Olde Brooklyn Bagel Shoppe
“This seems like the place to grab a quick bagel on your walk home from your boyfriend's house, lookin' all ratchet and rough.”
“KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK GUYS!!!!”
“It was good, but the za'atar was a little overwhelming.”
Olde Brooklyn Bagel Shoppe
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Inexpensive
8 reviews
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I ordered a sandwich here on Friday and was fine with my order. Turkey, cheddar, avocado, sprouts, and mustard stuffed into a plain bagel. The amount of avocado was small but the pricing was good and the bagel itself was really good. I wasn't impressed by the overall sandwich and I wasn't disappointed.
Overall, the way I felt about the sandwich is the way I feel about Olde Brooklyn Bagel Shoppe. The temperature was out-of-control hot inside but it was a surprisingly warm fall day and they are also making bagels, so I can't really blame them.
They have a good selection of chips and drinks to go with their bagel concoctions which is nice. Everything is priced a little higher than I would like, except the solo bagels, which I will get the next time I go.
The place is cash only, which I should have checked before I went. Ugh.
Overall, not a terrible place to grab food in the area but not strongly recommended either.
I found this place after walking up and down Vanderbilt a few times trying to find some sort of carb for breakfast on my first morning in Brooklyn. I stumbled upon this place, much to my delight because I love bagels. I ordered the everything bagel with sundried tomato cream cheese, which came out within 5-7 minutes. By the time I received my order, all the inside tables were taken, so I sat outside on the bench with some friendly dogs that were waiting for their owners inside.
The food: Delicious. I could only finish half. There is a LOT of cream cheese. I ate 1/3 of it before my half marathon the next morning, and the remaining afterwards.
The service: A little less nice than Seattle, but that's a high standard. Employees were helpful when I asked questions about the bagels.
The facility: Adorable. It has some packaged grocery items and some refrigerated beverages.
The cost: Less than five dollars!
Payment: Cash-only. They have an ATM inside.
Overall: Highly recommend.
This is a busy bagel shoppe, in Brooklyn! The attitude comes with the territory. This is my FAVORITE bagel spot in all of NYC.
I rarely eat bagels… but when I do it's from here. I like to come in the morning, so the dough is still fluffy and warm. I think they make the bagels in water, old-world style. They are VERY good. Definitely the type of place you can bring out-of-town guests who want to try a "NY Bagel". There are always "ooohs and aaaahs" after a few bites.
My FAVORITES are 1) the sesame bagel with the smoked whitefish (insider secret: if you order the smoked whitefish in the smallest container on the side it's almost $4 cheaper than if you order it on the bagel), 2) the sesame bagel with cream cheese, lox, red onions, tomato, capers OR 3) the sesame bagel with the lox spread (cream cheese pre-mixed with large chunks of lox).
Our friends are *sadly* moving from Brooklyn to a far off land. We brought a bag of these bagels to the park and it was such a lovely, nostalgic, "typical NY", yummy item to bring. We all slowly ate our bagels, acknowledging what they mean to this city, how it's hard to find high quality bagels such as from the Olde Brooklyn Bagel Shoppe and we rejoiced!
As many of the previous reviewers state, the bagels are delicious (and priced well), and the cream cheese is also great (tons of flavors, including a tofu-based one for the vegans out there).
The people working, however, were not super great at being attentive, and it seemed disorganized while we were there. Additionally, we bought a baker's dozen and the guy taking our order gave us 12. I don't know if he was confused or purposely shorted us, but whatever. I will still eat and enjoy the bagels. And as long as you're not expecting top-notch service, you probably will too.
I come here all the time for bagels to take home for breakfast. They last pretty well up to 2 days after you purchase them still nice a moist not hard like most places. They have a huge selection of cream cheese and other toppings. Their prices are reasonable.
This seems like the place to grab a quick bagel on your walk home from your boyfriend's house, lookin' all ratchet and rough. Cash only, decent coffee and no judgment.
Pretty sad bagel at a pretty high price. Ordered my hang-over go to which is Bacon, cream cheese and onion on a toasted egg bagel. That and a small coffee was 7 bucks, and they only take cash. In comparison I get that from a place in TriBeCa of all places and it is $5. Bagel was toasted to oblivion and kinda of crushed. Usually in NYC I need to worry about how much cream cheese they put on but this place used barely any. And to add insult to injury the bacon was limp and sad.
No one likes sad bacon – get your shit together.
This place is around the corner at the end of block from where my sister lives in Prospect Hights so I decided to try it out.
The shop is small and the interior reminds me of the Rue De La Course that's inside an old 1930's bank. There was a line which annoys some people, but I generally don't mind because it means the food is good enough to line up for.
I ordered the everything bagel w/ bacon, egg, and cheese. I must say though, they have SO MANY ways to customize a bagel, (or sandwich if that's your thing) that it is a bit overwhelming, i.e. at least 12 different types of cream cheese. They even have a "cream cheese of the week"!
The bagel was good, very fresh, and so were the bacon and eggs, but they were stingy (see pics) on the 'everything' topping! C'mon, why couldn't y'all hook it?
Also, something that took me by surprise (and that you should know if you haven't been) is that they only accept cash. I looked around on my way out and didn't see a sign anywhere saying that, but who knows, maybe I missed it. Overall, despite the surprise with cash and the stingy toppings, I enjoyed the bagel and think this is a great little bagel place.