Einstein Bros. Bagels - Palm Harbor

Unfortunately things have gone downhill at this location. Maybe it is the staffing issues related to the pandemic maybe not. I They were out of the chocolate chip coffee cakes that they’ve always had for years. The vanilla hazelnut coffee was empty and it took three different patrons asking for the coffee to be refilled before it was done. The tables all had crumbs and food on them —surprisingly dirty. The coffee counter had all the dried coffee and sugar all over it. After the short rush was over no one wiped down the counters or the tables. I saw two employees get drinks for themselves from the soda machine which is not a big deal, but no one cleaned up the coffee counter or wiped down the tables -the place is a mess. I spent $17.51. The nova lox has less fish, less cream cheese, and less tomato, and less onions than it did a couple years ago. I used to love coming here, but I will not be back. Bummer. The staff were all very friendly.

The bagels are all very flavorable. But they're a little skimpy on the items on the sandwiches especially. As you can see the avocado spread on my sandwich was a little thin, and the other sauce that they were advertising either was very thin or almost non-existent overall though it still was a filling meal.

Busy location. Allow extra time for orders during breakfast times. The coffee was good and very hot.

Bagels are tasty as before but they’re mini bagels now -1). Nova had no capers -1). Spinach artichoke chicken was very good +1). Ordered half dozen combo to take out only to find at home that salmon shimmer that I brought to cashier is missing in a bag -1). I ordered 2 sesame, 2 asiago, 2 everything on and got two plain instead of everything -1) My favorite in a past location goes down the hill.

Einstein Bagels has always been one of my favorite breakfast spots. This was my first time at this location and I would say avoid it if you can. They only had the basic bagels with exception to a couple of their specialties but they did not have the large selection that other locations have. The onions are sliced super thick so every bite of my sandwich tasted like straight onion. Lastly one of the employees I ordered with was not very professional. She was helping her coworker make some orders and very loudly was complaining about some type of management issue. I gave 3 stars because I believe that all of these problems can be improved which I’m hoping they will be because I just moved right next to this location and I’d like to come in more often. Also if I do see these issues improving I’ll gladly adjust my rating.