I've been going to Bagel Time for years and the bagels are delicious but the older female staff members have been so rude the past few times I've been there. Today I was there at 11:30am, I asked for a dozen bagels and was told I could only order 6! There were bagels in the bins and not only did they refuse to sell them to me but one woman asked if I was "trying to wipe them out"! I had a houseful of kids waiting at home for bagels but Bagel Time staff was firm on saving their bagels JUST IN CASE other customer stopped in and wanted to buy them. read more

Went for bagels only because it was close by. Never been here before. They were absolutely horrible. Not sure why people like them. No substance or texture . The best bagels is in Sterling. Place called Cafe Fresh Bagel. read more

They do not boil their "bagels" and the result is an overpriced soft white roll. Their good reputation is based on the practices of a previous owner. On a previous visit I want 12 bagels bagels plain or poppy and the server told they were out and I should have called first to order them. The rest of the offering are nice but this is supposed to be a bagel place. Problem is few places in this area actually make a real bagel. read more

Ignore all the negative reviews. This place has the BEST bagels I've ever had. They are extremely cheap and handmade fresh every day. AND the staff are all amazing friendly, super patient, and work their a**es off. They've been getting a lot of angry customers since the pandemic because people are impatient and don't understand how hard it is to operate a small business in these crazy times. The people who work here are amazing and you need to try their bagels and fresh orange juice! you won't be sorry. read more

Bagel Time is under new ownership (Mary) and the food has gotten even better!! More variety, outside seating is so much nicer, the place is great. More varieties of cream cheese than anywhere else, new daily menu specials, and fantastic specialty breads/cookies . Mary has even put in homemade chocolates for your sweet tooth. Would recommend this to anyone after a good, reasonably priced meal or snack. read more

The best bagels! I grew up in NY and bagels were a daily dish. I've had a hard time finding anything equal until I went to Bagel Time! Delicious and no preservatives. A favorite of everyone in my house. It's also family owned and who doesn't want to support a small business. Highly recommend if you are looking for the best bagel in the area. read more

I really enjoyed the fresh hot bagels and tasty cream cheese. I will definitely return when I am in town. Great selection of bagels and wraps. read more

Got a garlic bagel with tomato basil cream cheese. I'm a fan of whipped cream cheese and theirs was pretty good. They also didn't toast the life out of my bagel, just enough to warm it and the cream cheese which is how I prefer it. Bagels were pretty average though, on par with Brueggers. The coffee wasn't very good. If I lived nearby, I'd probably eat here somewhat frequently. read more

A little expensive! I spend $9for a breakfast. But it's delicious! I like this home store style~

I would stick to the bagels and stay away from the sandwiches. Had a tuna roll up and had trouble finding the tuna in the sandwich.

Gotta be the best bagels on the east side of the Mississippi. I love the garlic bagels with the scallion cream cheese or a classic bacon egg and cheese. Every bagel is handmade. The food is fresh and always good. Coffee is always perfect. Probably would eat breakfast here every morning if I could. The girl who works Sunday's is pretty cute too read more

These might be the best bagels you can get in Worcester. For most that's not saying much. I do however love a place that has more than 4 flavors of cream cheese! And has them all freshly made and ready to take home too? Yum! What I can gripe about is coming in and standing in line looking at all these lovely bagel flavors like "Garlic Spinach" but they never seem to have them or even make them at all anymore. It makes me so sad face. I can get a plain bagel with cream cheese at dunks but coming to a cute place like this I hoped for yummy variety. Call me picky but i'd totally pay a little extra for the different stuff!. Unfortunately the iced coffee is horrendous so you really go for the sandwiches which are very good and made to order. They do have desserts that are great but they go fast. I do want to try wraps (another obsession of mine) so can't speak for the lunch items. I'll be back! read more

Delicious quick breakfast. Bagel with lox cream cheese. No sliced lox from what I could see though. Not jewish so none of my favorites there, like whitfish salad and kinishes read more

ba·gel [bey-guhl] noun a leavened, doughnut-shaped, firm-textured roll, with a brownish glazed surface, made of dough first poached and then baked. They do just that.... enough said. Much tastier than dunkin. They are local what else do you want? I have been coming here for several years. The bagels are tasty and fresh. Not too hard and not too soft. Sausage egg and cheese on an everything bagel is personally my favorite. Sometimes I will get one of their great cream cheese and bagel. Definitely a great little place to grab some breakfast and go. ($10 dollar minimum on credit card so if you are alone have cash or order a lot!) Come here and support them! read more

