Kosher Bagel Hole
Kosher Bagel Hole
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
5 reviews
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While waiting for our 2-hour wait pizza across the street, we went here and ordered smoked salmon in a bagel. We requested to remove the inside to lessen the carb. They use traditionally made bagel. That means hard crust and it seems unleavened. My sandwich was good.
The rest of the things they sell is standard deli items.
We ate by the window. There are no regular chairs here.
Good, Fresh bagels, they make it fresh right in front of you. I got the whole wheat everything wheat bagels to go. They are great when toasted, solid/crispy top with soft center. Has all the perfect elements of a good NY Style boiled bagel.
The wait in line however is long. The workers/owner don't seem to have a great personality. It's typical, "what you want" without any greeting of "how are you doing". I'm big on customer service; smile and say HI. I know we live in NYC and it's hard because of the jerk offs that come in.
Also, I'm the type of person to buy a few bagels for relatives or for breakfast the next day. These bagels are not meant to be eaten tomorrow. It was hard as a brick the next morning. I had to get a butcher knife to saw that in half.
That being said, it's a good bagel, if eaten that day and you don't mind the crowd and pushy get out my store service.
Advice: PLEASE MAKE PUMPERNICKEL BAGELS! I love those bagels.
A failed attempt at hitting up Di Fara's (yelp.com/biz/di-fara-piz…) (#1) resulted in my visit here at Kosher Bagel Hole. Despite being very saddened over missing out on some of NY's finest pizza, the underlying hunger overtook my need for preference and pushed for anything that I could shove into my mouth. After seeing random bunches of Hasidic Jewish gentleman walk in and out of this bagel shop, I was convinced this was going to be a good stop.
And for a moment, it was. I ordered a couple of toasted bagels with lox spread and though a bit miniature in size, packed a worthy bite in taste. The spread was creamy, with just enough lox to get some salmon flavor and the bagel itself was devoured in a matter of seconds. I was ready to order another bagel (they have a decent variety here) but decided against it in fear of "bloated bagel syndrome" (#2).
The Mexican guys behind the counter were egging my friend and I on about trying more stuff, but we decided against it. The owner seemed like a nice guy and offered us extra napkins after noticing the smears of lox spread on our faces. Instead, we went for some water and juice, which washed down quite nicely.
In the end, these bagels are not so mind blowing that I'd go out of my way to return again. I'm not even sure I'd come back after another failed DiFara's attempt. But I do know that if I lived in the area, I'd be like the locals and hit this place up before heading to the train.
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(#1): Dom was vacation. I should've called ahead of time. Wait, he never answers the phone.
(#2): Occurs after ingesting two or more bagels with some type of cream cheese. Clutching of the stomach and reoccurring bouts of sleepiness are sure to follow.
Nice chewy bagel. Good with butter or cream cheese.Good service.
Not worth the Sunday traffic or the wait I. Line. Mediocre bagels. The service gets the stars. Every customer in line seemed confused or prepping to cut me..I don't think so yo. Regardless. Nothing was that special and worth a meeting trip . MEH