I think I encountered the friendliest people in all of NYC at Ark Bagels! From the smiling young woman who told me to just hit "skip" when the tip option popped up on the credit card reader to the amazing guy who made my pastrami lox bagel, everything was great! The cost of the bagel included a complimentary drink! I often leave a tip without a second thought, mostly because it's just customary. Today, I left a tip out of gratitude for their warm hospitality towards an awkward tourist. The bagel was terrific, but their kindness made my day! read more

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The best service I've ever experienced. Everyone was so nice - especially Peter. Thanks for making my trip to NYC special! Can't wait to come back :) The food was great too, and it's on a really pretty street, so a great vibe and great spot to people watch. read more

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Talk about a disappointment. Did a Surprise Bag from Too Good To Go and the bagels were literally square. Aside from the weird looks, they were also unbelievably dense and tasted like a bad Kaiser roll--think as far from a bagel as possible. Don't be thrown off by the cute aesthetic of the store; the bagels are horrible. I don't know how a place like this survives in NYC. read more

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Wow! Love the bagels!! The cream cheese is home made and delicious. Got the ARC Classic Bagel which was excellent! Their coffee is good too. They have many other sandwich optiona thoughout the say. They also have omelette and other breakfast sandwiches. Service is cheerful and friendly. The sitting area is comfortable and relaxed. They play upbeat music loud enough but not too loud so you can still hold a conversation in a normal tone. 10 out ot 10! read more

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Went here in the morning for their egg bacon, cheese bagel - not bad! I chose the everything bagel which is fresh, chewy and huge. The main cook was really really nice. read more

Staff was an absolute beauty. Bagel was the best I've had. They have complementary coffee with each bagel, will be back read more

ARK Bagels - Pastrami Lox Special, Hand Rolled Bagel with Fresh - Bagels Near Me - New York, New York

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Great staff. Fast and friendly. Tasty wraps were freshly made. Good selection and many drinks too. Will remember and return! read more

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Went there on my lunch break for a smoothie. I got the berry smoothie which was decent. While I was waiting on the smoothie I was looking at the pastries such as the muffins however there was a lot of flies going in and out of the display case. I never had any of the food there but I don't think I will after seeing that. read more

Absolutely wonderful staff. Very clean and delightful place to grab a very lovely bagel sandwich. I ordered spinachn' egg on a sesame bagel. It was fresh and so delicious . The staff was absolutely friendly and kind and efficient! Very clean and tidy . read more

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Anytime I see a bagel shop I usually go in and see what it's about. I love a good bagel. I stopped here for breakfast and ordered a toasted egg bagel with bacon egg and cheese. I topped it with red onions! The bagel was very good and made fresh! They have alot of bagels here from what I see. As soon as you walk in they have a display of encased bagels where you go and place your order at. the display says it all. The service was fast and friendly. I enjoyed my bagel and off to work I went. I recommend coming by getting one of there bagels or maybe a dozen!. read more

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These are not real bagels. They don't even look like real bagels. And they definitely don't taste like them.

First review of the year...ok, so I went back to Ark Bagels on 8th. Bagels are fresh and yes, hand rolled unlike my accusation from 8 months ago. Staff welcoming and friendly. Place is bright and clean. Good background music, not too loud. Ark is in the top 10% class of NYC bagel places. I will come back for my IG @bagelmavennyc review another time read more

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Got a bagel with salmon, plain cream cheese, tomato, onions, and capers. They called this the Chelsea Special, which I guess is a custom bagel order, which they charged ~$15 for (wasn't really made clear on their menu). The bagel was soft and fresh. They put a lot of cream cheese though, but overall it was delicious and very filling. I don't eat a lot of bagels, so I don't know how this place compares to other bagel shops, but I would return. They have a lot of types of cream cheeses (both sweet and savory) and bagel bread options (seasame, cinnamon, pumpernickel, etc.). People are also friendly and professional and service is quick. read more

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Nice bagels with a large menu. The everything bagel was a hit odd to me, but I should have looked more closely at what was on it. Good coffee. read more

Had the absolute best experience! Staff was super kind and welcoming, and made sure to greet every single person who walked in. The bagels are amazing, and there is enough seating. Would absolutely come back! read more

ARK Bagels - Everything Bagel with Scallion Cream Cheese - Bagels Near Me - New York, New York

The food is amazing, service was great and the fresh squeezed juices where to die for I will definitely be returning for my breakfast in the future read more

