Bagel Station Inc — Restaurant in Winston-Salem

I’ve had my eye on this place for a while, and I’ve been pining for a good, traditional, authentic bagel. Thus, it stood to reason that I would go this morning for breakfast. It was the right decision.

This place knows how to make an authentic bagel. According to their website, they follow the traditional bagel making protocol and age the dough, boil it, and then bake it. The result is obvious: excellent bagels.

I ordered the bagel with smoked salmon, which also has sliced tomato, capers, and red onions. It was delicious. The cream cheese brings it all together beautifully and it is out of this world good. I also ordered a sesame seed bagel, and it was also fabulous.

The staff is helpful and friendly. They also have a wide variety of bagels to choose from, and the price is very reasonable: most bagels are $1.09 (no cream cheese). This is the same price as the overrated, overhyped Panera, but the difference is that you’ll be able to eat your bagel from Bagel Station without needing the jaw strength of a leopard.

The only nitpick I would make is that I wish the cream cheese had a little more salt, and the sweet tea is not great. But I’ll be honest: I don’t really expect a bagel place to have a great sweet tea. So I’m...

I don't remember when I started going to Bagel Station, but I don't remember bagels from other places after I started going. It's a tiny little shop that's usually crowded with a line to (and sometimes out of) the door. The staff move quickly so you usually don't wait that long. Their spreads are the absolute best, some staff are heavy-handed with the spread, some are not. The staff isn't consistently cheery, but the bagels are too good to get caught up on an interaction that lasts less than 2 minutes. My favorites are Scallion and Herb. Their Honey-Nut spread is really good too. The bagels are crunchy, chewy and soft. Some other mainstream bagel places, which shall remain nameless, are simply too hard and too doughy. Bagel Station offers sandwiches, delicious cookies, OJ, milk etc. You can buy tubs of their spread to take home. They have at least 12-15 different types of bagels at any given moment, unless they sell out (they close around 2pm). The bagels and spread are Kosher. The prices are very reasonable. It's more than just a local place that people go to out of tradition or nostalgia, the bagels are really damn good (I've literally never had a bad bagel from them). Definitely go if you're...

The bagels are great. Service is totally hit and miss. I normally regret going every time I go there. I’ve had average service a few times meaning I got my order, it was correct, & the wait wasn’t bad. I’ve been there when people behind me who were familiar with counter staff were served before me. I have gotten breakfast and requested that egg be left off the sandwich & then find that egg was on the sandwich. I’ve been there when either the person taking my order wrote my name wrong or the person fixing the order can’t read. They called one name several times. When I saw people behind me getting their orders, I even questioned the name for the order that was finished. No this is for John. I stand there 10 minutes waiting for a untoasted bagel. I eventually asked if my order got lost & told them what I got. It was “John’s” order that I had been asking about. So after a couple of average visits, but in general leaving there aggravated, I give up. I really wanted to like you. The bagels & cream cheese are great. But it’s just not worth my...