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Solly's Bagelry

2.6 (65 reviews)
InexpensiveDelis, Bagels, Bakeries
Closed • 7:00 am - 6:00 pm

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Good for kids

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Borsht Eggel
Anson L.

This is a bit of a weird review for me to write. I stopped by recently to see a friend in town. They wanted to grab a cinnamon bun from Solly's. Their bagel menu seemed pretty good for a small lunch. I grabbed the borsht eggel. It was really good overall. Enjoyed the salami and egg as well as how cheesey it was overall. I really liked it. The issue for me is that this doesn't look to be a great place to eat at given the ownership. I didn't even go out of my way to look hard but tons of reports about the owners being belligerent to bot customers and staff. I can't reasonably get behind and recommend a place where the ownership is closer to evil than not on a morality scale. But hey, if you purely are looking for good food, yeah I guess Solly's is a good spot. If you look deeper than that, I would recommend to stay away and vote with your dollar given some of the questionable practices that can be found easily online.

Cinnamon Bun ($3.50): if you like butter, you will like this bun :)
Jack W.

=== 1. VERDICT/VALUE If you like cinnamon, or if you like Montreal-style bagels, you're going to like Solly's! === 2. FOOD There are New York-style bagels (think Costco)...large, small holes, soft on the inside, and little chewy on the outside. Then there are Montreal-style bagels: smaller, larger hole on the inside (i.e. thinner bagel) and a little harder on the outside. Solly's does the latter. Bagels ($1.35 each): I tried an onion one and it was alright! I typically do New York-style bagels so it was nice to try - the flavour was on spot without being overwhelmed...but I found I may like the New York style one better. The bagel seemed to get harder within an hour of buying it so eat your purchase right away! Cinnamon Bun ($3.50 each): well the sign on the outside says they are the best - are they? If you're a Cinnabon fan you'll be disappointed. But if you like a simple bun with many layers, a LOT of cinnamon, plenty of buttery taste (Cinnabon may use lard - theirs tastes different), and a hard top but soft middle and bottom and no icing, then Solly's cinnamon bun is for you! === 3. SERVICE & ENVIRONMENT It's really a shop where you buy and eat out; there are primarily bagels and two types of cinnamon buns on display. The place does look a little dated and dim so I didn't try to look too far or around. The door would be challenging for someone with a wheelchair or baby stroller, but once you're in you'd be fine. Parking may be a little cramped in the strip mall lot out in front.

Menu
Jonny M.

I'm always on the lookout for bagels, especially Jewish bagels, that had me reminiscing about my one true love: Montreal bagels. I'd never heard of Solly's Bagelry but they have two other locations (Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant neighbourhoods). The menu is massive: bagels, soups (matzo balls), meals, noshes, cinnamon buns, classics, sammies, all day breakfast eggels, smears and drinks. The smears looked interesting (plain cream cheese, chive garlic, salmon, fresh dill and homous). They even have challah bread. - Half a dozen bagels ($6.90) - I wanted to try most of their flavours so we got a half dozen. From top left clockwise, we tried the herb sundried tomato, sesame, mish-mash bagel, marble (bagel of the month), poppy and onion. Their bagels are tiny and dense. A much heftier bite than I'm used to. Not bad but the toppings are only on the top half of the bagel so if you slice them in half to toast, there isn't much on the bottom slice. - Cinnamon bun ($3.50) - this was surprisingly good. They make them fresh daily and is one of their top sellers. Not too sweet but moist and nicely glazed. Decent but nothing I'd come running back to. The bagel search continues...

Lox on Bagels.
Stan L.

Lox on a bagel with cream cheese, onions and capers....worth the trouble. And, trouble it is. Parking in this strip mall is limited/nonexistent. Neighborhood parking is also hit or miss. If you find a parking spot, and get in the this TINY store, they are often swamped with customers. Even worse, the many times I've been here, there have been difficult customers who want to cherry-pick every bagel or item they buy, slowing things down and making the lineup get even longer. The problems are exacerbated when the lineup is so long that people (staff and customers) can't keep track of who's next in line. Many times, newly arriving customers will just jump the queue, and bud in line. This place has very few tables/chairs, so takeout is your best bet. Their bagels are not the ones that you'll see at chain grocery stores, and I have yet to try all their offerings, so hopefully I can report on them in the future. The "chips" they serve with sandwiches have been stale on several occasions. Staff are courteous, and generally efficient at processing the unwashed masses that congregate here. Bottom-line, worth visiting if you're already in the neighborhood, and the line is not too long.

