Ess-a-Bagel

Ess-a-Bagel was established in 1976 on 1st Avenue in the Gramercy section of Manhattan by Florence and Gene Wilpon and Florence’s brother Aaron Wenzelberg. ​ Coming from an Austrian baking family, it is not surprising that within two years our hand-rolled bagels were voted the best in the Tri-St...

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  • Phone

    (212) 260-2252

  • Website

    essabagel.com

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    102203749823022

  • Type

    Bagel Shop

Address

324 1st Ave New York , NY 10009 United States

Credit Cards Yes (incl. NFC Payments)
Outdoor Seating No

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Layla

Great bagels with huge selection of cream cheeses and fillings. Perfect takeaway , eat-on-the-go breakfast .

Jillian

Simply not the same. Old staff had a take it or leave it attitude that kept the line moving. No toasting, no nonsense. Now, bagel shortages and Six Flags length lines are the norm. Nuh-uh ☝🏼️

Al S

Excellent bagels , definitely along the best in NY. The breakfast sandwiches are massive carbocaloriebombs. Tho location is quieter than the other one too.

Chris Burch

Love this NY classic in a new neighborhood . My favorite is smoke salmon on an everything bagel with scallion cream cheese . Yum!

Taiowa Waner

New location; same great bagels . The line can be long, so grab a plain bagel and skip the wait.

Bishop Montalvo

Respetable folks and always fresh bagels . Ask and they can create almost anything asked for.

Evan Coleman

Best bagels in the city . I love that they have a separate line for people who are getting just bagels .

Sofia Papastamelos

Amazing and classic NYC bagel place . Get there before 10am on saturdays to avoid the line .

Gianna Nebbia

Tasty lox . “Signature” bagel sandwiches are pricy but huge

Luis Oliveira

Great breakfast sandwich . It’s worth the waiting line .

Jessica Reid

Hands down best bagels in manhattan. If there is a wait. Wait. It's worth it.

Gabe A

Ess-a-Bagel has returned! The new location also has a toaster.

Asli S

They messed up our phone order, but bagel was doughy and fresh with a generous amount of cream cheese .

Mike Brennan

Ask for a bagel that just came out of the oven.

Tommy Lane

Excellent bagels ! Try the multigrain everything bagel !

Njoud Fahad

If I had to come back I’d come only cause the staff is so so friendly !

Ivanna Cianfagna

Muy bueno, bacon , cheese and ham 😋

Mike

I think they had to hire all new staff . on a recent Saturday they were having trouble producing BAGELS, and the computerized registers were down.

HashtagNYU

Are you a real New Yorker if you don't love a good bagel ?

Sara 🌈⚔🍾

Best bagels in the city since H&H closed.

Darren Segarra

Cinnamon raisin bagel is amazing

sabler

Cold brew coffee + bagel = Happy Sunday morning

Nadia Swan

Smoked salmon on a bagel with cream cheese !

Adriana Martínez

Everything is delicious here 😋

Josh

Best bagels in all of NYC

Marc Jones

The best bagels in NYC

Thomas Mattimore

Pretty good bagels ... but think more delivery sandwiches were sent out than customers in line were served. Wait is almost obnoxious.

Katie Boes

Best Bagel

Neil Palmer

Apparently the pandemic has had a serious affect - the young lady ahead of me asked for her bagel toasted and didn't get a) thrown out or b) struck by lightning. Still awesome bagels though

Matt Gorman

Now with more tables! And a real credit card reader! And a toaster...if you're into that kind of thing

John Coates

Slow and they gave me the wrong bagel . Go to David's bagels instead

Joey J

This place is not good. Egg and Cheese on a bagel was microwaved and tasteless. Only one side of the bagel had sesame seeds . Lazy and cheap operation. Look elsewhere.

Jordan Lee

Terribly disorganized line . Bagels with cream cheese very expensive . Good bagels though.

Maccha

Average/ below average at best. Don’t bother standing in line

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Fresh sliced lox FTW. Service was a bit chaotic and slicing could have been more consistent/thinner but I think it beats Ess-a and Zucker’s in the neighborhood. - David 🎉 Laster

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Won’t go wrong with cream cheese and lox! - Jonathan Aminov

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Great and friendly staff who play good music! PS. Free wifi and tasty iced lattes makes it enjoyable place to work! - Irina

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Excellent fresh fruit and often have good sales. Watch for them! - Leslie Adamski

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The California Roll, not bad! Give it a shot! - Cesar Razuri