Tali’s Bagels and Schmears

So good!! 💕✨ love the NYC bagel!

This place had delicious bagels and breakfast sandwiches. My wife and I shared a breakfast bagel with Portuguese sausage and eggs as well as another bagel with their specialty cream cheese. Both items were delicious and fresh! Would definitely come here again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

If you're looking for a high quality bagel in Honolulu, you should come here. It had the right combination of crunchy and chewy and came with a generous portion of high quality lox, all prepared by a very friendly staff.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Hands down the hardest bagel I have ever ate. I still finished it tho. My jaw was sore. I might still go back and give them another shot because I find it hard to believe that was how hard their bagels are regularly. Added an extra star because their Dill Schmear was very good.

Best post long run snack!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Place is awful with awful service

Yummy bagels and good coffee.
Good customer service:)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

yummy habanero schmer, not skimpy

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bagel and Schmear, NYC Bagel

Small, cute, unpretencious little bagel store front. I got the homemade pesto melt on a garlic bagel and added egg. I also bought an 8oz schmear and additional bagels.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I'm gonna go with 5 stars since there's no 4.5, the schmear was absolutely delicious. We got the Lomi I believe and it was perfect, really tasty smoked salmon with green onion. We both got everything bagels and thought they were good, something was a little too salty on the exterior for my taste and the texture of the bagel itself wasn't the softest but I enjoyed it nevertheless. Would definitely come back for the schmear alone. Cheers.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Had nothing but great experience here. Bagels can be a hit or miss but when it hits, it hits.

The owner is supper nice too.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Honolulu is a melting pot lol and I’m from the East Coast- Where bagels could be a form of currency in a tough spot. I’ve been coming here when I’m town side since they opened and they do not disappoint! I do need to diversify my choices a bit so I may be biased but the coffee is strong and the bread is chewy which is more than you’ll find elsewhere! Great price for a fulfilling breakfast and a lovely break from poke, furikake, rice, and spam- not that those aren’t lovely but you get my drift! Totally worth the money so stop in and give them a try if you haven’t already. I will say though the address is a bit confusing if you’re not familiar with the area. It is located in ward village which has no direct entrance from Ala Moana Blvd- to my knowledge at least. If you’re coming down Ala Moana turn onto Ward, if you’re coming from Kapiolani, turn onto Kamakee.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bagels, NYC Bagel, Bec on Everything Bagel, Mini Bagels, Aww Zhuga Zhuga

Bagels are too tough, dry, and chewy, to the point it hurts your jaw to chew into it…pretty unacceptable that they haven’t addressed this feedback despite the many comments here.

Cream cheese was also too runny. 🚫

Food: 1

Service: 4

I was hoping to recreate my NY experience and sadly it didn't happen. We weren't given the option to order untoasted, and the bagels were more hard than chewy. Not the typical NY style. The fillings were all delicious though.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Got the Bacon, Egg and Cheese (BEC) on everything bagel and it was so good! The pic doesn’t capture the steam rising up 😋 also got an Israeli iced coffee which was really sweet, like a Frappuccino. Not bad for walking around the mall and sipping! There can be a wait because it’s a popular spot with locals but it’s worth it!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bec on Everything Bagel