The Bad Bagel — Restaurant in New York

I’ve been ordering from Bad Bagel for YEARS. Today I requested in the delivery notes if they could drizzle some ketchup & hot sauce directly on my omelette (without packets on the side, waste of plastic) and they did! Lots of lazy breakfast places or delis wouldn’t even bother. (If BB workers are reading this, thank you guys so much, it was a super memorable breakfast experience.)

My go-to orders include the vegetarian omelette (the hash browns and sliced avocado on the side are always a nice touch), a bagel with tofu scallion cream cheese (with additional toppings of tomatoes, onions, and capers, for a lox bagel experience without the lox, LOL — great option for vegans too) and maybe a black coffee.. or a cinnamon roll..

I love BB for the service and coziness of the food. There may be objectively fancier breakfast spots but this is my reliable, mid-range...

discovered Bad Bagel via the NYC Bagel Passport promo and decided to come back bc i really enjoyed the bagels & the quality of cream cheese spreads. decided to go with a whole wheat everything bagel with cucumber-dill cream cheese. the bagel had nice inside chewiness with nice balance of sweet and saltiness—the outside had a slight crispness. the cucumber-dill cream cheese is thick smooth with a filling fattiness and the cool herby refresher of cucumber and dill. the combo of the everything bagel and the cucumber-dill cream cheese makes for a filling lunch sando when you need something substantial and filling. the space is really clean and well-maintained. there’s some seating in the front. service is pretty average but works for a casual bagel / sandwich place. this is the only bagel spot that i have been to in Bushwick and has been a nice...

"Bad Bagel" is not a euphamism.

Extremely disappointed.

The first time we went there, they didn't ask if I wanted to toast my bagel so they ended up gaving me a raw bagel. Today, after taking 12 minutes to start making my Ceasar Salad Wrap, they decided to heat my SALAD wrap without me asking. 15 minutes of waiting, with only one couple ahead of us, for a wrap that I then discovered is being heated up. Gross.

Apparently you have to be extremely clear on what to heat and what not to heat otherwise they just take a guess.

UPDATE: I finally went to eat this thing and I wish I could upload photos. Two massive pieces of chicken with a tiny amount of lettuce (think a burger) and croutons. Wow.

Oh yeah, they served the couple ahead of us complementary coffee right in front of our faces, but not us, even though we had actually been waiting...