Finally, Ark is open! Right next to Empire cakes. This is a top notch bagel emporium. The ark theme runs throughout the spacious & snazzy shop. Spreads are generous & varied. Three types of tofu cream cheese. Fresh squeezed juices. This is a one stop breakfast shop & it's impressive. Ate: Whole wheat bagel with veg tofu cream cheese $8.66 Complex texture, excellent bagel though a tad pricey but this is Chelsea after all and we love our new bagel oasis. read more

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Delicious bagels and incredible fresh cream cheese in Chelsea! Peter, Danny and Cindy made the experience even better! Arc 1 is the way to go. Coffee also very good. read more

ARK Bagels - Arc 1 on Egg Everything Bagel - Bagels Near Me - New York, New York

Bacon egg and cheese for $13???!!! Unreal amount for a subpar bagel. Nice staff preparing the bagels but I feel like I'm getting robbed by the cashier anytime i go in there. read more

Staff was offputting while ordering and forgot my order so had to re-ask me what I wanted. Sandwhich was good which slightly saves review.

Good enough bagel and cream cheese. Interesting location: 8th Ave facing Google But the cream cheese piled up in the bowls in the front of the counter were cracked as though dried out. And no one who works these seems to have noticed Not going back read more

The absolute BEST everything bagel I've ever had! Great service too! I am definitely going back for more! read more

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I love ark bagels - I go almost every time I get off at 14th/8th. Great service and good bagels . Can't go wrong

Great bagels lots of cream cheese choices and Peter is always so friendly I love going there! They have pumpernickel everything bagels !!! read more

Don't even go to this place they're very rude and disrespectful and over price the front lady and the gentleman in the front. They're very nasty and unprofessional. The food doesn't taste so good for the price that they charge. read more

Damn, We felt like kids in a candy store when we walked inside ARK Bagels. So many bagels, and so many cakes, and other sweets. I had never experienced this in my life. We got the bagels we wanted. I had some coffee and Whip Cream Cheese bagel. I usually like the Cheese Onion Bagels. They are FIRE in taste. So we sat inside and hung out people watching and eating bagels. Nice owners and cool staff. I promise i will be back on my next trip. read more

Bagels are great, generous with the cream cheese(they have so many different flavors), store is so clean and the staff is SO nice! There is a gentleman that is so welcoming and friendly. This is my new go-to bagel spot in WV/Meatpacking!! read more

This bagel shop is across from google and right by chelsea market. It is in a prime spot area. It is decorated pretty cute for having the name ark in its name. It is a pretty big space for a bagel shop. When I went inside I saw a kiosk to order as no one told me to go to the counter to order. So when I places my order and the guy got my receipt he asked me what kind of bagel I wanted. Guess I forgot to click on it. Would have been easier just to order at the counter. The bagel itself was just ok. I got a sesame bagel with scallion creamcheese. To me the cream cheese was tasteless. This place does have a rating of Grade pending but when you look it up online it says B. The staff was ok. I did see one of them give a young child a colorful bagel as the kid was eyeing it and dragged the parent into the store. The staff was nice enough to give the bagel to the child free of charge. It was heartwarming to see. read more

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Staffs are just rude here. I ordered a bagel with extra cream cheese. They are very skimpy with the cream cheese. I asked nicely if they can put a little more. The lady rushes over from the cashier and yells out "THAN JUST PAY FOR IT". Rolled her stupid eyes at me. Meanwhile I already paid at the kiosk. Then the guy behind the counter gave me a very nasty look and care less about my request. Then when my order was ready, that lady just threw it at me and rolled her eyes. Gave it a second chance and went again. Definitely regret it! Ordered 2 eggs and cheese with bagel and had the worst stomachache after. Avoid this place unless you want to pay for some rude service and end up with a stomachache after consuming their food. Also, I ordered a bacon, egg and cheese on a hero and they charged me $10 just for that. Ridiculous!! read more

I ordered a sesame bagel with egg salad which I have never tried before. The bagel was large, tasty, and just the right amount of chewiness to hardness. The egg salad was creamy and tasty also. It hit the spot for my bagel craving. I will try a bagel next time with one of their many varieties of cream cheese they have fancifully displayed begging you to choose. read more

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Being a complete dope, I dropped in for a bagel at 5 pm to find almost nothing left. Not to be deterred, I grabbed the last pumpernickel and paired it with cheddar jalapeño cream cheese - absolute heaven! Despite being at the end of the day, the bagel still had a nice chew and the spread was flavorful and spicy! read more

Super friendly staff. Highly recommend the egg bagel and chipotle cream cheese. Not very spicy (coming from someone who cannot handle spice) and delicious. Good portion too. Clean location too, added bonus! read more

