Einstein Bros Bagels

Stopped in for quick coffee, chai tea and bagel sandwich. I like that they have thin bagels, which is a lot less bread! The Spicy nacho bagel is definitely spicy. We loved Rodney! We hope he wins the smoothie contest.

I went to one in St. Louis, Thought that I would give this one a try. This is not the same as back there!
I guess being from portland we get spoiled. Although the staff and music playing was on point, The shipped in bagels were not. Keep it local! Save your tast buds and money…

I’ve been keeping track. The people at this place have messed up my very simple, unchanged order 70% of the time.
70%! That’s a lot of percents! I mean, I know it’s a crappy cheap bagel joint, but can we try a LITTLE harder than that?

First time here, and not to impressed. I ordered the Bavarian chicken sandwich. They were out of the cheese I wanted, the mustard wasn’t spicy but sweet, and with one bite the whole sandwich came apart. I think that a toothpick in the proper place, and everything could have gone a little differently and I would have something to clean this dry chicken out of my teeth. I will give this place another shot in the future, just not in the near future.

This is not a good bagel shop. No flavor in the bagels or the toppings. It’s also too corporate for me

I want to believe that capitalism works, but the fact that Einstein Bros. is still in business while Kettleman’s has closed keeps me awake at night. Why, invisible hand of the free market, WHY? More than the popularity of GM cars or Microsoft Windows, the continued existence of Einstein Bros. bagels proves that the best product does not, in fact, always win.
The «bagels» are tasteless turds of bread shaped into a donut. Even fresh, they have the texture of a kitchen sponge after you let it sit out overnight and get hard. Now imagine smearing that with a thin layer of tasteless cream cheese. Mmmmm.
I’m a bagel snob, sure, but literally any of the other subpar bagel shops in Portland has Einstein’s beat. A bag of generic grocery-​store bagels looks downright heavenly compared to what these guys are hawking, and will cost you way less.
This is my last plea to capitalism! Stay away from this place and let the market do its job…

If you are looking for a simple bagel with cream cheese, this place is great! Ordered a small coffee since coffee is unlimited! They also offer strawberry jam for those that do not like cream cheese. The monster sandwich bagels seem to be quite pricey for what you get.

evil company
overpriced

First of all: this is not New York. There’s not an awesome bagel to be had for at least 2000 miles of the West Coast.
I come for the Vanilla Hazelnut coffee, Santa Fe Turkey Sausage sandwich on Spinach Fettuccine «bagel.» The service here is excellent. Miraculously there is always parking out front on Broadway and it’s a comfy spot to loiter. I’m a chronic loiterer so I’m a fan.
Take the survey on the receipt. I do, every time, I get free coffee and I come back. It’s a viscous cycle of opinionation and caffeniation. I’ve got my receipt handy. I’ll be back…

I was craving a bagel and lox and, since it was right on my way to work, I stopped into Einstein’s. Eight bucks for a roll with a hole that tasted day old with hardly any cream cheese and a paltry amount of lox with very little flavor. Seriously? Check out the same thing at Spielman’s across town and it’s like night and day! How Einstein’s stays open is anyone’s guess. For me, never, never again! Awful!

No stumptown coffee. Higher prices than Kettlemans. Just another chain like Starbucks and McDonalds.

Being from the East Coast, I was excited to see the familiar sight of Einstein Bros Bagels in my new neighborhood. Unfortunately, the employees (managerial and otherwise) make this place AWFUL.
My worst experience here happened about a month ago, when I stopped in on my way to work. I had about 12 extra minutes, which seemed like plenty of time to just grab a simple plain bagel with strawberry cream cheese and eat it on the way to work. There was one person ahead of me who had already ordered, and as I finished ordering myself, another two people came up behind me to order as well. And I stood there while they gave the first person their order, and then I watched them proceed to make more bagels. But they didn’t appear to be making mine, rather, they were making the bagels for the people who had come in behind me. I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt; maybe my bagel was already in the toaster or something? But no, after BOTH of the people who had come in behind me got their bagels, the employees looked at me blankly and asked me if I’d even ordered anything! I showed them my receipt (from 10 minutes prior), and they apologized and started on my order (toasting a plain bagel). When I finally received it a few minutes later (and now, about 15 minutes since I had ordered), they had put the wrong cream cheese on it! I had clearly ordered strawberry cream cheese (as evidenced by my receipt), yet they had put plain cream cheese on instead. This was very upsetting, and I arrived to work late and disappointed.
Now, I should have stopped going in there completely after that, but I really WANTED to like this place; after all, Einstein Bros was one of my favorite go-​to places in DC and this one is located only two blocks from my apartment (plus they keep sending those darn coupons in the mail). But I’ve gone back in twice since then, and I’ve continued to experience poor service every time. Also I have to echo another reviewer who complained that they run out of bagels too quickly. My favorite kind of bagel is an everything bagel, but literally EVERY SINGLE TIME I have come here they’ve been out of them, even when I arrive in the morning or on weekdays. You’d think they would notice a pattern and start ordering MORE of the everything bagels, but it just goes to show how incompetent the leadership here is, because they just don’t learn. Take my advice and skip this place; it isn’t worth your time.

