I get an iced coffee and a bagel 3-4 times a week, and it’s the highlight of my mornings! The staff are friendly and the food is AMAZING! I would highly recommend to anyone wanting a quick on-the-go breakfast.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sandwiches, Bacon Egg and Cheese Garlic Bagel
Noah Murdock
Hands down the very best in Athens! I forgot about a work breakfast and called them. The breakfast was ready in 15 minutes!!!!!! AMAZING!!!!!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
nick kross
Honestly just take the bagels off the menu if you will run out every single day. I have been here 6 times and been told there’s not the bagels I want. Make more or take them off the menu for the love of
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
William Acuff
Best bagel and lox ever. Half the price and better than anything you can get in Atlanta.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lox with Picked Onions and Cream Cheese on a Bagel
Ball Sport Dawg
This place has amazing delicious bagels. However, it gets EXTREMELY crowded on the weekend with INSANELY LONG lines. If you want to wait an hour for food go here on the weekend around 11am. You need to get here around opening time in order to get served in a reasonable amount of time. I'm not sure if you can order ahead for pickups, but if you can, do that on the weekend or you will be waiting forever, sad and hungry. I wanted to eat here with my girlfriend last weekend but the wait was too long and we had to leave. BE WARNED.Vegetarian options: Lots of bagels can be vegetarian.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 3
Henry Levitt
So good that you'll have to wait in line!
Matthew Cohen
Wow literally the worst bagel I have ever had. You know there is a problem when the pickled onions are the best thing on the plate. The lox is shoe
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Savannah Bean
I got the Tupelo and it was not worth that money or .75 raise to it. They barely put any pb on it and the salt bagel does not go with the flavors of everything else at all. It was kinda sad bc I was looking forward to it and the amount of toppings was very piddly and not worth $5.75 for it. Altho when I got my sister’s bagel of her herb schmear on it that had plenty of spreading on it. I understand you get slammed but you gotta do a better job too in order to keep the sales. Also the coffee is not very good. Had to ask for another cup bc it was poured too high and I wasn’t able to put enough creamer in it. Still didn’t taste very good after sugar and creamer. Should have more options for creamer. Not an amazing place as I was told it was. Kinda disappointed.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Bagel and Schmear
Claire Bronstein
Love the pumpernickel bagels!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Legacy Pawn
Cute place with friendly staff. I’m particular when it comes to my bagels and I was not disappointed. Definitely check this place out if you’re in the area!
I was trying to eat for the day with my 15 or so $$$ now I need to spend more. The bagel with cream cheese was good that's the only thing these people can do right as far as I can see. My scramble eggs were trash. Bacon undercooked. It's fair to say 2/3 of my order was trash. And that's exactly where it went.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
Alexa Brierre
I was a bit disappointed by this honestly. I came in and was excited to have a bagel. It was as soon as they opened. Not brightly lit on the outside and the sign doesn’t work. Inside definitely had an older decor and diner environment. There was a selection of spreads to choose from. I felt as though for a bagel place the options were limited for my liking. The coffee options were basic as well. I just felt limited to a plain egg and cheese and a plain with a spread. I will say I found the espresso spread was rather delightful.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Bagel and Schmear
Michael Trivette
First, a message to the owners of Ideal Bagel — Please start serving/carrying Choco Pronto’s coffee! You have such a fantastic local coffee roaster literally a few streets behind your store! Please support local Athens coffee roasters.Second, Ideal Bagel is really good! My personal favorite is the salt bagel with sundried tomato cream cheese. The bagel sandwiches are delicious and there’s good variety in terms of the bagel options. There’s seating available inside and outside. Parking is somewhat limited if you’re driving, especially during peak morning hours. In a town with limited good bagel options, Ideal Bagel stands alone.
Recommended dishes: Bagel with Veggie Schmear
Maryann Moody
Great food and service as always! I was even able to grab the last loaf of the Rosemary and Sea Salt bread for thanksgiving lunch tomorrow!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Julia Black
Went in between 745 and 8 am today. Ordered 5 bacon and egg bagels and a bakers dozen bagels. Paid $53.19 for my order. The breakfast bagels were excellent. However there was a problem with my bagel order. I only received 11 bagels not 13. Had to go all the way back to the shop. The staff was quite rude when I very politely explained my problem and asked for my missing bagels. They asked for proof... exactly how am I supposed to prove 2 bagels were missing?? In the end they did give me the missing bagels but I would highly advise you to fully inspect your order prior to leaving!!
