Yesterday was my first time trying The Bagel Nook in Princeton. I will definitely be back again. I bought a dozen bagels, mostly from their specialty bagel selections, and some fun cream cheeses. They were a hit back at home. Next time Ill have to try one of the crazy breakfast sandwiches they have... I cant wait!

I hardly write reviews but had a bad experience today at this location. The staff was overwhelmed and while I understand hard days… it’s never ok to take a rude tone (especially undeserving) with customers. I simply didn’t remember giving my name and went to check a bag at the takeout counter and got yelled at in front of everyone. How embarrassed I was as I tried to explain I was looking to see if it was my order I had been patiently waiting for (over 15 minutes already). Other customers looked at me. I KINDLY apologized and said “I’m sorry I don’t remember giving my name, can you call me another way?” The employee looked at me and in a snappy tone said “ You must not remember but you did. Even if you didn’t we will know that ones yours then” This is not acceptable. There’s a nice way to treat people. I got home and 1 bagel was good, the other was a disheveled mess. I will not go back. Maybe to another location.

Incredible bagel selection and tons of cream cheese flavors. The menu was a little overwhelming as there are tons of options. My boyfriend got the Avocado Blast on a French toast bagel. I got an onion bagel with bacon and chives cream cheese and lox. Both were incredible. The manager(?) was standing near the counter and was very helpful in narrowing down what we wanted. There are various cereal flavored bagels, tie dye bagels, every flavor imaginable.

Come check out bagel nook in Princeton NJ. These crazy and delicious bagels will blow your mind!! I had the pleasure to get the sugar cookie overload and avocado blast, wow!! They have wonderful safe seating inside. The location is perfect with tons of parking and other great shops. 12 mins from 295 and 5 mins rt 1. Great staff as well. Follow me @sebbybelly on Instagram.

This place is Hard to find prices, extremely expensive. Not to mention the staff is incredibly rude, as a consumer who tries to support local business and spends $$$ it feels unfair to be talked to rudely and made to feel less than. I also want to add the bagels didnt seem fresh, and are not edible in my opinion. I have not been to the freehold location in years although I would rather drive the 45 minutes there then to experience what I had today at the Princeton location. Wish them the best however I will not be returning and DO NOT recommend this location of The Bagel Nook.

I have bought a dozen bagels from this place a handful of times and always found them to be really good. However, the dozen I bought this morning were all mis-shaped and the quality just was not what Im used to seeing from here.I also want to point out something really strange that occurred while I was eating my bagel inside the store this morning, a worker came out of the kitchen and ran into the bathroom to take the plunger from the bathroom into the kitchen. I dont understand what in the kitchen needed to be plunged but to take something from the bathroom to the kitchen to use really just made me lose my appetite.

I found this place on Instagram and was excited to try it because I live close by. I was wary after reading some bad reviews about customer service here (if youve seen my other reviews, you know I care about customer service). However, I was here late morning / early afternoon on a Saturday and the place was not that busy. I met one of the owners and the rest of the staff was friendly. The bagels were festive for fall and tasted good. Met my expectations for a viral internet bagel spot. Im excited to have a new local breakfast spot!

Yummy bagels and good iced coffee!

Great bagel place except they constantly mess up my orders.Ive been here about 7 times and at least 5 of those 7 times my orders has been messed up. They need to come up with a better system because I am sick of eating other peoples order haha. But I will still come back because it is good food!Also, they need to pick up on their coffee game. They have great options but the regular coffee is always empty or they run out of other coffee accessories and dont replace throughout the morning.

Weve been wanting to try Bagel Nook out for a while. It was great. Lots of bagel and unique cream cheese options. Were definitely going to come back.

Phenomenal bagels and the service is reay timely considering how busy it gets. We didnt wait long for our order and the place was absolutely packed. Worth the hike from where I live.

Loved the sugar cookie bagel.

I love everything Ive tried so far

Fun and crazy bagel combinations! They had so many bagels and spreads and specialty recipes to choose from. Their employees were patient with me while I figured out what I wanted, making helpful suggestions, and I was happy with what I ordered. I tried the Dorito overload and a blueberry french toast bagel. Both were flavorful and the overload was huge - I ate them over 2 days. You will definitely never run out of tasty options here!

Poor customer service, many people walking around behind the counter, no acknowledgement that I was standing there, no hello Ill be right with you, nothing. waiting to place a simple order for a bagel. There is more I could tell you, overall clean and t he bagel was good.

