House of Bagels Colma — Restaurant in Colma

I've heard mention that the elusive "good bagel" can be procured in San Francisco but I am almost always disappointed. When the House of Bagels on Geary stopped being fantastic I was forced to embark on a quest for a reliable source of "good bagels". I sampled bagels at numerous locations around the city. Nothing stood out as remarkable. A few years passed and I still hadn't found a "good bagel place" that I could count on. In December of 2022, I needed three-dozen bagels for a party on the 25th. I had left off buying bagels until the last minute. Everything is closed on the 25th and my only hope was a "Chinese bagel place" with the same name as my old, favorite, shop on Geary. It was late in the day and when I arrived, the proprietor was locking up. Maybe he saw the desperation on my face and took pity on me, or maybe he is just a nice guy, but, to my utter astonishment and relief, he unlocked the door and let me in. I think I bought all the day-olds available. I recall noticing a nice mix of flavors already bagged for sale. I checked the refrigerator hoping they might have a couple of schmears to save me the trouble of making them myself and, wow! What a surprise! So many wonderful flavor combinations. The classics and some more creative flavors in different sizes! I grabbed a bunch of the savory shmears and headed for the register. I was so over-joyed at my success and good fortune - and the proprietor was so nice, I almost didn't want to ask - so, I asked, "you don't by any chance have whitefish, do you?" OMG! I almost plotzed when he answered, "what size?". I dropped at least a hundy on my new favorite bagel place that day. That was before I had taken a bite. I didn't care. They were friendly, they had whitefish, they had parking. What's to complain about? The absolute best part of the story? THE BAGELS ARE GOOD! REALLY, REALLY, GOOD! This year, spent twice as much and my mouth is watering just thinking about those...

This place is small on the inside but well decorated. It's very inviting when you enter. There's literally enough space to place an order and stand in line. On the other side, it's for doordash pick up, or you can stand and wait for your order. They are pretty packed when I've gone that the lines were out the door.

People who take your order are super nice and helpful in recommending the perfect bagel to go with the breakfast omelets they have.

We've ordered:

Chorizo omelette - This is very flavorful with an asiago bagel. I feel the fresh avocado overpowered it. Next time, I might get it with no avocado.

Spam omelette - This was an unexpected treat. Spam and teriyaki are one thing, but with the Sriracha aioli and the furikake. Man, just thinking of it is making my mouth water. He recommended the garlic bagel, and this sandwich was a flavor explosion in my mouth.

Sausage omelette with asiago bagel - Sadly, with this one, we were disappointed. All you can taste is the egg. With a few bites, you can taste the spice from the sausage, but you mostly taste egg.

Bacon omelette with garlic bagel - This sounds simple, but oh, so good. Perfect balance of egg and crunchy bacon.

Pecan bar - sweet, gooey, and crunchy crust.

I highly recommend this place and can't wait to try more stuff. I saw they had macaroni salad, potato salad, and other stuff, but I had already placed my order. I'd want to try their ube cream cheese that everyone...

I’m never ever coming back here. City priced bagels, rude and miserable staff. I asked for my bagels to be redone because it was cold. The short dude in the kitchen started walking around and mugging me like I was about to get to get into a street fight with him. The ladies inside make 0 eye contact. The cashier got no $0 tip from me because of his tone and slight attitude and lack of motivation. This should be a clear message to the owner so he can get his act in order. I cannot believe this place has a 4.3 rating. The design of the place is nice but no real surface to hand the order to customers. They just squeeze your order between two counters and a big jar. Here you go sir. If you what to charge $6 for an orange juice and $6 for a bagel, you better provide the service that goes along with it to make people regardless of...