Absolute Bagels

01/28/09

serious bagels

by squiggle

best bagel in the city. tried them all, and this is the best. doughy, chewy, delicious. these people know bagels.

12/22/08

Absolute Rude Service

by kiddodank

I've been a customer for years but recently, upon returning home I would notice that some of the bagels were severely underbaked. On my last visit (no pun intended) I inspected the bagels in the shop after buying them and saw that at least one of them was quite sticky on the sides (underbaked dough). I brought this to the attention of the manager who immediately chastised me for 'touching' the bagel and would not let me get a word in about the quality of the bagel edgewise. They refused to listen to the fact that the bagel was underbaked. I asked for my money back, they rudely waved me away and dared me to find better quality at a supermarket.

I'm very shocked and disappointed at how rudely these people treated a long-time customer.

• Pros: Used to be good, but on a decline
• Cons: Very rude service

04/04/07

10 years and still the best!

by hbuckman

Confession time: I haven't been here in 10 years, HOWEVER, when I lived in NYC and was going to Barnard, I stopped here every morning and got an everything bagel with cream cheese. It was the most divine thing ever and I never tired of it. These days, I'd get an everything bagel with tofutti :) They had the warmest, chewiest most delectable bagels ever. It's a hole in the wall, but the taste is out of this world.

• Pros: best bagels ever. period.
• Cons: none really!