elijah harrington
I don’t understand why toasting a bagel and adding cream cheese is confusing for bagel shop employees. My order is never correct here and they always give you attitude when you let them know your simple order is not made correctly.
I asked to have my bagel remade and an aggressive amount of cream cheese was added to my bagel out of spite. The sausage was also cold. Please do better.
… moreMay Hanna
The Mediterranean breakfast was delicious and fresh, and the coffee (caramel latte)was perfect- exactly the way I like it, highly recommend
… moreNischinth Sadhak
4 years ago
This place has one of the best chicken salad sandwiches I have ever had!! Uncommon Grounds advertises itself as a community café that specializes in fresh-roasted coffee and freshly baked bagels. The café is warm, inviting, calming with art work and a social activity hub. They have 3 locations(been to all 3) around capital district and this location in Clifton Park is the most convenient to me. The other locations include Saratoga and Albany. I ordered my chicken salad sandwich on a jalapeño bagel with tomato, lettuce, green peppers, onions and jalopenos. I try a different bagel each time and my favorite would be the everything or garlic bagel. I f I not mind their tuba bagel sandwich too but I just cant get rid of the lingering taste it leaves behind. Take your laptop, catch up with your friends or you want to just go sit there to waste some time and find your inner peace……this is the place to be.
… moreAuria Red
Definitely a breakfast/brunch place more than anything else. Good place to get some work done, really nice atmosphere.
The salads are HUGE and very good. I got the balsamic vinaigrette with mine which had an interesting texture (thick) but tasted how it should. Standard coffee options. Bagels are really thick, but the chocolate chip cookies are perfect. Overall it’s not bad and convenient for the area.
… moreRobin Pinto
Great ambiance in this café. The bagels are large, fresh and very flavorful. I appreciate that you can get a decent size bagel at a great price where other well known bagel shops have reduced their size while increasing prices. Their baked goods are also excellent and we’ve joined their coffee club and began purchasing our nags of coffee there. Excellent coffee!
… moreFaith Pirlo
I had a similar situation just now when I asked if any of the bagels were vegan. It was just a simple question, but I got so much attitude from the girl that took my order. Her eyes rolled so far back into her head and she was shocked that I even would dare to ask her that question. She clearly didn’t know the answer, and asked another coworker. They both laughed at me. I don’t understand the poor customer service. I’m thinking this is a Gen-Z situation, but management needs to step up and train these younger people to stop with the attitude. I’ve worked as a barista before so I understand the stress, but there’s a way to answer customer questions without the negative retort. The matcha was lackluster and definitely did not have an simple syrup in it. I will be supporting the East Greenbush Starbucks from now on…
… moreErik Ross
The bagel sandwiches, coffees and lattes are delicious here! Great atmosphere and plenty of seating.
… moreLorre S
The Uncommon Grounds cafes are usually warm and welcoming with good food. During my visit to the one in the plaza near Defreestvill NY today I found that there are exceptions. I ordered the avocado toast bagel creation and realized that no one had tasted the avocado, which was not at all pleasant. As is all too common these days the counter staff assumes that all orders are take out orders so the bagel creation came to me in a box and it is pretty much impossible to eat it from a box. Then I discovered the most unpleasant part of this particular cafe, which is that the manager doesn’t know enough to stop the employee who is so desperate for therapy that they are spewing their mental issues across the cafe in their outside voice. I finally had to loudly interrupt the non-stop stream of psychological agony in order to get a plate. Managers: taste the food to make sure it is ok and tell your crew that they are going to have to do therapy outside the cafe and pay attention to customers. At least the coffee was up to UG standards!
… moreStacey Rose
Fabulous bagel! Got the Healthy Harvest, was LOADED with veggies added capers and it was like being in NYC! Coffe was delicious as well.
… moreBethany Monsaingeon
I asked which bagels were vegan friendly and one of the staff members said none because they all contain whey protein (which seems odd to me because the everything bagel is pretty much always vegan and they offer many non dairy milk options). He was pretty snappy about it as well. Then upon further investigation I found out the plain, everything and sesame seed bagels are vegan. I understand that some staff members may not always know the answer to these questions but instead of quickly snapping an answer, take the time to find out for sure or ask someone who knows. Weird vibes for sure.
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