What a Bagel

Fresh tasty bagels. Pretty cheap. You can make your own sandwich. Very, Very crowded on weekends mornings. We usually just take out and eat at home.

I highly reccomend coming here for breakfast. Good deals. Food is as good as your typical diner: sandwhiches, eggs benedict, pancakes, etc…

Great place for breakfast!
Pros
Good tasting food
Well priced
Good service
Cons
VERY busy on weekends.
House salad is pretty mediocre

Best bagels in town and fabulous desserts. I love the cream cheese and speed of service is fantastic

Best. Brunch. Ever.
I highly recommend: making your own omelet, the nutella pancakes, any sandwich, and the eggs benedicts.

We are big fans of Breakfast and after so many places we can confidently say this is the BEST place to eat breakfast in the Greater Toronto!
The Food is absolutely delicious, top notch professional service and once again the food is SOOO GOOOD!

The first time my mother brought home ‘what a bagel’, I asked her «why don’t you buy a whole bag from the grocery store for like 3x less $?» then I took a bite and my life was changed. The bagels… they are magic!!! How did they make it so amazing? Did they sell their soul to the devil for this delicious, crispy but doughy, warm delicious bread with a hole?! Goodness sakes.
This is my first visit into the actual store instead of begging my mom to constantly bring home bagels so I can wake up happy. This location is pretty big with a restaurant part & a take out part. Of course, me rushing to school, went to the take out part and got my favourite bagel — the pumpernickel (which I didn’t know was pumpernickel and had to refer to it as ‘the brown one’, which got a chuckle from the lady.) The transaction went smoothly and the ladies working were nice, even though I know they are quite tired, working in the breakfast industry with hungry and grumpy customers in the morning. There are many different flavours of cream cheese and I settled on the dill one, which was delicious. I know my family is obsessed with the regular western cream cheese and even bring it home all the time. The quality of the food they offer is just spectacular.
Ps. shoutout to all the lost sesame seeds that fell on the floor in the transaction of the bagel going into customer’s brown bags. those poor guys never had a chance.

Great place for a local eatery. Service is hit or miss but the food is always good.
Breakfast and salads tend to be very popular.
I personally enjoy the different types of Jerusalem toasts.

I’ll keep the review brief.
Speedy service, clean, friendly staff, great triple decker grilled cheese sandwich with home fries. Only issue is that the waitstaff never came back to refill the water. That takes away a star.

What A Bagel has been the go-​to brunch spot for my boyfriend and I for about a year. We usually go to the location at Richmond/​Spadina, however, we were in Vaughan the morning after a wedding and were really craving What A Bagel. We decided to try this location and it did not disappoint! It is much bigger than the location we typically frequent, however, just as busy! We arrived around noon to a crowded waiting area. The hostess told us we could expect a 20 minute wait (which was less than I thought!). We ended up waiting just over 20 minutes. This location looks fairly new and is really clean. Despite how busy it was we were served very quickly. My boyfriend and I ordered the same thing — the «Optimal Omelette» (egg whites, spinach, diced tomato and goat cheese), a house salad and flax bagel. The omelette was delicious (and a nice change, as the Spadina location does not have this on the menu). Despite being made with egg whites it was still fluffy and really flavourful. The dressing (although being a little too thick to pour over the lettuce) was really flavourful!
To top it all off, I don’t typically enjoy the coffee at What A Bagel, but this location serves good coffee! I’m not sure if it’s because they serve Illy (maybe the Spadina location serves something else?) but I was pleasantly surprised.
I would definitely return to this location if I am ever in the area and am craving brunch!

My go-​to spot on the weekend. but get there EARLY as the line can get (and will most likely be) very long… Sometimes a 30 – 40 minute wait (but for good reason).
What a Bagel has several locations, this one being my favourite. I find one of their other locations, particularly at Bathurst St. and Rutherford Rd. to be quite small, and with poorer overall service.
What a Bagel has never disapointed me, and I’ve ordered many items off of their menu including their famous WAB Salad, Fruity WAB Salad, Vegetarian Omelette, Chicken Breast Wrap, Tuna Avocado Wrap, Greek Salad, Sweet Potato Fries, and of course their unique make-​your-​own salads! They also have flat bagels («Flagels») that are unique to What a Bagel, and are delicious! I find their regular bagels to be more «doughy» than some of their other competitors like St. Urbain. I guess it’s all particular preference though…
Nothing ever disappoints, and you can be guaranteed a great meal here… Great spot for breakfast or brunch with some friends or the family.

