Best Bialy in the DMVBialystok was once the Bialy capital of the world. These are delightful bagel like treats infused with onions and garlic.Many years ago, my grandmother would take me downstairs to the corner bakery. She would speak Yiddish to the proprietor who would hand me a still warm treat.While Yiddish is hard hard to find in the DMV, a great bialy can still be had. Bagel City is a throw back to old times. The bagels are hand made and the people are friendly. Head to Rockville pike and say hello to GeorgeThis Deli makes traditional Eastern European Jewish food. I recommend the onion garlic bialy or if you are hungry an eggwich on a bialy.Lechaim,Gili

Nice place. Had Reuben. Not impressed Could be much better. Corned beef itself tasted good. Rainbow cookies were fresh and delicious.....Cole slaw was alright

My fav. Is the Chicken surprise on an everything bagel w/cheddar cheese 👌🏼; service is always quick and bagels are delicious.

Best customer service Ive ever experienced. Tasty bagels too!

I specifically asked for a warm bagel with cream cheese. Cashier told me they looked fresh and should be warm. Same person as waiter brought a hard, cold bagel. I asked him to warm it up. He brought back a cold hard bagel. Perhaps theres new management that doesnt know a bagel is not a beige rock with a hole in the middle.

Chicken surprise is really good

I dont get to Bagel City often enough but you can bet that I enjoy it when I do! The best bagels and cream cheese... making me hungry just thinking about it!

Excellent bagels. Ordering line moved quickly. Food brought to your table promptly. Dining area was a great old diner feel. Visited be breakfast while braving Rockville Pike traffic running errands. Highly recommend is you are looking for an old style bagel place.

I’ve been meaning to visit Bagel City since I moved to the Twinbrook area earlier this year—I loved the cute, hand-drawn artwork in the windows. I’m happy to report that it’s a great place to eat as well! I just grabbed a sandwich before work. Reasonable prices, good portions, and professional and courteous service. I’m definitely coming back :)

Always tasty bagels. These are real deal bagels too, nothing like that grocery store stuff. Order at the counter and then relax while they get everything ready and bring it to your table. They also bus the tables when you are done. The decor is old and could use a refresh, but you wont care because you will eating great bagels.

Came here as a kid pretty much weekly, and theyve kept their roots but grown with the times. Bagels are smaller than youll find at Royal, but theyre good. I cant speak to the sweets.

Very large selection, there are grocery and deli items, an entire wall-fridge full of drinks, so many choices.. The sandwich I ordered was delicious, ready quickly, and brought out to my table. Friendly service, very clean restaurant. First time visit. Would definitely go back.

I truly love a salt bagel and they make em right. Oh- you cant go wrong with the rest of the many different kinds either.

Went into bagel city for my 90 year old client who was waiting for me in the car. I was told that the bagels that she wanted me to purchase was in the back cooking and will be done in 15 min. I left to go and sit with my client in the car while we waited. When I returned to the store I was told buy the same cashier that I was not able to purchase the bagels. I asked to speak with a manager, he went in the back and she refused to come out. I may not have thought anything of this, but I waited with my 90 year old client in the car for the bagels. I really am not sure I would ever go back.

Had a bit of line but that’s expected on a Sunday morning. Call ahead. Much faster than waiting. Tried the chicken wrap, pizza bagel, eggwich, Oreo brownie and egg salad Sammie. Everything was remarkable! Will absolutely be going back and bringing friends!!

They have really good tuna fish and white pizza bagels, other than that there BAGELS are SO HARD they are horrible. Whoever is baking them over bake. Or they are sitting out to long like stale.. in today’s world bagels should not be hard and over baked you have to please the customer and get it right!!

Love the bagels here. Genuine NY style bagels at an affordable price. If you need a special order just call them up and they will be happy to assist you with your special request.

The bagels Ive had here are very good. The store has been an institution in Rockville for decades. Make sure you get there early on Sundays, as they do run out of bagels later in the day. the product is always fresh and they want to make sure they have little left over at the end.Service can sometimes be a little slow, even if it doesnt appear theyre busy. Overall, its one of the better bagel bakeries in the Washington DC area. Its worth a try from anywhere in Montgomery county and even some places in Virginia. Parking is much easier as compared to Bethesda bagels.

This place is an old standard! Excellent food quality and friendly service. The deliciousness here has been consistent ever since I can remember. I very highly recommend Bagel City for any meal! I cannot stress the value of great food, excellent prices and atmosphere here! Only contructive criticism: bathrooms could use updating and thorough cleaning - but they work and were good enough.

