Toasted bagel with scallion cream cheese is $5.08, way way too much money. What a rip off, not worth it at all.

Sometimes I crave a bagel sandwich - not sure why. This spot has very good bagel sandwiches! I like the combos - the hot pastrami and the turkey sandwich are both just - good! Bagels are fresh and not too big (I'd say in general they are above average though not quite as good as real Montreal style bagels, which are my favorite). Sandwiches come with chips and a pickle. Not too expensive. Service was nice - they happily re-did my sandwich when I decided I wanted it hot instead of cold. The atmosphere is kind of shabby but oddly comforting - like going back to the early nineties. Oh, but there's free WiFi :) good neighborhood joint and I'll be back! read more

Terrible experience today. Why two lines? And why make a customer stand in both? especially why one after the other? And even worse, while standing in the second line, they ran out of what we paid for in the first line. You lost 2 customers today. read more

The food is fantastic! The service was very slow. The employees didn't seem to know what they were doing and the owner seemed very confused about everything read more

This was the most HORRIBLE service I have ever experienced. In fact, it was so bad that I decided to sign up for Yelp this morning so I could forewarn people. Walked down to Bagel Oasis on Sunday morning with family that live up the street. After tying my dog up outside I walked in the front door which very naturally directs you up to the bagel counter. After being embarrassed and berated by the dready-dude behind the counter because I was trying to place my order with him (apparently you have to order at the register) I pretty much knew how this experience was going to go. By the way, a big f-ing 'ORDER HERE' sign would be helpful for newcomers if ordering at the register is so imperative. So, I ordered at the register, paid an astronomical sum for my simple order (bagel and cream cheese) and continued to get attitude when the employee failed to give me the coffee cup needed for the coffee I just ordered. After filling up my coffee I went to use the Half-and-Half. It was empty so I settled for the Whole Milk. Out again. Ok, not there fault of course so, like a seasoned coffee shop visitor I placed the two milk carafes on the front counter in order to save them the trip. This is coffee shop courtesy right? Well, they were less than impressed and did not even make eye contact with me to give a hint of thanks. TEN MINUTES LATER my original coffee is lukewarm and they finally bring out the cream. Seriously. Way to start the morning eh'? By the way, still don't have my bagel at this point and it is not that busy, especially considering that they had seven employees on staff! Checking my number to make sure I have not been missed I notice that they entered my order incorrectly and went up to the counter to let them know. Again, lots of 'tude and not my fault. The final chance at redemption comes when the food arrives. This is the whole point right? Additionally, I do believe that a lot of bad service can be overlooked when the food is great. Sadly, this was not the case. I really do hate to write bad reviews but GOD, this place was terrible. I did not want to make a big deal at the time because, like I said, some of my family members took me there and I did not want to make them feel bad. I am considering calling the owner (it is only fair that he/she know) but from the looks of other reviews, I am not sure that it would matter. There is my .02, take it for what it is worth. I won't be going back and honestly, it does not appear that they care about my business anyway. read more

I think the bagels are really good, and I've been here a few times now. The service is spotty. Two days ago I went in early in the morning (615). The guy making the bagels in the back looked right at me and walked away. I waited a minute, and started yelling HELLO, HELLO, and no one came out. So I left and went to the I Heart NY Deli on Roosevelt for a bagel. Thankfully they are on my way to work too. read more

The bagels are good, but not worth the poor service. Every couple years I give this place another chance thinking they must have got their act together since they are still in business, and every time I'm disappointed and leave totally frustrated. The story is always the same...the staff standing around talking and only capable of doing one thing at a time. It wouldn't occur to them to make the latte at the same time the bagel is toasting. And then when they inevitably screw up the order, they are unapologetic, slow to fix it, and stand their shaking their head at me like it's my fault. I think the legalization of marijuana is not going to help the staff since they all seem high anyway. Never going back again. read more

I dream about the breakfast bagel sandwiches from bagel oasis! Best in town! The eggs are always so fluffy and buttery and there is a generous amount of bacon. Can't beat it! read more

poor management and unorganized. also people use it as a daycare which is uncool and not fare. food is too pricey for what it is. plus one star for nice highschool students. but minus one for the owner being sooooo cheap. read more

Growing up in NY, living in Puget Sound and liking bagels have their challenges. However, the bagel thing has been solved. This place makes as close to NY style bagels as you will get. You even see dog bagels coming in for some (dogs that are 1/2 beagle, 1/2 basset hound). Most if not all NY bagel places have lousy coffee, so this is on par with NY as well. read more

My husband and I have been coming here for breakfast with our sons because it's close to where we live and kid friendly but we won't be coming back after the experience we had yesterday. Despite approximately six people (I think there were more in the back) working it took over thirty minutes for us to get three bagels. Our order still wasn't right. The place was full of other unhappy customers who also waited a long time for their orders. The food isn't that great either. The only reason I gave it two stars is because there is parking in the lot and an area for our kids to play. We'll be going to Sod House next door or Grateful Bread for Bagels. read more

