A pretty solid bagel. Bacon was well cooked but would have liked a better egg to bacon ratio. Ordering online was easy and fast. Once I got the text that my food was ready I was able to walk right up and pick up.

This place was so good! One of the best breakfast bagels I’ve ever had. Next time I’m in DC I will definitely be back, probably more than once! They were really busy so it took a little time to get our order but the wait was well worth it! Both ladies that helped me were so nice and professional despite some people being a little rude to them. Thank you Buffalo & Bergen for serving me the best breakfast I’ve had my whole trip to dc!

An honorable nod to the New York diner and Jewish Deli. I grew up in the New York area and very much enjoyed the offerings and spin on classic offered here in Union Market. A great choice if you can nab seats at the bar!

Atmosphere is nice and bartenders are good. But the food is a disaster. It’s nowhere near even the cheapest NYC bagels. The bagel was unbelievably small, dry and over salted. It was so dry it was literally falling apart while I was eating it.P.S. decided to give a chance to a knish and it just tasted spoiled and fermented :(

Great experience at Buffalo & Bergen in Union Market. Amy has amazing customer service! Very short wait, good drinks, and kind staff. Thank you!

I very much like this place! The bagels are delicious, as are the home made sodas. Take-out takes about 10 minutes and the staff is very friendly. It does get very busy though (I went around noon on a Sunday) so being seated is very hard!

They have great service, wonderful cocktails, and they drive their bagels down from NYC fresh every morning! It doesnt get better than that! Dont hold back, go all in for the bloody and bagel. No better cure for a hangover!

Great breakfast. Nice to have the option of having a sandwich served on avocado in lieu of bread.

Great place. Ruben bagel was our fav.

Omg let me first say I love Union Market but I never Went to Buffalo and Bergan..I went all over the market but today I said lets trying something new.. It was so worth it, the food was amazing. The service was excellent and the mimosa was super delicious. I will be back

The food is awesome, reminded me a lot of New Yorks Russ and Daughters. Customer service is great and Amy is super cool.

Want to start your weekend right? No other way than with an amazing bagel sandwich at this joint! One bite of my egg, cheddar cheese, bacon on a French toast bagel and I know my day will be incredible!Excellent service, great conversation.... My day is already full and it’s not even 10am!Thank you Buffalo & Bergen... just dynamite!

The best bagel sandwiches we’ve ever had - highly recommend The Bandito! And the Black Cow drink was delishhhh. Such a cute shop with the friendliest servers!

Incredible. I have been searching and searching and searching for my whole life where I might find a bagel this good. Particularly enjoy the fact my toppings didn’t squeeb out the sides of the bagel when I take a bite. This has officially taken the #1 spot for the best bagel in DC (and I’ve been to them all).

Great drinks. Staff know their stuff. Really enjoyed the drink and the food - Bandito in Avocado.

The service at the bar for Buffalo & Bergen on a busy Saturday in union market was great! Our coffees were never empty and our bagels came quickly after about 15 minutes. These are no joke - definitely come hungry!

Keep going back because the breakfast is SO good. My personal fave meal is grilled cheese everything bagel with avocado and tomato. If you’re in the NOMA / Union Market area and looking for an affordable grab and go option, Buffalo & Bergen is your place!

Great staff & really good bagels

The friendliest staff you will ever encounter. They truly appreciate your business and they deliver a great bagel too. Their bacon egg and cheese is heavenly, and they are definitely up there for my favorite bagel place in DC.

I like their food but they are so slow. Every time I’ve ordered, I’ve had to wait beyond the estimated pickup time. The worst was when I was told to keep waiting for a text, 15 minutes past the pickup time.

Bagels are great and the stuff they put between then is tasty. If you get a sandwich, its huge and filling. Very pleased with it. They made ordering during COVID a breeze.

This place is amazing. Great food and drinks. Be sure to try the knish! If you have time and the weather is nice grab a frozen drink from their Suburbia Airstream trailer out front.

A staple of Union Market, this dining counter has cocktails and sandwiches that are phenomenal. Not only is the food worth a stop, the service is open and friendly. The associates here make you feel welcome and are ridiculously talented to make your experience delightful. Top notch food spot and we love visiting.

Best bloody mary 😍 I have ever had! Much better than founding farmers.

Great bagels, with good amount of cream cheese. Friendly staff, safety measures are also very good. I recommend this place.

Mean, arrogant staff. They cant even be bothered to tape a menu near the ordering station. Enjoy waiting 30+ minutes for a bagel. Never again.

One of the better bagels in town, with the best knishes. Great cocktail options as well.

Excellent serving size. Fresh salad. Would definitely recommend.

I asked for recommendation the girl was not sure I got a fish sandwich it was pretty salty but it was different 👍🏽

Best bagels in town

Birthday present to me. Yum!

