Ess-a-Bagel

This Ess-a-bagels recently opened at this location as of March 2025. Very clean and bright atmosphere and service was not too busy as it was super early when I walked in. Tried my usual LEO on a multigrain bagel lightly toasted. It’s hard to deny bagels in the morning, it’s my weak spot haha. They have pre packaged pastries and muffins as well. Overall it was decent although I didn’t see an actual grill for food. Would recommend for quick bagel on the run with your favorite spread. Follow me and check out my other bagel spot reviews 🥳🥳🥳

Congrats on the grand opening! I've been a loyal Ess-a-Bagel customer since I was in middle school and would go to the original location almost everyday after school! I'm really glad that they've been doing well and expanded over the years, especially in NY, since beloved businesses are always coming and going. I'm not usually a salmon or fish fan but their Nova is to die for! Not too salty and very fresh and not overly smokey. I love that their everything bagel is crunchy on the outside yet soft and chewy inside (a total NYC bagel)! They were doing a sampling when I went and their strawberry cream cheese is my new fave for when I'm craving something sweet! Love the sandwiches here and I can't wait to try more things 🤗 The staff were also very warm and welcoming and helpful! I also loved that they had accessible outlets in the seating area bc my phone was dying.

I was so excited for all the wonderful things I’ve heard about this place since it was opening near my job. I WAS CHARGED $15.00 FOR MICROWAVE EGGS AND BACON. the microwave is directly behind the counter, no grill in sight. Watched them make my sandwich, watched them get the eggs and bacon from microwave. Awful sandwich. For $15.00 is insane! Such a disappointment and will not be going back. GO ANYWHERE ELSE!

The scallion tofu cream cheese was pretty good. The sesame bagel though had just a few sesame which is a bit unusual. It's a small location so bagels are not freshly made onsite.

We were visiting the city & had a recommendation to try Ess-a-Bagel. We found ourselves close to this location and decided to try it. I tried a plain bagel with Apple Cinnamon cream cheese which was delicious, I also got the Signature Favorite on an Everything bagel which was also very yummy.

What an absolute disappointment. The absolute horror to see them microwave eggs for my bacon egg and cheese sandwich. Microwaved EGGS?!? For $12?!?! And then the bacon must be from the same supplier the nyc public schools get them from because they were paper thin. I don’t even know if it was real meat. And to top it off the bagel was so dry and bland.. What the heck is going on there. You can’t operate a bagel shop like that in NYC. This wouldn’t even be acceptable in Cleveland (worst place I’ve ever been).. either install a grill or close up shop and save yourself some losses

I got a BLTA on an everything bagel ,scooped out toasted!and it came out SO GOODD i’ll definitely come back again!I also got an iced coffee which was PERFECT🙌🏼Staff was really friendly and welcoming

Used to love their midtown location, so I was super excited they opened in fidi. Visited when they first opened, there was 1 person working at the cashier and 5 at the pickup station. I liked that it didnt have a huge line but even with only 3-4people ahead of me it was super slow, seemed like everyone was confused. They forgot to add scallion cream cheese to my BEC order which was charged $3.80 and I was already home when i found that out. They're still new so i guess theyre figuring out stuff. I dont think ill visit again for another couple of months or so

This Ess-a-bagels recently opened at this location as of March 2025. Very clean and bright atmosphere and service was not too busy as it was super early when I walked in. Tried my usual LEO on a multigrain bagel lightly toasted. It's hard to deny bagels in the morning, it's my weak spot haha. They have pre packaged pastries and muffins as well. Overall it was decent although I didn't see an actual grill for food. Would recommend for quick bagel on the run with your favorite spread. Follow me and check out my other bagel spot reviews

Don't understand the hype. Bagels were extremely dense and rather small. The eggs/bacon/cheese on my BEC were microwaved to heat them up. There's definitely better options nearby so would not return.

