Needed something quick before my auto repairs so I decided to finally try this location. Ordered a breakfast sandwich and baked hash brown for pick up and when I arrived, my order was waiting for me! I did not dine in nor did I speak to anyone so I cannot comment on the service besides the fact that they're quick with online orders and they cut my sandwich in half! read more

Einstein Bros. Bagels - Bagels Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

I was reminded why I haven't eaten at Einstein's since 2016. Waited 30 minutes for my order to be ready and my $8 bagel and cream cheese came with 1 tbsp of cream cheese on it. Severely overpriced. read more

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I ordered three bagels from Einstein's in Carmel today a wheat bagel, a cinnamon raisin bagel and a cheddar jalapeño bagel. The total was $8.69. I had no toppings didn't have them sliced. They were just three bagels. I cannot believe that Einstein is charging this much money and then when you go to pay for it, they asked for a tip highway robbery. read more

This has to be one of the worst customer service experiences I have ever had. The woman working the register had the worst attitude and should not be working here. She looks like she hates her job. I ordered a dozen bagels online that should have been ready at 9:40. Arrived at 9:50 and was told that they were working on them. Asked again 20 mins later and was told they were still working on them. Walked to the register a third time and was asked if I checked the pickup area. Let her know they were not there. She then asked me my name and handed them to me. Didn't thank me and was super condescending to me as I was walking out the door. I will never come back to this location and will make sure to let everyone know the awful service they will receive if they come to this location. read more

I normally love Einstein, not going back to this location. Idk how this passed any sort of quality control (see photo) also seemed to be quite undersized. read more

Einstein Bros. Bagels - Apple cinnamon bagel with cream cheese - Bagels Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

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Tried this location again March 2026, wanted to order two dozen bagels to go. The person taking the order was polite and took the order, the manager than started to lecture us that we can't have 12 everything bagels (which would be part of 2 dozen bagels and sandwiches) - Not that they did not have a full basket of them and also some on cooling rack so a few dozen overall. In the end, we only ordered a dozen bagels since we were limited to 6 everything bagels. The Manager also said, why do we come to Carmel location if the Castleton location treats us better - because it is close to home. However, we did not come to argue, just to purchase bagels. I usually find the staff except the person managing to be polite and helpful. We have been going to the Castleton location more often due to this Manager in Carmel, She has been rude in the past. According to the Manager I need to order them ahead of time - not everyone knows ahead of time they will buy bagels in the morning (or wait 30 minutes and they will bake some - but yet the bagels on the bins we could only order 6 when there is a few dozen there and we wanted 12. If I really am planning that far in advanced, I will order from Sidedoor Bagels downtown Indy - as they seem to be the best bagels in Indianapolis. The Carmel location just happens to be close to where we live so if we are out and going past it we sometimes stop by to pick up some for our kids and the family during the coming week. There is also another bagel location in Carmel, Barry's bagels where we went after Einstein to purchase more everything and garlic bagels. So now if we are in Carmel we will go there at Clay Terrace. The Manager got her way as we will never again stop into the Einstein Bagels in Carmel. read more

The best and cleanest Einstein out there! We love the staff and they are incredibly kind! We drive here from Zionsville just to hit the Carmel Einstein! Great store!! read more

Einstein Bros. Bagels - So fresh and so clean - Bagels Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

New einstein bagel in carmel indiana. Previous stores were closed during covid pandemic. Great service, friendly staff, great bagels and other food choices. Kira, kayla, and Ty signed me up to the rewards program and signed me up to all the services. They were very helpful. very happy to see a Einstein bagel in hamilton county. aaa plus read more

We ordered first and then picked up to save time. The food was really good. The cinnamon roll was delicious and the iced vanilla coffee was also good. Prices run a little high compared to other fast food places, but it worth the extra money just for the taste and quality. Einstein has an app and you can take survey via the receipt and get free bagels. If you like bagels, give this place a try! read more

Einstein Bros. Bagels - Cinnamon roll - Bagels Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

Waited at least 10 minutes in drive thru behind only 1 car. Paid $3 each for 3 cinnamon sugar bagels and essentially got plain bagels. Confirmed they were cinnamon sugar and was told yes but in fact there was basically none on it. read more

Einstein Bros. Bagels - Bagels Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

Great experience, my food was made fast manager was very lovely , cashier had a great smile and greet ,, dining room was clean to dine in I'll back ! read more

