Lula Bagel

Halelula! (see what I did there?) Reasonably priced coffee. Small for $ 1!!! Oh hell yes.
Bagel & cream cheese (although a bit too bread-​y and not crispy enough for my taste) is also a reasonable $ 2.50.
Friendly people, sunny, small but comfortable with a fair amount of seating in the windows and the back, good music.
Will be back!
p. s. Minimum credit card charge is $ 7.

Great coffee. Wonderful atmosphere. Inspiring young people. A little too white for the neighborhood. But the times — they are changing!

Big fan of Lula Bagel — usually stop by at least once a week for a bagel with cream cheese (onion and everything are my go-​tos)! It can get a little crazy on the weekends so be prepared and while the bagels come out quick, the rest of menu items may take a couple minutes. The pressed ham and cheese on a croissant is a nice treat from time to time and isn’t super expensive as well as the roll-​type things with eggs and other good things in them. Haven’t had hot coffee — only iced as well as the hot apple cider.
As other folks have said, they do have a CC minimum of 7 bucks. For sure worth stopping by if you’re in the neighborhood!

When Lula opened I was very excited, but like a too-​perfect boyfriend I was nervous she would eventually show major flaws. She never has. As delicious, smiling, and orderly as she was on our first date, Lula holds the title of Best on the Avenue, hands down.

Nice, cozy spot. Had the whitefish, scallion cream cheese on toasted poppy, which was excellent. Service was good even on a crowded Saturday. Will definitely be back.

Delicious lox bagel. Happy faces. WiFi. Electricity. Kindness. Carrot cake to die for.

Love this place! Vegan cream cheese and bagels what more could I ask for? My parents love this place when they come to visit! This place gets busy on the weekends so come early or be ready to wait a few minutes.

This place is very cute. Tucked on the corner of the rapidly gentrifying Nostrand Ave., Lula is a small space with lots of interested customers. They have a bar along with window and small tables to the side which are actually old sewing machine stands, giving it a whimsical vibe.
The credit card minimum is $ 7, which is fine if you are there to order sandwiches ($ 6-​$ 9 range) but not ideal for the simple bagel and cream cheese. They have a bunch of cream cheese options (pumpkin cinnamon, scallion, ect) but I opted for a toasted everything bagel with plain cream cheese and an iced mocha to bring my total to $ 7.50. The toasted bagel was semi-​burnt on the top and didn’t feel toasted all the way through, which was disappointing. The flavors of the bagel and the cream cheese were to be expected, which was fine. It seemed steep to pay $ 5 for an iced mocha (yeah, yeah, I know, NYC) and it tasted more like coffee with a subtle hint of rich chocolate.
Overall, if you are looking for a basic breakfast with little expectations and a couple dollars in your wallet, Lula’s is perfectly fine. But I wouldn’t go out of your way.

They have good coffe but the service is horrible. .they have a $ 7 min on the Credit card wich is not bad.

What a gem
I am new to the neighborhood and was craving a delicious nyc bagel this morning. There were two places nearby, and when I called, the other bagel place had no vegan cream cheese, whereas Lula’s had multiple varieties, so I decided to come here
I’ll say it again, what a gem
Solid prices, 1 $ delicious coffee, amazing bagels and creative bagel and non bagel sandwiches (many vegan options=), great service, really cute setup, badass hot sauce selection (I like me some Sriracha on my bagel/​everything)

Took a while to get a bagel. It wasn’t even that good. Egg salad sandwich was meh. Everything was slightly overpriced. Certainly not that impressive.

I walk past this spot every day on my way to the train, and it is always packed. I pledged that I would try it the first time I walked by and saw no line, which happened to be this morning.
Verdict: it’s good! But not great? It’s fine. Not sure what all the fuss is about. Pretty decent. Bagel was nice and chewy, but while not stale it was not super fresh either. I was very happy with the lox though — have definitely paid much more in NYC for smaller quantities of worse lox.
Really it’s a 3 – 3.5 star type of deal but I give them 4 stars because service was very friendly and the vibe was comfortable. Also I grew up in an era of grade inflation as did almost everyone else on Unilocal and so an honest «This place is pretty okay!» review could be perceived as an insult (which, to be clear, I do not mean it as an insult.)

