Bagel Pantry — Restaurant in South Plainfield

I own the tattoo shop here in town FOREVER INK AND I DON’T CARE WHAT ANY OF THESE BAD REVIEWS SAY THEY GOTTA BE THE COMPETITION OR SOMEBODY WHO USED TO WORK THERE THAT GOT FIRED FOR SOMETHING STUPID. I READ RIGHT THROUGH THESE REVIEWS AND I KNOW WHAT’S REAL AND WHAT’S NOT THE REVIEW YOU’RE ABOUT TO READ FROM ME IS 100% REAL AND I’M NOT BEING PAID ANYTHING TO LEAVE THIS. I EAT BAGELS ALL OVER THE WORLD and anything I have ever gotten from this place has been 100% absolutely delicious. The pictures where people are saying it’s not pork roll. Those people are crazy because that is genuine New Jersey Taylor ham/pork roll whatever you wanna call it I am also a classically trained chef, I went to La Cordon Bleu in Paris France for two years. Their food is never undercooked. It’s always cooked perfectly and the flavor is out of this world GOOD! The people leaving these bad reviews are 100% lames! They got nothing better to do than to leave a bad review over something so petty. All of you bad reviews about this place get a life. You wish you knew a place that’s better than this. My guys eat that all the time and we will continue to do so. If I could give them 10 stars, they would get 10 stars. Once again, look at the source and rise above it. Most of those people leave bad reviews check out how many reviews they leave that are bad at other places and you’ll see some people you just can’t make happy no matter what. This place rules. I will eat here until I choke to death on a ham sandwich like mama Cass. But you don’t even know who the hell that is… Ha ha. I’ll give you a hint she was a fat lady in Poseidon adventure she was a famous singer in the band called the “mamas and the Papas” the fat woman choke to death on a ham sandwich ha ha ha that’s why I want to go out eating a ham sandwich… Bagel...

Tried this place three times. The place looks nice with plenty of tables/seats both indoors and outdoors. Huge parking lot available.

Service is a slow - you always have to wait at least 12 mins or more after placing your order even if there was only one person in front of the line prior to you ordering.

Coffee is decent and not watered down.

Bagels are just ok. Neither big nor small.

They are very cheap with the cream cheese to the point that you sometimes cannot taste it when you bite into the sandwich (see picture) yet they are slightly on the pricier side than other bagel places where, I'm usually removing the excess cream cheese which I would rather do. If you're a Taylor ham/pork roll fan, avoid this place. Twice I made the mistake of ordering Taylor ham, egg and cheese. 1) They wrap your sandwich in foil and the bagel is swimming with a pool of greese soaking the bottom of the bagel. 2) What's worse is that whatever meat they are using is definitely NOT Taylor ham. It's more like a spiced baloney and nowhere near the taste/consistency of Taylor ham. They should say up front they don't have Taylor ham rather than giving some other meat substitute.

Some guy had a table selling fresh mozzarella. It tasted pretty good. Bought two...

Went to USPS and was craving for a coffee and bagel. 🥯 dropped into this place since it was just opposite to USPS . Saw some seats outside and a good amount of seating inside . Service was good . The lady in the counter was smiling and taking orders with a positive attitude . Lots of parking outside . Inside atmosphere was good .

Saw lots of bagels and looks like it is made there . Looked fresh . Had a bagel toasted cream cheese and it was good… bagel could have been more toasted but tasted good . Also ordered a Latte coffee .. ☕️ could have had an extra shot as the latte was more frothy and milky. Billing and service was quick . Good experience overall. Need to try other breakfast and lunch menu sometime . 4...