Strathmore Bagel

Stopped in as I was driving by. It was dinner time and wanted a sand which. Couldn’t give 5 stars because the ordering was a little weird but the sand which was great!

I don’t get the negative reviews here. I think they make a great bacon egg and cheese and it’s pretty much the only bagel place I go to while I’m home from school. It always hits the spot. Fair prices too! While I agree that the inside looks a little outdated, I honestly think it’s kinda cool and adds an old school vibe to it. I can’t speak on the cleanliness of the table area since I always take my food to go, but I have always been satisfied and I will continue to return for a great breakfast.

There are two types of bagels: Smaller bagels that are hard/​crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. Larger bagels that are soft/​chewy on the outside AND inside. It’s all a matter of preference which kind you like. This Strathmore has the smaller bagels that are crispier on the outside and softer on the inside. They have a good variety of bagels and flagels and the seeded bagels are well seeded.
Sometimes I’m in the mood for a big soft bagel and sometimes when I notice my jawline seems out of shape and I need to tone it I go to Strathmore in East Setauket and get an egg everything and voilà, jawline sculpted!
Sandwiches: Eh. I would stick to the bagels here. Pains me to say because the nicest woman made it, but pretty much the worst sausage, egg and cheese on a roll I think I’ve ever had :(It was after 1:00 pm and I hadn’t eaten a thing all day so I was famished and treated myself to a breakfast sandwich for lunch. I couldn’t find any evidence of cheese, but I did eat the egg and sausage. Fed the roll to some marauding seagulls in the parking lot who appreciated it.
My friend had a turkey, bacon and cheese sandwich on a roll with a side of macaroni salad. Definitely pick another side bc the mac salad was pretty bad. The sandwich was reported good but the cold cuts were mutilated by the slicer so it was basically shreds of cheese and turkey. Didn’t really matter I suppose because they were all going down the hatch, but it would’ve been nice to bite into actual slices of turkey and cheese instead of essence of cheese and essence of turkey. Didn’t subtract from the rating, just noted.
I got a ½ dozen bagels to take home and a ¼ pound veggie cream cheese, which was very tasty and enough for 3 bagels :D
Note: No minimum on credit/​debit charges but they do charge a .25¢ fee per transaction.

Thought this place had a good name. Bagels were small and hard. I was disappointed I was looking forward to a good bagel. The cream cheese was fine though.

The Good:
Staff are friendly and attempt to instill a sense of community that this area does not have. Employs nice young kids who live in the area, providing most with their real first jobs. Will continue to survive based on its location, because nothing else exists. Inexpensive.
The Bad:
Everything else. The place is in dire need of a deep, intense cleaning. Dust is literally caked on everything from the chairs to the decorations on the walls. You feel like you’re eating in your grandfathers untouched attic. The place is severely outdated; I used to come here as a kid and absolutely nothing has changed. The bagels are not bad but definitely not good. You could definitely make a better one at home. And the eggs and bacon breakfast special I ordered was definitely unimpressive. I could have made the same meal at home and would have tasted better, especially in the surroundings of my clean home. The food that’s sitting out has probably been sitting out for days, if not, weeks.
The typical customers here are all very old and probably could care less about all of the issues because they’ve been friendly with the owner for years. The place is in need of a complete renovation and new ideas.

Once in a blue moon, we will have just enough time to grab a dozen bagels before clinic starts on a crazy Friday morning. It’s unclear when this tradition started, but the name Strathmore was ingrained in my head after many years of eating the bagels that others brought. One day I thought I would carry the torch and pick up some bagels myself.
Pros
Nice family environment
Bagels are so fresh and moist
Great selection — including whole wheat (my favorite)
When I ask them how much cream cheese I need, they never rip me off and suggest I buy a big tank of it
Surprise! Ask for a dozen bagels and they give you 6 extra bagels free!
The bagels aren’t massive mutant bagels, they are just right without feeling guilty afterwards
Quick service
Cons
Location — heavy traffic on 347 during the weekdays
Strathmore it is!

I never write reviews, but after leaving this place I absolutely could not refuse to. I ordered a bagel with cream cheese and my friend ordered a BEC sandwich. It is utterly repulsive how dirty it is inside this place. We sat down to eat and the pictures on the wall had at least half an inch worth of dust of them. There were dirty finger marks all over the pictures as well. I don’t even want to know how long it has been since they’ve been cleaned. To top it off, my bagel took almost ten minutes to get when it should be served in less than two. I would not have been so angry about waiting if it was a clean place. Also, my bagel did not have enough cream cheese. It is in dire need of renovation and HEAVY DUTY cleaning. All in all a horrible experience.

