I've been here twice and really enjoyed it both times. Very friendly service. Out going staff. I had the same thing both times a breakfast sandwich with egg bacon and cheddar. Excellent and worth stopping by the next time I was in the vicinity. read more

Corey's - Bacon egg and cheddar on sesame. Great bagel sandwich! - Bagels Near Me - Dundee Township, Illinois

Finally got to try the infamous Corey's Bagels in Algonquin off Randall Rd. First impression was strong; friendly staff, great service, generous portions, and a surprisingly expansive menu with around a dozen bagel varieties, sandwiches, pizzas, pretzels, desserts, and a pretty serious lineup of schmears. The quality impressed us most. The bagels tasted fresh overall, with great flavor and that satisfying chewy interior you want from a proper NYC-style kettle-boiled bagel. The cream cheeses were especially good; smooth, rich, and packed with bold flavor. I went with a CYO breakfast bagel: one over-easy egg, Muenster, extra bacon, and a light hit of pepper ketchup (iykyk) on a toasted and scooped garlic & herb bagel with chive and green onion cream cheese. Messy, savory, rich, and fantastic. We also grabbed a mixed half-dozen to go, cinnamon raisin bagel chips, and tubs of honey walnut and chive & green onion cream cheese. The bagel chips were especially addictive; super crunchy and they practically shatter like glass. I also spotted a bottle of Martinelli's apple juice in that iconic round glass bottle, which was a fun little nostalgia hit since I grew up drinking it in South Florida. The place itself is bright, clean, and energetic. We arrived around 10:30 on a Sunday and there was a steady stream of people eating in and grabbing to-go orders. Definitely more of a hip, happening little spot than I expected. My only real knock is the price. This visit came to $56.34, which definitely made me wince. I get it though; it feels more like an occasional treat than an everyday stop. We'll definitely be back to try more of the menu, especially that unique-looking pizza, but at these prices... probably not next weekend. read more

Corey's - Mom's homemade Nova Lox Sandwich with a Corey's Bagel - Garlic & Herb! Yum - Bagels Near Me - Dundee Township, Illinois

First time at Corey's today. Pros: Very friendly and informative staff. Large selection of menu items. Generous portions. Nice atmosphere. Cons: The bottom of both our Asiago bagels were so hard they were inedible. We ended up removing them to eat the huge sandwich. The onions were sliced thin but were very stringy. Although generous, $36.70 for 2 sandwiches and 2 small sides was high for a deli lunch. We'd like to think that this was just a bad day for their Asiago bagels, and it was at the end of the day, but that didn't allow us to eat them. We may try again, but the cost is a deterrent. read more

There was so much chatter about Corey's on my social media. I have a favorite bagel place but it is a long drive to Skokie to grab bagels on a whim, so I thought we would give Corey's a try. We ordered a salmon sandwich and a bagel with a schmear. They were okay, after all the hype, I really thought they were going to be something super special. Corey's was clean, very clean. The employees were helpful and nice but the prices are very high compared to my favorite bagels. read more

Corey's - Onion Bagel and Flavored Cream Cheese - Bagels Near Me - Dundee Township, Illinois

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I've been to the one on Dearborn in Chi many times. These are good, properly made bagels, and they take pride in their process. Of course the cream cheeses make them go Clark to Superman. They're firing up NYC style pies too. The atmosphere is loud and upbeat...and the noise is coming from behind the counter. Give a tip or ring the bell as you leave for some bonus celebratory eruptions. I, most always get savories like the Lox or a Build your Breakfast. I'll get ham, egg, cheese, chive cream cheese. They have a ton of signature sandos. Their sweet options are also good. read more

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Happy vibe Cool place Very friendly Very busy Great bagels Pre-ordered chicago bears Blue and orange bagels read more

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I tried Corey's for the first time today. I ordered a pretzel salt bagel with regular cream cheese, don't judge me. I was amazed at how wonderful these bagels taste. The only suggestion I would make to Corey's is have real half-and-half for your coffee. Otherwise, the experience was quite amazing. read more