Great impression walking in the front door and they have some very unique creations (Flaming Cheetos bagels, cannoli cream cheese, and a bunch of other stuff). As a former bagel shop worker I judge a store on how it does the basics and thats where The Bagel Nook fails miserably. My pork roll (even if you call it Taylor Ham) egg, and cheese on a plain bagel was extremely disappointing. The bagel quality was equivalent to Dunkin Donuts and the meat was bland and overcooked. Insult to injury was that it took 20 minutes to get two sandwiches. It was a busy Saturday morning but come on.

This places was amazing. The bagels are fluffy and look so good. I got the Cookie Monster Overload and was able to share it with two other people and we could only eat half. Highly recommend taking the drive and going to eat there!

It’s always very busy because they’re so good, so we’ve started ordering ahead. Best bagels we’ve found in the area!

Great food, very unique

Dealing with a soggy bagel that came with a 20-minute wait even after I asked for light butter

Other worldly

Wow! Amazing place. Really nice helpful people. Sooo many options, I will have to come back often to try everything. Flaming hot Cheetos overload and jalapeno bagel with egg white pepper and onion and spinach. Really good coffee. Really enjoyed my time here. My recommendation, try something different. Plenty of so many choices.

Are you kidding me?!?! This place is amazing. Tasty, legit bagels and then all the other fun stuff. Got to get the basics right and their everything bagel with the works can’t be beat.

The people are nice, but after my bagel was done, it sat on the counter for 5 min before they called me over. They burnt it when they toasted it, and the cream cheese was watery.

Very delicious bagels! Staff was very friendly and the wait was not long

Good quality bagels. Crowded when I was there, but decent service. Prices a tad higher than I would have liked. Its in a shopping center and not downtown, so parking really isnt a problem.

Update: 15 minutes later the Manager, I’m assuming, came over and brought me the correct sandwich. He was really sincere and apologized. Me and my coworkers do go in often so he felt really bad about the whole situation. It made the experience a little better. I just hope it doesn’t happen again.Original review:I work a few stores down and I waisted my entire break waiting for one panini…. And they messed up my order. I called and was put on hold, was on hold for 7 minutes so I hung up and tried calling back but it said the line was busy (probably from my previous call) I go in to order a CaliClub Panini and everything seems fine and they know I work in the shopping center since I told them when I checked out. 15 minutes goes by and I still don’t have my panini. There were 3 people standing around just talking and one person actually making the orders. Final after another 7 minutes my food is ready but now I only have 2 minutes to even eat it. (This is why I tried calling first to order ahead but that obviously didn’t work out) So I run back to work to finally eat and my sandwich is wrong and missing ingredients. I called to say something and the guy said that the ingredients missing (avocado) aren’t part of that sandwich when it says it on their menu and on their website. I’m going back and forth and finally someone else (I’m assuming a boss of this guy) says there is supposed to be avocado and that next time I come in they’ll give it to me for free. But now I have no time to eat a sandwich I don’t even want because everything possible that could have gone bad happened. Although the food is great, I’m sad to say I won’t be coming back. I’ll be telling all my coworkers about this experience as well.

Simply amazing. A must go! Store was very clean, staff was beyond friendly and helpful, and last but not least the product was amazing. We were blown away by Al and his hospitality and genuineness. Thank you! The Oreo overload and the double Nooker on everything bagel is the route we went today and it did NOT disappoint. Well worth the 1+ hour drive. Will return in a heartbeat.

Was very happy to discover that a nicely toasted everything with cream cheese was barely two bucks. Thats the only time Ive been there, but Im very happy with it :-)

Best bagel Ive ever had! This funky restaurant has a huge variety of really fun cream cheeses and bagels! Will definitely stop again when were close by!

The Avacado blast was incredible. Great service, food was very good, and the combination of items was mind blowing.

Definitely One Of My Nu Favorite Breakfast Spots, S/O To Nick The Cook

SECOND TIME ORDERING FROM THIS PLACE!! SECOND TIME I CONFIRM ORDER AND SAY NO EGGS! SECOND TIME IT STILL COMES WITH EGGS! HOW HARD IS IT TO GET AN ORDER RIGHT!!!!! LIKE HOW HARD!?!? ITS A SIMPLE TASK!! I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND. I EVEN CONFIRM THE ORDER AND THEY STILL GET IT WRONG!MY COWORKER ALSO ASKED FOR SAUSAGE ON HIS BAGEL AND DIDNT GET THAT, IM SURE THEY CHARGED HIM FOR IT THO.