The service was very quick and the employees were extremely helpful. The breakfast burrito was phenomenal and very filling. There was even a slight communication and there was no delay in getting it fixed. The sauce they provided also just paired well with the meal. Definitely recommend!

Took 20 minutes for two bagels and a breakfast sandwich. One person ordered before us.

Best breakfast bagels in DC. It’s a banger and breakfast Reuben are incredible.

Literally one of the best places in DC. Phenomenal staff. Amazing food. And who would have thought youd get spectacular cocktails along with your bagel and knish.

Cute little breakfast spot in Union Market! I actually wasnt sure what this place was until recently when I came here after a long run. MY body was craving cheese, eggs, meat and carbs. Enter Buffalo and Bergen.I ordered an everything bagel sandwich with bacon, egg and cheese. The bagel came out pretty quickly. It was really delicious! Everything was cooked perfectly and I also really liked that there were several different varieties of cheese to select for the bagel sandwich.Service was really friendly and made the experience a lot better. I really like that you can sit at the diner-style stools. It feels like youre not in the bustle of Union Market which is nice.Would come back!

Nice local bagel shop inside Union market. They have a large selections of bagels and bagel sandwiches. Bagels are good, but not incredible, but the sandwiches are cooked well and tasty. You can get to-go or sit down on the counter, but on the weekends the counter tends to get full - show up earlier for less lines!

Great food and huge bagel sandwiches, and great people

Fabulous bagel and cream cheese selection. I had the everything bagel with chive cream cheese and tomatoes. It came out soft and warm, yet cream cheese still cool and intact. Also Amy is awesome.

Something is going terribly wrong at the Capitol Hill outpost. Tried it twice before reviewing, terrible bagels. My everything bagel was underdone in the middle and over baked on the outside and my cinnamon raisin bagel pale with a huge hole and somewhat stale at 9am. No crust. I’m from NY where even the smallest bagel shops do better than this.

Great food and atmosphere, but I specifically wanted to give a shout-out to Jackie. She really went above and beyond to connect with everyone who ordered with her and had wonderful customer service!!

Always a great time!! Jackie and Megan are rockstars!!!

Buffalo & Bergen is the bomb the best bagels I have had since 1945 even though I was born in the 80s you must-try the bagels and lox and the Bloody Marys are a must have.

Best. Bagels. On the planet. Cocktails are excellent, interesting, and rotate to maximize seasonal ingredients. Bees and wines also rotate nicely.As someone with gluten sensitivity (not full on celiac) who has to carefully consider his gluten sacrifices, I love their bagels. Egg creams are my young sons favorite in the city, which is a tribute, considering his more sensitive taste buds (his words).Bryan and the rest of the crew are awesome.

Great tasting food for breakfast or lunch. Also open earlier than most the other places at Union Market. Little on the pricey side but its good.

Very good foodGood atmosphere. The staff is friendly and helpful. Its like an old fashioned soda shop or lunch counter, with swivel chairs around the counter. Nice place to visit.

Went this past weekend and a very delicious everything bagel with egg cheese and avocado was $9. Definitely not your budget neighborhood bakery. But union market is such a neat experience and great for sightseeing and people watching, so I keep going back.

Great food if you like things served on any kind of bagel. The wait is usually a bit long, but you can probably chalk that up to these sandwiches being made-to-order. B&B is just as good for lunch as it is for breakfast. Theyve also got craft cocktails and a bar if youre looking for a way to pass the time while you wait. Recommend the Mountain Shiksha on a salted bagel - the perfect combo of sweet and salty. Like most things in Union Market (and DC for that matter), a bit on the pricier side.

Great place, often not enough space at the bar because people love it! (There are other tables.) Try the Mountain Shiksa - lox, bacon, and maple pecan cream cheese on a bagel.

Bagels are excellent! Sit around with bagels, coffee, and family/friends Sunday morning is fantastic.

Aaaaaaaaamaaazzing food let me tell you. Staff is super nice except for the lady in the back. Shes rude and makes her staff be rude. Food is sooo soo good though.

Flavorful portions are piled high on top of fried knishes or traditional bagels and paired with creamy milkshakes, this spot makes breakfast dreamy.

Friendly, attentive staff. Delicious bagels (try the egg everything--you wont be disappointed). The drinks are stupendous. Have been coming here weekly for years and will continue to do so.

Great place to get your bagel in a creative fashion. Love the nostalgia decor and seating. Highly recommend for those visiting D.C. for the first time to enjoy a good breakfast or a meet spot for catching up.

Super delicious bagels that they turn into monstrous sandwiches. Great happy hour prices too. The staff is always fun and they even deliver.

Great breakfast sandwiches

THE BEST BAGELS IN THE DC AREA!!!

Excellent, It is so popular that service may take time but not because of lack of attentiveness. They all Rock.

