Posh Bagel

My wife and I were in the Almaden Valley around lunch time and we decided to go into Posh Bagel for a sandwich.
I was surprised that this location, in addition to the normal Bagels and Bagel sandwiches, also offers crepes! I ordered a mushroom crêpe ($ 6.65) and my wife decided to be more traditional with Lox and Crème Cheese on a Bagel ($ 8.99).
I watched the crêpe being made, which was interesting. The mushroom crêpe was delicious. It was a wonderful unexpected treat for lunch. I highly recommend it. My wife enjoyed her Lox sandwich.
I asked one of the staff if other Posh Bagel locations also serve crepes. He thought that this location is currently the only one offering them.

BEWARE! STALE FOOD. They sell stale food during weekdays. I went with my kids Friday afternoon and got a croissant. With the first bite I could tell it had gone bad. I went up to the counter to let the lady know and she kept saying its fresh. I wasn’t even asking for refund or exchange. All I was saying is that don’t sell these to any other customers since it has gone bad. I also asked her to taste it herself but ofcourse she wasn’t gonna feed herself rotten food that they feed their customers. Bad food and the most horrible customer service I have ever experienced. Spare yourself from rotten food, just go to Starbucks next door.

Cold bagels, colder service. Paid $ 15 for two toasted breakfast sandwiches and when they were finally ready, they weren’t even toasted. I politely went to the counter with my receipt and asked for them to please toast my sandwiches, to which the manager grumpily replied «they were toasted, you just took too long to pick them up». When I told him I had been sitting right next to the pick up area and my number had not been called, he again rudely replied «I called the number myself at least four times» and then bitterly took my sandwiches and warmed them up. When he handed me the plates of food back he didn’t even look at me. What an ass. Won’t be returning to posh bagel.

Not all Posh Bagels are created equal. Thumbs up to this one because they’ve got the Jalapeño Cheddar bagels –a favorite! Their Hazelnut coffee is another favorite. Posh’s bagels are yummy — but expect them to be more bready; not as dense or chewy (like Main St. bagels).

Been coming here for years, love the food. Don’t listen to all the whiners I’ve never had bad service here.

Great food, but poorly managed. I ordered a bagel sandwich with no tomatoes and onion due to an allergy. When I received my order, it had tomatoes and onion. I then returned the sandwich and they
” made me a new one”. I received the Sandwich only to find someone rummaged and dug out what they could. Leaving large pieces behind.
To run a decent restaurant, especially in Almaden valley, they need to get with it.

The bagels are super fresh and delicious. However, the coffee is NOT good which is really disappointing for people like me who loveeee coffee!

The cronut was pretty good but hella expensive. 3.25 for a circle croissant with glaze on it? Cmon that’s insane. But I paid for it so I guess I’m insane. And the bagel was decent. Nothing special. The dude was kinda dismissive and uninterested in niceties.

BLUF: A decent bagel café with a wide verity of fresh bagels that is pretty popular with the locals but slightly overpriced IMO. If you are a fan of breakfast sandwiches, go for the Works on a Jalapeño bagel, you won’t be disappointed!
Posh is located in Almaden Plaza next to the Safeway and the Starbucks, off of Almaden Expressway which makes Posh quite convenient for grabbing a bite on the way to a commute out of Almaden or while running grocery errands.
Posh has a variety of choices for your breakfast needs, from crepes, bagels, cronuts, and more but I have always gone with their Works breakfast sandwich on a Jalapeño bagel. The Works is filled with eggs, cheese, bacon, mushroom and avocado and the spicy, cheesy jalapeño bagel complements the sandwich well.
There is plenty of seating indoors and outdoors as Posh is never too busy since most people do a grab and go. If you go with a party who isn’t a fan of anything in Posh, there is a donut store in the same plaza and Starbucks next door so there are many options to choose from.

The food is good, but why are they so slow and the service is always bad. I placed two orders in 15 minutes, both orders came out incorrect. Absolutely annoying that they can’t get workers that listen

Holy cow do they practically drown your bagel in cream cheese! Next time, if there is a next time, I will definitely request that they put the cream cheese on the side! Honestly, I would have preferred the bagel from Starbucks next-​door :(totally disappointed, because I’m a major bagel lover, but I guess it’s better for my ‘behind’ that I didn’t like it LOL

I used to love coming here for bagels, in fact this was the place above others that I used to go to, but as of lately they have become less and less satisfactory. My biggest pet peeve is when they started giving out less cream cheese, and instead of supplying both sides of the bagel with cream cheese, they spread it only on one side and putting the two together. When you open the bagel there is all the cream cheese on one side, and none on the other. If I’m paying extra for a bagel and cream cheese, I expect it to be well done.
Very recently I went in and ordered a mini bagel, got charged for a regular size. When I approached the woman at the counter about it, she blamed the accident on me, saying I never ordered a mini bagel. I had someone with me there, who clearly heard me ask for a mini. When I tried to fix the order, the woman ended up telling me that there were in fact no more. That would have been fine, but I was mainly upset about having the woman blame me for giving her the wrong order.