It's almost comical to sit in the drive-thru and watch people just bail after waiting for 15-20 minutes with 5 cars in front of you. The girl on the intercom is about as friendly as a toilet plunger. Luckily Ty at the window redeemed it. Dude's a stud. He was very kind. Food's good once you ultimately get it! Just dedicate a lot more time to your trip than you anticipated. read more

Ordered an egg ham and Swiss on an Asiago bagel. The bagel is good. I didn't really care for the egg because of the large pepper sprinkled all over it. After eating the first half, I wanted to see how much pepper was on the second half. Glad I did because I found an egg shell attached to the egg. read more

Einstein Bros. Bagels - Egg shell in the sandwich and loads of black pepper. - Bagels Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

Workers are rude, service is super slow, and while they were making my box of bagels had to look at each individual one to check for mold??? News flash if one bagel in the container is moldy the rest are infected!! Not trying to be a karen but my god. read more

I went to have my oil changed right after leaving this Einstein Bros. The bathroom was cleaner at the car dealership. And the atmosphere! It looks like 2021 in there. There are a few tables for two, spaced very far apart, with no one sitting at them. There's still a sign by the (overflowing) trash can reminding us not to throw the baskets away. But there are no baskets. It isn't a bagel shop. It isn't a coffee shop. There's really no reason to go there if there's a Kroger on your way. read more

I love that they have order ahead and an app where you can earn points on. Customer service was great. They had a deal where I could get a free bagel for my dog with a sandwich or burrito order. Also, they have great coffee and smoothie drinks. There is lunch sandwiches offered at this business also. I say go check out this business if you have not before. read more

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Unbelievable. This experience of a staffs NICOTINE POUCH is still is bothering me. Just foul. After trying to reach out to corporate with no response and a very unapologetic, taking no blame, and saying it could be "anything", but probably a burnt jalapeno from this staff. My bacon cheddar egg sandwich was serviced with a side of someone's used NICOTINE POUCH. I had eaten half of my sandwich when I saw it laying on the other half in the wrapper from Einsteins. Seriously one of the nastiest things that has happened in a food environment EVER. When I took it back to the store to ask what the heck, the lady defensively said no one here does that and said that it could be anything from the restaurant. It could have come out of the toaster, been an avacado piece, a burnt jalapeno from toaster, a laundry list of things...everything except what it clearly was, a wet USED NICOTINE POUCH. read more

Einstein Bros. Bagels - USED NICOTINE POUCH in breakfast sandwich - Bagels Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

Reopen the sitting area. You are the only Einstein's left not open for seating and everyone in town can't figure out why after Covid is over it's still closed. You have staff so it's not that and it doesn't take much to clean off a table now and them. Einstein's has always been a place fotolder people to meet and talk in the mornings so now everyone has to go to Panera. I keep getting told it's corporate but if that is the case why aren't they closed everywhere? Also, I second the above review the manager that works there runs a tight ship but I think she's fantastic don't lose her! read more

Honestly, I'm not the harshest critic when it comes to bagel joints. I grew up on frozen bagels, Panera and, when my parents got fancy, Shapiro's. Needless to say, I'm no New Yorker (even though I wish I was) so a Panera asiago cheese or plain bagel still holds a very special place in my heart. I went with Einstein last week, simply because they threw a free bagel-schmear in my app. I figured, why not? And I'd had Einstein years ago and hadn't hated it. They have great variety and flavors, but the positives end there. Not only is the service completely abysmal, getting one bagel TO GO takes at least 30 minutes (obnoxious? Obviously). The staff was more interested in taking multiple breaks than serving the insane lines that filled the store AND drive-thru, and my actual bagel had so few jalapeno pieces and was missing patches of cheese, which is just weird. The bagel itself tasted like play-doh: Even the small amount of cream cheese they gave us couldn't salvage a, frankly, pathetic bagel. Sure, my standards have gone up, but Einstein's have gone down. That goes without saying. read more

Einstein Bros. Bagels - Jalapeno-cheddar bagel: frankly, it's sad. - Bagels Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

I was surprised by the different bagel and bakery selections. I decided to try the toasted French Toast bagel with a side of salmon shmear. The combo was fine. I could taste the salmon, and the cream cheese was not too powerful for me. Staff was accommodating and friendly. read more

