The same day we found out that Beauty's Bagels was no more is when my son alerted me to try Boychik a few minutes down the road. Not disappointed at all. These were pretty good NY style bagels but still not Montreal bagels like our favorite place. We have this place saved on our favorites list from now on!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
Patrick Edwards
In my opinion, it's just a bagel. Friendly staff, good service, no tables, and terrible parking.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 5
Steve Takata
This is in the old Noah’s bagel shop from many years ago. I tried it out to see how it compared, and the bagels are good, but there is not as good of a selection, and the atmosphere inside is not the same. There is no place to eat, so it’s just to grab stuff and leave, but if you were in the area and are looking for bagels, this is a good option.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
May Tang
Very good food and service👍👍👍👍👍
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Graham Stone
This was my first visit to this obviously very popular bagel shop, I wish I had been forewarned other than being told this was the best bagel shop in or near Oakland. First it was difficult to find parking near the shop, I eventually found parking on a side street 5 minutes away, then when I got to the location there was a line of 6 or 8 people waiting patiently in the cold to place an order to a person with a computer and remote credit card terminal sitting outside the left side of the front door of the restaurant. No customers were being allowed into the shop. As the line continued to grow longer a second remote ordering station was added on the right of the front door. Orders were taken at these terminals and then fulfilled and brought out of the front door to waiting customers. Perhaps they had a flood or a fire in the restaurant so they were staying open as best they could, but there were no signs of anything except people waiting. Ah yes, the bagels. Yes, they were good and the choice of fillings we’re very good, but I cannot say they are that much better than a coffee shop closer than a 20 minute drive where I can sit down and drink a cappuccino while waiting for my bagel to be prepared.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 5
Akiko Aoi
Friendly staff🥰, best bagel in the states🥯
Dawn Trygstad
Outstanding bagels. The sometimes long line goes fast. Organic flour and well-sourced ingredients. I only wish they could come up with a gluten free bagel.
Dore Hainer
The older woman who most often takes orders has been rude to me a number of times and just generally unpleasant for no apparent reason. Boichik's seems to think their bagels are so good that service and atmosphere are unimportant. First, the bagels are okay, not stellar, second, they're much too expensive, and third, how you treat a customer matters.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
Simone Anne
Absolutely loved this place when they opened, but now it's just gone soooo downhill. I will not be coming here anymore, sadly. Went over the weekend and was just so disappointed - it was my third visit feeling this way and while I can forgive an off day, I no longer this this is a fluke.
The bagel I got this weekend was super skinny on one side. It should not have passed QC. I was surprised they were willing to sell it. When you're paying $3 for the bagel alone plus another $3 for the toppings, it should be a great bagel. No go, I'm afraid.
I got tomato on my bagel and the tomato was meh. I know it's now the beginning of November, but I can still buy an excellent heirloom tomato at Berkeley Bowl (we are so lucky in California), so I know it's not an issue of finding a good tomato. Just so meh.
The bagels themselves are no longer as good either. I guess that's what happens when you have 8 or so locations now and mass produce bagels. I'm all for them getting successful, but damn they really sold out on quality. :( The bagels just taste bready now instead of having a little of that good bagel chew. So sad.
It takes them FOREVER to make your bagel. There's nowhere to sit while you wait. The lines to order are fast now since they have two registers, but that's it. Once you've ordered, expect a long wait.
They came out of the building during the pandemic and have never returned. They need to put their registers back inside. I actually can't believe the city is allowing them to stay outside. Registers back inside please and then buy some tables and chairs so that people can have a seat.
I hate that I have to bring my bagel somewhere to eat it, especially since there are no parks in the immediate vicinity. The toasted-ness got soggy and it was just overall a disappointment.
Also, the older lady at the register was super rude to the girl in front of us, to the point that my husband and I talked about how shocked we were an hour later when we got home. This young woman had never ordered a bagel before. Instead of walking her through how to order, which seems the reasonable thing to do, she kept snapping at the lady. At one point the you woman tried to just order what her brother had ordered to avoid being snapped at anymore and the lady yelled at her that she didn't remember the order before her. Maybe not, but you could make a guess or kindly walk her through the menu. It was just so shockingly rude. I don't think I'm the only one who won't be back.
Anyways, disappointed that this bagel shop has lost its quality. It was so exciting when it opened. Unfortunately I'll no longer be a customer.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
Samir Jain
Gluten free bagels and dairy free cream cheese rocks.
Morally bankrupt owner is suing the city to push for cruel and pointless homeless encampment sweeps that don’t provide permanent housing solutions.
Helene
Great bagels, lots of chew and crunch. The classic is a hefty sandwich. They use a 3 oz? Scooper full of schmear with a generous amount of smoked salmon. It also comes with capers. Will have to come back to try the other bagels. They also opened two locations in SF.
Side note: if you come around 11/12pm or before they start closing, be prepared that they may run out of certain flavor of bagels.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kirill Zhukov
Delicious bagels! Quite expensive for bagels though…
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jerry Parmer
Overpriced bagels, even if they are above average.
Post covid you still have to order outside. No place to sit.
