Biff’s Bagels

The staff there looks half baked and service is pretty bad. The food was good but $ 30 is a bit steep for 3 bagel sandwiches and a couple of coffees. I won’t be going back.

Cool little place with friendly staff! We loved the shrine to visitors’ dogs and the breakfast bagel sandwiches were great for a quick meal on the road.

I came here with one bagel in mind, which was the LOX. That plan went out the window once I looked at the rest of the menu.
The bagels were delicious!
I got the Smoked Albacore ($ 8.75) with a Mish Mash bagel and was impressed at the amount of flavor it packed. Not sure if it’s because I haven’t had cream cheese in a while, but it was so good. My boyfriend got the Lox ($ 8.75) and added avocado ($ 1.15) which was great as well. It had the same ingredients: cream cheese, capers, tomatoes, and onions. I would recommend the albacore though. You don’t find albacore bagels too often.
You can really tell the owner is a dog lover. The walls are covered with framed portraits of dogs, which was great for a fellow canine lover. Brownie points for that. You can bring a portrait of your own dog to put up as long as it follows the guidelines that are posted.
The fancier signature bagels can set you back a decent amount. There are many other options at an affordable price that it was almost tempting to get a second serving. Thankfully, self-​control was exercised.
Also remember, credit cards not accepted. CASH ONLY.

Yummy, glad we stopped on our way out of town. Lots of options to make exactly the bagel sandwich you desire.
The only negatives are that the wait was a bit long and it’s cash only.

Can’t get better bagels in town! Great place to stop by while in town or casually for breakfast if you’re a local. Great staff/​atmosphere just the same. Remember to bring cash!

Why not call an everything bagel a mish-​mash, it sounds so much better! Great local spot, good food, quick service and lots of personality. Winner all the way around.
Had a ham, egg, provolone melted and happy on a mish-​mash with coffee and all is well with the world!
5 stars for doing it all right.

Great food. Nice ambience. We had breakfast here before leaving Flagstaff, wishing we could go back. Thank you so much!

Biff’s Bagels is one of a kind. The walls are adorned with hundreds of framed photos of dogs. So it’s basically a memorial and I love dogs so I’m into it. They have wicked-​good bagels.
I got turkey bacon, pepperjack, and egg on a toasted mishmash bagel. Hubby got the same thing with cheddar. Sidenote: how adorable is it that they call «eveything» bagels «mishmash»? Anyway, it was phenomenal. Like, seriously one of the best bagels I’ve ever had in my life. They do allow dogs, which I love because again I’m a dog person, but it might be weird if you’re not. I also don’t know how they can get away with this… because, well, health codes, but I don’t really care.
One last thing to note: they’re pretty pricey. Two bagels and two cups of OJ and our bill was just under $ 20.

Maybe I need a second visit probably in the morning and not in the afternoon. I was expecting so much more than a dried bagel even after it was toasted after reading the rave review in the local newspaper. Their coffee is really good and the staff is super friendly.
I’ll give it another try in the near future. If not for the bagels then for the amazing coffee.

Great bagel place for a quick breakfast sandwich and caffeine. Nothing too fancy, but we enjoyed ourselves. We also liked the local dog memorials all over the walls. Makes me think of my late buddy Freddie! Miss you pooch!

Never been to a better bagel house then this one. Routinely stop for breakfast.
It can get crazy busy, but when you have the best bagels in a 100 mile radius you gotta kind of expect that. Also it’s not uncommon to encounter a cranky employee. But again when you are dealing with random rushes of 10 – 12 people all at once, all day I can see where people can get cranky once in awhile.
Food is always fresh, cream cheese is exquisite!
Must try, if you have never been…

Yummy bagels.
Dog friendly! Pictures of dogs all over the walls. Fresh bagels. Fresh made to order bagel sammiches.
Perfect location in downtown old town flagstaff.
Stopped here for breakfast on the way back from a small vacay out in Arizona. Had to Unilocal breakfast spots and came here in a whim. Fell in love.
I highly recommend this for all sorts of your bagel needs.

Two stars for all the puppy love! The framed photos of dogs with loving notes from their owners are enough to move you to tears before you’ve had your breakfast. It really is a pretty special place in that regard.
Unfortunately, their bagels leave a lot to be desired. Opted for a breakfast sandwich on one of their more exciting-​sounding options, the green chile cheddar. Bagel itself was extremely light on flavor, and tasted extremely dense despite it being 8AM and lightly toasted. Egg and cheese (American) on the sando were also similarly tasteless. Not worth $ 5 by any stretch of the imagination.
I’m not a fan of cash-​only policies, but this spot has a handy ATM (with $ 2 fee). Service was awkward– I placed my order with Dude #1, paid with Chick #2, and waited 10 minutes for my order. Dude #1 apparently couldn’t remember my face, and couldn’t raise his voice enough to be heard so I could retrieve it. No one likes a cold breakfast!

