My favorite place, especially if you go early in the morning and get them when they are warm. I love the Cinnamon. The cream cheese is fantastic as well.
Juli M.
Rating des Ortes: 4 Olympia, WA
It feels like you’re buying from a side shop off an industrial bakery or a small warehouse, and that’s probably fair to it. It’s not going to wow you on anything but the product on-offer, but it’ll wow you all the same. In a slightly-remote area that’s no fun to walk or drive in, it may be better to stock up on bagels delivered to nearby groceries, but it’s worth making the trek to see the massive sheets of fresh Montrealesque goodness. The varieties are true to the Montréal experience, and that’s lovely. To an American it’s a likely to be a little surprising how barebones the menu is, but it’s a functional sort of place. Grab your bagel or a dozen, stock up on smoked beef or some such at the Polish deli, and go make yourself deliriously-happy on the way to a slight carb crash in the near future.
James F.
Rating des Ortes: 5 Victoria, Canada
Best Bagels west of Montréal without a doubt. Poppy seed, sesame seed and cinnamon are my favorites along with the awesome lox cream cheese they make! Fantastic!
Matthew L.
Rating des Ortes: 4 Edmonton, Canada
While not quite as tasty as Solly’s in Vancouver, Mount Royal produces a fairly good approximation of a Montréal bagel — smaller, denser, and sweeter than a New York bagel. Mount Royal supplies a number of supermarkets in the region(Thrifty Foods, Market on Yates), but this location is their no frills factory, with only bagels, homemade(presumably) cream cheese, and a few different types of pop/soda/whatever for sale. The flavors tend to be more traditional — there are no blueberry bagels or pizza bagels, but they do have(not very good) whole wheat and multigrain offerings. And at less than $ 7 per baker’s dozen, Mount Royal offers some great value.
