Life’s A Bagel

Canton, United States

3.8

Closed now

20 reviews

Does not accept credit cards

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Telephone:
+1 781-830-9900
Address:
29 Washington St, Canton, MA, 02021
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
320 ftWashington Street at Osco Drug
620 ftSharon Street at Friendlys
650 ft128 Sharon St across from Friendlys
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Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
No
Accepts Apple Pay
No
Parking
Private Lot
Bike Parking
Yes

Today

Today 6:00 am – 3:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Canton) 19:58 Saturday, 12 July 2025

Business hours

Monday 6:00 am – 3:00 pm
Tuesday 6:00 am – 3:00 pm
Wednesday 6:00 am – 3:00 pm
Thursday 6:00 am – 3:00 pm
Friday 6:00 am – 3:00 pm
Saturday 6:00 am – 3:00 pm
Sunday 6:00 am – 3:00 pm

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20 reviews of Life’s A Bagel

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Place rating: 3
Canton, MA
Good bagels, well made. They only take cash which is annoying and they have nothing else to offer which is confusing. Why not make some basic sandwiches other than bagels and lox. Like the place but only go if you want a bagel with cream cheese… that is all you can get.
Place rating: 4
New Bedford, MA
Feels a bit like stepping back in time. The signage, décor and displays look like they’ve never been updated; very clean but certainly not modern. They offered about a dozen varieties of fresh bagels and several hand packed cream cheese choices and lox too! Sign in the window claims to be 100% kosher (I wouldn’t know for sure.)
I had a salt bagel with egg and cheese. The egg was freshly cooked and the bagel was large, soft inside, crispy outside and really satisfying, all for $ 3.50, CASH only!
The girl behind the counter was very friendly and courteous.
Will definitely be back next time I’m craving a bagel and I’ll probably try the lox too!
Place rating: 5
New Bedford, MA
I love this place. I highly recommend this place. The best bagels i ever had in my life, and great customer serivce.
Place rating: 4
Braintree, MA
Went to Life’s a Bagel today. It’s been a loooooong time since I have had fresh warm bagels that didn’t require toasting. Huge bagels, but crunchy and chewy and tasty (very NY!) Excellent cream cheese, although I prefer real chives to scallions. My entirely family is from NY, and although I grew up in New England, our bagels were always from NY.
Having just devoured an onion bagel, I now fully recall what I have been missing since my childhood. The national bagel chains just have a different product altogether. And service was fine – efficient and not a lot of kibbutzing but hey, there was a long line.
Four+ stars, only because this was only my first time here, and also because they had run out of poppy bagels already on a Saturday morning!
Place rating: 4
Canton, MA
Bagels — amazing! In-​Store Service — meh. We moved to Canton 13 years ago and fell in love with this place. Bagels are to die for, and huge. Service is not with a smile. Get your yummy bagels and go. Toast them at home. CASH ONLY.
Place rating: 5
San Jose, CA
O.M.G. Literally!!! This place may be a little hard to find only cuz there is no signage… but find it! Trust me you won’t be disappointed if you are looking for THE BEST BAGELS AROUND!!!
Since there are no Jewish bakeries left on the south shore and therefore no BAGELS… THIS place is worth finding, and BEWARE these are the biggest bagels I have ever seen and oh so tasty!
It’s a kosher establishment and a real hole-​In-​the-​wall, but again, worth finding!
Get off your soda and GO. GO. GO get some deeeelicious bagels!
p. s. Plenty of flavors to choose from, and be prepared CASH ONLY
Place rating: 5
Raynham, MA
Bagels are awesome! Wide variety of cream cheese to choose from. Cash only so be prepared.
Place rating: 5
Burbank, CA
Excellent bagel shop! Bagels and cream cheese only, so don’t expect eggs or deli meats in this chewy monster size bagel joint.
Place rating: 4
Stoughton, MA
Big bagels that are fresh and tasty. Only downside is this a cash only place. Still the bagels are really good to make the trip here.
Place rating: 5
Sayville, NY
Just moved to MA from NY and was looking for some delicious bagels. Was not let down by this place. Got some delicious oversized egg bagels with chive cream cheese. Was exactly what I wanted. Bagels were soft and warm. Cream cheese was fresh. Cash only and kosher (so no breakfast meats).