I used to live right by this location, and back when it was Kettleman’s I used to love to walk up there for a bagel, a cup of Stumptown, and a bag of day olds for the week. The staff was awesome and friendly, the service was fast, the bagels were awesome (reminiscent of when I used to live in NYC, or at least as close as you get on the West Coast), and they had several varieties of tofu cream cheese to go along with them. Almost all the bagels were vegan.
Then came the dreaded day when I walked up to find out that, practically overnight, my beloved Kettleman’s had been replaced by Einstein Bros. I was pissed, but seemed to remember from my college days that Einstein’s were ok, so I went in anyway.
Terrible bagels, took forever, and they don’t serve tofu cream cheese, thus alienating all the vegans in Portland (and there are a lot of us)! I work near the one downtown and their service is terrible too — back when that one was a Kettleman’s, a line out the door meant waiting 3 – 5 minutes, now it could be 15. The bagels aren’t real bagels, which should be large, crispy-​chewy on the outside, and soft-​chewy on the inside. Einstein’s bagels are small and bready with a sticky-​chewy outside, and are overly sweetened. Gross.
Still no Tofutti, and I’ve been informed they have no intention of offering it. I have no intention of eating here anymore. I guess it wouldn’t kill me to cut back on carbs anyway.

Oh Gawd… as a former New Yorker, I am ashamed they call these round things with a hole in the middle «bagels».
The women working here are very kind but the quality… Meh!
(But my six year old loves it.)

Delicious club sandwich for breakfast. Love the flavor of the thin wheat bagel. Great selections and great service. Definitely going there again.

I’ve been back a few more times and have ordered the Bagel Thin Lunch Tuscan Chicken Pesto sandwich. It is quite tasty and less than 350 cals. The staff have kindly offered to add extra fresh veggies which is a great treat.
I am also quite partial to their Spinach Florentine Bagel all by itself, it doesn’t require a topping.
The staff are always nice and friendly.
For a quick meal under $ 5 it is a much better choice than most fast food options.

I work on the same block at this Einsteins and I honestly don’t know why I keep coming back here. Every time I come in here they are always out of product and the employees never know what I’m asking for… even when it’s right on the menu! I typically like Einsteins and I’ve been a customer for years, but when every employee at this establishment can’t toast a bagel right to save their life, then you’ve got problems.
Le sigh. Someone open a better bagel shop on this same block, it would be much appreciated!

Even though they say you can get a boiled bagel (kettleman’s recipe) it’s not the same. I got a boiled bagel egg and turkey sausage sandwich. I could be crazy but I think the size of the bagel shrunk and the eggs weren’t all that great. Anyway, in a pinch I suppose this place is OK but I would not recommend it. I wish Kettlemans was back!

It’s 60 and raining outside and they have on the air conditioner. Are you trying to suck worse than you already do? When I asked the kid to turn it down he just said, I can’t. This place is barely a step above 7 – 11 down the street. It’s been hard to stay away being so close to my apartment but I don’t think I’ll be back.

This place was great when it was still Kettlemen’s Bagels. But now that they have switched over to Einstein Bros Bagels, they really SUCK. Service was BAD. The food was not good. You order at one end and walk to pay at another end. You can barely hear the servers when they «yell» out your name when you’re food is ready.
I am so unhappy with the service and the food, not to mention that Kettlemen’s sold out to them. The servers were clueless, some were rude, if you didn’t RUN up to the counter right away when they called your name, you’re food could be seen nowhere. It was HORRIBLE
I had the egg, cheese and turkey sausage bagel sandwich. It was bad. The sausage was dry and had no flavor, the egg was rubbery and was smaller than the bagel itself. It was the worst bagel sandwich I have ever had. My money would have been better spent at a McDonald’s for breakfast.
Don’t eat here. Your money can be better spent at other places.