Rubinstein Bagels SLU (6th & Lenora)

First time here, perfect bagels, perfect (seriously delicious) coffee, excellent service, and a nice place to sit by the fire, but OMG the loud, seemingly A.I.-generated music on the speakers was enough to make me want to run out screaming. I don’t know if that’s a choice to save money on music licensing or to keep people from sitting too long in the lounge area, but the music was bad enough that I would plan on always getting my food to go in the future. Otherwise highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Used to be decent but overpriced, now it’s the same price for way worse quality and service. The ingredients have changed and the attention to basics is not there. You can expect them to take forever, cut your bagels unevenly, and burn when toasting them. They just do not care. I live nearby and would rather walk a bit further to get bagels at Whole Foods than here.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 1

Great bagels. Super slow service. Kinda sucks to be a slow joint in busy SLU.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 1

best bagel ever

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Enjoyed the bagels and chive and fried onion smear!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Messed up my order twice while playing screamo at full volume

Yummy bagels and good schemer

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Went here for breakfast, the bagels didn't taste good.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 4

Damn this place went down hill and I think we know who's to blame. I moved to London 4 years ago and had been dreaming about these bagels since but was disappointed when I went back. Not to mention $7 for a bagel and cream cheese is literal highway robbery. Just to go to Hey Bagels for a true Rubinstein's experience that's also significantly cheaper.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

Not satisfied, toasted bagels were actually burned black all around the outer rim.
Despite spoiling the taste of the entire bagel, it is of course unhealthy.

Food: 2

Service: 4

A lot of cream cheese, bagel is below average.

Located inside a residential building and across from the Spheres, it's a nice place to grab a quick bite to eat with reasonable prices. They have plenty of bagel options to choose from and the service was friendly, quick, and easy. I ordered their Avocado Toast and it was delicious. I asked them to choose the bagel for me and he chose the Salted Rosemary bagel. Honestly, it is not a bagel I would have chosen. But in this case, it worked with the other ingredients. The Rosemary just added another layer to the other flavors. The sandwich had fresh flavors with the pickled onions, crisp radishes, and green onions. I would definitely stop by again if I was in the area.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Decent bagel, not fantastic. The staff was super nice but the wait for 1 toasted bagel was 40 minutes.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 4

Closest thing to a religious experience I can find. The rosemary salt is fantastic. Chocolate cheese as well. Breakfast sandwich and open face lox are perfection. The prices aren’t reasonable and the dining space is a flex space, but well worth it.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

If anyone is here after seeing Rubinsteins on Too Good To Go, DONT BOTHER. Rubinsteins will cancel your order 2 minutes before you arrive

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1