Continental Bagel

This little gem is tucked in the byward market and serves up great Montreal-style bagels. I personally recommend getting any of the breakfast bagels as they stuff it up well and ofcourse its fresh out of the fire bagels. They served different mixes of bagels to select from and you can always just go with butter, or just have the bagel on it's own you cant go wrong here.

My girlfriend and I were in Ottawa for a week. We were told that we should stop by Byward market. Once we got here, we saw this bagel house and thought we should drop in. It was an excellent choice! The bagels here are baked right in the store in front of your eyes in a wood burning stove, which gives it a smoky aroma. They have many different types of sandwiches that they make out of these bagels. I had the Montreal steak one, and was pleasantly surprised by the juiciness of the meat, and the way the flavour popped in my mouth. The staff was very friendly, and the atmosphere felt very social. I will definately be coming back!

My wife and I had only three days in Ottawa. But we liked Continental Bagels so much, we returned twice. I loved the vegetarian bagel sandwich with the marinated (or pickled?) eggplant that cut through the mix and was incredible. My wife tried the salmon and smoked meat bagel sandwich, and loved them both. We came back and had a simple sesame bagel with butter. Montreal style bagels stand or fall on their sesame seed variety, and this one was great. It did remind me enough of St Viateur to keep me happy. Even the coffee was good. Next time I return to Ottawa, I'll definitely be back.