Bagels and pastries are classic and the service is friendly. Get past the minimalist atmosphere and concentrate on the bagels and delicious cream cheese spreads! Cheese danish are awesome too. No frills. Just good stuff. read more

One of few locations that sell bagels in Gloucester. Bagels are typical airy bread-like bagels so prevalent now. No egg bagels or other varieties that take a bit more skill. Physical location is clean and well kept. Staff is virtually all Brazilian from what I see. Egg sandwich is one fried egg, but then stored and placed on bagel with the cheese and then microwaved I suspect. Looks like two full strips of bacon. Order came out far too fast to have fried the egg right as I ordered. read more

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Best breakfast bagel sandwich I've had out here on this island. Hot, fresh, now. Coffee hot and simple. Thank you very much Jim and crew.

I've been here many times since it's a local bagel shop. They have excellent donuts, the square coffee rolls are my absolute favorite, and if you're looking for a place to sit and get work done it's usually quiet. They have a book shelf where you can leave or take books which I think is a nice touch. The workers are very sufficient, they're quick to get your order in and I've yet to get the wrong order in all my years of going. If you're visiting Gloucester and looking for a breakfast spot definitely check them out. read more

I went in to grab a bagel, but while I was there, I saw a large rat run across the floor. It was really unsettling and made me lose my appetite. Cleanliness is important, especially where food is being served. Unfortunately, I can't recommend this place until they address this issue. read more

The best bagels in town, fresh and flavorful... My favorites are the everything and the poppyseed bagels. The veggie cream cheese is so good, the recipe has not changed, and has been amazing since I can remember... One of the best desserts they have is the Strawberry Shortcake... The fresh whip cream frosting, the sponge-y cake with the strawberry filling... Jim is a Gem to bring such an amazing place to Gloucester... read more

Jim's is my new favorite bagel shop and bakery. By far the freshest around. High quality bread, light fresh and crunchy. Great, hot cup of joe too. Never let's me down. Just went today for a half dozen and some tomato and chive cream cheese.. killer. Please stop here for breakfast, lunch or a snack when in Gloucester. Well worth it. read more

Jim's Bagel & Bake Shoppe - Toasted Poppy bagel and tomato and chive cc. SO good! - Bakeries Near Me - Gloucester, Massachusetts

some lady was very rude by yelling at me to grab my food then I found multiple hairs in my food while rats were crawling everywher.

Great coffee and real donuts. So much better than dunkin. 10 out of 10 donut. Coffee was great and complimented the donuts perfectly. The staff was great, kind and patient Comfortable seating, bright cheerful atmosphere. Definitely seems like a local hotspot. read more

Great little Laval find.. I always look for local spots while traveling.. and avoid chain spots like DD read more

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Found them randomly after a wedding in the area and so happy we did! Delish bagels, super quick and friendly!

Filled donuts and bagels with cream cheese NYC bodega serving of cream cheese....coffee is good too. Eat sip and roll....

Best bagels in the area. Strawberry shortcake is amazing and other treats are just as good... cream cheese is always fresh, my favorite is the veggie cream cheese. Local staple... read more

Jim, I hope you are listening. People like myself want to do business with your establishment, but man, you guys make it tough. The comments about the dismissive employees and questionable service are real. There is no reason for someone to come into any establishment, be the only customer there, and be ignored until someone decides "oh well, I guess I drew the short straw and have to serve the customer". What would be nice? "I will be right with you" if someone is busy. Or, "How can I help you?" or yes, even "Thank you" when you give a tip on questionable service. It appears that we want to do business with you more than you want to do business with the community. read more

The bagels here are amazing, especially the egg sandwich's and the honey cinnamon wheat bagel when they actually have it. The coffee is great too. New England Coffee Co, the flavor is brewed into the coffee not gross syrups. However, the service is lacking! Doesn't really matter if you chose the barely functional drive thru or walk in; same grouchy and slow staff. They will always continue to clean or stock whatever they're doing and pretend they don't see you when you're in front of them before they acknowledge you. There's one particular woman who always does the drive thru speaker who can barely speak? It's stressful to place even an order for iced black coffee....Once you finally get someone to take your order! I fought through beach traffic after the gym to go there this past Tuesday and was told someone would be right with me and nobody ever took my order! I am not the biggest fan of Dunkin' Donuts coffee but at least they're immediately there for your order so they got my business that am. read more