Great bagels (you get 14 when you order a dozen) and baked goods! I particularly like their egg and cheese on a bagel, for me an everything bagel! Lots of choices, and havent had a bad one yet in10+ years...

One of the oldest bagel places in Rockville. Makes very good bagels with an urban, but still neighborhood theme. Also serves ice cream and pastries. Does catering as well.

This place is begging for renovations. Otherwise, lovely people are at your service. Food is ok.

I had the blueberry bagel and my husband had the poppyseed bagle with cream cheese, lox, and capers. Both were absolutely wonderful. The place and the people who worked there were cheerful, and the prices were reasonable. I highly recommend this place!

I enjoy the bagels, knishes and other baked goods. There are deli sandwiches and lots of spreads for the bagels. The interior has a retro feel.

As always their bagels are the best. Theyre good enough that I frequently get more than one bagel sandwich, one to eat there and one to take home. Their bagel beauty cant be beat.

There Bagel Nova lox is Bomb/mean really good!!

Good bagels and a great selection. A little impatient when making the decision. Be easy guys we are the consumer

Excellent bagels. Good service. They bring your food to you after ordering, and they bus your table after you leave!

Always one of my favorite Rockville spots for a quick bite.

I am very concerned with management, cleanliness, and pest control in the dining area. My order was screwed up repeatedly.

Bagel City is not good. I have visited only a few times over the years - mostly in a pinch. I have never had a formal sandwich, so I cannot comment on that. However, I have had buttered bagels, melted cheese bagels, lox bagel. Yesterday I visited the store. Their bagels are unsatisfactory. The dining area was health-department filthy: dirty floor, unwiped tables, unbussed tables; food smooshed on the floor that people walked over all day. The staff, while courteous, was either unmotivated or burned out. I ordered a buttered bagel and a cup of coffee in a store with few other customers. Service was slow. A buttered bagel was ready close to 15 minutes after I ordered it. The coffee was high quality but not piping hot. They did not have fresh milk or cream.

Very disappointed with this place. Ordered a bagel with egg and sausage and it was the worst breakfast ive ever had. The egg they put in the bagel was thicker than the bagel itself and the size of the sausage was only big enough to cover a 4th of the bagel. I couldnt believe it.

One of my favorite rockville lunch spots. Sometimes the wait is long to order, but not today.

I called to pre-order a dozen bagels an hour ahead for pick up at 11 am. Come 11:15, there are no bagels for me. I was told to wait another 10 minutes. I sat and waited another 30 minutes and finally right before noon I was handed my order that I had called to order almost 2 hours before that. Not only did I have somewhere to be and spent an hour waiting for a dozen bagels, I was given no explanation from a manager. The only reason I waited is because I was not even offered a refund. I will not be returning.

Poorly prepared food. Rude staff. Likes to think that just because they have been there for 40 years, they can disrespect people.

The bagels were wonderful and plenty of options. the mood was a little outdated and I expected more.out of their sandwiches, but is was affordable and was tasty. staff was never nice and helpful.

An amazing bagel stop and bakery thats got a genuine rustic feel and makes a great bagel, whether you want it simple or as a breakfast deluxe.The service is fast and friendly and I highly recommend this location, especially over ANY other bagel place nearby, Katie Ledecky or otherwise...Ill be back and will spread the word about Bagel City and their classy shop that doesnt just smell like burned bagels/meat/eggs all the time!

This is the quintessential DC-suburbs bad bagel place,. I guess its good enough for people who dont know any better, or think Pizza Hut is good pizza? I dont know. This place is NOTHING like a NY-style deli, and not even a good regular bagel place.Everything I had was sub-par. Croissant was a saran wrapped C-shaped piece of challah. NOT an actual flaky croissant. Worse than 7-11. The matzo ball soup is similarly disappointing. lukewarm bowl of institutional chicken soup with one sad matzo ball thrown in, and then garnished with way too much dill. Service is unfriendly; tables are dirty. Only one tea option.I cannot figure out how this is currently a 4-star place. Sad that so many people are being duped into thinking this is actually a good NY-style deli.

Like walking into a time warp! Good bagel, quick service. Loved it!

Seriously medicore bagels with no taste. Same goes for the ingredients in a bacon egg and cheese. Literally no taste in any of it (salt couldnt rescue it). What I assume was the manager tried to be nice and offer something else, but considering my partners bagel was a similar situation, I declined. Microwaved premade egg batter was unexpected. Waste of money and breakfast opportunity.

