Probably not my favorite bagel shops, but certainly top 5. One of the top spots in NYC, you won't be disappointed.

Granted I was hungry but they have some of the best everything bagels I have ever eaten. There are a lot of cool everything to Pings included like oatmeal flakes! The bagel was substantial. It was a bit more 'moist bready ' than I prefer but still very good! read more

Orders here take far too long. You'll die of starvation--or, more likely--move on to another place--long before you get your sandwich. Not worth the wait. read more

I'm not sure what's going on with the mixed reviews here but I've always had a good experience with their bagels! Their bagels are an example of the New York bagel that you want! I haven't tried any of their speciality sandwiches other than their Lox with Cream Cheese but if the bagel is good, I don't need much more than that and maybe some cream cheese! Tip: There's a reward card... after every 7th bagel or coffee you get a free one! read more

Got an LES on everything flat... This is an embarrassment to any establishment selling bagels. They should stick to their baked goods and nothing else. There was not even a quarter pound of lox on this bagel. I may as well have asked for a bagel with lettuce and a side of lox. Not worth anyone's money or time. Also they forgot to put red onion. read more

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My boyfriend stated how much he liked his muffin at least 6 or more times while he ate it and I enjoy them as well! I will be back for more.

Tried a bagel with cream cheese at the new Essex St Market. It was above average for a bagel shop. They were nice enough to let me sample a couple of their cookies...they were ok. The chocolate rugelach was the best. Service was great. read more

Nah, the baked goods are generic and often stale. I'm honestly confused by some of the positive reviews left by others.

I am not the type to leave reviews, nonetheless negative review, but I was absolutely appalled at my experience today. The first red flag were flies near the bagel baskets, and in the store. My friend and I placed an order while the store was mildly busy at best (maybe 2 or 3 people behind us). We ordered 2 bagels and made our way to take a seat and wait. After 25 minutes go by and the line has lengthened, I asked the cashier if there was any update on our order, as we've been waiting almost 30 minutes for 2 bagels, and was told it would be "just a minute". After another 5-8 minutes go by, my friend asks again for some clarification of what's going on, and this time the cashier shrugs his shoulder and says he does not know. At this point, I noticed them laughing at us. By the 45 minute mark, I ask again what is going on and how it is genuinely possible that the entire store filled and cleared out, and we still have yet to received 2 bagels. Again, I was given absolutely not explanation, sense of urgency or help in the slightest. We ended up with no bagels and asked for a refund. I've never in my life experienced such atrocious costumer service in my life. I will never be coming back. read more

I first discovered the Davidovich franchise a few blocks up at the location on Ave A and East 3rd. I had an absolutely lovely experience there and, naturally, was excited to learn of this location at the Essex Market. Unfortunately, my experience the staff at this location was quite opposite. They are rude and inattentive -- I had no interest in even ordering. read more

Best bagels in the country! My mom waited two years to get more bagels, so she ordered extras for friends here in CA.

We wanted lox bagels and cream cheese from Russ and Daughters, but it was PACKED, so we went to Davidovich. Then we realized that both companies source their Lox from the same place (Acme Smoked Fish in Brooklyn) and that the Davidovich bagels look better AND that the price is lower. We think we won on every front. no lines. lower prices. same fish. Better bagels. five stars. read more

This is for the Bleecker Street location.....glad to have a bagel shop in the neighborhood and this one is very good! Excellent bagels, delicious sandwiches. Favorite was egg/avocado/hot sauce on everything bagel but the classic bagel and a shmear also quite good. Extra treat: the rugelach, especially yummy when you heat them up. The service was efficient and very friendly. read more

And for my 100th review, I will sing praises to the Davidovich Bakery at the Essex Market. This quaint little counter serves up some of the best bagels in the area - in my typical smelly fashion, I grab a toasted onion with scallion cream cheese on the walk home, and it serves as the perfect ending to a stressful workday. Also, get their black and white cookie because it'll be the best you've ever had - soft, but not falling apart, slathered in icing. All of their staffers are super friendly which keeps me coming back. That and the carbs. read more

