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Owned and operated by a New York City native who moved to the Bay Area and quickly became homesick for a great bagel. It started incredibly slowly with boiling each hand-rolled bagel one at a time in her tiny SF apartment. With the assistance of friends and coworkers, the rest is history for the owner, Reesa Kashuk, a former home cook with no professional bread experience. Located inside Terminal C of Newark Liberty Airport, I decided to try Poppy Bagels for breakfast this morning. It was made to order via the kiosks which I ordered the Turkey, Avocado, Egg Wheat Bagel. Luckily a staff member was close by on how to take out the cheese. The warm bagel was a smaller, classic navel shape and tasted bland. The portion was surprisingly huge. It's fairly priced for an airport. The service was slow considering there were 2 staff. If one is in a hurry to catch a flight, this is not the place.
The quality of the bagels at this store could be improved. I wanted a cinnamon bagel, but they didn't have one available. Additionally, the bagels are quite basic and lack toppings. We ordered an egg and cheese bagel; it wasn't the best, but it was okay. It is self-service, with only one person at the register while another cooks. However, the service was fast, and the place was very clean.
I expect to pay more for an airport, but it was such an annoying experience. There's kind of an employee around but they will only let you order from a touch screen. We asked how to add a water and she just said, "do it on the screen" and walked off even though we hadn't seen the option and she had been doing nothing. Then of course the kiosk asks to add a tip. A tip for who for doing what? We just got a water at a different store. They were out of plain bagels (?) so we had breakfast sandwiches on everything. It was fine, but it took a long time to get (luckily no line) and I'm amazed a bagel place would be out of plain bagels. The options were pretty limited in the area for a 7 am flight with food around 6 am, and the sandwich itself was okay but the rest of the experience wasn't.
I really don't know why this rating is so low and I'm glad I didn't look here before trying. They say airport food isn't good but I enjoyed my lox, bacon, egg and cheese bagel sandwich. It's a nice spot to sit, charge your laptop, and people watch. Service is very friendly and price is on par with airport food. Ignore the low rating and give this a shot.
What a crappy bagel! I ordered an everything with cream cheese. The bagel is mushy. The cream cheese is on one side, just a slight smear. Also, cutting it in half would be so helpful, especially when eating on a flight. Self check is fine and the guys preparing the bagels were friendly and helpful, I noticed a few people had questions and they did their best to help. Great employees, bad bagels.
Just had a egg, cheese and bagel. And it was literally the worst. The eggs had been sitting out for a bit it seems and no butter on the bagel. Also ordered a cinnamon raise and after the fact they told me they don't have any. Do yourself a favor and avoid this place.
I'm honestly a little surprised at the overwhelmingly bad reviews -- is it the best bagel I've ever had? Definitely not. Is it overpriced? Yeah. Is it decent? Also no. But for airport food, it's pretty okay. I got a bacon egg and cheese for about $13 (.....) but the bacon was well cooked, cheese was melted, and the bagel itself was a little stale but not terrible.
This was a nice and hearty, bacon egg & cheese. I stopped here on my way to my gate, before boarding. The wait was only about 10 minutes and it was worth the wait! The slice of bacon on this bagel was THICK, and packed with flavor. The bagel itself was tasty, but not the best bagel I've ever had before, admittedly. As a Jersey Girl, I'd like to say that I've got some strong opinions on bagels! This bagel didn't have the right amount of bread to air ratio, and was heavy on the bread. The everything seasoning was still delicious though and in a pinch this is a great spot!
Pretty terrible, but I guess that's just on par for Newark. Bagel was worse than a generic frozen bagel. Which it likely was except they probably then let it sit out for a few days and put watery cream cheese on it. The staff was fast to serve and nice, but other thanspent the whole time yelling at each other across restaurant, it was very loud. It was a relief to hear as it blocked out the clubbing music blasting from the speaker system... at a bagel shop?
Well it was one of the few places open at this terminal at 5:30 am. The sign out front mentions 4:30 am but the lights were still off at 5:00 am. You can order via a QR code. Prices are double what you would pay outside of the airport. The bagel is not great but it's not Thomas store stuff. Staff brought the food out within 15 minutes. They were busy as soon as they opened. No ketchup or hot sauce was in the bag.
I was at the airport and needed some breakfast. They opened at 5:30am. I got a bagel with Taylor ham, egg and cheese. I didn't get any cheese and the bagel was not good. The coffee was not good either. Just another overpriced airport eatery.
