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    The Bagel Baker

    4.2 (327 reviews)
    InexpensiveBagels, Sandwiches, Pizza
    Open 7:00 am - 7:30 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Dogs allowed
    Outdoor seating

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    Poe
    Molly L.

    Amazing bagel! Just like NJ. Amazing pork roll with egg cheese. The bagel is soft but crispy on the outside

    Extra Cheese Pizza

    The pizza was legit, especially with the extra cheese. Great Neck is finally getting some better pizza spots.

    Brooklyn club - yummm
    Lisa O.

    The Bagel Baker may always look busy. This is because they are so good. Fresh bagels I usually go for lunch. The sandwiches are amazing. I get a different sandwich every time I go and have never been disappointed lately. I always asked to cut mine in half. My husband will get a different sandwich and get his cut in half . Then we can try 2 different sandwiches. We got the Manhattan and the Chelsea. Both very different but both EXCELLENT!!!! They both have bacon on them, and the bacon was perfect. Both very flavorful and fresh.. staff very nice and fast too for a fresh sandwich made to order

    Plain Bagel with Cream Cheese
    Kaitlin A.

    Great service, as soon as I walked in I was greeted by everyone, and placed my order for a toasted plain bagel with extra cream cheese quickly. The menu was big, and I got anxious being the only person and ordered what I knew. It makes for a good base of how good everything else would be though. My food came out soon after, and I left to go enjoy my food at home (15 minutes). It felt warm when I got it, but by the time I sat down to eat it was cold. It wasn't like it had been too long from when I got it to then, so I don't know what happened. The bagel itself is dense and chewy, kinda like what I had suspected from the photos. It's like Panera you could say, which was a little sad for me. I like my bagels more airy and not as chewy. The flavor of the bagel was nice, I just was hoping for something amazing I guess. The cream cheese is also good quality, probably could've done with more of it. (I'm in love with cream cheese) Overall, just a cute average lil bagel shop.

    Counter
    Maria F.

    Hard to find a NY-style bagels in the area! But this place might be a winner. Plenty of indoor sitting and even two kiosks aside from the regular counter. Stopped by earlier this morning after the rush & picked up a BB on Broadway (bacon, egg, cheese, and hash brown) as well as a blueberry yogurt muffin. While a little pricey, the bagel was chewy and fresh. And gosh, the muffin was incredibly yummy! I'll have to give the other breakfast sandwiches a try.

    Poppy Seed Bagel

    The Bagel Baker is the first place I visit when I come home from college. I've tried many Bagel shops in my college town, and nothing ever comes close to Bagel Baker's bagels and coffee! The owner is so sweet. I also bought a 1/2 dozen to bring back to college with me.

    Carol S.

    A mad search for New York Style Bagel Bakeries before my son & grandson arrived led me back to this location where my family came in the late '80s. When I walked in it looked completely different. That's because it was. I'm not sure what happened to the old store since it had been decades since I had frequented the bagel shop. This bakery was exactly what I was looking for. They boil then bake their bagels preservative free. It brought back memories of a Bagel Bakery in Atlanta I frequented in the early '70s that actually had the boiling vat in view. The Bakery was decorated really awesome on the outside & inside with sidewalk seating available in addition to the dining area. A separate door was provided for takeout or online orders. I joined the rope line to place my order so I could peruse the menu on the wall. The line featured a long picturesque scene of New York. The inside dining area walls were also New York cityscape scenes. How awesome!! The restaurant was clean & very popular. Takeout orders were placed in bags awaiting pickup. There were many. Breakfast sandwich choices looked spectacular & were all New York themed. But my quest was for the type of single bagels that my family eat for breakfast. My purchase was Sesame Seed & Cinnamon Raisin. I wanted to peruse the cream cheese choices. But there was a line behind me & I was operating on short time. Reading the background of the owners I learned they were a couple from New Jersey who founded the bakery in 2012. They have a food truck & also have plans to open a delicatessen in the space previously occupied by 58 Deli Diner. My son & grandson said their Sesame & Cinnamon Raisin Bagels were good. And my son perused their Breakfast & Brunch Bagel Sandwich Menu. The location is in the shopping center on the southeast side of the intersection of Mill Dam Road with N Great Neck Road. Coming from Shore Drive driving south there's easy entrance by a left turn on Mill Dam & and immediate right into the shopping center. I will definitely return, maybe even breaking my diet & choosing a Breakfast Bagel Sandwich.

    BB On Broadway
    Jenny V.

    I was so excited to try after seeing so many good reviews but it wasn't really anything special or maybe i'm not the target audience. Definitely don't recommend the sausage if you pick a bagel sandwich! The iced coffee was okay too. I think the bagels with just cream cheese would've been fine too. There was just something about both sandwiches that had an aftertaste. Aside from that, the staff is very friendly! They made it very smooth and convenient.

    The Long Island Lox on an everything bagel
    Sarah M.

    Ever since moving to Hampton Roads from Brooklyn, NY, I've been on a search to find a New York style bagel. The Bagel Baker is by far the closest thing I've found to the bagels back home and I stop by there whenever I really want a NY bagel. My go to is the Long Island Lox on an everything bagel. That comes with a good portion of lox, cream cheese, tomato, capers, and onions. It's always delicious every time I have it. The bagel itself is for sure the best one I've found in the area and the most similar to the bagels in NY. The service here is also great. It's always fast, even when the line is longer. There's plenty of seating inside, along with a couple of tables outside as well. The inside is full of nostalgic NY photos and art. The Bagel Baker is overall a great pick for a NY style bagel in Virginia Beach.

    Hannah H.

    Oh, man - I was really excited to try out this New York-style bagelry, situated in VB. The bagels are apparently made the 'traditional' way, where they use preservative-free dough to kettle boil and then stone bake. They have Plain, Everything, Whole Wheat, Whole Wheat Everything, Onion, Garlic, Sesame, Poppy, Salt, Blueberry, and Cinnamon Raisin. They create their 'gourmet cream cheese' with Philadelphia cream cheese, but also have other spreads, such as butter, lox spread, PB & J, hummus, and butter & jelly. Breakfast and lunch bagel sandwiches are also part of the menu, in addition to salads and soups. We came here in the late afternoon, and we decided to try out: +an Everything Egg bagel with the Garden Veggie spread - I was excited that they had an egg version of this, as this wasn't posted on their site; however, I didn't request this to be toasted, but it came out as the SOHO - overly done, super hard, and difficult to chew +the SOHO - turkey bacon, egg whites, sliced avocado, and provolone cheese, on an Everything; this was requested to be toasted, and, unfortunately, the bagel was super hard and difficult to chew; also, the way that they didn't drain the turkey bacon, the brown juices were splattered and oozing everything in the wrapper; it just didn't look appetizing, and after taking a bite of it, the sentiment held true This place seems to be popular with the locals, as there were many who got their orders to go and were dining in. I saw one patron getting only an iced coffee, and I was thinking that I should have ordered one, too, as it looked refreshing. Oh, well. The cashier was super friendly and kind, but I think the kitchen staff and those who were handling the orders needed help - they could definitely work on the preparation of it. I'm glad I was able to try this place out, but no dice. +overly hard and tough-to-chew bagels +incorrect preparation of bagels +cooked proteins not drained properly +plenty of parking in the plaza lot

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    I enjoyed. Lovely staff, super soft bagel...I see nothing wrong with that combination

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    Love their breakfast bagels & house sweetened iced coffee. they have quick & efficient service.

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    The food is as awesome! Bagels were toasted just right. We came to VA from MA to visit and stopped here and it was well worth it.

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