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    The Bagel Bakery

    3.5 (268 reviews)
    Open • 7:00 am - 3:00 pm

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    Quiet
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Dogs allowed

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    California Dream bagel
    John H.

    We wanted a late breakfast, and this place was right around the corner. It's a cozy little spot. The service is excellent. I got a California dream bagel. That comes with avocado and alfalfa sprouts. It came out quickly and was delicious. I had a cup of coffee they had five to choose from. My wife got a plain bagel with bacon. A really good place for a light breakfast.

    1/24/25 Interior
    Lee D.

    Quality/Quantity - Turkey Avocado Sandwich - Daughter and I on our father/daughter trip and did not want to over eat before going to the aquarium. So we split a Turkey Avocado Sandwich. It had good proportions of fillings to a bagel. Overall, it was good. Atmosphere - Decent size location, but everyone seemed to take their food to-go. Free 1 hour street parking. Clean and organized location. Open 7 days a week from 7am to 2pm or 3pm, see picture. Yelp's hours differ. Service - The employee was super friendly, welcoming, etc. The "owners" were efficient but barely said a word... Price - $14, expensive in my opinion for what we got. Especially since I make this at home often. Owner Comment - Congrats on your success with your 6 locations.

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    Sam M.

    I love this place! The bagels are super fresh and have that perfect balance between doughy and airy - also a good crunch when toasted. My wife and I try and stop here every time we are visiting the coast. You can't go wrong with the bagels but my preference is the jalapeño cheddar, sourdough, garlic or onion. The service is quick and staff is solid.

    The New Yorker Sandwich w garlic bagel
    Hieu L.

    I was craving a bagel for a quick breakfast and was recommended this by a friend. I ended up with getting the New Yorker which basically was a garlic bagel with cream cheese and salmon lox. The mount of salmon was very small and I feel like I got cheated out here when that's the best part of the bagel. The bagel itself was fresh, it was a little on the small side though. I feel like the bagel to cream cheese ratio it could've been more on the cream cheese. Overall a decent bagel place but for the price you pay I feel like I could've gotten more out of this compared to other bagel spots.

    California Nosh
    Kerry J.

    I'm from NY and this is the only place on the west coast that I genuinely like the bagels from. Last time I went I got 2 pickles, which happen to be my favorite food. Thank you for being here.

    Denise D.

    This was a fun find. We were craving bagel sandwiches. First time we came it was delicious with sausage sandwich on onion bagel (bagel was freshly made... some of the onions were a little charred so picked those out). Second time I tried the sausage sandwich with cheddar bagel and it was great. This is definitely a place we'd stop by again if in town.

    Darlene M.

    The staff here are super sweet, I got a bagel sandwich for the first time and it was amazingly delicious!!!

    Uneditable bagels, we threw away.
    Yvette H.

    Disappointing. Knew the minute I walked in I should've walked out. Slightly dirty by the coffee service and subpar area. Didn't have the cream cheese I wanted but the plain was horrible. Don't have a picture because after one bite we threw the bagels away. PS. Took a picture of the trash can.

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    A bakers dozen means 13 bagels. But when i ordered a total of 13 through DoorDash they charged me for an extra bagel.

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    Food had almost no flavor - I could make a better bagel sandwich. Bagel was ok tho, the fillings were very disappointing

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    Amazing bagel sandwich crafted with the freshest ingredients!! A must try while you are in Monterey!

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    It's delicious! If you're in the area, I highly recommend trying it. We stayed in Carmel but came…read morehere specifically to eat and it was fantastic. I recommend the gala yogurt, and pistachio cake.

    They say a line is good for business and this bakery is known to be one of the best in Monterey…read more Location is right downtown and was in walking distance of the hotel. Plentiful sweet and savory baked goodies, coffee and tea options are available. Ended up selecting the ham and cheese croissant, a cinnamon pull apart muffin and a matcha tea with vanilla syrup (other syrups are also available). Ordered a medium matcha but it is totally a small sized one by my measure. Really like the cinnamon muffin and the ham and cheese croissant wasn't bad either. Don't forget the gooey yummy section at the bottom of the cinnamon muffin !!! Would recommend sitting in the nice courtyard tucked away in the back of the bakery. The Cella Restaurant Bar is also located in the courtyard also and I'm sure this would be a cool romantic spot to chill in the evenings. This appears to be a shared space with the bakery, restaurant and the Cooer smokers Adobe Flower Bouquet Bar/Museum. I was seated next to a small garden where lemon thyme, calendula, artichoke and other herbs and vegetables were planted. Would also suggest taking a stroll through the courtyard and take it all in.... Such a nice area to have a private party or event !

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    Bottom Line: The little cafe you are looking for…read more Screw it, I'm updating my review. We just spent five days in Monterey for race week and stayed in the Hotel next door to this spot. There are a half dozen other breakfast spots in town that we enjoy when we are in Monterey - we blew all of them off. This place is too fast and too good, honestly to want to get in the car and head over to any of those other spots. Is this place fancy? No. Is this place big? No! Its tiny! Is the food gourmet? No! Stop asking questions. The food is delicious and hot. The coffee and tea is yummy and hot. Everything is hot. The people are super friendly and hot. I like how real they are too - it's Saturday at 6am, everyone is dragging. I asked the people behind the counter how they were doing and they were (gasp) honest! We don't want to be here! Getting to work at 5am on Saturday is terrible but I respect and appreciate a human response. I really like this place - even the pastries are good and thats a good thing because we bought a bunch of them. I will end with this and then leave you alone - we left this place at 615am and sat down in the main grandstand in Turn 4 at Laguna Seca at 715am to watch epic Historic car racing and sank my teeth into a HOT and beautiful croissant breakfast sandwich with bacon in it in the heavy fog. Everything was wet and cold - I drank my hot tea and ate my food.... and it was simply glorious. Thank you to the real humans at Plumes. Yall rock.

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