This location needs to close for a day solely to clean. I visited for the first time and it was filthy. The stainless steel cases were covered in at least an inch of dust and dirt and the area with the condiments was nasty. Do better, Noah's. I also watched one of the workers physically move the trash bin with bare hands and immediately turned around and touched patron's food. This is not ok! read more

Service was lacking, I get you guys close @ 2 but it's 5 minutes till close and can't wait a minute for a decision to be made on food. Rushing the guest is not ok for what was 3 minutes to make the food. The food at Noah's is always great but the employee made us feel not wanted. Perhaps some patience would go a long way, instead of repeating what is your order 3 times while we decide. read more

Love Noah's bagels and their staff are so great. Fresh and my order is just right "let light cream cheese" and cut in half

WTH ? It's just bagels and they can't get a toast bagel right. I mean I know I'm Not getting a NYC bagel and I have had Noah's before it's passable but this was an embarrassment!!! Omg the cream cheese was so bare I wanted to go back and throw the bagel right at them.. go behind the counter and show them what a smear is dammit!!! What is wrong with people? Highly disappointed and will never go back to this place. Bummed out near my neighborhood. read more

Second time ordered two hours before closing. Arrived and and no bagels!? I guess if don't order morning-could be out of luck. Why not call or email can't fill order!? Ugh! read more

The thing that keeps me coming back to the Solano Ave. location is the staff. Sounds corny but the counter staff at this particular location is great. They are not only friendly and seem to enjoy bantering with one another as though they are enjoying their day at work but they are lightning fast and very efficient. Good bagels, good sandwiches, easy parking, nice people...I come here once a week. read more

As always, I ate my bagel too fast to take a picture of it... but like all Noah's, the bagels here did the job! I came in at around 9 am on a Friday and they had every kind of bagel and were still bringing out fresh trays! The bagels with cream cheese are kind of expensive, I ended up paying almost $4, although I did get a 'gourmet' cheddar jalapeño bagel... what can I say I'm a sucker for spicy + cheesy things. I didn't encounter bad service or a lack of bagels, but that might be cause I came by early! Tldr: don't expect a New York bagel, but it's good for a quick bite read more

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I came here with my friend to pick up some bagels for breakfast, I think the bagels are a bit overpriced, they are almost $2 each unless you get half a dozen or a dozen. The smear is $3, which is comparable to grocery store prices ( plus the smear is way more fluffy ) !! I had the pretzel bagel and it was too salty for me, I ended up just picking out all the salt. I wasn't sure what was so pretzel about this bagel, because it just tasted like a regular bagel, while I was expecting something with a more pretzel like consistency. I would probably just come by here if I was in a rush and needed to get some quick breakfast for a large group of people. read more

Today I made a bagel pilgrimage to Noah's bagels. I feared the worst based on all the previous reviews. However I walked away impressed. Now don't get me wrong, these are not the purists' bagels. They do use dough conditioner, and so the bagels are not chewy. But they are tasty. And so, for providing a substrate to which lox, cream cheese, or peanut butter can be applied, they are super! Similarly, I feared the devil horned service people I would encounter and yet, they were fine too. So yes, this review is a 3 1/2 star review rounded up. But I think it is deserved. See for yourself :-) read more

Noah's NY Bagels - Bagels Near Me - Berkeley, California

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So I'm such an old biddy that I actually wrote a complaint to the company, and received a reply from the regional manager. In the reply, he apologized and insisted the problem would soon be remedied. He also, very kindly, offered me $10 in credit. So I went in there to use the credit and it was the same disorganized scene all over again. It took forever, the staff didn't know what to do, they were cranky, the workspace was disorganized (i.e. if they run out of cream for the coffee, the woman has to take the cream thingy all the way back through her crowded kitchen into the back kitchen to refill it) and there was a line out the door of impatient customers. Really, this place has bad feng shui or something. I appreciate the regional manager's efforts but the problem seems systemic. read more

The bagels are acceptable, but phony (e.g. not boiled). The service and staff attitude also leaves much to be desired. In that vein, try Boogle Woogie Bagel Boy on Gilman. There was a time when the lines outside this Noah's was long,the service was very good and the bagels (and accessories) seemed to make up buying steamed bagels. It also once had a Kosher certification, which kept their food selection grounded in what I'll call dairy basics. It seems that when Noah Alper sold his business to whatever Corporate entity it was, the service model and quality went with it. read more

Consistently impressed by customer service and quality at this location. Shoutout to Nick and Stephanie for always being awesome!

