Bagel Nosh Deli — Restaurant in Santa Monica

Not in a rush to come back here because of the food. Warm and friendly service, though!

Bagel did not meet my expectations. I was a dine in customer, and it was served in a very strange way - cut in half with a little bit of spread on the side and not enough of it. I had to ask for extra spread. I like to eat it in quarters and cutting it through with a butter knife meant that I broke the bread apart. Bagel also did not have the chewiness that I was expecting. It wasn't the NY standard that I was expecting.

I spent a couple of hours here dining and working on my laptop while I waited for a friend to finish up a surgery. It was Sunday morning, so there weren't many places open. Normally would go to a coffee shop where this is more expected, but there weren't many places open and they were super friendly at first, and I thought it was clear that I was waiting for someone in surgery as she came in with me before and said she couldn't eat or drink anything. I was asked to give up my table after a couple of hours. I half understood, but also half wondered why they were asking me to move because there were lots of tables open including the same style of booth that I was at. I would have happily sat somewhere without table service, but all that had was table service. I did order food for two so I thought that it would be more acceptable to hang out. I feel badly that I made the staff uncomfortable.

Service was still very warm and friendly and it was still so nice of them to let me hang out for a couple of hours - just not the place to make...

Family-friendly deli and restaurant serving up some yummy lox and bagels. Came here on a Sunday around noon and there was a line out the door, but it moved quickly. You order at the counter and tell them if it’s to-go or eat-in; if it’s eat-in, you take a number and go pay at the cash register. They do take credit cards and although the place is bustling, you’ll probably find a table since people don’t linger. They do have free WiFi for customers on weekdays, but not weekends. There are bathrooms available behind the cash register. The food comes pretty quickly, and it’s cool that there’s a diner like this where it seems like a lot of the patrons are regulars. My friend and I both ordered an everything bagel toasted with lox and it was so good. The lox was clearly fresh, and came with onions, tomatoes, and a thick lathering of cream cheese. There were pickled pears and chopped carrots on the side. There’s a soda fountain that has water that you can get yourself. You can get rainbow bagels here and I saw a lot...

I’ve just moved here from NYC after living thru all of its manifestations since the ‘70’s and knowing that when it came to bagels - NYC was the capital of great bagels.

Well, like CBGB’s, that notion is dead and forgotten in favor of these horrible bagel shoppes featuring tasteless big/small bread cakes that left me feeling sad for we raconteurs of the art of a great bagel.

So I saw Bagel Nosh here in LA and remembered fondly going there on sundays in NYC to get a dozen yumyums and slices Nova with the Sunday Times tucked under my arm.

And now, this feisty packed bagel shop has renewed my spirit in Man/Woman/They that a lost art is not lost at all, it’s simply hiding on this useless part of Wilshire Blvd waiting to serve-up fantastic...