Mr. J’s Bagel & Deli II

Ehhhh, so so experience here. Came highly recommended by some locals. Bacon, egg, and cheese bagel was good. Nice variety of quality bagels, which is hard to find these days.
I ordered a mocha latte with a shot of vanilla. I think I ended up with a hot chocolate that was rung up as a smoothie. Hmmm. I got a regular coffee to go just to be sure I got my caffeine fix for the day.

I went to this place a few times when I lived next door to it. I thought the food was decent but the people working the counter were the rudest people ever. The same goes for Mr. J’s other locations too! I like the food but NOT the service.

My experience at the Virginia Ave. location this morning was ruined by an interaction between a very sweet, elderly customer and a woman who appeared to be the manager. This manager was working away from the counter but overheard and responded to the customer’s inquiry as to whether or not the egg bagels contained dairy. The manager very loudly and rudely responded, «The egg bagel’s got EGG.» When the customer explained that eggs were ok, but she needed a dairy-​free bagel, the manager smirked and repeated, several times, incredibly loudly, «THE EGG BAGEL’S GOT EGG. EGG!» The customer, who was much more patient than I would have been, said, «Ok, thank you. Do any of the other bagels have milk in them?» To which the manager replied, «NO.» The customer pointed out that there are several cheese bagels and said, (in a very sweet tone, clearly just thinking aloud,) «But the cheese bagels have dairy obviously…» At which point the manager VERY loudly said, «NO they DON’T have milk, they have CHEESE,» and she repeated this. I was absolutely astonished by her tone, her ignorance, and her treatment of this sweet woman, who, unbelievably, thanked her for her service. This manager (?) is almost always present at this location, and usually saves her berating for other employees, but to see her behave this way to a very kind and reasonable customer was appalling.
The bagels, as always, were tasty, but this is the last time I will visit the Virginia Ave. location. The attitude of this particular Mr. J’s employee does not reflect the attitude of the rest of the staff but is painfully uncomfortable to witness.

Much better than the original location (although the bagels taste exactly the same). Modest crowds and quick ACCURATE service.

Harrisonburg VA for Bagels? Surprisingly yes, these are very good, particularly for someone raised on NY Metro bagel quality. These are not NY, but surprisingly good, and easily the best I have had in VA. It also offers many surprising flavors — our house favorite is the French toast bagel — a tasty sweet treat. I have only been here for take out, and offer no opinion on the eat in, or sandwiches. But when I am here visiting my daughter in JMU, I make it a point to stop by and bring some home.

The bagel sandwiches — particularly the signature Chicken Charlie — are good. Breakfast sandwiches and coffee are okay. The veggie cream cheese is good. And of course anytime the bagels come fresh out of the oven makes all the difference. Mmm! A good variety of bagel flavors.

My husband and I excitedly went to Mr. Js Bagel and Deli for breakfast yesterday. We ordered the breakfast at about $ 7 each which included 2 eggs, homefries, and taylor ham (yum). The taylor hame was good, the eggs were runny (over easy instead of over medium) and the homefries were spicey (unexpected). The counter service was great although upon pick-​up by us, they called out the order in lieu of a number that was on our receipt — go figure! We also ordered 2 bagels both of which came out dry without butter (no option was provided and we just assumed) so my husband went back for butter and was charge 95 cents. He was shocked but didn’t want to eat the bagel dry. The bagels were outstanding but we could have done without the rest of the meal. We will go back because the bagels were fab but not for breakfast.

Love the bagels & sandwiches. Great fresh coffee too. Friendly staff!

Regular bagels, pizza bagels, this place is great.