Best bagels ever made ! Always fresh and hot and the employees there are always great!

I'll drive down from Mendham for their bagels. They're that good. Hot from the oven. Bring cash, they don't take credit or debit cards. The salt bagels are sublime. An everything bagel charms. Again, well worth the drive. read more

Hands down the best bagels in the area. Have tried many other places before giving this place the "go to" #1 spot. Granted one other place is decent if you want to make sandwiches maybe, but Hot Bagels has the right amount of bagel exterior to inside tastiness. Bagels are always fresh and some mornings they run out of bagels before next batch is out of the oven (like egg everything, or sesame". Great staff of local kids working hard. Thankful to have this place so nearby! read more

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The BEST bagels in NJ. Maybe even NY. I moved out west 13 years ago and I can't get anything like these there. When I come back to visit I pig out on these, and I'm gluten free. It's worth it. read more

The Hot Bagel Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Oakhurst, New Jersey

These bagels are some of the best anywhere. Always fresh and made throughout the day. You can get smoked salmon, cream cheese and butter too. read more

This place is the best place for bagels. The bagels are always good and the service is EXCELLENT. I once purchased the 1lb of Tuna (Btw which is the best) and I was riding back on my bike and the bag gave way. So I went to them and they were so nice about it they gave me a new tuna and helped me clean up. Overall nice place good food but make sure to bring cash that's how they get low prices with cash. read more

Great place, great bagels good food. I liked it when it was Belmar Bagels, but my one complaint is the blonde with no expression. Her skills on the phone are horrible, she answers the phone all the time with please hold and then proceeds to talk to other people That are in the restaurant for a couple minutes,, I never returned to the phone read more

Delicious and fresh bagels Salmon lox on bagel is delicious and not skimpy (depending on the server) Take cash (no cards accepted) Expect to wait in line Go early to get best bagels No ambiance Just grab and go read more

Every time I come here the bagels are always hot and fresh. They are delicious, my personal favorite is the egg everything.

Great bagels made right there. These old school places are few and far between. Worth a drive to get there

I don't understand these ratings, maybe I'm an Ex New Yorker bagel snob but we drove 35 mins to try them and the bagels were stale and tasteless not understanding the raves.. SO not worth it we tried both mini bagels and regular, they had zero selection on a Saturday morning so we had to get everything bagels. Never again, we threw them all out, even the teens wouldn't eat them and they eat anything! read more

The Hot Bagel Bakery - a person holding a hot bagel - Bakeries Near Me - Oakhurst, New Jersey

Thanks to Yelp I have found a very good Bagel shop 15 minutes from Seabright. The place is small, only 5 customers in at a time given the situation with COVID19. Everyone is masked and the line moves quick. Excellent selection of Freshly baked bagels and Muffins. The Bagels are cooked old school, Crispy on the outside. This is a strictly take your bagel and coffee to go establishment. No seats, no egg sandwiches. The establishment is Kosher. Cream cheese and assorted salads are available in refrigerators as is Milk, juice etc. 1/3 star off as I was looking for half and half and the expiration date was the day after my visit. 1/3 off for the lack of appetizing options and everything is prepackaged. 1/3 star off for Cash only....it's 2020....step up your game. In any case, I am happy to put up with the shortcomings to have access to excellent bagels so close to home. read more

Bagels are perfect. Old school place. Cash only. I'm from New York but these seem to be the best in the area. Don't think twice

Finally got around to trying Hot Bagel and glad we did, as they have an excellent product. Their bagels are very NYC like but on a larger scale. If you snag one right out of the oven you are in for a treat, they're piping hot and delicious. Their scallion cream cheese however is just so so with a waxy consistency and a little overpowering oniony flavor. No problem we just stop by Bagel Station in SLH to pick up a container of their excellent cream cheese on the way home, problem solved. We have only rated one other bagel shop, which is in Red Bank, five stars so this is a well earned recommendation. Bottom line: They have been in business for 40 years so they must be doing something right. read more

Decent bagels, cash only, no hot sandwiches. The egg everything was good, lox was standard, prices were fine and service was quick. Would stop by again read more

Yuck just yuck Small bagels very doughy almost like cake Idk maybe south jersey is different but this is not it read more

