Have been coming here since they opened. This most recent visit was the worst. Bagel barely cooked, barely any onion on the onion bagel. The sandwich on the hard roll was paper thin, pork roll burnt to a crisp. It was like eating a bread sandwich. Something has changed at this place and it's not for the better. $16 for two basic breakfast sandwiches that left us barely satiated?? Everyone has off days so I will assume this was the case. I'll give them another chance. If it's the same disappointment I'll never go back. read more

Pops Bagels & Deli - Bagels Near Me - Asbury Park, New Jersey

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Good egg sandwiches! Service is a bit slow, especially when it's busy (your order can get lost and you have to ask) Exposed kitchen, clean environment read more

Pops Bagels & Deli - hasbrown egg and cheese with avocado - Bagels Near Me - Asbury Park, New Jersey

I wish the owner knew that they close BEFORE 3 PM. We drove to grab a bagel but the door was locked early. No bueno.

Excellent Bagels Coffee and Breakfast Platters with Real home fries. Great Service and clean.

I've given this place 5 chances and it's a fail every time. Go in place and order and wait. 3 people come in after me they place orders, all 3 get theirs made before mine and I stand around watching people come and go while my simple basic order has to wait. This happened on 4 different occasions. The place has no order and nobody has a clue what's going on. Today was my last chance. I call order 3 sandwiches(all the same), I get there and they only made one. One. Ok I expect them to mess up as that's what they excel at here. So they realize the f up and say we will make 2 more. Ok. So instead of taking care of my order first, like to fix the mistake, they continue making other orders while I stand around watching people come and go. Just dumb. Make someone wait when you messed up their order? Just bad way to do stuff. So I get my 2 other sandwiches and they put ketchup on them. Jesus. All 3 ordered plain and they make the other 2 WRONG. typical and I almost expected them to not be able to fix a simple mistake without some how messing the fix up also. Now don't get too excited , it's only bagels, like not that serious, I'll even say go there and get the experience yourself. Maybe you will get lucky and they won't mess your stuff up every time. Anyway I'll never be back., life is too short and there are way better options. The coffee is horrible here as well but Rook coffee is up the road at west Park Ave. read more

Came to pick up food. Bagel was average. But what I witnessed taking place by a woman preparing an order and slicing meat..while slicing cold cuts took Slice and put it on her mouth and then continued on weighing the food and picking up slices that were too much weight. Almost dropping the entire order on the floor grabbing the falling cold cuts by her body and then placing in the bag. I won't be coming here again sad to say read more

I came here on a whim after a run on the boardwalk. I got an egg everything bagel and the outside was SO salty. Like inedible. Not sure if it was a fluke bagel. The other bagel I got, plain egg, for my husband was fine. read more

Pops Bagels & Deli - Many cream cheeses - Bagels Near Me - Asbury Park, New Jersey

Best Bagels and friendly service. Endorsed by Santa K from Asbury Park and the Asbury Park Little League. read more

Pops Bagels & Deli - Santa! - Bagels Near Me - Asbury Park, New Jersey

I've been here a couple times. The service is really good. The girl at the front is really nice. Prices are good. My bagel tasted like what it's supposed to. The bread is not hard it taste fresh. However it just gets crowded really fast so you have to wait a while. I will be back though. read more

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Came here for breakfast. Told my asburian friend that I wanted Taylor ham , egg and cheese before starting on our lil road trip and she brought me here. Yeah yeah I call it TAYLOR HAM - you may call it Park Roll.... we are both New Jerseyians - who cares LOL Located in a strip mall near the circle in Asbury. Parking is easy. Doesn't look like much outside or the inside .... But staff was really friendly and we had pretty good Taylor Ham , Egg and cheese on bagels . I had mine on and everything bagel and friend had it on an egg bagel. Usually I like my " pork roll" on a Kaiser but this was good also. read more

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I can't stop by asbury park and not pick up a bagel regardless of the time of day. Rightfully so Pop's always delivers an amazing bagel. French toast is savory and sweet. Everything egg bagels compliment any breakfast meats and the fagels (flat bagels) make dunking it into your favorite cream cheese enjoyable. Bagels are nice and crusty on the outside and soft on the inside. read more

Pops Bagels & Deli - Pork Roll, Egg and Cheese Sandwich on a fagel - Bagels Near Me - Asbury Park, New Jersey

OMG!! I understand the hype about Jersey bagels. I think I got the egg bagel with lox spread and while I was full, I still wanted to eat another one. read more

Honestly the best bagels and Sandwiches in Ocean Our Daily Routine It's A Most Have staffing is very friendly they go beyond to be courtesy read more

Lots of choices for breakfast sandwiches. Always consistent. Fresh and delicious. I usually get the hog (pork roll, egg, cheese and hash browns)! It's off the Asbury circle, routes 35/66, so to get to it you have to drive Jerseyish. Worth the risk! read more

