Bagel Delights — Restaurant in Lambertville

I’ve never left a review for a food establishment ever, but my experience here warranted one. I’ll start with the positive… the bagels are good. Period. I’m a New Yorker so I know a good bagel. I’m a local now so it’s good to know where to get good ones. And now for the negative… the owner. She’s Asian. I’m Asian. I’d like to think that since we’re both Asians in a predominantly white neighborhood, that she will be happy to see an Asian customer. I guess not. There were 2 other guests in there and their orders were taken and both were seating waiting for their orders. I stood by the counter for more than 5 minutes waiting for my turn while she and another lady prepared the previous orders. No one else was behind me. She knew that I was standing by the counter waiting for my turn. My boyfriend came in, who is white, came in and headed straight to grab a seat without us talking. The owner didn’t know that he was with me. Finally, she came up front and completely ignored me and started talking to my boyfriend who was seated and asked to take his order. What?! My boyfriend said “I’m with her” pointing to me. The two other guests looked at me bewildered and I with a confused look politely said… “whatabout me?” And she proceeds to ignore me again, headed to the back to get the other guests orders and returns to give it to them. Now she’s ready for me, she gets her pen and paper and while looking at the ATM machine by the wall says…. “can I take the next person’s order” WITHOUT looking at me. No eye contact! She knew I’ve been standing there all this time waiting for her! At this point it was just me and my boyfriend in there. Well, I still put in my order even after being treated that way. While waiting, another couple comes in and the owner is all chatty and friendly with them. The whole incident was totally bizarre. I’m a small business owner myself and you treat all your customers the same. With respect. Show them gratitude that they are patronizing your business in this economy. Making sure that they have a good experience so they come back. Will I come back? Maybe, I’ll just send my boyfriend next time to get my bagel. After all, she did ask for his order while he was sitting in the back, instead of getting mine as I stood right by her at...

This place is a new found love staff is super friendly, and food is great. They know how to make a REAL everything bagel with pretzel salt on top, and it’s fully coated with everything not just a dash of this and that. Here’s a quick way to tell if anyplace is good, if they run out of something you know it’s good!!! I prefer to place my order in advance then go and pick it up, this seems to be the best time saving way as they seem to be a little lite staffed. That’s not a mark against them at all, they prefer to work a little harder and I like that! By the way the coffee is really flavorful, and she always has something fun to try coffe wise. Coffees gonna run ya about 2bucks but...

In our search for the best bagels in the area (Princeton, Pennington, Lawrenceville, Hamilton, Hopewell etc.), we may have found the holy grail in a small, non- descript strip shopping center outside of Lambertville. We are New Yorkers and so we know a good bagel. And this place has bagels that meet our high standards.

Although Bagel Delights is about 40 minutes from our home, it is worth the trip. They have lots of spreads and other toppings as well as eggs, bacon, sausage. I had a turkey bacon, egg whites and cheese on an everything bagel that was perfect.

The owner is friendly and helpful, but...