Strathmore Bagels

SLOW! If you want to wait a half hour for a bagel, this is your spot. If you’re an adult with a life you might want to check elsewhere because every time I’ve been here its felt like the slowest moving line of all time. If the bagels were amazing i wouldn’t mind but they are the definition of average to below average. Tempted to give it 1 star but 3 is fair.

Bagels are a dime a dozen on Long Island. And there seem to be a dozen different ‘Strathmore Bagels’ in the area. But, from my experience, this one is far better than any of the other Strathmore Bagels. The bagels taste better, the staff is friendlier, and the whole place just looks much cleaner.
It’s been my go-​to bagel place for a few years now.
I’m not a fan of the live music they have on Saturdays. It’s too loud, and makes me just want to leave as soon as I get my food.

This is the second time I’ve been to this Strathmore. The décor gives the impression it is an eatery that gives back to the community, which I appreciate. That being said I will never return to this Strathmore again. Both times that I’ve gone the service has been terrible. Staffed by employees who move slow and give you an attitude because you asked where to put the trays when you are done eating. Bagel was good, but there are plenty of good bagel places around. This is Long Island.

Possibly the worst bagel place on Long Island. I stop in this place every now and then before I catch a movie at Lowes and I’m astonished how slow and poor the service is here. How the owners don’t see this as a problem I’m not sure. Oh wait, the owners are the problem. It’s like the terrible ex girlfriend that you somehow end up back in a relationship with. But not this time, Strathmore. It’s over!

Great bagels. A little pricey. Always really busy. I got the baked salmon on a bagel with cheese and tomatoes. Charged me extra for tomatoes and cheese

This place is disgusting, not one person uses gloves at all. I went in to get my girlfriend a ice tea on a hot day and when she went to take a sip it turned out to be fermented. How long do you need to leave tea out and not clean it for it to ferment like that. This place is just awful. So much cross contamination was happening behind the counter while I wait for my tea, honestly I have no idea how this place is still open with the amount of food poisoning ppl must be getting.

The bagels are decent. BUT, the service is SLOW and POOR. There are some pretty rude women working there. No thank you, no have a nice day… AND half the time my orders are WRONG. Clearly some training in customer service and quality assurance needs to take place.
I often see the owner, Rich, and he is either chatting with his friends or stocking drinks. It would be nice if he could pitch in when things are slow (which is often). It sets a poor example when the owner of the business tolerates this slow and poor level of service. People are complaining. He is losing many customers, myself included. I will go out of my way, to Nesconset Highway, for better bagels and service.

Sadly, I feel the need to update my original post. I feel that it’s gone downhill a little. It gets crazy busy and at times it can be painfully slow. It really depends who’s behind the counter. I’ve been there several times when there was a long wait and noticed the owner was stocking the soda cans or talking to the staff. Maybe he could jump behind the counter and help once in a while. It’s just frustrating when you’re waiting fifteen minutes for a bagel and someone is stocking shelves. Also, the food in the refrigerated case looks old and dried out. I used to like coming here, but lately it’s not the same. I hope they can get their act together.

Sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­w service.
Currently standing on line.
7 people behind the counter. line hasn’t moved in 20 minutes. Screw this place.

I’m a fan of the food, but their customer service is really lame.
I’ve been a pretty regular customer for years, but every time I go I prepare myself for crappy and/​or slow service.
Today I walked in to see three firemen waiting on line, and no one else. I stood in line behind them. The woman behind the counter started chatting with them because she knew them — not taking an order, just chatting. She didn’t acknowledge that I was a customer, standing in line. There was no one else in line. She could have taken my order and then continued to chat with her buddies. Finally I just walked up to the front of the counter where there was a young female clerk doing absolutely nothing, and I asked her if I could place an order. She said «oh, okay», like she was confused, and I ordered my stuff. But really… she should have seen that I was waiting on line and come and asked me if I needed help.
Orders are also often wrong. There have been many times where I ordered a bacon-​egg-​and cheese sandwich and had it come without the cheese. Is it that fucking hard to remember to put cheese on the sandwich? It’s one of the most common things they have to make. I also hate ketchup and never order it, but sometimes they’ll screw up and put ketchup on it. For an expensive sandwich it’s really a pain in the ass when it’s not correct.
If there was some oversight on customer service, this place might be better. I still go there because their bagels are so good, and it’s basically just become a habit. It’s also very close to home. But still… service really sucks. It’s probably not all that much fun working there, but just suck it up and do your job correctly.

