Block’s Hot Bagels Deli & Bakery

You won’t find better bagels anywhere! Highly recommend the white fish salad the fresh salads and baked goods. The staff is super accommodating. Once you find it it is hard to stay away from this place.

This place has been a ghost town whenever I’ve gone in. They have seating for about 200 and a super long service counter, so I’m not sure if in it’s heyday it was a lot busier.
It’s not cheap, a bagel with lox & cream cheese is ~$ 10. Also make sure you ask for light cream cheese, otherwise you’ll get an entire 8oz package of it on your bagel. Actually, be very specific with what and how much you want, because I’ve had them go overboard on the butter as well.
The usual weekend staff of high school girls has been less than personable (maybe they start work too early in the morning to be friendly). Overall the bagels are above average in quality, which elevates it to a three star experience for me given the other issues.

It’s not a fancy or elaborate place, but that’s a good thing. They focus on what they’re good at, making great bagels, and great food in general. They keep it simple, and do it so well. If you haven’t been, you should, immediately. It’s one of my most favorite places in Columbus.

Great food, and absolutely the friendliest, most accommodating people you’d ever want to do business with. After a horrible experience with the Broad St location, I called the McNaughten Center location and they did everything and then some to earn my business. And I gave it to them – $ 240 worth, right then and there. I didn’t hesitate.

Not as big of a fan of this location as I am the Bexley location but the food is still consistent between the two locations. I mean who doesn’t want an everything bagel with lox, cream cheese and capers! I really want to give Block’s 4 stars but they have some work to do with their customer service and the prices are just a smidgen to high for my blood. But it is definitely a nice treat every once in a while.

Haven’t ate here since I was a child! So needless to say, when I got a my everything bagel with jalapeño cream cheese and egg it was AMAZING! but the only thing I didn’t care about was the excessive use of cream cheese! All I ask is they ease up and that way it can probably help cost out bc people do not need that much cream cheese (even tho it was good). I’ll still come back but will have to let them know not that much c.c. :)

I rarely give out one stars but this place left a bad taste and makes me think never again.
Why? A bad experience does this to me and I left here with one. I ordered a Black Russian which wasn’t awful but I did think it was a waste of calories but that is because of the customer service. The cashier was very short and displayed visible frustration for a miscommunication. I was trying to decide what to get and no one else was at up by the counter but of course they stand there waiting as I am still a good 5 feet from her trying to decide. I ordered it toasted and sliced. She asks if I want it plain, butter, or cream cheese (at least that is what I heard). After a few minutes, she disappears for awhile and finally comes back in 3 – 4 minutes with bagged plated bagel covered in a wrapper. She says $ 2.25 as I hand her my card with a look of confusion. She was so quick that I didn’t have time to formulate my confusion. I finally look in the bag and realized the issue-​cream cheese. I finally snap out of my stupor to question why it has cream cheese and she was not happy. She mentioned that I said plain which means to me just that nothing on it. She quickly throws the bagel away is visible frustration and goes and gets another bagel. We had to fix the card issue and I could feel the iciness the whole time.
Maybe I shouldn’t give one star but this was a very rare interaction for me to receive her attitude along with no small talk. There was only one other guy ordering and two other people in the store, but yet she didn’t even engage me to make it a negative into a positive. This seems a little petty but I rarely leave a place without a desire to try it out again.

Hands down the best toasted everything bagel chicken salad sandwich ever!!! The owner is a sweetheart as well love this place!

