Five stars with ZERO hesitation. My family and I have been going to Izzy's Bagels for well over a decade. It is the best bagel shop in the Bay Area hands down, and dare I say...the best bagels I've personally ever had? Don't get me wrong, the bagels I ate on my trip to New York were delicious, but nothing hits the spot like Izzy's does. This family owned bagel shop is 100% the move .... don't fall for the new, fancy bagel traps in the area! They're not the same!!! read more

Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels - Palo Alto Five stars. Zero crumbs left behind. Izzy's is what happens when a bagel shop actually cares. Super fresh, warm inside, nice chew without turning into a jaw workout. You can taste the difference. My regular lineup: Blueberry Sesame Everything (loaded properly -- not shy with the seasoning) The schmear situation is serious. The blueberry is dangerously good. The walnut raisin is my sleeper favorite -- creamy, nutty, little pops of sweetness from the raisins. It's the one you don't think you need... until you try it. Sun-dried tomato is great when you want savory. And for the Jewish diehards: the whitefish spread is legit. Creamy, balanced, tastes like it belongs in a proper deli case. Bottom line: great bagels, deep schmear bench, authentic spreads. Palo Alto is lucky. read more

If you are looking for a really good bagel shop, like the ones on the East Coast. I would say Izzy's is that shop, good service with a friendly attitude and excellent Kosher Bagels and other items. Nice quiet atmosphere. Don't forget to try the "Lemoncita" you will remember it. read more

Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels - Drip coffee (M) - Bagels Near Me - Palo Alto, California

I love Izzy's! The employees are always super nice and if I go early enough, they have the flavors of the cookies I like left. They're a super popular place, so if you come on a Sunday be prepared for a long line. There are a few tables inside and outside and every time I've come they've been taken because it's such a busy spot! You can either order outside on the kiosk or go inside and stand in line to order. I noticed this week when I was ordering hamantaschen outside at the kisok that something weird was happening with the pricing (this isn't Izzy's fault, I think something weird was going on with the computer program) and it was going to charge me $6 for one raspberry one. I ended up going inside to order and they were definitely less expensive than $6 apiece. They also were out of raspberry but the gal taking my order offered to double check for me to see if they had any extra, which they didn't, but it was nice of her to make the effort to look. They have several flavors of bagels as well as other foods like breakfast burritos, pizza, and more. As a heads up to anyone who might not be familiar- they do not serve any meat here, so all pizza, burritos, bagel sandwiches, etc are without meat. read more

My friend said the salt bagel was fresh and tasty. My tea was ok. Seating inside and out. read more

Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels - Bagels Near Me - Palo Alto, California

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At the door, we knew it was going to be awesome... Photos of American, images, baseball fields and all sorts of cozy familiar fun and culture. Free water also makes it seem welcoming. I filled up my water bottle. We ordered breakfast bagel sandwiches, and they were extremely tasty. Sliced down the middle and individually wrapped, they were very easy to eat despite being packed full of Yumminess. It's a basic spot, but it's affordable, tasty and sincere. read more

Still as good as I remember - perfectly toasted with the right amount of cream cheese. Nice crisp bite to a soft and chewy bagel. Cream cheese wasn't overflowing and taking over the bagel. Yum! read more

Bagels are fine (live nearby, have had many). Bagel chips taste like someone had spilled detergent or cleaning spray on them. Soapy and awful. Not the first time, but I thought the first time was a fluke! It wasn't. Pretty gross. read more

Quite a crowd when I went. You order at the kiosk, and pickup time after that is not too slow. I got the blueberry bagel with strawberry cream cheese. Everything about it was just right - sufficiently satisfies my cravings for a new york style bagel! read more

Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels - Blueberry bagel with Strawberry Low Fat Cream Cheese - Bagels Near Me - Palo Alto, California

Food is good but they buy orange juice and package 1 pint into 6 cups and mark them at $5 each. Seems greedy

LOVE!!! The best bagels in the area! We went on a Saturday around 9a. Crowded but the employees kept it moving so wait time was minimal. Ordered 2 lox & bagels - pure perfection & a baker's dozen to bring home! They even double bagged it when I said I was taking a flight in a few hours. I swear they must bring in NY water to give the bagels their crunch on the outside & chew inside. read more

Simply, I'm over it and it's time for me to move on,. I held on as long I could;-mostly for nostalgia. The past year, my experience has gotten progressively worse: 1. Haven't seen a smile from any staff in over a year . 2. No sincerity,acknowledgement or apologies for their mistakes . 3. Just not welcoming - food quality is not consistent My breaking point was my last bagel . Staff should know that a bagel shouldn't be served that burnt . It was far from edible . It was so petrified and crunchy. They served it anyway and in my opinion most likely due the points above... they don't care ! I feel the same way , I no longer care or advocate for this local business. read more

Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels - Petrified bagel - Bagels Near Me - Palo Alto, California

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I don't understand all the negativity here. I can only speculate that a solid Eastcoast experience is lost on some. Alas... Izzy's being a longtime resident of California Avenue, starts early to churn out freshly baked bagels by the dozens (pun intended), freshly churned cream cheese, plus sandwiches, and other pastries. They definitely put love and tenured experience into their business. My most favorite bagel is the Cheddar Jalapeño. Perfect amount of cheesy goodness and spicy jalapeños. They only make a select number per day, so I have to get there early side to enjoy, and sometimes even then I'm too late of a bird. Second go to is the Everything - sesame, poppy, garlic, onion, salt. Totally up there on the yum factometer. Have a few mouths to feed? Budget friendly tip - they offer baked the before pastries at a discount if you need to feed the masses. What a deal! Support small business and stop by Izzy's for your carbohydrate needs! If you're in a rush, they have a new order ahead system via touch pad outside to pop in your order as well. read more

Izzy's never disappoints. Was in the area for an early morning football match at Mayfield. There isn't much open that early on a Saturday, but when you're hungry for a bagel sandwich THIS is the spot! They've added touchscreens outside for convenience, but I still like going up to the counter. The staff is usually polite, but sometimes there are folx who have their head down even though they are working by the register. On this day, it was the youngest person working in the front of house who greeted me and told me they'd take my order as soon as they could. Izzy's has great lox, so it's my go-to when I'm there. The fresh onions and capers cut nicely against the cream cheese... and of course, it's all on a toasted everything! read more

Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels - Bagels Near Me - Palo Alto, California

Not bad just not good Bar is a bit higher cus I am used to actual New York bagels. Tried their lox special which had all the traditional elements. The amount of salmon was a big meager and not the best quality. Too much cream cheese. And their bagels were too chewy for me. read more

Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels - Lox special sandwich - Bagels Near Me - Palo Alto, California

I got the lox special on a toasted everything bagel which had cream cheese and lox, and I added capes and red onion. It was +$0.55 per veggie add-on and came out to about $13. They also have some day-old discounted pastries. I got a mini apple turnover day-old for $1.50. There's a good amount of seating and some with outlets. Free wi-fi! Service is quick, no complaints. read more

Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels - lots of seating - Bagels Near Me - Palo Alto, California

Our first time here. Fresh bagels, busy place, outside seating, relaxing ambiance after a nice hike. read more

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I wanted some apricot rugelach before my surgery and couldn't find them in my neighborhood so I asked my son to pick them up before visiting me in L.A.. I special ordered via email. Ana was very helpful and accommodating. And my son just got here and it was delicious. I am very happy. Special thanks to Ana. My son told me he usually go there to get some bagels since he lives near by. This is my favorite treat from my childhood in NYC, my cousin used to take me to Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn to get some apricot rugelach for us, this brought me back to the 80s. Two thumbs up. read more

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first time having bagels from here! i got a pizza bagel which was just tomato sauce slathered on a bagel! it was ok but for the price, maybe they could add some meat? my girlfriend got the salmon bagel and there was so much cream cheese on there! service was ok and ambiance is a grab and go cafe with seats! read more

Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels - inside seating - Bagels Near Me - Palo Alto, California

Scanned QR code to order and "skip the line" and got shit from the staff for checking in on the status of my order ahead of the scheduled pickup time. Despite the fact i picked ASAP when ordering. Get your shit together read more

It's not easy finding a good bagel spot, but Izzy's delivered! Cute little spot, which I can personally say reminded me of New York. There was a long line, but service was quick and easy. Ordered the gourmet lox on a multi bagel and it hit the spot! The cream cheese to lox ratio wasn't overwhelming, just right. I asked for the bagel to be lightly toasted which gave it a nice crunch but still had a little fluff, just how we like it. Sunday farmers market is right outside, big plus! Will be back again! read more

Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels - Bagels Near Me - Palo Alto, California

Brooklyn--I don't think so. East coast arrogance vs Left coast douche baggy-ness. Bagel was ok, but to pull the wool over the eyes of customers calling in "Brooklyn"? I don't think so. Maybe a 30 minute wait from order to pick up, the bagel was ok. I had more enjoyment people watching eating their "Brooklyn" while they ohhhhh and ahhhh over how "authentic" it is. read more

Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels - Pumpernickel rye Bagel with cream cheese - Bagels Near Me - Palo Alto, California

People working here are really nice and attentive - I love the Jalapeno bagel - they do have a vegan blueberry scone and if you get day old than it's really a great deal. Plain bagel is good - was a bit disappointed with the sun dried tomato option though. Beware that they charge 10 cents to cut a bagel for you - which I have never seen anywhere else. read more

