Bodacious Bagel

messy and tacky interior — mundane and not worth a second visit.

This place has the best food! Try the Asiago bagels and the Jalapeño cream cheese!
The previous reviewers are right. The staff is pretty rude, but the good food makes up for it!

I don’t know what’s happened to Bodacious but this place is hot garbage now. Their bagels used to be decent — better than going to Dunks or Honey Dew — but don’t make up for the terrible everything else. Slow service, poor service, poor management and two of the past three weekends they haven’t had any bagels ready in the morning. YOU’RE A BAGEL PLACE — that’s literally your ONLY job! If you don’t like Dunks or Honey Dew, do yourself a favor and drive the 10 minutes to Café Fresh in Framingham and let the laws of capitalism bring this place to a swift — and merciful — death. It needs it …

Good bagels, eat them while they are fresh. If you get them in the afternoon, they’ve been out all day and are prone to getting a little harder faster. Quick service. One star removed due to not keeping the racks full through the early afternoon.
Try their specialty cream cheese! A little pricey, but always good.

The food is OK at this place, not great but not bad. Unfortunately, the service is horrific. The ladies behind the counter are downright rude. They roll their eyes when the customer requests anything that requires the least bit of effort. Their ring leader questioned my wife when she brought up to the counter a bottle of milk just purchased for our daughter that had visible chunks in it — the lady poured the milk into a glass and inspected the chunks before believing my wife. The furnishings inside this place haven’t seen an update since the 70s and who knows what is living inside their ratty old booths. It is unfortunate because Ashland has very few decent restaurants. The food at Bodacious Bagels is tolerable, but CERTAINLY not worth the treatment received by the staff… will never go back. Good thing there’s a DD within a couple miles!

I really love this place, for bagels anyway. Coffee is okay, dunkies style but better, to me. I usually only come here for bagels, and they are truly yummy. They bake them every day on premises. When I come here at 6am before work, I can see the baker doing his thing, and of course I get the delicious, warm bagel. They have a lot of options, my faves are the multi-​grain and pumper-​nickle. They also have a variety of cream cheeses to choose from.
During lunch time they also make wraps and sandwiches. I’ve only had the turkey wrap before and it was pretty good. Can’t really speak for anything else.
Overall, for bagels, this place is really great.

I have to say that the name really attracted me and caught my attention as my friend and I were driving by the plaza where Bodacious is located. If you’re looking for crazy and quirky bagel flavors, however, you may be disappointed. I didn’t see anything listed that struck me as bodacious and new. That being said, they did have quite a nice selection and some interesting flavors. I didn’t purchase any bagels since I’d just purchased half a dozen from another bagel place earlier in the day. What I did purchase turned out to be the most delicious cream cheese spread that I have ever tasted: apricot honey. Wow! Absolutely rich and delicious and unique. I also purchased a snicker doodle iced coffee and that was great too. I thought the prices were a little higher than I’d normally pay on some of the items I saw displayed for sandwiches and bakery items, but I wasn’t going to purchase any of that (just be aware if you are looking for a sandwich that it was a little pricy).
I live pretty far away so I’m not likely to go back, which is a pity. I encourage people in the area to check it out and let me know how the bagels are for taste!

Love the bagels and coffee. Boars head deli meat. A bit pricey for everyday but I do enjoy coming here.

I’m from New York. I know bagels. The secrets to good bagels: a) boil and then bake b) crispy on the outside soft but not gooey on the inside — mostly a result of boiling and then baking c) ample toppings… especially on everything and onion bagels d) they come from NY.
Bodacious Bagels are really good bagels — they consistently deliver a-​c. These are the best bagels in the area and if you can’t get to the store they are also sold at Red Barn coffee shops.

Disgusting. Where is the board of health?

I so glad this place is on my way to work… I can’t stand dunks and this halfway decent place to grab a bagel and coffee. They also have breakfast sandwiches and lunch items. The staff is friendly, attentive and quick. They have a nice variety bagels and the cream cheeses are awesome. Try this place out if you hate dunks and you like real food too. ;-)