Einstein Bros

My son and I stopped by on a Sunday morning. It was very active; still service and quality were very good. We’ll be back.

Nice spot to sit and enjoy a cup of coffee, breakfast sandwich or even a lunch meal. Great customer service and speedy too. The bathrooms were clean and orderly, only downside was not having a garbage can in the actual stall.
Def. give their asiago bagel a whirl. delish!

This is by far the slowest place I’ve ever been. Tried to get 1 breakfast sandwich, waited 20 minutes and left. The people making them have zero sense of urgency.

A significant upgrade over my recent visit to the N Dale Mabry location.
The bagels I bought here seemed bigger and better and the honey almond shmear was a pleasant surprise in how well it tasted.
Honestly, I still remember the word «shmear» from that Fox show The O.C. because the dad with the big eyebrows (who was also in Mr. Deeds) was always bragging about how well he did that on his bagels.
As much as I love bagels, I would have preferred to «shmear» Summer Roberts and later Taylor Townsend from that show… and thank you to the four of you who actually understand that reference.
Not a huge dining area inside, but it does stretch out towards the back and there’s a little patio on the south side that faces Trader Joe’s.
Employees were acutely aware of customers waiting to be served and worked fast without mortgaging the quality of the product. Special thanks also to the manager who was trying to take a quick lunch break, but was quick to help on the register a couple of times for customers like me who had an online voucher or coupon.
Join «The Shmear Society» and you get a free bagel and shmear just for signing up.
I have more comments about girls from The O.C., but I’ll save them for another time. I do miss that damn show. Although Seth Cohen was totally out of his league with Summer.

Wrong order. Got my correct one and it was cold. place also isn’t clean. Stay away from this location.

I’ve only been here for breakfast and for their breakfast items, so I can’t speak to their lunch/​savory menu. My favorite at the moment is the Egg, Bacon and Cheddar breakfast sandwich on a Pretzel Bagel. OMG NOM!
My previous favorite was the same sandwich on an Asiago Bagel. I also like to get their coffee. Even though it’s not the best, it still does the trick when I need that caffeine kick in the morning. I also really like their cream cheese spreads — the classic and strawberry being my current favorites.
This location does get incredibly crowded, especially on weekend mornings. So be prepared for a long line, items being out, and quite a bit of waiting for the food to be ready.
I don’t usually crave bagels very often, but when I’m in the mood for one, this is where I go. =)

The new Coffee & Bagel remodel is brilliant. Very cozy, with high end wooden tables and chairs. Comfortable arm chairs next to the fireplace is a nice touch. Have to try the Campfire Mocha. Friendly staff. Kim and JR are great!

Worst Einstein bagels ever! Employees are rude and the place is filthy! Just take a look at the moldy ceilings, baking trays caked with rust and sticky floors. There was no soap in both bathrooms and the tables were dirty, no one going around to wipe them down even though they had an abundance of workers. I witnessed one employee handling garbage with gloves and them touching food with the same gloves! Same thing with the cashier — she was handling money with her gloves and then getting bagels out of the case with the same gloves!!! Repulsive — never again!

Disappointed after trying New York and Bagels Plus here in Tampa. Won’t go back to
Einstein.

This was my first visit to this location. I stopped in this morning for iced coffee and a bagel with cream cheese. It took at least 20 minutes to get through the line of about 15 people. There were four employees behind the counter; two were making the bagels, one at the cash register for orders and payment, and one assisting customers ordering the bagel boxes. While the bagel makers were efficient overall (my bagel was ready in less than 5 minutes after ordering), the employee working the register was not. She appeared to be frazzled and/​or annoyed, and was exceptionally slow despite the ever growing line. She was not overly friendly either and it was difficult to hear her when speaking. When I started to pay, she left the register and another male employee later came out to finish the transaction. There was also no separate employee for taking orders as is usually customary at Einstein’s.
My bagel and coffee tasted good and were on par with what I expect at an Einstein’s bagels.
My biggest complaint would definitely be the service in light of the fact they were so busy. Most people stop in here for a quick breakfast on their way to work– a 20 minute wait is simply not efficient for their customer base.

Would give 0 stars but not an option. Were out of almost every bagel. Sort of like a gas station being out of gas. No hot tea either. Not sure what the manager was managing. 6 employees visible with no bagels and none of them making any more?!
Another day 9÷19÷15 — out of plain bagels at 10am on Sat.

Picked up bagels to go today & only had 3 varieties. Two of the three were wrong. They were very apologetic when I called. The offered to make the ones I wanted since they are now out of them. Great gesture & I took them up on it, but now I need to go back in an hour to pick them up.
When I returned to pick up the correct bagels, they had exactly what was wrong and didn’t even throw in anything extra for my troubles of having to go back there.

