A Bagel &amp;

Food is awesome and service is friendly. A little wait, but it's July 4th holiday week.read more

We ate bagels at 4 different bagel shops in OCMD, Bethany, Rehoboth…read more #1 Uber great bagel Lots of eggs. more eggs than photo you have with the tatoo lady 26 Great flavor 2. Surf Bagel Best bagel but not over all 3. DiFebo's Bethany Beach--- descent but after spend $26 for 2 bagel and 2 cans of soda, she wanted to charge us $.50 for ice for our soda. They don't have a fountain soda machine. I will never return 4. 9dough1. Not impressed

Interior

West coast whitecap with added cheddar cheese

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Order on the right entrance and pick-up online order in the left door.

Rise Up Coffee

4.3(167 reviews)

3.6 mi

My husband and I stumbled across this shop as we were staying in the area, and so glad we decided…read moreto give it a try!! When we walked in there was a long line, so we thought that was probably a sign of a good joint. Our drinks were delicious - I got a frozen chai (chefs kiss). And they also had gluten free options for me - always a score. Whenever we're back in the area we will absolutely come back here for a coffee or tea!

Always a good time at Rise Up. Cozy set up with leather couches. A lot of pop culture references on…read morethe walls. It was nice to walk into here after being out in the hot sun. Can't go wrong with an iced white mocha latte. I'm def a Rise Up fan.

Sitting Area

Breakfast Sammie and seasonal organic coffee

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Abi's Diner

3.6(109 reviews)

1.1 mi

Found this restaurant on yelp. Let me say this is one of my favorite breakfast spots. The service…read morewas great.!

I stopped for lunch yesterday(3/20/26) and was a bit disappointed with the quality of the food…read more Don't get me wrong my family really enjoys their breakfast but I would pass on lunch next time. I ordered the 3 meat club sandwich with a cream of crab soup ($1 up charge). The soup was fine, it was a creamy soup base used in most cream soups. It had pieces of mushy what I suppose was crab in it. Not too bad. My club sandwich consisted of ham, turkey and roast beef with tomato, lettuce and mayo on white toast. Came out in a huge portion and filled the plate. Right away, I saw the roast beef was dark colored. That could only mean one thing- Sam's Club deli meats. I would have thought that a diner like this would have housemade turkey, ham, and roast beef but apparently not! I would actually pay more for the quality of house cooked meats. That was a bummer! Other wise my server was very attentive and friendly. The diner had a diner feel to it and was clean. Back for breakfast only next time!

Open for breakfast! Open on Mondays in off-season. Win! Win!

Omelet

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Civilized Diner dining-always a placemat in place

Shmagel’s Bagels

2.5(16 reviews)

5.6 mi

Had to think about what star I wanted to give this, honestly I'd probably give it a 2.5, but I…read morecan't round up. The bagels themselves are good, not great, not bad, but good solid bagels. They have a plain rainbow and my fav the sun-dried tomato bagel. What I do think is consistent across the reviews and something we experienced is that while the bagels may be good, the bacon egg and cheese sandwich portions were very small, there was way more bagel than the toppings, which is no bueno! I will say they did give a proper amount of cream cheese on the other bagel.

Nice to have vegan choices! Liked the bagel sandwich with just egg, beyond sausage and vegan…read morecheese. Iced coffee was undrinkable, though.

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Vegan bagel sandwich

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Fish Out of Water

Shmagel's Bagels

2.4(152 reviews)

4.8 mi

The breakfast sandwiches we got were solid and tasted good. We got them on the go and the service…read morewas quick. The sandwiches and bagels are a little small but tasted good.

This place gets worse every year. For a flat, bland, air-filled bagel, I can get a whole pack from…read morethe store for the price of one at this place. At $8.50 for a pre-cooked, convention oven heated bacon egg and cheese sandwich it is highway robbery. Skip Smagel's ripoff bagels and get a better breakfast for less money at McDonalds or Burger King across the street.