Alright. Let me tell you why I would give this place a whole 10/5 if I could!I had a procedure very early in the morning so I was fasting since the night before. Im a Type 1 Diabetic so things can hypothetically get scary if I get sick. I was in Lawrenceville with my brother and I Googled places to get a bagel after since I traditionally enjoy a bagel with whomever takes me. He saw this store and hes like, THATS WHERE WERE GOING so I was like, you sound excited so Im sure Ill be happy.Up until I got there and ordered, I felt FINE. I was only feeling pain from the procedure. So we ordered and sat right outside the store. I hold a little quarter of one of the bagels and suddenly, I get so sick to my stomach and my body freaked out. I almost threw up and couldnt get up to go anywhere because I know I would have definitely hurt myself somehow. Then, I started getting worse and eventually LAID DOWN on the pavement. It was embarrassing and painful. Then, I felt better. An employee came outside to ask me if I needed help but I was feeling okay by the time so we thanked him and told them I was alright. My brother is a doctor so he helped me get up veeeery slowly to prevent a severe drop in blood pressure. I got up and eventually sat in the chair.As soon as I am seated, I completely lose the ability to breathe. Im gasping for air and cannot speak and this is the first time this ever happened to me. It was as if I had an upper airway obstruction. It is SCARY, if youve never felt this. Another customer came out and eventually called for help after asking my brother if he should. The ambulance came and I hadnt noticed until my brother told me, but an employee came out and gave us two cold bottles of water and a Vitamin Water without us even asking and without charging us. He just came in and out like a little angel (and I truly believe in angels!).For this reason, I am going to take a drive down to get a bagel from here again, even if its a drive!We got a cannoli bagel with smores cream cheese and then a cheddar bacon bagel with bacon scallion cream cheese.I couldnt eat because I was busy trying to figure out what was going on, but about 10 after ordering the food and 20 hours of no food, I FINALLY got to eat my half for each and Im so disappointed I didnt get to eat them earlier because I would have definitely bought more and gained ten pounds this week!!I dont know the names of the individuals who came out to make me feel even more safe, more cared for, and more surrounded by love, but you guys are so great and Im grateful for your kindness—on top of your absolutely bangin bagels! 💕MIGHT I ALSO ADD: all this was during a busy shift!

The worst experience. One more than one occasion we have been given the wrong order. We have ordered egg and cheese and have been given bacon egg and cheese. We live 20min away and it is not possible to return all the time. They do not pay attention to orders placed on the phone. On another occasion they gave us plain pancakes instead of chocolate pancakes. It is disappointing as there are so few good breakfast places nearby. I hope Bagel Nook does something about being serious about taking and executing orders.

Incredible selection of bagels and sandwiches. If you can’t find something tasty here I’d be amazed.

Great food. Really cool bagels and cream cheese options. Place is super clean and staff is very friendly.

Get an egg everything toasted with bacon cheddar cream cheese.I love this place, but 22 minutes for a bagel with cream cheese is excessive

Amazing! Just went there today, and was astonished to see how many options they have! You can get anything ranging from an Oreo bagel to a Flaming Hot Cheetos bagel! They also have an assortment of unique and different cream cheeses too. They have donuts, cannolis, and pies as well. The staff are super ice, the restaurant is clean, its in a good location, and its sure to become a Princeton favorite!

Good food reasonably priced. Plenty of parking. Music was to loud. Ill be back for take out

Great service and food. Florida bagels dont compare!

Great bagels and buy the cream cheese! Its worth the money!

Best Bagels in town, must visit place!

Wow! What a neat place. Well be back. The staff were so kind and helpful. (We have an active toddler) Food was delicious too. I had an Avocado Blast and my husband tried the Triple B. My little had blueberry pancakes and a side of bananas. Delicious!!!

Classic NJ subs and hot sandwiches, bagels are big and fresh, even when busy service is relatively prompt, and it does have outdoors seating.

Waited about 15 minutes for an everything bagel with cream cheese. People who ordered afterme were getting their orders before I did. Once I got home and opened my bagel, they barely put any cream cheese. Wish I hadn’t spent my money!

Absolutely awful Im surprised that they are still in business the most pathetic sandwiches I ever had it was disgusting they should be ashamed of themselves

Fantastic bagels! Might as well be in NYC. Great bagels, great taste, fair pricing

I live in PA I came in this morning and I ordered 2 platters with Eggs and bacon. I got home and no bacon. I spent around 20 dollars for eggs and potatos which I didn’t even ask for screw them im going to dispute this on my credit card. Never again.

First time there, was a but of a wait but Bagel was worth it. Very fresh and tasty.

Tried the Hot Cheetos Bagel. It was very mild compared to an actual Hot Cheetos. The bagel had a crunchy top but it was a pale version of the snack. Great service and excited to return to the shop and try their other bagel creations.

