Noah's Ny Bagels - San Mateo

I’ve been living in San Mateo for a while now, and it was only on the last weekend that I got a chance to visit Noah’s NY Bagels. We ordered a couple of Cheese Jalapeño bagels with salsa, and the bagels tasted amazing! It almost wanted me to go back and get like 20,30 more of them. Needless to say, I’ll be back here soon. : The service is quite fast too and they take social distancing precautions.

Not sure what happened to Noah's Bagels the menu is a lot smaller than what I remembered and the portions are ridiculously small. The service was nice and quick but the food is just embarrassing. I ordered the farmhouse that had the thinnest slices of bacon, thinnest ham, and smallest egg I have ever seen. It's quite comical when you think about it! Probably start making my own bagel sandwiches at this point.

This past Sunday was my first trip to this Noah's NY Bagels location. I normally visit the one in Fremont but happen to be in the area and craving a good bagel. I arrived at approximately 10am. The restaurant was very, very busy. Even with a fair amount of staff, the line reached the door. That being said, the staff is pretty good at moving the line so I didn't wait very long. The reason I'm giving it a 3-Star is due to a few factors:1. They were out of stock of many items. It seemed like everyone (including myself) had to choose an alternate item. It was still early in the day so I didn't understand why they were out of things already.2. The seating is not adequate for the level of customers. There's 3 tables outside and some counters inside, but they were all occupied and the turnover was too slow for the amount of patrons. A few more tables and chairs outside would make a big difference.3. The costs have really skyrocketed. I know due to inflation everything has gotten more expensive, but $30 for 2 bagels and 2 coffees seemed expensive. This is exuberated with the fact that the bagels are not all that big. The bagels themselves were good. They were fresh and tasty. The coffee was hot. Overall made for a quick snack.

For many years this has been a consistent spot for a bagel and lox (plus a bag of chips with your order) however they don’t have a bathroom so 4 ?. Staff friendly so datz cool. ?

Very disappointed this morning with my order of 2 Farmhouse breakfast sandwiches and 1 Nova Lox sandwich. I have been going to this Noah's for years now and this is the first time I was unable to finish eating this mess. The eggs were paper thin, discolored (mottled grayish) and rubbery (as in overcooked). The ham is grocery store luncheon meat and the bacon was almost non-existent (definitely not the thick hickory smoked pieces from before). The bagels were mashed together and mushy inside so you couldn't tell if the bagel was even toasted. I suspect these sandwiches were pre-made and put in refrigeration because none of them were even warm or toasty. The quality and size has gone down with the bagels, the price has gone up and what used to be great bagels are no better than store bought nowadays.