Ess-a-bagel

Ok so I will start with Yes the Bagels are good, but they are good like any other decent bagel shop in town. They do have a vast collection of spreads, meats, bagels kind. They also have fresh squeezed orange juice. The place is pick-up place, expect huge line-ups as the owners have outdone marketing his bagel shop amongst tourists and its amazing and he deserves this line-up. If you want to learn those tricks and how, respond me with “bagels” and will connect. So back to bagels - yes it’s good. Are they worth 45 mins plus wait in this winter, no I won’t. Even the locals passerby were surprised on line ups as they shared few other similarly decent tasting bagel within 1 mile. Will I visit here again ? May be, May be not. If there is no wait n I feel like bagel I will. If there is line up, no way. Make your own wise choice depending upon how much time you have to spare in this city.

I tried three bagel shops in NYC so far. We ordered a signature, and it was not my favourite, unfortunately. Everything bagel's bottom was either overcooked or over-toasted: it was hard. Not chewy. HARD. I eventually decided not to eat the bottom half. Salmon had a good smoked flavour, cream cheese was a bit dry. Considering the long lineup and less satisfactory bagel, not sure if I will revisit.

This was the first bagel place we tried whilst staying in NYC, and after trying a few others I definitely think this was the best! Very generous with the fillings. Hot tip to AVOID THE LONG QUEUE - you can order online and select a pick up time! So glad we did this, as we got there the line was out the door for people waiting to order, but we just walked in and picked up our order in under a minute.

The bagels were very good. I had the NYC BLTA and it was very tasty but a bit dry. The others had the Mr. NovaLova which was very good. The salmon tasted good and it was overall a great mix of everything. The prices were pretty high though (mine $13 and the other $17). But since the taste was so good, I would go back and treat myself so a delicious bagel again:)

As a bunch of hungry and tired travelers, Ess -a- Bagel brought us back to life. We had the western and signature on poppy seed bagel, amazing cream cheese options, and refreshing iced coffee, brought us back to life after a long fight. I'm not going anywhere, just yet New York, I'm getting another Ess-a Bagel, yum!!

Came by at 9:30am. Must be bagel rush hour. I know this is "the" bagel place but didn't expect the line to be this long. There was a line outside and another line inside. Everyone's waiting patiently. So after waiting outside for 15 mins and another 20 mins inside, I finally got to order. And let me say this...if you are hungry, order ahead or skip but if you can wait....the bagels are totally worth it. We had ours lightly toasted and it has a nice crunch on the outside and soft and pillow-y inside. Delish. I had Everything bagel with lox spread. They were generous with the spread and it was flavorful (not salty). All the Ess employees were very nice (once you get to them)

The bagel shop, unfortunately, the staff seemed inexperienced but we got our order sorted so was happy. We queued here for over an hour as the shop is famous in some films. I would say you would get a good bagel in other places. It was good but probably could get a good bagel with out all the waiting and standing around for them to shout out your order somewhere else and quicker. Anyway we tried it as it was a famous shop in NY. Next time I would just take photos and go get a bagel somewhere else. It was expensive too. $40 for 3 bagels