Went to Bagel Oasis twice in December for take-out of bagels (no cream cheese or toppings). Bagels were very good, and service was fine, in contrast to reports of others. My standard is pumpernickel bagels, which are not found at every place. These were good, but not quite up to the standard of Bruegger's in the Midwest (never been to New York). I'd go again for a great boiled and baked bagel. read more

Wow. this place sucks pretty badly. What sucks isn't the food - it's actually really good. They have 'real' bagels - the sour, dense kind, not the digusting, airy, soggy ones available in grocery stores. What sucks is the HORRIBLE customer service, the filth and the ambiance. I actually feel like I'm at Gymboree when I go there. Kids running around everywehere, screaming, toys with small parts flying through the air, etc. Don't come here if you want to study or just have a quiet cup of coffee. Nothing is quiet about this place. It's dirty. The carpet looks like it hasn't been cleaned in years and I don't think anyone every comes by to clean the tables. So when you sit down anywhere you're immediately staring at the last person's left-overs. Worst of all: the terrible staff. One young guy who worked there would always leer at me and make me feel uncomfortable. Everyone else seems really disinterested and rude. And they can't take an order unless they know if it's for here or to go. For example, when you get up to the counter they'll stare at you blindly and then you assume they want your order. You might name name several bagels, dishes and drinks depending on how many people are with you. But then they'll look at you like you;re dumb and say, "For here or to go?" Punch in your decision and ask for your order all over again! Like they canNOT take an order before they have this vital info. This has happened to me every single time, I swear. And they ALWAYS screw up your order. And when you go back up and say, excuse me, I ordered this toasted, they'll glare at you, fling your bagel into the garbage and shout back your "new" order as if you sure are a real menace. The worst time (and last time) I went there was with my boyfriend. He ordered for us and payed with his debit card. After the young lady behind the register swiped his card, she realized she had rung something up incorrectly and we had actually paid 23 cents less that what we should have. So she asked for his card back to charge 23 cents on it. He said "no, my bank charges me a couple dollars if I charge less than 2 dollars on my card. She asked if he had change and he said no and I didn't have any, either. She was now obviously pissed, so my boyfiend asked her how it would make any sense for him to spend $2.23 extra for her 23-cent mistake. She was now really pissed and in a huff said, "well I guess it'll just have to come out of our tip jar!!!" Nice attitude, lady. I'm in denial that this place sucks because I kept going back even though every experience was bad. I was just really missing the bagel oasis in Fremont that closed a couple years ago. so i kept going to this one for the good bagels. I just can't justify it anymore after our last experience there. read more

I've been to some bad places, but I have never been disappointed on every level. There was a hair in my sandwich, the lettuce was wilted, and the tomatoes used were not even red, they were ones I would throw away before eating. The display of food on the plate looked ridiculous with the pickle and baby carrots thrown on the plate. I would've returned the sandwich because of the hair but i decided it wouldn't even be worth having a new sandwich with how bad the first one was. Also.... Way overcharged. I would rather go to Mcdonalds before going back. Einsteins bagels is better in every way. read more

Live in the neighborhood and would love to give this place more stars. They might be the only place that actually makes good bagels in Seattle. BUT prepare to wait while the dippy staff can't figure out the cash register or refill the coffee pump. Never fails. read more

Hands down the best bagels I have found in Seattle after living here 10 years. I grew up on Long Island and consider myself a bit of a NY bagel snob. Bagels with eggs are our kids favorite. Service, wait time, and lattes are hit or miss over the years. Atmosphere is quaint and simple. I gave it 5 Stars solely for the quality of the bagels. read more

This place gets 5 and half stars for FAIL. The bagels are 75% decent most of the time but they come so loaded with cream cheese (a.k.a. "schmeer") that you practically waste your money on the 2 cups of wasted cream cheese that you're not going to end up eating. It's not just the mediocre bagels and "schmeer" that takes the icing on the cake in terms of awful. The owner, manager, and head bagel meister is a bagel douche. One time I wanted mail him a packet of laser-jet printout signs that say "excuse our slow cashiering system, the owner is too cheap to buy a real cash register system." They take cards, but if you use one, don't expect a quick transaction. Expect to wait at least a good full 15 minutes before any of the college-kid employees recognizes the presence or concept of "waiting customers." Then, you'll be shuffled over to the opposite end of the counter where they actually take your order because there's only one other oblivious college-kid that actually knows how to use the register. Then, you'll wait another good 4 years for your actual bagel that comes with with unlimited douchyness and attitude from the owner who is rediculously meandering around the store wondering what is going on in the dump. Finally, your bagel experience will end with you walking out the store with irritation, a crappy cup of coffee, and a week's supply of creamcheese packaged in between an impish bagel. This place is only good for experiencing what a horrible bagel experience feels like. read more

far from oasis. teeny bagels, very slow staff (even on a saturday morning when it wasn't that busy!), very unimpressive breakfast sandwich. would never go back. read more