This place is your hipster bagel outfit, complete with tatoo’d servers and receptionists. The bagels are freshly baked, and the sandwiches can be custom tailored to meet your palate. I had an everything bagel with sausage and egg, and it was toasted piping hot, and delicious. For the price point I definitely recommend this place over D&D. Plus all those crazy photos of dogs and their owners are enough to get some good conversation going with a date.

Cute corner establishment south of the railroad tracks. Very 70’s feel with hippy employees. Oh, I guess that is a given since this is Flagstaff. We were walking by and decided to stop in. We arrived one minute before closing so they asked if they could wrap our order up. No biggie. Likely wouldn’t have walked in if I had realized but still wanted to try it. Noticed from the sign on the door that they take cash only. Didn’t have much on me so ordered a lox special on a mish mash bagel. Couldn’t afford a drink. The bagel was a great texture and mish mash is actually an everything bagel. Was being adventurous and wanting to try something different to me. I only gagged on the lox once and didn’t actually throw up so I figured that was a good thing. Obviously I won’t be trying lox again. It was made well though with onion and tomato and capers.

Pros:
–great variety of tasty, soft bagels! They’re always better toasted!
–loved the Asiago and tomato basil bagels! It would be hard to try anything else when I come back because I currently crave these same bagel flavors.
–readily helpful staff, quick service
–dog lovers welcome!
Cons:
–being cash only made it quite inconvenient for me. I managed to find only $ 3.25 in change, so I couldn’t have shmear with my bagel.
–adding shmear increases the price of a bagel by three times. I’m all about a good deal, so this makes so sense to me.
A great place to have your breakfast, kick back and read the news!

3 ½ stars! I enjoyed their great variety of bagel flavors, spreads, and breakfast to pizza bagels! What I didn’t like was that weird stench that I smelled when I entered the door! It smelled like cleaners, it reminded me of being in a bathroom! People bring their dogs inside which I guess every now in then they have to clean up after them, eww!
They don’t accept credit/​debit but they do have an ATM inside which probably charges you an arm and a leg.
I’ll go back because I enjoyed their variety but next time I think I’ll get it to go!

Biff’s, I really wanted to like you. My boyfriend had been raving about you during our entire drive to Flagstaff and I think he maybe built up my expectations to be beyond your reach. We woke up early on a Monday morning and walked the short walk from our hostel to Biff’s.
We were the only people in line, but didn’t know what we wanted so were told our order would be taken when we knew what we wanted. Okay, fine. So we look at the menu and we are ready to go within a minute. Another out of town couple had come in and were also waiting. This is where it gets weird, we are obviously ready. The girl behind the counter completely ignores us and calls out to a regular who just walked in and says «the usual?» and he says no and she takes his order. We’re kind of stuck, just waiting because we blatantly got skipped. More people started pouring in, we got skipped again in favor of regulars (which was a toasted bagel and cream cheese so I guess that’s fine). Finally, an older lady comes out from the back and asks for our order. I’m guessing she’s the owner because customer service wasn’t on her radar at all.
We ordered our breakfast bagel sandwiches. And proceeded to pay. Biff’s is kinda weird in the way that the person that takes your order, makes your order. And if someone is free, they will grab your CASH payment. Or even stop making the order they’re working on to take your payment. It was literally the most confused and disorganized food service situation I’ve ever witnessed. It was like the workers had no clue what the heck was going on.
The bagel sandwiches were okay. The bagels themselves were pretty good. But for the price I paid, CASH, it wasn’t worth it. Would I say it’s the best bagel I’ve ever had? No, probably not. Will I give them another chance if I find myself in Flagstaff again? Yes, maybe.
The only thing that saved Biff’s for me was all the sweet dog memorials that I was able to look at while I waited over 15 minutes for my unmemorable breakfast sandwich.

This place is the best bagel shop in AZ IMO. They have a decent selection of bagels ranging from plain, to garlic bagels, to southwestern themed ones. They also make their own cream cheese, which is often delicious. As for the selection, they have a breakfast and lunch selection. However I have only ever really gotten a salt bagel with plain cream cheese because that is my favorite. In addition to the bagels, they have fresh squeezed orange and grapefruit juice. Sometimes they even have fresh lemonade. Of curse, they also have a selection of coffees and teas, none of which I have partaken as of yet.
The seems to be a cross between a café and homey. Its more café in décor. It has photo tributes throughout the store to deceased dogs which sounds more macabre than it really is. It is also dog friendly, and you can bring your pets into the store with you if you want. I personally find the photos interesting, and enjoy looking at them.
As for the rest; the service is good. there was one girl who is not very friendly and doesn’t give good service, and seems to be more interested in chatting with her friends than working. However she is no longer there. Also, I would like to mention that this place still only accepts cash, but they do have an ATM that only charges a dollar to take money out.
Overall, its a great place, and being from the east coast, I must say these bagels are the closest approximation to the New York style that I have come across in my 10 years in AZ. The only other place that comes close is Chompie’s in Phoenix.

Best bagels you can possibly get in Flagstaff. I highly recommend them!
Friendly service and fantastic food! Nice cozy little atmosphere. I loved it. I recommend it to anyone.
Good coffee too. Try Biff’s Blend.