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Address: 4345 US-9, Freehold, NJ 07728
Phone: (732) 780-3536
Website: https://www.thebagelnook.com/location/freehold-nj-pond-road/
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Reviews
Alexis Diaz
I visited The Bagel Nook in Freehold today and had the absolute best experience thanks to Franklin. I drove an hour and a half to get here and it was 100% worth it. Franklin was so welcoming, patient, and knowledgeable when helping me choose from the huge menu.
We ordered two Snickerdoodle iced coffees, a potato skin bagel with bacon cheddar cream cheese, a pumpkin French toast bagel with maple bacon cream cheese, and a pumpkin bagel with apple pie cream cheese — and everything was AMAZING. Every bite tasted fresh and super flavorful, and you can tell a lot of care goes into what they serve.
Between the great food and the excellent service from Franklin, this will definitely not be my last visit. I’ll absolutely be back!
… moreWe ordered two Snickerdoodle iced coffees, a potato skin bagel with bacon cheddar cream cheese, a pumpkin French toast bagel with maple bacon cream cheese, and a pumpkin bagel with apple pie cream cheese — and everything was AMAZING. Every bite tasted fresh and super flavorful, and you can tell a lot of care goes into what they serve.
Between the great food and the excellent service from Franklin, this will definitely not be my last visit. I’ll absolutely be back!
Craig Tetreault
This place is hoppin!! The service with a smile and a quick joke was a plus! Fun place to be & work I imagine. Coffee was also top shelf! This Egg Bagel breakfast was amazing & hard to not “eat all at once” for a few hour car trip. I’ll be back to this local favorite Just off “Craig Street/Road”
… moreRiver
Honestly was insanely disappointed with the tuna salad. I got it on a roll with lettuce and vinegar and it just did not meet the standard taste. I couldn’t even finish half of it before throwing it out. My dad didn’t like it either so I couldn’t even give it to him. Staff was friendly and quick service, but i do not recommend getting the tuna salad. Also was $11? That price is insane for just a roll and some tuna.
… moreRicardo A.
Very busy place. My son was the one who recommended this spot to me. Being only 8 years old, I was intrigued. So we showed up and let me say it was pretty cool. Very interesting bagels flavors. We all had different items, and they were delicious. Will definitely come back to this location if around the area. There is plenty of parking as well. We had the doritos bagel with cream cheese, cinnamon toast crunch bagel, and a spicy one but forgot the name. Delicious..
… moreMichele D
These bagel are phenomenal! I use them for all school events and the students and staff cannot say enough good things about it!
They even created a plain bagel with our school colors!
The flavored cream cheeses are light & fresh tasting, not a sugary overload!
Flavored butters are delicious! Love this place!
… moreThey even created a plain bagel with our school colors!
The flavored cream cheeses are light & fresh tasting, not a sugary overload!
Flavored butters are delicious! Love this place!
A S
Decided to check this place out because I saw it on Tik Tok! First we got two bagels and it was good too much cream cheese for me though lol and the price in my opinion wasn’t bad at all I paid $11. Only thing we didn’t like was the bagels were cold not sure if we have to request to get them warmed up. And the bangin burrito was amazing!! I would come back again for that
… moreCMG
I ordered via Uber Eats; so not rating service or atmosphere. Having never tried Bagel Nook, based on their menu and Instagram, expectations were probably too high. I had a meeting that I volunteered to bring a light breakfast. To avoid a last minute stressor, I ordered Saturday afternoon for Sunday morning delivery. I quartered each item so everyone could try a few things.
Bagels
No crackle or crunch- which should be the baseline. In fact, they were chewy (not in a good way) and tough to cut and/or bite into. No way to toast (to add some crunch back) since most bagel flavors come from toppings and zero going on inside. The pretty swirled Oreo bagel- I literally had to look on my receipt because we couldn’t figure out what the flavor was supposed to be. Even the “Ooey gooey” French toast bagel had no typical ribbons of cinnamon running through dough there was a slight dusting of cinnamon on outside and not gooey at all. Is that supposed to come from maple syrup? Not sure. Most bagels seem to start as plain- possibly made at their central commercial kitchen? Taste proved out- the bagels I chose- were mostly (very generous) toppings. Up charges for the highly decorated ones… barely justifiable. But I get it, food costs are insane right now!
Additional pet peeve: all bagels were put in same bag; I had garlic, onions, etc on fruity pebble and Oreo bagels and fruity pebbles on my savory bagels. Ugh!
Muffin
I tried a giant red velvet, figured it’s probably the most difficult to get some real flavor out of and so much red food color! Expectations went down. But it was probably the best tasting item and I kept it for myself, lol. At $4.99, pricey but I’m okay with it since it was good!
Doughnuts
Off the bat, they look great. I think they’re starting with commercially produced vanilla yeasted and cake doughnuts and decorating them. At least it tasted like that. Yeasted doughnuts didn’t have tenderness or flavor that you get from (and love) a freshly made product. I get it, they’re a bagel store; not a doughnut shop. But don’t just make a sub par product to sell… because you can.
Overload Bagels
The overload bagels were just okay. I got the fruity pebble.its shocking you can do so much to a bagel and still lack flavor. I’m sure that kids love them. I did not for all the reasons I’ve already stated.
