My son and I stopped in for breakfast sandwiches and a half dozen bagels, spending about $56. Unfortunately, the experience was disappointing from start to finish.

The food was underwhelming. The breakfast sandwiches were bland and appeared to have no seasoning at all. The bagels themselves were flat, dense, and lacked the texture and flavor you’d expect from a bagel shop. The everything bagels, in particular, had an unpleasant taste.

The service was also very slow. It took approximately 20 minutes to receive two breakfast sandwiches, despite the order being relatively simple.

What concerned me most was the lack of attention to food-service professionalism. Multiple employees working around food had long hair hanging loose, including one employee whose hair extended to her waist and repeatedly swung around while she was preparing and serving food. Seeing hair hanging over food preparation areas was off-putting and raised concerns about basic food-handling practices.

The restaurant itself is cute and has a lot of potential, which makes this even more disappointing. With better management oversight, improved food quality, and greater attention to food-preparation standards, this could be a much better experience.

We always order the whole wheat everything by the dozen online and pick it up later in the day, as they always sell out of this flavor quickly. They had a new vegan bagelwich special and we decided to try it. It was really good, layered generously with shaved seitan, lightly pickled onion and arugula between mashed avocado and pesto. The seitan was a tad too salty, but great flavor. Hope they continue bringing in more vegan options.