Despite the three star rating, I gave this place a shot since the bad reviews seem to be outdated. I had none of the issues of the previous bad reviews. Came in on a Saturday at around 11AM. Wasn't too terribly busy. Served and greeted immediately with friendly staff. Ordered a Pork Roll Egg & Cheese with Home Fries (salt, pepper, ketchup) on a garlic. I come from the bagel and deli capital that is North NJ. Zero complaints. Great breakfast sandwich and coffee. Bagel was fresh and warm. Everything was seasoned and garnished perfectly and not too much of anything. Would easily come back again or recommend. Just down in Asbury watching my sister's dog for a few days. Now I definitely have a breakfast deli to look forward to down here. read more

Pops Bagels & Deli - Pork roll (Taylor ham, same thing lol), egg, cheese, home fries, SPK (salt, pepper ketchup), on a fresh soft garlic bagel. Made my morning! - Bagels Near Me - Asbury Park, New Jersey

Good Bagels! Good Service! Clean but could use more tables. Over all solid breakfast spot.

Rude young dude with glasses running this filthy dump. Asked for coffee and he grunted and pointed at the coffee bar behind me. Sorry it's my first time here. Yelled at a customer who was sitting at table to "MASK UP!". Ordered ketchup on side of pec and it came slathered in ketchup. They must depend on the clinic traffic for business as they seem to think customers are a disposable pain. read more

Pop's is a sandwich shop on the Asbury Park Circle in Ocean Twp. The prices are reasonable and the breakfast sandwiches are real good, since I have frequented this place before. The bagels are great. Try the cinnamon - sugar, as I did. It melts in your mouth. The place seems very clean, the grill is in view, not hidden in the back. Look at the enclosed menu. There's ample parking at this strip mall. Pop's is probably going on it's second year. read more

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I would really love to meet Pop in person and thank him for giving us the most perfect bagels of all time. This is my favorite place to get bagels in Monmouth County. If you love bagels as much as I do then you will love this place as much as I do. My brother absolutely loves the breakfast sandwiches from here. Their staff is also sweet as pie! I only wish they were open 24 hours and sold Cafe Bustelo. read more

If I could give more than five stars, I would sandwich was delicious. I got a bacon, egg and cheese on a roll. Absolutely delicious service was awesome and just the ambience was welcoming. read more

Love the employees attitudes , so nice warm and welcoming. Also the food is always delicious.

I had the French toast bagel with almond cream cheese, now this little sweet thing was to die for. Definitely a hitter something to look forward to would recommend, my girl friend I had a everything bagel with bacon egg n cheese which she asked for on a flagel if I'm correct which was ignored and place on just a everything bagel which is why I gave four stars instead of five would def try again though read more

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Okay all I will say is this: when it comes to NJ bagels, you sometimes have to go to dark places to find the best ones. This place definitely isn't the best looking shop I've ever been to, but they have AMAZING bagels and that's why I'm giving them 5 stars. I don't go to bagel stores for ambiance and cleanliness, I go for damn good bagels at a damn good price and that's what this place has. Pro-tip: get a hog (Taylor ham egg and cheese with hash browns) and ask to add cream cheese to it. You're welcome in advance. read more

Worst service. Rude order taker. Disorganized. Gave me wrong order. Waited 30 mins for 2 bagel sandwiches. Will not return.

Happy mistake for these South Texans! We were looking for one place and found Pops Bagels & Deli. New it would be good when we saw a steady stream of locals picking up their orders. Great spinach and feta omelette, AMAZING bagels, all kinds of cream cheese, bagel sandwiches! Very happy with this find! read more

Excellent bagels! And great customer service. Location is a little tricky but it's worth the drive.

I went into pops this morning to grab a couple bagels and some home Fries. It was busy but not too busy and I had to wait maybe 5-7 minutes for my food. The awesome person behind the counter gave it to me for free because she felt bad for making me wait. I tried to pay against her wishes and she wouldn't take my money. Tremendous customer service. highly recommend - bagels are good - potatoes were great, service was excellent. Will be back :) read more

The most disgusting thing I've ever been served. we had friends down for the weekend and go 3 orders of sunny side up avocado toast and "Freth" squeezed orange juice. all we completely over cooked but the true issue was the rotten avocado on two of the three. and to top it off the $4 OJ was not in the order at all and it took almost twice as long as expected. read more

Pops Bagels & Deli - Do you even look at the food you're preparing? - Bagels Near Me - Asbury Park, New Jersey

