Berkeley Bagels

This is the classic bagel place with all the flavors and fixings you might expect. They also have several varieties of coffee – that you can refill yourself :-D
My favorite part is that the owners seem to have added some southeast asian flare to some of the food. (I’m seeing this in a few of these breakfast places lately) I had a breakfast burrito, but they added some fresh herbs and interesting spices. It was like calimex-​cambodian fusion or something. Very tasty. They also had some Cambodian chicken skures, and I tried one of those. Everything was good and cheap. It was really an interesting breakfast. But again, you can still get all the regular bagel paraphernalia here.

I’m confounded by the good reviews of this place. The bagels are not «real» and far better ones can be had at Beauty’s in Oakland or even Café Le Renaissance across town. Even «fake» bagels at Noah’s are better. Also, they brew coffee from Costco. Worst part of the whole experience is how incredibly dirty it is. It’s the dirtiest dining room in Berkeley! I’m giving one star because at least the bagels are better than the ones at 4^th Street Bagel, and another star because the cream cheese schmear is generous.

Really pretty good authentic bagels. Their coffee is just ok, but they do have an organic blend, which sets it above most places that are open at 6:30. The family is nice, and they know their stuff. The chewiness of the bagels appease people that freak out about how «Noah’s is just bread, omigod, it’s not even a real bagel, omigod,» said in the most petulant of middle school voices that you can imagine. I’m just a plain cream cheese kinda guy, and I actually like Noah’s just fine. I do prefer these fresh, real bagels though. They make me wish I lived in the Richmond again, and could stop at House of Bagels.

Bagels are ok by themselves. But the sandwich prices once you add in anything are outrageous. I’m borderline offended by the fact they mix in random Asian food into the menu, hello… This is not a Chinese restaurant is disguise is it??? I don’t know why you are selling pork skewers and spring rolls which look like they were made a week ago. Also, your employees are not knowledgable about bagels, or the culture of the bagel. On numerous occasions I have been treated rudely here and overall I the entire experience is less than worthwhile. To those of you in the know, this place was once the coveted «brothers bagels» shop. It was real Berkeley, an authentic place with a community feel.

Super lokaler Bagel Laden in Berkeley. Aufgrund der Nähe meine Adresse für Früstücksbagel. Egal welche Sorte ich probiert habe, alle waren lecker, Frisch und in der richtigen Konsistenz. Neben nackten Bagels gibt es auch belegt, frisch belegt, feritge Sandwiches und Kaffee. Die Preise sind moderat und der Service neutral. Es ging jedes mal sehr schnell und bemerkenswert war, dass der Kerl auch mehr als einen Kunden zugleich abfertigen konnte. :)
Für mich hats gepasst! Hinten wird gebagelt und vorne verkauft. So muss das sein. Natürliche Bagels ohne schnickschnack daher jederzeit wieder.

Best bagel in the Bay Area. I’ve been searching for 8 years, and nothing comes close to a decent New York bagel. Not saying it’s New York here, but pretty damn good.

Won’t be going here again.
Bagels were dry/​chewy, completely uninspired.
Service was rude and indifferent.
The floor was dirty and I saw one of the cashiers wiping her nose on her shirtsleeve and then getting some bagels for someone. Gross.
Awful place, don’t bother.

Hands down, the best bagels in Berkeley. Their asiago cheese one is my favorite. They also have lots of delicious sandwiches. It’s a good thing I don’t live super close to them or I’d be wanting to go there every day!

This is where to go for real bagels. Dense, chewy, and boiled like a bagel should be. Noah’s ain’t got nothin’ on this. I buy them by the dozen, which is *of course* thirteen count.
Their Works bagel is wonderfully satisfying and captures perfectly that classic NY taste. If you want something a little more Berkeley, the Jalapeño bagels are on point.
Caution: the cheese bagels smell so good, they may not survive the car ride home.
More serious caution: their refrigeration practices aren’t the best, I’ve learned to always taste their cream cheese, fruit salad, and other refrigerated offerings before taking my purchases out the door – I’ve more than once gotten home to find they were rancid. I have to ding 1 star for that, sorry dears. Rest assured, the bagels are a solid 5-​stars, especially when you get them fresh out of the oven and they’re still warm.
Bonus: the grilled chicken skewers are a little out of place here, but they’re super tasty.
I remember coming here as a kid with my mom, back when they were Brother’s Bagels, but I will always refer to them as Boogie Woogie Bagel Boy, because… well, if you have to ask you must not know me.
He was a famous bagel boiler from the old East Bay
He had a New York bagel that no one else could ney
He was the top baker at his craft
But then his number came up and he was gone with the draft
He’s Berkeley Bagel now, a-​bakin’ réveillé
He’s the boogie woogie bagel boy of Berkeley (with a B)

Based off of the recent reviews I wasn’t expecting much, but too my surprise this place was absolutely great! The menu was very diverse, they had everything from bagels to rice plates. I was very satisfied with my experience here. Their bagels are delicious and their customer service was even better!!! They were very nice and made me feel super welcomed. And to top it all off there’s a free parking lot right next door. I will definitely be coming back here, I loved everything about it.

