House of Bagels

Reviews about House of Bagels

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  By Bryan Bennett
  I will start with the one positive thing. The people that work there seem to be nice.
  
  I have been in this bagel shop 3 times. I really feel like I have dodge a bullet. Like I had a revolver against my temple with 1 bullet in it, spun the chamber and got lucky as I clicked it off 3 times. Each of the 3 times I entered I noticed a number of things wrong. There are problems in the back area, the prep area, the dining area and the bathrooms. The back area, like the rest of the establishment, is cluttered with needless junk. On one of my lunch breaks I went in and saw ham and cheese sitting outside of the cooler on a cheep rolling cart when I walked in. I stayed for 25 minutes as I ate my bagel and when I left the meet and cheese were still sitting on the same cart. Besides the general mess all over, in the front prep area there are four stacks of bagel baking racks filled with baking sheets. One of the stacks is stuffed with papers calculators, pens, old cups of coffee, and just other random $#!t that shouldn't be there. I then looked around. There is random stacks of papers in ever corner of the prep area, as if they just use any place for an office. Every table in the front area is dirty. The floors are dirty. I wanted some pepper, but there was dried mayo and mustard crusted on the top of the shaker that must have been there for days, weeks or months, NOT hours. The bathroom was the worst. I am a guy, so when we pee we lift the toilet seat so we don't go on the toilet seat. When I lifted the toilet seat there was (new and old) blood stains with pubic hair matted in. I noticed fecal matter had dried and crusted on under the edge of the toilet where the water drains. This thing hadn't been cleaned for months !!! The floor was nasty, and this was the place where the staff comes to use the toilet and wash their hands !!! Even the front sign of this place is run down and pealing off. On my way out I tried to kindly explain these issues and the owner said thank you and walked away. Well I hope I don't die, because I just ate there today and you never know what could happen. If I do not die, I will definitely not risk my fate with another round of Russian Roulette.
  November 26, 2016