I miss bagels with no bottoms. This bagel place in SF called Katz has bagels with seeds on both sides, no clear top or bottom. Give it a try Bagel Oasis? I pretty much exclusively order a dozen bagels from Bagel Oasis, just everythings, sesames, and bialis, then take them home and use my own toppings. read more

Honestly? Terrible. This isn't a knee-jerk reaction review either. I've been here three separate times and each visit was bad. This visit prompted me to write what you're about to read. When we walked in here there was only one person in line but the staff was frantic. There's a sign for "Express Line" for large simple order like say a dozen of this or two dozen of that. There's no indication of where regular order should be or where to pick your order up. The kid behind the counter was struggling to remember our simple order and the ancient machine he was using to enter it wasn't working. Furious mashing on broken buttons has taken its toll on the poor cash register and its time to put the old girl down. That's ownership's fault though. We waited about 15 minutes for our bagels and the order was wrong. So much cream cheese on some that we had to ask for a knife to scrape a lot of it off. One bagel had no cream cheese for some reason. The lox bagel was meagerly speckled with extremely thin scraps of salmon. I asked for red onion but doing so may have overloaded the employee's mind because there was none. All were ordered toasted but we couldn't tell if they were or not since none were warm or crispy. It wasn't just us either. The words "sorry about that" rang out many times from the staff as wrong orders were taken back. The looks on the faces of the other customers were as gloomy as ours. One couple came in right after us and didn't get their food until we had had enough with our meal. I added a picture so you can see just how much cream cheese and how little lox there was. All of this and more can be yours if you decide you want your morning to be ruined. My advice to this business would be to retrain the staff, give them a register that actually works, and focus on the customer experience. If they can do that then maybe they can turn things around but as for me I won't be coming back even if they did start to care. read more

Bagel Oasis - Bagels Near Me - Seattle, Washington

look at the kitchen area. It is quite filthy. Kinda gross. and explain this... bagel = $1 bagel w/ cream cheese = $3.40! $2.40 for cream cheese. ....you must be joking. read more

Best bagels in greater metropolitan Seattle area. Biggest complaint is that soda machine is often out of ice. read more

Bagel Oasis - Bagels Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Bagels are okay. The service is pretty bad. The main issue I have with this place is the cleanliness. Wow, this place is filthy. My family and I each ordered a bagel and sat down. Inspecting my surroundings, there was so much dirt and grime caked onto everything I couldn't finish my bagel. If the front of the room is that dirty, I wonder how bad the back kitchen is. YUCK. We won't return, eating an okay bagel is not worth getting sick over. read more

I heard this place had crappy staff - they don't & their bagels are really good too. I've only been in around 8 am and the front counter girl is really sweet & the guy w/the beard is nice too, so either they've gotten better staff or the crappy folks are in later...but.....it's a good bagel (bagel breakfast sandwiches & cream cheese varieties are yum too). read more

Be prepared to wait for mediocre, overpriced bagels. There is nothing about Bagel Oasis that would make me want to return rather than simply going to Panera or Einstein. My fiancé and I opted to visit the bagel oasis on a Saturday morning instead of a more traditional brunch spot with a usual Seattle wait. When we arrived, there were two people in like with 4-5 parties already seated and eating. We ordered a latte, a sandwich, and an omelette and sat down at an open table. We proceeded to wait for 30+ minutes before any part of our order was ready, including the latte. When the food arrived, coupled with a pickle spear and 5 non-fresh, baby-cut carrots I was surprised to find it was much smaller than I would've expected for a $9 bagel sandwich. The taste was pretty good, but nothing memorable. (This is the main reason it's 2-star and not 1-star.) The most frustrating part was the complete lack of organization. Parties arriving well after us were being served before others. Order numbers were verbally assigned at checkout, which would be fine if the wait was less than 5 minutes, but no one seemed to be able to remember it 20-30 minutes later. This left a gaggle of high school aged employees mindlessly drifting behind the counter until random order would come out and everyone would have to figure out who's it was. Several to go customers waited for 10 minutes for a simple bagel order, only to be told that they were out of that flavor. The only adult present seemed to be the manager (or owner?) who appeared ambivalent at best about the total lack or order. read more

Great bagels and seriously yummy cream cheese!! Despite the service, I keep coming back for the bagels. Service: I wish I could provide a rating for service (zero stars). The staff is nice yet inefficient and insanely slow. When you order/pay no one gives a receipt or a number. After a long wait, the orders are called out by number when they are ready. I've repeatedly had my order claimed by another patron because no one knows their number. The owner is unfriendly. Perhaps he's tired and just not great at customer interaction. (Thank goodness he makes great bagels!) Also, why doesn't he buy more toasters? Most customers know not to stray from a typical toasted bagel with cc order. Should be simple. Everything would run better if he even added one more toaster and trained his (well meaning) staff. Food: As noted above. Great bagels and yummy cream cheese! I've had better on the East Coast but these bagels are the best in Seattle (so far). I wouldn't recommend ordering anything except cream cheese on your bagel here. In my experience, anything else will disappoint. read more

