I have been going to both Bagel Cafe locations for years and figured a glowing review was officially long overdue. The bagels are second to none, and the coffee is carefully selected and tastes elevated. I love this place. Like any bagel shop, you have to be patient and calm in the "chaos" during a rush, but the service is great. I love sitting at the bar counter against the side of the shop or at a table with a breakfast sandwich and a light roast coffee. read more

Bagel Cafe - Light roast coffee Taylor ham, double egg, cheese, hash brown, avocado, hot sauce on an everything bagel - Bagels Near Me - Fanwood, New Jersey

They tried to say I didn't add the tip but I did press the 25 percent button. They don't realize that they can control the transaction from their side. She didn't even let me send myself the receipt because she was moving the screen along so fast. They purposely left the cheese off of my sandwich after asking me if I wanted it. 2 bagel sandwich and 2 plain coffees for 28 dollars. Insane that the would charge that much and ask for a tip and not even bring the food out. When I told them about the cheese she said "you ate it already" so I brought the other half of the sandwich without the cheese for proof. They showed me the screen that showed the receipt and said I left no tip. I suspect the whole visit was an attempt to humiliate me about the tip that they decided I was lying about. You don't deserve me as a customer. BYE read more

A very okay breakfast sandwich spot. Tried a few different things like the bagels, breakfast wraps, lattes, etc. and it's always been a decent enough place to grab a bite when we really needed it. The iced latte was probably the star of the show, lots of love for the iced latte for getting me through a very tired morning. But the sandwiches have been nothing great or memorable with not too much meat. Sadly I think I will need to keep looking for a breakfast sandwich spot in town. read more

Bagel Cafe - Bacon egg and cheese on a wrap - Bagels Near Me - Fanwood, New Jersey

I guess this is TECHNICALLY an updated review, lol. I used to come here when it was Fanwood Deli, but they have re-opened and rebranded as Bagel Cafe now. Same setup, but with a facelift. No complaints about service, I could tell that the young Woman working the counter was new, but everything went smoothly. Most importantly, the food was excellent as ever. To recap on the setup of this place, medium sized venue with some tables and chairs for indoor eating. Street parking in front. Simple place with good breakfast & lunch food. They don't do dinner, they close before then. Had the B'caf with sausage instead of bacon, & the Inside Out Joe. Grades: B'caf: A Inside Out Joe: A read more

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You have to try this! Incredibly tasty and fresh. Great alternative to avocado toast. I am obsessed.I have eaten this three times in the last week and a half. read more

Bagel Cafe - Salmon, toast, bagel - Bagels Near Me - Fanwood, New Jersey

This is pretty embarrassing. Check out the photos and you'll see what I mean. Ordered a bacon,egg and cheese on a roll and this is what I got. There was definitely more ketchup in this sandwich than bacon or egg. This is the equivalent of making a sandwich with one slice of cheese and one slice of ham. Its 10:00am on a Friday, do we need to go shopping for more bacon and eggs? I don't care what the price is, management, please dont allow this kind of breakfast sandwich to leave your shop again. This is shameful. Yelpers, if you're reading this, go elsewhere! read more

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In the past few months, I have gone there about 6 times roughly 30 minutes after opening and they have no bagels. Today at 6:45 a.m., they only have plain. This place has gone down hill. They opened too many locations and the experience has gone down hill quickly. read more

It's way overpriced and the service was just meh. I also think it would have been nice if she informed me that using my card meant I would have to pay 5 or 10% extra instead of just adding it on like I wouldn't notice. The bagels were a decent size but nothing to write home about. Same for the coffee. read more

The Bagel Cafe is a nice upgrade over the previous shop here. Good selection of coffee. Bagels are about average, large, fluffy - not as puffy or crisp as I generally like, but good. Nice selection of bagel flavors and cream cheeses. Service was quick, not terribly warm / friendly. Interior has a few tables, but it's extremely spartan and dark - basement like. I'll try some sandwiches next time. read more

This place feels like an extension of home. Consistently solid bagels and everyone who works there is awesome! The chicken salad as well as the turkey BLT for lunch is a win. read more

Bagel Cafe - Bagels Near Me - Fanwood, New Jersey

While I think that the bagel experience alone is 3 or 4 stars for its consistency and the ease of getting in and getting out, I cant imagine giving this place anything over 3 stars with their breakfast sandwiches. The breakfast sandwiches are woefully thin, and have been since opening. They feel like what you'd expect to get if you ordered a breakfast sandwich on an airplane. The egg is a wafer thin sheet, and the meat is about as plentiful as water in the desert. That makes for an especially sad experience for the breakfast sandwich roll lovers as well, because you aren't even justifying the thin sandwich with a good bagel (and to be clear, the bagels are consistent, not otherworldly). I do hope that as the store gets established, they can address the lackluster breakfast sandwiches to make this a better AM option. read more

Bagel Cafe is a new bagel bakery/deli which took over this location from Fanwood Bagel, which had been an anchor store in downtown Fanwood for the past 24 years. The previous owners retired, and sold the business to these folks, who own another Bagel Cafe store in New Providence. The new owners are still in the process of renovating, which sadly included letting go the old staff. The bagels are large, but more bready than chewy, with little flavor. The cream cheese spreads are good. Food prices continue to rise here, there, and everywhere. Bagels are $1.50 each. One bagel with a shmear of cream cheese is almost $5.00. I haven't tried their other food. read more

