Kokobelli Bagel Cafe

«Sunrise bagel». Onion bagel (not nearly as good, crusty and chewy as the previous KOKOPELLI bagels), an egg and completely flavorless cheddar cheese. I peeled away the top half of the bagel and I’m pretty sure they used a slice of Velveeta. What a joke. I want my $ 4 back.

These bagels are definitely better than any corporation bagel shop. Family owned and operated. It was delightful. We both got the spirited kokobelli, it had the right amount of toppings. Delicious iced coffee and an added bonus with the hazelnut and vanilla flavored coffee! Everyone there had wonderful customer relation skills. I’ll be back to try some of their sandwiches, because they all sound so good.

Awesome food! Great Price! Best employees! Very Clean! Special notice to manager Nicole and cashier Nicole! Leave with a full stomach filled with quality food! Good for breakfast and lunch! Yum!

Can’t beat a great bagel and coffee! I enjoyed a bagel sandwich on an onion bagel, very good! I have even been back to grab bagels to take home.

Unfortunately this place has gong through yet another ownership change and quality continues its downward spiral. The Everything bagel used to rate 10 out of 10, but with the new recipe I wouldn’t give them a 2. Same with what used to be an awesome French Toast bagel — decline from a 10 to a 2. Very dissappointing. this was the best bagel shop in the East Valley for many years. I doubt I will go back. Look forward to Kneaders opening down the street.

Bagels are beautiful and delicious. Kokobelli’s makes bagels, and in turn, is beautiful and delicious.
They have a wide selection of bagels and cream cheeses to choose from, with my personal favorite, french toast. They also have coffee, drinks, and even some pastries to choose from as well. During my visit, I had a westerner bagel, and it came with a small muffin with it. The westerner was delicious and the french toast bagel is so good by itself, no cream cheese is necessary. They also sell excess bagels from the previous day for a cheaper price, and that is definitely a bargain worth taking when it is available. If you want to be quick about it, you can select your own bagels from the racks, bag them, and pay to head on your way out.
They offer selection, convenience, and deliciousness, what more could you ask for?

I have been coming here since it opened at the age of 13. Coming from a family from the east coast… Bagels are important. These are NYC bagel quality! I still come here now that I’m 22. Still the same quality since their opening day.

Bagels are top notch! Best when toasted! Plump and moist not dry and flat. Super fresh each morning totally incredible and worth a drive for these bagels. Their inside seating area is nice, no smiles from the back staff (food prep etc.) but the cashiers super friendly and makes up for it. They have several different kinds of bagels (you can buy one or a dozen) and cream cheese, muffins, pastries, Iced Coffees and Smoothies too. Open for breakfast and lunch. Highly recommended!

All of the bagels are made fresh here everyday. They are true back east style bagels. The best I’ve had in AZ by far! The lox bagel was amazing! Love supporting family owned places! If you love good bagels this is the place to go!

Ok, this is my first negative review. I Saw this place had 4 stars and I’ve wanted to try this place for a long time. I drove 5 miles past my regular bagel joint so expectations were high. There were about 6 people outside and 10 people inside so not that busy but the place looked like a hurricane passed through it. Bagel pieces and paper napkins all over the place on ground. Waited at front counter for 5 minutes while order taker finished making frappa something coffees. Got order in and went to find a table and couldn’t find one even moderately clean. 10 minutes standing hoping someone would clean a table ended by me asking the cashier for a paper napkin so I could wipe one down. The only napkin dispenser in the entire place was empty. As I was wiping a table down, the cashier walked passed me and smiled as she went into restroom.
Got my food… bagel was great but coffee was warm at best.
Final comment: understaffed. Hire a table wiper and get them a broom.

Bagels just don’t get any better than this! Huge, fresh & flavorful… pretty much everything you could ask for in a bagel.
When you start with a bagel this good, you can rest assured that your bagel sandwich will be awesome, as well.
Great coffee drinks, juices and pasties, too! I’d like a little more in terms of ambiance, but this is Mesa, so I’ll settle for the typical east-​valley suburban strip-​mall setting with friendly service… & amazing bagels.

