Bagelworks

Now THIS is the premier bagel deli on the upper east side. Great food. Truly delicious and fresh. And luckily the service is top notch. The staff is friendly and nice and really cares about the customers. You will do better knowing Spanish — which is good for practicing anyway, but it isn’t mandatory. They’ll work with you to make you happy and satisfied. The owner is super nice and cares about the place. Be prepared for some serious lines out the door in the morning — that shows how beloved this place is in the hood. Totally worth it! Yum!

Best bagels in the city!!! I came here for the first time in 2004 and nothing else I’ve tried in any other city after that, can measure up. Over the years, when I’m in town, I make it a point to get back here.
My custom made to order: smoked salmon on jalapeño cheese bagel with sundried tomato spread; toasted!
I will continue making the trip, it’s SO worth it. I couple it with flavored coffee and it’s right at $ 10ish, but it’s the perfect brunch. Generous portion!

When I want a NY bagel this is where I go. The shop is small and the line is packed, so it feels a bit rushed when you order, but everything I’ve tried has been great. It’s very affordable and with something like the tuna on everything bagel is enough for 2 people to split. The only thing ever a little wrong was one bagel was a bit over toasted.
They even have sweet tea — which is great for a guy from the south.

An excellent bagel shop that’s right around the corner from my apartment? Say it ain’t so, Joe. I’m nearly always intimidated by the enormous lines that sprout every Saturday and Sunday from Bagelworks, and, because of how poofy and cream cheese-​stuffed they generally are, bagels are a luxury for me. Otherwise, I would eat them everyday.
Despite the blueberry and chocolate chip muffins screaming «EAT ME EAT ME» from the window, we stuck with savory bagels — cream cheese and lox, and whitefish salad on toasted The Works bagels. The whitefish salad was pretty incredible, rivaling Ess-A-Bagel’s.
If you’re going to ask for your bagel toasted, especially the everything bagel, just keep in mind that Bagelworks tends to go hard on toasting. The burnt garlic bits were a little distracting, as they overpowered everything else on the bagel with their pungency.
Men behind the counter are very friendly, and allow samples.
NEXT TIME: bran muffins (I don’t even like bran); more of the whitefish salad

Line out the door: worth the wait for egg and cheese on everything! Loved the freshness– awesome!

These bagels are everything!
Bagelworks is the go-​to hungover spot just about every Saturday and Sunday morning, and I’m pretty sure the entire UES agrees because it is always packed. I’ve never not had to wait in line to order and pay– but it’s worth it. Very impressive selection of cream cheeses and bagels. I try to switch up my order from time to time so I can cover it all! While I’ve never tried their pastries, they always look amaze– and I can personally attest to their m&m cookies being on point, as well as their coffee (which is available in MANY flavors). Not to miss!

This is one of those places you walk into and just want to eat everything in there. The epitome of NYC bagel shops.

I got a whole wheat everything with garlic poppy cream cheese. Holy shit balls, I might just give up sex for the rest of my life if I could eat these all day and not gain weight.

FRESH & DELICIOUS!!! EVERYTHING!!!
Some of the foods I love here are: whitefish salad, nova, tofu lox spread, walnut raisin cream cheese, & their bagels are great; they make ‘em right here! An unusual one is the jalapeño cheese bagel – that one I’ve eaten all by itself. Have your water bottle handy in case of a hot jalapeño! Everything here is great. Oh, the garden healthy tuna – I like that because it does NOT have mayo, just a colorful bunch of assorted veggies, chopped in with tuna. Today, I just picked up one of their homemade huge muffins, I’ll post photos – it is a chocolate devil’s food with chocolate chips & a generous crumb topping with chocolate chips. VERY, VERY NICE STAFF & OWNERS.

There are many places to get good bagels in Manhattan. However this is THE spot for bagels on the Upper East. Bagels are always fresh and the cream cheese is delicious. Everything bagels, Salt bagels, Plain bagels… delicious! One of the specialties is their flavored cream cheeses. Blueberry can’t be beat!
The blueberry crumb and chocolate crumb muffins are huuge and are also good choices to pair with your bagel.
Oh and yes this place is worth the wait, which can make the shop a little cramped during the busy mornings. So wait it out and you will be glad you did.