My wife saw a coupon for this place. We are from Cleveland and are use to extra large corned beef and deli sandwiches in general (look up Slyman’s or Superior Deli in Cleveland). The photo on the coupon hyped a corned beef sandwich about 3 or inches tall. Well consider that I am giving this a one star rating and continue to read.
I let the wife order and she got me a corned beef and pastrami combo on rye with Swiss. I believe she paid extra for it to be overstuffed. I received a thin, maybe ½ inch tall sandwich. I tried to bite into it but the meat was so incredibly tough and fatty that it was impossible. I deconstructed the sandwich and attempted to eat the slices of meat alone. I started to make a pile of, well, chewing waste, where I chewed the fat/​meat slices as long as I could and them just spit them into my napkin. Each strip of corned beef and pastrami held more fat than meat. Unbelievable. Also, where was the flavor? Well when you have that much fatty meat, you don’t have room for flavor. Also, this sandwich was grilled. There is no reason that the sandwich should have then been cold. I only suffered through half of the mockery of a sandwich then I gave up. Disappointment was not even close to what I experienced. Danny’s Deli downtown (a Cleveland restaurant), almost matches what they do in Cleveland, almost, is a much better bet, despite the drive.
My wife bought some bagels to go and they were decent. They are not NYC quality however. Yes, they are better than what you may get at Tim Hortons or the like, but please, don’t compare your offerings to NYC. You have miles to go on that and on your deli in general.
The salads they offered looked good and if I roll the dice and go back, it will be for a salad only. Block’s, you got us for $ on the deli, so fool us once; shame on you. You won’t have an opportunity to fool us twice, at least not on anything deli meat related. Shame on you and your coupon’s photo.

The Columbus classic! I grew up on Block’s. Though I moved away 16 years ago, I get back to Columbus once or twice a year. I make it a point to get to Block’s. The bagels aren’t quite as good as they used to be, but the place brings back a sense of nostalgia, especially since the décor is exactly the same.

Simple: The best bagels around, however service is horrible and rude. We normally won’t go somewhere that service is rude but the food is just that good… can’t help it I guess… The only reason we rate this place so low is the service.

First timer will return
My first time at Block’s, despite my husband having eaten at another Block’s location at least every Sunday for two years. I had no idea what it was other than Bagels. Here I was expecting the regular bagel sandwich with prefab eggs and choice of processed meat.
I was blown away and overwhelmed by the choices. They had real breakfast entrees, and the bagels were just the half! There were many many bagels — new York style I am told (no cheese bagel) and tons, I mean tons, of cream cheese options in addition to actual breakfasts!
Husband always gets lox and eggs, with the lox cold, eggs over easy and on the side, plain cream cheese. I ordered a bagel and eggs with coffee. They made my eggs to order (egg whites scrambled) and I had a plain bagel with vegetable cream cheese.
After I saw the shmearing of cream cheese on just half my bagel — I said, that’s enough cream cheese for me! They load them up and you’re not paying an arm and a leg for the homemade spreads like other chain bakery places.
The eggs were very buttery — a little too much but they would have cooked it differently if I asked.
Definitely worth a trip with the whole fam or as a regular part of the day. It’s great to get good food fast and beats any bagel joint, bakery or fast food breakfast place hands down!
I can’t wait to try a sandwich for lunch one day.

Five star relative to anyone else in the bagel business. Not classy but straight delicious! Go out of your way to try this place you won’t be disappointed. I get the Blocks Rueben or the Pastrami Melt. My girlfriend just likes the bagels.

Ok, my first experience was bizarre. But I’m so over it. These bagels are ridiculous! Every time I drive by it takes everything I have not to pull into that parking lot. I don’t buy bagels at the store anymore because they don’t compare. I don’t get a free-​bagel on Free-​Bagel-​Friday at work because I know it just won’t satisfy me.
Am I becoming one of those «Oh, I only know one bagel to be a true bagel» people? No, because I hate those people. But I have my preferences and that is what Unilocal is for — to let you people know.

There are not too many legit bagel places in Columbus, but this is the best one out of all of them. A large menu with many items (not just bagels) including breakfast. Free pickles with most sandwiches and bagels. Diner type of atmosphere. Friendly staff. Try the fresh lox!

The only reason Block’s doesn’t get five stars is the distance from every place I’ve ever lived. Block’s is worth the drive, though.
Pros: Everything is fresh. Everything is fresh every day. Family-​owned. Oh, and the food’s kosher. Yep, the family that started it up is Jewish, and they take so much pride in their product. Their bagels, of course, are what they’re famous for, but there’s so much on the menu. If anything, try something new every time you go in. It’s pretty much a requirement.
Cons: If you don’t live within 5 miles of this location or the E. Broad St. location, you’re in for a drive.
PS: Bagel dogs. I’d never had one til mid-​March. Best thing ever.

