the line.

First time here and the food and staff were great. It’s your typical north jersey bagel store with breakfast sandwiches, bagels, coffee and more.

A ok bagel store… Not bad not great…
Near by so verry convenient… just dont order lox… Not good at all

I used the Bagel Store today for a family brunch for mom’s 94^th birthday. The bagels, salads, and cream cheeses were so fresh and delicious. They were loved by everyone. Highly recommended for your brunch party events. Just give them a days notice and all will come together deliciously. (10÷5÷14)

This our local bagel place in town. The parking situation is a little bit of a hassle but it’s ok.
The staff is friendly especially the older ladies in the morning .
Very attentive, they call you by your name and make sure your order is right.
The bagels are delicious and they are a decent size and the spreads are delicious .
The sandwiches are very good. I always get the Italian sub which great.
You can call your order ahead of time and it will be ready when you get there. If it’s a hot sandwich, they keep it under warming lights .
A great little place for CARLSTADT residents.

I always thought people were exaggerating when they talked about New Jersey bagels. We got two dozen of these to take home after visiting NYC. OMG. They were delicious. There was a marked difference in taste between these and what we have in Virginia. Can’t wait to come back.
The bagels were soft and chewy. We brought them home and froze them. They came out just as yummy when they defrosted.

Vegetable bagel & vegetable cream cheese are delicious! There turkey sandwich is great as well. I’ve been going here since 2005 and I love the staff is very friendly and inviting.

I moved in the area this past month and was CRAZY excited to try this place based on its Unilocal reviews.
FYI and a heads up – this review will be mostly based on my experience with the service of this place.
Went in on a somewhat (but not really) busy Saturday/​Sunday AM. I walked and followed the line. When it was my turn, the girl at the counter totally IGNORED ME AND SKIPPED ME. She looked right at me (I mean, I was clearly standing in line, how can you miss me?! I am not that small!) and proceeded to smile politely, greet and take the order from the lady behind/​next to me.
??? I said, «excuse me, I was next in line» her response? «Oh. What do you want?»
I ordered quickly and then waited aside. I waited A LONG TIME, because I was CLEARLY seeing other customers who had come in after me get their bigger orders before me. Figure that one out…
I was bothered, to say the least. Not cool. I had a few other things (drinks in hand) when she was ringing me up. She disgustingly looked up at me and rang up the drinks as I was holding them. Had I not placed them on the counter, muttering a sarcastic «You’re good!» I am convinced she wouldn’t have bothered to offer me a bag… SIGH.
Oh and the bagels? TASTED LIKE FROZEN BAGELS. AND my order was messed up — NO lox on my bagel. (Mind you, I am sure I paid for it, and lox isn’t exactly cheap.)
OKAY – so a recap: shitty service, unimpressive food quality AND a messed-​up order. SUH-​WEEEEEET.
Why would I want to come here again?!

This is nuts but this place has amazingly fresh & delicious chicken salad and great garden salads! The service is fantastic! Bagels and bacon cream cheese!!! Oh yeah!

By far the best Bagel shop in Carlstadt! I normally go to a closer deli to my house but today and once before I missed the breakfast times at my normal deli. Good for me and my visiting friends that The Bagel Store has breakfast all day. The staff at this store is friendly — smiling and bushy tailed. I had a egg bagel with cream cheese and lox — my best friend had a French toast special; we were both very happy with our orders.
This Bagel shop is now my normal bagel store and I think it should be yours too =)
Happy eating!

I’m super glad this place is right down the block from me. The omelet sandwiches are consistently great, and the prices for said sandwiches are STUPID low.
One problem: service time for breakfast sandwiches is twice as long as you would expect.
The solution: Call ahead. there’s a separate counter for pickups for people in the know about the wait time. I also recommend coming 5 minutes earlier than their estimated wait to avoid your sandwich getting steamed and soggy in those foil wraps. Also, they’re not very accurate with their pickup times.
Honestly, I think if they improved the wait time they could increase prices and still double their customer base. There is just no other serious contenders in the area

I prefer these bagels toasted, it adds just enough crunch to the existing chew. I don’t think this bagel could hold it’s own in a World Bagel Competition — Untoasted Division, I think they are a little too chewy and dense.
The breakfast sandwiches are always good, you usually have to wait a little longer for a non-​bagel/​creamcheese/​butter order, but the staff works really fast and they are always pleasant.
The flavored cream cheeses are good, I prefer the scallion cream cheese, but they also have BACON CREAM CHEESE! Your best deal comes in if you purchase a dozen (13) bagels, you get discounted cream cheese. On Sundays you can get 6 bagels and cream cheese for $ 4.99
Pretty much our go to Bagel place in the area

Second best bagels in the area. I still think that if you want a ½ doz or a dozen bagels, you are better off taking the ride up to Goldberg’s in HH but if you want a breakfast of lunch sandwich on a bagel, this place is fine. In fact, better than fine as they make a nice sandwich.
I’m not a coffee drinker so I can’t really say but my caffeine junky wife tells me the coffee here is «just OK.»