Really good bagels, unfortunately you have to wait through an interminably slow line to get to them. The owners don't consider customer service a priority. Either they have a few high school/ college aged people working, who act like they've never worked a day in their life and have no idea what they are doing, or they have one competent person working with no backup. Today, while waiting in one such line, I was treated to someone who must have been a boss bad-mouthing the only apparent employee with another customer within earshot of everyone in line. Maybe he should try pitching in instead of bitching in. I'll find somewhere else to buy my bagel where they treat the staff like human beings. read more

We are on minute 53 waiting for the 2 bagels and 1 latte we ordered. I'm watching a guy behind the counter handle money with food safety gloves on and then go back to making bagels (wearing those same gloves). If our bagels ever do come out, I don't think that we should eat them... read more

Wow! Real bagels in Seattle! These bagels are fantastic and I've never had a better one even during my four years in New York City. And, to top it off, they also have Bialy. Bagel Oasis has a superb selection of great bagels. This is now my go-to bagel source. I can't imagine why it hasn't been rated higher by others (and it's not hard to find parking nearby too!). read more

I have to agree with others: the bagels are probably the best in Seattle but the service in pretty darn bad. In the future, I will only get take-out bagels since my recent experience eating there was ridiculous. We each ordered eggs with a bagel. I asked the person at the cash register how they make the eggs and she had no clue "I dunno...they just come out however the cooks make them." (they're scrambled and formed into a square shape, by the way...someone should inform the cashier there). Then, we waited about 15 min and by the way, it wasn't crowded as there were only a couple others ahead of us. Finally when the order came out, there were only eggs in a plastic to-go container. We went up to the 2 workers hanging out near the bagels and told them we didn't get any bagels with our eggs and bagels. They proceeded to get us the bagels we had previously ordered but I had to ask them to toast them (this is something I would expect them to ask if we wanted). I also asked them if they typically ask customers if they are staying to eat the food because it was a bit of a turn-off to have to eat at the restaurant out of a plastic to-go container, not to mention the bad impact on the environment of extra packaging. They said everything is packed to go now. Overall, my 2 stars is for tasty eggs (even in a plastic container) and because their bagels are still really good, but a long wait and really poor customer service makes it very unappealing to try to eat there. read more

While its true the bagels seem expensive, they are very worthwhile. Much better than Einstein Bagels, In my opinion. Or Noah's Bagels. Those feel like the Subways of bagels compared to Bagel Oasis. I particularly enjoy the sourdough with peanut butter and jelly. read more

Love this place, yummy cream cheeses and fresh bagels. The space has huge booths but don't go for a quiet place. Great with kids. Oh and espresso. I always get the toasted garlic bagel with roasted tomato cream cheese or lox. very yum. read more

Really good bagels, and egg and cheese sandwiches. If you want pizza bagels or can't understand a 4-order express counter (sign says plain bagels, to-go accompaniments, self-serve coffee cups and bottle juices), maybe an NYC style bagel place is not for you. read more

This is the closest you are going to get to NYC bagels in Seattle. period. The chew factor is there, the crust is good, they don't bake them with bread crumbs on the bottom (they boil and bake), they are served HOT on weekend mornings until noon (and weekday mornings too, i assume). The cream cheeses are solid. This bagel snob (me) approves. The only down side is that they don't have that NYC bagel smell, and if you don't buy a dozen, they can be pricey on their own or with cream cheese. But that's Seattle cost of living for you. read more

So disappointing. I was on my way to sod house when I decided I should try bagel oasis. Big mistake. First there is a strange incense like smell where I sat. I asked for standard sesame bagel toasted with cream cheese. It was stone cold and didn't taste any better than the ones I can pick up at the grocery store. After two bites I decided to not waste the calories. The mocha I ordered is pretty bad too. Oh well I tried something new. I threw everything away and went to sod house. read more

Their bagels are good but I think I will be going elsewhere. I've been here a few times and their service is weird. We were here this weekend and stood in front of the bagels for about 20 minutes. There were several employees in front of us. No one greeted us. Everyone working there looks so young and not trained well. No one seemed happy working there. read more

I try bagels from many places. My favoite are in Detroit. Nevetheless, Bagel Oasis makes bagels on par with Detroit's best. Also the prices for Bagel Oasis bagels are fair. One thing I'd like to mention is you might include a whipped type creame cheese. The cream cheese is good. But if you go to Eltana or other places they offer whipped creame cheese (supplied by another business). Talking strictly about the Bagel Oasis bagels...they are great. One other note: they seem to have a good supply of the variouse bagel types on hand most of the time. read more