My wife and I have been buying these bagels for years. We buy two or three dozen at a time because they are excellent! I grew up in NYC and ate terrific bagels for the first 17 years of my life. Bagel Oasis makes them the way they should be, slightly chewy with a good crust. They are hand made from good ingredients and the ownership cares what gets served. I always go in the morning for a sack of warm fresh bagels. I have never had to wait more than 5 minutes for my order to go. I do not understand the complaints here on Yelp. It blows my mind to hear that people want squishy bagels or seeds on the bottom. Most of the time the servers are polite or at the very least giving fast service. No doubt about it, these are the best you can get east of NYC! read more

Whoa, where do I start. I showed up at this place a few days ago, 15 minutes after opening. I was looking for some garlic bagels, which are pretty darn scarce in the Seattle area. I found a delightfully old-fashioned decor, with loads of fresh bagels available. Unfortunately, the garlic bagels weren't quite ready when I arrived, so I had to wait about 10 minutes, a small price to pay for extremely fresh, delicious, delicious bagels. While I waited, I was given coffee, on the house. Then, to my amazement, I found 22 bagels in my baker's dozen!!! The owner had given me one of each kind, with a couple extra garlics, to compensate me for my wait! What service!!! Color me impressed. Needless to say, I was quite pleased, and I've been living on bagels since. As a transplant from the Northeast, I've had a hard time finding a bagel place worth my time and money. This place is it. read more

High hopes that I'd found good bagels in Seattle. Super disappointed! I was actually shocked that a cream cheese add starts at 2.15 and goes up to 3.25 if you want a flavor! The bagels aren't too overpriced at 1.50, but they even charge .90 for butter. So a topped bagel is going to be between 2.40 (butter) and 4.75 (flavored cream cheese). The prices are only the start, though. The bagels are flat and dense. The texture is only chewy, no lightness at all, though not crumbly, thankfully. The taste of the "blueberry" was dank and there was no blueberry flavor to be found. The staff seemed unhappy. Will not come back. read more

What was I thinking in my earlier review? Dirty floors, nasty tables, and an employee told me that the kosher food is far from kosher. Eeew. read more

if you like having to flag down an employee after you've been standing under the "express line" sign for five minutes, this might be your kind of place. if you like being ignored by staff, again, bagel oasis will set you up. if you enjoy sending your food back because it's not what you ordered, GIDDY UP! i've been here many times in the last few years because a friend of mine is *very* forgiving when it comes to customer service, and he loves their bagels. the bagels are good, but i've had to wait up to 10 minutes with *no one* in front of me in line to get bagels put in a bag. kind of amazing when you think about it. and even my friend admits that they mess up his order about half the time. but again, he's forgiving, mostly because the place employees high school students. if you have a lot of time and patience, give it a go. read more

Just moved back to Seattle from NYC. Craving good bagels, of course. This place was not it. While they're probably as good as it gets, the bagels were puny in comparison to NYC bagels. This leads to having a larger crust : chewy inner goodness which made it less appealing to me. Still pretty decent tasting though. I would have given it 3-4 star based on the bagel. BUT, we also got lox cream cheese. It was the most anemic fish-less tasting lox cream cheese ever. It was barely barely pinker than just plain cream cheese. So yeah. In the future, I guess I'll buy a dozen and skip the cream cheese. read more

The bagels are very good. Probably the best in Seattle. The wait for them is unbelievable. If you go here on a week day, the wait is very tolerable. I just waited for 30 minutes for one bagel to go at 8:30am on a Saturday and got home and the order was wrong. So disappointing. This is not the first time this has happened. Bagel Oasis is a zoo in the weekends, especially on Husky game days. I won't be coming back here on a weekend morning. If the bagels weren't so good, I probably wouldn't be coming back at all. read more

Soggy, greasy, bad. I should've stuck with a standard bagel instead of trying a sandwich. The service is not good and there is no ambience.