I've gone to this place for the absolute last time. To preface: I rarely, if ever, leave negative reviews for any restaurant or store I go to - I know how much it can damage a business, and I avoid it whenever possible. But after today's experience, I really feel like I have no choice. I have been going to ARK Bagels since they opened - I work right down the block and made a habit of frequenting the place at least once or twice a week. I'll start with the okay - the bagels are fine. They aren't the best bagels I've ever had, but they're average and do the job better than any other place in the immediate area. The prices are what you'd expect for 8th ave in Chelsea. In the beginning, everyone who worked there seemed efficient and cordial - one cashier in particular, was always very nice and I'd leave feeling good. As time went on though, and more hires came in, suddenly the front end of the shop took a nose dive. One cashier consistently screws up or mishears orders - and, when you correct her, she gives you an eyeroll and an attitude about it, like you're the one who said the wrong thing. Maybe if she wasn't on her phone all the time, she'd hear things better, but who am I to judge. I understand that working the front end of a bagel shop is not everyone's dream. Every time I'd get this cashier (as opposed to the other, nicer one), I'd leave feeling annoyed or upset - not really the way I wanted to start my day before work. Fine, whatever. Mediocre customer service is nothing new in this town, and nothing had really boiled over in a way that felt out of line. Today, I walk in, get my bagel and coffee, and I see a new face at the register. This person seems fine, maybe a little carefree, who knows. I go to take a sip of my coffee, and suddenly, nothing is reaching my mouth. I hear another customer say to me "oh no look out!" and suddenly i feel super hot coffee spilling all over the bottom of my face and all over my chest. I go to the register and tell the girl that next time she should check to see if the top is actually ON my coffee; she says she's sorry and then quickly walks away, unwilling to deal with me. So I'm standing there, drenched in coffee, no one is offering me anything: not a refund, not a free item, not even a refill on the coffee that is now half-spilled all over me and their floors. They don't even offer me a new top for my coffee! Finally, the one nice cashier gives me some napkins, but by this point, I'm feeling pretty (literally) left out to dry. I understand a bagel shop is not a Michelin Star experience, and I know it's a business with the mindset of cheap production, high ROI. This doesn't mean the customer service has to be total garbage. I don't need people pampering me when I get a bagel and coffee, but I expect, at the very least, to be treated with human decency. I thank GOD I asked for milk in my coffee, or else I'm sure I would have second or third degree burns all over my face and chest right now and I'd be in a hospital, instead of at work with a shirt drenched in coffee. And these people should also be thanking god, because this is the kind of event that puts people out of business from lawsuits. read more

This was the first place I visited when I arrived in New York, I have never seen so many different kinds or colours of bagels, there was so much choice and also different choices of cream cheese and salmon and other fillings which was amazing! A great welcome to New York! read more

best bagel i have ever had! crunchy,chewy, salty. everything i could ever ask for in a breakfast meal. read more

ARK Bagels - salmon bagel on everything with onion dill and capers - Bagels Near Me - New York, New York

Nice and clean looking interior. Good variety. Service is fine. Prices are a bit much, even for Chelsea. Quality could be better. I think this place has standard deli food that tends to be mediocre at best. I ordered an ultimately disappointing bacon, egg, and cheese on a roll that cost something like $10 (?!). The egg and cheese were fine but the bacon was incredibly old and stringy and the roll was pretty meh. The flat bagels are more like vaguely bagel-shaped bread than proper bagels. For comparison: I was wandering around at 8am when I happened to stop by Westside Market on 15th Street and 7th Ave. I ordered a BEC for $6 and at checkout the cashier let me know that it comes with a free coffee (!!). The food was nothing to write home about but pretty solid. Definitely better and more bang for your buck than Ark, at least when it comes to breakfast sandwiches. read more

Stopped by for an afternoon snack and got a BLT on an everything bagel- it was really good and fresh! Came back a few days later for breakfast. Got the bacon, egg and cheese on an everything bagel. It was ok, not great. The coffee was not good. There were coffee grinds in the last bit of coffee... read more

Peter was the goat. Give him a raise! Staff was super kind and super helpful and the bagel was fucking fire.

I ordered a bacon egg and cheese. Idk what this is. Maybe beef bacon? I don't eat beef. It didn't look or taste like any regular bacon I've had before, it simultaneously soggy and chewy. I could barely eat a bite. Even when I tried to take the bacon off the bagel its self is not good. Who puts oats on an everything bagel? Everything is wrong here. Friendly staff but I definitely won't be back and won't be recommending. Really disappointed. I should've known when I saw spider bagel read more

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Visiting from California. French Toast bagel with butter and the Philly Cheese Steak were superb.