Always out of bagels, and the ones they have are hard as rocks and super small. I remember Noah's bagels used to have huge and soft bagels...don't know what happened! You can get better tasting bagels somewhere else. read more

The bagels here are pretty consistent, but it is hit or miss here with how much cream cheese you get. Some days you get a normal amount, other days you're wondering if they forgot the cream cheese because it was spread so thin it melted into your bagel... I learned to always order extra creamcheese or just be disappointed. Also, the people working here are also hit or miss. We used to get bagels plus a chocolate croissant for the kiddo, but when we went this past week we didn't see any out yet. Asked if they would have any croissants or other pastry stuff later and the girl responds with "This is a BAGEL shop". Just a tad bit unnecessary as she must not realize that they did normally have pastry items there in addition to bagels. read more

Awful quality and not worth coming anymore. See the pictures of the plain toasted bagel they gave me. You have lost a customer for good. I paid $3.05 for this ugly bagel. It was not like it was a busy day w lots of customers waiting. I was too tired in the morning to complain w them. If you give a customer something that looks like this and you don't care, you know it's time for you to close shop. read more

Noah's NY Bagels - Bagels Near Me - Berkeley, California

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The last time I went here, I was with my mom and girlfriend. We didn't realize it, but we arrived at around closing time, the door was unlocked and they had just finished serving another customer. When we walked in and were deciding what to get, which didn't take long, the lady taking our order at the register was very nice, and it was clear she was trying her best to remain professional. However, the guy who was making the bagels, when we walked in he started banging everything around, slamming doors, and being so rude and scary. We were so horrified we just left. And as we walked out he said, "Thank f*cking god." I wish I knew what day this happened so I could help get this guy fired if he isn't already. Mostly I feel bad for his co-worker, she deserves a promotion. read more

Summary based on many visits: --decent bagels --ok service --competitive prices --parking can be challenging Noah's can be hit and miss for service. However, the customers in North Berkeley can be entitled jerks, so it's not all the fault of the staff. read more

Noah's NY Bagels - Bagels Near Me - Berkeley, California

Today I bought a toasted, buttered, cream cheese bagel. It was doughy to wet, warm but, not toasted, you could see a signs of a whiteness I suppose they call cream cheese. I had stopped going there after having exactly the same experience last year. I guess they don't want me to go back again! It is shameful what they do. An insult to public. read more

Its the same sad story. A company wants to make more money, or preserve the margins they've achieved historically, and they have to make a decision. Do we charge more, or do we go cheap on costs? Which one will make customers leave? Today we have an answer when it comes to this bagel shop. I graduated Cal in '91 and (on the rare occasion I could afford it as a poor student) I loved getting a toasted onion (they used to offer "super onion" which was great) with plain cream cheese. It was awesome and you had to pay attention when eating it because the cream cheese would squish out between the bagel halves. You had to manage that stuff and it was delicious, so it was well worth the vigilance. Fast forward to the present. No more "cream cheese". Now its called "shmeer". As any savvy consumer knows, the reason it's called "Froot Loops" is because it doesn't have any actual "fruit" in it. That's why it's called "Kraft Singles" instead of "sliced cheese", because its not actual "cheese". So its safe to assume that "shmeer" is so very not-cream-cheese that they had to change the name for legal reasons. This is bad. But this nomenclature quibble is nothing compared to the matter of volume. You spread this "shmeer" stuff like a hint of butter. Its barely there. What I got was "bagel-tries-to-remember-what-cream-cheese-is-but-can't". The amount of "shmeer" on the bagel has been decreasing and today was the final straw. This is a divorce. If you charged me fifty cents more, fine. Going cheapskate on your "shmeer" is not acceptable. I will NEVER RETURN TO ANY NOAH'S EVER. So you have your answer. If you rip me off to preserve your margins, you no longer get my business. (Bonus, you get my public input). Maybe you think people would swear-off your carbs-with-suspicious-dairy-like-product if you charged fifty cents more. Go ahead and believe that. My shoes are talking directly to you as I walk away. Take that for what you will. I loved Noah's. You make me dislike the brand intensely now. I'd have preferred that it didn't go down like this, but you made your calculation and I hope it bankrupts your whole endeavor. read more

This place makes amazing Bagels! Order spinach and cheese bagel with avocado on it! You will not be disappointed! I never realized how much I expect in a bagel with avocado, but they just blew me out of the water! The avocado to Bagel ratio was perfection the little touch of salt and pepper what a delicious little treat and it was served open face in a box so it didn't smash the avocado or whatever I don't know it was just really great! Really you should go here! I'm so pleased read more