Colin T.

Breakfast of champions! A fabulous cinnamon bun one layer after another layer of buttery delicious pastry and a side of their famous cream cheese icing! drooool.The food is delicious, by far the best bagels in Vancouver as well. always get bagels and cream cheese to go ! .

Bagel of the month with cream cheese - rosemary something.
Muriel L.

Tried the rusty eggel here and it was mind-blowing. Definitely come by to try it! They also load your bagels up with cream cheese. Love it. Wednesday's are a good deal for bagels. $13.50 for a baker's dozen (13) and you can get up to two dozen for that rate. Less sandwich options than their location on Broadway, but I was still impressed. I will be back with friends!

Rich B.

Well, they've done it again. This has everything you'd expect from a Solly's. That means great baked goods: bagels, babka, cinnamon buns, latkas and other classic favourites. And true to the great Solly's tradition that also means service that always appears to be one order away from complete chaos. Sadly, for those who appreciated the charm of its previous off-main location, this new site draws its aesthetic inspiration more from the 7th Ave store. It also feels like it was opened in a terrific hurry - the signage outside is clearly temporary. It's a shame they weren't able to make it feel a little more finished before it opened. The layout inside is also not the best - putting the counter on the same side as the door creates a real choke point, and fighting to get in is not a welcoming experience. Solly's has great products and a loyal following, which keeps it going. To me it has always felt like a business that teeters on the edge of greatness, but which always manages to pull itself back towards mediocrity. I hope this new location matures into something better.

Halfway through a Sunday, no bagels just a few poppy. Not impressed!
Lara O.

I stopped in mid day on a Sunday, there were no bagels left other than a few poppy seeds. I asked if they would be making more and they said no. Hubs decided to have the eggel on the poppy and said it was pretty good, I had it on the "day old" rye they offered since I didn't want poppyseed. I found the eggs to be disappointing, bland and an odd texture (microwaved? from a box? I'm not sure but I don't want to know why) It was also so dry I had to add ketchup, and I don't really like ketchup very much. I personally don't think its great for a place with Bagel in the name to have no bagels. I overheard the people behind us order a cinnamon bun, with frosting. The cashier said flat out "we're out of frosting" no apologies or anything friendly. I've had better experiences at the Tim Hortins in burnaby hospital ha-ha. We sat at our broken table and chairs (they looked like they had been pulled out of the alley!) the product availability was dismal, the shop is run down and sad and the service was bad. Safe to say I will never be back! Pity, the kits location is great. * I've received unprofessional aggressive response from someone who works for this company. Unlock your business and respond like a professional grown up! Also, this location has many bad reviews, telling me to get over myself must take a long time if you're going to harass every less than flattering reviewer on here!

Pastrami Bagel
Ernest J.

Kind of on the grimy side. Not too impressive to tell the truth. I like bagels as much as the next man but I didn't find anything unique or outstanding about these bagels. To tell the truth the texture of the bagels made me think that they were day old bagels. I ordered the matzo ball soup and I found it lukewarm at best. Sorry overall I was not impressed and I won't be coming back to Solly's anytime soon.

lemon pound cake
Kenneth N.

Not as roomy as their W.7th location, kinda cramped but pretty convenient on this side of town. Obviously their cinnamon buns are winners: like the option of spreading your own icing, control those calories depending on one's mood ;) Lemon pound cake so-so, in a way too sweet considering not much ooomph in the softness of the cake, kinda bland, not enough lemon. Parking's tough here, shared with a bunch of other places in a plaza.

Hot pastrami on an everything bagel

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Picked up sesame bagels today , unfortunately the bagels were under cooked and doughy. Will not go back .

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Claims to be open at 7am. Drove here at 7:15am. Wasn't open. That punctuality is no good or the hours posted are wrong.

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