Clifton Bagel & Pizza
Clifton Bagel & Pizza
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
4 reviews
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My order is always simple yet they are able to mess it up time after time. Pizza always looks so old and dry. I wouldn't eat here again.
I think this place is OK. I figured I found a decent breakfast takeout spot for those bagel craving days. I have mixed reviews because I really think it depends on the day that you go and what you order. My boyfriend always orders the sausage (or Taylor ham) with egg & cheese on an everything bagel and he loves it. For the first two times I've gone there I have ordered the cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese and jelly and the egg and cheese on a wheat bagel and both were delicious, but then I started to eat healthy and decided to order the egg white and cheese on wheat sliced bread and it was just OK. The service is pretty good. They messed up my order once but they didn't hesitate to fix it (they forgot to put the cheese on my egg & cheese sandwich).
Bottom line:
It's a regular bagel place.
Stopped here because they had a huge sign in the window advertising their new frozen yogurt. When I went in, the guy told me there wasn't any frozen yogurt- weird and basically false advertising! I got a few bagels to take home and a tub of the plain cream cheese they make in-house. Both were good and the guy gave me more cream cheese than I paid for (his mistake) and didn't make me pay extra for it. I haven't been in there again though and as other reviewers have said, there is never anyone eating in here.
Ever since I saw the sign put up, I couldn't wait to try a place called Bagel Pizza. Imagine a place dedicated to making personal size pizza bagels with your choice of toppings. Hell. How about a 14" bagel pizza?
Well, disappointed I am since finding out this HUGE deli is called Clifton Bagel AND Pizza. Located in what used to be a Pizza Hut, major renovations were done to turn this place into a bagel and deli, which happens to serve pizza. There's not much really to connect the two. However, they do offer two breakfast pizzas:
1. egg, bacon, ham, sausage, riccota and cheddar
2. Taylor Ham, sunny side up eggs, American and mozzarella
I must say, though, the pizza is certainly not this establishment's strong point. It's a bit on the flimsy side and its flavors were lacking. Way too much crust at the end, bubbles in the dough and barely any tomato sauce. And when I came in for lunch, there was no display showing at least 4 different pies to choose from, something I look forward to when I crave pizza for lunch.
The bagel and deli part is not much different than ones you'll find around Clifton and Bloomfield. They'll be hard pressed to take away established place who've earned the loyalty of their customers, especially since bagel & delis are favored mostly by creatures of habit.
What it lacks in creativity, it certainly makes up in volume. 6+ refrigerators for drinks, a huge coffee station, huge open kitchen, plenty of seating, huge menu. It's certainly a sight when walking in, especially for the first time.
Last, but certainly not least, its location. Located right at the Route 3 onramp, this place is an ambitious attempt to take advantage of the commuter crowd. People will have to overcome heavy traffic in this area – probably the main reason for the previous establishment's, Pizza Hut's, failure.
Update: I like the bagel here. They're quite plump. Some are almost completely round. They're more of a fluffy bagel on the inside, so fans of the chewier bagel may not like it as much.
The coffee isn't good though. Quite bitter, lacking depth.