Their bagels themselves are five-​star worthy. However, their customer service and deli prices make their rating go down quite a bit.
My boyfriend and I went in. First we got bagels, and the girl at the cash register didn’t really seem good at her job. She wasn’t sure what kinds of cream cheeses they had, and when i listed off my order of two bagels (everything and onion), I had to repeat it twice to her because it seems she either didn’t listen or forgot right away.
This is somewhat forgivable, but after I got my bagels and cream cheese, I decided I wanted a deli sandwich so I moved to the deli line.
Now, I’m not sure how their system works exactly, but there were 3 people in line. One employee came up behind the counter, took the first person’s order, went to the back, and didn’t come back for a while. I thought they were going to make their sandwiches in front of us, but I guess that’s not how it works, and even though there were plenty of fresh ingredients in the front counter for the customers to see (subway style), they still put everything together in the back.
3 minutes after the first employee went to the back, a different employee finally stopped up front and took the second person in line’s order. Again, they went to the back and didn’t come back up for another few minutes. Finally, after ~8 minutes in a line of 3 people, I was up next, and a DIFFERENT employee finally came up front and took my order, and I’m pretty sure it was the same girl who rung up my bagels. She took my order, went to the back, and when she came back out with my sandwich (combo cut) the other two people in front of me were just now getting rung up.
Whatever system they have in place is slow and extremely confusing. None of the employees seemed like they enjoyed their jobs and I normally don’t care, but it was weird to not see any of the 5 employees there smiling, and it was a slow Sunday, too so it wasn’t like they were working their bones off.
Anyways, my combo cut was good, but it wasn’t worth the $ 8 with no sides (besides a pickle).
My bagels and veggie cream cheese was sooooo good. I will definitely go back for their bagels, but my advice to your readers is to be aware that their sour moods may be contagious.

I had walked in and out of here on 3 seperate occasions not buying a thing. Having a serious sweet tooth I was wanting to get their brownies or cookies but them being wrapped and everything looking pale I left empty handed. Finally I got a coupon for BOGO cookies and bagels so I decided to finally purchase something. The cookies really were not great, old, not sweet and unlovingly packed in plastic wrap. I also got a dozen bagels, sweet and savory. The sweet ones definetly aren’t great, pale and artificial tasting. The savory like the garlic, onion and bialy are good but almost too flavorfull. The garlic so intense it is like they put whole pressed cloves all on and insed the bagel, the onion and bialy also good but WAY too much onion, if you eat these don’t plan on leaving the house for 2 days, you will reek. They are fine when toasted but I prefer Brueggers.

OMG, what happened to this East Side institution. (this review is for the McNaughten Road store).
I was there on a Saturday at 10:30am and we were, literally, the only ones in the place. That was not a good sign. Our order was simple; bagels, crème cheese, drinks, coffee. It was delivered quickly. The owner checked us out. He was having a bad day you could tell.
Strange but there was not a very large selection of bagels. It was 1030am on a Saturday as I mentioned.
The counter girls were nice but unacceptably dressed. It’s not a sporting event it’s a deli! Our server had a large lip ring; totally distracting. She should work on campus. However, she was very nice.
It was eerie not seeing anyone at any of the booths, the place is very large. We sat outside on a beautiful day.
Here’s the rub. The place is filthy. The bathroom has not been attended to in a very long time and the sales floor was equally bad. Is this a place in a downward spiral? I’m not sure about the Broad Street location, but they better attend to Main Street quickly. I’m outta here until they do.
Blocks has been around for 40 years, I hope they work it out. But at this time they have major issues at this location.

Oops I posted my review to the wrong Block’s location. The McNaughton location is my Block’s of choice.
Friendly staff, great food and the best muffins anywhere