Man, oh, man. I've had good experiences years ago (and the bagels are still yummy!), but today could've used more staff. It was a Sunday morning, so granted that all breakfast places are swamped at this time. However, we waited in line for about twenty minutes for just a to-go bagel. We unfortunately never got it because we left after waiting, as there were still three groups ahead of us and not an end in sight. The staff seemed pretty swamped, but I can't imagine that it was super unusual for them to be busy at this time, so there should maybe be more people working. The food: the bagels rock, I can't deny it. I'm a sucker for a schmear (bagel with cream cheese), especially on an asiago bagel. The pizza bagel and turkey sandwich on challah bread is also great. The OJ here has always been great too. I'll be back to try this place again, hopefully when there's less of a wait time. read more

Einstein Bros. Bagels - Bagels Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

You ready for a story? It's worth the read I promise. Food: ehh Service: absolutely horrendous Ambiance: a joke I don't ever leave reviews but I'm hotter than a pickle bug in a pepper patch. Let me start off by saying, this location is the absolute worst location I've ever visited. I live near it and have went a few times and every single time something is wrong with my food. Either it's not made right or something is missing or shoot, sometimes they give me the complete wrong item. Where do y'all get your employees Backpage? LOL Coffee: bland Iced coffee: tastes like when you leave it on your table for 4 hours and all the ice melts and it's all watered down. Food: it's , Bland at best, but hey sometimes it's over cooked and burnt but at least that adds some flavor. Oh, and let me not forget it's never hot. I always gotta warm that stuff up when I get home. Thank God I have an air fryer. Look I'm from the south and we actually season our food and our fast food restaurants food actually tastes good. These folk up here have no sense of hospitality. They don't know how to speak to people, and they definitely have no customer service skills. Not to mention they don't know how to make food taste good. Do better yall. I'm writing this whole review due to an incident today. My wife went up there to get three sandwiches and 4 hash-browns. She got back home and I looked in the bag and what did I see? No hash-browns. Oh perfect right? They forgot something again. So I have her call up there to speak with someone and we had to call four separate times and on the third call someone picked up and hung up instantly. Finally got through on the fourth call and the young lady that answered was instantaneously and incredibly rude right off the muscle. I mean right off the grip. My wife explained to her what she ordered and what was in the bag, she told her that the hash-browns were missing and she said well that's not my problem you should have checked the bag....... She is partly right but as a customer, I should not have to check my bag to make sure my little hashbrowns are in the bag. Your employees should listen to what the customer is asking for. But who knows right? Any how my wife asked her for a resolution for the situation at hand and the (manager) said "well we are closed now and there is nothing I'm willing to do, bye." And she hung up the phone. Little girl I hope you see this review and I hope you learn from your mistakes. You are in the service industry. Act like it. I know it's a pain to deal with customers sometimes but if you're not able to handle it, then find a different line of work and (Don't be rude). Life is too short to have an attitude all the time. Do your job properly and do it with pride you'll go so far in life. Employees like you are the reason restaurants get bad reviews. DO BETTER! #trythatinasmalltown read more

Great bagels - but this comment is about the manager. The manager here runs a great ship. Workers were busy on a Sunday morning, nice, courteous, smiled at the register. Manager was continuously directing all staff to keep them helping customers, restocking bagels, making sandwiches, taking care of door dash - all as she was working very efficiently manning a station. People need to remember that labor is still hard to find. Hats off to the gal leading the crew here. Give her a raise!! read more

Wow, that response from a business manager had nothing to do with the situation of charging for a ridiculous little packet of grape jelly. Advertising your rewards program was useless. May as well have been an auto response. So disappointed in them. Again, do better Einsteins! read more

First time stopping in here and instantly loved it. A huge reason for this and a special shout out to KELLY who was ON TOP OF IT!!! She had great personal recommendations for my indecisiveness, she was knocking out like 30 tasks simultaneously while still tending to the customers phenomenally, and all with a smile and a great attitude the whole time. I'd be surprised if she didn't own the place as much pride as she had in what she was doing. Definitely a vibe which isn't common anymore in most customer service based establishments. And not to forget, the food and coffee were definitely great as I went with the recommendations, so I was not disappointed and would be going back. read more

My dry cappuccino was made wrong, and super sweet. The muffin was solid. If you want a Starbucks sweet beverage, the latte and cappuccinos are probably fine. The bagels were perfect. read more

Was unsure when placing my order from NY to my friend in IN for a funeral brunch. They received a prompt delivery and wonderful presentation of bagels, muffins and pastries, as well as some delicious spreads. And everything was delicious! I highly recommend Einstein Bros. in Carmel IN for all of your brunch events! read more

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Dining room is still closed, so I had to sit outside in the rain to eat my meal. That's just stupid. Never eating here again. read more

Einstein Bros. Bagels - Me eating my meal outside on a wet table in the rain - Bagels Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

I was totally surprised when I ordered two everything bagels that cost me $4.99. How do they stay in business??