Easily making my top 5 bagel spots! Corey's has a couple of downtown Chicago locations but expanded to Algonquin not too long ago. Corey himself was working when we visited and interacted with customers. Every time someone tips, they ring a bell for staff to say kudos. Their bagels are NY Style, seemed super fresh, and had a bunch of flavors and combinations to try. They also offer a number of prefixed breakfast sandwiches as well as byo option. My husband tried the Everything Bagel with Nova Lox Spread. I made my own Bagel Sandwich with egg, bacon, swiss cheese on a Garlic Herb bagel. WOW! This breakfast sandwich was everything I wanted it to be and more. I should have gotten a bit of spread on it but it was still delicious. The Garlic Herb bagel was unlike anything I've tried before. The Lox Spread was also very fresh tasting and both bagels were super fluffy. I highly recommend trying out Corey's bagels either in the burbs or the city! I will certainly be back for that breakfast sandwich or to try other combinations they offer! read more

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So far so good. The bagel I had was hot and tasty. I bought a baker's dozen and 2 cream cheeses. Chives and green onions are not the same thing and don't have the same flavor profile. Stop calling it Chive Cream cheese when it's all green onions.But...ill keep calm and chive on.... read more

Corey's - Are the chives with us today? - Bagels Near Me - Dundee Township, Illinois

I popped in one morning for some fresh bagel goodness and was served up proper. My expectations were met. While waiting on my order I listened to one of the guys working there explain the whole bagel making process to some fire fighters. Maybe it was Corey talking, maybe not, but he was pretty insightful . The inside is bright, clean, and all the staff greet you when you walk through the door as if you were Norm on the show "Cheers". I happily took my veggie sandwich on everything bagel with chives shmear to work for breakfast. It was delicious, heavy, and full of flavor. The sandwich was a little pricey, but had plenty of veggies on it. It also came with a good sized dill pickle spear. I'm already ready to go back for more. read more

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With two locations in downtown Chicago, Corey's has come to the NW suburbs, opening on Randall Road (fast becoming restaurant row) in Algonquin. In a small strip mall between Huntley Road and the Parkway, they are open from early morning until midafternoon, serving your favorite bagels, breakfast and lunch sandwiches, and coffee drinks. I was pleased with the service, atmosphere, and variety of choices. I chose a toasted everything bagel with regular cream cheese. They are very generous with their toppings and cut the bagel in quarters for easy handling. The area has needed an authentic bagel outlet, and I'm glad they are here, wish them success. BTW? Think "sushi bar greeting" when you walk in. read more

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Best bagel I have had! Was lucky to get it fresh out of the oven so it was piping hot! It was fresh, hot, and delicious!! Super friendly staff too! read more

Corey's - Garlic herb bagel with artichoke parmesan shmear - Bagels Near Me - Dundee Township, Illinois

Glad to find this place. Top notch service and authentic bagels with lots of choices. Fresh and great portions. Lots of fresh homemade cream cheese spreads as well. The nova lox was delicious. read more

Corey's - Nova Lox Sandwich - Bagels Near Me - Dundee Township, Illinois

Excellent service! The bagels are amazing! The sandwiches are outstanding! Well worth the cost. We've been going to the city one for years and are so excited that they have this one now, so close to home. The owners are super nice! Love that it's a family business! Can't wait to try their pizza! Definitely go there! read more

From NJ and this is the best nyc bagel I've had in Chicago. Pricy but good size with lots of cream cheese. Friendly too.

Finally the wait is over!!! Corey's is OPEN Came in at 6AM to find the fresh boiled to oven bagels being pulled from the oven! They're so good!!!! Great cream cheese fresh products! Chive is amazing and so is the parmesan artichoke!!!! Oh and t he Lox and cream cheese sandwich is huge! So cool to have the glass near the kitchen so you can see the process ! ! ! Come by and try! read more

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10/10! We got the new pizza slices, a corn beef sandwich and some bagels of course. The pizza was a bit greasy but tasted really good! The corn beef sandwich had a lot of great flavor and was a great size. Staff was also so nice in recommending what to get and promoting the new pizza. read more

Corey's - Corned Beef Sandwich - Bagels Near Me - Dundee Township, Illinois

This place is Great! Best NYC styles bagels in the area. Service and food is fantastic. If you like Lox. I mean real NYC Lox you have to give these guys a try. Well worth the cost, they have them flown in from New York. They're the best I had in Chicago-land. Just outstanding! If you need an East Coast NYC bagel fix this is the place to stop. Everything from the bagels and homemade smear to the sandwiches is top notch, and the portions are huge. Stop by you won't be disappointed. read more

Really yummy bagels very fresh ingredients! Definitely recommend the sun dried tomato cream cheese and herb and garlic bagel. Start was super friendly! We'll be back!! read more