Delicious bagels and cream cheese, a good variety too. I really want to try their crepes! One thing that annoyed me was needing a minimum of a $ 5 purchase to use a credit/​debit card.

I come in quite a bit and use the Belly card NEVER have I redeemed my points. I figured after 245 points to use it for my free sandwich. Went in for lunch and my card CLEARLY showed how many points I had and after the girl tried a few times she called her boss and was told I could not redeem my points because I paid CASH this morning for 2 bagels. Really??? What a joke. Obviously lost a good customer considering you get 5 points every time you come in. So I went to House of Bagels and bought my sandwich.

Gets really busy in the mornings until about 11ish. They have a variety of bagels my fav is pesto! They even offer the famous cronut (donut crossant) I think I spelled it wrong as well as other sandwiches and paninis. For lunch I tried the turkey, avacodo sandwich on a whole wheat bagel it was very yummy but also very pricey $ 7.25 for a bagel sized sandwich when togos is a couple doors down is crazy I’ll stick to my morning bagels instead. Ohhh they also have a crêpe station to make either savory or sweet crepes. In the afternoons you can buy Hawaiian shaved ice which is yummy for $ 1 more you can add condensed milk. Overall good spot to get breakfast in almaden valley

Rude service! Posh bagel is off our list.
The server asked «who is next?» my 18 yo daughter said «I am.»
She helped another customer. This happened 2 more times, before my daughter asserted «excuse me, I think I’m next». Her response «don’t get all pushy!»
Really? Rude service to my daughter equals rude service to me.
You are dead to me Posh Bagel.

POOR HYGIENE!
Agree with others about the poor customer service. Actually, most of the young girls working here are friendly but the owner is an ass. Geez, does that guy ever smile or greet anyone in a friendly manner? He always acts like serving you is such a horrible imposition.
Personally, I don’t really care about the owner’s poor customer service; it’s just a bagel shop after all. It’s the guy’s poor hygiene that keeps me away. The last time we were there my wife and I noticed he went straight from ringing people up and handling their money to touching people’s food with his bare hands. When my wife asked him not to touch our daughter’s crêpe with his bare hands he did oblige, but not without a nasty look on his face. Money is seriously filthy. Think about it next time you go their for a bagel. That bill he held just before he picked up your bagel or made your crêpe came out of a pocket on someone’s butt or next to their crotch. Ick…

I agree with poor customer service. I asked for extra cream cheese and did not get it. So I so politely walked back in to ask what words I should use to get it next time because I know each place is different. The manager said you need to say extra and on both sides. Ok now I have to memorize that, but that’s fine.
The next time I went in they were busy so the food prep asked if she could start my order then get rung up after. I told her extra cream cheese both sides. When I got it one side was bare. So I asked for the same manager. She said that I need to tell the cashier because the preps won’t get it right. How complicated. Then she went on to explain how they have so many customers blah blah blah. She should of said something like, sorry for the inconvenience I know you’ve tried to ask us how to make this work in the past.
I guess they have so many customers they don’t need a new one. I hate when you try to very politely work with a business and they make excuses. I’ve been in the service industry a long time and go over board to be patient and polite. It’s sad when businesses treat the kind customers poorly. We all get the loud and obnoxious ones you think they would appreciate the kind customers.
PS: this is the only bagel shop I have been to where you can’t say extra cream cheese and get it. Apparently you need special wording for it, give me a break.

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This location of Posh Bagel has good customer service. Came here recently for cronots, bagels and schmear. The bagels are rather thick and fluffy inside, the asiago cheese wasn’t tasty and kind of salty. The garlic schmear was on the bland side. The cronots were delicious (we got one in every flavor) they were light fluffy, the strawberry one was my favorite. Not my favorite place to pick up bagels and schmear but if you’re in the area definitely worth the stop for the cronots :)

There’s not many bad things you can say about your neighborhood breakfast/​bagel place because everyone needs one! Posh is mine and it’s always a guarantee that I leave there with something delicious. My two favorites are the breakfast bagel (bacon, egg, cheese, mushroom, avocado goodness) and a savory crêpe. It’s rare to find a breakfast bagel that LOADED at a decent price (ahem Noahs) but Posh does it and they do it well.
The crepes were a surprise menu item for me and I loved them! The crêpe is moist and loaded with flavor. Everything is fresh here and served up from a great staff!