Loved my croissant sandwich-​panini style ;)) they use fresh quality ingredients also… the cheese and ham are a perfect mix for a quick bite to eat for lunch… And the strawberry tart was delicious as well…

SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS AREA, I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY BAGELS ORDERED HERE AND AT BELREUKLEUN (or whatever) HAVE HARDBOILED EGGS INSTEAD OF SCRAMBELED EGGS. And there’s no BEC on the menu, it seems like the only place you can order that around here is at the deli. And everything is so slow. I know this isn’t Manhattan but I just don’t understand why every café in this area just sucks at bagels. I don’t wanna go to Dunkin or Starbucks but I’m seriously starting to feel like I have too. It’s like every café around here has a good idea, but then either the coffee is too sour, the bagels are gross, there’s HARDBOILED eggs in my BEC. I just can’t. But Lula bagels has good coffee and the mozzarella panini is good. There’s just a lack of consistency!!! But that’s like everywhere not just here.

Love their iced lattes and cream cheese. They have different types like in other cafes, but they taste fresh. I only tried their sandwich specials once. Since then I always want to try their sandwich specials but never get a chance to because they close early.

Smeh. Takes so long to get ANYTHING. I wanted a toasted bagel and it took over twenty minutes? That’s not okay, right?!
Coffee is soso and bagels are average but never enough cream cheese. But sandwiches are good!
UPDATE:
Was here on Saturday to try and get sandwiches and was waiting for 15 minutes, saw my bus coming and was like «Hey, I’m trying to catch this bus here, can I just get them as is?» And the guy just stared at me and was like «Right on.»
My sister ran out to catch the bus and hopefully hold it for us and I was like «Uhm…Just put it in a bag. I will take them how they are!» And no one even acknowledged me. Finally with my sister waving frantically for me to get out of there they put the sandwiches in a bag and as they wer SLOWLY handing it to me I was like «is this is that all of it?» They just nodded ridiculously and I had to snatch it out of their hand and run.
I am from California, I appreciate the laid back life style, but when you’re in customer service and you see that people are in a rush you gotta up your game a little okay. Just put some fire under your butts and not just in your pipes. Jeeeeezzzzz.

Meh. Overpriced and not genuine Brooklyn bagels. Not that I’m an expert, but the bagels were not memorable. They had muffins and pastries as well. I had a zucchini chocolate chip cranberry muffin which was an interesting combination, but tasted surprisingly bland, save for the chocolate. Also the chai latte was very weak because they used one chai tea bag to brew the chai, rather than using a chai concentrate. It was pretty crowded, but we did find two seats. Unfortunately, we only had about 5 minutes before customers were crowding around us waiting for a seat. Eventually, two people saw that we were finishing up our breakfast and stood over us until we left. Gross.

Wow, I was shocked to see a reviewer say the employees are «sharp». I have been a frequent customer here for almost two years. While the staff has changed a lot, they are always courteous, friendly and warm.
The bagels might not be the best bagel you’ve ever eaten in NYC, but it is the best in the area. And, I have never ever eaten food that appeared to have been made in a rushed manor. My bagel’s are consistently perfectly prepared, and I am fairly picky.
I love this place. I love the coffee, the mint water that is always available, and my avocado bagel creations.

Basically, if this place were to exist anywhere that has typical bagel shops in the vicinity, it would not survive for long. It’s almost a travesty that it exists, this is the type of establishment you’d find thriving in some southern state suburb.
Got a tuna/​avocado sandwich for about $ 7 I think. Bagel was mediocre, toasted until it was burnt, and was lightly filled with thin layers of an uninspiring tuna salad and avocados. Definitely not coming back, I’ll settle for a simple bagel w/​shmear instead, despite my fervent love of bagel sandwiches.

Listen. When this place opened, you could hear all the giddy shrieks of delight that there was a place to get bagels and coffee in this part of the nabe — and it didn’t start with ‘DD’. But if this shop was in, say, the village, where you can throw a stone and hit a decent bagel without trying, it probably wouldn’t turn any heads.
The bagels are good All the toppings are fresh and tasty. Good, strong coffee. And, if you don’t want your bagel toasted, you’ll probably give the place 4 stars. If you do want it toasted, be prepared for that burnt/​raw combo some of the other reviewers mentioned.