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Bagel Express Ii

Bagel Express Ii

1228 2nd Ave, 10065, New York, US, United States

Delis • Bagels • Grocery • Sandwiches


"The variety of bagels and cream cheese flavors available was impressive, alongside a diverse menu of other items and pastries. I found the prices for both food and coffee to be quite reasonable. I also appreciated that the restroom is for customers only, which is definitely a plus. The staff members, especially the men behind the counter, were extremely friendly. Even during the late morning rush when customers were no longer hurrying to work, the place still had a lively atmosphere. A couple of days after my first visit, I returned to enjoy a bagel with cream cheese, and once again, the same counter attendant was delightfully pleasant. He treated all the customers warmly, which I noticed while I waited at a table before ordering. He kindly offered me a spot to sit inside since it was particularly windy and chilly that day. I took another look at the bagel selection and found pumpernickel at the very bottom. I had my heart set on trying the Garlic Herb Cream Cheese, so I went for it. I opted not to toast the bagel because it already had a wonderful crunch on the outside. The inside was perfectly moist and delicious. There was a generous amount of cream cheese to spread all over the bagel, and I ended up finishing the whole thing. The Garlic Herb Cream Cheese was exceptional! At $5.17, it was absolutely worth it. I couldn't have asked for a better brunch experience! I wholeheartedly recommend Bagel Express II. Don't let their overall two-star rating dissuade you; it doesn't reflect my experience at all. Plus, they maintain a clean restroom, which is always a bonus!"

All Star Bagel

All Star Bagel

1900 NJ-37 West, 08759, Manchester, US, Manchester Twp, United States

Pizza • Bagels • Coffee • Cheese


"It sounds like cliche, but really if I could give them zero stars I would...I am a patron of bagel places for last 25 years and they're some great, good and not so good ones... this one is a disaster..! It was our first visit and last visit same time. The staff was very unfriendly. We got there at 10:30am, the shelves were empty not much left to choose from, to their defense they said another batch is almost ready if we would wait a couple minutes, which we choose to do. Waiting for 15 minutes, we are looking around place, where to seat it was dirty, there was a live cricket strolling around the tables dirty tables, dirty coffee machines, rugs, used Band Aid on the floor, garbage can with big opening right next to the table with flying flies around one word disgusting.!!! For a full picture, when we walked in the store, it was completely empty, morning rush was over the staff hade plenty of time to straighten up the place. (to my opinion and experience from other extremely busy places which they kept their facilities in order, clean and treated us always with a smile, didn't matter how busy they were..! Also I can only drink just decaf coffee, they said to our shock that they don't have it, claiming that nobody drinks it in the area where 90% are senior citizens with health issues, I highly doubt that excuse..!Finally after waiting for 15 minutes we got our bagels, which were feeling and looked like undercooked and raw (see the pictures I am posting here to confirm everything what I'm saying , to learn when we brought it back to manager/owner, her excuse was that day needed to rest longer time (just thought why you serving not done or not enough time rested bagels to the clients, bagels which are not having satisfying and required quality ?!? She said she can give me another one which was another 10 minutes later (by this time to her opinion they should be rested enough , so we expected those going to be rested and in perfect shape it was absolutely no difference, they felt undercooked almost raw in the middle couldn't eat them as I said that was our last visit we absolutely not recommending this place..!!!This is one of the franchise stores and by the gentleman (who was also waiting and seeing what was happening , this place is not good and he recommended two different places in the area one from same franchise, another private bagel place which he prefers and we definitely will try next time never going back to this one...!!! ? ?"