Bagel Street Deli — Restaurant in Athens

Not what I was expecting, and maybe my expectations were to high? I was looking for place to eat, and was driving through Athens. I often follow the crowds and like to eat at non chain restaurants. This seemed to fit the bill, as we saw a nice crowd around the building and long line inside. Now to be fair this review is based solely off the bagel and cream cheese we each got. First off I ordered a toasted bagel with butter and cream cheese, and requested for it to be extra toasted. My son got a bagel with cream cheese. We both got our bagel after about a 15 min wait (expected long line), but our bagels appeared to be cooked the same (barely toasted) and minimal cream cheese. And when I say minimal cream cheese, I mean minimal. I dont think you could have tried to remove the cream cheese and have less than what we did. Im use to NY/NJ bagels so this is the opposite end of that spectrum for sure. Didnt enjoy my bagel. Was hoping...

Absolutely loved this place! The employees were chill, the menu was huge, and the sandwich was delicious (my mom and I split the Feta is Betta on sundried tomato and was a perfect snack). The atmosphere was classic old-school college campus - chalk on the walls, old photos, etc but was still very clean. I would try every bagel on this menu if I lived here. Maybe I'm just used to paying way too much for underwhelming stuff (I mean really, a bagel shouldn't cost more than 7 bucks) but I still thought the prices here were extraordinarily reasonable. If I can get a sandwich for less than 10 bucks I'm happy, let alone $5-$7 (which is kinda sad, but hey, it's the times we live in). Now we need a place like this in Columbus - if y'all could open up a brick and mortar there and keep the prices the same, I think it'd be a hit (we're severely lacking these...

This place is extremely overrated. We ordered 5 different bagels and all came really dry and barely toasted. They didn’t taste fresh at all and it looked like they were being taken out of plastic bags before prepping. The cream cheeses (tried the plain and spicy) are also really chalky and nothing to write home about. The order itself took about 20 minutes to be prepared all for subpar bagels that you can make significantly better at home. The coffee was cold and bitter and when asked for a fresh pot, we waited 15 minutes and had to remind them AGAIN to get the new coffee. To top it all off, the kids working there are prepping the food without changing their gloves in between orders AND do not wear hair nets. How are you preparing “vegan” bagels when I just saw you grab a bunch of bacon and other meats?? Disappointing experience and definitely...