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    3.9 (254 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 2:00 pm

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    By far the best bagels that you can buy from family owned operation STEVE and his son 35 years same bagel.
    Chris L.

    Everything about this place including the original one are the best I've been coming here since 1990. This review is well overdue Steve and his son and the whole crew. The best Service the best bagels cannot be out done. Love you, Steve.

    This biggest special order bagel I've ever seen!
    Michael R.

    Picked up a bagel for myself and a coworker and was welcomed with smiles! While waiting on my steak and cheese bagel and nova with lox spread, I watched them remove the biggest bagel I've ever seen. This obviously was a special catering order because even the cashier could not tell me how much an order like that would cost. The place was busy with a purposeful hum and quiet ambiance. There were five people in front of me and was able to get my order in and walk out in less than 10 minutes!

    Bagels friends and outdoor seating
    Haley T.

    Food came out quick and the workers are super kind and make an effort to remember their regulars. A great customer - business culture. There's not much seating inside but there's a lot of seating outdoors in Rosslyn. I ordered a sausage, cucumber, and tomato on an Asiago bagel. Very good, the bagel was a little more flat/hard fo rmy liking but still amazing! My friends are vegan and vegetarian and did not have any concerns/struggles on what to order. Coming back again soon!

    Dave W.

    This place was popping on a Sunday morning! My wife and I had very different experiences. I had a salt bagel with lox cream cheese and chive cream cheese and thought it was excellent The bagel was fresh and had the perfect texture. On the flip side, my wife got an egg sandwich on a bagel and did not like it. In fact, she compared it to a Lenders bagel, which is about a big an insult you can give to a bagel. Maybe she just needs to give it another try :-)

    Lox on toasted plain bagel
    Ariana V.

    Some of my favorite bagels in the DC area! I got lox on a toasted plain bagel with onions and capers. Even though it was around $10, they were extremely generous with the lox. It was an incredibly tasty bite, maybe my only complaint was that there was really just a lot of cream cheese. Definitely wasn't an issue, and overall the bagel was extremely good. I also had a coffee and two other orders, which all came out quickly despite how bustling it was. We were there the morning of the Marine Corps Marathon and it felt like everyone was packed in there. They moved through orders quickly, but everyone was also super gracious, there wasn't a ton of seating inside, but it wasn't hard to find a bench or table outdoors to eat our meals. Note that there's no public restroom in here, but plenty of other options nearby. Can't wait for our next trip back to DC!

    bacon egg and cheese on blueberry bagel
    Zarin B.

    Ordered delivery on a Friday morning. Got a bacon egg and cheese on a blueberry bagel, a sausage egg and cheese on a wheat everything bagel, and two banana nut bagels with plain cream cheese (for the price of one). Definitely solid bagels. The blueberry bagel probably could have used more blueberries in it, and the banana nut one was actually like a muffin but without the sweetness. The wheat everything bagel was my favorite. I do wish they would wrap their breakfast sandwiches in foil to keep them warm though, as ours were wrapped in paper and kind of cold by the time they arrived. Other than that, no qualms! Definitely a no brainer when craving bagels.

    whitefish salad on an everything bagel
    Michelle V.

    Stopped by on a weekday around noon. There was a short line and short wait. There's limited bar seating by the window of the shop. I ordered a whitefish salad sandwich on an everything bagel. The wait was around 5 minutes. This was one of the messiest meals I've ever had. They give you a MASSIVE amount of whitefish salad. Luckily, there is a station for sauces, sweeteners, utensils at the back of the shop. I ended up eating some of my food with a fork and knife. It felt near impossible to pick up and casually bite into the sandwich. By the end, the sandwich was practically falling apart. Overall it was a tasty and filling way to fuel my day of exploring museums. I would recommend ordering ahead online since I saw a lot of people doing that and I was a bit intimidated by all the options ordering on the spot. All in all this was my first meal in DC and it was great. I'd come back!

    Brian L.

    I dropped over here as I was leaving the metro station across the street. They had a really cool looking Rainbow Bagel for $3.50 and the cream cheese was additional. It seemed like a good choice given the World Pride Weekend this weekend. They were about getting ready to close, and I was a little bit rushed myself so I took it to go. The bagel itself tasted pretty much the same as a plain bagel which was good. I think I would have liked the bagel better with strawberry smear but it didn't appear that they had that. This is a decent bagel shop and I would recommend it to my friends.

    Linnea E.

    Exactly what you'd expect from a bagel shop. They have an assortment of bagels and different sandwiches on the menu - the line moves fast so be prepared to order! You don't want to hold anyone up on their morning rush lol. I tried their seasonal rainbow bagel with bacon, egg, and cheese - made for a sizeable breakfast sandwich!

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