We went to Corey's I believe the first months they were open. We had lunch there, but regretted it since the music was so loud and blasting we couldn't talk to each other. I see why everyone else was picking up their food and leaving. There's a point to where you have background music or you feel like you're in a nightclub. Employees were nice and all bopping around to the music. I don't know how they can do that day after day. read more

We order two build your own breakfast bagel sandwiches, basic but so delicious and the customer service here was awesome. Staff was patient as it was our first time and whenever you tip, they cheer in unison. It def made us smile. And also when you ring the bell on the way out the door. Definitely a good addition to the neighborhood. We can't wait to come back and try something different. read more

Great bagels! A bit expensive but you can tell the ingredients are good quality. Probably the best bagel I've had in the Midwest. There is room for improvement in the coffee area. Iced coffee was a no go, not strong enough and the syrup wouldn't mix in. read more

EDIT-- 02/21/2025: We went back today and met Corey and his incredible wife. All I'm going to say is, GO AS SOON AS YOU CAN to Corey's NYC Bagel Deli. Today we tried the hot pastrami with swiss and spicy mustard on wheat and we also tried one of their signature items (which is the Nova Lox) with chive cream cheese on a salt bagel. Absolutely fantastic, super great food, super amazing people! 10/10! ORIGINAL REVIEW: For a place that has only been open for a week in Algonquin, I am incredibly impressed. As with any new business in the area (remember, just new to the area - they have other stores including the flagship store downtown), there are going to be growing pains with things like staff training, order accuracy, etc. The one thing they had for sure was great counter customer service and behind the counter efficiency. Very impressed with that. The food, once the issues were resolved, was actually really good (especially the rugelach and the potato salad - super good)! What really blew me away more than anything else, though, was when I called to go over a few items that weren't perfect was the owner himself, Corey. He answered the phone when I called, we chatted for about 10 minutes, he listened, took full ownership of the minor mistakes, and legit was a 10/10 in terms of customer service and genuine care for the situation. Really, really impressed with this as you don't find many places that do this anymore. In my line of work, we live and die by the type of service and care we provide to our customers - Corey's business model is very similar. At the end of the day, keep in mind two big things here: 1) These are true, traditional, NY style kettle bagels. These are made fresh each day. They are SUPPOSED TO BE hard on the outside and soft in the center. If this isn't your jam, that's totally ok - get some other type of bread they offer for sandwiches. If you are used to the 'Einstein', 'Panera', or 'Dunkin' style soft bagels, this is not that. These are supposed to be different. 2) If you order any type of cream cheese, it is made fresh. I personally ordered the chive cream cheese for my breakfast sandwich and was very surprised with the large chunks of FRESH CHIVES in the cream cheese (lol). It was HELLA strong O_O. Really good, but yeah - STRONG hahaha :-). Make sure you know what you're ordering. All that said, the folks in the store are a new staff (minus the owner), so be patient and be kind - they're learning too and, in my opinion, doing a great job! We will see you all soon for another lunch Corey - keep up the great work with your new store! P.S. The rugelach coffee cake was STUPID GOOD (lol). I can't recommend that enough! read more

Corey's - Hot pastrami and swiss with spicy mustard on wheat - Bagels Near Me - Dundee Township, Illinois

DISGUSTING!!! Disgusting for a number of reasons! First and foremost, I don't feel like being slobbered on so to speak by the cashier because he thinks that that's going to get me to buy more bagels! It was disgusting. He couldn't even pay attention long enough to place my order! That brings me to my order. I ordered the chicken salad and everything bagel lightly toasted two times it came out burnt to a crisp. The third time it went through it was practically still raw! Then the owner's wife comes around. What a bimbo! Let me tell you something lady talking poorly about other businesses is not going to bring you more business! If you feel the need to go around to your two tables and ask them how their food is maybe find something else to talk about! Needless to say myself and my family will never step foot in this disgusting location ever again! read more

Food is good I've been there several times. Today I went in ordered four Bagels and for four slices of onion and four thin tomato slices they charged me $8 when I mentioned it to the employee he didn't offer to really understand my concern, very indifferent in aloof and hit me with an excessive charge for just a few cucumbers sliced extremely thin four slices of onion and 4th and tomato slices I don't mind paying but that was excessive and he had a bad attitude about it. So if you feel like getting ripped off then I would say don't be surprised going there when they excessively charge, I paid it he didn't say thank you for coming in he was put off that I had a slight concern, by the way that is never happened before the excessive charge when I asked for three or four slices of thin tomato and a couple shavings of onion I never paid $8 read more