Got a sandwich here from Poppy's in Newark airport, the bagel was very doughy and not great. I got the everything bagel with fried egg avocado and tomato. It was literally 1 tomato slice and smashed avocado. Not very filling. The entire sandwich just tasted of eating an everything bagel. Was not really fulfilling at all. However, I was able to put the order myself in a self-kiosk and saw the pricing. I ordered everything separately and it came out to $11 for the sandwich. Expensive, yes. Cheaper than other options, definitely! Smart way to go is to order a custom bagel sandwich where you put in what you want. read more
I ordered the avocado, turkey, egg and cheese on a cinnamon raisin bagel and I really enjoyed it! It was about $13 with tax. Similar to everyone else's experience, I ordered through the kiosk. From start to finish, I waited approximately 7 minutes for my sandwich (there were two people ahead of me at about 6:15am). I do wish it would've been cut in half, but aside from that, I truly don't have any complaints! The man who prepared my sandwich was nice, and confirmed I ordered a turkey sandwich before passing it over to me. read more
Owned and operated by a New York City native who moved to the Bay Area and quickly became homesick for a great bagel. It started incredibly slowly with boiling each hand-rolled bagel one at a time in her tiny SF apartment. With the assistance of friends and coworkers, the rest is history for the owner, Reesa Kashuk, a former home cook with no professional bread experience. Located inside Terminal C of Newark Liberty Airport, I decided to try Poppy Bagels for breakfast this morning. It was made to order via the kiosks which I ordered the Turkey, Avocado, Egg Wheat Bagel. Luckily a staff member was close by on how to take out the cheese. The warm bagel was a smaller, classic navel shape and tasted bland. The portion was surprisingly huge. It's fairly priced for an airport. The service was slow considering there were 2 staff. If one is in a hurry to catch a flight, this is not the place. read more
The quality of the bagels at this store could be improved. I wanted a cinnamon bagel, but they didn't have one available. Additionally, the bagels are quite basic and lack toppings. We ordered an egg and cheese bagel; it wasn't the best, but it was okay. It is self-service, with only one person at the register while another cooks. However, the service was fast, and the place was very clean. read more
6 months ago
$20+ dollars for this "sausage egg and cheese bagel" I need 33 more characters. This place isn't worth the effort. Avoid, and go try a different place in EWR. read more
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2 years ago
I expect to pay more for an airport, but it was such an annoying experience. There's kind of an employee around but they will only let you order from a touch screen. We asked how to add a water and she just said, "do it on the screen" and walked off even though we hadn't seen the option and she had been doing nothing. Then of course the kiosk asks to add a tip. A tip for who for doing what? We just got a water at a different store. They were out of plain bagels (?) so we had breakfast sandwiches on everything. It was fine, but it took a long time to get (luckily no line) and I'm amazed a bagel place would be out of plain bagels. The options were pretty limited in the area for a 7 am flight with food around 6 am, and the sandwich itself was okay but the rest of the experience wasn't. read more
I really don't know why this rating is so low and I'm glad I didn't look here before trying. They say airport food isn't good but I enjoyed my lox, bacon, egg and cheese bagel sandwich. It's a nice spot to sit, charge your laptop, and people watch. Service is very friendly and price is on par with airport food. Ignore the low rating and give this a shot. read more
7 months ago
1 year ago
What a crappy bagel! I ordered an everything with cream cheese. The bagel is mushy. The cream cheese is on one side, just a slight smear. Also, cutting it in half would be so helpful, especially when eating on a flight. Self check is fine and the guys preparing the bagels were friendly and helpful, I noticed a few people had questions and they did their best to help. Great employees, bad bagels. read more
2 years ago
Just had a egg, cheese and bagel. And it was literally the worst. The eggs had been sitting out for a bit it seems and no butter on the bagel. Also ordered a cinnamon raise and after the fact they told me they don't have any. Do yourself a favor and avoid this place. read more
2 years ago
I'm honestly a little surprised at the overwhelmingly bad reviews -- is it the best bagel I've ever had? Definitely not. Is it overpriced? Yeah. Is it decent? Also no. But for airport food, it's pretty okay. I got a bacon egg and cheese for about $13 (.....) but the bacon was well cooked, cheese was melted, and the bagel itself was a little stale but not terrible. read more
1 year ago
This was a nice and hearty, bacon egg & cheese. I stopped here on my way to my gate, before boarding. The wait was only about 10 minutes and it was worth the wait! The slice of bacon on this bagel was THICK, and packed with flavor. The bagel itself was tasty, but not the best bagel I've ever had before, admittedly. As a Jersey Girl, I'd like to say that I've got some strong opinions on bagels! This bagel didn't have the right amount of bread to air ratio, and was heavy on the bread. The everything seasoning was still delicious though and in a pinch this is a great spot! read more
2 years ago