Dry, mealy, lacking flavor, and over $5 for a bagel with plan cream cheese. I used to be a big fan of Ess-a-Bagel but it's gone down hill. Service and restaurant were well organized and pleasant, but the food is just not worth while. I have enjoyed bagels from food carts more than gbis

4.5 stars -- it's not a perfect 5 as can't beat the Ess-a location on 3rd Ave. The coffee is better at this location, but so far I haven't had a piping hot bagel here. Don't get me wrong - the veggie tofu cream cheese still hits the spot and the Tuna Turner on pumpernickel is still delicious. They do still seem to be going through some kinks, but it is nice to have a good bagel spot in the area.

Really wonderful bagel breakfast sandwich! No seating, more of a grab and go location near WTC, but the decor is darling.

Great location near all the tourist attractions. Excellent service!! Nice folks. As always, great bagels!

Best bagel in NYC! Wow--everything was perfect! I ordered a whole wheat bagel with plain cream cheese, loc and cucumber. The whole wheat flavor really came through and they gave me lots of lox with the perfect ratio of cream cheese to lox. Cucumbers super fresh as well. It was warm and toasted perfectly. The perfect amount of everything. Service was fairly quick--I'd say it took 10 minutes for me and there was a longer line that day too since it was the day of the Brooklyn Half Marathon. It's more of a grab and go place--not a sit down!

Hopefully this is not considered one of the best bagels in New York City. Leaves a lot to be desired. Asked for toasted bagel with scallion cream cheese, the cream cheese is pretty good but the toasted bagel is too hard--apart from being toasted. It almost seems like a day old. It's not as dense as most quality New York bagels. it's actually quite light which might be preferable for some people if it wasn't so hard. I don't know how long they've been sitting there I don't know how they make their bagels, but this is just an average bagel shop that's overpriced: this entire picture of a large water a large tea and a bagel with scallion cream cheese shouldn't cost $17. I will say that the employees are working their butts off and are very efficient. The problem is the workspace isn't, just look at the end of the counter where they're supposed to be packing large orders and there's literally no room for a person to do their work.

Even with so many options nearby, ess a bagel still has one of the best lox spreads in the city

Possibly the worst bagel in NYC. Only tourists who've never had a real NYC bagel would think anything from here was okay. This was Panera-quality - I watched them microwave the eggs in front me. Go to Liberty Bagels (or even a bodega) instead.

Live nearby and stopped in this morning. Ordered 2 whole wheat bagels 1 sesame toasted with tomato c cheese 1 everything bagel toasted sandwich What I got when I opened at home 2 pumpernickel Neither sandwich toasted and the western was not bacon peppers and ham omelette it was a processed cream cheese. If I could give a zero I would. Only 5 customers and 6 employees and they got nothing g right. Good luck - never coming back

Ordered there this morning and they screwed up. I asked for sesame bagel toasted and a bacon egg and cheese on a plain toasted bagel. Nothing toasted and instead of sesame got plain. So they managed to screw both up. Few other people in the store when I was there so it's not like they gave me the wrong order. The staff did not seem confident that they knew what they were doing. Also, $10 for a BEC and you microwave the eggs? I do like their bagels, but not going to trust them with anything else for a while. And if they compete only on bagels, then Apollo is now nearby and frequently has a line out the door.

Most expensive bagel in the financial district. Smaller than most, they didn't even put a napkin in the bag. Go to Liberty or Williams St. bagel, the bagels are better and abt 20% cheaper

Knocking it out of the park! Stopped on our way out of NYC! Bingo, the bagels were fantastic! The atmosphere was lively and busy! The most amazing part was the function of the service machine............ AMAZING!!

worst bagel I ever had ordered a bacon, egg and cheese. They put the eggs and the bacon in microwave. The bacon wasn't even cooked all the way through the grill just a bunch of stainless steel microwaves.

TWICE I've asked them to toast/ heat up my bagel when I order online for pick-up... they did not do it. I don't understand how you can just disregard that customers put under their orders?? This is ridiculous. Now I have to eat a cold bland bagel on my way to work. And for the amount the bagels are I would at least expect them to look at basic customer notes.

Terrible spot for breakfast. Bagels were bland and the eggs and bacon are microwaved. A