One of the best place on Princeton N.J.to eat good bagels.

Bagels are good. Service so/so; chaotic at peak weekend times and was turned away at 1:45 pm Sunday by employee when posted hours are 2 pm.

Called in twice on A Saturday and A Sunday morning before work back to back, Saturday after waiting over 30 mins only to find out they lost my ticket. Sunday after 15 mins waiting and paid for my order only to find out someone took my order that was not paid for at the time🤷‍♀️ Their food is good but they need to work on their system. Ohhhh and no one is there to give refund you have to wait for someone to call you when they come in.

Everthing fresh including the coffee

Bagels are great and the employees are very accommodating

Food is great but customer service leaves a lot to be desired. (I’d give them negative stars for service if possible.) No one picks up the phone for orders (or they pick up and hang up). When someone does, the person is either incompetent or rude. Why don’t you have a dedicated person to answer who knows how to take an order? I’d rather give my business to a store that has a better sense of how to treat customers.

Food was good, but a bit pricey.

They are extremly rude to customers

Really tasty…generally friendly… often mistakes on orders which could be overlooked but then there is the issue of miss charging and then never giving the promised return of payment …I waited a longggggg time to give them the benefit of the doubt but never rectified..as far as why we were being charged differently than what online says we just got a “yeah, online says a different amount” 😒😒

Nice cool bagels

We love this place so much that we have a standing weekly visit! Such a fun and exciting menu. Great service and friendly staff. Highly recommend

I made is very clear that I could not consume dairy and needed the vegan cream cheese. After the guy who made it messed it up 3 times and I had to check each time.I then was assured it was vegan and after eating it became very very sick from it NOT being vegan.If I could give the individual who made this an even lower rating I would.

Barely any meat on the sandwich n had to wait over 15 min for it

Fantastic! So many flavors and combinations to choose from. Will be back again and again.

The bagel and coffee was amazing I was only in the area for work but I would tell anyone to stop by I will definitely be back if Im in the area

Extremely wide selection of bagels, cream cheeses, and several different types of coffee. Service is fast, prices are affordable, and the food tastes good.Its also a great place to take children, since many of their bagels and cream cheeses are based on desserts or sugary cereals like Fruity Pebbles, Oreo, Captain Crunch, etc.Be aware that it is a breakfast restaurant, so they open and close earlier than most other restaurants.

Very interesting mixes of bagels and flavours, definetly things like blueberry french toast or cheeto bagels. Sometimes theres a wait-- theres a lot of workers and they work over each other, but most of the time it isnt more than 10-15 minutes. Decor is clean, coffee is good. I think they are allowing seating outside their store again.

The sandwiches are always hot and fresh here, the bagels are hot and fluffy and the service is both quick and super friendly. I personally recommend any one of the Overload Sandwiches or an Avocado Blast. Rumor also has it that there will be many more vegan options soon! This has been the perfect choice for speedy service without sacrificing quality both on the way to work and with time to sit down and enjoy!!!! Not to mention that there are also donuts and a wide variety of decadent coffee choices. This place is a fine fit in the Princeton community and we welcome you with open arms and full bellies! :)

Definitely Overpriced

Lowest prices. Not crowding

The best bagel shop in the town .. Excellent eating experience... Drove all the way from Connecticut to visit this place .. N it was worth a drive.. The food was delicious and I wish I had room for more.. Bagels r HUGE....Sandwiches r HUMANGOUS too ... N delicious so many options to choose from .. Variety of cream cheese .. Its like heaven for bagel lovers.. Not just that they also have wraps .. Vegan cream cheese .. They got it all .. Definitely worth every penny .. Would be visiting it often ..

Better than begal barn and very organized ordering process too!

They messed up my entire order of the 3 bagel sandwiches I had and in my avocado blast included wax paper. If I could include a picture I would. Ridiculous. I love bagel nook but the Princeton one killed my experience.

Amazing staff plus the best bagels around and a while bunch of different options. I highly recommend Ive had almost every bagel and they are all scrumptious

I went here and waited nearly 30 minutes for my order, the cashier kept messing up the order and the overall quality of the food was quite underwhelming, very overprice for what you get and the ingredients did not taste good and were stale.I purchased a Avocado Blast and a Southwest Grilled Cheese, for the Avocado Blast, the lettuce was soggy and nearly wilted, the hash browns on the sandwich were soggy, and the bagel itself was burned on the top, and as for the Southwest Grilled Cheese, the bacon was like chewing on leather and was very greasy.