Specialty cream cheese
I only tried one- maple bacon. To start, container was only about 2/3 full and had what looks like Oreo cream cheese still on knife which transferred to inside side of my container- disappointing! The off putting brown color, easily overlooked if delicious. Taste was definitely “chemically” I think artificial maple flavoring; not a reduced real maple syrup, which I expected. In total, I doubt if 2 slices of chopped bacon were mixed in and I searched for it. 🙁 At $7.should be so much better!
I wanted to love this place since I now know 2 of their new locations are much closer to me than Freehold. To be fair, I’ve been an executive chef, caterer and personal chef for decades; I’m critical because I see where they’re failing and what could be made better. Perhaps the rapid location expansion has affected quality? At some point, someone had fantastic and creative ideas that they worked really hard to perfect and create recipes- I wonder if today, they’ve been lost in translation. I wonder if they randomly check quality as much as they did originally.
I don’t think they’re looking to build a community of regulars. Unfortunately, I spent $70, so everyone could try something different; not many people went back for seconds and NO ONE asked where I got the food. Based on lack of flavor or freshness, complacency, (probably) poor training and not comparably priced- unless you have kids, I’m not sure why anyone would return to this disappointing Candyland.
As the saying goes: All hat; no cattle.
… moreBagels
No crackle or crunch- which should be the baseline. In fact, they were chewy (not in a good way) and tough to cut and/or bite into. No way to toast (to add some crunch back) since most bagel flavors come from toppings and zero going on inside. The pretty swirled Oreo bagel- I literally had to look on my receipt because we couldn’t figure out what the flavor was supposed to be. Even the “Ooey gooey” French toast bagel had no typical ribbons of cinnamon running through dough there was a slight dusting of cinnamon on outside and not gooey at all. Is that supposed to come from maple syrup? Not sure. Most bagels seem to start as plain- possibly made at their central commercial kitchen? Taste proved out- the bagels I chose- were mostly (very generous) toppings. Up charges for the highly decorated ones… barely justifiable. But I get it, food costs are insane right now!
Additional pet peeve: all bagels were put in same bag; I had garlic, onions, etc on fruity pebble and Oreo bagels and fruity pebbles on my savory bagels. Ugh!
Muffin
I tried a giant red velvet, figured it’s probably the most difficult to get some real flavor out of and so much red food color! Expectations went down. But it was probably the best tasting item and I kept it for myself, lol. At $4.99, pricey but I’m okay with it since it was good!
Doughnuts
Off the bat, they look great. I think they’re starting with commercially produced vanilla yeasted and cake doughnuts and decorating them. At least it tasted like that. Yeasted doughnuts didn’t have tenderness or flavor that you get from (and love) a freshly made product. I get it, they’re a bagel store; not a doughnut shop. But don’t just make a sub par product to sell… because you can.
Overload Bagels
The overload bagels were just okay. I got the fruity pebble.its shocking you can do so much to a bagel and still lack flavor. I’m sure that kids love them. I did not for all the reasons I’ve already stated.
Specialty cream cheese
I only tried one- maple bacon. To start, container was only about 2/3 full and had what looks like Oreo cream cheese still on knife which transferred to inside side of my container- disappointing! The off putting brown color, easily overlooked if delicious. Taste was definitely “chemically” I think artificial maple flavoring; not a reduced real maple syrup, which I expected. In total, I doubt if 2 slices of chopped bacon were mixed in and I searched for it. 🙁 At $7.should be so much better!
I wanted to love this place since I now know 2 of their new locations are much closer to me than Freehold. To be fair, I’ve been an executive chef, caterer and personal chef for decades; I’m critical because I see where they’re failing and what could be made better. Perhaps the rapid location expansion has affected quality? At some point, someone had fantastic and creative ideas that they worked really hard to perfect and create recipes- I wonder if today, they’ve been lost in translation. I wonder if they randomly check quality as much as they did originally.
I don’t think they’re looking to build a community of regulars. Unfortunately, I spent $70, so everyone could try something different; not many people went back for seconds and NO ONE asked where I got the food. Based on lack of flavor or freshness, complacency, (probably) poor training and not comparably priced- unless you have kids, I’m not sure why anyone would return to this disappointing Candyland.
As the saying goes: All hat; no cattle.
liz
Wonderful establishment. Very clean and aesthetically pleasing. The bagels are always delicious and fresh, there are hundreds of combinations you can do. Highly recommend coming here, Franklin is very sweet and will make you the best bagel you’ve ever tasted!
… moreShayonne Faison
Drove an hour and a half to The Bagel Nook in Freehold and it was SO worth it. Franklin was amazing and took great care of us. The service was excellent. The Snickerdoodle iced coffees and all three bagels were amazing — especially the potato skin bagel! I’ll definitely be back.
… moreJoan Cavanaugh (WarwickUniGal1989)
Third time trying their bagels, have yet to be impressed. Bland and tasteless as well as v soft, no chew. Lender,s taste better. I honestly don’t get the hype. I want straight up, old fashioned bagels not trendy, artistic monstrosities piled with a load of sugary crap. Eli,s come back!
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