When I think bagels, my standard is Bagel n Bialy's in Scottsdale or the NYT employee cafeteria. Jim's and Iggy's are the only two places I will buy a bagel and enjoy it in Massachusetts. Jim's vegetable cream cheese is the best I ever had in my life! When, I go to Iggy's and grab a chive cream cheese, I want Jim's cream cheese. Plus, they are open by 6am every day, yes Sunday at 6:30 am they were OPEN, woohooo!!!!! read more

Jim's Bagel & Bake Shoppe - Gigantic cookie - yummy! - Bakeries Near Me - Gloucester, Massachusetts

If you want par-baked baked goods, here's your spot. I can honestly say this was the first time eating a breakfast pastry made me sick to my stomach. A friend recently tried this place to see if I had been exaggerating and also found their food under baked. I can only assume this place still exists because it's across from the train. read more

I dropped my bacon egg and cheese and it bounced back. Anyone else? I didn't think much until I noticed the rubber exterior.

I stop here for sugar on my way home from work. Virgilios closes at 5 and I don't get back in time. For the most part, I'm satisfied with a cookie or a lemon square. Nothing great, but it does the trick. Today kinda broke the straw for me. I got a peanut butter cookie. Got home, took it out of the bag and it was strangely wet. Took a bite and it had FREEZER BURN! They were previously frozen?!?! Um, nope. No thanks. I'm done. read more

I think the coffee is very good, bagels are my favorite and rival NYC bagels I've had, the olive-pimento cream cheese is outstanding and I often get some to go. Cinnamon sticks are also a favorite. Jelly donut is 5 star! Plenty of variety with pastry. Free wifi. I see people complaining about the service, and sure I've had better, but it's not like breakfast at the Ritz Carlton (is there such thing as the Ritz Carlton anymore?). Jim, please get rid of the TV and mindnumbing hyped-up news that is always on and blaring, PLEASE. (-2) read more

This was my third visit and I am still astonished on their "system" of running things. There are at least five girls behind the counter working, yet it takes 15 minutes or more to get two breakfast sandwiches and two coffees.... You walk up to the counter and are asked what you want. Instead of waiting to hear your whole order they take one item at a time... then another girl asks you what you would like. Time passes and you have four girls taking care of your order confusing the heck out of you about what is going on (this has been my experience all three times I have been) Then, the latest visit was on Easter morning. We called ahead to make sure they were open and they said they closed at 11 AM. We arrived at 10:30 and were fourth in line of about ten people. At 10:40 another customer walks in the door and a girl behind the counter yells, "Hello people we are closing at 11!! Read the sign!".... I don't know about you all, but this is a quick donut/breakfast sandwich shop.... it should take no more than 5 minutes to complete any order given. Yes, you closed at 11... not 10:40. Overall very rude and unorganized. Too bad they have good coffee and donuts (breakfast sandwiches are sub-par, not worth the 15 minute discombobulated wait), I won't be returning. read more

Coffee was good but the young girl that was working the counter should not be in customer service. Actually didn't order food because of how rude and miserable she was. Unfortunately won't be back here because of the customer service. read more

Website lists a dozen type of pies, but neglects to say that only apple, blueberry and pecan are offered regularly, the others are only holidays. Disappointing. Think Jim's is spreading themselves thin.... Donuts, bagels, pastry, cake, cookies, muffins, pie, and a food menu. A lot offered mediocre when they used to do exceptional work with a basic menu. read more

I'm just going to say it - this place is awful. Hopefully the Gloucester-ati doesn't come and take my credentials away. History: when they were over on Washington, I used to go there a lot for a special cake my friend loved. In fairness, they maybe still make it and maybe it's great. They used to be the only game in town. They're not anymore. Yesterday myself and two friends were cruising around in the afternoon and wanted a good donut. Not really anyplace in town except Dunks for that, so I said we should stop at Jim's - I've never even stepped foot in the "new" (yeah, not new) location and I know people go there. Disclaimer - they were closing in 15 mins. Okay - sure, we didn't expect much inventory. It was so dark, hot as hell (90 degree day, no AC) which always worries me in a food establishment, and dirty. Grimy dirty - not good. But, I can forgive a lot for good food and nice people. Too bad neither were present. The older woman at the counter was rude, barely acknowledged us, didn't answer when asked about items in the case, and eventually a young girl stepped up to assist us. The older also made a comment about how "they're almost closed" to us. Okay - but you're not, you're open, so treat us like customers who'd like to buy something. We ended up getting two eclairs and two turnovers, one apple and one raspberry. Figured we might as well try something while we were there. As we were walking out my friend looked in the box and noticed we only got one turnover. We collectively kept walking out, just not caring anymore to deal with it. In the car we all tried our items - complete disgust all around. Dry, flavorless (but yet left an aftertaste?) eclairs with barely any filling (I did eat just the chocolate icing off mine and that was tasty) and the turnover eater said "I know they said raspberry, but there is literally no discernible flavor to this other than sickening sweet." Everything went in the garbage. There are much better places in the area and you don't need to spend money for places that clearly aren't really trying. read more