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Enough is enough! WHEN in a rare moment that the ENTIRE order is correct it's great...HOWEVER...when you order 2 plain untoasted cinnamon raisin bagels one would think they would be similar looking! 1 was perfect, the other was BURNT! And I ordered 1 plain untoasted "everything" bagel. What I got was 1 EGG bagel! Guess "everything" fell off of it! To add to this mess in the SAME order...I ordered chicken salad on an everything flagel with lettuce and onions only! Got TUNA SALAD with lettuce and TOMATOES!!!!! NOT a piece of onion in site!! The thing of it all is that the woman who took the order called it all back to me to make sure she got it all! This is NOT the 1st time they screwed up an order! This one just pushed everything over the edge! I'm done with Pop's Bagels! IF you get your order right, the Bagels are great! Check your orders before leaving the store! That was my error each time although I shouldn't have to do that! read more

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I've only been here twice, the first time was excellent! They had free samples of bagels with some of their most popular cream cheeses. I couldn't wait to go back. Today when I went back I ordered the same everything bagel and cc as I did last, except this time the bagel was burnt! I wasn't paying attention when they made it but how could they serve something sooo burnt? By the time I got home and opened it, I was starving so I ate it anyway and I definitely wasn't going back for a $3 bagel, but super disappointed! I added a picture although you can't tell the severity of burnt with the cream cheese- but trust me it was charred. The first time was so out of this world fantastic I probably will go back for another shot but keep an eye on the bagel, or ask for it to be "lightly" toasted read more

Pops Bagels & Deli - Burnt - Bagels Near Me - Asbury Park, New Jersey

Excellent bagels, especially the flats. Great spreads and the most amazing French toast bagels. Great friendly hard working people behind the counter, Crazy on the Weekend mornings after 830. Wonderful friendly patrons to wait in line with but really needs better management, very unorganized. read more

I can't say I agree with all the one-star reviews, but I take Yelp reviews with a grain of salt because people who leave lots of negative reviews are generally sad people. And by "people" I mean aye-holes (not of the Munchkin varieties, either. However, I'm not sad, I'm a drag queen who's also a TRUE NJ BAGEL FANATIC!!! Pops has horrid tiles floors. Sorry, Pops! You're damn lucky your bagels are BANGIN' or I'd send you off to "the home." I kid of course. I don't have money to spend to send someone stranger who may or may not be called Pops to a nursing home. And let's be real. If I could afford to, I'd simply spend all my monies on yo' bagels! Seriously, I normally order 2 everything bagels. One with buttah, one wit veggie cream chayse! They are good sized bagels, a bit larger than area competitors. They always have FREE samples on the counter, which I must say are always fresh-I know this because when the friendly man slapping duh meat on the griddle and the tall friendly white chick (oh hai, white chick) have their backs turned to quickly compete orders, I go in for the kill and inhale free morsels of bagel samples! And when the short Spanish girl always catches me and laughs. So, if you want really good, perfectly chewy bagels and REALLY DELISH VEGGIE CHUNKS IN YOUR VEGGIE CREAMIE CHEESIES....funk what the haters say and stop by. Just don't look at the floor. I'm telling you, the tile has GOTS TO GO! I'd give Pops Bagels & Deli 5 stars, but the floor is rough on my eyes and if they can afford it, a simple remodel would spruce it up to a solid 5! read more

The only reason this isn't a 1 star review is because they have decent bagels. This is the most unorganized bagel shop in Monmouth County. They are always understaffed(and this has been an issue long before Covid). Order numbers are rarely given when placed and they never call out any orders when they're ready. So your options are to stand at the counter and ask them if every single order that comes out is yours or wait around for about 20 minutes and then ask, because your food definitely won't be ready in less than 15 min read more

Strawberry creamcheese is my new favorite!!! I usually got a PEC on a French toast bagel but they switched to the thin pork roll and I'm no longer a fan. They had a sample of strawberry cc on the counter, which is how I figured out I like it. This is a great idea bc if they weren't offering samples I would've never tried it. Just today I went and got a 1/2lb of cc and loose bagels. It has become an addiction!!!! read more

Everyone here is just so nice. The bagels are great, and I can order large quantities ahead of time for parties. They will even make them special colors for school parties. My daughter requests rainbow bagels for her birthday every year :) read more

The pork roll egg and cheese on a hard roll is incredible! Way better than Frank's deli!

I don't go into this area much, but whenever I do I HAVE to stop by for the French toast bagel! Great bagels and staff! read more

Decided to give Pops Bagels another try after a few years of not going back. It appears they are under new ownership or management. The bagels are fresh, and the sandwiches are plentiful. Most of all they are finally getting my order right every time. I'm glad we decided to give them another try. read more

Nice place. Clean and fast service. Freshly made salads to order. Homemade potato salad, macaroni salad. They even make their own flavored cream cheese spreads! They also cook their fresh roast beef in house! No other bagel store in the area compares! read more

Bagels are good, staff is friendly and work hard but we tend to go on Sunday mornings with the crowd and I'll be damned if they don't screw up my order every time. I even ask if they have four sandwiches and they look say yes and it's not. Can't go there anymore. This happens every week. I'm done. Seems the least experienced employee takes and delivers the order. Big mistake. read more