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, it has been a while between visits for me..my memory was that the bagels were superb. Last week I got a half dozen for the office and they were practically Dunkin Don read more

Really nice soft bagels, I was there 6:30 AM and the bagels are there bagels are the softest ones I have had to date. The ladies behind the counters are also great. There Spinach Garlic bagel is basically "everything bagel" which you get at dunkin except this is much softer. Not a big fan of there cream cheese though which has a very soft also mousse like consistency. I got few different flavors and consistency was the same across different flavors. If you are used to real huge chewy bagels and thick cream cheese like the one you get in Long Island, NY than this place might not thrill you that much. As far as Worcester goes this is definitely the best I have found so far. read more

Bagel Time is a great bagel place - the best one in Worcester for sure! I grew up going there and in a house stocked with Bagel Time bagels at all times. read more

Best bagels in Central Mass. No one in this area truly knows how to make bagels. These are chewy and dense and delicious. Great selection of cream cheese. This brings back thoughts of true NY bagels. read more

Amazing bagels! The salt bagels are the absolute best bagels I have ever had. It's so soft a doughy and the salt ads a crunch and a delicate flavor. The ambiance is casual but bagel time is always packed with people. But thankfully most of the people take their bagels to go so the tables and counter are usually empty. Also they have homemade cream cheese that you can get on your bagel or if you just want some of their amazing cream cheese to put on your own bangles at home, they have tubs of it in the refrigerator near the drinks. This place is a great place for breakfast or lunch. You can just about any cream cheese or bagel you could ever and that's why in my opinion it's bagel time any time. read more

I really love these bagels!!! Cream cheese is great too. The bagels have a nice consistency, chewy, and crisp on the outside. I could eat these everyday. I like that they are not really thick bagels and are on the thinner side while being very filling. read more

Seems like they've stopped boiling the bagels as they are now large and bready, lack the chew of a real N.Y. bagel. Went there at 9 on a week day and they were already out of plain, poppy, sesame. The clerk lectured me about calling first if I wanted a dozen. Both recent times they put the bagels in a bag barely able to hold the 6 or 12 purchase..one wrong move and one would escape. I like saving trees but... I agree with the reviewer who found the service rude. If this was real N.Y. bagels that would fit better. Looking for another source. read more

I love Bagel Time! Their bagels are always fresh and they have a variety of sandwiches, soups, snacks and smoothies. They are also continuing to grow their vegan options which is HUGE and very appreciated. read more

Every town needs a fresh bagel joint, and this is Worcester's. With several interesting cream cheese options (including soy) and great coffee, who can complain? read more

Great little neighborhood breakfast joint, been coming here as long as I can remember. Fast, good price, great bagels and smoothies. Staff is very polite! read more

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BLT with double bacon...the best! Add Orangina and chips and you have a meal. AWESOME!!!

Soooo disappointed! I used to come hear frequently a few years back when I lived in the area. I'm working close by currently and stopped in this morning to get bagels for co-workers birthday. The place opens at 6. I was there at 6:30 and out of the 20 varieties of bagels, there were only 7 available to pick from, and one of those bins only had about 3 bagels left in it! They didn't even have some of the basic varieties like grain and sourdough. I bought a dozen bagels and 3 containers of cream cheese. The bag with the bagels was full to the top and you couldn't fold it over to carry it, you had to cradle it in your arms. I had to ask for a bag for the cream cheese! And while she was still in the process of ringing my order up, she actually stopped to fill the order of a "regular" customer - not cool. When I came here in the past, I would arrive at roughly the same time and all the bins would be full with bagels. I was so looking forward to this and sharing what great bagels Bagel Time has with my co-workers. Can't believe it has gone downhill so much! I used to brag about this place to everyone, not anymore. read more

Those ladies are rude and the place is really expansive and takes FOREVER to get your prepared bagel.