This place is tiny. It can only be a take out place because there’s barely room to order let alone sit!
The display is quite impressive with various cream cheeses as well as meat, tuna, and potato salads. They also have an assortment of baked goods.
I just wanted to get a bagel and go but they require a $ 5 minimum for credit cards so I ordered the everything bagel with low fat chicken salad as the stuffing. I asked to have it toasted but it really didn’t taste toasted. The bagel itself was nothing special and the chicken salad was also rather bland.
This ended up being over $ 6 which is a pretty big jump from just getting cream cheese. The chocolate chip cookie was 75 cents which tasted just OK.

The egg bagel was BLAND. «Tasted» like fluffy fish food bread. Absolutely no flavor or texture. The cream cheese was odd too. Extremely disappointing. This was just gross.

$ 9 for an everything bagel w cream cheese lox & tomato. It is tasty but over priced & small.

It was pretty good. I think for my own record I have remember not to toast everything bagels unless o want a third of the tasting experience to taste like burnt popcorn. The low fat cream cheese was probably a little thin for what I hoped. No skimping next time.

Long lines but quick service and solid bagels. They will give you A LOT of cream cheese. The toasted bagel was a little cold – would have preferred it toasted a bit more. But all in all would come back.

Woooooooooooooooooot! Best everything bagel in the hood. The bagel is packed with seeds and it is chewy and yummy.
Staff here are very nice and generous. One two separate occasions, I got a small freebie and always accompanied with a smile. What bagel shop staff listens to you with interest when you are giving them feedback and actually talk to you and recommend how to prolong the life of your bagel if not eaten right away? No where, but at Bagelworks, different story.
Enjoy!!! Even their plain cream cheese rocks!

Not bad for a quick bite during lunch. The bagels aren’t huge but they’re fresh. Last time I got a blueberry bagel with plain cream cheese and was overwhelmed with the amount of cream cheese they gave me. This time I got a cinnamon raisin bagel with butter. The bagel itself was fine, nothing spectacular. I asked for it to be toasted but they overdid it and the outside was mostly burnt.
They have a nice variety of cream cheeses and bakery goods. I will probably not get any more bagels but the muffins did look pretty good so I may return to try one out.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, you would think I’ve had my fair share of Ny bagels. (And believe me, I HAVE…) I came across this place during my lunch hour, and decided to check out the place on Unilocal!After seeing the nice variety of cream cheeses, and all of the raving… I purchased an everything bagel with garlic poppy cream cheese. Let me just tell you, this was the best bagel I’ve ever eaten. And garlic poppy cream cheese? Um… yes. I would like to have that, on everything. The staff is super friendly and helpful, and even though the shop itself is pretty small, it offers enough space to move around. I highly recommend this place if you’re craving a bagel, a bagel-​connoisseur, or if you’re from out of town and want to try a delicious NYC bagel.

One of my absolutely favorite bagel shops in NY.
First off, unlike the rest, Bagelworks makes their own bagels. On a weekend, the line for this place can get really long especially in the spring/​summer/​fall months around 10:30 am to 2:00 pm.
Here are some of my favorites:
Flagels — Never thought I would like these but they’re amazing. Slightly more expensive than a regular bagel.
Lox Spread — I think this is better than their cream cheese and lox. It’s cheaper and you get all of the lox flavors in your cream cheese.
Double Chocolate Muffin — This muffin is like eating chocolate-​y goodness. Try and get a fresh one and scarf that baby down.

Most reliable bagel place in the neighborhood.
The people who work here are also very friendly and always get my order right.
Their everything bagels are legit! They are completely covered with the works (toppings?seasoning?stuff? lol) They have a bunch of bagel varieties.
Their cream cheese and salad selections are great too. The veggie tuna salad and the chicken salad seem to be favorites with people ordering in store.
I usually go for a garlic bagel with lox and a schmear.
I never leave before getting a chocolate mini muffin. I would recommend making sure to get the right desired rugelach flavor when purchasing things in-​store, just because I got a raisin one once instead of chocolate and was very sad about it.
They start delivering at 8 am, but luckily this place isn’t too far away from me. They open at 6 am, and it’s awesome when those bagels are extremely fresh.
There are benches outside of the store, but no sitting inside because the place is tiny and it’s cramped to stand in there to begin with.