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    OTR Bagel Bar

    3.5 (96 reviews)
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    Moderate noise
    Outdoor seating
    Dogs allowed

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    Morgan W.

    Overpriced and disappointing. 11 dollars for a breakfast sandwich with a hockey puck egg. Cream cheese for 2 dollars? We enjoy McDonald's breakfast sandwiches more. Will not go back here and did not finish the sandwiches they were underwhelming.

    Breakfast Sammy with Bacon, onion, on an Asiago Bagel
    Charlotte P.

    GREAT bagel place. All the classic options and some fun ones. The egg on my bagel was a little lopsided but I can look over that. Food came out fast and location is great.

    Courtney P.

    WHAT HAPPENED?!?! I should've known when I got there around 11 and there was no line. I ordered two bagels, blueberry and pretzel. Got home and I couldn't tell which was which. The blueberry bagel had one single blueberry, was quite hard, and tasted like nothing. This is not what I remember! I don't see this place last much longer.

    Asiago bagel with very little herb cream cheese
    Susan D.

    I have heard this used to be a great bagel place. It is not now. The bagels are crunchy on the outside but gummy inside. They put so little cream cheese on all of the bagels we ordered that you can't tell the difference between the herb cream cheese and the chive cream cheese. I'm from NY originally, so these are not what I'm used to, but they are not good. I understand that their location in Findlay market keeps them busy but the food is sub par at best, IMHO. Go elsewhere for bagels.

    Bacon egg & cheese

    Place was moderately busy, 4 people waiting in line. I've been here before and gotten decent service and food. It seems that everything they once did well is gone. Food isn't great, prices gone up and service went down. Forgot half my order as well as a coffee. And look at the size of the egg on their "bacon egg and cheese" btw you have to pay extra for cheese

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    Ashley F.

    For the first time I've had a bagel sandwich outside of the house in years, this gluten-free one was solid. The wait was long for all of the awesome varieties (like pretzel everything, roasted garlic asiago and more) for the flour-processing friends. And, I hope one day there will be more GF options to try! The place is also very tiny, with a New Yorky Bodega vibe so don't expect to sit and leisurely dine. There were also cans of pop like Vernors and Cherry 7up for $1 which was cool.

    Very old bagel.

    My 12 year old son wrote this. I agree completely. Really bad experience. 4 days might be generous. "1. The bread tasted like they were cooked 4 days ago 2. My flavored cream cheese had no taste and hardly and spread around the bagel 3. There was only one person working visibly and that caused it to take awhile 4. It was a really small store but they had cool pictures on the wall Finally that make me wonder why they have 4 stars while I feel like it deserves a 1 star"

    Ariel L.

    My family and I used to travel 3 hours, every Sunday, for these bagels. They were without a doubt the best bagels we've ever tried... but then things started to go down hill. For starters, we would never pay the same price for our orders (that were always the exact same sandwiches)... on some days we'd pay 24, others 22, then on some only 15 dollars. Sometimes ingredients (such as schemers or bacon) would be missing. We never questioned as to why because we thought the bagels were worth it, despite the dry service. The only friendly server was an older man (whom I assume was the owner) that always charged us 15 for our sandwiches. Unfortunately, this past Sunday was the last straw for us. We placed our pick up orders the day before making the three hour drive to Findlay market... when we arrived, we found the shop closed. We never received an apology NOR did we receive a refund. We paid nearly 30 dollars ahead of time for sandwiches we /never/ received. That was it for us. WARNING: OWNER HARASSES REVIEWERS, even on Instagram

    "Everything" bagel with cream cheese.
    Parinita S.

    First time visiting the area and there was a line outside this place so I decided to check it out. The staff was working their butt off and they were super efficient. I got an everything bagel but there was literally nothing on my bagel -- I was very disappointed.

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    Madi L.

    Nothing beats a bagel sandwich! Unfortunately, I came to OTR bagel bar at 11am on a Sunday, so the bagel options were extremely limited. I got the raisin bagel, husband got the salt bagel, and grandma got the sesame. We all loved our sandwich! Price seemed a little much for a bagel sandwich - it was $6 for bagel, egg, and meat then you pay extra for cheese and other toppings, but overall was delicious and would come back!

    Sammy bagel. Order it! Heavenly.
    S F.

    New mgmt. Same great flavor. Neighborhood loyal. Located at Findlay Market (south near Race) Support them!

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