NY Bagel & Bistro

As a North Easterner, this bagel and the homemade cream cheese and tasty lox was wonderful and worth the price.

Been going there since they opened. Service an food has gone downhill somewhat. I don’t know what’s going on. Bagels aren’t what they use to be an some of the workers are rude an inconsistent. Went in one time an almost slipped on the he floor. The girl had mopped a few moments before. I told her she should’ve put a Wet Area sign up or something. She stood there with a stupid grin on her face looking confused as too what she should do.

I was really looking forward to the New Yorker, with lox, cream cheese, tomatoes, capers and onions. What I got was a stale bagel, mushy, flavorless salmon, and a green tomato. Ugh, totally flavorless misery. I’m giving it two stars because they at least piled on the salmon, for better or worse. All I know is it better not wreck my guts. Save yourself the stop. You will be better off eating cold cereal at home.

Stopped yesterday and purchased 6 bagels. They were dry and stale. Only 2 were somewhat edible. I did not discover this until I was home in Salem, too far to drive back and return. A waste of 7 dollars and change.

First off, I do like the food here and the prices are okay. HOWEVER, in the past 3 times I’ve come (almost every weekend) they have messed up my order EVERYTIME. They charged me for an additional meat on my breakfast bagel and didn’t even put it on. I ordered 2 bagels to go, only gave me one. Came with a group of friends and they messed up EVERY SINGLE ORDER. We were the only people in the restaurant, how do you mess up all 7 orders right after you took it and had it on the receipts? No exception when I made myself clear more than once of what I ordered, even when they came with my WRONG order they didn’t take it back to fix it. I always come back here despite of the mistakes they make but I think this was the last time. If I ever come back and they mess up my order again, they can expect a loud piece of my mind.

Not a lot of hand washing at all. Both employees touched money, then went back to food prep several times. Makes me wonder about their bathroom hand washing policies. Gloves weren’t changed after touching money either. What’s the point?!
I was also overcharged. He told me $ 5.00 but it was $ 5.50 on my bank statement. Not cool. I get that it was only $.50, but that ruins the trust of the business.
On the bright side, the employee I interacted with was extremely pleasant and very polite.
Unfortunately, too many dings for me to go again.

Delicious bagel sandwhiches and their raw orange juice is soooo goood!
My only complaint is the hours are undependeble. I drive by the same time everyweek day and sometimes they are open and sometimes its closed. Hours SAY 6am they open. But I drive by around 750 and many times the signs are off and no lights inside. Im not sure what that deal is?
Other then that, a cheap place to get a quick breakfast on the go

I ordered to go. They didn’t have oranges to do orange juice (one of their claims to fame), the latte was super lacking, and my bagel was rock hard; what nibbles I could gnaw off were ultra chewy. Super disappointed. Whoever was the quality control person must have left and gone to the new Corvo location :(

Got sandwiches and coffee and was so worried about the cooking/​preparation at this place that I hesitated to give the food to my family who were waiting in the car outside. We were in a hurry, on our way to the coast, so I kept it to myself when I got to the car. The good news is that none of us got sick. The better news is we’re not going back.

Came in for bagel sandwich today and the place feels like a New York bagel shop. Just not comfortable with the cashier handling the money then grabbing the bagel with his bare hands and taking it to the chef. When I buy bagels at the grocery store from open bins I use tongs to grab my bagels and put them in the bag. Health standards /​procedures may need to be reevaluated.

My girlfriend and I love this place. Every time we go home we take a dozen bagels with us to share with our family. Besides the food being great, the staff are always friendly and have a smile on.

This place has great food most of the time, occasionally the bagels aren’t as moist as I’d like but I’m kinda picky. I’ve been going here since they opened and have always gotten the ham, egg and cheese breakfast bagel. They usually run out of certain flavors of bagels like cheddar, asiago and garlic which are my favorites but plain is pretty good too. They are FAST and can have a bagel done in under 5 minutes most of the time, bring cash because hey charge a debit/​credit card fee.

Best sandwich bagels and super nice owners :) tons of flavors of cream cheese and bagels made fresh every morning :) yumm

Best bagels ever! They used to not be so great on «housekeeping» of the place but it looks great now with lots of remodeling. I don’t know why another review called the owner creepy, he’s a really nice guy. They have a wide variety of both meat and veggie sandwiches, coffees and smoothies all for a great price. Definitely one of the best places for breakfast or lunch in the area.

I used to work here and let me tell you how horrible it is!
They have or had a sandwich that had «sprouts» but never changed the menu so when the cheap boss stopped by sprouts he told us to use lettuce and not tell the customers.
The only thing I would buy here is the breakfast sandwiches, they are cheap and most of the products on them are frozen.
The boss there is a creep. He regularly fires his employees and then begs them to come back to work. He also tried to tell me that he was like my father? He also used to include chips or potato salad with your sandwich and then decided to start charging separately for them. In my opinion the lunch sandwiches are already too expensive. This guy is a creep and this is one place I will never eat again!

This is not even close to a New York Bagel. Why reference it in the name if it doesn’t come close? How about Monmouth Bagel Bistro. That name would apply here. Dry, like the town.

Delicious and healthy OJ made right before your eyes by a machine that is worth ordering OJ, just to watch it work. I recommend a carrot juice chaser… also delicious.
Good atmosphere. Great owner. Pleasant and engaging staff. Easy parking. Quality food and drink. Diverse clientele.

NY Bagel & Bistro just renovated. Now their atmosphere matches their amazing bagels.

Love having them in town! Great prices and portions.

A Monmouth classic! Super great made in-​house bagels, with extremely reasonable prices.
I usually stick to the sun-​dried tomato bagels, either with some kind of cream cheese, or the ham egg and cheese bagel sandwich, on rare occasion one of their lunch sandwiches (either the Oregonian or Garden Veggie)!
Their breakfast sandwiches are pretty incomparable — the bagel stands up and doesn’t get overly greasy like a lot of others. The cheese is always perfectly melted (though it is typical American cheese) and the flavors jive perfectly.
Of note, since this is a college town, these breakfast sandwiches served me well for one too many late nights.
I frequented this place at least weekly when I was in college — and am sad it is no longer available to me now that I am gone, save for the occasional visit here to friends.
I have yet to find anything else quite like it, and none of those chain bagel shops even come close to comparing with regards to price, taste, and quality.