Finally this place is open! The bagels are REAL kettle boiled bagels and you can taste it! Love love love. I got a BLT sandwich on an everything bagel that came out fresh out of the oven. I got chicken salad on it for a custom sandwich I build at many restaurants. I can say Corey's makes it the best. The owner Corey was in the back baking the bagels and is such a nice guy. read more

Corey's - The owner baking the bagels fresh! Such a nice guy. - Bagels Near Me - Dundee Township, Illinois

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The bagel itself was great. However, I do not want big pieces of chives in my cream cheese. It made it kinda gross to eat and very overpowering. I would go back and get a different cream cheese next time. A little disappointed though. read more

Corey's - Huge pieces of chives - Bagels Near Me - Dundee Township, Illinois

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Today was my first time trying Corey's, and let me tell you! My Fiancé and I got 2 breakfast sandwiches, which were phenomenal. The workers greeted us with a huge smile and very talkative! Super sweet staff, environment was very clean and well taken care of. We will definitely be coming back here, as well as telling others!! read more

Corey's - Garlic Herb Bagel with egg bacon and cheese - Bagels Near Me - Dundee Township, Illinois

True to it's name the bagels have the right taste, texture, and behavior of a NYC bagel. There's subtle differences in freshness, size, and seasoning between each bagel. They have that handmade quality of not being uniform. They're real bagels too, they go stale if you don't freeze them, and you bring them back to life or the freshness you want a variety of ways. That's the experience I'm used to, grabbing a dozen bagels on the north side, and enjoying them throughout the week. Corey's delivered that same experience. I didn't know a place like this existed outside of Chicago and the north side. I've been twice now and the staff has been very friendly and joking around with me each time. I was confused the first time in and Corey saw, stopped over himself and greeted me, and thanked me for coming in. The place has a flow to it though, you order on one end and get your food on the other. There's a few tables and a lunch counter at least, but I haven't been in for a sandwich yet. I see people ordering sandwiches, it looks like a nice place to relax and have breakfast, but I'm usually grab and go. Next visit I'll have to stop for a Lox sandwich, I have a feeling it'll be authentic. read more

Crazy expensive and not very good. Got the blt egg bagel. There wasn't a single customer there but I've seen them busy going by.

It's ok I guess. Maybe I just don't get bagel shops? I like bagels as much as the next guy but these don't taste that much different than other bagels I've had. The sandwiches are just kind of blazey (no idea if I'm spelling that right) and very expensive. It just seems like a run of the mill bagel shop to me with a Jimmy Johns style marketing scheme. I had kind of the same "meh" reaction to big apple bagels in Elgin too though, so again maybe I just don't get bagel shops. For my money there's a lot more interesting food in the area, even in the suburbs. The service was very good though, I will give them a nod there. read more

Delicious! Top tier service from opening the door to finishing my lunch. I loved how bright and clean it was inside. The team greeted me with smiles and were helpful with the menu. The Boar's Head meats are a win here, fresh bagels and homemade cream cheese mixes. I will be back many times! read more

Corey's - Pastrami On Wheat Bagel - Bagels Near Me - Dundee Township, Illinois

The service with a smile here is unimaginable. Don't know where they're teaching their hospitality, but pass it along to other places..!!!! You guys are great. Good is amazing also, so many great options. Been here twice now and can't wait to come back. read more

Best bagels in Illinois, the staff is amazingly nice and the service is exceptional!!!

The best bagels in Chicagoland. The service is always great. And they are very accommodating to selling other items. When you walk in they greet you ...great ambiance. read more

Service was great. Unknown to me, they close at 3 and still helped me at 2:55. Wouldn't recommend going AS THEY CLOSE, however they were still super nice and helped me out. Food is pricey but very tasty. Very clean and fun atmosphere. read more

Ordered a build your own breakfast sandwich and Lox. They were high quality ingredients and tasted unbelievable. We picked it up about 9am and the places vibe was fantastic! We will be coming back! read more

quite the hearty sandwich, fresh and plenty of meat. a little pricey (But what isn't)

Jalapeño Shmear is 10/10. Great experience- staff friendly and hard working! Will be back.

Amazingly fresh bagels made daily. The owner himself baking the goods, cranking them out to the guys in front who themselves are fun, energetic and very loud, very New York . Very much in love with this place . We use to drive further out for our bagels but not no more. Corey's bagels is where it's at! read more