I get an iced coffee and a bagel 3-4 times a week, and it’s the highlight of my mornings! The staff are friendly and the food is AMAZING! I would highly recommend to anyone wanting a quick on-the-go breakfast.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sandwiches, Bacon Egg and Cheese Garlic Bagel
Hands down the very best in Athens! I forgot about a work breakfast and called them. The breakfast was ready in 15 minutes!!!!!! AMAZING!!!!!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Honestly just take the bagels off the menu if you will run out every single day. I have been here 6 times and been told there’s not the bagels I want. Make more or take them off the menu for the love of
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Best bagel and lox ever. Half the price and better than anything you can get in Atlanta.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lox with Picked Onions and Cream Cheese on a Bagel
This place has amazing delicious bagels. However, it gets EXTREMELY crowded on the weekend with INSANELY LONG lines. If you want to wait an hour for food go here on the weekend around 11am. You need to get here around opening time in order to get served in a reasonable amount of time. I'm not sure if you can order ahead for pickups, but if you can, do that on the weekend or you will be waiting forever, sad and hungry. I wanted to eat here with my girlfriend last weekend but the wait was too long and we had to leave. BE WARNED.Vegetarian options: Lots of bagels can be vegetarian.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 3
So good that you'll have to wait in line!
Wow literally the worst bagel I have ever had. You know there is a problem when the pickled onions are the best thing on the plate. The lox is shoe
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I got the Tupelo and it was not worth that money or .75 raise to it. They barely put any pb on it and the salt bagel does not go with the flavors of everything else at all. It was kinda sad bc I was looking forward to it and the amount of toppings was very piddly and not worth $5.75 for it. Altho when I got my sister’s bagel of her herb schmear on it that had plenty of spreading on it. I understand you get slammed but you gotta do a better job too in order to keep the sales. Also the coffee is not very good. Had to ask for another cup bc it was poured too high and I wasn’t able to put enough creamer in it. Still didn’t taste very good after sugar and creamer. Should have more options for creamer. Not an amazing place as I was told it was. Kinda disappointed.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Bagel and Schmear
Love the pumpernickel bagels!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cute place with friendly staff. I’m particular when it comes to my bagels and I was not disappointed. Definitely check this place out if you’re in the area!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sandwiches
Restaurantji Recommends
I was trying to eat for the day with my 15 or so $$$ now I need to spend more. The bagel with cream cheese was good that's the only thing these people can do right as far as I can see. My scramble eggs were trash. Bacon undercooked. It's fair to say 2/3 of my order was trash. And that's exactly where it went.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
I was a bit disappointed by this honestly. I came in and was excited to have a bagel. It was as soon as they opened. Not brightly lit on the outside and the sign doesn’t work. Inside definitely had an older decor and diner environment. There was a selection of spreads to choose from. I felt as though for a bagel place the options were limited for my liking. The coffee options were basic as well. I just felt limited to a plain egg and cheese and a plain with a spread. I will say I found the espresso spread was rather delightful.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Bagel and Schmear
First, a message to the owners of Ideal Bagel — Please start serving/carrying Choco Pronto’s coffee! You have such a fantastic local coffee roaster literally a few streets behind your store! Please support local Athens coffee roasters.Second, Ideal Bagel is really good! My personal favorite is the salt bagel with sundried tomato cream cheese. The bagel sandwiches are delicious and there’s good variety in terms of the bagel options. There’s seating available inside and outside. Parking is somewhat limited if you’re driving, especially during peak morning hours. In a town with limited good bagel options, Ideal Bagel stands alone.
Recommended dishes: Bagel with Veggie Schmear
Great food and service as always! I was even able to grab the last loaf of the Rosemary and Sea Salt bread for thanksgiving lunch tomorrow!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went in between 745 and 8 am today. Ordered 5 bacon and egg bagels and a bakers dozen bagels. Paid $53.19 for my order. The breakfast bagels were excellent. However there was a problem with my bagel order. I only received 11 bagels not 13. Had to go all the way back to the shop. The staff was quite rude when I very politely explained my problem and asked for my missing bagels. They asked for proof... exactly how am I supposed to prove 2 bagels were missing?? In the end they did give me the missing bagels but I would highly advise you to fully inspect your order prior to leaving!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4