Chelsea Bagel of Tudor City

I got a simple strawberry cream cheese bagel on a rainbow bagel. The bagel is nice if you have had liberty bagel it's similar. The strawberry cream cheese tho...disgusting. the color was off. It tastes like strawberries in light cream cheese. All for 7 dollars....not shocked about the price but the taste does not come any where near equal to the price. Probably will never try again. Service is regular fast speed NY.

Great neighborhood bagel stop. I got a whitefish salad with onions on a toasted everything bagel. Yum! The coffee urns are self-serve, so you can sip as you wait for your sandwich. I hope to return soon!

Good/decent NY bagel. I got Whole Wheat Everything Bagel with Scallions Cream Cheese
It was decent, but not amazing.
Service is okay.

Chelsea Bagel of Tudor City is super-efficient, catering mostly to local regulars as opposed to being a tourist hot-spot, based pretty much on it's location on the east side. The staff are friendly, but terse - and with the line-up moving the way it does, it's best that you have an idea of what you want by the time you get up to the front to order.

Highly recommend the jalapeño schmear as it's fresh, and packs just enough kick to wake you up in the morning. There are a few areas to sit and relax, but I have to applaud them for their efficiency at getting people fed as quickly as possible before moving on to the next customer.

This place is the best bagel place in NYC. The service is great, bagels perfect, fresh and with variety and all the flavors of cream cheese. As a native I'm glad I'm local here, but it makes me laugh to see so many people (mostly tourists) lined up at essa bagel when they can come here instead, a short walk south. Benefits of being a native.

Quick and very efficient service. Perfect taste and texture of bagel with just the right amount of cream cheese. I had wanted my bagel and lox would have onion, tomato, and capers--like a hamburger defaults to lettuce, tomato, and onion. But the menu says bagel cream cheese and lox and thats all you get.

Layout/atmosphere
*Two tables; four seat window counter; coffee station; two tables on sidewalk

Food/drink
*Lox & cream cheese on multigrain bagel - Good; fresh