They wouldn't take my order over the phone and I can't place it online because I'm lactose intolerant and the website won't accept this allergy. I explained this to the person working and they simply repeated the policy. Told them my diet restrictions and that the website didn't accept that order and they genuinely didn't care. Have had issues at this Noah's location for 10 years with nasty customer service. Unsure if racism or just poor poor benefits that have soured these workers consistently against being even basically kind. read more

Make sure to check your order before they leave. Apparently the guy working there does not know what a Farmhouse is. I have been trying to call but keep getting a recording saying the team is serving others please call back. I will go back later today hopefully. I am at work so now I can't go back. I won't eat it I will just give to a co worker. I was so hungry too! Darn it! read more

I enjoy the bagels. They make a good product. I have been coming here almost every morning for the last 3 months as it's on my way into work. Today will be the LAST time I will go to this Noah's Bagels or maybe Noah's ever. The older lady who works the register is often lost but usually cordial albeit short with the customers. Today she was more rude than I've ever seen. There is no definitive line structure at this establishment so it's basically honor system. Today she looked at me after I let someone order before because they were there before me. I was then told "I don't know where you are gonna go!" I replied "I'll go somewhere else." I left and will not be returning. read more

Closest thing to Ny bagels in the Bay Area. Bagels and cream cheese and or lox are great, sandwiches and hot fri is aren't as good.

Staff is very unfriendly don't greet customers. It's almost like you're bothering them by coming in . The manager with The bright turquoise hair is very Sarcastic when she answers. I asked her for her coffee options and what she recommended and Said there was a menu and to pick lol . I won't be returning . I gave this place a couple chances . They need training or new staff . read more

What's up with this location? I get it. U gotta be at work early in the am and deal with people screaming for their morning coffee but.... fix the attitude. Everyone that works there has an attitude. And last time I got a bagel that looked as though someone hawked a you know what right on top. I'm like wow I was nice to you people. Never ever again. read more

I have to agree with Toni. Yuck! I got a dozen bagels a week or so ago and took them to my friends' house. I brought along my bagel slicer and those _________ bagels were so soft and mushy that I couldn't slice them with the bagel slicer. Their bagels used to be great but they have gone from great to okay to horrible. I hadn't been here for a year or so but after last week's experience never again. I used to make my own bagels-the boiled and baked method. Maybe it's time I tried making them again. read more

Very very poor service. This Noah's is under new management and ever since the experience has been terrible. I went a couple months ago and had to wait 15 minutes for my order. I decided to give it another go about a month ago and this time I waited another 15 minutes and when I asked where my order was they said they forgot and still had to make it. I will never step foot in this Noah's again. Terrible. read more

You know how many times we've walked into this store--at various times--and we're unable to buy a dozen sesame bagels? How freaking hard is it to keep sesame bagels in the case all the time? Yeah, they're popular. So make some more! Hey but you can order ahead we're told. Is that what we have to do? Can I do it online? Oh, no? Really? Is it just this Solano location? I think it might be, reading all the reviews of employee ineptitude. Hey Mr Manager, do a better job or shut the place down... read more

No no no no no no! Don't make me go to Noah's! This is what I say to my husband most Saturday or Sunday mornings. While there are some sweet young people who work at this location who get my order right and do it fast (to the kid with dreads: I think you're neat) it's normally a painful experience. Example: the girl who was making my egg mitt with cheese was wrapping it up in the foil paper and set it down and walked away! Could she not hand it to the customer before she went into the back and picked her ass or whatever it was she needed to go do? I stood there looking at my egg mitt, wondering why it was done and ready to eat, but I was not holding it. Would someone hand me that egg mitt back there? She eventually came out (2 mins later?) and put it in a bag and walked it over to the pick-up area. Why? Why the delay? Because they suck, that's why. They seem to have a cycle of untrained young people working the shop, unorganized and uninterested in efficiency. Where are these kids coming from---it's a different batch each time. Noah's must have poor management that pays minimum wage to an all part-time staff. Ingredients for crap service. read more

This place is a friggin' mess - among the worst managed businesses in Berkeley. This is not the time to ask whether Noah's bagels are in any sense "authentic" (they are not) or whether what they offer is at all good (not so much.) Today's subject is the employees. We walk over there some weekends and in the past few months we've noted: 1) Two employees swapping spit and furiously grinding into each other (come on, guys, get a room!); 2) employees prepping food with no hairnets; 3) a crew member walking in from his break with a lit cigarette; 4) at least one employee always sitting at one of the store's three tables. I can deal with a lot of eccentric shit, especially if the food is good. But this place is just really weird, inefficient, and unpleasant. read more

