Great American Bagel

617 Meacham Rd, Elk Grove Village
(847) 534-0959

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Brenda De solis

The person who served us is terrible, he should practice ethics and manners

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 1

Neptune R

It's convenient to be able to place an order for early pick up.
My coworkers had a nice surprise, they liked the chocolate chip bagel.
The lady behind the counter was nice.
My order was accurate, but pricey for just egg and cheese on a bagel $7. And I got an upcharge for cheese, but subtracted the meat, saves them money.. weird.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Breakfast Sandwich

Mitt

Prices are too high for the quality of the panini n sandwiches.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 4

Jonny Ozug

Prices are through the food man..hard to go there anymore..love the food but dayumm..

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jan

Asked I they had butter, not margarine, yes they said. I asked for a toasted bagel with a little butter. The paper it was wrapped in was soaked with butter. I could and did squeeze the bagel and it was dripping with grease. Not sure it was butter.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 3

Catessa Perry

I'm from out of town, and was looking for a good bagel place. Family recommended this place, and we were glad we listened.
Great bagels and smear, and friendly staff.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Deborah Arendt

Love the curbside pickup of great bagels.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Henna Yoo

Omg…. I was debating whether I should get what I usually like (Reuben) or something new (Midwest Moment). I’m extremely glad I took my chances and chose the Midwest Moment.
Bottom line, if you like lox sandwiches/bagels, I don’t see why you wouldn’t like the Midwest Moment. It’s a mouthwatering combination of roast beef, salami, and cream cheese….?

Try it! You won’t regret it!
…Unless you don’t like cream cheese, roast beef, or salami.. ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kevin Wojdak

I love Great American bagel usually but, my most recent visit was very disappointing. Prices have gone sky high for a bagel and cream cheese. My wife had a special bagel with cheese and bacon on it but the base price of the bagel was well over $5. Seems a bit excessive to me for a piece of bread with some cheese on it. But, my complaint comes for a sandwich I bought. GA bagel used to sell you a sandwich with a pickle spear and a little potato salad. Now, it's $10 for just a sandwich alone. That better be some spectacular sandwich. I ordered a reuben bagel sandwich and it was a mess. Your basic reuben is bread, thousand island dressing, sauerkraut, corned beef, and melted Swiss. When it's open face, your cheese is melted, the sandwich is warm and it's a great bite. I don't know if the girl working at GA bagel didn't know how to make a reuben or she was tired and in a daze or just wasn't trained well or if the restaurant just needs to work on their sandwich recipe but the reuben I received for my money was a mess and not worth the price paid. I watched it being made and it started out good and that ended there. The bagel was toasted... yay. Then, corned beef was put on a piece of paper and a slice of Swiss cheese was placed on top. This was heated in a microwave. After my bagel was toasted, ice cold sauerkraut was pulled from the refrigerator and slopped onto my bagel (made it soggy and was cold for a hot sandwich). The microwaved meat and cheese was placed on top of the cold kraut. Finally, the dressing was drizzled all over the top of the cheese. How does one eat this mess? Warm meat and cheese, cold kraut, and dressing all over the top. It was a mess left to be eaten open faced. Luckily, there were two halves. I sandwiched them together to attempt to eat this but the cold, wet kraut was dripping everywhere. My first bite slopped sauerkraut juice everywhere and made a big mess. The sandwich was soggy and just plain messy and falling apart. I took this as takeout so, I was stuck with it. Don't buy the reuben if you go here. The sauce should have been somewhere inside the sandwich and the kraut should be served warm too for this hot open face sandwich to have been good. I fully recommend GA bagel for bagels and cream cheese. They are just failing on the sandwich front and I miss the slice of pickle and little cup of potato salad which used to make their sandwiches seem like you got a meal for your money. The price of the lox and cream cheese sandwich is $16 now. It used to be my go-to but no more.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Gregory Phillips

$16 for 3 Asiago bagels, l paid it, but I will never spend another dime there, too bad

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

Ally L

Great variety! Unfortunately, my order contained 2 of the wrong types of bagels that I asked (chocolate chip and apple but I received multi-grain and raisin).

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Bakers Dozen

Jim Hughes

Great Bagels! Fast Service!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jim Rogan

Everything I wanted was available. Fresh and great service.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Midwest Moment Sandwich

Ted M Niklinski

Went after church on Sunday morning at 8 am. Bagels were Stale and falling apart. Very pricey too.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 4

John Gizowski

Good Stuff. Lotsa Cheese.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

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