I was driving through my neighborhood and drove by this bagel place for the nth time and decided to give it a shot this time. I was pleased with my foray into spontenaeity. The bagels were a b+, but the service was what stood out. The young blond bagel maiden behind the counter was both enthusiastic and helpful. I have never felt so positive about eating a passable bagel inmy life. Her ebullient chortle was an uplightingn ray of sunshine in otherwise hum drum fall morning. The front room was gross though. could use a serious rub down with some bleach and a rag. no, seroiusly. read more

I'm a fan. This place is a nice walk from my house and the bagels are about the only authentic ones in town. My wife doesn't like them as traditional but I do. They have alot of kids in the area and they set aside a little table and some touys which is thoughtful ( better to have them contained in a small area doing something than running amok). To all those whiners about kids....they happen, deal with it....or continue to whine and prove to us all how awesome you are. Food is good. Location is good. Front staff vary alot but are generally good at their job. The Owner seems nice. He's not a coddler ( which is a plus for me-others might want them to be super overly personal -not I) but makes a great bagel! read more

This place is over priced and literally just not good. The customer service is also awful and they charge extra for every little thing.

Great Bagels! Only place around that actually makes them with a decent crust! It is not a high glam shop for hipsters to hang out and feel cool in. The guy makes bagels, and sells a lot of them. Attitude is reminiscent of an East coaster and that is fine by me ( too many West coasters wantin' there asses licked IMO). He could upgrade to fancier digs sure, but it wouldn't change his core business. Third place remodeled there restaurant and wish they would have kept the old dingy Honey Bear bakery myself. You want Glam and your hipster feel, go to Ballard or Belltown. You want Bagels made right.....There it is. read more

6 staff and 15 customers and it took 35 minutes for my omelette. Once arrived it wasn't bad - but pricey for $9. Espresso coffee was undrinkable. read more

Good bagels, bad service. Food takes forever and it always seems to be a weird mix of chaotic and sluggish in here. But the bagels really are delicious. read more

As a person who works in the service industry, I give a lot of grace to the people who are serving me at a restaurant because it's tough work. I get it. But I rarely come across others in the service industry who don't get it. The young girl at the counter took my order at the cash register and was struggling to push the McDonald's-like buttons to ring up what I wanted. I ordered an Americano ("2 shots of espresso and hot water please" would have probably made more sense to her) and an everything bagel with a schmear of cream cheese. Easy, right? Not for her. It was a tough combo, apparently. She asked me three times to repeat myself, which I did, but I was annoyed because she seemed distracted and actually said, "What was that? Sorry, I was thinking of something else..." WTF? Then, as she was about to finally wrap up my order I said, "He's ordering, too," and pointed to my boyfriend. She seemed inconvenienced to have to add to my order, and was further annoyed that he ordered an Americano too. How the total came to just under $20 is beyond me. Yikes! We turned around to find a place to sit and struggled to find a table that had been wiped down in combination with seats that weren't full of crumbs. Again, a tough combo to come by and probably too much to ask. The bagel was toasted and it was good, but it wasn't life-changing. The cream cheese was good and I'm pretty sure it was something better than Philly cream cheese. My boyfriend had the "Rainy Day" bagel sandwich which he said was "pretty good." It was hastily put together and fell apart with each bite. The Americanos were NOT good. As another Yelper put it, "How do you you f up Cafe Vita coffee??!!" I could have had better coffee in the waiting room of a plasma clinic in Detroit. Don't worry, I'll never darken your door again to complicate your life with a double order that included coffee and cream cheese on the side. So sorry to bother you and expect to sit in a clean booth. My bad. read more

Best kept secret. And here I bought tickets to NYC...For my bagel and schmear fix. Most absolutely definitely coming back, and SOON! :) Thank you, Bagel Oasis! read more

Bagel Oasis... how I wanted to like you. I even gave you a second chance after you made me wait 15 minutes for a simple bagel and lox one chilly winter morning. Your bagels aren't that wonderful. I, too, know NY bagels, and you my friend, are no NY bagel maker. They are completely tasteless. Only the consistency is remotely enjoyable. Your staff is like a big black hole. Blank expressions. Moving at a snail's pace. All looking like they listen to all Phish all the time (not that there's anything wrong with that.) This second, and final, visit was just chock-full of awfulness. This time I came in and ordered my bagel w/ lox & latte. I sat down. I patiently waited for 20 minutes. I was sitting right there, your bagel makers saw me waiting, but never gave me any attention or wondered why a girl was sitting, bagel-less, staring at them. I'll admit it. I was too patient. When I went up after 20 minutes and asked what the hell was up, your bagel makers realized that they must have 'lost' the order. They made the latte and bagel in a couple of minutes and sent me on my way. The final pièce de résistance: When I got out to the car there were no capers on my sandwich... the only thing I had asked for. Bagel Oasis, you have wronged me for the last time. read more

