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    The Bagel Bakery

    2.8 (207 reviews)
    Closed 6:30 am - 3:30 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Outdoor seating

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    Kira N.

    The 2.8 stars tells you the story. Chewy bagels, impatient and not so kid friendly attendants.

    "Sourdough" bagel.
    Amanda Z.

    Wrinkly sad looking bagels with a tough texture. Bagels should be on point if that's literally what your name is. Getting rid of pumpernickel was a bad move. We'll miss this place, hope it can turn around.

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    Maddy M.

    Thank you Bagel Bakery for a fantastic bagel breakfast. I ordered online but still had to wait a few minutes when we arrived. They were busy! Always a good sign. I ordered a sesame bagel with lox spread, tomato and cucumber. Overall, a solid sandwich! I opted to have my bagel toasted, but not sure it was. Despite that, the bagel was big, just soft enough and slightly chewy like I prefer. I enjoyed it! They don't have an everything bagel on their menu, but I think their "super seed" bagel is basically an everything. We also got a couple cups of their hazelnut drip coffee and it was delicious. Lots of hazelnut flavor and not watered down at all. Would recommend swinging by The Bagel Bakery if you have a hankering for a bagel. Plenty of parking available in the lot! I recommend ordering ahead to avoid the line.

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    Miranda D.

    Stopped at this spot while charging at the Tesla superchargers. Service was fast and prompt, and the lady who helped us was very sweet. I got the New Yorker because I LOVE anything smoked salmon lox, and this sandwich was great. The one criticism I have is that the plain bagel I got was slightly stale.. but I'm assuming it's because we arrived at the end of the day, a little after an hour before closing. I did not mind all that much because the amount of salmon and cream cheese was perfect, and I even requested if I can have capers on my sandwich and I was able to get it no questions asked :) while this was a slight flaw, it's not enough for me to avoid this place. I will definitely come back whenever I make a trip to Monterey.

    The vegetarian no tomatoes add turkey
    Tiffany S.

    One word, trash. I have been going to Bagel Bakery for a long time. I remember when you could get a bagel sandwich for less than $5. The price of your sandwich included the bagel, some were 10c more. Today I paid almost $11 for a Superseed bagel with "the vegetarian" which is Tomatoes Sprouts Avocado Onions Mayo and mustard I asked for no tomato add turkey. Two pieces of turkey cost $3. The "vegetarian" is $5.95 So I guess they charge for the bagel too- I'm sorry but this is just outrageous. I understand inflation, but you can't tell me this bagel cost more than $2-$3 total. The guy who helped me was super sweet. It's not his fault that the quality is less than it used to be and the cost has more than tripled. You could order a meal in a sit down restaurant for the same $11.

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    Michelle S.

    Used to be my bagel go to. No more folks. $24 for 2 BLT croissants that are mostly lettuce. There sign states $9.45- that's for the bacon, lettuce, tomato only.

    Sausage comes with sausage egg and cheese, I added the bacon.

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    3 years ago

    Amazing bagels, either simple with cream cheese or in a sandwich. Always get a boba too

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    2 years ago

    If you are looking for a breakfasts place which allow you to shop on the wheels. Thank you for my BLT badge always delicious

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    Friendly service and a killer breakfast sandwich. Can't ask for more than that. I cheated the menu with ham, bacon and sausage sammy!

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    Third time getting my order wrong. Will not eat here again. And they are way overpriced.

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    Pretty good. Enjoyed their bagels. Honestly not too many complaints. But not the best bagel place in the Monterey area

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    It's New Year's Day, and we stopped in for a few sandwiches, pastry, and coffee…read more We ordered there and food came out fairly quickly. The place looks well organized and clean. I liked that the music wasn't blaring loud. The sandwiches were both good (chicken salad and a turkey). The bread was soft and seemed fresh on both sandwiches. The creme brulee latte was okay; the flavor wasn't really detectable. And the cherry danish was dry (the breading) and seemed like it's been sitting there for several days. But there was a good amount of cherry filling. The young lady at the counter, and the young man at the pick up window, were both polite and warm. It's in a shopping center, so there was ample parking. Overall, it was a better than expected experience for a chain store.

