N.Y. Bagels Cafe 紐約貝果

It's OK ☆☆☆ (but I highly recommend their bagels and cream cheese spread)

Taipei restaurant offering: American Food / Bagels / Burgers / Sandwiches / Pasta / Steak / Breakfast / All Day Brunch / Salad / Coffee & Tea

Address:
No. 147, Sec. 4, Ren'ai Rd., Da'an Dist., Taipei City 106
台北市大安區仁愛路四段147號
Phone: (02) 2752-1669
Hours: Open 24 Hours
Last Reviewed: 4 January 2017


[UPDATE on January 4, 2017: They've changed their menu quite a bit and no longer carry the items that warranted them possessing a 4-star rating. I now say that the only reason for visiting them is to eat their authentic NY-style bagels with delicious cream cheese spread options. For anything else, I recommend you dine elsewhere.

N.Y. Bagels opened in 1998 and was the first bagel shop in Taipei. They have much more than just bagels, but if you're looking for bagels, they serve the best bagels in Taipei. If you're missing New York style bagels, pay them a visit. I visited their only 24 hour location out of their seven locations. I tried their Cinnamon Raisin Bagel with Onion and Chive Cream Cheese, Blueberry Bagel with Fruit Cream Cheese, Spinach Eggs Benedict Breakfast Set, Bacon Breakfast Set, Sausage Breakfast Set with French Toast instead of a Bagel and Scrambled Eggs instead of sunny-side up, N.Y. Cheese Burger, Strawberry Heaven Pudding Toast, Mixed Fruits Caramelized Pudding Toast, Hot Mocha Latte, Hot Cafe Latte, and a Tiramisu Coffee.

The N.Y. Cheese Burger was a good burger with a nice beef pattie flavor. Not the best I've had, but certainly better than a lot of burgers in Taipei. The Cinnamon Raisin Bagel was a good, authentic bagel just like you get at a quality place in America, and the Onion and Chive Cream Cheese was delightful -- maybe could have been more powerful, but that is debatable. The Blueberry Bagel and especially the Fruit Cream Cheese were absolutely superb. The Spinach Eggs Benedict Breakfast Set would've been really delicious, but the spinach was cold unlike the rest of the Benedict which was disastrous and ruined the whole dish. The second time I ordered this dish, the spinach came warm. Therefore, they just completely screwed up the first time. The Bacon Breakfast Set and the Sausage Breakfast Set were pretty good, but a little too basic, and leaved me wishing there was something more on my plate; not a big hearty American breakfast by any means. If you aren't a pig like me, it might be enough to please you.

Both the Pudding Toasts were a complete disaster. Sure the picture looks good, but the bread tasted not only completely dull, but had a powerful yeast-flavored aftertaste -- how disgusting! I normally always finish my meals, but this dish was not worth the stomach room, at all. It is highly irregular for me to not finish a meal, but this selection was abominable! The Hot Cafe Latte and the Hot Mocha Latte were both not even close to being hot, but a little warmer than room temperature, which would piss off any coffee aficionado. The two cups of coffee themselves were OK; too much milk, not enough espresso, and possibly watered down. Watered down espresso drinks are a big problem in Taipei, but it is slowly getting better as coffee aficionados around the city are standing up for their rights. Too bad because I was looking forward to drinking coffee at this location during my late night meanderings, since it's open 24 hours.


Vegetarian options: Bagels, New York Mix Salad, Spinach Eggs Benedict Breakfast Set, Italian Style Scrambled Eggs Breakfast Set, Mixed Mushrooms Scrambled Eggs Breakfast Set, custom Brunch selection, and 5 different Pudding Toasts (gross).

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Address:
No. 147, Sec. 4, Ren'ai Rd., Da'an Dist., Taipei City 106
台北市大安區仁愛路四段147號
Phone: (02) 2752-1669
Hours: Open 24 Hours
(At the time of this review, this location is their only 24-hour location.)

☜ I created a custom Google Map with all 7 N.Y. Bagels Cafe locations; 6 in the Taipei area and 1 in Taichung.
 
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