Brick Lane Bagel Co Hockley — Restaurant in Rochford

Server pounced on me for eating own food in the shop when I was putting shopping items away. NOTE: putting them away, not eating. Had to explain that. Left a sour taste. Won't be in again.

EDIT on 17/12/2024 in response: Response tells me owner isn't really owning up to or interested in her negative part of this. I didn't leave a "bad" review, I left an honest and factual one. Reviews are here to let other potential customers know the sort of environment they'll be in. If you don't like people being unhappy with their experience, perhaps give them a better one, which is in your hands. And, based on response, there is apparently a secret time frame in which to drink something. I could count one on hand the people that were in while we were there, and out with collections/takeaways five minutes later. You're not creating a nice or...

Well, well, well. What a delight, and I'm talking about the lady on the phone.

We order bagels from here every week, as they're by far the best in the area, and the closest thing you'll get to a LeGiT BRiCk LaNe BaGeL.

The Big Daddy is a steal for the price, you get so much food in there and it's all lovely. I don't know which I prefer, this or the Salt Beef - compared to the other bagel places in the area, you get almost double the meat.

We love them, we've just placed an order of over £50 with one person ordering three for himself.

-=Get involved in the bagel madness, they're...

Good range on the menu but a bad experience overall. Server took our order with a scowl, lacking anything that could be considered politeness or enthusiasm. We ordered the chicken schnitzel and, although I accept it is a fried item, the grease involved extended to the outside of the bagel itself. In picking up the bagel to eat I was left with enough grease on my hands to leave the napkin yellow when I wiped them. Furthermore, the cheese inside the bagel was hard and tough to bite through. I would go as far as saying the bagels were unpalatable having no other flavour...