Love this place! I go here with friends at least once a week. Their bagels are fresh, affordable and filling. Try the asiago cheese bagel with plain cream cheese -- sounds boring? Spice it up with one of their flavored cream cheeses (like scallion bacon, another one of my favorites). Staff is nice and quick, even when they're busy. The reason I gave 4 stars is because sometimes the wait time is a bit longer than expected and there is limited space when it is busy. Other than that, I highly recommend this place for an authentic bagel! read more

Best bagels I have ever had! Bagel Time is amazing. Their bagels are made fresh daily and have almost no sodium in them, which is a nice contrast to chains such as Dunkin Donuts or supermarkets. If you're looking for a quick breakfast in Worcester, stop by Bagel Time. They're open early (6 AM) and are very inexpensive. read more

I love Bagel Time have for many yrs the family that runs it is just wonderful!!I love the gazpacho soup nice and cold for summer and so good!My daughter just loves BT lox!! oh does she ever!!!! read more

Nice People, good service, but lost my business. Ordered a bagel with cream cheese, 2.79 no problem. then asked for tomato,lettuce,onion, cheese. Tomato 1 dollar, lettuce .50, onions .50, cheese .50, total was 5.66 really. Cheese sure, but outrageous add on costs. If your going to knit pick like that, you lost my business. read more

I've been coming here for almost 15 years, at least once a week, often more. I literally can't get enough of their garlic bagels with scallion cream cheese. Their other baked goods are excellent, as are their other flavors of cream cheese and bagels, but it's the garlic bagels with scallion cream cheese that I crave above all else. Sometimes I have one for breakfast, other days maybe for lunch, they're always fantastic. The staff is consistently moody and often make mistakes (which blows my mind, because they've all worked there for literally decades), they are sometimes out of popular bagels at ridiculous times (again, decades of practice?), the whole place could use to be spiffed up and dusted, I don't know if they have public restrooms (they'd look at you like you were crazy if you asked, I suspect) and they still have things on their menu board that they actually stopped selling years ago and just haven't bothered to take off their menu board for some reason...but none of that matters. Keep your eyes on the prize: the bagels. I send people here all the time; they all fall in love with the bagels - and their incredible cream cheese options. I consider these bagels the gold standard by which I judge all other bagel shops, ever. These are always the best. read more

The BEST bagels and most delicious cream cheese options. Owners really care about their business and customers which means a lot too!! If you have not tried Bagel time, put it on your to do list!! read more

You'll never find better bagels than Bagel Time. The service is efficient and you can tell that the staff works very hard. This place does get crazy busy sometimes, but the bagels are always phenomenal. It's always WORTH the wait!! I come here all the time and I am always impressed and satisfied with their variety of food. Bagel time is a hard working family business that I've had the pleasure of knowing. This place is a gem in Worcester! read more

The bagels are okay but the last two times I went there they were unexpectedly closed. Be careful before you go you never know if they are going to be open. read more

Not what it used to be! Five years ago, I would to go to Bagel Time at least once a weekend. Now that I work in the area, I have noticed a steady decline over the past few years. The bagels have gotten smaller, much thinner and over baked. The past two times I've gotten a bagel there, I have received comments from coworkers about how thin the bagel was. It just wasn't enjoyable. Where are the plump bagels of years past? I gave them two stars because the owners are friendly and I know of the epic bagels they are capable of. I hope they read this and make some adjustments. read more

Hands down best bagels on this planet! From the food, service and the employees! I have never in my life had a better bagel, smoothie, or wrap! They have just about anything you can think of from over 8 different cream cheese spreads its hard to choose but they all taste amazing! They even have cold salads such as macaroni salad, spinach orzo salad (my favorite), and also couscous! I would highly recommend this bagel shop for everyone to try and if you haven't been to bagel time you are definitely missing out! read more

They messed up my friends order and then we're huge assholes about it. Barely gave us the time of day but we're pleasant and kissing the asses of plenty of other customers. They need to learn a thing or two about customer service, especially the owner. Biggest asshole of them all. read more

I am so drawn to this place and the bagels always have me coming back for more. Over the course of the summer, I frequently grab a bite to eat or a drink there around once to three times a week. The workers are extremely kind and get you in and out with your purchase in a fashionable amount of time. Not only are the bagels baked to perfection but their smoothies and freshly baked blueberry muffins are amazing. I give this place a total recommend. The place is clean and the service is great! read more

They have the most amazing bagels in the world! Their Indian harvest bagel (toasted with butter) is something I will go out of my way for. I've recently moved across the city and I will get up 45 min early to drive through extra traffic just to stop and get my morning bagel. They also have great sandwiches and baked goods. Their selection of cream cheese is fantastic and it's all fresh and homemade. They are also very reasonably priced. I can't wait for visiting family next month to take them here! read more