Bagel Street Cafe - Alameda

Cute place. Loads of choices besides bagels including sandwiches, pizza, hot dogs, pastries. Great service. Would definitely go again.

Good bagels, but the interior of the place is dark, dreary, and dingy. The windows could use a washing, and maybe a decoration or two (or live plants? to make the place a little nicer.

I see some bad reviews recently and I honestly cannot relate at all. I’ve only experienced good service here, and I’ve been a customer for 5 years! I always have a chat with the employees while ordering paying. Brendon is very kind and always makes sure to ask me how work is going, and remembers details from our past conversations. I’ve seen this behavior with the other regulars too they really go above and beyond. I’ve always felt that Bagel Street values their customers and community. They even have an Instagram where they post the photos taken with their regular customers. Maybe if the people leaving bad reviews were to value the workers here as people, more than just someone to make them a bagel, they would see a difference in their experience. A lot of creative people work here and have more introverted personality until you approach them with kindness. Yes they sell out of bagels, but that’s because they’re so much better than any other places in Alameda. My sandwiches are always piled up thick, unlike other shops where I get a thin sandwich with hardly any topping. Bagels are a breakfast thing, if you’re coming after 12pm yes they will be sold out of a lot of flavors but even the plain and basic bagels are still good. Some people wrote in their review “they don’t make enough for the demand” but honestly, these workers are coming in at 4 5am to make hundreds of bagels each day. It would be bad for business to add additional work hours to make more bagels, when those bagels will end up in the trash if people don’t buy. It’s better for the business to sell out than it is for them to have waste. Maybe you should care more about local business owners and family run businesses, to have grace and understanding for their perspective. If they sell out, manage your disappointment like an adult and just go elsewhere, then come earlier next time to get what you want! It’s not that hard people…

Customer service was Excellent, Bagels are DELICIOUS, FRESH SOFT.....

This place used to be one of my favorite lunch spots, but unfortunately it's not worth the hassle any more- I've had too many lunch breaks wasted. They are always out of everything by about 11am. They don't make enough rolls to cover the number of customers they have, and the bagels are usually gone by mid-morning, so by 12pm, which is the earliest any normal person would eat lunch, the counter is all empty except for the weird bagels nobody wanted. They're also frequently out of certain vegetables, and the sandwiches just aren't that good any more. I had a club sandwich where the turkey had seemingly been just taken out of the freezer and it was so cold it was crunchy with ice. Add to that an increasing number of errors (twice I've had mustard added when I didn't want it), and unfortunately put that all together and it's just easier to go elsewhere.