Place rating: 1
South Easton, MA
Not much of variety. This place was awesome I don’t know after many years maybe my taste of a great bagel changed… I do Love love love back bay bagel on Brockton Easton line near stonehill. Freshly baked bagels everyday and in house made cream cheese and amazing muffins. Cannot be beat
Place rating: 1
Norton, MA
Went here cash in hand based on a recommendation. Early afternoon and I wanted a single bagel toasted with cream cheese. Not only was I not greated warmly by the woman working, but I was told the «toaster is already off. I left empty handed :(the sign on the wall spoke of toasted bagels, so I’m confused, is this only a morning thing? If so, it should be posted clearly. How hard is turning on the toaster for a sale, there were plenty of bagels ?!
Place rating: 3
Delray Beach, FL
I’ve been a customer since they first opened many years ago.
I’m not sure how many different owners have run the place (I know the person who started it sold it years ago), but the service on a recent visit was horrendous.
I felt like I was a burden to the person helping me.
Fortunately, the quality of the bagels was still excellent, although, I would consider them oversized.
Place rating: 3
Medford, MA
I got a bunch of bagels and a tub of lox cream cheese. The bagels are fine, the same as panera’s. They are not even close to New York bagels. The lox cream cheese leaves more to be desired. It lacks the oox flavor. It’s very pinkish orange but the taste is missing.
Place rating: 1
Sharon, MA
I’ve been to this place 4 times and 3 of them I got a bagel toasted with cream cheese to go. 3 times there was barely enough cream cheese to cover the bottom half of the bagel, and none on the top half. It was also barely toasted. I uploaded a pic to demonstrate how pathetic the amount was. The one time it was ok was when I specifically asked for extra cc and ate in the store. Not returning.
Place rating: 5
Canton, MA
This is my favorite bagel place in the area, and this former Long Island girl knows bagels! Spot in Norwood may be cheaper, but this place has a better bagel. Don’t show up too late, or your favorite may be sold out!
Place rating: 4
Milton, MA
Behold, the delicious bagels! This place is a bagel nirvana. You walk in, you smell the bagels, you leave, bagels in hand, still warm! Always fresh, always delicious. The bagels can come in varying sizes, however. Some times, you will get a super gigantic one that will not fit in a standard sized toaster. However, the size variances always skew larger rather than smaller, so who can complain about more bagel?
Cash only.
Place rating: 5
Commonwealth, MA
I cannot believe that there aren’t more reviews for this place. I was here last week for the first time in some months. Nothing has changed, the bagels are still the best around.
I grew up not far from Coolidge Corner in Brookline. I remember walking home in the blizzard of 78 and stopping in Brookline to get bagels for the storm. The bagels at Life’s a bagel are as good as I have ever had.
Try the onion, I had three last week. The only reason I let months go by between visits is the inches the bagels add on my waist line.
The service is great but some of the customers are slow to order.
Place rating: 5
Stoughton, MA
These bagels are amazing. There’s not much else to say, really, they’re just amazing. I see some people have mentioned bagel sandwiches and other things, but that’s definitely wasn’t an option the Sunday morning I went. I got in the (already huge) line and waited my turn. Once you got up to the counter you told them how many you wanted and what kind and they were put in a brown paper bag. Definitely no fuss, no special orders. In and out, and that long line moved FAST! I paid $ 8.30 for 6 bagels and a container of cream cheese, also highly recommended. I saw plain, chive and lox cream cheese, with lite versions of each.
The place is CASH ONLY, so don’t forget to take some out before you get there.
Place rating: 4
Providence, RI
Certified Kosher and one of the best bagel shops I’ve been to around the Boston area. Recommend a toasted salt bagel w/​lox and cream cheese option (wish they had capers though). Great value for quality. My lunch special (bagel sandwich, bag of chips and a drink) was under $ 7 total. Cash only.