We've been hitting up Ben's quite a bit on weekends as we are moving to the area and working on our new place. I don't know if it is coincidence or they've been reading yelp. No more are they touching food then money, money then food. They are putting gloves on and taking them off. Also, the grill men are using the ENTIRE GRILL, it brought a tear to my eye.
I've had no problem with the food in Ben's WITH THE EXCEPTION of the pancakes, we decided to try them this weekend, they need to revamp their pancake mix. Pancakes were very thin & had the bad aftertaste of baking soda (or powder). Use the internet guys, make your own mix, there are 1000s of recipes out there, you can make an insane pancake w/ a little investigation on the net. Other than that, love their coffee & egg sandwiches. Glad i'm moving less than 1/2 mi away.
So I thought Magic Bagels in Valley Stream, NY was the best bagel shop ever and no one could tell me different, until I came to Bagel Barn. OMG the bagels are delicious. Warm and toasted to perfection. I've been obsessed and typically will only come on Mondays when I'm traveling back to NY for work. I'm scared when I eventually move to jersey that this will be my daily stop.
The bagels are good here (which is why they got two stars from me), however, I do not like the way they switch back and forth between preparing your bagel bare-handed, to handling the money, to going back to preparing the bagels bare-handed. I'd feel better if they wore gloves when handling one or the other. Several friends of mine no longer go here for that very reason. I have since joined their ranks.
I am currently a Little Ferry local and Ben's Bagel Barn has saved me many times with their bacon egg and cheese sandwiches when I woke up not feeling so well on a Saturday morning 😀 There are a lot of complaints about wait times which I noticed as well. Nowadays, I call my order in then pick it up… saves lots of time! I have ordered many breakfast sandwiches and bagels from here. Only downfall is that they are cash only.
We've been hitting up Ben's quite a bit on weekends as we are moving to the area and working on our new place. I don't know if it is coincidence or they've been reading yelp. No more are they touching food then money, money then food. They are putting gloves on and taking them off. Also, the grill men are using the ENTIRE GRILL, it brought a tear to my eye.
I've had no problem with the food in Ben's WITH THE EXCEPTION of the pancakes, we decided to try them this weekend, they need to revamp their pancake mix. Pancakes were very thin & had the bad aftertaste of baking soda (or powder). Use the internet guys, make your own mix, there are 1000s of recipes out there, you can make an insane pancake w/ a little investigation on the net. Other than that, love their coffee & egg sandwiches. Glad i'm moving less than 1/2 mi away.
This review is solely on the bagels.
So I thought Magic Bagels in Valley Stream, NY was the best bagel shop ever and no one could tell me different, until I came to Bagel Barn. OMG the bagels are delicious. Warm and toasted to perfection. I've been obsessed and typically will only come on Mondays when I'm traveling back to NY for work. I'm scared when I eventually move to jersey that this will be my daily stop.
The bagels are good here (which is why they got two stars from me), however, I do not like the way they switch back and forth between preparing your bagel bare-handed, to handling the money, to going back to preparing the bagels bare-handed. I'd feel better if they wore gloves when handling one or the other. Several friends of mine no longer go here for that very reason. I have since joined their ranks.
I am currently a Little Ferry local and Ben's Bagel Barn has saved me many times with their bacon egg and cheese sandwiches when I woke up not feeling so well on a Saturday morning 😀
There are a lot of complaints about wait times which I noticed as well. Nowadays, I call my order in then pick it up… saves lots of time! I have ordered many breakfast sandwiches and bagels from here. Only downfall is that they are cash only.