I came here because St Urbain is closed on Mondays and I didn’t realize that and I really wanted a bagel.
What a Bagel’s bagels are okay, but not the best bagel I’ve ever had. They’re a bit on the salty side and they’re missing that great bagel chew that you’d get with a classic Montréal-​style bagel like a St. Urbain’s bagel.
Better than Tim Horton’s bagels, absolutely, but not something I’d go out of my way to get. They do have a good selection of bagel flavours.

Crazy busy place, but worth the wait. There’s not a single item on the brunch menu that I don’t like. My favourites are the eggs Benedict (medium) and Pancakes (fluffy and tasty), quick coffee refills, and generous amount of fruit as side.
Plenty of parking spots in the plaza and the aroma of the fresh baked bagels is heavenly.
In summary, it’s my favourite brunch spot on Sunday mornings.

If you are looking to receive exceptional customer service in a pleasant dining setting this is NOT the place. In fact, you’ll be lucky to receive minimal service or close to decent service (with servers yelling at you from a far) at What A Bagel.
The wait to be seated was absurd (roughly 30 mins) and it was no secret that people were cutting the line (regardless of the waiting list).
If you’re looking for delicious food served in such rush this may be the place for you — assuming you too are in as much of a rush.
It’s very clear that their prime concern is not your experience at What A Bagel. This company appears to be worried about how fast they can flip tables and increase profit.
Overall input: They operate as a fast food business… That being said, they would be best off without the ignorant servers.
Though, the food was good (being an understatement) — one star for that!

Have eaten here numerous time and loves it every time. The wait staff are superheros who take so much smack from disgusting clientele yet always stay professional. They will substitute anything for anything and will always do it with a smile.
Also, if you want a really good latte or cappuccino, skip Starbucks and come here… It’s soooooooo good. Crazy good!

Pure stupidity and poor service. We go to what a bagel quite frequently. I ordered a caeser salad to go asked for the bagel toasted. I had already paid when I wanted just a little butter. They never asked ahead of time. So they were going to charge me for a little pack of to go butter. How stupid!!! If we were at the restaurant, they would have just given it to us. I wasn’t about to use my credit for tiny sliver of butter!!!

Best breakfast/​lunch/​brunch place ever. I have been coming to this What A Bagel location since it opened and I have never had any complaints about anything other then the occasional waiting to get a table, but it’s always worth it. I have tried just about everything on the menu and everything is made fresh and tastes incredible.
I highly recommend this place, and if you’re not lucky enough to get a table right away there is always fresh baked goods inside the bakery which is attached to the What A Bagel Eatery.
(P.S. Open till 3pm. Lots of parking.)

What-​a-​bagel has the most delicious breakfast/​lunch/​brunch food (open till 3pm), which is not an option at all the locations. I don’t even go anywhere else. Lots of options, and everything is healthy and delicious. Everything on the menu is great. The coffee is also my favourite. The service is always good. The place gets really busy on the weekends, and sometimes there is a wait, but its worth it! Bagels are the best I’ve ever had, and the pastries are delicious.

Rancheros Benedict on pumpernickel, a breakfast of Mexican champinos!
This Location is always consistent, comfortable and attentive. I always order eggs benedict and it’s always delicious. Sometimes they come up a bit short on the hollandias portions, but the cream cheese makes up for it. They have a great house salad, upgrade to the WAB, and a salad menu that is customizable.
I would recomend this breakfast/​lunchfast spot to anyone.

It is not the Bagel that What A Bagel has that impressed me. Surprising it is the Salad…
Salad? What’s up? Have I been hanging around my Hot Yoga Date too much and turning into a Vegetarian?
Great selections at the salad bar with a salad going for $ 10.49. Sounded a little pricey… but when I saw my salad busting out from the container… I know I can just not finish that on my own. Great for Sharing!
The sweet and pastries selection is quite good too… love those mini danish for 3 for $ 1. Of course the toasted bagel with cream cheese… heavenly!
No wonder there is always a long line up during lunch hours!