Bethesda Bagels

Great bagel! Ordered the everything bagel, toasted, with chive cream cheese and there was plenty of cream cheese on it :) They have loads of options for flavors and toppings and even make breakfast sandwiches. Their coffee comes out of a self-service machine on the side of the main room but it was decent. I would highly recommend this place!

PROS: Bagels are big & high quality, workers are friendly, space is open (nice when waiting for your order # to be called), location is ideal, lots of sandwich options (condiments, toppings etc), array of bottled drinks and fountain drink machine. NEUTRAL: —Wait time for basic bagels (15 minutes for 4 sliced, but un-toasted bagels, only one with cream cheese). The line was deceptively short! Only waited 3 minutes to give my order, but 15 more to hear my order # called. —Pricing - $1.50 for a bagel, plus $3.60 to add cream cheese, $2.50 to add butter, $2 to add bacon. They load the cream cheese on, though! And bagels are giant. CONS —very limited options by late morning. I went Saturday at 11 AM, and around half of the bagels were gone. No everything, whole wheat everything, plain, pumpernickel, and 6 other types, with 3 hours left before they close. I expected a wait for fresh everything bagels to be made, but I was surprised (along with the two customers ahead of me) to hear the cashier say they were out for the day. Of course, there is a rush of early birds in bagel shops, so this might be expected. —wait time for speciality bagels (I.e egg, bacon, sandwiches seemed long. People were there before me and there after I left (about 20 mins total) for heated items

Every bakery seems to have its own version of what a bagel should look and taste like. I think Bethesda Bagels are among the best. They're larger than average, with generous toppings and crispy on the outside and nice and soft inside. Perfect with a schmear of any flavor cream cheese.

Offers big yummy bagels with generous fillings, but unfortunately also offers indifferent customer service and an atmosphere in need of better cleaning and overflowing trash receptacles.

Wow! Got a bagel and coffee here while in town for work. Fast, efficient service. The bagel was huge - got salmon with cream cheese - and tasted great. Coffee was surprisingly good as well. The bagel alone filled me up. I definitely would go here frequently if I was local. Also, they have incredible looking donuts as well. Wish my stomach were bigger so I could have tried them.

My everything bagel with cream cheese and lox was delicious. There was a little extra cream cheese but I’d rather have too much than not enough so no complaints!

Delicious bagels hit the spot. We walked to this location from our hotel and were pleasantly surprised to find it so busy. Apparently plenty of people agree that the bagels are delicious. Service was fast and the cream cheese applied very generously. The bagels were tasty—we didn’t try any of the sandwiches. A large selection of drinks were also available. We’ll definitely be bask the next time we’re in the area.

I had a terrible experience this morning with my order from Bethesda bagels. I ordered a bacon egg and cheese on Asiago with avocado and extra cheese. The sandwich was missing bacon, had about an inch thick of unmelted American cheese and seemed to be on an egg bagel and not the Asiago that was ordered. Also was cut incredibly awkwardly.