Bagel Lovers Cafe

This store would be great, but the owner, Joe, is a complete ASSHOLE. The kids he has working behind the counter are just trying (albeit not very well because this is a first job for many of them) and he speaks to them in ways that are totally inappropriate in front of customers. Today he was yelling at a kid about eggs not being in the car when the kid was clearly trying to help a customer. He’s a terrible owner and boss. The staff during the week is great, but he is so much of a shit person that it doesn’t make up for it. Won’t be getting any more of my business!

Every time I order a bagel there they put so much cream cheese on it that it literally smothers the bagel. You can’t pick the sloppy thing up without getting cream cheese all over your hands. I started asking for the cream cheese on the side and they ignored the order! If you order a toasted bagel you get only a slightly warmed bagel.
I am so done with this place.

Im from jersey… bagel shops are on every corner… you cannot get a bad bagel. Bacon, egg and cheese is the simplest thing to make and it should taste the same everytime. They dont have a griddle here so everything they have to cook is microwaved. You would think microwaving would speed up the process of cooking but you would be wrong. It takes forever to get your food, no matter how many people are in line, you wait. I cant recall a time when I have had great customer service at any of the bagel lovers locations. If you are looking for a bagel with cream cheese and a coffee… they can do this. You will have to wait approx five minutes to get your order, but it will be okay. Except the bagel will not really taste very good, kind of like they buy their bagels from a grocery store instead of making them in house. I think I need to go into the bagel shop business in harrisburg, because there is no competition. Does anyone want to go in on this with me?

Yet again, here’s a place I’d like to give more stars to but there are just too many problems to allow it. Taste-​wise, the bagels aren’t bad. The girl at the counter in the mornings is so cheerful and keeps the line of customers moving. But those just aren’t enough to warrant 3 stars. There are 2 issues that, to me, ring the death knell of a bagel shop.
First of all, when I buy a bagel for breakfast, with a sweet cream cheese, I DO NOT want any residual garlic or onion flavor on it. There should be separate cutting boards and knives used for savory and sweet bagels. Secondly, when I pay for cream cheese on my bagel, I WANT CREAM CHEESE ON MY BAGEL. I don’t want a whisper of cream cheese. I don’t want cream cheese on half the bagel. I don’t want a plop of cream cheese in the middle of the bagel. I want a reasonable amount of cream cheese spread evenly over both halves of the bagel. I mean, how hard can that be? You slice, you spread, you wrap. Done.
Sorry, Bagel Lovers — I do love bagels, but your shop? Not so much.

I was just there @ 3:05. The cashier was on hold on the telphone (no talking); he didn’t even acknowlege that I was there (he could have said he would be right with me). The girl working started to mop the floor and totally ignored me. Needless to say, I left. I had to put 1 star because it would not allow me to leave it blank.

I always try to give this place a 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th shot. I always ask for my bagel double toasted, it comes out less than once toasted, every time. The cream cheese always tastes sour and like it’s bad. and they are slower than snails, 5 plus minutes for my bagel that wasnt even toasted and 3 people behind the counter. hmmm.

this place tends to be inconsistent in regards to customer service and preparation. the cream cheese is watered down and runny, and sometimes you only get the thinnest layer on your bagel — hardly worth what you pay for. the bagels themselves are on the airy side, not as dense or flavorful as other places outside of central PA, but serviceable enough if you need a dry tasteless mass rotting in your gut all morning.

Just pass, don’t go here any more until you notice a genuine change in attitude
I don’t know what’s wrong with the attitude!!! This guy has behind the counter, and he looks like the owner, he is most likely the son. of the owner. He really thinks that we bother him when we come to his establishment to spend our money, I think that he wants us to just hand him the money from the door and leave or something.
It takes more than good food to win in customers, they say attitude; it can make you or break you.

10/​10/​2012 update today while waiting in a longer line some kid came in and talked to an employee working. She then proceded to leave from behind the counter AND TAKE THEIR ORDER WHILE THEY WERE IN THE BACK OF THE LINE! This is totally unacceptable. 1 star and I’m never going there again. Learn how to take care of your customers!!!

I havent lived in PA in 5 years, and I dream of the Bagels at Bagel Lovers. Everytime I go back (not often enough) I get some!
I LOVE there day olds for a dollar. Their bagels are soft yet chewy and are great plain untoasted!
They have really good sandwiches too! and thier sweets are pretty yummy, my fav being the bagel bites (cinn-​rasin bagel bite with sweet creamy cream cheese frosting) I’m drooling just htinking about it.
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OK — All this talk about bagels is getting me hungry!!! Bagel Lovers has good bagels and a decent cream cheese selection. There’s at least 12 different kinds of bagels including, if my memory serves correctly: Plain, Poppy, Onion, Sesame, Cinnamon Raisin, Blueberry, Jalapeño (with or without cheese, I forget), Everything, Egg, Whole Wheat /​Grain, Pumpernickel and I want to say Asiago Cheese but having a brain cramp. They used to do a special bagel of the week and I was bummed that I didn’t go in for the Pumpkin bagel. The texture and size of the bagel is pretty decent being chewy but still soft.
There is also a good selection of regular and reduced calorie spreads like the typical veggie, onion, salmon spreads as well as butter.
They always have sweet treats up front by the register that always tempt me but I have not yet succombed. The staff there is pretty nice and I give it three stars despite the fact that they only serve Maxwell House coffee and I definitely need the stronger stuff.