Talia's Bagels & Grille Reviews Summary

Bagels

Pros:

• "Easily the best bagels in Philly. My go to is the NOVA everything bagel."
• "Talia’s bagels are so fresh."
• "The bagels are NY-style hand-rolled water bagels."
• "They are huge, and fresh and chewy!"
• "The bagels and cream cheese are phenomenal & bagels are freshly rolled every morning."
• "The bagels were fresh and delicious and they have amazing cream cheese spread options."
• "The bagels are always fresh with the perfect crisp on the outside and light soft dough on the inside."

Cons:

• "I finally got the bagel with scallion cream cheese 15 minutes down the line, and it was cold as ice."
• "Cream cheese on the bagels tasted and smelled sour so couldn't eat."
• "I am very confused by these high ratings... Ordered a bunch of blueberry bagels to find that these bagels contain NO blueberries. It's literally food color 😂."
• "Only downside was bacon being limited to turkey or beef."
• "One thing that was lacking with the amount of hummus that was given."
• "They gave me more potatoes than anything else, one egg and the sausage tasted like it just came out of the freezer."
• "And the other kabob was rather gristly."

Service

Pros:

• "The owners are so warming and welcoming."
• "The owners are great and super friendly."
• "The Owners were extremely friendly.. pretty much let me sample every spread available which are all homemade and very tasty."
• "This is a family-owned place, and everyone is super friendly."
• "The couple who owns and operates it was so welcoming and friendly."
• "The owners were so hospitable and friendly."
• "The owners are the nicest people! They are very welcoming, friendly, and accommodating."

Cons:

• "Not only was the delivery driver extremely rude to my coworkers upon delivery, there was a long hair wrapped around one of my potatoes."
• "Group of grub hub guys outside fighting with the guy."
• "His behavior was unprofessional and unacceptable."
• "Terrible experience. Third world yelling, fighting, screaming, arguing, and at the end, not even good food."
• "Restaurant refused to refund, so I basically paid to still be hungry."
• "After handing me my food he started to yell at me about the tip saying it wasn't enough for how far he had to drive."
• "The service is dreadfully awful and mean. I have given them several chances... I got coffee here and it was terrible."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The owners are SO sweet and work so hard."
• "Mom and pop bagel spot run by two lovely enthusiastic people."
• "Always friendly giving the family feel."
• "This place really reminded me of when I was younger and getting breakfast from my mom."
• "Absolutely love this place! The food is fresh and delicious."
• "When I walked in Talia's Bagels I instantly felt the hospitality of the owners/cooks."
• "THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE FINDING THIS PLACE!!! Not only is everything AMAZING - but the entire experience of walking into their shop and being welcomed as if coming into their home."

Cons:

• "Weird rope at the door to keep people out, 20 months into the Pandemic."
• "I honestly don't understand how anyone can praise this place or give high rating, they have a makeshift baracade that they yell at when you touch."
• "The place is just a major disappointment. I went early one day, yanked on the door with all the open signs on. A guy comes to ask me what I want. I said food. He was not taking my order - just a very odd way of welcoming someone."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "BEST BACLAVA AND TIRAMISU EVER!!!!"
• "Everything they sell is homemade and absolutely DELICIOUS!"
• "Dont sleep on their arab dishes!"
• "Lunch and dinner is also available with a Mediterranean flair."
• "Love their hummus and baba ganoush."
• "The falafel was perfect and complex in all the best ways!"
• "Everything we tried was deliciously made with fresh ingredients."

Cons:

• "I'm positive after two visits Greek food is not their specialty."
• "Talia’s absolutely has the best bagels in the city, coming from a Jewish NY transplant. Unfortunately I will no longer be able to patronize them because they elected to stop using delivery apps."
• "Cream cheese on the bagels tasted and smelled sour so couldn't eat, and eggs and bacon were so gross + soaked in grease it was also inedible."
• "Terrible experience. Third world yelling, fighting, screaming, arguing, and at the end, not even good food."
• "Restaurant refused to refund, so I basically paid to still be hungry."
• "They gave me more potatoes than anything else, one egg and the sausage tasted like it just came out of the freezer."
• "And the other kabob was rather gristly."