Solly’s Bagelry

Came in for a cinnamon buns and a coffee. Both were amazing. Took home some frozen bagels. There was an elderly Jewish lady yelling into her phone loud enough for the whole place to hear, alternating between Yiddish and English. Made me feel at home, because its not a real Jewish business unless someone is yelling at somebody. Five stars for sure!

I went for the cinnamon buns and stayed for the bagels. The cinnamon buns are worth ruining your diet for and the hours at the gym you’ll need to work it off. Don’t bother making a new year’s resolution to eat better until you’ve had one of these. The bagels are rivaled only by those in Montréal.

Really good Jewish style bagels. Chewy and fresh. Allergy friendly for those with dairy, nut and soy allergies.

I have filled about ten Eggel cards in the last 5 years. I love the coffee, the service, and also really enjoy saying, «vorsht eggel on a mish-​mash bagel, please» every morning. When the weather is good, sitting outside and watching Kits pass by usually warrants a second or third coffee’s measure of time.

I bought some frozen bagels and the house cream cheese, they were pretty tasty! I defrosted and then toasted, but I did find them a little chewy. House cream cheese was delicious, with a whipped texture.

Every time I see «voted best in town» Im alway interested in trying.
Solly claim is best bagel and best cinnamon buns. I wasn’t planning on coming to Solly’s but I was in the neighborhood. Overwhelmed with the board menu I asked the server for some recommendation. Very helpful I ended up with a cinnamon bun and onion bagel with smoked salmon shmear (cream cheese). Started with the bagel with smoked salmon shmear it was nice I think they over loaded it with the cream cheese but is was nice, smoked salmon worked well. The bagel was also good fresh and has a nice chew to it. The cinnamon bun was ok, I’ve had better. Overall it was good still not convinced its the best but good. Only several small tables, I think most people take their food to go. It was nice just to seat there and people watch.

Pretty ordinary bagel. nothing to write home about

I have been at Solly’s Bagelry many times during the last weeks. I love Bagels in general and I am so happy to have this place in my neighborhood. The Rusty Eggel is very good and I also like the Veggie Sandwich a lot.

Sollys has some good food, but the service is spotty, and it seems pretty unclean. The bathrooms are gross, and they don’t seem to ever wipe down the outside tables. Oh and the people handling cash will touch food without washing their hands. This obviously raises concerns about food safety. Give it a miss.

Having been a costumer of Solly’s for several years I’m am very disappointed in the lack of freshness and quality in there bagels and cinnamon buns. Recently I’ve been visiting the broadway location around 830am on Saturday morning for cinnamon buns and bagels for my families weekend treats. They are usually fresh and warm right out of the oven. In the past 6months I have been severed day old cinnamon buns and even gotten to to point of phoning the management to question why I’m being sold day old baked goods at a premium price, they apologize d stating that there baker had called in sick. The problem is that it has continued every week since then. It’s on and off. Today when I went in I asked the person at the counter if they were fresh baked today and he informed me they were not. I left thinking there are an amazing amount of bakeries in Kits and it time to find one. To bad the owners can’t recognize why a place that use to have a constant line up is empty on a Saturday morning. Wake up and smell the coffee !

An eggle and a cinnamon bun? Don’t mind if I do!
This is one of the best places in Vancouver to stop for a snake that turns into a meal. Many reviewers compare these bagels to some where else in the country/​world. Why? Who cares if I’ve had better bagels in NYC, if I’m in BC chances are NYC isn’t my next stop.
We make due with what we got, and Solly’s makes me feel good. Jewish style deli’s are hard to find in the PNW so take your bagel snobbery back east. You’re too stiff anyway.
In all seriousness Solley’s is great food and any excuse I have to drive across the boarder I stop by here each trip. I suggest you do the same. If anyone knows a better cinnamon bun (without icing, im a purist after all) between Seattle and Van shoot me a note and I will make the trip.
Protip: If you are from south of the border like me get a Nexus. This way they are less likely to search your car and find 2 dozen cinnamon buns in the trunk. To be on the safe side have a few extra buns close at hand to slide your way through customs.