Delicious jalapeño cheddar bagel! Super light and fluffy! Cute little corner spot. Service was quick, staff was friendly read more

Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels - Jalapeño cheddar bagel - Bagels Near Me - Palo Alto, California

Last time I had been to Izzy's was approximately two years ago. I had loved my bagels and was satisfied with my order in the past. This time around, that was not the case. I had decided to purchase half a dozen bagels for me and my two other coworkers. The order was 4 cinnamon raisin and 2 jalapeño bagels. These bagels did not satisfy our bagel cravings and left us extremely disappointed. Both types of bagels lacked flavor. The bits of jalapenos and bit of raisins were so scarce, it seemed as if they had ran out of ingredients while making the bagels. While consuming his bagel, my coworker also stated that his strawberry cream cheese tasted like it had hints of onion flavor. The last item I had ordered was a delicious looking iced vanilla latte. If looks could be deceiving was a drink, this iced coffee would be it. The iced coffee lacked flavor all around. The coffee was extremely light and almost watered down. It had half and half and zero sweetness. I had so much hope that the iced coffee would come to rescue the day but instead it put the nail in the coffin. read more

Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels - Bagels Near Me - Palo Alto, California

Good but expensive they are also very quick I got jalapeño spread reason Fkr a missing star is not enough if the cream cheese to be honest but the bagel itself was good. You have to eat it right away haha but yeah paid left with the bagel in 2 min. Was quick. The place was busy but nice. I took it to go because the inside was packed. read more

我爱伊兹!员工们总是非常友善,如果我早点去,他们就会拥有我喜欢的饼干的味道。这里非常受欢迎,所以如果你在周日前来,就准备好排长队。里面和外面有几张桌子,每次我来,都因为太忙了而被拿走了! 你可以在售货亭外下单,也可以进去排队下单。这周我在离家门家家外点哈曼塔森时,注意到价格上发生了一些奇怪的事情(这可不是伊兹的错,我觉得电脑程序确实在发生一些奇怪的事情),而且它要为我收取6美元买一个树莓。我最后进去订了票,而且它们肯定比每件6美元便宜。他们也脱光了树莓,但接受我订单的女士主动给我加了支票,看看是否有额外检查,但她也尽力寻找,这让她感觉很好。 它们有多种口味的百吉饼,还有早餐卷饼、披萨等其他食物。向任何不熟悉的人致敬----他们在这里不提供任何肉类,因此所有披萨、卷饼、百吉饼三明治等都不含肉类。 read more

Izzy's offers great service with options to order inside or outside through a kiosk. The bagels are good but nothing special. read more

Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels - Bagels Near Me - Palo Alto, California

I was hoping to grab a quick bite on my way up to San Francisco, and stopped by here. It looked promising and was quite busy so I had high hopes. We used he kiosk outside the shop to order our food. We got a breakfast bagel, onion bagel with jalapeño cream cheese, a blueberry muffin, and an iced coffee. They didn't have hot sauce ready to go for my breakfast burrito which was odd. Anyways, the breakfast burrito is as bland as it can get. It was absolutely basic. No flavor. 0/10. The bagel was standard. How I would expect a bagel and cream cheese would taste. Bagel was not as soft. Muffin tasted so weird. Coffee tasted OLD and disgusting. I'm disappointed, but the 2 stars is for overall service, ambiance, and super cool look. read more

Delicious and highly recommend. The Lox gourmet comes on a bagel of your choice, cream cheese, tomato, cucumber and red onions with capers. Doesn't get any better than here. I also bought a black and white cookie which was an added treat. Worth every penny I spent on Christmas Day. read more

"Most Palo Altans couldn't tell a good bagel from a doughnut." *Spits my tea across the room* On snap! The shade... Hey, it didn't come from me! I read this comment on a post re: Boichik Bagel's opening in PA (NYT says, it's the "best bagel in the country") and naturally, people brought up Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels, a longtime staple in PA. So, after trying the newly opened Boichik Bagel in PA, I had to try Izzy's for comparison. I can't vouch for NY authenticity because I'm from SF but I liked Izzy's bagels more than Boichik (hella overhyped). To share, we ordered a Lox Sesame Bagel, toasted w/ red onion, open-faced ($13.50): https://tinyurl.com/a9wn4zc9. The sesame bagel was nicely toasted with a crispy, slightly crackly crust. Good density with a satisfying chew. Plenty of sesame seeds that didn't fall off like Boichik, adding a delicious roasty nuttiness. So why 3 stars? Izzy's lox is meh; dry and not the best quality. Paid extra ~$3 for open-faced, and there wasn't enough to cover the surface of one of the halves. Boichik has much better quality lox: silky smooth and buttery. And, Izzy's cream cheese was mediocre. Maybe they accidentally gave us the low fat one but it was lacking in rich creaminess and they don't give a generous "NY" portion of cream cheese, at least not on our bagel. Boichik's pink label [whipped] cream cheese is deliciously rich and creamy, and they don't skimp. Finally, the service at Izzy's... I usually can overlook service issues with COVID and I don't expect sunshine, rainbows, and confetti but negative vibes is another thing. I guess it wasn't acceptable for customers to say, "Hi, how are you?" and "Thank you, have a good day!" to the female cashier. Overall, buy bagels at Izzy's then to go Boichik to buy lox and pink label cream cheese. Then, go home to BYO lox bagel. Boom. Enjoy! Other notes: * All staff wore masks. * Open for takeout, delivery, indoor dining, and dog-friendly outdoor dining (California street is closed to traffic/cars). * Contactless ordering (online or kiosk) or in-person ordering. Too bad both kiosks were down so I had to order from the cashier. * I appreciate the intercom so I can hear my number while waiting outside. * With no line on a weekday morning around 9:30 AM, our lox bagel was ready in less than 5 minutes. * Free parking in back lot (entrance is on Sherman Ave.) read more

Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels - Toasted Sesame Lox Bagel w/ red onions, open-faced | $13.50 - Bagels Near Me - Palo Alto, California

Pretty decent bagels! I would get the walnut cream cheese again, this one was the best. The chives cream cheese was also pretty standard. The bagels are good for the area, the outside was crispy but the inside could use a little bit more of a doughy texture. read more

Terrific place best bagels ever And i say this as someone who lived in NYC for years. I love the drawings too and the old tine Brooklyn photos and memorabilia. Good coffee too. read more

Parking can be found in the back, lots of it. Don't try to park on the streets as it get busy. Had their sun fried bagel, extremely fresh and warm. 5/5 The salmon had a very odd dark red tint to it, never seen salmon that dark - ever. Salmon gets 3/5, didn't taste too fresh but there was a decent amount. There were ALOT of cream cheese, if you love that - this is the spot. Personally, I had to remove some. But they do not cheap out! Although it was good, it's not New York good. It's california bagel good. read more

Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels - Bagels Near Me - Palo Alto, California

My whole experience was contrary to alot of the reviews i read on yelp. Sat mornings are pretty bustling when we arrived around 10 am. But the line wasn't excruciating with only one group ahead of us. Opted out of ordering from the kiosks outside bc of a review i read that said it would take longer. The lady taking our order was friendly and patient. I ordered the lox special with tomato basil bagel and low fat cream cheese and a jalapeño bagel with sun dried tomato cream cheese. We sat outside while we waited as the interior was pretty full, they didnt call our name or number tho so after awhile we had to go in and the bagels were just sitting there. The bagels were soo good. My fav was the lox special. The bagels are crispy chewy and fluffy at the same time, with plenty of cream cheese and smoked salmon. I didn't enjoy the sun dried tomato cream cheese as much. It looked like regular cream cheese was mixed with some sundried tomatoes.. different than how it usually looks and tastes from other bagel places. Overall the bagel was delicious and i would def recommend to check out. read more

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The best bagels in the bay area hands down others are okay, but these authentic NY water bagels are awesome and always my first choice in great bagels! read more

The very best bagels in town, period. Always fresh. My current favorite is jalapeño pizza bagel for breakfast. Or if you're into pastries, try the cheese turnover! read more

Delicious bagels! I was craving a good, thick bagel. New York kind of bagel. And Brooklyn Bagels delivered! The cream cheese was wonderful. I was disappointed the vegan option was tofutti, there are many better brands now, specifically Philadelphia now has a plant based, and foragers makes a great cashew milk cream cheese! They worked fast and got the bagels out very fast. The staff was very focused on getting to the next orders and not super sociable, but the bagel more than made up for it read more

I went there with my coffee mug hoping to fill it with a decaf coffee and avoid any waste. But they wouldn't fill my mug; they insisted on wasting a paper cup. I told them to please at least skip the plastic lid. And then they proceeded to put machine generated espresso in it, diluted with hot water, which is not coffee. (At best, you can call that Americano.) And they topped it with a plastic lid. So I asked them to pour it out and got their French roast instead. Then I poured it into my cup, and it tasted gross. Horrible experience overall. read more

Got half dozen day old, egg salad container and chive cream cheese to go. The half dozen is a great deal. You don't know what you'll get but beggars can't be choosers. Bagels can and will freeze well. In fact I think it was better after freezing and popped in toaster oven on the bagel setting on medium. And in egg salad or topping of your choice when there's about 45 seconds left on the timer and it'll taste like just from the deli! This time it was 4x rye pumpernickel and 2 sesame. I was okay with all of their flavors and not allergic so took a gamble. I'll do this again and it's def better than your supermarket or Costco bagels! read more