Hands down the best bagel that I've ever had in New York! I'm sorry but as a jersey girl, I know jersey bagels are simply the BEST. That said, I couldn't even believe my bagel was so good. It was totally comparable to the Jersey bagels that I know and love. I ordered an everything bagel with cream cheese. I didn't want my bagel toasted, so I expected it to be cold. I was pleasantly surprised when it it bit into my bagel and it was warm! I have to give it another try to decide if the bagels really deserve 5 stars. Although there was a huge crowd waiting to get their hands on a bagel, the line moved super fast. It's hard to get breakfast at Chelsea Market for cheap, but Davidoch Bakery is sure to be the perfect solution. read more

I have found my new favorite bagel spot - and it's absolutely DELICIOUS. Davidovich Bakery is found in the always awesome Essex St. Market, right behind the Luca & Bosco Ice Cream Stand. (That's behind the very first door of the market, right next to Essex restaurant. The bagels here are soft, chewy, and just absolute perfection. The everything bagel is delicious, as long as you have some mints after. The strawberry and veggie cream cheeses are my favorites, and the LES sandwich is absolutely fantastic. It opens right as the Essex Street Market opens, which means that I can stop by right before I catch my F train - way more convenient than my former usuals (Murray's Bagels, Ess-a-Bagel & Kossar's Bialys (which has become subpar anyway)). Plus, the service here is way better than anywhere else I've been. The owner's also there whenever I'm there, and he's super nice. Thank you for bringing back super yummy high quality bagels to to the Lower East Side. And yes, they're a bit pricey - but totally worth it for the quality (and size) of the bagels. But, if you're on a budget like me, just don't end up eating one everyday, and make the sandwiches are a "super ultra very bad days only" type of food. And keep an eye out for the different groupons/scoutmob/online deals they offer! read more

A LES on a wheat everything bagel is the perfect cure for a rainy, gloomy day in NYC. After seeing the longest line EVER in front of Russ + Daughters, my friend and I decided to check out Davidovich Bakery since it also got rave reviews on Yelp. Can't say that I didn't miss that caviar cream cheese a la Russ + Daughters, but that LES definitely helped satisfy my bagel craving. The bagel was toasty and the portion of lox was more than generous. I only wish that there had been slightly more cream cheese. The capers also didn't seem to be the freshest. Aside from those two things, however, the LES was delicious and I gobbled up every bite. read more

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I ordered a L.E.S., which has lox, cream cheese, capers, and onions on an onion bagel. It was delicious and a great start for the morning. If you check-in with the app it will include a FREE cup of coffee. Yeah, FREE!! It's located inside Essex Market. I adore the variety of bagels shown on the window side of the shop, the selections of carbohydrates are too good to pass up. read more

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5 STARS for their awesome bagels and my favorite LES sandwich. I agree with a previous reviewer; the LES here is better than Russ and Daughters (better bagel). their bagels are consistently fresh and chewy- try pairing it with some cream cheese, lox, capers, onions and tomatoes for the perfect sandwich. I also like the veggie and scallion flavored cream cheeses. the bagels also freeze well so try the baker's dozen. I'm happy that a good bagel exists the lower east side. If anyone wants a loose tooth, I would recommend a bagel from the Flowers Cafe or Kossar's Bialys nearby. read more

FINALLY, a true bagel spot in LES! These bad boys are perfectly chewy & coated with your favorite topping. The cream cheese schmear is authentic & satisfying. Their sandwiches are on point: the smoked salmon "LES" really hit the spot and to me, beat out Russ & Daughters. My mouth is already watering just thinking about these bagels. Definitely making this place part of my weekly routine. Check-in on Foursquare and get a "Buy 1 Sandwich, get the second 50% off" deal. Boom! Enjoy. read more