Amazing bagels and spreads. It stops there... They don't take CC, don't serve anything else, drinks and muffins.. What's nice is they give you napkins in the bag. There bagels are phenomenal but that's all they serve. read more

The best bagels around , none better. Friendly service and delicious warm bagels all the time. Have yo get there early in the am or around 11 am otherwise you won't have as much yo choose from. read more

It's a bagel shop. You can't get a latte here, you can't charge your cellphone here, you can't use the bathroom here, and yeah, no, you can't get smashed avocado with Himalayan sea salt and a drizzle of truffle oil on your bagel. There are no tables, there is no water bowl for your puppy, no backdrop to take an Instagram pic, and the toaster might be broken, depending on your attitude when you place your order. It's simply a place to wait on line for five to ten minutes (on weekends) in anticipation of picking up a bag of the best traditional NY-style kosher bagels anywhere in coastal New Jersey. read more

There was a line out the door when we arrived, but the staff are so efficient and quick that we were in and out in a few minutes. The egg everything bagel is amazing, especially fresh out of the oven! Highly recommend a fresh bagel from here! read more

I think The Hot Bagel is a family owned place. I know it acts like it. The service is friendly and fast and the place is spotless. It appears someone really cares about this place. They have a great selection of bagels and their onion bagels are some of the best we have had. What I really love is that when we were there the bagels we wanted were hot. We were in heaven. Now, I am sure they are not always hot, but you can ask for it to be heated or toasted. Just yum. read more

There is nothing quite like the happiness that is a bagel and cream cheese. The Hot Bagel Bakery certainly delivers on taste, texture, and overall bagel and cream cheese quality. I had an egg bagel with scallion cream cheese and lox, and thoroughly enjoyed it. The price was affordable at just $6.50 for a bagel with flavored cream cheese and lox. Just know that this is a grab and go bagelry. There is not even a single table and chairs to eat your bagel. My husband and I are not from town so we had to eat the bagel in the car, and they wouldn't let me use their employee bathroom so I had to hold it in. This lack of customer dining experience is the reason this bagel joint gets 4 stars instead of 5. read more

The Hot Bagel Bakery - Toasted egg bagel with scallion cream cheese and lox - Bakeries Near Me - Oakhurst, New Jersey

Came based on the ratings and now I'm back to Yelp to find another bagel shop In the area. Bagel is doughy and the vegetable cream cheese is strangely loose for a bagel that wasn't warmed. But great to know they're kosher, which i thought implies clean (as well as other requirements) but when the girl continually touches her face mask while prepping your food, I'm not sure that it meets that standard. Certainly doesn't meet mine. Drop the mask like most of your coworkers or change your gloves. read more

Hands down the best bagels in the tri-state area. Look no further. You've found it. No tables, no frills. Just pick up your bagels and enjoy. read more

Sunday late morning, prepare to wait on line. This is not really the problem as the line moves quickly. The bagels are fresh and soft with a crispy outside. Perfect chew. I would give more stars but the service was slow and not necessarily good. FYI When they are busy they won't toast the bagels. read more

Best bagels in the world! Also, they're not going to have pork roll at a Kosher bagel place. It's not a deli or diner. Cash only. read more

Bagels and toppings are solid and I totally would have given this place a four if they actually toasted there bagels. I've been to this place multiple times over the last couple of years and they always say that there toaster isn't working. HOW DO YOU PRIDE YOURSELF AS A BAGEL SHOP IF YOU DON'T HAVE A WORKING TOASTER?! read more

Made the drive from our nearby hotel to seek out legit bagels on our visit from bageless upstate NY. This bakery's everything bagels were still warm and released a steamy sigh as we sliced them open and slathered them in a generous schmear of olive cream cheese. We came to NJ for an event at Monmouth U. The 4 hour drive would have been worth it just for these bagels! read more

Used to love going here in the 80s and 90s when I lived in Oakhurst. By chance, I stopped in the day before last, ordered 4 Garlic Bagels: 2 plain and 2 with Scallion Cream Cheese. They only accept cash, so I paid the kid who said he worked there for 10 years and left to enjoy what I believed would be the chewy deliciousness that I remembered from the days of yore. Long story short. The bagels were stale, like yesterday's leftover donuts dipped in cement - hard as rocks. My wife hurt her tooth biting into hers. Wonder if they skipped the boiling process because they seemed more like bread than bagels. And, man, could they spare the scallion cream cheese? It looked like it was painted on, it was spread so thin. I threw the two non-cream cheesed bagels in the garbage. On the plus side, they did put plenty of napkins in the bag. read more

