Brooklyn Water Bagel

I LOVE a good bagel. It’s a comfort food for me. This place does not disappoint! Authentic NY style bagels, served exactly how I love them. The COFFEE is also exceptionally good. I would not say that Brooklyn Water Bagel has kept pace with the creativity of the better mom and pop bagel shops of the city, however. Bagel and smear flavors were a bit pedestrian, but very well executed. They do it right! Pastrami and egg sandwich was great, as was my favorite everything bagel sandwich. Go. Well worth it. Don’t expect to try something new, but do expect it to be executed perfectly.

My first time here. The restaurant was clean and the staff who took my order was personable and polite.

I took a star off the review for two reasons. The first is that when ordering another team member started running a wet dry shop next to the cash register and it very difficult to place the order and confirm it was correct. The second reason for the lack of a star was the manager slid the bag containing my order across the counter at me and walked away. It’s not that he was rude, it’s just that he wasn’t friendly.

The bagels were good. The amount of cream cheese was impressive and I’ll be sure to return. I would encourage everyone to get bagels here but I think the customer service skills could improve.

Me and my boyfriend come here quite often and truly love the food. But a lot of times it isn't very consistent. Seems that no one is on the same page and I get asked by multiple people the same question I answered when I ordered Food was good but really disappointed in the everything bagel it barely had any everything seasoning. And he did not get his pickle with his sandwich 🥪. $40 also got the cubsta and they always fill the cup up with the coffee cubes and the cup wasn't even half full 🌕.

Sometimes its 5 stars and sometimes its 1 star. Last time I went i bought bagels to take home. They were very undercooked. I def tasted the raw dough.
Also it feels like they microwave the taylor ham. If they threw it on the flat top for 2 min it would be amazing. But its just meh.
They have a rly high turn over rate for employees, def red flag. I been going to this place for 2 years and I always see different employees. Id love to give it 5 stars but its too inconsistent.
I still recommend bc when the bagels are cooked theyre the best in the area 100%!

My wife’s birthday was last Saturday. I decided to wake up early and get us some bagles. We’d bought bagles at BWB before and our experience was good. The staff had been very friendly and the casual atmosphere was wholesome and welcome. My experience on Saturday was probably an anomaly, but certainly worth reporting. When I arrived, I noticed a lot fewer cars in the parking lot in front of BWB than on previous trips. Inside the store, there was only one couple sitting in a booth and three workers to be seen behind the counter. A man and his daughter were ahead of me. The little girl changed her mind a few times about the type muffin she wanted and she finally decided on chocolate milk. There was no chocolate milk in the dairy case, so the woman taking the order screamed at the top of her voice - “chocolate milk! We need chocolate milk right now!” I thought the couple in the booth was going to dive for cover. Very inappropriate. When it came my turn to order, I knew exactly what I wanted, and told the woman I wanted two cinnamon and raisin bagles and two onion bagles. Before I could finish, she said, “how many, 6…16”. I was a bit confused with her comment, and said, “no, I want only 4 bagles - 2 cinnamon raisin and 2 onion.” Her stare could have melted ice. In fact, this woman did not smile the entire time. Instead, she was gruff and rude. Instead of wrapping my bagles in paper before putting them in a bag, she grabbed them off the rack and threw them in a bag. Then she thrust them toward me and told me the price. To say, this woman has a stern exterior would be being insulting to rude exteriors. She has no business working the counter if she can’t smile at a little girl and be polite and professional when taking an order. This is the first time I have experienced the rudeness one normally expects from New Yorkers at BWB, but it has no place here. She was clearly having a bad day before I came into the store, and I don’t appreciate her attitude. Next time, perhaps she could work another job at BWB or stay at home. After all, there are plenty of other places where one can buy good bagles, without the attitude.

Used to absolutely love this place. I've been trying to get through on your phone but if course it's off the hook. How 0n earth can you do that?? If I can't talk to someone I'll be back to let everyone know what's going on

Excellent bagels, but if you order a bunch and don't finish them. Put the bagels you're gonna eat in the microwave for 10 seconds with a small cup of water before toasting them. Otherwise the bagels will be very hard after toasting the day old bagels.

Very pleased!
Delicious everything ..
Real "Brooklyn water" bagels

We ate here every morning on our recent trip to Vero.. it really is that good. We enjoyed sitting outside in the mornings.. lots of seating inside and outside. Lots of flavored creams for coffee. Food and drinks were consistently delicious.

Lots of people rave about this place but for me the bagels are aprefer. Very clean and only place I know of that have black Russian bagels. There are not many bagels places to compare other than Einstein Bagels which I prefer.