Soooo good bagels.

Omg! The chicken soup is amazing, it has little chunks of chicken in it and it’s just so good!
Ohhh, the cinnamon buns are to die for! I don’t love icing but I always get icing at Sollys.
Me and my friends always go their, we all love it!

Possibly the best cinnamon bun i’ve ever had. Its like they bake toffee on top of it. I always like yo have icing on my buns, and these have none, but i forgot about the icing after one bite. Try these! Especially in the morning when they are warm.
Also, the Roasted Veggie Eggel is probably the best bagel treat i’ve had, maybe ever. I’ve had one each weekend, and will be back for more.
I dont eat carbs all the time, but when i want to cheat, Solly’s is top of the list.

Maybe I’m biased because I’m from Montréal, where I consider the bagels to be as authentic as you can get. Better than NYC and yes, better than Vancouver.
The bagel shop is small and cramped but offers a variety of flavours. That said, when we got there, there was hardly anything left because of some Groupon deal that happened to be going on. Now, I’m all for deals, but shouldn’t an establishment plan a little better such that they are well stocked to better serve their clients? It was barely midday and there was nothing left, and no one was in the kitchen making more. What’s up with that?
I found the bagels to be extremely dense, and lacking in flavour. It’s a good option if you have no other, but Montréal rules the Canadian bagel industry :)

Really good babkas… that’s all I ever have. I can eat them and keep them away from my pup too :)
I’ve never sat down to eat there, it’s too crowded. Anyhow, a bakery is no place to eat. Take it home!

I had the lox but was just missing the bagels for breakfast so we decided to hit up Solly’s for whatever was fresh and just out of the oven.
The sesame bagels did not have a glossy, crunchy and chewy crust and the insides were slightly on the doughy side, but at least they made the effort to try an make a fairly authentic bagel, unlike some establishments which essentially form a bun into a bagel shape and call it a day.
If you are expecting Montréal or NYC quality, you will be thoroughly disappointed but for Vancouver, it will do in a pinch. 2.5 stars.

The shop needs a bit of a reno and new ways of storing some of their goods. I’m not surprised if they have any pest problems due to the way they have their goods displayed.
I’ve never been to any Sollys, so it was quite exciting when I stumbled across this one. I’ve heard so much about their bagels. I picked out 2 bagels, a pretzel and 2 knishes. The pretzel was pretty hard, the one bagel I had already (onion), pretty delish. The two knishes were delish! I wish I had bought more than 2.
As I was waiting for her to pick out my order, I noticed they had large bags of frozen potato latkes, I wish they had half size packs, but if I pop by to a different Solly’s and those are the only sizes available, I will have to suck it up and buy the big huge one.

Yes Solly’s do have good bagels. It’s one of those places that was terrific back in the 80’s. Let’s be honest here folks, this location is in dire need of a makeover. Honestly the place is filthy, and that is inexcusable. Unless your home is like that I hardly consider this comfortable. My advise would be buy your bagels, cinnamon buns and cream cheese and head out. This is not worth sitting down and enjoying when you consider. Bagels, Buns, yeah they are good, I have had better.

Unilocal keeps nagging me to write about this Solly’s location, so I will, even though I have written about the Main St Solly’s location too. This Solly’s is pretty much exactly as awesome as the other two locations in town. They are friendly to vegan, vegetarian, and omnivorous diets, with a vegan bagel sandwich right on the menu. Thanks to the rules of kosher food preparation, the bagels and knishes are vegan, which is just fantastic! I love the homous veg bagelwich at Solly’s. It is satisfying and loaded with all my favourite produce. Plus, those chips are delish.
One thing I don’t like about this Solly’s — it’s tiny, and every table is inconvenient in some way. Life’s tough.