The Bagel Shack — Restaurant in Lake Forest

This place has a great selection of bagels of all different flavors. You can choose a bagel and then do anything to it. Get a bagel toasted with cream cheese, get a breakfast sandwich on that bagel, pick out bagels yourself to bring to the office, or get a lunch sandwich. The variety and quality of bagels and sandwiches are what make Bagel Shack my favorite bagel place of all time.

I recommend these bagels, in order: Swiss, Cheddar, Everything, Salt, Garlic, Blueberry, French Toast. The best bagel sandwich is the Lowers with Sausage, then the San-O, or an Old Mans.

I grew up going to the original Bagel Shack, in San Clemente. After moving away, this was one of the food places I missed the most. Once moving back into the area and finding the El Toro location, I tried it. Thankfully, the bagels and everything are just as great as the original San Clemente location, which is so awesome.

The inside of this location is a little small for sitting down, but the outside seating is great for eating there. They're pretty fast, so its also a great place to stop on the way to work or school in the morning. The staff is very attentive, personable, and friendly, getting your order fast and checking on you after you've finished eating. I highly recommend...

While there are many good items on their menu, I go here for one thing, a plain bagel with jam and cream cheese (it sounds weird, but trust me it's great) and it is listed on their menu board.

When they first opened I would go more frequently and my order was always right. As time went on it kept being messed up. Despite the cashier saying the order correctly about 20% of the time whoever prepared the bagels would make it with just cream cheese or worse peanut butter and jelly (which is this dry inedible thing). Sometimes I would notice on the way out of the store and sometimes not until I arrive back home. While I did drive back and ask for a replacement the time I got peanut butter and jam, I usually just sigh and return home, putting on jam myself (I'm not one for complaining face to face).

After not going here for a couple of years I stopped by this past weekend and ordered a bagel with jam and cream cheese, as repeated to me by the cashier. I checked on the way out to see that once again there was no jam.

Long story, check your order before you go if you want it to be correct. Or maybe they just don't get that people really do order bagels with jam and...

It's a bagel place that charges too much for putting ingredients on both sides of the bagel.

They need to understand I can go to brueggars and buy twice the amount of bagels, then only eat the tops, and then feed the bottoms to the wildlife to make it my buddy! All for about the same price.

Your dough ain't worth that much dough bro!

After writing this I went from 3 stars down to two. It felt more proper to me.

I visited your shop 2x both times felt the pricing was too high. Prices aren't even stated on your online menu...

I won't visit again unless the pricing improves, but I won't be able to know unless you state your prices online. Because I won't go there unless the...