Being from NY originally, I feel like I know a good bagel. Jim's has a good bagel. However, after experiencing multiple bagels being charred in their toaster oven, I refuse to let them toast my bagel anymore. Additionally, I love breakfast sandwiches with egg, but Jim's "Eggle" freaks me out a little - they microwave the egg in a plastic container. Bottom line, Jim's has good bagels and cakes, but they could really bring some of their products up a couple of notches. read more

My review is for the doughnuts, which are the most amazing, crackalicious doughnuts I have had in a long time - possibly ever (for me, it's a tie between Jim's and Kane's in Saugus). Robbo is right - there is no comparison between Jim's doughnuts and the ones at Dunkin'. Jim's doughnuts are homemade and with love. We live in Chicago, but every time we're in town, we have to stop at Jim's. It's just a must. read more

Jim's Bagel & Bake Shoppe - Mmmm. Doughnuts. - Bakeries Near Me - Gloucester, Massachusetts

Great local breakfast spot, I stop in most mornings to grab a coffee and bagel before work. The bagel sandwiches are top notch, and very reasonable priced. I am surprised dunkin donuts can survive in the same town with such a way better option. read more

I feel the need to warn people about the drive-thru window at Jim's. I want to say that when you go inside, the experience is still great. I had an awful experience trying to navigate the drive-thru and successfully get my order; in the end, it was incorrect and the lid was barely on so that it spilled all over my car when I went to pick it up for a sip. Anyway, you have to enter the drive-thru via a street 1 behind the street that the actual restaurant is located on. It's very inconvenient. Apparently, there is a box to place your order, but I never saw it and it looked like cars were just pulling up to the window. I gave the woman at the window my order and it was painful. I assume she's the one taking the orders so it probably would have been just as bad if I'd given them at the box (which I never did spot). I had to repeat the coffee order four times and she still screwed it up. Not to whine, but I cannot stand sugar in my coffee. So to get light cream and extra sugar really aggravates me. As I mentioned, the lid wasn't even on and it spilled. It is far easier to just find parking on the main street (which has plenty). Don't waste your time and get stressed out like I did trying to order at the drive-thru. I will never go to the drive-thru again and I probably won't go back for awhile did the bad experience memories wear off. read more

Donuts are good coffee is not. The covers never fit right on the hot coffee and it ends up all over the car. It is also weak and has zero flavor. But again, donuts and bagels are great read more

I had a very berry muffin at Jim's this past week while waiting on the train. I really liked it! It had berries throughout the batter, and jam in the middle. Not the biggest muffin ever, but it was enough. Carb hounds throughout Cape Ann: Eat at Jim's! (On the negative side: their floors are downright treacherous when they're wet. If I were Jim, I'd be worried about a lawsuit should one of my oldster customers fall and break a hip.) read more

It blows my mind that this place is called Jim's Bagel when 2/3 times I've been there they've been out of bagels. I'm there early too. The first time I went and asked about bagels the girl gave no explanation, no "we just ran out" or "some will be out soon".... Just "we don't have any". OK-- it's 8:30 on a Saturday I'd like to know this doesn't happen often. Pretty dirty, flies around the donuts, and unfriendly staff. But they have a really good bacon chive cream cheese and it's one of the only "bagel" spots in Gloucester other than Dunks. Most of the time I'll just leave the island. read more

