Great spot to grab some artisan sourdough bagels made fresh each day. I ordered the open faced lox bagel and the avacodo and egg sandwich both on everything bagels. The bagels were richly flavored with a perfect amount of chew. Picked up a chocolate sea salt and got it toasted and was not dissatisfied in the slightest.

Overall, great bagel sandwiches! If you are a lox bagel fan, then their lox bagel is worth a try. They put more-than-enough dose of cream cheese under the lox, which was bit overwhelming for me (I ended up saving half to use on a separate toasted bagel, so I dont complain).You can even add salmon roe on the lox, which I recommend if you are that person who craves ikura sushi.

Fantastic bagels and fantastic coffee!Great service as well. My wife and I got the Lox open face bagel, and the cheddar jalapeño with goat cheese, and these were both FANTASTIC. The Lox portions were surprisingly generous. Also, two soy lattes, one decaf one not. THE COFFEE WAS FANTASTIC- Even the decaf was great!! Very rare awesomeness at this place.

These bagels are amazing! I had the Salted Rosemary which was incredible with a little cream cheese. Paired with an iced latte, it was a perfect Sunday breakfast. Ill be back for sure!

Best bagels in Seattle! Hand-rolled, with the chewy crust real bagels ought to have! Great selection of flavors/toppings and sandwiches.Skip the drip coffee- mine was burnt and way past its prime.

Good bagels for Seattle. All sourdough in various flavors. Slow service although they seem to be working hard. Maybe a lot of online orders. I was there in person.

I can give Rubinstein’s 2 stars for their truffle cream cheese alone. It was the only good thing to come out of my experience. I came in on National Bagel Day. I found Rubinstein Bagel’s on a New Jersey bloggers list of the best bagels in Seattle. Having lived in NYC for 5 years with the BEST bagels in the country I trusted her judgment and recommendations- she listed Rubinstein’s as #1. First of all there were maybe 4 people ahead of us waiting for their orders and we still waited 10-15 min for our order- 2 bagels with cc and 2 bagel sandwiches. The first thing I noticed when I unwrapped my bagel was how SMALL it was. Basically it’s small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. Then I bit into the bagel. It required so much chewing that my jaw was uncomfortable. I don’t know if that’s because my bagels were made first and sat for 10 min while waiting for my husbands bagel sandwiches or not... but still no excuse for hard bagels. One of the bagels I ordered was the chocolate chip. The salt was so overpowering in the bagel that I couldn’t even taste the chocolate chip flavor. My husband’s sandwiches both had the skimpiest amount of meat on them- see picture. Basically half of each sandwich had almost no meat entirely! Save your money and time and try a different bagel place. So disappointed.

I went on a Saturday morning and it was SUPER busy. There were probably 15+ people ahead of us and it took about 25 mins to receive our order. Given the wait, the small bagels were disappointing with their gluttonous plop of cream cheese oozing out of every side. The texture is hard to describe; the exterior is crispy, yet the inside is quite chewy. It was quite the workout and thankfully brought my husband one step closer to having the square jawline every girl dreams of. I found the Everything bagel too salty and overpowered the other toppings. Given the wait and underwhelming experience, Id skip coming here again.

Update: the crowds on the weekend are out of control lately, and I noticed that the bagels also seem to have gotten a lot smaller since the first few times I’ve visited. They already weren’t the biggest bagels I’ve seen, especially when compared to New York bagels, so it’s a bummer to see them get even smaller now. 😕***Super helpful and friendly staff at the new Via6 location! A great selection of bagels and schmears are available—have tried most of them and they are all excellent, but a personal favorite is the salted rosemary with onion and chive schmear. 🥯👌

These bagels just straight up are not good. The crust is impenetrable, and when you finally do get a bite, the dough is chewy to a fault. They are also pretty overcooked.Staff was perfectly friendly and prices are a bit higher than they should be. I guess this is what you get for downtown bagels.

Bagels are great and worth trying.3 stars really is because the pick up process is terrible. Here’s been my experience: order online, ready in 10 minutes—nice and fast! Get there and go to the left counter where orders are getting called out, they say they don’t have mine and to check the front register. Look over at the front register and it has a massive line— so I have to wait through that to get my order that’s already made? “Yep”. Can’t you just run over and grab it? “Nope”. Ok… so I have to wait in line for 20 minutes for an order that was placed and already made.I’m really not sure why the online and in person orders aren’t handed out in the same place.