The workers were very kind, but that can only go so far when there are other issues…
My chicken cutlet sandwich was disgusting: like week old, refrigerated, Shake N’ Bake.
But again, this is besides the point, because the main concern is the cleanliness of this place. I hardly ever ‘yelp’ but this place was so rancid, so repulsive. I felt like I was eating in the basement of ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.’ The jerseys on the wall have all faded from white to egg yolk yellow. There’s an old camera on the wall behind the register that’s encrusted in rust and… I don’t even know, barnacles maybe.
Their bagels could be great for all I know, but I wouldn’t pay to eat food in dumpster.

Bagels are the best I’ve had on Long Island.
Staff is top notch.
The owner is always happy and willing to throw my breakfast on a tab since I pop in most mornings…
Seriously fantastic, not much else to say!

The bagels are ok. Service is slow and kind of chaotic/​confusing. I prefer the bagel shop down the road but this is a good back up and they don’t have a credit card minimum.

Best bagels in Suffolk county, maybe on Long Island. Fresh made here the old way, boiled first.

Awesome kettle cooked bagels but the absolute worst egg sandwiches… Greasy and put together horribly. The deli items and cookies look old. I always see different people working there whenever I go. Probably the worst of the strath more bagel franchise’s. Sitting area very large but in desperate need of cleaning/​updating

the best bagels around, real deal. Nothing around even close. They treat my kids well. .Prices are very fair. The should get a community service award for trying to patiently train kids in a world where most kids have little or no work ethic

I ordered a toasted egg bagel with light butter. I was given a sopping, greasy bagel. I asked politely if there was another egg bagel and if I could have another bagel with less butter. An obese man who claimed to be the owned snidely said that the reason the bagel was sopping with butter was because it was toasted and the butter melted. I said if he put on less butter, then there would be less butter to melt. The man the started screaming at me, calling me rude and telling me I had interrupted him and that i was making him waste a perfectly good bagel. iI said that he should treat me more politely as he was in a service based industry. He said he could treat me any way he wanted. I told him I couldn’t wait to put this conversation on Unilocal to warn people away from his store. He said go ahead, he could care less and why didn’t I call the police while I was it.
THIS MAN IS RUDE, DIRTY, AND VERBALLY ABUSIVE TO CUSTOMERS!!! HE DID THIS IN FRONT OF MY 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHOSE BAGEL WE WERE BUYING!!! WHEN MY HUSBAND CALLED LATER TO COMPLAIN THE OBESE MAN YELLED AT HIM AND HUNG UP!!! THIS STORE IS FILTHY AND SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH!!!
STAY AWAY!!!

Best bagels, especially love the sunflower seed flag els… also, great owners always personable!

This place is Gross! DON’T EAT HERE!
I just don’t understand why the board of health has not shut them down?
Running late one day we stopped in for a quick bite and made the mistake of stopping here and staying to eat. End result, My whole family got sick! My son on the way home and the wife and I later that day.
The rug in the eating area looks disgustingly greasy, like it has never been vacuumed never mind cleaned. The grease is everywhere and on everything! Ask for anything but a Bagel and your in for trouble. They advertise fictional lunch prices and very skimpy with the sandwiches and charge you a dollar to put anything in the toaster but they do not tell you until they ring you up. 3.00 for a Yoohoo? never again! DON’T EAT HERE!

Bagel sandwiches: Made to order and delicious. An egg sandwich with a toasted bagel and a turkey sandwich. Unfortunately the bagel for the turkey sandwich was not toasted, which would have put it over the top. We were there on a Sunday, having a late breakfast and the bagels were fresh.
Décor: Outdated and slightly grungy looking which may turn some people away.
It’s in a shopping mall so there’s lots of parking. There’s also enough seating for lots of people. The employees were interesting and quite funny when we were here. I would return.

Best bagels in the area, crisp outside chewy inside. The sunflower flagels are my favorite.

Had gone here few times a months for years. The bagels are fine, place is a bit rundown, people are generally friendly.
This morning, watched a younger kid making a sausage, egg and cheese drop the cooked sausage on the floor as he was about to put it on the bagel.
Looked to the adult (i’d assume manager because he’s there nearly everytime i’ve been) for guidance. A whisper between the two and the kid looked behind him to make sure nobody was looking (except me!) and threw it back on the grill. Took it off, and put it right on the sandwich.
I’ll never be back.

This is «the» bagel store that we go to when we need our Sunday morning bagel fix.
The owner /​operators are a mother/​son team that are the heart and soul of the operation.
I decided to get bagels at this store rather then the store on 25a, it seems the bagels are better here.
A dozen bagels for us is: 2 Sesame, 2 Poppy, 2 Plain, 2 Cinn raisin, 2 Everything, 1 egg everything and finally 1 Salt.
The lox cream cheese is always great and fresh.
Out of all the bagel places in the area, this place on 347 is our all time favorite.