What a great place to have them prepare for your event!We had a Bris, and Stephanie was a delight with both the order and advice. We easily called and increased the order too. Very nice presentations for the fish plate, fruit plate, vegatable plate, and a great dessert assortment plate. (AND ready on time!)After experimenting at 4 different D.C. Area bagel places for fresh/tasty bagels,, and Lox and cream cheeses, this place was the best.But their kind help sealed the deal on top of GREAT bagels!

Bagels are fine, but nothing special. They did not have olive cream cheese. There is plenty of seating, and the ambience was pleasant.

Excellent wholewheat everything bagel with lox. They also serve scooped bagels.

One of the only places in the area making fresh bagel dough on the premises. They dont add any chemicals or oils in the product. Friendly service and plenty of parking...best New York Deli in town.

Great. Fresh food. Good and prompt service.

An interesting setup. Bagels were overall OK but Im kinda picky. Prices were reasonable.

Great food and NY style of the place.

This is an essential classic. Amazing whitefish salad!

Come here often. Always love the food and the people. Great for my wife, 2 kids, and myself!

Great bagels and sandwiches, plus super service in a clean setting. Highly recommended.

Took 1 hour took get a Bacon Egg and Cheese. Plus they cant even put salt peppar and ketchup on it, you have to do that yourself by which time its already lunchtime.

Best bagels try the chocolate chip

Fresh bagels and other typical Jewish deli foods prepared fresh and served quickly.

Love the variety, especially bialy not easy to find elsewhere. Service not very fast but pleasant and competent

Fast and clean. I found my bagels a little tough, but maybe its a different style than Im used to.

I was disrespected insulted and never felt worse. We spent over 200 dollars to buy bagels and cream cheese for a party. The bagels were old and the cream cheese containers were half full. We felt cheated and when we contacted the owner called George, he never apologized but he was worse than his staff. There is no customer service and the owner is very cheap and arrogant. Never ever will do business with that bunch again.

The best place for bagels in town. The sundried tomato bagels are to die for, especially with scallion cream cheese.

Best Matzo Ball Soup in town.

Delicious bagel sandwiches! Dont miss the handmade Bialy. Super friendly service!

The folks are friendly and the bagels are great. We always pick up a dozen to take home.

Best bagels in the country. Amazing selection of great food, and a lot of space to sit in.

Moved in recently – i love the place! Esp georges special and the choc éclairs – theyre *so* good!Few times, I arrived just before closing, that never was a problem. The folks are super courteous and nice.

Cashier we dealt with was incredibly unpleasant, very rude.

Fast cantina like service. Huge menu. Great bagel sandwiches. Lots of seating and parking

I got a pb and j bagel that had a lb of peanut butter on it and then they gave me 2 jelly packets to put on myself.......thanks.

We have been going to Bagel City for years. My wife brought home bagels from BC the other day and I was reminded of how great they are. Some of the other menu items are not stellar but if you want great bagels amd cream cheese this is the place to go. I also have to put a good word in for the chicken salad..... mmmm.

Childhood favorite- fountain sodas, pizza bagels and the service are fabulous. Always loved coming here- always will.

Food was good but the Customer Service was Slow and Poor.

Bagels and cream cheese are good however I had to wait 20 min for my single toasted bagel to go on a Sunday morning when they werent very busy.

Best bagels in the DC area

A very loose translation of a bagel place. Soups should be avoided; the pathetic matzoh ball soup will make you cry. The cookies and other baked goods in the glass case are never fresh. Misguided religiocentrism prevents them from offering ham and other pork products. Added a second star for free wireless and for staff clearing tables rather than customers.The person who said people who give this 4 stars would call Pizza Hut good pizza was right on the money. If youve never been to New York this middling approximation of a bagelry will seem amazing.

Great selection of bagels and rather tasty.

Ordered a reuben. They brought me corned beef on rye with no thousand island or sauerkraut - I needed to ask for both and assemble my own sandwich. They were stingy on the meat, and the Coleslaw wasnt great. I dont expect stellar for 7 bucks, but expect way better than this.

Waited 30 minutes for 3 bagels with cream cheese....it was not that busy. They were OK. I’ll definitely go somewhere else next time.

Staff is very willing to re-do your order when they mess it up. (There is a massive language barrier; Im a regular and I want to say they have only gotten my order right maybe once or twice.) Just be overly literal and point out the obvious when you order. (For example, if you have drinks and chips that you intend to purchase right in front of you, you need to tell them. Otherwise you will start to pick the items up to take them to your table and they will tell you they didnt charge for the items, because they somehow didnt make the connection that you took the items from the cooler or the shelves and placed them right in front of you because you wanted to purchase them.) Forget ordering an egg bagel because you will get a plain bagel with egg on it, not an egg bagel. (Actual example.) Just take an extra 10 minutes to really spell everything out and explain every single detail and youll be fine.