I mean, what can you say. Nobody does bagels like New York. Nobody. I live in New Haven. We have some bagels. They're okay. Not great. Brueggers is fine. I stayed with a friend in the neighborhood and wanted to go grab breakfast in the morning. Yelp swears this bakery has great bagels. It turns out it's part of a little... grocery... store.. .thing. Maybe a sort of co-op? Indoor street market? I have no idea. But tucked away in the corner is the bakery. It took a surprising amount of time to toast the bagel and slather on what appeared to be about 1.3 lbs of cream cheese on my Everything bagel. And it was fucking awesome. What else can you say? It's a really, really good bagel. Sometimes you just have to wait the extra 60 seconds. Worth it. read more

Despite having to seat myself awkwardly next to a trash can, the bakery is super amazing. The bagels are absolutely delicious. I had the LES bagel layered with yummy cream cheese and they are so generous with the lox. I didn't even feel too bad eating the capers that I'm not such a fan of. Their coffee is quite good, not the most amazing coffee I've ever had but the bagels are top notch. If you like garlic, choose the garlic bagel with your savoury sandwich and you got yourself a heavenly meal. Decent prices too! This be my new spot yoh *rapper voice* read more

Davidovich Bakery - Half eaten because I totally crammed the goodness in my mouth before I could take the photo. My bad! - Bagels Near Me - New York, New York

My threshold for bagels is set lower than normal, coming from a country where there are no good bagels. We literally have 1 supermarket-distributed bagel brand and it sucks. Hence when this girl is in NYC she is on the look out for a good chewy bagel. I ordered the Everything bagel with cream cheese. Loved the various flavors and bits on my bagel - ooh onions, rye and poppy is dat chu?... as well as the thickest spread of cream cheese I have ever seen. Bless America and her large portions. My only gripe would be I wished the bagel was toasted a little warmer. Nonetheless, I loved my purchase from Davidovich. Next time I'm in town I'll try the cronuts! read more

A good on the go coffee/breakfast place. It's located within the Essex market. Food was displayed nearly along the shelves. many varieties of pastries. I can't speak for the lunch but the banana nut muffin I ordered was super tasty. The coffee was alright but it was free upon check-in so can't complain. read more

Don't order delivery from here. They forgot half the items and the ingredients I paid extra for. I won't be ordering from here again. Also the baked goods are poor quality. read more

This bakery is located in the Essex street market in the back corner. We order their bagels with plain cream cheese. I'm no bagel expert but I felt it tasted like any other deli bagel. Didn't get a chance to try the pastries which maybe better.They serve eggs now but the only breakfast sandwich you can get is bagel with egg and cheese. The worker can only do one order at a time so I don't recommend going in a larger group with everyone wanting toasty bagels. I didn't really feel the cashier was very kind considering how slow it was. There were also some specialty bagels worth trying however, I don't see myself going out of my way to get their bagels still a good eat. read more

Came here, from SF, with some friends in Boston. We all were craving a real New York bagel, and we were all very happy with Davidovich. I got the whitefish on a whole wheat everything bagel. What a great development --whole wheat =less guilt, everything = delicious indulgence. LOVED it. It's also not easy for us to get whitefish salad out in SF, but when I've gotten it in other shops in NYC, it's so thick that your first bite sends whitefish salad splurting out in all directions. It's more than unseemly, it's unpleasant, unbalanced and you end up not eating it all, which seems wasteful. Not so at Davidovich. It's a generous but sane portion. The staff was super friendly with our large, indecisive group. There are tables right in front of their stand but most people seem to take their orders to go. We did try the faux cronut as well, but it was disappointing. It just tasted like fried pastry, not bad, really, but nothing special. We got the genuine article at Dominique Ansel's bakery the next day and it really was kind of transcendent. So go here for a dough nutty thing but don't be fooled... it ain't no cronut. Definitely recommend the bagels here, even better if you can get a groupon or yelp deal. read more

Tried the Avenue A location and had an avocado toast which was very tasty and substantial. Went back a week or two later and was disappointed. there was about a 1/4 of an avocado, if that much, placed on top of toast, so it was really eating a slab of toast with a bit of avocado as a garnish. For $8 there should be more avocado. I'll try them again and hopefully it'll be better. read more