Doughy C+ at best.Came here because friends said it was legit. Sorry to find out they were wrong.Weak offering.Poor service.Crustiness is the only plus here.Will keep searching.So far Old Salt is my go-to when I need a bagel fix.

Got to avacodo egg and bacon bagel with an jalepono bagel it was delicious, lots of people go here so the wait can be like 20mins for your order

We were not super impressed with these bagels. We got the Everything, Garlic, and Sesame, and while the toppings were pretty good, the bagels themselves were way too dense and chewy. We decided that these were not the traditional, NY-style bagels we prefer. Even from the first day it felt like the bagels were super dense. Meanwhile, they are fairly small compared to other bagels Im used to. So, just a warning - for people seeking a traditional bagel, these are not it.

Had a good lox bagel here (cacio e pepe with goat cheese). I would have loved to try more of their bagel and cream cheese options, but was impressed with what I had and there was no wait (Friday late morning). There doesnt seem to be a ton of seating though.

Good bagels, with a vegan cream cheese option. I love the location, too. Amazing fireplace.

Excellent sourdough bagels with a good chewy crumb and blistered crust.

Respectable bagels for either coast

They were out of what i wanted but it was someone who worked theres favorite so i couldnt get mad. loss of star for being in the most dangerous neighborhood in seattle. i always hold my belongings tighter when surrounded by all those rich white people. vultures!

Perfect doughy chewy bagels with distinctive flavor profiles. The bagel creations were great too. Smoked salmon on everything bagel shinned out the most

Best bagels I’ve ever had! Had the salted bagel with bacon, egg and cheese this morning. It was divine! It was a beautiful bagel with impressive flavor. We came back to try other flavors and they are all excellent! The lox is amazing! There is a cozy fireplace and ample seating for social distancing.Buyers note: these bagels are made with fresh organic ingredients. There aren’t preservatives in them. They are absolutely best the day you get them and second best the next day. After that they are sub-par. Buy what you can eat in one day. Grocery store bagels can last a long time in the fridge but that’s because of preservatives. These bagels are perfection but only are perfect the day you buy them.

Very expensive. $13 for a bagel sandwich and wasnt great either. The staff was very nice and welcoming!

I don’t get the bad reviews at all. Went by this morning. The bagel was absolutely delicious, and the coffee was excellent as well. Service fast and polite.

Bagels were tough and chewy, you really need to gnaw at it. The staff was super friendly and the space was cool. Wouldn’t go back for the bagels though.

Really wanted to give this place 5 stars, but something must have happened with their matzoh ball soup. It was suuuuperrrr salty :(The everything bagel was good, if you are into chewy bagels!

We got a mix of all bagels. They wouldn’t even let us toast it. And the taste… let’s just say Panera has better bagels. The bagels weren’t fresh either.

Really good, nice chewy real bagels. The rosemary one in particular was very tasty. Also had a cafe au lait and it was well-made and delicious.

So many mixed feelings. I am a frequent customer; but I dread it every time. Fills a bagel void in Seattle. Good bagels.The staff is friendly. The prices are pretty high. I wish they didnt charge extra for vegan milks. The line is long and slow. The seating is limited. I usually get butter instead of cream cheese, but one time it tasted garlicy (on a chocolate chunk bagel haha) Some of my favorite flavors are jalapeño cheddar, chocolate chunk, and everything.)

$13 bacon egg and cheese was trash :( 🗑

There are a lot of good things to say about the ingredients they use here. I got a lox breakfast sandwich on an everything bagel, and the lox were delicious, as were the capers, lightly pickled onions, and cream cheese. They didnt hold back on the everything seasoning on the bagel, which I also quite appreciate. Unfortunately the bagel itself was just bad. It had an okay flavor, but was incredibly dense, and I could barely bite through the outer crust of the bagel (not from crispiness, just density). It literally made my jaw ache from chewing through half a bagel, and I was sore the next day. You can have all the best flavors, but if its serious work to eat I just dont want it :(

Dont even bother going... the bagel is not good, theyre way too expensive, and theyre so SLOW!

I cannot belive my luck that there are now amazing authentic bagels in downtown Seattle. I grew up eating bagels in New Jersey, and never thought Id find a bagel good enough to remind me of home here in the Pacific Northwest. I have family that will fly bagels in from New York because there are absolutely no good bagel places nearby. Thank you Rubenstein Bagels for filling a much needed niche here in Seattle.

