O’Bagel
“However, the bagels are wonderful and the homemade cream cheeses are great, especially the veggie cream cheese: delicious smooth cream cheese with chunks of fresh vegetables.”
“In my opinion, one of the best bagels in Hoboken, and most importantly a very good service, something really hard to find in Hoboken these days, especially at bagel places (aka Bagels on the Hudson).”
“Loaded with Taylor ham, thinly sliced Boars Head.”
O’Bagel
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
8 reviews
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A standard, nommy bagel spot. If you get there in the late morning they may be out of your favorite combination. Line moves quickly, and seating is mainly out front. Yum!
Yes the bagels are delicious! As other reviewer's had stated; the employees are a bit sluggish. It probably doesn't help that it was stifling heat wise inside. I placed my order for an everything bagel with lox cream cheese spread and a marble rye bagel with butter to go. The young order taker asked me if I wanted it with the scallions. The perplexed look on my face prompted her to ask one of her associates do we have lox Cream cheese spread? Her coworker and I both assured her there was a huge bowl of lox cream cheese spread in the refrigerator case. Perhaps management should educate the employees on the menu. There were 3 people ahead of me & I had my order in about 10 minutes.
The lox cream cheese was very tasty, fresh & not salty. The bagels have a perfect chewy texture. I would consider coming back should I have business in the area again. You locals have great food choices!
Bagels are good, sandwiches are awesome (bacon is real bacon, avocado fresh and mashed up) and coffee delicious. Oh and they actually TOAST bagels unlike its competitor, ahem, Hoboken Hot Bagels, cough. Indeed this place is a zoo if you go past 9AM on a weekend, so beware, but the line wouldn't be long if it sucked. We simply avoid at peak times. No idea why there's so many bad reviews, but likely just loyalists to poorer bagel spots or those who came during very busy times.
Ok, I'm sorry but O'Bagel's bagels are terrible.
I am speaking as a bagel purist. Bagels should not be toasted. Bagels should not be used for sandwiches. Bagel + cream cheese. That's it. And when I go to a bagel shop, I don't care how good their coffee is, if they offer seating, if they have other items on their menu, etc. I go to a bagel shop to get a bagel.
Bagels should be a little dense and chewy. OBagel's bagels are too bready and don't even look like bagels! Also the first time I went to OBagel, they didn't let the bagels cool out of the oven so when they put the cream cheese on, it immediately got all gooey and nasty. No, no, no.
I gave them another shot and this time, I wanted to do a side by side comparison of OBagel and Hoboken Hot Bagel. First, the bagel from Hoboken Hot Bagel actually looks like a bagel and feels like a bagel. Use your finger and push into the bagel to test the density — the bagel from OBagel gives too easily.
Texture, taste, mouthfeel: Hoboken Hot Bagel wins hands down. The OBagel bagel is bland, too soft/fluffy.
Just because a bagel is freshly baked does not make it a good bagel. There is a *right* way to make a bagel and OBagel fails. I don't understand how they're getting all these 5 star reviews. Hoboken needs a serious lesson on what a good bagel is.
Hoboken has a lot of options for bagels, and this is by far my favorite! I usually hit up bagels on the Hudson down the street, but last time I went they gave me a hard time about using a card for payment. So I decided to venture out and try this place. Love their menu and the bagels are dense and fresh. There is also space to sit inside and the workers all seemed like they were having a fun time. Also no credit card minimum!
I'm kinda torn here between 3 and 4 stars.
The good? Bagels are rolled by hand here, and you can watch the guy cutting the dough and rolling bagels by hand behind the counter. Bagels themselves have a nice crunch crust, with a soft chewy inside. Pretty tasty.
The bad? The bagels have no stuff in them. Both the sesame and everything bagels barely had anything in them. The sesame could have passed for a plain. The other thing is serving of tuna on the bagel felt pretty stingy compared to other places in Hoboken. Place feels a bit pricy coming to $12 for a bagel with cream cheese, and another bagel with tuna.
Will I come back? Yeah I'll give it another go, but I think I still prefer JP Bagels.
Bagels were good. They are fresh and chewy. The lox and loaded sandwich is very good but probably a tad overpriced at around $11. I thought the cashier was very helpful as well in suggesting some items.
Service was also pretty slow but that is expected because it is a new place.
Definitely a nice addition to the neighborhood since hoboken hot bagels/bagels on the hudson are average at best.
Without contest the best bagel in Hoboken. Nothing else even comes close. Granted, I can totally understand why a lot of reviews say that the "flow" and the space creates issues with long lines and chaos. (My first reaction when seeing this setup was "wow, this place must get cramped and crowded on weekends!). However, I've only come on weekday afternoons where I get my bagel easily and painlessly so I cannot speak to those issues. The bagels and spreads taste fabulous – would come back here without any hesitation.