These are the worst bagels I have ever had. They were small, tough and hard. Bagels should be a little crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. Easy to eat and yummy. These bagels did not even taste good. What's up with that, you have one job read more

The bagels are decent; occasionally good and sometimes crap. This should be enough to stay away but i'll concede that there are none better in this city. That saddens me deeply but what can you do. The service however is AWFUL pretty much every time. Rude kids that would rather be watching a Jonas Brothers video than help you, bagels with cream cheese that vary from a dusting of it to an entire container on one bagel and an overall environment of hippie slackishness that I loathe. I'm not expecting high end waiter service but a kid at the register that seems remotely interested in working would be nice. Yes I'll be back because I crave a real bagel sometimes but rest assured I'll be sneering like the typical seattle-ite. read more

It kind of breaks my heart to have to give this place such a bad review, because I used to come here all the time in high school, but it's terrible now. I've come here for a weekend breakfast a couple of times in the last year and been thoroughly disappointed both times. The service, food, and atmosphere all left quite a bit to be desired. I'll start with the service. I am pretty forgiving, but when there are 4 people working and nothing getting done, it's hard to give the benefit of the doubt that they're all brand new or just busy. Both visits I waited in a long line that shouldn't have been that long. There always seemed to be mayhem happening behind the counter and in the bagel kitchen which apparently caused the lack of cashiers or bagel sandwich preparers. When I finally ordered my bagel, I waited forever for it, again- no apparent reason for huge delay. After waiting for such a long time, I expect to at least get what I ordered, but on one occasion I was given the wrong bagel and had to wait double long. On the other visit I ordered an Americano and instead (15 min later), they made a giant full-fat latte (I can't drink dairy). The orders just weren't very complicated so I was confused at how it could go wrong both times. The one plus is that the bagels are still pretty good. I think the main disappointment of the food is the sandwich part of the bagel. They offer breakfast and lunch options, as well as simple cream cheese or peanut butter bagels. But they tend to slather everything on messily and haphazardly. Again, confusing for the orders to take so long when it looks like it was done in a few seconds. I would say that if you just want some bagels to go, and you're planning to come on a weekday when they won't be "rushed", you'll probably be okay. But don't come here on the weekends. It will be the opposite of a relaxing start to the day. Sad. read more

If you like mediocre bagels, terrible service and wrong orders.... This place is for you!

I have given this place two chances so you can't say I haven't tried. Both bagel sandwiches were average at best and the contents slopped out into the wrapper before I took a single bite. Not to mention the shocking prices - I could have gotten a pound of sushi at Whole Foods down the road for what I paid for my sandwich and drink. The staff is a little loopy, too. When I asked for cream cheese on my bagel sandwhich the girl said, "On top?" and proceeded to look at me like I asked for a side of whipped cream. I miss Einstein's from back east. Are there Einstein's out here...help! read more

Disappointing. The staff truly needs to learn how to multi task. Be courteous when customers enter the shop and acknowledge them. Not just stand there and watch the espresso machine drip. Say hi for gods' sake and say I'll be right with you. Also, get things like a coffee out right away before you start a 3 bagel sandwich order. Someone shouldn't have to wait 15 minutes for an Americano! Seriously ridiculous! read more

Ordered a bagel w/ lox and a latte. Ten minutes after I placed and paid for my order a young women with a really bad attitude told me they dident have the bagel i ordered. 2-4 minute later we received our coffee. Took one sip and you could tell it was made from stale beans. 8 minutes later the same young women starts shouting out my order. She then makes eye contact walks over and drops the plate on the table. So in total 24ish minutes to get a mediocre bagel with lox. 2 minutes later the same girl serves 5 bagels (the one I was told they where out of) to a table next to ours. You can look at my account I have never posted a review but this place was so horrible I felt I must warn others. read more

Dang I'm a straight up bagel addict so I have been to this place 4 times. I don't know why else I would keep coming back to this disaster zone. They have never had the bagel I want and once I waited 38 minutes. The next time 1 hr and it was the wrong order. So unorganized and the food is seriously not good read more

The owners take all the tips the staff doesn't get any tips from the tip jar; no tips until sharing with waitstaff

I think this place rocks - I love their bagels!! The service is probably what'd you expect for mostly college aged kids working food service/retail. read more

Bagel Oasis is my second favorite in Seattle, and a recent experience confirmed that they are indeed a worthy choice. Since my last review was somewhat mixed, I should note that service and cleanliness have both improved here and that's something to celebrate. If you're in the Ravenna area, give them a shot. read more

Bagels were okay, strawberry cream cheese was delicious but neither was worth the almost $5 we paid for each. The restaurant was dirty, the floor was sticky, and the service was terrible. Would not recommend. read more