Pretty terrible, but I guess that's just on par for Newark. Bagel was worse than a generic frozen bagel. Which it likely was except they probably then let it sit out for a few days and put watery cream cheese on it. The staff was fast to serve and nice, but other thanspent the whole time yelling at each other across restaurant, it was very loud. It was a relief to hear as it blocked out the clubbing music blasting from the speaker system... at a bagel shop? read more
Well it was one of the few places open at this terminal at 5:30 am. The sign out front mentions 4:30 am but the lights were still off at 5:00 am. You can order via a QR code. Prices are double what you would pay outside of the airport. The bagel is not great but it's not Thomas store stuff. Staff brought the food out within 15 minutes. They were busy as soon as they opened. No ketchup or hot sauce was in the bag. read more
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I was at the airport and needed some breakfast. They opened at 5:30am. I got a bagel with Taylor ham, egg and cheese. I didn't get any cheese and the bagel was not good. The coffee was not good either. Just another overpriced airport eatery. read more
2 years ago
Tf is this. One thing it's not is sundried tomato cream cheese on an untoasted everything bagel. It knew just how to piss me off even more after a 6am flight with a pathetic amount of schmear for $3.49. Should have gone to Dunkin downstairs read more
Eeek - this was an awful bagel ! I should have paid attention to all of the signs (like ya know, the other reviews). But it was breakfast time, I had time to kill before a flight, and I was hungry. There isn't really much else to say besides: rock hard bagels. This is what I'd imagine eating a piece of cardboard would feel like. Next time I'll avoid at all costs. read more
3 years ago
3 years ago
Absolute waste of money. Had a layover in Newark and decided to grab a bagel sandwich. I would have rather eaten a napkin than the tasteless overpriced thing I paid for. See the photo. That's what $13.00 buys you. I frozen tasteless bagel, 1 egg, 1 slice of cheese and a sausage patty just barely 2" in diameter. I wish I would have opened the bag before I got to the gate. I would gotten my money back and/or tossed the bagel back over the counter. Stay away from this dump. read more
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5 years ago
One of the worst bagels I have ever had. For $5. Plain toasted with jelly. Bagels are old for sure. read more
Poppy's Bagels in Terminal C, Newark International Airport, is part of a food court where you get what you want from what's available, and pay for everything on the way out. Not exactly efficient in operation, but the idea is good in principle. I wanted a breakfast to take on the flight to LAX, and a bagel seems the best way for cash and carry. The wait after ordering by digital pad took longer than expected, but we had time before boarding, so I didn't really mind. I watched as the everything bagel was snatched from the bin, sliced and placed in the rotating toaster to be heated and crisped. I saw the preparer lather on the veggie spread on both sides and then wrap and bag it. She then called my number and I returned to the counter to retrieve it. Upon opening it looked good with adequate toppings and cream cheese extruded from the circumference of the rounder. Taste was okay, too. It wasn't as flavorful as hoped, but it passed muster. Definitely needed more garlic, onion and poppy seed to reach my preferred bagel, but this was an airport dispenser, so we were grading on a curve. I finished half while seated on the plane waiting to taxi from the gate, and the other half somewhere over Ohio. Even in the intervening hour the second half was drier than the first, but that could be on me for how I stored it. At around $5, it was reasonably priced for its location and convenience. Just wish they also sold coffee, so I wouldn't have to queue up again just for the java. That seemed ridiculous, and I hit the 787 sans my morning jolt of joe. Ordered that from my seat as one of the few things that are still "free" on domestic flights. 2.5 STARS read more
5 years ago
Very slow service. Paid for jelly on a toasted bagel. I received a half toasted bagel with. O jelly. Paid 6 dollars for bacon but received crumbled up bacon bits. I understand the airport being more costly but this is probably one of the worst dining experiences ive ever had. Management needs to step up read more
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How to begin..... Well the retro styled banner drew my attention before my morning flight. I was in the craving something relatively simple and filling. Based on that my expectations were rather low and easily obtainable. Upon sitting down, I noticed that they take all overs on the iPads/kiosks which I realized immediately caused over 10 complaints during my visit. My advice is get a new software programmer and get this fixed ASAP or use the people here to take orders. It was ridiculous and the servers were doing their best to solve every issue that came about. Outside of the technical issues I experienced my food was simply terrible. I ordered the BEC combo that comes with OJ for $14.50. The bagel was hard, the chicken sausage was cold. Not a great way to start my vaca but I prevailed. The only reason why I didn't give this establish 1 star was solely because my boo enjoyed her meal (K-POP sandwich). If you cant find a way to order without dealing with all the other nonsense don't even waste your time. In the meantime catch flights, not feelings. read more
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