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    The Ultimate Bagel

    3.5 (101 reviews)

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    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for working
    Good for groups

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    Missing egg and Canadian bacon for my breakfast sandwich.
    Melissa M.

    I really hate to leave bad reviews, but when you are left with an experience that ruins your morning I feel obligated to to inform other customers. This morning my sister-in-law and I were hoping to have a breakfast sandwich and coffee for watching church this morning. We landed on the ultimate bagel because I was looking for something "more" than just a coffee stand frozen sandwich. We drove all the way there for it because I thought it would be worth it. Instead I was severely disappointed. First of all, the blonde lady working behind the counter was extremely rude to us. She made us feel unwelcome and that it was a burden that we were there. I'm not going to make assumptions about why that is but she clearly rolled her eyes at us. I hope this lady owns the business and is willing to offend customers at the sake of the profitably of the company. However, if she is an employee the owner needs to be made aware. I ordered a breakfast sandwich bagel that had Canadian bacon, egg, and cheese in it. I asked to add bacon. It came to $10 and some change after tax and a tip. When I got my sandwich she gave it to me in a bag. And then we waited 5 minutes for my sister-in-law's sandwich. During that time an employee took my sandwich back and gave me a new one. Apparently the other was a mistake. (I feel bad for whoever had ordered the sandwich I had because it sat in a paper bag on a cold table for 5 minutes so probably pretty cold by the time it was received). When both sandwiches were done we left. To my surprise my $10 had cheese and only bacon. Everything else was missing. It was cold and had two measly pieces of bacon. Pretty disappointed but the worst part is based on how we were treated I was not willing to drive back to get it fixed. The lady was so off putting that I felt better throwing it away then coming back to get what I paid for. I typically return to businesses where I have poor food experiences a year or so later hoping that enough time has lapsed that changes have been made. I've had great luck with that in the past. However for the Ultimate Bagel, I will not return to this establishment and will continue to warn others about it because of not only the poor food experience but more so the way we were treated.

    This is the half salad...yes, half.  Very big!
    Shane D.

    I am going to start of with a complaint about price. I really wanted a salad and sandwich but they don't have an option for a salad on the side. Their half salad would be enough to feed most people all by itself. Also, $7.99 for a sandwich made on a bagel is just too much. I can get a footlong at Subway with more veggie choices for the same price. As far as the salad goes, it is just spring mix with a little feta and walnuts thrown on. At $5.25 for a half salad, that is exorbitant in my mind. And only two types of salad dressing, both vinaigrette, is really limited. The huckleberry one is awesome, but still. Finally, $1.99 for a 20 Oz bottle of soda is nuts. Service is really good and very prompt. Restaurant is very clean and comfy. I am really surprised that, being so close to a college this place is doing so well with the cost. But then again maybe this is the rich kid hipster spot so they just cater to them. Food is good but just too expensive. Won't be back here.

    Jalapeño Asiago bagel with cream cheese and bacon
    Danielle S.

    Good service and clean inside. Lots of bagel flavors and sandwiches but if you're looking for a true bagel, this isn't it. Super thick bagels and too greasy.

    "ZEGG" bagel
    M Bianca A.

    We went on a Sunday and they open at 8:30am. Good selection of bagels. Ordered the "ZEGG" bagel and grabbed the everything bagel and garlic bagel. Definitely would come back.

    lox bagel inside
    Laura C.

    I had some time to kill, and was hungry and just saw that this was a bagel spot and who doesn't love a bagel? It was around 8am fairly quiet, I ordered the Lox bagel with the works on a artisan jalapeño bagel. The bagel was good. Good presentation and great taste. Customer service was great as well. Kudos to the chick the served me and says she loves the observatory based off my sweater. I'd be back to try some of their other options on the menu, they have a really good selection. of this as New York this place would have a line waiting out the door. Another great thing is they let you bring in outdoor drink, like if you got a coffee from Starbucks or whatnot.

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    the bagels were delicious w an abundance of cream cheese! quick service, easy and mess free for the car expedition

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