This is an update to my earlier post. Management responded and offered me a replacement dozen. Picked it up today and all the bagels were just like I remembered them before the bad experience - all soft and chewy. Got the cinnamon raisin (the best!!), everything, and sesame. Happy to continue getting my bagels here. read more

Opted for the Scoutmob deal over the Yelp deal because the minimum was less and the buy-in was less (zero). Received a quick response when asking the owner what 'dine-in' entailed (being familiar with Essex St Market). This big spender ended up dropping $1.25 from the very charming girl behind the counter - the weakest purchase ever was for a chocolate rugelach (meh) and sesame bagel (pillowy but tasty). read more

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Just ordered online and got my delivery. The order was wrong with instead of the latte I ordered with skim milk, I received a nice cup of cold milk and my bagel was toasted even though I had requested it not to be. But that didn't stop me from eating the yummy bagel. Delicious even toasted! A very nice woman from the bakery called about an hour after the order was delivered letting me know she saw that they had messed up my order and that they were preparing a large latte to be delivered ASAP. This is truly customer service! read more

A solid bagel on the denser side, which is a matter of preference. The bagel itself is better than say Russ & Daughters but not as good as my favorite Essa. That said, it's still worth your time. Few reach Essa's lofty peaks. read more

I had the toasted everything bagel with cream cheese and their maple version of the Cronut. They were both good. It's not likely that I'll return for more, but I'm glad that I could finally try them for myself. As for the staff, the woman working the counter was very friendly and helpful for it being so early in the morning. I think it's worth a visit. read more

Davidovich Bakery - Everything bagel with cream cheese - Bagels Near Me - New York, New York

Love this place!! A staple of the Essex street market, but I hadn't had the chance to visit it yet, as I usually go to Ni instead. River was super friendly and gave great service. Bagels are HUGE, as well as super fresh, and I love that they carry tofu cream cheese. Delicious, a great pick me up, and a must visit for anyone stopping by the Lower East Side early in the morning! read more

Be ready to wait a bit for your order, which shows a good side in that the food is fresh. But they handed my friend our bag of food with "everything in it." We rushed out to catch our train, only for us to discover once there that my bagel was missing. We went back the next morning, and they gave me a complimentary replacement bagel, but they had run out of bacon, didn't refund me for that, and this all without much apology for the disservice. So the service wasn't great, but the bagel was delicious! read more

Really good food but the rudeness of the employees was off the charts (and I grew up in Brooklyn). Charged $2.95 extra for a paltry amount of tofu cream cheese. I'm a woman of a certain age and for probably only the third time in my life, I didn't add a tip. Next time I'll go to Kossar's. read more

This is a small stand in a market. Not really what I was expecting visiting NYC and looking for a classic bagel shop, but not terrible. Staff were friendly, food was okay. But, they toasted my bagel without asking, mixed up a couple of the ingredients I ordered, and everything seemed store bought. Not what I expected when visiting the Lower East Side, and seeing a 4-star rated bagel place. read more

Placed an online order for two bagels. They called 20 minutes later to tell me they were out of turkey bacon. I told them to leave the bacon off the order and to please deliver ASAP. An hour goes by and I call them back to find out what's going on. They say the order just left for delivery... Did he even know which delivery I was talking about? I guess it's a standard reply to end the call. 1:40 goes by and I still am here with no bagels. They have stopped answering the phones now. This is not the first time I've waited such a long time but I always give the benefit of the doubt. If you want timely delivery service, this is not the place. The quality of the food is a non-factor after dealing with all of this, that is, if it ever gets here! read more

nice that the person wears gloves to prepare the food but then accepts cash, dispenses change, takes the next order, handles all the equipment and food and cash without removing gloves. next time i'll report it, right now just a yelp review. read more

Very good service. Thank you for the staff were very nice and very patient with me. The bagels were also very delicious. Would definitely recommend going here read more