Bethesda Bagels

My brother lives around the corner from Bethesda Bagels and we enjoyed some of the best bagels and breakfast sandwiches from here during a recent visit! Whether you’re looking for a regular bagel with cream cheese or a crazy good bagel breakfast sandwiches, this place is a must visit! Order online for easy pickup, or show up and order in person for fast service.

This is the kind of bagel place that makes you a bagel the way you really want it, with an unhealthy amount of cream cheese that we all want to indulge in from time to time. After seeing this place for years and always curious to try it out, I finally had my first Bethesda Bagels experience. I'm a sucker for a good everything bagel, covered with plain cream cheese of course, and I can't think of a better way to top it off without smoked salmon, red onions and capers. And that's exactly what I ordered at this place. I came through on a Wednesday morning, there were only a handful of people ahead of me. I hear the lines can be really long on the weekends, and after having one of their bagels, I can see why. When I got my bagel, I first noticed how heavy my bagel was. Literally, my bagel was heavy, which I knew meant they really packed my bagel - instant brownie points and it only got better. As I was unwrapping my bagel, it looked like it was on steroids. This place may be a bit pricey, but for good reasons. They put a very generous portion of cream cheese on the bagel and are equally as generous with the toppings you ask for. The verdict? Delicious. I'll be coming back and bringing people with me. The only downside is that it's difficult and messy to eat because of the sheer amount of cream cheese they put on the bagel. Even though I am obsessed with cream cheese, I actually thought there was a little too much for my liking. I am shocked that I am saying this, but it's true. At times, I realized I was biting through an inch of cream cheese! Nonetheless, I will be back!

I have been coming here for 25 years. Always high quality and fresh, always fast, and very reasonably priced where other places have become exorbitant. Just wish they would reopen in NW DC.

I don’t know what it is about this location but they consistently get orders wrong. You order in person, they say your order back to you, it’s shown correctly on the screen and on the receipt, and somehow they mess it up. 4 out of my past 5 visits they couldn’t manage to get my simple bagel with cream cheese order right. Twice I’ve gone with other people and their orders were wrong too. Don’t waste your time and money here.

The food is outstanding however what really makes them shine is how they treat their customers. The team members are always helpful and polite and if there is ever an issue with an order they are super quick to take action and help resolve it.

First time trying a bagel at this place but will definitely be the last one. Asked for a bagel with little bit of butter. Had to wait 10min to get it! The attitude of the people there is unbelievable. They don’t care about customer service. No one apologized. In the back everybody was chatting/joking with a big line of customers waiting. When I got to my car, I realized the bagel was soaking in butter!! I had to use napkins to absorb all of the butter! This place is not worth it at all.

The bagel was very good. The salmon was fresh and tasty and very NYC. I wish I had more salmon than tomatoes lol. I tried whitefish too and it’s an interesting taste lol. Saturday it gets busy but it’s a nice stop to make if you’re in the area. I think I it’s the best nyc bagel in the DMV.

Jalapeño Bagel with Jalapeño cream cheese with fried egg! Yummy, wish it had more texture