The Great American Bagel Bakery

Not very impressed. The sandwich is mediocre. I ordered a turkey and cheese on 10 grain honey wheat.
The only mustard option is Dijon. I’m not a huge fan of Dijon mustard. The lunch meat is low quality.
A sandwich and bottle of water was nearly $ 14. This is typical for the airport, I guess. Still sucks though.
On the plus side, I got through the line quick. And I’m willing to bet this place is a lot better than the Burger King next door.

There are people who enjoy their jobs. There are people who don’t.
These are those people

What a complete disappointment. I paid $ 4+ for the Asiago bagel, which was a soggy, gross, barely edible mess by the time I walked to my gate. And I waited in a pretty long line, to boot. After two bites, I threw it out. So much for breakfast before my flight!
Not worth it. Go elsewhere.

Worst bagels ever. Store bought bagels are better then these bagels and the cream cheese has no taste.
I love a good everything bagel but these bagels left me nothing.
I would recommend McDonald’s over this.

If you need a quick drink or bite to eat and are rushing to the plane, this is your stop. Don’t expect much from the Bagels though, as mine were stale and hard. With 2 – 3 people on staff though, the ladies behind the counter will at least get you on your way quickly and with little hassle.

Crummy service, food is even worse. Overall total fail of a breakfast stop wish I could have my money back.

Bagels were yummy but the cream cheese was a little funky. Very nice people would definitely get it again.

Worst tuna ever. Tasted very «fishy» like they use the cheapest, lowest qualIty tuna. Couldn’t eat it. I hate to waste food but had to throw this out. Never again.

Ive been waiting in line for 20 min and am still probably 10 min from getting food, so have plenty of time to write a review. The airport is packed, the bagel line is huge, I can’t fathom why they don’t have more people working or more urgency to get people their food. More $ for them and better for rushed passengers!!! This has been an issue for the last few times I’ve used them, think this is the last time I’ll be visiting them.

I get it, it’s an airport bagel place. Maybe I hit it on the worst day possible. I’m about 4^th in line, there is one person working, 4 who walked in apparently late, went straight to the back, started looking at cell phones and giggling about whatever. A second very older woman came out but of course needed to pretend making coffee took longer than imaginable. The rest of us had to watch as one person tried to make bagels for each person. Before I knew it the line was around the bend, and all I could see through the window into the back was the same employees still looking at pictures and doing nothing to help anyone. Heavilly «airport priced» bagles, albeit tastey, but I would give no stars to the service.

Crazy bagel place. The woman working there is quite entertaining. Unfortunately my egg and cheese bagel was tasteless and she cooked it with the paper still on the cheese. I think I ate some of the paper! I should have stuck with the Starbucks next door. I do not recommend.

Located in the SEA airport, we were in need of a breakfast pick me up before our flight. Their bagels always look great so I thought the sandwich would be just as great.
The line moved a little slowly. They didn’t have a good process down for ordering and paying. Service was just ok as no real friendly employees waited on me. The breakfast sandwiches we ordered were simple: Egg, cheese and meat. I ordered one with bacon and one with ham. The bagel was very dry and bland. The filling wasn’t too plentiful either. I would definitely recommend going elsewhere.
Till next time Seattle…

Mediocre at best. When you have «best» in your company name, I expect the best.
The bagel was okay. I had the everything bagel, toasted with plain cream cheese. My husband got the egg and cheese sandwich (the egg looked plastic to me).
The employees were really slow and were practically yelling at the customers!
We had limited options for breakfast and needed to catch our flight.
Probably wouldn’t come back.

This is a decent place to stop by to grab a quick breakfast while waiting for your flight in this gate. It is a little tricky when the key other options are bar food or fast food.
The line was bit long in the morning, as there were about 7 people ahead of me. I didn’t mind too much since this is typical for mornings at the airport. The line was moving a bit slower that morning, and it didn’t help that there was a poor mom in line behind me with a baby who was screaming for half an hour straight.
Mediterranean hummus and veggie bagel on a plain bagel — I enjoyed my Mediterranean bagel. The hummus was smooth and creamy, and the roasted red peppers were sweet and with well with the tart olives. Very yummy.
Sunrise bagel with bacon, American cheese on everything bagel — my husband thought this bagel was just okay. They didn’t put very many ingredients in the bagel and it was a little bland and overall underwhelming.
Overall this is a simple little pit stop at the airport, nothing fancy expected here. Service is a little slow. They have a wide selection on the menu, and the bagels can be hit or miss.