The front door

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Shmagel's coffee...crap to the last drop, err, ahhh, mound of grounds

Hop In Bakery

4.9(19 reviews)

5.1 mi

Lovely, friendly atmosphere and the food and coffee drinks we had were wonderful. Several folks…read morecame in saying they were returning after previous visits, and I can see why. Everything tasted like the fresh ingredients, not like sugar, and the food and drinks were creative, thoughtful, and beautiful. I wanted to try everything, and you'll definitely want to take a picture! Very friendly atmosphere. Thank you for the lovely morning, Hop In Bakery.

Absolutely amazing. Wanted to surprise my bestie with a cake and dessert for her birthday. Im in…read moreanother state and the communication was great and they understood the time constraint for delivery. Got the delivery there nice and early! The cake and desserts looked too beautiful to eat. Thank you soo much!

Personal Cakes

Pistachio Delight Stuttered with Tahini. Pomegranate, Raspberry and Cookie Flavors

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Lemonade Cane

Big New York Bagel

1.0(1 review)

4.8 mi

Bagels are not like the bagels I have had in New York. These are big and flat. They don't sen to…read morehave many in stock for orders to carry out. Ended up throwing 2 away. No half dozen or dozen price.$3.00 each or $36 per dozen. They are more of an Italian sub place. They also have some kind of chocolate dessert in a tub . He told me to try it and gave me a reduced price if I bought one. He said he sell a lot each day. I bet nobody comes back, I though mine away as my wife and I thought it was to sweet.

Big Everything Bagel

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Coffee Beanery

3.6(275 reviews)

5.9 mi

Nice coffee shop that is located by the beach. It has ample parking being located in a shopping…read morecenter. Service was good and they have many flavors to add to your drink. They also had some fresh cut fruit at the cooler. There are breakfast sandwiches to order from the menu but no photos. My ham egg and cheese bagel sandwich was good! I picked an asiago bagel. The coffee was pretty good and we received our order in a reasonable amount of time. They had a line and it looked like locals come to this coffee shop.

So unfortunate! This place use to be so good. We would visit multiple times during our trips. The…read morelast few years it has really gone down hill. This time was likely our last. Took over 20 minutes for two breakfast sandwiches and it was not busy. The sandwiches were on the wrong bagel and had absolutely no flavor. We ended up throwing them out. Very disappointing to see what use to be a strong business take such a dive.

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Large coffee

Fractured Prune

3.8(87 reviews)

5.0 mi

I had to stop and pickup up donuts to go on my last day in Ocean City. I ordered a half dozen. I…read moreate the maple glazed with bacon bits before I took the pictures. The donuts were nice and warm since they were freshly made and that maple glazed donut tasted like pancakes and syrup with bacon. It was so good. The donuts have a nice crispness on the outside but are lighter than you think for a cake donut. 10 out of 10 Every time. I only waited about 5-6 mins after placing my order. It was pretty busy but they have a good system.