The cream cheese spreads are woefully lacking in the advertised ingredients! Spare a chive? Can’t taste the lox in their schmear? Not good.
The same day we found out that Beauty's Bagels was no more is when my son alerted me to try Boychik a few minutes down the road. Not disappointed at all. These were pretty good NY style bagels but still not Montreal bagels like our favorite place.
We have this place saved on our favorites list from now on!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
In my opinion, it's just a bagel. Friendly staff, good service, no tables, and terrible parking.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 5
This is in the old Noah’s bagel shop from many years ago. I tried it out to see how it compared, and the bagels are good, but there is not as good of a selection, and the atmosphere inside is not the same. There is no place to eat, so it’s just to grab stuff and leave, but if you were in the area and are looking for bagels, this is a good option.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
Very good food and service👍👍👍👍👍
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This was my first visit to this obviously very popular bagel shop, I wish I had been forewarned other than being told this was the best bagel shop in or near Oakland. First it was difficult to find parking near the shop, I eventually found parking on a side street 5 minutes away, then when I got to the location there was a line of 6 or 8 people waiting patiently in the cold to place an order to a person with a computer and remote credit card terminal sitting outside the left side of the front door of the restaurant. No customers were being allowed into the shop. As the line continued to grow longer a second remote ordering station was added on the right of the front door. Orders were taken at these terminals and then fulfilled and brought out of the front door to waiting customers. Perhaps they had a flood or a fire in the restaurant so they were staying open as best they could, but there were no signs of anything except people waiting.
Ah yes, the bagels. Yes, they were good and the choice of fillings we’re very good, but I cannot say they are that much better than a coffee shop closer than a 20 minute drive where I can sit down and drink a cappuccino while waiting for my bagel to be prepared.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 5
Friendly staff🥰, best bagel in the states🥯
Outstanding bagels. The sometimes long line goes fast. Organic flour and well-sourced ingredients. I only wish they could come up with a gluten free bagel.
The older woman who most often takes orders has been rude to me a number of times and just generally unpleasant for no apparent reason. Boichik's seems to think their bagels are so good that service and atmosphere are unimportant. First, the bagels are okay, not stellar, second, they're much too expensive, and third, how you treat a customer matters.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
Absolutely loved this place when they opened, but now it's just gone soooo downhill. I will not be coming here anymore, sadly. Went over the weekend and was just so disappointed - it was my third visit feeling this way and while I can forgive an off day, I no longer this this is a fluke.
The bagel I got this weekend was super skinny on one side. It should not have passed QC. I was surprised they were willing to sell it. When you're paying $3 for the bagel alone plus another $3 for the toppings, it should be a great bagel. No go, I'm afraid.
I got tomato on my bagel and the tomato was meh. I know it's now the beginning of November, but I can still buy an excellent heirloom tomato at Berkeley Bowl (we are so lucky in California), so I know it's not an issue of finding a good tomato. Just so meh.
The bagels themselves are no longer as good either. I guess that's what happens when you have 8 or so locations now and mass produce bagels. I'm all for them getting successful, but damn they really sold out on quality. :( The bagels just taste bready now instead of having a little of that good bagel chew. So sad.
It takes them FOREVER to make your bagel. There's nowhere to sit while you wait. The lines to order are fast now since they have two registers, but that's it. Once you've ordered, expect a long wait.
They came out of the building during the pandemic and have never returned. They need to put their registers back inside. I actually can't believe the city is allowing them to stay outside. Registers back inside please and then buy some tables and chairs so that people can have a seat.
I hate that I have to bring my bagel somewhere to eat it, especially since there are no parks in the immediate vicinity. The toasted-ness got soggy and it was just overall a disappointment.
Also, the older lady at the register was super rude to the girl in front of us, to the point that my husband and I talked about how shocked we were an hour later when we got home. This young woman had never ordered a bagel before. Instead of walking her through how to order, which seems the reasonable thing to do, she kept snapping at the lady. At one point the you woman tried to just order what her brother had ordered to avoid being snapped at anymore and the lady yelled at her that she didn't remember the order before her. Maybe not, but you could make a guess or kindly walk her through the menu. It was just so shockingly rude. I don't think I'm the only one who won't be back.
Anyways, disappointed that this bagel shop has lost its quality. It was so exciting when it opened. Unfortunately I'll no longer be a customer.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
Gluten free bagels and dairy free cream cheese rocks.
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Friendly, fresh food and Swift service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lox, Classic, Poppy
Morally bankrupt owner is suing the city to push for cruel and pointless homeless encampment sweeps that don’t provide permanent housing solutions.
Great bagels, lots of chew and crunch. The classic is a hefty sandwich. They use a 3 oz? Scooper full of schmear with a generous amount of smoked salmon. It also comes with capers. Will have to come back to try the other bagels. They also opened two locations in SF.
Side note: if you come around 11/12pm or before they start closing, be prepared that they may run out of certain flavor of bagels.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious bagels! Quite expensive for bagels though…
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Overpriced bagels, even if they are above average.
Post covid you still have to order outside. No place to sit.
The cream cheese spreads are woefully lacking in the advertised ingredients! Spare a chive? Can’t taste the lox in their schmear? Not good.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
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