In summary, Einstein's is a more expensive bagel place that is worth getting every now and then. I got the cinnamon sugar bagel with honey almond cream cheese and the cheddar jalapeño bagel with onion and chive cream cheese. Both were immaculate and I'll get the same order next time I go. Also just a heads up, holy crowded... I never realized how many people go to Einstein's as part of their morning routine. Both the inside and drive thru were crazy. The service was fairly quick considering the crowd. read more

Very disappointed that they're still blaming Covid for still having the indoor dining closed. It's time to get over it like almost all of the other restaurants have. If your management can't figure out how to properly staff a store, then it's time to get a manager that can!! I walked out when they said seating is closed due to Covid. I wasn't going to sit in my car and eat!! Plenty of other places nearby that ARE staffed and FULLY open! read more

Quick and great service. Drive thru line is usually pretty quick and I love the option to order in advance and pick up.

Pretty busy when we came here on a Saturday mid-morning and also unfortunately out of a lot of different kinds of bagels. The egg sandwich with cheese was good but the bagel was kinda dry. I love their cinnamon sugar bagels with cream cheese and was hoping for this bagel but one of the ones they were out of. They do have a pretty nice rewards program and they will send out weekly-monthly deals to use. read more

Einstein Bros. Bagels - Bagels Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

Just started Einstein'ing at the first of this year we have been very pleased with their consistency over these last few months. Yes it is pricy but utilizing there app with the rewards is a must and the offer $5 worth of free Reg. Bagels via your receipt review. read more

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I think Einstein has great bagels and wonderful coffee. The service is pretty good but the accommodations are awful. Why in the world would they not open the dining room. Who wants to relax and eat in the car. I know Covid started this nonsense but it's time to join the real world. Besides.. I think you could kick Starbucks out of first place if you gave it an honest try! read more

Egg and cheese sandwich from a birthday coupon. Popular spot among the locals. All the good bagels were gone by 10am. Wide variety menu for food and drinks. read more

Einstein Bros. Bagels - Bagels Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

Meal was good, but rude service, and not sure why the dining room is closed still. Really inconvenient.

For a Sunday morning, was pleasantly surprised by the relatively short line and quick service. Lobby still looks to be closed but drive through line moved fast. Am always always pleased with the food here and happy there's a reliable drive through to get bagels nearby. read more

Ive been coming here 2-3x a week for the last 2 years and it's been great. Even if it was a little slow cuz they were understaffed, I get it. No big deal. The quality was always good and I generally wasn't in a rush. But the quality has dropped off dramatically the last month or so. The staff has changed and that's probably why. Bagels have been very small and flat, I'd say about half the size they normally are, "toasted" has become "slightly warmed," and almost no cream cheese at all, though they aren't ashamed to charge you for it. They completely forgot cream cheese once a couple of weeks ago... I mentioned it the next time I was there. They did nothing to make it right, not even an apology. I'd recommend going elsewhere at this point until they get their quality back to where it was. read more

Poor Einstein Bros. It's hard to say ... but their customer service is barely grasping for mediocre. I don't know if I've ever seen anyone smile, say thank you or you're welcome or really shown a ounce of care for their job. You can just see it in their eyes. Is it 4:00 pm yet!?!?! The bagels are so good. I mean, who could say no to an asiago bagel. Or an everything bagel with lox and cream cheese. Schmear away! I'm curious about the coffee and juice area. I've never ordered anything to drink but I'm intrigued. I mean, come on, a place just to master libations has got to be something. I'm not sure if it's an every Monday thing but I did just take advantage of the bakers dozen special for $7.00. Thank you EB. read more

Einstein Bros. Bagels - California Nova Lox. Sesame seed bagel with smoked salmon, cream cheese, avocado, tomato, red onion and capers. So-so. - Bagels Near Me - Carmel, Indiana