I’m a bagel and lox aficionado and stopped in randomly this morning on my commute to the office. Food was delicious, the capers were abundant and I’ll absolutely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Richard Lagrou
My kids love these bagels. The school gets them every thursday at school and we have been several times with our families.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Conor Q.
Seems like the negative reviews came from folks who need to deal with their nostalgia & have never left their tiny little bubbles. Bagels are wonderful. Wonderful bagels are difficult to make. This place does it authentic. You could even bring a picky New Yorker (I did it, and it worked). If your palate grew up on Einstein & Bruegger's, you do not understand the merit of authenticity to Elaine's. Stop asking for special treatment.
Jenn Barnhill
The bagels were not that flavorful at all. They were also tough and tasted like they may have been a day or two old. It was really hard to get to the cream cheese and salmon as the server put way too much onion and lettuce on this thing. The mood in there was as if we were bothering her to be waited on and it wasn’t busy at the moment. My daughter was told she could only have drip coffee when she wanted a custom drink that the menu said was available. The cashier repeated it over to her “only drip coffee” multiple times in what seemed to shut her up. We heard two delivery drivers be told they didn’t had what the customer had ordered along with walk in customers being told they were out of this and that. Not the experience we had hoped for but we ate and left quickly.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Neil D
Inconsistent quality. Depends who is working that day.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Jim McMicking
I've only ever had breakfast bagel sandwiches, but they've been great and the folks there are very nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bagel
William G Tolman Jr
Elaine's Bagels are excelent, as always!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Half Dozen Value Pack, Bagel
Daniel Stewart
So, this is a difficult review for me to figure out stars for. Elaine’s has been a mainstay in the area for decades now. I remember Troy Schools getting their bagels for 25 cent Bagel Day back in the 90s and my love of bagels came from here. I am sure so many people love their bagels and other foods too, so I’m glad they are still in business and glad there are options. The quality began to dip pretty badly around 2017 so I had gone over to getting grilled bagels from Tim Horton’s. I came back today for the first time in over a year after several bad experiences with Tim Horton’s. The new layout looks amazing and the service is always amazing- the bagels are not amazing as the others. I don’t know what happened in the making of these in the last 10 years but you have to have teeth of steel to make it through these bagels without hurting your mouth. The bagel shells are hard, dry and impossible to eat while the insides are undercooked to the point where it is mostly just dough and is not cooked. I can actually remember what the bagels tasted like back then and they were made so well, so I don’t know how the quality could have gone down this much - even in a year. I bought a plain bagel and two salt- I barely was able to eat the insides before throwing them all away. Tim Horton’s also doesn’t know how to make bagels but there’s are a little easier on the teeth though their bagels now seem to taste just as bad as here. Einstein’s can’t make good bagels either. It’s just really sad that even though there are many options for bagels in the area, almost none of them are edible.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Tony Notaro
Ordered 2 bagels with cream cheese. Both were good.
Scott Barrette
Good bagels, but to be honest the service was bad. Whoever was the cashier was, definitely wasn't in the mood for work today and it seemed like the owner possibly so that threw me off a little bit. Ordered a half dozen bagels and an 8 oz tub of cream cheese that they have for $11.49. But for some reason I was charged a little more. I mentioned it to her and she went back and fixed something. Just not sure why it didn't give the price that is posted on menu to begin with. Not sure what I'm being charged extra for. Nice neighborhood and I know most people probably don't care or wouldn't complain over an extra $1.25 but it's the point. Also I went in there at 8:00 in the morning and they only had about six different kinds of bagels left by then. But the bagels are definitely good, even better if they hadn't already ran out by 8:00 in the morning of both salt bagels and salt sticks. You'd figure if they were that popular, that place would definitely have more than enough at that time in the morning still or just make way more. All right now my Karen rant is over
LITERALLY the best salmon lox bagel I've ever had! Great customer service, too!!
Crystal S
My favorite bagel place in the metro Detroit/ Troy area. The service is always kind and efficient. The Salt Stick and the Red Pepper Cream Cheese has been my favorite for around 5 years and has not been topped yet! Thank you Elaine Bagel ?
Paul Pulte
The Best in Michigan. Slice, toast, butter or Cream Cheese and Enjoy.They freeze Beautifully, and you can buy them at Hollywood market in Rochester Hills. A Must Buy Item,I crave these Everything bagels. Thank You !!!!! A Must have, please support this local business
Deb Mirdamadi
Service is quick, shop is cleanBagel seasoning/topping ( seeds) is minimal
Chase Carto
Simply ordered a bacon egg and cheese breakfast sandwich. Received a reheated egg on a bagel without anything else. I do not understand how something like that could be messed up, but they managed to do it.