We saw the great reviews and came here to get a Baker’s dozen and schmear. It wasn’t busy at all. The bagels were nothing special. Some did not even taste fresh. Schmear was pretty good. The seating area is clean and open. I’d not recommend it and get bagels elsewhere.

Had a horrible experience today it took them 30 minutes to cook a single item that I was picking up I sat at the counter and I waited and waited and waited in the item that was supposed to have the name called out when it got to the online order shelf was never announced out loud like the lady working at the counter said she would do for me but instead my item that was ordered sat on the shelf for another 10 minutes while the manager was walking around giving out free samples. He asked me if I wanted one and I said no I’d like to get my order and leave I’m in a loading zone because there was no parking anywhere else available and I’ve been here for over 20 minutes it took an additional five minutes for him to figure out where are the order was come to find out it was on the shelf the entire time for the last 10 minutesThe next time somebody comes into your establishment that’s never been there you might want to work on getting things out on time in correctly because that ultimately is going to determine if that person returns as a customers himself

Super clean, super friendly staff and bagels that satisfy!

V friendly staff, tasty bagels. A block from my work and easy online ordering, what more could I ask for!?

Hella chewing and tough bagels 🥯 albeit tasty

Best bagels in Seattle. The roasted onion and chive cream cheese cream cheese is to die for. Always worth the trip over to SLU on a Saturday afternoon.

Gotta be the best bagels in Seattle, I can’t get enough of them! Rubinstein’s can get pretty slammed on weekends, but definitely work the wait. Also, good bagels are supposed to be chewy, so if ya don’t like em chewy, don’t come here. And if you do, probably don’t complain about it on Google. 4.2 stars is an unfairly low rating for this place in my opinion.

I am going to give this place the benefit of the doubt. Great atmosphere in Via6, awesome bagel, Olympic coffee was excellent too, took me back to my days in NYC, but really slow to get my bagel and when we did they were ice cold. Part of the experience is getting that warm bagel with cream cheese. Not sure how a cold bagel happened when they make it to order and it was a 30+ min wait.

12 dollars for the smallest breakfast sandwich ever. Impossible to bite through the hard bagel without everything squishing out. The flavors were not terrible.

We visited Rubinstein for the first time last week after moving to Seattle from the East coast. I must admit I had low expectations since we were used to eating the best bagels NYC has to offer (Leos, Best Bagel & coffee, etc). This place really surprised us! The bagels have great chew and interesting flavors. My husband who is a stickler for his Leos egg & bacon scramble said this is his new go to spot for a breakfast sandwich.

Food was ok. This location needs to fix their pickup process, no reason one should have to wait in the regular checkout line to pickup their food. It was cold by the time we got it! 👎🏻

Coffee:Fantastic flavors as well as having vegan milk options.Bagels:They have vegan cream cheese!! And the bagel types were just perfect; toasted outer crust and soft inside, with the right amount of seasoning/flavor.

Absolutely delicious ...... Best bagels we have had in a long time !!!!

I tried the plain bagel. It didnt have the soft chewy bagel texture that one would expect :(

Please do not spend $12 on a breakfast sandwich. That’s insanity. Granted, the bacon was high quality and it tasted fine, but the bagels are very small and this is highway robbery.

After hearing about Rubinstein from friends and a celebrity on the radio, my husband and I were excited to try them them. On Saturday afternoon, we placed online order on to be picked up at 9am on Sunday morning. My husband showed up at 9am and the order was ready. No line at all. He was in and out in less than 5 minutes.After returning home with the pastrami sandwich and a stash of bagels, we started to dig in. Boy were we disappointed! Being from New York and knowing great bagels, all I can say is that these were not even good. They were clearly 1-2 day old bagels. Not at all crisp (even though we had requested that the sandwich and one of the bagels be toasted), and very dense and chewy. They were better after we (re)toasted them at home, but not much so.The following day (Monday) we still had several bagels left over. Trying to cut through them was almost impossible. We ultimately ended up tossing the remainder of the bagels (approximately $40 worth) because there was nothing we could do to salvage them. We wont be returning.

I liked their truffle cream cheese and jalapeno cheddar bagel. Although the bagels are far too chewy for my taste.The service is also pretty slow and sometimes confusing. One time I came in for my online order and my drinks and bagels were placed on total opposite ends of the store counter.