I've been going to Ocean City, MD for as long as I can remember. And for just as long, I've been…read morehearing people rave about Fractured Prune donuts. How many times, in my entire life, had I actually tried one? Zero. But I was determined to change that during my solo birthday adventure to Ocean City this year. My first Fractured Prune donut in 41 years...I was more excited than I probably should have been. For those unfamiliar, Fractured Prune has been an Ocean City staple since 1976 and is known for letting you build your own donut masterpiece--starting with a hot, fresh donut and customizing it with glazes and toppings however you like. No pre-made rows of donuts here--just pure, creative, donut freedom. Since I was visiting in March (aka off-season), I wasn't even sure I'd get my chance. But I was thrilled to find this location open until 12pm on Saturdays. PERFECT. I got up early, watched the sunrise, and made my way over to finally experience the hype. I had studied the menu ahead of time because I knew if I didn't, I'd stand at the counter forever trying to decide. I landed on one donut--a Banana Nut Bread creation (banana glaze, cinnamon sugar, peanuts). I was attempting to show some level of restraint during a weekend that was otherwise...not about restraint. I walked in around 9:30am on a beautiful March Saturday and found a small crowd already inside. Clearly, even in the off-season, people know where to go. I placed my order, paid my $3.57, and asked if they had stickers as a little keepsake from my birthday trip. They were out, but the kind gentleman behind the counter offered me a magnet instead--which I happily accepted. A few minutes later, my number was called, and I was handed a purple box that felt...surprisingly heavy for one donut. I took it out to my car, opened the box, and immediately started to cry. I was on a solo birthday trip--my first one in a long time--and while I was doing my best to fill it with fun and new experiences, there was definitely a bittersweet edge to it. Inside the box weren't just my one donut--but two extra donuts and a handwritten "Happy Birthday!!" on the lid. It was such a small gesture, but it meant everything in that moment. It made me feel seen. It made me feel celebrated. And honestly, it made my entire day. The kindness of the people working there didn't have to exist--but it did, and it mattered. After I pulled myself together (and stopped crying over my donuts), I finally took a bite. I get it now. I fully get the hype. The donut was incredible--served warm, soft, moist, and perfectly cakey, with the banana glaze, cinnamon sugar, and peanuts all working together in the best possible way. It took serious self-control not to demolish all three donuts right there in the car. I'm not even sure I've ever had a truly fresh, hot donut before this--but if this is the standard, Fractured Prune has set the bar very high. For $3.57, this was one of the best purchases I've made in a long time--and eating it in the sunshine during my birthday adventure is a memory I won't forget anytime soon. Logistically, it's easy: free parking in a nearby strip mall, quick ordering, and fast service. Just note--there's no indoor seating. You grab your donuts and go...which honestly isn't a bad thing when "go" can mean taking them to the beach just a few minutes away. Fractured Prune is officially on my "must-do every time I'm in Ocean City" list. And next time? I'm not pretending I'm only getting one donut!

Bacon egg and cheese

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A little outside seating.

Mitchell's Market

4.5(62 reviews)

4.9 mi

Amazing customer service! The sandwiches were so good that we came back two days in a row. The…read moresteak and cheese was phenomenal and my husband loved his Italian sub.

Stopped by as one of the few places open during the off season for a quick sandwich, my wife got…read morethe chicken salad and I got an Italian with the works (large). The Italian was filling, solid, and exactly what I was looking for. Inside is a convenience store so you can grab other things to go. Service was fast and friendly. I think my sandwich was $13 for a footlong.

Italian Sub

Large Italian - yum!

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Funnel fries

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Tom M.

