Bagel King Jr — Restaurant in Winter Park

I had high hopes for this place after seeing the menu! I came in 15 minutes before closing and the guy acted like it was a problem to make a very simple bagel in that time frame, as he was doing his closing duties. I get it. I would have loved to come earlier but that’s when I made it and tbh I didn’t even know they closed in 15 minutes at the time. Either way, an extra half hour should be built in to a person’s shift for closing duties, instead of closing up shop and just waiting for the second hand to tick the hour to flip the open sign to closed. 🥯 With that being said, since it seemed like such a big deal to make a bagel in 15 minutes I was thinking “crap, they must cook everything fresh”. Nope, nothing was fresh- the bagel was stale, the egg was reheated in the microwave and the sausage was re-heated in the air fryer. He couldn’t get the cheese slices apart to put them on the halves of the bagel so he just plopped it in between and it never even softened up. He did not offer any additional toppings like lettuce tomato or onion. I would have liked to also get the peanut butter brownie but he was too busy brushing me out the door (still 10...

Overall, the food was fine, the selection was disappointing. It’s a very small place, wedged in a tiny strip mall adjacent a gas station, with only one person working there. The actual selection they have there is maybe 1/3rd of the selection displayed in their online menu. There was 10 kinds of bagels, all basic flavors (plain, poppy, wheat, sesame, onion, everything, Asiago, Wild Berry, cinnamon raisin,…) and a few assorted pastries (maybe 3 or 4, like black and white cookies, muffins and a danish). However, they are “out” of much of the items on their menu (and that is despite coming right when they opened). Overall, the bagels were good but nothing to write home about. I also had the knish with pastrami; also just okay. They also have day old bagels for a cheaper price, and sell their cream cheese, lox, chicken salad and tuna salad separately, if one was interested in such things. To their credit, in the 20 min that I was there waiting for my food, 4-5 customers filtered in, so there must be some for whom this is somewhat of a staple, but I unfortunately will not be counting myself...

Bagel King Jr. is awesome. I've dropped in multiple times and the team there is incredibly friendly and helpful. They have stuff besides bagels as well and they make really good breakfast sandwiches.

They don't have a huge bread selection outside of the bagels but that's not a big deal. Their sourdough is great and the pastrami breakfast sandwich on sourdough is next level. The portions are huge and the price is definitely low for what you get. You can buy pretty much everything separate as well. They have all of the spreads, salmon, etc. Lots of options.

It's a really small location but they have a couple of small tables set up outside. It's best to just drop in and grab something. I don't recall there being any seating inside but I could be mistaken.

Also, it can be easy to miss from the street but it's directly next to the convenience store. Just park in that lot and...