Good breakfast bagels and coffee. Reasonably priced.

Great bagel and lox. Ive been meaning to come in since they opened. Now Im looking forward to going back!Bagel had all of the hallmarks of the bagels Ive had in New York and my native Philly. Crispy blistered crust with a perfectly chewy center. Wishing Id bought a dozen to take home.

Outstanding Bagel, I heard this place is the best bagel in Seattle! First time I bit into a Rubinstein bagel, I was rewarded with a chewy, soft and delicious bagel that reminded me of my trip to NYC. To be honest, I thought it was better then the NYC bagel! It was different in comparison as the Rubinstein had a slight tang and texture was sour dough like! I had the Rosemary salt which was outstanding with the onion and chives cream cheese! The only thing I did not like, the location was not convenient and street parking sucks!. I had to run in and out quick so my car didnt get a ticket! lol

Delicious bagels and smear but holy cow is it SLOW!

Love this place. Best bagels in town. Yum! Get the caccio e pepe bagel. You wont be sorry.

Great bagels and awesome staff and owner! You may want to consider ordering online ahead of time on the weekends as lines can be long these days.

F A I L !This was the toughest, hardest to chew, salty bagel Ive ever had in 66 years!Its a disgrace to bagels everywhere.On the plus side, it had lots of poppy seeds.But puh lese - go to bagel school.

I requested a large order of bagels from Rubinsteins for our law firm, not only was it delivered on time but the bagels were amazing and the assortment of smears were a hit! Will definitely order from here again!

Visited for the first time today and Im hooked. Probably best bagel Ive ever had and I personally love the option to add individual toppings for $.50. Ive been surprised by the lack of bagel spots in the city since moving here and I now have my spot!!

The garlic bagel wasnt very good. Super stifling hot but had to give the rest away. Oh well. Just not again.

Best bagel I’ve ever had. Salted rosemary bagel with lox is not to be slept on. 10/10, every bagel lover in seattle must go

Best bagels Ive had in my life.

Delicious, chewy, melty cream cheese, range of flavors, cool interior, exterior seating

Great bagels, but honestly the best cream cheese I’ve ever had period. The black truffle was to die for, and my wife couldn’t stop raving about the chive one.

There were bagels...I dont get all the hubbub

Best bagels period, and I lived in NY for four years.

Stop giving bad bagels good reviews because the place looks nice

Cozy, great place to pass by an grab a delicious breakfast or lunch, good coffee!!!!!

My partner and I had a bagel with schmear and a sandwich delivered. They were very tasty and very filling!

The bread is cardboard like, hard, dry, no flavor. Do yourself a favor and walk down to the market to get a decent bagel.

The bagels were outstanding. Best chew & great flavor.

Everything bagel was amazing! Perfectly chewy and was crested with their flavorful everything seasoning. Very nice and not to overpowering.I got the everything bagel with black truffle schmear. The black truffle schmear was quite nice, but not much better than any of the other schmears Id venture to guess.

Some of the best bagels I have had recently. I especially liked the rosemary bagel and the caraway bagel.

Seriously unimpressed. Got there an hour before they closed, and they had only 4 types of bagels left. After the slow service, I paid $16 for 6 bagels, and they got the order wrong! I asked for garlic bagels and they gave me disgusting carraway seed bagels. They had all of 4 types of bagels to choose from, and they could not grab the right ones.Top it all off, the bagels are stale and difficult to chew. Totally not worth the drive, the wait, or the money. Im sticking with Blazing Bagels, good, affordable and non-pretentious.

Seems like this place just opened. Delicious. I had egg and cheese on plain bagel.

Their Avocado 🥑 Toast was really good!

The real deal. Excellent, authentic and delicious.

The absolute best bagels

Friendly staff and good bagels. Try the salted rosemary with herb&garlic schmear! Im usually a salt bagel person, but the salted rosemary has won me over. Plus I no longer have to travel back east to resolve my bagel cravings.Lines can be long-ish on the weekends, but it is worth it for a good bagel in Seattle.EDIT: Make sure you check your order before you leave. I have been given the wrong order on a few occasions now.

Good assortment but bagels were tough and very salty. Quite expensive for what you get as the bagels were small. They were not tender and moist. No justification for more stars IMHO.

Had the jalapeno white cheddar and the cacio de pepe Bagels. They were wonderfully cheesy!

So so yummy!