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3

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10 years ago

Ok so I have lived in OC for 5 years now, and have lived in NYC, Chicago, Wash DC, and Boston, and have spent time it about every major city in this country as well as several more abroad, and have even worked for a restaurant guidebook. So this review comes with quite a bit of experience of what is a good place to eat. So with that, here are my observations as to what can improve your experience here. First off, the service here is polite and friendly, and the people in the back doing the cooking seem to do their job quickly, professionally and competently. However, fast, quick, on-the-ball, attentive customer service, is not in the vocabulary. Half of the staff are young teenage girls, who really don't seem to actually know what their job responsibilities are and are even less interested in learning what they are, this maybe due to the other half of the staff, the centennial ladies who seem if possible to be even less on the ball... Now I have been in this place at the height of summer and in the dead of winter, packed line out the door, and totally empty and it DOES NOT MATTER!!! The pace and/or urgency the staff apply to customer service is more annoying than a Bahamas bartenders' 'yeah mon' I'll eventually never get to your order approach to service. Just look up Tim Conway as a shop clerk, circa "The Carol Burnett Show" of the '70s on YouTube and you might start to get the idea. Now these teens/ladies are all sweet, and are quick to share a story about the history of OC or from their personal life, but getting your order in, or worse yet, getting it from where the cooks deliver them for pick up, putting it in a bag, and giving it to you so you can pay, well... is just painless, don't bother pointing it out, telling them you are already late for work, they will only move slower because you distracted them. Paying, ugh... BRING C-A-S-H !!! EXACT CHANGE, EVEN BETTER !!! They have the oldest, slowest, CC machine in the world, each swipe makes a 20 second tel call, no self swipe, and no one who actually knows how to use it, so if they make an error and they will, the entire staff will gather round to discuss how this is so much worse than last hour, and after fixing it, they then will all engage in trying to swap out the receipt paper (which runs out everytime I'm in there?) before ringing up my order, even though I said I did not need a receipt... I have no explanation, really I don't... Now the local retirees of Ocean Pines love this place and pack it from opening to about 10:30 AM Yyear round, I guess it moves at their pace... The few pearls of wisdom, conveyed to me the last time i was there by their sweetest/oldest/slowest employee, who BTW always works the register during their busiest times, 1. ORDER BY PHONE, 2. BRING CASH, 3. CUT THE LINE OUT THE DOOR AND GO DIRECTLY TO THE PICK UP COUNTER. 4. FIRMLY ANNOUNCE YOU ORDERED BY PHONE, & ARE HERE FOR A PICKUP & YOU HAVE CASH. 5. SHE WILL STOP WHATEVER SHE IS DOING IGNORING EVERYONE IN LINE & WHILE ORDERING SOMEONE TO GET YOUR ORDER SHE WILL RING YOU UP BEFORE THEY GET BACK WITH THE FOOD. You can be in and out in under 30 SECONDS I kid you not, otherwise, it is a very painful 20 minutes (empty) to an hour (crowded) I SH*T YOU NOT!!! OK with the most important tips about this place covered... The food: The have several coolers right inside the door, stocked with a standard selection of sodas, teas, and juices, and behind the coolers and the counter (even though it is self serve) is a soda fountain. The also at the other end of counter have coffees, which seem just to be basic and fair. Next they have a very good selection of fresh deli meats (Boars Head, even if it takes them 20 minutes to cut 1/4 lb of baloney), fresh cookies, pastries, muffins, and bagels (10-12 different choices daily) these are not NY bagels but the are better than anything else I have found so far in the area, they also offer a selection of seasonal cream cheeses. The menu up on the wall has a fair selection of breakfast/lunch sandwiches and so far the quality and presentation has been fine, everything is freshly made, no microwave quickies here, and I have never had what i would call a bad or unenjoyable sandwich, the ingredients look fresh and all pass the smell test, but it is just eggs, cheese, bacon, and deli meats, not much to screw up, but they do do a good job with their food preparation overall. Just get there early, they bake just enough items to meet the morning rush, get here after 11AM and pickings are pretty thin, noon and there is just one cinnamon raisin bagel left, and if no one comes in for 30 minutes they will close up for the day, It use to be they were open until 2PM, but most days I think it is closer to 12:30 - 1:00PM. The prices are pretty high, bagel sandwich and a drink nearly $10 bucks, baker's dozen of bagels $22... read more

Kevin L.

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8

5

10 years ago

I've been to this place a million times and each time I go, I'm amazed by how great of a little shop it is. Before you even get to the food part of the experience, you're greeted by friendly and happy staff that are there to help you with your order if you have any questions. Their menu is pretty big for a small bagel shop, so it's nice to know you can ask questions without feeling like you're a bother. Over the years I've had a few different items, but my go to is sausage, egg and cheese on a toasted everything bagel. It is one of the best breakfast items I've ever had. They use a good size piece of sausage, cover that with a mound of cheese that melts into a velvety layer of greatness, and top it off with an egg. For $5 you'd be hard pressed to find something this size with as much flavor. The ingredients used are really top notch, and it's a true "homemade" breakfast sandwich. Oh yeah, and the bagel it all comes on is equally amazing as well. They use Boar's Head meat for their sandwiches. I've not personally had one, but I've heard great things about them. If you get a bagel with cream cheese, check and see what flavors they have because they offer more than just plain. Also, this is the only bagel shop I've ever been to where I don't have to ask for extra cream cheese. They really load it up! So if you don't like a lol it of cream cheese, go home. Just kidding! Ask for it on the side and they'll happily accommodate you. The only thing I'm not too wild about is their coffee. I've only ever had hair regular coffee, so I can't speak for their lattes and whatnot. But their coffee is pretty basic, and extremely hot. Overall, 'A Bagel &' is the best bagel shop I've ever been to. You won't be disappointed by the prices, the options, the flavors, the ingredients, the portion size, or the atmosphere. It's truly a special little shop. read more