Einstein Bros is like Noah’s bagels. You get huge, fluffy bagels. A New Yorker would probably cry, but it does its job of getting me a ton of carbs when I have a rare craving. I do love a toasted everything bagel with some smoked lox schmear. Yum.
The chicken salad isn’t great, and I find the egg sandwiches too greasy.
The pace is usually pretty clean, and the staff is efficient.

This place needs an overhaul. Outdated, dirty, and disorganized. Always lots of people working but takes forever to get your food. Food prep area looks dirty and disorganized.

Came in on a Sunday around noon, it the drive they was backed up into the highway, and the line was out the door. You would think it was simply busy, however there is clearly an issue with efficiency and management.
The manager was frantically asking his employees how they were doing and rightfully so since no one knew what they were doing or where the cups for coffee were. I ordered at the first counter and proceeded to pay at the second but no one prompted me for payment, I actually had to volunteer to pay for my meal. I could’ve easily ended with free bagels but felt bad on how poorly the establishment was running.
In comparison to other Einstein Bagels, this one simply does not meet quality expectations. The bagels were hardly toasted and the smear wasn’t as plentiful as it should have been.
It took 15 – 20 minutes from ordering to get two bagels with cream cheese and iced coffees.
Needless to say, I will probably drive all the way to Fowler Ave to get Einstein Bagels in the future.

Bagels are toasty and chewy… Service is slow… But it’s not their fault, it’s the people ordering that make the lines back up. Never had a bad experience and always look for a coupon online. They normally have a free bagel with shmear when you purchase a drink. Also, they now have NUTELLA to spread over their warm bagels! Glad they finally caught on to a great thing!

I’ve been to plenty of Einstein’s and this one is definitely mediocre in comparison. They didn’t give my husband a pickle with his sandwich meal like he gets at other Einstein’s and they also don’t have a survey that prints at the end of the receipt to get a free drink or coffee at your next visit. The place is clean but the service is rather slow. This may be to the fact that they don’t have a large staff. We ordered soup and after waiting a while for it were told that they ran out. They refunded us our money and the staff was apologetic but the experience was just annoying when we were hungry trying to eat our sandwiches.
I ordered the Bagel Thin Eggwhite Sandwich– Asparagus, Mushroom & Swiss On an everything bagel thin. The actual bagel was overly salty which usually doesn’t happen. I love salt and use too much all the time, so the fact that I thought it was salty shows how salty it must have been. Beside being overly salty it was a good sandwich. My husband got the Italian chicken panini and he like it.
Overall, we like the Einstein chain but this one is okay.

Don’t expect hand crafted bagels and you will be fine and maybe even enjoy your experience.
Busy Saturday morning and frantic manager, I found the atmosphere a little stressful & hectic. The floors could be cleaner & the ordering process more efficient.
Cinnamon raisin is one of my favorites and it was just ok. I asked for reduced fat cream cheese because I don’t like the heavy taste of regular. However I still found the taste at Einstein Bagel not as I had desired.
The iced mocha was delicious.

When ever I’m near an Einstein’s, I always pick up a bakers dozen, so I was happy to see this location was just 4 blocks from my hotel.
They have so many flavors to choose from but my fave is the spinach bagel. All bagels are made fresh several times a day. Which is why I was sad that the newest bagel that I was looking forward to (the pumpkin walnut crunch) was gone. I was even more sad that they didn’t slice my bagels and when I was ordering the girl sad «no problem» to my coupon, yet when I checked out another girl said they couldn’t except it. Why were the girls on different wave lengths? Any way, I enjoyed my flavorful fresh bagels when I returned home. All we have here are «Catholic» bagels.
Parking was very convenient and the store appeared clean.
A lot of people don’t know that they have punch cards. Buy 6 doz. and get one free! Make sure you get their card!
Current health inspection: 1-​high priority, 2-​intermediate and 5-​basic violations.

Love the bagels at Einstein!!!
Not quite as good as a New York bagel, but it’s hard to find good, authentic bagels in Tampa. The Power Bagel with peanut butter, the Everything Bagel with turkey and cheddar, or the Tasty Turkey are my favorite menu items. They offer several varieties of tasty schmears ranging from plain to onion and chives, veggie, strawberry and maple. I usually order the low-​fat plain cream cheese if I get a cinnamon raisin bagel. It’s so tasty it doesn’t seem like low-​fat cream cheese!
The bagels at Einstein are made fresh every day and I’ve been lucky to snag some bagels hot off the tray. The coffee is pretty good also. They have several seasonal roasts during the fall and winter that are fantastic and their dark roasts coffees are nice and bold.
Minus one star because they run out of Everything Bagels a lot and that’s my favorite bagel.