Everything bagels and great schmear. Great chew to the bagel but a little on the salty side

Ratio of bagel to price is low. Great quality but the rent is heavily priced into the product.

Honestly, I really want to like this place, but bottom line, Rubinstein’s processes and procedures are very broken.TLDR; it took 47 minutes to get bagel with lox. And it was on the wrong bagel as well as the bagel wasn’t toasted.I have given this place 3 tries and it’s been rough all three times. At first I just chalked it up to growing pains and them needing to find their groove. Now I think they need a consult regarding their processes and possibly new management.I’m a resident in the building and I really want to like this place for the convenience, but every time I go, I regret it because of the unusually long wait times. There’s a woman who I assume is the manager as people seem to report to her (woman with glasses) and she has been rude on more than one occasion to both customers and staff. Maybe she’s just overwhelmed. The staff don’t seem cohesive. No one is happy, smiling, or excited. The manager doesn’t seem to want to be there or be “dealing with anything” and I think that shows and trickles down.The bagels are as people say. They are small, very tough, and usually way over seasoned. However, that doesn’t necessarily make them bad. They are definitely unique. They have unique flavors and shmears, which is appealing. They definitely don’t taste bad. But factoring that in very long waits and the poor service, there’s less forgiveness and tolerance for quality issues. Especially for a premium price. A very premium price.It’s to the point now that it’s far more convenient (for about the same price), to order in, than to simply walk downstairs. It’s actually much cheaper and easier or go a few blocks to Einstein’s Bros bagels, than to just go downstairs and wait. That’s saying a lot.I hope this place figures it out. There is potential. But right now, it’s pretty rough. I’ll try back in a few months and hopefully they have taken some steps to correct the inefficiencies and issues.I can’t see a scenario where almost an hour wait for a bagel with nothing cooked or heated, is understandable or justified. It just highlights how broken the processes are.

Fantastic atmosphere, great Lox and Egg/Avocado bagels. Americano was quite good as well :)

Amazing bagels. I grew up in upstate New York and have been trying to find a bagel of this caliber. Purely excellent!

We visited on a Sunday and had a wonderful experience! The service was wonderful, the bagels were great, and we actually had the privilege to meet the owner who was super kind!

Amazing bagel, service and coffee. We just found our new breakfast spot.

Great variety. Friendly folks. No inside seating due to health regulations. Rather slow service.

Friendly service & fantastic food!

The bagels taste great. I love the egg sandwich on a sea salt bagel!My only complaint is that on the weekends their pickup times are pretty inaccurate. One time I ordered in store and waited 30 mins after having already spent 15-20 mins in line, the other 2 times I ordered on the website and was given a pick up time of 30-35 mins but it actually took close to 50 mins so I still waited 15 mins for my order in the store.I would just suggest avoiding it on the weekends. On the times I’ve ordered on a weekday the pickup time was quick and accurate when I ordered online.

Excellent bagel option in the Seattle area. NOT the same as NYC bagels. (there must be something about the water there) but VERY close. Insanely expensive during the pandemic since they are only delivering at this time. That said, it definitely satisfied the urge. I will wait until I can pick up in person before I buy again. Highly recommended!

Best Seattle bagel period.

Delicious, chewy bagels.

Hands down the best bagel in Seattle. I’ve tried Schmaltzy’s (good), Rachel’s (good), Westman’s (okay), Eltana (okay but unusual) and Rubinstein is far and away the best and most authentic bagel I’ve had on the west coast.It’s not about the water, it’s about the leaven and the technique and the folks at Rubinstein know what to do.

They do the best bagels in the US, I highly recommend this place.

A bagel who do not have bagels. Well they did but only 30% of the variety of the menu. Only reason we went there was to try some new bagels.

Apparently the only tax on Amazon we’re going to get is putting businesses that are just as good as they are overpriced on the Amazon campus.TLDR: Delicious but still overpriced bagels.

Very bad and burnt coffee. The flavors are over extracted.

Seriously. These bagels are the real deal. Chewy and just the right density. Outer has got the right texture. The seasonings are great (try the rosemary-it’s amazing). Try them warm and you’ll be so happy Seattle finally has a real bagel. Sorry competitors-but fluffy fake bread in a circle won’t be tolerated anymore in the PNW. If you want a real NY bagel, this is it and well worth the trip to downtown to get them. Can’t wait for Rubinstein’s own shop to open.