I love these bagels . the only bagel shop in Seattle. It's been here forever. I've been eating here for 25 years. Great spot with a NYC attitude! read more

unquestionably the best bagels in seattle. in fact i would put the bagels up against any i have had in new york. if i could go 4.5 stars i would. my only complaint (and this is why it can't get 5 stars) is that they don't know how to proportion cream cheese. i would rather not have to scrape off the excess with a knife before i eat it read more

Best NY style bagels in town (pretty mediocre compared to the real deal). However, everything else about Bagel Oasis is comically terrible. It's grungy. It's poorly organized. The service is indifferent and really slow. They screw orders up all the time, even when they aren't busy. They claim to serve cafe vita, but the coffee is frankly gross. Overall, do not get anything here other than bagels. read more

Great sandwich options, soup and salad also, casual dining area, warm bagels to go with a great selection of cream cheese, average prices. PERFECT for a lighter, quick lunch. I'm definitely going back. The tomato and Havarti bagel...AWESOME, the Beacon Hill...AWESOME. Very nice staff. Worth checking out. Family friendly too. read more

The bagels are just so so. They're denser than ones in NY and feel like a chore to eat. One star because their prices are outrageous: $15.99 for a dozen. read more

Seriously, almost 7 dollars for a bagel and cream cheese and a small coffee? I suppose I wouldn't mind the cost if I didn't have to wait over 20 minutes for the bagel. I really like to support small and independently owned businesses - but when their service and price don't compete with the chains, It makes it difficult to do so. read more

Love the bagels. They don't allow dogs inside but they have a window you can walk up to and order drive-(walk-)thru style. So you don't have to leave your dog tied up outside if you're ordering something to go. read more

Bagel Oasis has the best bagels in Seattle. The bagels are delicious! I have tried every single bagel store in Seattle and these are the only bagels that are comparable to a New York bagel. I go in and buy a dozen on a regular basis. In my opinion if they aren't doing as well in the areas of service and sandwiches, etc, it is only because they are excelling at the one thing they need to do well: make fantastic, authentic bagels. read more

We went to Bagel Oasis for the first time and it will definitely be our last. The service was incredibly slow and the bagel sandwich was average. With 5 people behind the counter and 1 at the register it took 20 minutes for them to make our 2 bagel sandwiches. There was a 10 minute lag between the number before ours and us. Their bagels are not worth the wait to us, so we will be getting our bagels from a different bakery. read more

If i could give this place 0 stars I would. I was in earlier this morning in hopes of getting a couple bagels to start my day. When I arrived there were no more than 10 customers in the place, mostly already seated and waiting for food. After ordering two bagels and a coffee I sat down at a table and proceeded to wait at least 30 minutes. During this time I experienced an absurd amount of poor customer service and lack of food quality. For one, I was never given my cup for coffee, and when I asked one of the 7 workers (who was actually pouring himself a cup of coffee) for a cup he told me that someone would be with me in a moment. Next, as I continued to wait for my food, I was brought the wrong order without any of the workers realizing it until it had sat at my table for a couple minutes. When they finally brought out my order (literally 30 minutes later), it was the cinnamon raisin bagel w/ cream cheese, and it was cold as if it had been toasted and then left to sit on the counter for 10 minutes before being brought out. It was actually so cold and hard I asked them to make a new one. They did so unwillingly and with no apologies. Next they brought out my pastrami sandwich which was also on a toasted bagel which had obviously been sitting out for some time. The meat was also clearly microwaved. Maybe the biggest turn off for me though was the strange pile of pale carrots that were accompanying my bagel sandwich. They were covered with freezer burn and looked as if they had no place being served let alone eaten. I even found a couple capers mixed in with the carrots, something my sandwich did not include. All in all this experience was very disappointing and I would highly discourage anyone from eating here unless they want to waste time and eat old cold toasted bagels with a staff that is seemingly unaware of what is going on around them. I left in a bad mood, never a good sign. read more

I've been enjoying their bagels for years, but today was the first time I tried eating here for breakfast. I ordered the Eggsperience omelette (pesto, broccoli, tomatoes, mushrooms, and asiago cheese) with a buttered and toasted everything bagel on the side. It sounded lovely. I admit, they were slammed this morning (combination of Sunday and nearby power outages, I would guess). I was prepared to wait a bit for my order. What I was not prepared for was the plate that finally greeted me. A glob of unmelted cheese floated on a liquidy green sea of pesto, which had been dumped on top of the omelette. The bagel was warm and buttered but by no stretch of the imagination "toasted"; its chewy blandness did nothing to help its eggy companion. My husband's bagel was likewise warm but untoasted and the potatoes he ordered to accompany his egg & a bagel were soggy and almost inedibly salty. While I would gladly grab a dozen bagels to go from Bagel Oasis, I won't make the mistake of eating a meal from here again. read more

Best soup anywhere. But now a buttered bagel and a bowl of soup is $8.05. Employees mill about but no one wipes up the dirty tables. Shouldn't be too hard. Bus you're own dishes. But all soups are wonderful. read more

Hands down the best bagels in Seattle... In fact the only bagels that would make it in NYC... AND, bialys!! Found nowhere else in the area and excellent!! read more

Consistant ly good bagels are the mainstay here. They are fresh and dense. Made the traditional way. Not quite New York, but are definately noteworthy as far as Seattle bagels are concerned. read more