Jim's Bagel and Back Shop has great product, reasonable prices and their new location is ideal for commuters and people getting together for a morning cup of coffee and doughnut. I like them, I really do. That being said, their service can be a bit slow, and at times, I feel like their staff doesn't listen to what customer's orders are. I've often asked for an un-toasted bagel with cream cheese on the side and more often than not, they get that wrong. Maybe it's because the moment they'll hear the start of an order, they walk away and start preparing it before you can finish telling them how you want it. It's annoying and not good customer service. Also, and this is just me being nitpicky...there's spelling errors all over their menu. For months the spray painted sign on the ground was spelled "Drive TRHU" and they advertise a craMberry walnut chicken salad sandwich. Call me crazy, but If I owned a business, I'd spell check things before I put it all out there for the public to see. Despite their hiccups, I'd order from Jim's any day of the myriad of Dunkin Donuts' taking over my town. And I do. read more

I'm a techie. I do it for a living. Nothing is more frustrating than working on a technical problem on an empty stomach. So I'm driving around, ready to jump off the fish pier and i stumble on this place. The reason I explained what I do is to convey the extreme frustration as I found this place, so anything could have gone wrong at this point. 1. Spinach Bagel with Bacon Chive CC. Wicked, Wicked awesome 2. Cinnamon Walnut Pastry Stick. Wicked, Wicked awesome 3. You're not doing it right because it used to be that way despite the fact that we've changed networks, operating systems, hardware, and Mail systems is completely irrelevant... Not Awesome. read more

Bagels, muffins and donuts are fabulous. Prices are good. Service is HORRIBLE. I asked for 2 spinach and 2 sesame bagels. Got home to discover 2 spinach and 2 cinnamon raisin - yuck! Took almost 5 minutes to get 4 bagels, 2 muffins and 5 donuts...but I only wanted 3 donuts and 2 donut holes. The woman serving us was completely disinterested in helping us and not paying attention to what I was saying. I was being as polite and friendly as I know how while she smiled and rolled her eyes. What, I'm supposed to take whatever you want to give me?!?! We'll go back b/c there's nowhere else to go and the bagels are great. read more

Recently celebrating 25 years*, Jim's offers some decent fresh bagels (sadly no egg bagels) & delicious donuts, excellent cakes & baked goods, a variety of freshly brewed coffees, yummy cream cheese blends, & some decent sandwiches. Service is Super S-L-O-OOO-W & they sometimes make blatant mistakes w/the orders, especially at their drive-thru. It's very frustrating! Check dates on refrigerated items. Jim, the owner, is a great guy who's very community oriented! There's an area to sit (booth or counter), read the paper or a swapped book, & watch tv & Jim decorate those wonderful custom cakes. It's located right across from the Gloucester train station, too. I've updated this review w/this article: http://www.gloucestertimes.com/local/x2120604578/25-years-of-baking (You can often find his coupon deals in the Gloucester Daily Times, as well.) read more

Jim's is delicious, also they have some of the best pastry around they make Bismarck's the way they should be made. Make sure to go early to get a good flavor of bagel. read more

We have been going here at least once a week for the past year. We love the bagels and love that there is a local business to support. But recently we've become so aggravated. We come at all times of day, frequently twice a day, trying to get a range of bagels and they are always out of almost everything. They say spmething like "This is what we do have...plain and everything and one whole wheat." This week we have visitors, so today I got up at 6 to go get bagels. I arrived at 6:20 and they had NO BAGELS except everything bagels. I asked if that was all they had and the woman working there was rude. She yelled to the kitchen, who yelled something back, then she mumbled something I couldn't tell whether it was to me or the mouthpiece she was wearing. I asked if she'd said something to me and she snapped "I said we don't have any bagels! We'll have more in 30 minutes!" I was stunned. I would never go here again if there were anywhere else in Gloucester to buy good bagels. read more

Food was good but they were out of everything I tried to order. Make prices and availability more visible!

So Jim and I had a conversation about the unfortunate event on Saturday. Cooler heads prevailed. Jim said he was sorry and I accepted his apology. Jim seems like a good guy who cares about his customers. Time to move on. read more

This place is a joke! I ordered a cake for Nevaehs birthday to pick up at 10 am...I just went to get it and it's not even ready someone came in to place a last minute order and they sold her cake!!!! This is the second time it has happened! So now I have no cake for my 7 year olds birthday. No apology no nothing-just blank stares! Totally unacceptable! I will never go here for ANYTHING ever again! Complete disgrace!!!! read more