    The workers are so nice. I feel bad that they were by…read morethemselves (3 people) handling the store--staff shortage?? Possibly. They were out of everything: salads, lettuce, apples, strawberries, and other menu items. It seems as though either A) who ever ordered didn't know how to calculate how much food is needed and how they go through in a typical week B) their food order didn't arrive on time-- there's a delay On another note: the place was absolutely filthy! Bugs/flies coming out of the trash. Dirty plates piled at the trash bins. The tables and booths were dirty--sticky, crumbs left behind, water on the table The doors, windows, handles were dirty --dusty like no one has cleaned those areas in months. The carpet looked like it hasn't been vacuumed in a long time. The floors were visibly dirty. The baseboards were dirty filled with dust. Cobwebs on the light fixtures. Surprisingly the bathroom was somewhat decent-- I would have expected it to be worse. The cashier had AirPods on-- from what I know of food safety AirPods, headphones are not allowed in food service for danger of contaminating food and safety. The soup we ordered was lukewarm. I distrusted eating the food for worry of getting sick. I would recommend they do a compliance walk on their own before an inspector arrives. They will fail if they had one now. (These are my observations) I don't recommend this place until they figure out how to address their lack of cleanliness, food availability, and possibly staff shortage.

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    Red's Donuts

    4.2
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    So we drove over 200 miles to Apple Hill for apple donuts and fritters and it just made my daughter…read moremiss Red's apple fritters. This is our go-to donut shop. We love the fast service especially when we're stopping to pick up a dozen or two before work. This is your old fashioned breakfast diner with donut shop at one end, always busy. Lines move fast. Street parking available as well as in the front and the back of the shop.

    First time trying the donuts here. I ordered a plain sugar round donut ($1.50), which is a fair…read moreprice for Monterey, and a cake donut with white frosting and coconut ($1.75). The cake donut was described as a "premium" option, which surprised me because it felt pretty standard. The coconut topping was minimal, just a light sprinkle, and the frosting was unusually heavy and thick. It didn't taste like a typical glaze or bakery frosting--instead it reminded me of the dense, processed frosting you'd find on packaged snack cakes. I ended up peeling most of it off and wouldn't order it again. The sugar donut itself also didn't stand out. It had an odd aftertaste that reminded me slightly of cinnamon, though I'm not sure if that was from the oil or the dough. Overall it didn't taste very fresh, and I didn't enjoy it enough to finish. Overall, the pricing is reasonable for the area, but the quality didn't match expectations. I actually ended up throwing the sugar one away and eating the cake donut after peeling off the frosting. The shop itself feels more like a small diner counter than a dedicated donut shop, with a few donut options alongside a basic counter setup. I wouldn't return based on this visit.

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    4.2
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    My husband and I clearly fell in love with this place. We were back in our hotel room and needed…read moresomething sweet. I punched in bakery and this place caught my eye instantly. I love pan dulce.. As soon as we opened the door I was in Pan Dulce heaven. We selected a few, enough for the evening and for the morning with coffee. Conchas were amazing, not dry at all. We also had blueberry muffins for the morning and those were moist and tasty. We ended up going the next evening for a refill as we were headed back to the Bay Area the following morning. Welp, it was sooooo good we went again in the morning. We had to share with our family. We went three days in a row!! I look forward to my next trip out there!

    2 stars Just ate an…read morealmond croissant made by Lupita at a marina coffee shop. It is nothing like a traditional almond paste croissant that you can expect to find in Paris. Everything about it was wrong. The dryness of the bread, the apparent lack of butter, the use of powdered milk, the overly sugariness of the almond paste itself. The marina coffee shop used to carry an almond croissant from another bakery, which I was really looking forward to. So when I bit into this one, I was immensely disappointed. Taste is subjective so I can't say that it's terrible, but I really wanted to throw out the remainder of what I was eating.

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