Bagels-4-U of Raritan

"My favorite bagel shop around! I come here every week. Constantly busy, and always a wait- but it is certainly worth the wait. My usual is an egg and cheese on an everything jalapeño bagel! It is heaven. Sometimes I order the Bland & White cookies which are fresh! I have not called ahead or ordered ahead, but I might try that."

"Excellent! We got there around 10am ish on a Tuesday. It was the day after Christmas. Very unassuming place which I love. We got fresh bagels! The sesame and everything bagels were piping hot and made the experience that much better. The whole wheat everything was not as fresh but I tend to think it’s due to not being as popular. I highly recommend. Didn’t even need to toast or spread the bagels with anything. We ate them as is."

"It's a nice little bagel store that is constantly busy, which really reflects upon the quality of food they offer, as well as their expedient service. The highlight for me are their flavored cream cheeses. They're made fresh daily, & are oh-so-tasty! My favorite is raspberry, hands-down. It actually has tiny pieces of the fruit in the cream cheese. But they have a whole variety, too numerous to list, including cinnamon raisin, walnut, olive, salmon - whatever you can think of, pretty much. They definitely have something that will please your palate. I usually buy a pound every month or so as a special treat & spread it on bagels (& everything else because it's just so good!) Their bagel flavors are extensive. French toast is phenomenal! Your best bet is to stop in when you have a few extra minutes to absorb all they have to offer."

"Food is good, which should earn more stars than two. However, there is one employee there who skimps on the cream cheese. I asked her last week to just don't go so light on the cream cheese. I saw another employee ended up making my bagel and it was great. Today I went again. Got the cream cheese skimper again and asked again if she could just put a little more cream cheese than she usually does. She told me it would be $1 extra. I explained that I didn't want extra cream cheese from the norm, that she in particular just puts less on then the other employees. Thought maybe she would realize she was being skimpy. Nope. She charged me the extra $1, which I paid, but again explained to her the reason I asked was that she puts less cream cheese on than her co-workers. Just looked at the bagel and I just paid an extra $1 to get the same amount of cream cheese I would have normally gotten if another of the employees had prepared my bagel. Also, I have just read through other reviews and whole heartedly agree with the unfriendly staff comments, the difficulty in communicating, the being left on the phone forever when placing an order, etc. . I assume the owners have read these and have done nothing to fix the issues. I have been a long time customer (almost 20 years). We have gotten food for our staff meetings, etc from Bagels 4 U. I think I'd rather pay the fees and have bagels delivered from one of the MANY other bagel places in the area. Would not, and will not recommend Bagels 4 U to anyone again."

"Fresh warm bagels of all kinds with tons of creams and spreads. Onion, garlic, whole wheat, everything, poppyseed, the usual. Good scallion and raspberry cream cheeses; you can buy by the pound or get directly on bagel. Kind service, popular spot."