Decent bagel bacon egg and cheese Stopped and looking for the old fanwood bagel place and realized this place took over. The bagels themselves are a little more bread and not chewy as a bagel should be the bagel itself are two out of five Got a egg, white bacon and cheese. The bacon was crispy, but there was barely any egg whites on there at the bagel didn't really help itself so overall 2.5 out of five. Coffee was good. Onw was cool. Customer service was not bad. read more

Bagel Cafe - a sandwich wrapped in foil - Bagels Near Me - Fanwood, New Jersey

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Order a egg sandwich added cheese and bacon never got egg went back they gave me an attitude and said I must add egg If it's an egg sandwich why add eggs the guy was extremely rude read more

I should've read the reviews before spending money here. Tried this spot because Dunkin is being renovated and I'm not coming back. Expensive sub par food ($8 dollars for a paper thin sausage egg and cheese bagel. Tons of menu items that aren't available which is crazy for a coffee shop like espresso, cold brew, lemonade, smoothies and I don't think they've ever had matcha or Chai. Customer service was below average but at least one guy in the back was nice when he gave me my sandwich. The ambiance is decent but with blocked outlets and no wifi, it's not a good cafe for completing tasks on your laptop as you sip the coffee they don't have. I don't know who's making the executive decisions here but it seems like this place won't last with the direction they're headed in. Maybe the experience was so bad because they're already going under. 90% of the coffee menu is unavailable, overcharging for simple mediocre items. Might be signs that this spot is fighting for its life. Idk how overcharging people will save it tho. I feel I wasted my money to be honest but hey it's ok, you lose some and win some. read more

Visited the Bagel Cafe in Fanwood today & I had the yummiest wrap filled with egg whites, fresh baked turkey, spinach & mozzarella. All ingredients so fresh, tasty & filling. The staff are attentive & the owner was pleaseantly cordial. Ill be going again very soon, and look forward to their Ethiopian blend coffee which is amazing. I highly recommend this sweet, local shoppe. read more

Not sure why I gave this place another chance only to be disappointed again. Taylor ham egg and cheese on a round roll might as well be just Taylor Ham on a round roll. I thought something was missing when he handed me the brown bag. It was so light I knew that this was going to be a rip off again. Don't waste your money head to Babbas bagels if you want a real breakfast sandwich... read more

Bagel Cafe - Taylor ham egg and cheese on a round roll - Bagels Near Me - Fanwood, New Jersey

Amazing coffee - try the pumpkin latte, not sweet. This is a coffee shop and bagels - refreshed! Try it read more

Bagels were good but I would say a big difference from the previous owner's recipe. I went in not realizing the ownership changed and after I tried the bagels I knew I had to jump on yelp to check if this was the same shop I grew up eating bagels at. The bagels aren't bad but it's just hard to follow up the previous fanwood bagel shop which I felt had the best bagels in the area. These bagels are very similar to the place on Terrill near 22 in that they are slightly airy, but I would probably give these bagels the edge. I also tried the plain and strawberry cream cheeses and they were definitely a hit. They also take credit card which is a plus. I rarely carry cash these days but I stopped by the atm prior to my visit thinking it was the fanwood bagel cash only experience. If I needed my local dozen bagel breakfast and cream cheese fix then I would come here over the other one in town. read more

A shout out to Bagel Cafe NJ on Martine in Fanwood next to Rockos ice cream. Had a latte this am (with my bagel) and it was spot on. Bagel was super fresh and owner Craig was really cool offering up tastes of the homemade fresh muffins made just this morning. Good vibes inside too. Good start to Friday! read more

Bagel Cafe - Bagels Near Me - Fanwood, New Jersey

Placed an online order for half a pound of scallion cream cheese and 6 bagels. 5 everything, 1 plain. Apparently they ran out of most bagels and claimed to my wife they tried to call me. Second time we ordered and there was issues. Glad a new panini place is opening in the area. read more

Wow. This place is janky. Ambience = think black duct tape on their signage and just a dirty appearance. It looks like it's falling apart and not that it's a recent new ownership. read more

The previous owner didn't do any maintenance and the place looked so dirty. The new owner cleaned the place up. Both of their bagels are passable for an nyc bagel type. The price did jump up, understandably since the stream lined everything. The service is sporadi. Sometimes my order's wrong. Sometimes they're all smiles and sometimes they aren't. A million times more professional than the old owners. It's decent. read more

The new owners have made so many improvements to this bagel place and it's great. Everyone is friendly and helpful. The bagels are very good and so is their coffee. Fanwood as a community is clicky and so hard on their small businesses because it is a small town. It's so nice to see this place making it happen in a tough town like this. I moved here from downtown JC where we had tons of places like this. When the new owners took over, I was worried we were going to lose our one and only bagel place. We didn't ! read more

I feel as if some negative reviews within this thread are biased in the sense that the reviewer is still upset that the original Fanwood Bagel is no longer a location. What the new owners have done so far with making their own breakfast products and completely revamping the inside of the store has been amazing. A lot of people put immense pressure on the new owners to carry on the legacy of what Fanwood Bagel did for this town, and I believe they have transitioned very well. Bagel Cafe continues to be my go-to spot. read more

Bagel Cafe had the opportunity to build u[on the wonderful, two-decade-long legacy of Fanwood Bagel AND they blew it - gone are the wonderfully dense, sublimely-tasty bagels and in their place are flavor-less, wonderbread-like catastrophes - here's a suggestion: call the former owners and ask them how you make things right - such a shame read more