Big Apple Bagels

We had breakfast/​lunch here yesterday. Pretty good. My mother had an egg sandwich on a jalapeño bagel. She enjoyed it. My dad had some kinda beef s’witch on a bagel. I had a california club, so a turkey s’witch w/​avocado on rye toast Madre and I shared a chai latte, yum. It was a good meal. With the beverage, just less than 20 for two people, as one in our party ordered separately.

TIP: If you are a frugal shopper and you don’t mind the selection sometimes being a little picked over if you buy your bagels in the last hour they are open they are half price. I do not think the half price discount applies to the cream cheese, but you can ask to verify if it applies to cream cheese and other items they sell like muffins.
I’m still a fan of this place, but unfortunately I’m having to knock off a star from my previous review. This is for 2 reasons. First is that here on Unilocal the business closing hours are way off. I’ll give what I remember the closing times as being, but if you’re going close to closing time call them first to make sure I’m remembering the times correctly. Monday thru Friday they close at 4 pm, on Saturday they close at 3 pm and on Sunday they close at 2 pm. So Big Apple if you read this I sent you an email requesting you update your hours here on Unilocal and it’s been months and that has not been taken care of yet. If you want your 5^th star back please update your business hours here on Unilocal.It’s a simple thing you can do to help avoid frustrating your customers since nobody likes to show up at a business only to find they closed hours before the hours that are posted here on Unilocal.
The 2^nd reason I’m knocking off a star is because 2 out of the last 3 times I’ve bought jalapeño bagels here there was absolutely no jalapeño flavor in them. Now I’m an old white man that can not handle eating any spicy food so if I’m saying there is no jalapeño flavor in your jalapeño bagels then there’s a serious problem here. In a month or so I’ll try them one final time to see if you’ve corrected this problem, but if it’s still a problem then I’ll stop buying them and since they are the main reason I stop in here it will cost you some business. I’ll still stop in sometimes for other flavors, but I’m guessing you’ll lose ²⁄₃ of my business if you don’t start putting jalapeño back in your jalapeño bagels. Please fix this problem!!!
The good news is their other flavors are good and they have a nice selection of flavors so everybody can find something to enjoy. Also, the employees here are always friendly and the store always clean so there is plenty to like about this place. With a couple of minor tweaks they will get their 5^th star back from me.

Overly enjoyable.
Owners seem very nice. Food is very good. Kind of wish their bagel sandwiches weren’t served with a side of bagel chips, but I guess that’s just part of the chain.

Stopped in for bagel and a latte. Not busy at all. They had my bagel in the toaster before I was done ringing up. But then they left on the counter. Ten minutes later when they brought it out with the coffee. It was flat cold. Had to take it back. Otherwise nice service. Great selection of muffins and baked goods.

One of my wife and I’s favorite lunch spots. Quick and good food. The Jalapeño bagel is amazing! Only con about this place is they normally have only one person running the register (but have two register stations). During a lunch rush, it can be a little bit of a wait.

Best bagels in Holland! The Albuquerque sandwich is my favorite. The seasonal bagel are always fantastic as well.

I moved here from 2 miles outside of Manhattan in November 2014. I say this to say that I have a pretty good working knowledge of what a good quality «Big Apple» (New York City) bagel tastes like. I came here at approximately 8:40 am on a Wednesday to have a bagel with cream cheese. I ordered a toasted onion bagel with vegetable cream. My compadre ordered a bagel sandwich with lox and cream cheese.
My experience here was mediocre at best. For some reason it took them literally over 10 minutes to fulfill our measly two person uncooked order. I don’t think the deli person in back had much experience with the lox sandwich menu item. As we were waiting I perused the cream cheese display beneath the counter. There apparently is some bizaare fetish sweeping Big Apple’s clientele with sweet cream cheeses. I kid you not, literally a third of the cream cheeses offered were sweet. To name a few: chocolate chip, maple syrup, blueberry, two types of strawberry, and apple. I find this odd and not very appetizing. Then I noticed the oxymoron the «light cream cheeses». Just for the record, if your trying to lose weight or eat healthy you really shouldn’t be eating bagels and cream cheese for breakfast, period. Noticeably absent from the cream cheeses were regular vegetable cream cheese (they only had light which I didn’t realize when I ordered) and olive cream cheese.
Coming from New York, the bagels were unusual. They were shorter and thicker than your classic bagel back east. They were too fluffy. Personally, not my cup of tea. Big Apple Bagel could benefit from a lesson or two from a good jewish bagel maker in New York or New Jersey. After all, it was the jews not the dutch that brought bagel from eastern Europe to New York City.

Food is good enough. Pretty tough to mess up bagels though. And the customer service is absolute garbage! I was having a meeting and was literally kicked out at closing time which is a geriatric 4pm.
I have since had better experiences. I am a regular by some standards now.

Always a comfortable, clean, friendly environment to grab breakfast or lunch and relax! The bagels and entire selection are everything you could expect. The atmosphere provides a variety of seating options, including private chairs and a fireplace for quiet reading, barstools in front of the window, or high-​back booths for a bit of privacy while dining. Really kind and friendly owners and staff make this a highlight little stop in South Holland!

We stopped here for a quick breakfast on our way through town. The bagels were delicious! I had a BLT sandwich on Asiago. The bagels were had just the right «bite» and «chew». We waited about 5 – 10 minutes for our sandwiches. I wasn’t crazy about the iced coffee although my friend liked the regular hot coffee. I would definitely go back when I’m in the area.