I Love Bagels

I have been going to I Love Bagels for 20+ years. Today they lost a loyal customer. I ordered three items: pizza bagel, cheesy onion, easy on the cream cheese lightly toasted, and a bagel dog. One customer w/​three items. I had to wait for almost a dozen orders being made for people in line after me before they got to mine. First I thought, it was the pizza bagel taking so long, but that clearly wasn’t the case.. The chef even looked at me after putting way to much cream cheese on the easy on the cream cheese order, as if in defiance or spite. The quality of service has deteriorated since Alex and the tall white guy left and today was simply the last straw. We won’t be coming here any more despite its convenience.

Favorite bagel spot! It is always so fresh, quick and delicious! There bagels come with variation of options and they taste great. I was looking over there website online and came across there «who are we» tab. It shares a touching story on how it was founded and it was very inspiring. You can taste the quality in the bagels and see it in the business.

Great little place, good fresh bagels, great price, oh and really good coffee! Its not a fancy place, but its a great bagel joint!

One of the few places I can find rye bagels! They are delicious!

Great flavorful bagels and cream cheese. The service is super quick and they definitely don’t skimp out either. Prices are really great also! There isn’t a lot of seating indoors but they also offer outdoor seating. Mvhs students bring your I.d.s for discounts!

I love this place. They have the best breakfast bagel sandwiches ever. It is like they add magic to them to make them so delicious. Everyone who works there super nice and they are also quick. I personally think that this location is better than the Laguna Niguel location. Any other bagel joint is nothing compared to this place especially for breakfast bagels.

This is the OG place for bagels in south county. They were here when I was a kid and are still going. They are close to real NY style. Are they the best I have had? No, not even close. But they are the best bagels in south Orange County. Cranberry, Orange Cranberry are awesome. I tried the French toast bagel, which is new, and its gross. I would not recommend it. It is soft and squishy and really does not have a texture of a bagel. They are near Vista Paint.

I’ve been coming to this place for years, and it has always been excellent. The service is fast and friendly Gustavo and Alex always do a great job, and the food is well prepared with generous portions. I love bagels… from this place. :-)

I was driving back from San Diego to LA early Saturday morning and I needed to stop for a bite to eat. I was looking for a drive through Starbucks when I saw the sign «I love bagels.» I decided to give it a shot. As I entered, I noticed that the shop was very packed and it seemed as if everyone knew the cashier a very sweet, might I add cute cashier. I ordered the veggie bagel but I was so overwhelmed by all the bagel options, I didn’t know what to pick! The cashier recommended the spinach parmesan bagel and I said yes :). Best decision. BEST BAGEL. Veggies were crisp, the veggie cream cheese was perfect. My only regret was not buying bagels and cream cheese in bulk from them.
Please open a shop near my place!

Good food bad system. We saw someone taking our to-​go bag and told the cook and he said ours was coming. It took forever and after we got in the car and drove away we had gotten the wrong bag. And maybe they shouldn’t use short hand on the orders

Been going to this place for years! Always good, never changes. Reasonably priced, great selection, friendly staff, and delicious food! Always love having breakfast here!

You can not beat a café like this. There is unbelievable fast service and the bagels are so ridiculous. They are the best in town.

Delicious bagels, just was not that happy when I paid $ 8.75 for one bagel with cream cheese and three bagels with nothing on them. Seems a little steep.

I Love Bagels is a great place to stop in and grab a quick breakfast. They have a decent offering of different flavors and bagels, along with regular, lite and strawberry cream cheese. You can grab a cup of coffee, hot cocoa or a drink out of the refrigerator including milk and juices.

Came in to get a bagel and cream cheese for breakfast, left with a headache and no food.
the cost was $ 2.75, he charged me 3 to satisfy the 3 dollar minimum purchase, without telling or asking me. the register said 275, but after he walked away, i looked at the credit card machine, and it said 3.00. HE TRIED TO STEAL FROM ME.
all you had to do was ASK. 25 cents, not a big deal, coulda bought a drink or maybe upgraded the cream cheese to a flavored one.
instead, when i confronted him, i got arguments, rudeness, and a «what the **** is wrong with you», yelling at a customer while there are 2 customers sitting inside and eating…
i’m so disappointing, i had to create a Unilocal account just to leave this review. never in my life have i experienced something like this in the service industry.

Simply the best bagels in town and always friendly service! Their bagels are made fresh every morning. My favorites are the garlic and combo flavors. They also have other breakfast choices where you can add eggs or fresh lox. There is another I Love Bagels but not owned by the same person anymore and the quality is not quite the same. This location is the better in my opinion.

My husband Ordered a blueberry bagel with strawberry cream cheese and said his was great (4 stars). I ordered a breakfast bagel with egg and sausage. Mine was a microwaved conglomeration of a frozen sausage patty, a funky looking egg party and too much cheese on a cheddar jalapeño bagel. Nuking seriously ruins a bagel sandwich! It was weirdly soft, too hot to touch until it cooled off and began turn turn into stone (2 stars). It was inedible to me. Our average is 3. Highly advice NOT ordering a nuked sandwich. Stick with a toasted bagel and you should enjoy it.

Good Bagels but their service has been frustrating for me the last few months.
I don’t get large orders, usually just two, maybe three bagels at the most.
But for some reason they are NOT able to get my order out until after 3 to 5 people that were behind me in line get their orders first
Then when I do think they are calling my name, they rudely stop me & tell me it is not my order yet
Very frustrating
Maybe now they prioritize their more loyal customers.
Their customer service use to be much better
Whatever
I don’t think we’ll be going back anytime soon.

It’s your neighborhood bagel shop!
The guys are really nice and give great recommendations. Came here for a quick «brunch». I got the jalapeño bagel with cheese, egg and bacon. It was ok. The bagel seemed to lack a few jalapeños…I only had one slice in my bagel. It’s almost as if I made the bagel sandwich at home, instead of it being in a restaurant.
It is a fairly small café and seems like a café that caters more for «to go orders» considering the place is small and a very simple shop. I recommend getting here early because the bagels seem to be fresher earlier in the day. I got here around 11:30am on a Saturday morning and the place was pretty empty. The staff started taking away a few of the bagel baskets… as if it were time for them to close. Very clean place and maybe if I loved closer, I’d frequent this place more… they do get a lot of regulars and they remember them which means great customer service!

I love I Love Bagels! I like they’re breakfast sandwich with the egg, turkey ham and melted cheese. I have been ordering that for over 10 years now and it’s still my favorite. I love their fresh squeezed OJ as well. The workers there are very nice and were also nice to my son. They have baby bagels so it’s great for when we go there. I’m so happy this place is still around.