I’m a bagel and lox aficionado and stopped in randomly this morning on my commute to the office. Food was delicious, the capers were abundant and I’ll absolutely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My kids love these bagels. The school gets them every thursday at school and we have been several times with our families.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Seems like the negative reviews came from folks who need to deal with their nostalgia & have never left their tiny little bubbles. Bagels are wonderful. Wonderful bagels are difficult to make. This place does it authentic. You could even bring a picky New Yorker (I did it, and it worked). If your palate grew up on Einstein & Bruegger's, you do not understand the merit of authenticity to Elaine's. Stop asking for special treatment.
The bagels were not that flavorful at all. They were also tough and tasted like they may have been a day or two old. It was really hard to get to the cream cheese and salmon as the server put way too much onion and lettuce on this thing. The mood in there was as if we were bothering her to be waited on and it wasn’t busy at the moment. My daughter was told she could only have drip coffee when she wanted a custom drink that the menu said was available. The cashier repeated it over to her “only drip coffee” multiple times in what seemed to shut her up. We heard two delivery drivers be told they didn’t had what the customer had ordered along with walk in customers being told they were out of this and that. Not the experience we had hoped for but we ate and left quickly.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Inconsistent quality. Depends who is working that day.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
I've only ever had breakfast bagel sandwiches, but they've been great and the folks there are very nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bagel
Elaine's Bagels are excelent, as always!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Half Dozen Value Pack, Bagel
So, this is a difficult review for me to figure out stars for. Elaine’s has been a mainstay in the area for decades now. I remember Troy Schools getting their bagels for 25 cent Bagel Day back in the 90s and my love of bagels came from here. I am sure so many people love their bagels and other foods too, so I’m glad they are still in business and glad there are options. The quality began to dip pretty badly around 2017 so I had gone over to getting grilled bagels from Tim Horton’s. I came back today for the first time in over a year after several bad experiences with Tim Horton’s. The new layout looks amazing and the service is always amazing- the bagels are not amazing as the others. I don’t know what happened in the making of these in the last 10 years but you have to have teeth of steel to make it through these bagels without hurting your mouth. The bagel shells are hard, dry and impossible to eat while the insides are undercooked to the point where it is mostly just dough and is not cooked. I can actually remember what the bagels tasted like back then and they were made so well, so I don’t know how the quality could have gone down this much - even in a year. I bought a plain bagel and two salt- I barely was able to eat the insides before throwing them all away. Tim Horton’s also doesn’t know how to make bagels but there’s are a little easier on the teeth though their bagels now seem to taste just as bad as here. Einstein’s can’t make good bagels either. It’s just really sad that even though there are many options for bagels in the area, almost none of them are edible.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Ordered 2 bagels with cream cheese. Both were good.
Good bagels, but to be honest the service was bad. Whoever was the cashier was, definitely wasn't in the mood for work today and it seemed like the owner possibly so that threw me off a little bit. Ordered a half dozen bagels and an 8 oz tub of cream cheese that they have for $11.49. But for some reason I was charged a little more. I mentioned it to her and she went back and fixed something. Just not sure why it didn't give the price that is posted on menu to begin with. Not sure what I'm being charged extra for. Nice neighborhood and I know most people probably don't care or wouldn't complain over an extra $1.25 but it's the point. Also I went in there at 8:00 in the morning and they only had about six different kinds of bagels left by then. But the bagels are definitely good, even better if they hadn't already ran out by 8:00 in the morning of both salt bagels and salt sticks. You'd figure if they were that popular, that place would definitely have more than enough at that time in the morning still or just make way more. All right now my Karen rant is over
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LITERALLY the best salmon lox bagel I've ever had! Great customer service, too!!
My favorite bagel place in the metro Detroit/ Troy area. The service is always kind and efficient. The Salt Stick and the Red Pepper Cream Cheese has been my favorite for around 5 years and has not been topped yet! Thank you Elaine Bagel ?
The Best in Michigan. Slice, toast, butter or Cream Cheese and Enjoy.They freeze Beautifully, and you can buy them at Hollywood market in Rochester Hills. A Must Buy Item,I crave these Everything bagels. Thank You !!!!! A Must have, please support this local business
Service is quick, shop is cleanBagel seasoning/topping ( seeds) is minimal
Simply ordered a bacon egg and cheese breakfast sandwich. Received a reheated egg on a bagel without anything else. I do not understand how something like that could be messed up, but they managed to do it.