Orange County Bagel

"Go-to local bagel store. Fresh bagels made daily here. Great variety of bagels and cream cheese. Although we have never tried their salad section, they seem to have great variety of salads as well."

"Stopped here on my way to work. These bagels are not bagels. They look like bagels but they're bread bagels. Bagels are not supposed to look and taste like a loaf of bread. I found it weird eating the bagel and could not finish it. It just didn't taste right. Might as well get a Portuguese roll and put cream cheese on it. I mean the bagel was fluffy and it looked great but its just not a bagel! If you want to know what a real bagel tastes like, go to NYC or NJ. This isn't it! Sorry guys! I guess the reviews are high because people in this town don't really know what bagels are supposed to taste like. Btw, I got the bagel scooped out but that still doesn't matter. The consistency is not right regardless. A little overpriced i think but not by much the way the economy is right now. A bagel with scallion and a medium coffee came out to $6 and change."

"Second time in, and it’s confirmed… I’m a customer for life! Can’t go wrong, their bagels, sandwiches, heck we even had a great salad back at the hotel we took back! Friendly down to earth staff, refreshing, and I used to work at a bagel shop. Brueggers step your game up, this is the best shop I’ve been to! We love you Orange County Bagels"

"I just had lunch here and I do have lunch here from time to time. I love their Asiago bagel for my sandwiches. The food has always been delicious. I really like that they also give you a small side with your sandwich. I had the macaroni salad with my lunch today and it was tasty. I would definitely recommend trying this place out for yourself. You will not be disappointed."

"BYOI: Bring your own ice! When it comes to their pastries, looks can be deceiving. You’re gonna need a wipe to get all the stickiness off the bottles of juices. Also, do not expect the sandwiches to be hot!! Warm, welcoming service...no where to be found here. I’ve been here many times over the past handful of years and it has always been so good. This last visit was very disappointing and shocking but not pleasantly. When I walked in, the first thing to catch my eye was all the yummy looking pastries, cookies, muffins, etc. Key word=“looking”...more details on that later. The woman who took our order gave us mediocre service. She did not greet us. She had no idea what the pastries were called. She took our order and that was it. We ordered 2 salami, eggs and cheese on bagels with a cheese danish and apple turnover. While we waited for our breakfast sandwiches, we went to get a juice from the cooler. The first juice bottle I picked up was pretty sticky. I went to grab a different one but this one was even more sticky. So was the next one I picked up. They all were sticky. You know it’s bad when you have to pick the least sticky bottle of juice. We found a clean table and sat down. One of the workers yelled across the restaurant to tell us our food was ready. We got up and I asked the guy behind the counter if he could fill up cups with ice. He rolled his eyes and walked away. Then came back with two plastic cups with barely any ice, less than half way filled. When I asked if he could put some more ice in the cups he swore that was all the ice he had. We went back to our table and started to eat. Our sandwiches were not hot at all. The cheese was not melted and the meat was not heated thoroughly. This was the biggest disappointment because their breakfast sandwiches have always been my favorite in the area. After our sad sandwiches, we were looking forward to those “good looking” pastries. We split them into pieces to share then tried the cheese danish first. The first bite straight up sucked all the moisture out of your mouth. It was so stale and dry. The apple turnover tasted like it was made with canned apples. The apples were so mushy and had a bad flavor. The crust part was very crumbly and fell apart. We were so dissatisfied with the pastries because of how good they looked versus how they tasted. We didn’t even finish them they were so bad. I know I used the word “disappointed” through out this review but that is the best word I can use to sum up our visit. I don’t know when I will be back but I hope some things change around there for the better. It was really sad to see how dirty this place was with such inadequate service and poor food. Maybe it was just the employees working there today who didn’t take the time to clean, put their best foot forward with their interactions with customers or how they prepared the food."