Great bagels. Good combination of chewy and crunchy. My credentials: grew up in NYC. Lived in SI and Manhattan. Other plusses: friendly owners, good parking, convenient location for Princeton. Small nit: I think they offer too much selection and should focus on the basics.

Ok, too sweet

Awesome bagels and great cream cheese options.

Exceptionally bad service. Never had such a slow treatment. The visit was prior to covid shutdown sometime in February. We were the first in line and the only customers in an entire place when wed placed our order. It took them 40 minutes for JUST ONE BAGEL!! 40 minutes and multiple walking-ins to ask when and how much longer we need to wait. Music blasted so loud that employees couldnt hear themselves and had to shout at each other. So, here we go: 40 minutes of waiting for one bagel + loud music = bad experience. YOU HAVE ONLY ONCE CHANCE TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION!

30 minute wait for an egg sandwich that wasnt what we full ordered or hot. Lettuce and avocado on the foil yet werent ingredients on either of our sandwiches. And please, if you are going to work around food, have anyone with long hair tie it back and out of the way or wear a hair net. The number of ponytails swinging around the food was disconcerting. Not sure well go back unless a manager is hired to help turn the service around.

Pretty good food

Disorganized and very slow. Waited 30 minutes for order

I wanted to be the first to review how awesome this place is! :) The service was amazing and the food was on point. What more could you want from a bagel spot?!

Bagels are great. Just right amount of chew to crunch !! Yes maybe pricier but they are made from scratch every morning, & hand rolled. The owners of this location are friendly and happy to be in town

Fun! We had a tie dye bagel with monster cream cheese (littlest one liked it), a dorito bagel with plain cream cheese (middle one loved it) and a “The Captain” off the Truck Sandwiches menu, which I enjoyed. Portions are huge! I would have happily shared the sandwich with someone. I don’t know if you can get half bagels but it would be worth it since they are so huge. A bit pricey, but that’s because they are so big! The only thing I was a little concerned about was how the cream cheeses and egg salad and stuff looked in the case. They keep it nice and cold, but the egg salad looked a bit dry and old? Some of the less popular cream cheeses looKed a bit worse for wear on the top just from how they sit in the case. I don’t know. Otherwise, I loved it and will gladly come back and recommend it. Service was very friendly too. Thanks!

Friendly staff. Clean environment

Ordered a dozen bagels this morning, got charged extra for the special captain crunch bagels, ordered two of them and instead got cinnamon raisin, live about 20 mins away and got home to find this out. No point in asking a person what they want if it’s going to be too difficult to put what they ordered in the bag. My sister in law also took the trip out and got her own separate order and a dozen bagels as well and they forgot her $9.00 cream cheese and hashbrowns that was supposed to be on a sandwich after being asked if she wanted hash browns on it. When You live 20 mins away it’s not worth the aggravation of driving all the way out there again For 2 bagels. Will not be returning

The best bagel shop Ive ever been to. Their bagels are super fresh and the varieties are off the charts. The service is impeccable I would highly recommend!

Great service people are very helpful and they do military discounts with ID

I really wanted to like this place but the food was just okay. Being in an area with some exceptional food it just doesnt compete for the price.

Great bagels and great service. Friendly staff. Beautiful day to eat outside.

Showed up at opening and they had no bagels. 2nd and last time Ill try this place.

Mediocre breakfast sandwiches for a premium price. $10 for a bacon egg and cheese in a bagel. You can get better quality elsewhere for better cost.

What a great place to eat bagels in style. So many unique options to enjoy quick food with your family anf friends. Young and engergatic staff will win over your heart. Tried chicken sandwich as well and it was as great... highly recommend for young kids.

Ordering is very confusing. There are so many choices and the menus on the back wall keep changing so you are trying to read them you have a 30 second window before it changes. They do have physical menus, but they are kept by the cash register so while you are trying to figure out what you want while you are in line, they do you no good.Also I ordered a pork roll, egg and cheese on a Cheeto bagel but was given bacon instead. I dont know if this was because of miscommunication or because they dont have pork roll. There is no where in the menu where breakfast meats are listed, only that they will serve you meat with your eggs.You best bet while dealing with this place is knowing what you want before even stepping in the door, or just stick to a bagel and cream cheese.

Their blueberry coffee is pretty amazing. Breakfast sandwiches were delicious.

Amazingly fresh Bagels and heavenly cheese spreads. So many varieties and the owners are awesome too...

Really great service and plenty of seating! The bagels are a little overcooked so they have a little bit of a burnt flavor and are a little too crunchy but otherwise great! Lots of variety.

Bagels are too dry. Not tasty at all.