So wonderfully accommodating to me and my little one. Delicious food and a real soda jerk. Pricey, but quality is there.

Had a knish and a flip (drink with fresh egg white). Bartender did a splendid job, no question - and used the order as an opportunity to teach the craft to others. The knish was large, nicely dressed, filling and tasty. Not quite the finger food of a sidewalk in NY, but a solid sit-down-with-a-fork experience.

Best bagels Ive had in a long time, a little busy but that just shows how good it is!

Great service, atmosphere and the best Reuben we have had anywhere!

Great drink options food is pretty good.

I had a craving for a bagel sandwich all week... so I ordered the egg cheese and lox bagel. I got the scallion cream cheese which is extra and the whole thing came out to be $16.00... $16.00 really??? The bagel sandwich was fine they forgot to put tomatoes that i asked for and didnt put any red onions or capers... Thanks. I sat down at a picnic table, ate my mediocre sandwich while the various people at union market walked by... and thought about income inequality the rest of the morning.

Sunday around 5 PM. Sat at the bar with my wife for 5 minutes and the bartenders helping 2 other people did not help let alone say hello. We got up and left.

If youre new to DC you must come to Union Market. This establishment is one of the many reasons why.

Exceptional to outta-bounds mixed drinks, Bagels, and customer service. It was so good, that we dined back to back and invited friends to join on New Years Day! Any questions?

The service was horrible.... sat at the bar which was empty for atleast 10 mins before even being acknowledged.... then when placing an order they had none of the ingredients needed to make the drink.... whether it was the alcohol, syrup..etc. My bagel was burnt... I asked for another that was burnt and when I requested it be taken off my bill and I just paid for my soda since it was the only thing they had.... the owner threw a fit... didnt want to give my money back and when she did she threw the change at me on the counter. I will never return to this place... Her attitude is terrible.... as a business owner myself customer service is important to me... and she failed miserably

Nowhere close to a NY Bagel. Having been around NY style bagels my whole life, these are subpar at best. The closest this comes to being a NY Style bagel is the extremely generous amount of cream cheese that is globbed onto the bagel. The cream cheese stood out more than the baguette style bread they call a bagel.

Fantastic Sunday Brunch! I had an Original Sin Bagel, which was a delicious combination that despite the average size of the bagel was delicious and filling. The place was very busy and I had to wait a while before a seat at the bar opened up, but you dont need to sit there to order, you can order and get handed your food. Due to the sheer number of people ordering, you might need to wait a few minutes for your food, but thats okay because the quality is high. I found the staff to be friendly and accommodating. I will definitely come back.

Assorted Knishes, boozy cocktails and great servers. Belly up to the counter and plan to stay awhile.

Wow, the food, drinks, and service are equally exceptional. I want one of these in my neighborhood on San Francisco!

Bagels are OK, but the service and options are fantastic.

Fast, and delicious!!

I hate to be leaving a bad review after only one visit to Buffalo & Bergen, but Im not interested in a second visit. I had the knish and I tried a bagel with egg and cheese. First the knish - it wasnt like any knish Ive ever had (the crust was lame, not crisp; it was served more like a pierogi than a knish). Second the bagel - it had no flavor. Top all this off with the following: they serve ice coffee out of a pitcher filled with ice, resulting in an ice coffee that tastes more like water than coffee. When I sent it back, I was then asked if I was alright. Am I alright? Yeah, Im fine... but when I order coffee, I dont want water.

So fresh! Had my order ready on time!

Black sesame and Old Bay bagel ftw! This place is the best. Bayside Rabbi, Bandito, and anything with the word Rude in the name ... Cant go wrong. Fountain sodas and coffee is killer, too. Havent had the booze yet, but the bar selections that are displayed are top notch. Do yourself a favor and stop in early sometime when Union Market is not bursting at the seams.

The flavor combinations are awesome!

Best bagels in town! Great options for brunch and lunch. The coffe is really good, their staff is really nice (they even can take your order in spanish! :D) I think the price for what you have is fair. Deff. my favorite place for bagels.

I eat here frequently and they have a good vegetarian bagel sandwich. I hesitate to give 5 stars because of the time it takes to get the order compared to other options in the market.

Great people, delicious food and beverages. Plus its Union Market... plenty to do and see!

So friendly, like a slice of time from 1960, food is great, service is phenomenal, personal and clean! Make this part of your D.C. adventure!