I give them 5/5 Stars for having some of the best bagels around. Not giant globs of under-cooked dough, like someplaces - without mentioning names. Just the right size - the perfect size I would say. If you like toppings; everything, sesame, poppy, garlic, etc., they coat BOTH SIDES of their bagels with plenty of toppings. Very important if you eat your halves separately. These bagels have what most bagels do not; a crunchy outer crust. Fresh out-of-the-oven, they are often hot, with that crispy, crackly exterior, and a perfectly soft, yet dense inside. Most bagels in NJ are ridiculously over-sized, in an attempt to make up for their tasteless, doughy consistency. Not here. They stick to the basics here; perfect, crunchy bagels, and their tuna salad, or their egg salad are quite good. Not nearly as much mayo as most other places, and the perfect foil for their delicious bagels. No giant menu boards, no grill, and no Taylor Ham. But if you want the best bagels, this is your go-to bagel joint. Hot crispy bagels, and butter or cream cheese - and you have the best NJ has to offer. read more

Ignore the naysayers. Everyone knows hbb has the best bagels in the world. I'm rating the bagels, not the service. You don't go here for service, they don't even take credit card. Doesn't matter imo because it's been like that since the dawn of time. Stop being lazy and get your butts outta bed if you want a fresh bagel! read more

I called to place my order ahead and the man on the phone told me they only sell bagels, they don't butter them or toast them for you. "We don't make sandwiches." What kinda bagel place doesn't prepare bagels ?? read more

This is the best bagel store hands down full stop. Lines are long on weekends but so worth it. If I move out of the area this will be the thing I'll miss the most. They are that good. read more

I'm appalled with the customer service of this establishment. It is so vile I'm not sure how they stay in business. For a decade or more we have been ordering bagels and stuff for break fast. When we went into the store to place our order for this year we were met by a kid named pat. We told pat we wanted to place our order and he said we're not taking waters. We attempted to explain that we always place our order here. His response was it's not for "fucking" three weeks. ( it was less than two) He was asked to apologize and refused. Please do not use this establishment for anything. It's clear they don't care about their customers or a little bratty employees shouting profanities read more

Best bagel I've had in Jersey. Soft inside, slight crisp outside. Affordable. My new bagel spot

The best bagel we've ever had! Everything bagel toasted (or fresh out of the oven) with Jalapeño cream cheese! They even have baby bagels if you want to try a couple! We've never gotten one we haven't liked! I guess there really is "somethin in the wataaaa here!" Lol read more

The Hot Bagel Bakery - Everything bagel with jalapeño cream cheese - Bakeries Near Me - Oakhurst, New Jersey

Hands down the best bagels I've ever had! They don't make any hot sandwiches, and for someone like me I'm picky but the bagels are so good cream cheese gets the job done every time! I could eat them everyday for breakfast! The employees are always nice as well! Definitely my go to spot, for the freshest, best bagels in town! read more

These are the best bagels in town, maybe even the state. This bagel shop opens around four in the morning, and you can get the hottest most freshest bagel you ever tasted. They don't sell any toppings besides for cream cheese, egg salad and tuna, but the taste of the bagel makes up for the lack of variety. The tuna is my favorite! Hot bagel bakery has become a regular in my daily routine. They also have baby bagels which are great for little children. The only downer is they don't take credit card so be sure to bring cash. read more

The Hot Bagel Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Oakhurst, New Jersey

Been going here my whole life. After traveling the country and world, and using these as my benchmark, I feel confident saying these are the best bagels in the world. read more

The Hot Bagel Bakery - Menu & pricing - Bakeries Near Me - Oakhurst, New Jersey

Very good bagels! Crunchy on the outside soft yet NOT doughy on the inside. That's all you need. There's another shop in red bank that's also on top of list but this place has easier parking and faster service. Worth an extra 5-10 minute drive yo get the best!! read more