Yeah, this place is pretty legit. Not fancy, but g-​damn, the bagels are good. Plus, the prepared bagels (I got the lox bagel) are pretty amazeballs. I’m glad I impulse-​bought a bunch of swiss cheese bagels while I was there. Amazing. This is your one-​stop carb-​shopping paradise. Get ‘er done.

This place is always good. My wife and I are lucky to be close to this place and it’s always decent service with great bagels at a reasonable price. The smoothies and sandwiches are good as well but bagels are definitely the specialty. We visit often.

French Toast Bagel– duex s’il vous plait !
The bagels here are huge compared to other bagel places. They are crunchy on the outside soft warm and delicious on the inside (if you toast them). My favorite is the French toast, but they are all pretty great. They have a variety of cream cheese favors to choose from. I prefer peanut butter on my bagels! The OJ is fresh but a bit pricey. If you can purchase day old bagels, you can get a good deal for a dozen.

First time I came here was at the peak of snowbird season so I chalked it up to that. This is my second visit and I realize it was not.
I ordered a jalapeño bagel with bacon and cheese. The bagel I got was clearly sliced with the same knife they use to chop onions all day judging by the flavor left threw the bagel and the fact that it had little purple pieces of onions randomly. The bagel itself seemed to be of the exact quality I have purchased at local grocers.
The front counter girl was not friendly or welcoming in the slightest and to be put mildly was very inappropriately dressed to be working near/​with food. I don’t know what everyone sees in this place other than not having to personally use a toaster there is no justifiable reason to ever patronage this «café.»

Would love to buy this place. It is very inconsistent with the food, has cleanliness issues in the dining room and bathroom.
I often order my sandwich on a bagel. Its ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ that it is made that way. Would love to get what I order and pay for.
This place needs a deep cleaning and then have a cleaning schedule put together. But things are more simple than that. Today there was part of newspaper laying on the floor and one of the employees stepped over the paper to walk behind the counter. She had to actually step over the papers in order to get behind the counter. She couldn’t simply bend down and pick up the papers?
I would love to buy this place and fix it.

I would love to give this place five stars.
This place is hands down the best bagels I’ve had since moving from NY. Unfortunately it is usually impossible to buy a dozen there because they run out of bagels. It takes me around twenty minutes to drive there and it is very frustrating to arrive and find that the plain bin has only two left. I was told that the wait for more would be forty-​five minutes. I can understand a food establishment running out of a certain product, but not when the product is in the title of the establishment.
I won’t be returning.

Oh my god, this place, so cute, so good!
My bf and I were on a road trip, we were leaving Mesa to head toward Las Vegas. A solid brunch was definitely needed before the long drive. I found this spot on Unilocal,duh, and gave it a try.
Service: oookay, the girl at the front was a little impatient while we were trying to make up our minds about what to order, it was our first time there… Anyways, the spot is clean and modern looking. Great place to just sit and talk after brunch!
Food: delicious and fairly priced!
We ordered 2 bagels for the road and two bagel sandwiches to-​go
–sunrise with meat: $ 4.99: good price, delicious, solid portion, BACON is life.
–lox sandwich $ 7.49: even though it is pricier, it has plenty of smoked salmon and onion, I liked it a looooot
My boyfriend devoured the 2 bagels and said they were delish! Hahaha
If I end up going to school in Mesa, this place will definitely be one of my frequent spots!

Love this place, best bagels in town! Soft and chewy, and fresh, not too much bread-​almost like brioche. No need to hollow out.
I got the melt which was perfect. Friends of mine got the breakfast sandwiches with egg meat and cheese. and those were great too. Free mini muffins too for a sweet treat. Super friendly service and coffee was yum too! Go here!

I had a Spirited Kokobelli’s which comes on a jalapeño bagel with Sausage, Egg, jack cheese and Pico de gallo. It’s a great taste and I loved it with a large coffee. My bill was $ 7.11.
When you order a bagel sandwich they also give you a mini blueberry muffin.