One of the best places to get a Bagel sandwich, and a drink for the whole family and some! This place is amazing!!! The creations they make are fancy enough to impress, but wont kill you at the register! The staff is very upbeat, respectful, courteous and willing to make your drink and bagel one of a kind, and the best tasting!!! You can bring the whole family! They have outdoor seating, and a frozen machine outside. Parking is always avalible. Parking is safe and free! I wish I could spend even more time there with my whole family!Ask for the Rude Boy, Julian bagel with a patio pounder! Its a taste of heaven with a splash of hell!!! I SIMPLY LOVE THIS PLACE!They do it right, every time!!!Inexpensive, innovative, and top notch service! What more could you ask?!UPDATE: I was in the neighborhood last week and visited B&B and guess what? This place deserves 6 STARS! Had a quick chat with the owner, had a Rude Boy Julian and a Patio Pounder and enjoyed the sounds and sites! An amazing place that offers more than just top notch service, uncanny drinks, amazing bagel sandwiches and the social experience! Brian, Amie and Jackie are the BEST!

Delicious foods..will back again..

Hipster area- fun staff and great ice cream floats!

Breakfast bagels were scrumptious, but very pricy. Two bagel sandwiches, two coffees, $27!

Good value in the market for what you get.

Really loved the Tres Bon Poulet on Pumpernickel! It was delicious and the bagel (toasted) was perfect. I also had their house made ginger soda which had the perfect amount of flavor. Ill definitely return to try other things on their menu. Usually the place is packed but we were lucky to get a seat this time!

Havent eaten here -YET, but their cocktails are lovely and refreshing, especially on hot days.

Nice atmosphere good food n lots of it

Buffalo & Bergen is one of the few NYC style bagel places in DC and some would claim its the best bagel in the city. If you walk by it and dont pick up on their bagel vibe, youre in good company. It does NOT look like a bagel shop. Its a round bar in the middle of Union Market and looks more fancy than any other bagel shop youve ever been to....but do pull up a seat at the bar and enjoy.They have a vast menu with every kind of bagel you can imagine and dozens of bagel sandwiches to pick from. They do breakfast bagel sandwiches all day too! I recommend the breakfast bandit for a bit of a kick and the south philly if you like cheesesteak sandwiches.Their drinks are on point too. I go with the more simple drinks, but if you like something unique, try their bloody mary. It was voted best in DC in 2015 and comes loaded with a bagel on top! If you like sweet, try their nutella vodka milkshake. Wow.Buffalo & Bergen, were so glad youre in DC!

Delicious bagels and nice composition of flavours. Staff very friendly and jovial.

Great food, but pretty expensive

The design of Buffalo & Bergen is beautiful. My egg cream was delicious (but very much over-priced) and it was made within a few minutes of ordering. My sandwich (which I could only eat half but was very good) took almost 20 minutes to get made. By that time my egg cream was just a sweet memory. Timing was extremely bad as were many other things at Buffalo & Bergen.The female server seemed flustered and upset from the get go. She wasnt very friendly. I gave her the benefit of the doubt. She wasnt feeling well or stressed out - my first (and more-than-likely) only visit to B&B and their only server is having a tremendously bad day. I should have cancelled my sandwich order and exited but unfortunately I stayed.A disturbing and definitely against several health code violations happened before my very eyes. While sipping my egg cream the stressed out server broke a glass. It looked like some may have gone into the ice bin. The glass broke on the counter near the ice bin and then crashed to the floor smashing completely.It actually gets worse. The stressed out, now more stressed out server, takes off her shoe with her bare hands! Shakes her shoe. Then places her shoe ON THE COUNTER and rubs her foot! I was absolutely shocked and disgusted.I then observed her scooping out a little bit of the possibly shards-of-glass infused ice into the sink. Just a little of the ice!? This is extremely dangerous. Anyone with an ounce of common sense knows that all of the ice needs to be tossed, hot boiling water into the ice bin, then a careful wipe down and inspection of the clean and sanitized ice bin before refilling.None of these actions were taken. I ate what I could of my bagel sandwich. Although the cook served it to me and I was relieved hoping his hands were a lot cleaner than the flustered clumsy server - I just lost confidence in the entire operation.I did leave a basic 15%. I shouldnt have left anything but did feel badly. Gazing at my check I was starting to feel badly for myself. A standard size egg cream and small bagel sandwich with 15% tip was $23 bucks?!Anyway, that was a difficult lesson learned. I tried to find a manager for B&B to report possible broken glass in the ice bin. As well as the blatant unhygenic actions of the server. I stayed on another 15 minutes, while more customers sat at the counter. The server never even washed her hands nor used a hand sanitizer. She continued using the possibly tainted ice for the drinks of the new customers.I went off to continue shopping but had asked other merchants adjacent to B&B if they knew if the manager or owner of B&B was around but no one had seen her that day. I checked again before leaving Union Market but didnt see any new employees at B&B so I left.So for several reasons I cannot recommend this place.

I eat here like once a week. Great breakfast-y bagels.

Great breakfast sandwiches and drinks.

Best bagel sandwiches ever!!!

If you looking customer friendly service, dont go there...I cant explain how bad their female server service to new customer....Dont go...Dont go...Dont go....

Food was great its busy, be warned.

Delicious breakfast food!