It was my first time eating bagels (I’m not American, ok? Calm down: P) and I really enjoyed the experience. They have a great selection IMO. The espresso, latte and chai were really good! There is parking nearby and they have a couple of tables outside. No WC though, I think…

We were passing through Berkeley and were craving bagels. This place had higher Unilocal reviews than the nearby Noah’s Bagels so we thought we’d give it a shot. Bad move, Noah’s would have been much better!
The bagels here are too dense, a bit dry inside, and not very tasty. Other reviewers have made similar comments, some like their bagels heavy as a brick, but not us. I should have actually taken the time to read the Unilocal reviews before we tried the place instead of just counting stars. After we tried eating a couple of their bagels I was pissed off at Unilocal and then I read the reviews to find out what happened. I t seems like this place has declined in recent times and the more recent Unilocal have been overall negative.
Sigh, Noah’s might not be perfect but their bagels are edible and consistent. I guess we will stick with them for a while!

I loooove bagels so I would have been really happy if this bagel was good! Sadly not so much. The lady at the counter was nice but the bagel (cinnamon raisin) was dry and tasted like a not-​so-​good whole wheat bagel. Bummer.

This spot has been a bagel shop for decades. Back in the day when it had a different name, the bagels were authentic, boiled bagels. I haven’t had one in a very long time and since I had the fixins at home I came here for a couple of bagels. I knew well that I might not be bringing home the real deal and what I cut my teeth on every Sunday morning growing up. These are not those bagels. Not even close. What I had was dry, tasteless and and sadly what is being passed of as a ‘real’ bagel.

Forgot to mention the word vegan in my review… That is this place is NOT good for vegans if you are looking for a vegan cream cheese type option. You’ll have better luck at a coffee shop that has avocado…

Ordered a wheat bagel with lox spread. Put wayyyyy too much spread onto a hot toasted bagel, so it was extremely messy. I and my bf had to wipe a lot of our spread off of our bagels.
The bagels were OK, a little on the dry side though. Service was pretty rude, cashier was not very nice. Not coming back here again.

I’ve been meaning to write this review for awhile.
For the past three years, this has been my go-​to spot for breakfast and sometimes lunch. Why is it so special? Let me count the ways:
(1) FRESH BABY BAGELS! Sized perfectly for the on-​the-​go snack.
(2) Lox sandwiches, well-​packed and delicious — get the sliced nova lox with tomato and onion. Spring for capers if you’re in the mood.
(3) Super-​nice family who own and run the place — and care that you’ve stopped in!
(4) Al-​fresco dining out front.
(5) A variety of decent coffee, with an earth-​friendly option.
(6) Free parking on the street or in a lot next door.
(7) Instant lunch via pre-​made sandwiches or kebabs.
So stop by Berkeley Bagels and say hello! And tell ‘em Munch M. sent you…

Enjoy the great chewiness and density of these bagels–
We eat them often, as it’s close-​by.
Run by SE Asians, at times one can get skewers of meat and such when they have them!
Gonna guess – boiled and then baked?

I went to Berkeley Bagels for the first time last week. Now, I’m a NYer, so I can be a bit of a snob when it comes to eating bagels.
I read the reviews and figured, it’s close to home, I’ll give it a shot.
The bagels themselves were not fantastic, but they weren’t bad either. My son got his toasted, and I just got mine as is. We went there at like 9 am, so they were still semi-​fresh. (The toasted tasted better.)
My son got butter, no complaints. I however, got the veggie cream cheese. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT get cream cheese. I’ve read other reviews about how they don’t refrigerate their cream cheese and it tastes like it’s going bad, but I figured, it’s early, can’t be that bad.
It was. Totally ruined the whole thing for me.
I’ll probably go again, have it be a once-​in-​a-​blue-​moon type of thing, but I wasn’t overall impressed.
I’d take a Dunkin’ Donuts bagel over one of these any day. And that’s saying a lot.

Great place to grab a bagel and beverage. We have visited both times we were in Berkley and food has been consistently good. I had an everything bagel with lox and plain cream cheese and the fiancé enjoyed a sesame bagel veggie sandwich. Custom alterations to the veggie sandwich were accommodated with no hesitation.
The menu is giant but pretty easy to follow for first timers.
Also easy to take bagels and cream cheese to go.
Only enjoyed bottled drinks at this location, but lots of other patrons ordered coffees or espresso drinks so it can’t be too bad.

Berkeley Bagels had the usual bagel (.95), water boiled.
eats: bagels (blueberry, sesame, onion)
–texture chewy, sesame was nice, bread average, nothing special
–toast test upcoming.
brew: organic french roast (1.75)
–fantastic, smooth, mellow drink. easily 5 stars!
drips:
–service ok once relief showed up.
–slight wait, 2 people ahead on me.
–plenty of parking outside.