What is it about all Noah's that makes the service so bad? It's not just this berkeley location, or anything different in the last 3 years, but all of them share one thing in common - fundamentally bad operations and service. on more than one occasion i've asked myself if these guys are showing up stoned, which seems unlikely at 7am but someone has to ask.. Now that I think about it, the very, very worst Noah's is the one in the Sloat street shopping center. But they are all pretty horrific when it comes to service and logistics.. Any alternative with equally good bagels will absolulety kick ass in the Bay area.. read more

Ehhhh, they use TOO MUCH SHMEAR (though it's tasty and has the perfect texture/consistency) and the bagels are super doughy and only edible if toasted. I've haven't encountered as horrible service as many of the other Yelpers at this location, nor have I encountered anything extraordinary. Average. read more

I am driving up Solano. It is almost noon on Sunday, and I am hungover like you wouldn't believe. The sun glints off my dark glasses as my eyes slowly scan the street's various eateries, searching for something to cure the pounding in my head. I reach the top of Solano, and uninspired, consider driving to Whole Foods for a grilled sandwich. Unfortunately, I don't think I can make it that far. (I've also been warned that the Berkeley Whole Foods does not indeed own a sandwich grill...oh HELL no) And then...Noah's. The holy land! Bagels AND cream cheese. What a life. Okay, so I'll cut to the chase. I am generally indecisive, and when I saw that Noah's now served panini's I almost peed my pants. Yet, I couldn't go to a bagel shop without buying a bagel with lox, so I got that too. I returned home, collapsed on a folding chair outside, and dug into the bagel first. Their whipped cream cheese is unparalleled and heavenly. After a few bites, I was already feeling the pounding in my head subside, and was ready to sample the turkey panini I'd purchased. EW. Ew ew ew. If this review could be five pages long, it would be filled with five pages of EW. Literally, I could not eat it, and I have never met a sandwich that I didn't like. My shock that they would sell such an item intermingled with confusion as to how they had managed to somehow disgust-ify every single item within the soggy bun, which was not panini, but more like dry English muffin bread - minus the dry. In conclusion: bagels and cream cheese is what Noah's does best. Stay the hell away from anything they may have erroneously labeled as a "sandwich". read more

CON: this branch has no seats! PRO: -you can sneak your bagel into starbucks and have better coffee and a seat. -tons of coupons in the local paper for "Free bagel fridays" or other deals! VEGAN PRO: -hummus on bagels! read more

The team working on Saturday May 28th needs to be retrained on customer service. They were absolutely RUDE!!! I waited patiently my turn in a long line to place my order. Finally it was my turn, and they SKIP right over me, as if I was invisible. No problem, I'm always willing to give people the benefit of the doubt, they just hadn't realized it, yet when I mentioned it to them and the customer they were helping agreed they still continued to ignore me. I mean ignore me, not even a simple,"Sorry, about that will be right with you." THEN they started to help the guy behind him! What the HELL! At that point I walked out. I will take my business elsewhere. In summary, don't hate yourself enough to go here. Complex carbs are FATTENING and not healthy for you, add to that the distress of starting off a sunny day with rude people. Life is too short! read more

This review is for the new Noah's at 1919 Shattuck, which isn't listed on Yelp, probably because the store opened on Monday. I ordered a lox sandwich, and all went smoothly, EXCEPT there were no capers on the sandwich, and as anyone who lusts after this delicious flavor combo knows, the capers make the meal. so what's the deal here? Is this a mistake due to the newness of the store, or has Noah's abandoned the most important ingredient, thinking that soggy cucumbers will suffice? Given the convenience of the new store, I will be back, but may need to buy my own jar of capers to complete the meal. Sad! read more

Bagels are boiled. Period. If it didn't get boiled in a malt bath, it's not a bagel. If you don't know the difference, you need to visit Boogie Woogie Bagel Boy immediately : http://www.yelp.com/biz/ZMbq-eIGgD15aq5yZexlaQ read more

Oh boy. I have been going here since I moved into the 'hood in 1990! and wow have things changed. This place used to be clean and organized with helpful staff. Now-like many of the other posters have mentioned-the staff seems completely disinterested in their customers and they are out of half of their bagels by 2 or 3 daily. I have also tried to go into the store at about ten minutes before the posted closing time only to find the doors already locked. Another small complaint but still a bit annoying is that when I purchase a bagel dog, they never-ever offer me the side salad or other goodie that goes along with the dog. (I am paying for it-right?) Perhaps the owner of this store should check in on his veeerrry easygoing ,hardly working staff. The only reason I continue to return is the location. read more

No so good service. Rose, the polite woman working the counter was multi tasking so much that not one person was being served. Lacked the selection and the people in front of me had their order wrong......twice. read more