Stuart H.

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6

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10 years ago

We've tried this place a few times and no we are hooked. A little hard to find back in Ocean Pines south Very good for breakfast and lunch. Bagels are New York style with a nice variety. Egg and cheese sandwich is very good. With Cream cheese all though simple, very good. For lunch, turkey on a bagel with lettuce, tomato and cheese, I took to go. I stuck in microwave. It went from a 4 to a 5. Awesome! A little disorganized at times at the cash register but haven't been in a rush. We're ordering bagels for Christmas when family comes to visit so excited for that. read more

Lamont B.

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1 month ago

Oh my!! When I say this is one of my favorite bagel places please believe me. The bagels are always so fresh with just the right flavor and chew. I was running late this last trip but all of the employees were friendly and most accommodating. I had some incredible bagels, and some boars head turkey and I was in my world. The dessert options are also incredible. Plenty of different cheese spreads flavors to choose from as well. Stay awesome please, I will definitely return, hopefully soon. read more

Erin H.

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7 years ago

I absolutely love the bagel shop in Ocean Pines! A true hidden gem. The food is delicious, the workers are very friendly, and the owners are just the kindest people you'll ever meet. I have tried many different foods on their menu and I have yet to try something I haven't liked. I would HIGHLY recommend this place whether you live here or are just visiting the area! read more

Robert H.

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10

7

13 years ago

A Bagel and ROCKS! These are definitely the BEST BAGELS in MARYLAND! If you're looking for the real deal in a Bagel or Breakfast Sandwich, don't look any further, I live in Ocean City and I'd rather cross the bridge in summer traffic for a Bagel. We order Luncheon trays from here as well. Thank You A Bagel &!!!! read more

Roni Lynn B.

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15 years ago

The BEST people to work with when you are planning a business breakfast or lunch meeting. Not only do they offer you wonderful food...they give you an amazing presentation of the food. The price...can't beat it! Definately a place you should try! read more

Millie W.

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3

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14 years ago

Easily the best place for bagels round here. Always very good.

Tom W.

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15 years ago

Excellent bagels, inefficient service.

Chris R.

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15 years ago

Great food!

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Old bay bagel FOR THE WIN! Our breakfast sandwiches were fresh and delicious. I will say...ORDER…read moreONLINE AHEAD! The lines seemed to be long in person, but our food was always ready right on time when we ordered ahead. The iced coffee was also surprisingly delicious for being self serve. We visited four times on our vacation...proof it's great!

The positives: the bagel shop is beautiful, the cashier was very friendly, and the iced coffee was…read moredelicious. The cons: the bagel was not very good nor was the cream cheese, and whoever made my bagel and cream cheese, did a terrible job putting the cream cheese on the bagel. One side had more cream cheese and then as you got to the other side of the bagel, there was no cream cheese. It seemed like whoever made my bagel was in such a rush took zero care in making it. I also felt like it lacked cream cheese; I expected more.

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Went here two days in a row. Got a breakfast bagel on the first day, and then preordered one of…read moretheir signature breakfast sandwiches on the next day. Never waited more than a few minutes and food was delicious.

Yeah -- never again. Waited 5 minutes to order, then…read moreanother 15 for our four toasted bagels with cream cheese. None of the bagels were actually toasted. Holding them in front of a window would have toasted them more than what these were. Waste of $20.

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