Bagel City is the bottom of the barrel for bagels in and around Rockville. From the lukewarm milk (hello health hazard) to the giant menu that has dozens of slight variations using the same terrible ingredients - specifically food from Bagel City - this place continuously finds ways to disappoint: dirty tables, microwaved eggs, the aforementioned warm milk... just stat away.

Bagel City has gone way downhill since its ownership exchanged hands. Bagels are stale and tasteless. Service is slow. Decor is the same as it was decades ago.

Never been disappointed, best breakfast joint in rockville. Good customer service!

Delicious! Best bagels in town

I have no idea what’s special about this place. Food as no taste ordered a oatmeal in the morning, the spoon was wet in the bag oatmeal was nasty had to throw it away. Live and you learned never again.

Went into the store expecting a plethora of bagels, raisin bagels, blue berry or strawberry bagels, nope the only bagels in the shop were pizza bagels. But they did have a bakery stocked with cannolis and cookies

24 flavors of extremely well-made Bagels in a place where you can tell somebody still loves making Bagels beautifully .Outside of New York City Bagel City in Rockville is as close as you get to a really good bagel around here. A a dozen kinds of sandwiches and a whole lot of what a real bagel stop is about cream cheese and bagels and maybe a little lox, for example. Maybe you prefer white fish salad or something else.These bagels are scrumptious.A little bit firm on the outside a little bit soft on the inside. When you bite through the soft crunch of a properly made bagel and get to the perfectly baked interior well risen with just enough air holes to know it was cooked right. YummyThe atmosphere is open with a lot of tables and chairs very New York style ungreasy spoon. There might be some of the newspapers in a pile for you to read the part you want from it. Theres 8 refrigerated cases of drinks in the form of milks and juices. And all the types of cream cheese they sell in the store. And a few other things you might want that go with Bagels they even have a few things that dont go with Bagels like chips.The bathrooms are large and clean very clean the whole place it looks really clean. All the tables and chairs are clean and when you get up somebody comes over and cleans it right then so other people can sit down, sometimes this place gets really busy. Like on Sunday mornings when the hubby goes out to buy a dozen bagels for the family back home right from the oven to the table via dad. Or Mom its rarely both.Big windows open up to a broad parking lot and fills the place with lots of light. Despite the small metal chairs with good cushions the place is comfortable and Im not comfortable in a alot of chairs. Im a really big guyBagel City is the kind of place you can pull up to in your car or walk up from the bus stop on the corner corner. Come out of one of the new high-rise is right in the neighborhood. And always get a good fresh bagel with a schmear. I used to drop by just to pick up a couple to eat during the day as a healthy snack on days when I knew I was working out or not working out

Great food, friendly staff. They do the clean up.

Terrible service. nasty bagels.

Great food, service does not exist other than taking order & $ and bring food when ready.

Great pumpernickel bagels with whitefish salad

I ordered a cinnamon raisin bagel—- Got sesame, NOT HEted, i wanted walnut spread.... but got something?? bagel was stale, way burned, almost too rubbery to eat. took a long time. not happy, will not go back!

New York Style Bagels! Yum!!

3 wks. ago....Over priced matzo ball soup...$13.00 for pint...also burnt Bagel..REAL DARK chips given as a take out!!!! ECK...Picked up matzoBALL soup..2nd chance..to try again today...they didnt put in the 3 matzo Balls.....incomplete.. SKIPPING! The owner is not the friendliest man.The chips were nice.. my dog liked them this time...not the burnt ones through.Dont recommend.... there are other Jewish Restaurants...that wont be tooo expensive+ with complete orders.Hope this helps the PUBLIC.

Good choice quick meal.

A good place for bagels and other goodies.

Mean cashiers.. woww.. the owners really need change those cashiers in that place, horrible

Decent place with fresh bagels, plus locally owned

Excellent food and service.

Even though this is a bagel spot, I always get their French Toast & Bacon, super cheap and really yummy!

Love the New York Baglery feel and selection is pretty good.

Compared to some of the other bagels around the, these bagels are sub-par. Ive been here 3 times now, trying to give them the benefit of the doubt, but each time the bagels tasted stale, and the cream cheese just isnt up to my quality of standard. Not the mention the menu is really, REALLY overwhelming the minute you step in. Why are there so many items on the menu? Its crazy, and gives me an anxiety attack just looking at it. Id eat here or come back if there was a discount or coupon, but would rather go to other bagel shops in the area otherwise.

Okay food at good prices. They have a one/half off day.

Variety of bagels and spacious dining area.

Great bagel, cream cheese, and lox!