If you’re a bagel bakery and you sell and make bagels everyday then how can you burn my bagel when I ask for it toasted?
The bakery was really close to my gate and I just wanted a quick snack. I ended up choosing the onion bagel with cream cheese which turned out to be $ 4.15 tax included!
The man behind the counter asked if I wanted it toasted and I said yes. I finally get to my gate to eat my bagel and when I unwrap its half burnt! I ended up taking some of the burnt onion off because it made my bagel bitter…
It’s a ripoff and they can’t even toast it right…

Holy crap… if it’s been awhile since you’ve been screamed at by a couple old Asian ladies with hoarse throats, stop here!
If they aren’t gonna take sedatives, the least they could do is provide them for the customers. Talk about moving the line… a slow day, only a couple line… to hear them yelling you’d imagine they were trying to move a line a mile long.
I found it entertaining even if a bit nerve racking.
Had a roast beef on Swiss everything bagel. It was good.
Beware extra charges for certain bagels and such. Maybe it’s posted somewhere, didn’t have time to check.

Maybe it’s just me, but placing «The Great American» in front of anything nowadays seems unnecessary, unless we’re talking about «The Great American Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Shirts and Large Tree Chopping Implements Emporium».
On a Saturday morning at 9:30am, I just couldn’t bring myself to drown my sorrows in a local microbrew, like some of the patrons of nearby bars, such as the «12» bar — aptly named after the Seahawks (which were wisely not named, «The Great American Seahawks»). Instead, I decided to join the terrifyingly long line at the Great American Bagel Bakery, because I am a moron who likes to invite hypertension into my life by waiting in long lines and driving behind people going at 20mph.
The place looks inviting — menus display fresh-​looking salads and bagels. Everything seemed made to order. However, when I saw the calorie counts — 520 calories for a Tomazzo bagel as large as a newborn’s head with nothing on it (the bagel, not the head) — I was frightened of this Great American experience in getting fat and diabetic, and opted for the least appetizing bagel — whole wheat.
The bagels are marked and displayed in glass cases, but not listed on the menu board. Lining up 10 people back, one can only guess that the bagel with all the white sesames on it is the sesame bagel, and the one that looks pock-​marked and brown is the cinnamon raisin bagel, and not something plucked from the garbage can.
There were only two people behind the counter making bagel combinations for our line of 15+ people. And, for a fast food joint, there were too many combinations and sides available. The workers were trained to take several orders at a time, so even my whole wheat bagel toasted, with nothing on it — took about as long as a bagel sandwich with everything on it — they were all delivered at the same time. The toasting was also a bad idea, as it took another 3 – 5 minutes for the geriatric toaster to make its rotation.
A whole wheat bagel with all the flavor of a wet cardboard box from Costco is $ 3.56, including tax. The cashier lady INSISTED I get my money’s worth by taking a cream cheese tray and knife (which are INCLUDED in the price), but after some bickering, which included me throwing the tray back at her, she relented.
Granted, I HAD asked for a plain whole wheat bagel, but the satisfaction of eating the damn thing on the plane was about as satisfying as sucking on a hockey puck or chewing on my seat belt. Both had the same consistency.
The only reason why the place got two stars is 1) It’s a nice alternative to the other fast food outlets at the airport; and, b) The ladies behind the counter were overwhelmed but worked the line pretty well. But next time, I’ll bring my own hockey puck on the plane, thank you very much.

Fresh morning bagels for your morning flight is wonderful. Many options to choice from but the help is so dysfunctional I fear putting a bagel cutter I’m there hands.
Ok so I order a basic order for morning treat. Bagel with butter double toasted. Easy enough, yes! I open up and it’s filled with cream cheese, YUK. So I March up and tell them issue and they do it all over again. Yet this time it was barley toasted, WTF. Listen when you charge for dollars for a bagel the least you could provide is my order correct!
Now the bagel under normal circumstances is a wonderful sesame seed bagel and fresh, but the minimum wage earners should never wonder why they make the bare minimum in life.

After asking an employee who saw me standing there for a couple minutes whether they were open or not, I hear yelling from the back «take care of the customers!!» The dude who takes my order barely looks at me or says anything… Super slow and careless service. Food isn’t that great, and I see now (after confirming that this business is not that great via Unilocal) why there was no line.

Oh dear. I’d heard decent things about SEATAC airport, and while I clearly screwed the pooch in going to a lousy American chain, my experience at GABB was truly horrible.
Star 1: How was the service and atmosphere?
There are more than a few bottlenecks in the Bagel Bakery here, but one that I just can’t understand is the chaos that takes place at the cash register. You’ve got two employees putting together the meals and two more working the counter, and the only way they relay the message of what to charge for is by coming together and talking it out. This lags the whole process, and on average you’ll find 10+ people in line. Having said that, they were friendly, so it’s not quite enough to take away what is a pretty basic star. Star Granted.
Star 2: How were the portions relative to the cost?
Bagel with Cream Cheese: $ 2.75 —
Fair. Star Granted.
Stars 3 and 4: How was the food?
Blech. First and foremost, you simply can’t call yourself a bagel shop if you have less than 5 types of cream cheese. GABB? They have ONE type of cream cheese that they spread on their lousy bagels that are toasted for about 20% of the time that they should toast them. Little flavor on either the bagel or in the cream cheese. Bad. No Stars Granted.
Star 5: Would you eat here every day if you could?
No. No Star Granted.