This is a shoddy, run down shop in a strip mall, next to Kohl’s Department store. A door and window are available at the rear end of the shop looking into the kitchen. Never, in more than 15 years, have I ever seen any hot bagels coming from their ovens and I have been there at the crack of dawn.
An excellent bagel is sold here. The bagels from here have a thin, crunchy outer layer, into a soft doughy interior. There is a mild sweetness to it,
Bagel twists are available in seeded and unseeded, everything, sesame and poppy. Bagels are available in plain, everything, sesame, cinnamon raisin, pumpernickel and multiple other choices. Fresh cream cheese is also available with flavors.
Hot coffee, tea, sodas, juices and iced tea is sold here. They do prepare bacon and egg sandwiches, which are made all day. There is seating available so you can have breakfast or lunch there or on the go.

They’re much better than Bagels & A Hole Lot More because they don’t skimp on ingredients (those guys are slacking!).
Nothing wrong with the bagels. Great selection on the menu and a nice spread of Herr’s chips for your impulse buys. They don’t overload on a stock of extraneous items so you get the feeling that everything is fresher.

I go here when I have the time to get breakfast. The prices are average for breakfast. All under $ 5 for egg sandwiches and a little more for omelets. They have nice selection of bagels and mini bagels and cold drinks. The service is friendly. The place is clean
I think the bagels are a decent size there and I usually would get a mini bagel. Bagels can equate to 4 – 6 slices of bread so I can’t imagine eating a regular sized bagel or larger anymore.

Visited this cool place while visiting from west coast. Friendly staff kept me laughing. I loved the breakfast bacon egg and cheese bagel! Very reasonably priced only $ 2.50 including drink. A steal! Wish we had a place like this near my home I’d be here everyday.

I go here about once a week, mostly on the weekends. Compared to One If Buy Bagels (near the CVS), the bagels here are smaller and more expensive, but more carefully made and crispy. They aren’t as doughy as the ones at One If Buy.
While some other Unilocalers think the bagels here are expensive, $.90 is fairly standard for a single bagel (I know it’s $.94 at Dunkin Donuts).
Bottom Line: If you like small, crispy bageles go here. If you want larger, doughy bagels, go to One If Buy Bagels.

happy to have this really solid bagel place local. I agree that the prices are pretty high, but I really don’t know how they compare to the rest of Long Island, I really don’t eat bagels every day. They have the best bagels that I have had, and they make ‘flagels’ which are awesome. Crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside.
On a side note that i feel should be mentioned… the staff wears gloves, and while i think that is great — it absolutely defeats the purpose if they wear the same gloves when handling the money. I mean — what’s the point? I just want to say PLEASE STOP! and it made them lose a star for this review.

I used to drive to the store on 347 for these bagels. When they opened in East Setauket on 25a I actually screamed whoopie!
Strathmore has a great salad bar, fresh cream cheeses and their bagels are really good. They also make a few crazy bagels like flagels and blueberry.
We’ve been coming here for years, I see my kids friends working here. It’s nice to see the neighborhood folks on the weekend. And now they have live music?
I came here with my wife saturday morning to get a bagel and coffee. The olive cream cheese is soooo good here. Sunflower bagels, Sesame bagels, they are large and in charge!
When gas prices started to rise, the bagel prices here rose? They are now at .90 cents per bagel. Kinda high be worth it.
My favorite bagel store n the East Setauket area.