The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel

These are absolutely the BEST bagels!!! Fresh, hot and DELISH
The variety of bagels and sandwiches and platters is to die for… BUT the cherry on top of everything is their version of iced coffee… the CUBSTA!!! They make their ice out of coffee. So even if you get busy and don’t finish it right away, have no fear… it will not be watered down… Your last sip will be as amazing as your first sip!
Whether it’s your first time there or you are there every day the staff is always the friendliest they could be.
The Original Brooklyn Water Bagels is the place to go for fabulous food and fantastic customer service!

Super yummy bagel! Got an egg white, turkey sausage, on Asiago bagel with veggie cream cheese and it was honestly one of the best bagel sandwiches I’ve ever had! Definitely worth trying this spot! I will be back. Quick service as well!

Bagel was alright, but um. I ordered a bacon egg and cheese bagel. Nothing too complicated, right? They forgot the bacon. We didn’t realize this until we’d already gotten home, so I was pretty disappointed. I should have listened to the other reviewers that warned about checking your order before you leave. It was rung up correctly, so I trusted that it would be made right. They clearly have some quality control/​order accuracy issues going on here.

It’s not like Brooklyn although I do like their shirts. Coming from living in Bed Stuy I know Brooklyn joints. The bagel was good but I asked for no tomato and they put tomato on it. Prices were kinda on the high side to me. I ordered the Brownsville but probably should have just gotten a bagel with creamed cheese and tasted that. They do make their own bagels you can kind of see how they’re made. If I lived in Charlotte I’d go back to give it another chance.

Worst costumer service ever!!! The attitude was so bad and at the same time rude!!! And the sad thing is that I ordered to go! I don’t imagine eating there!!! WORST STAFF EVER!!!
Bagels great! But I’m not coming back!!! I prefer going to Einstein bros bagels!!!
Pero servicio al cliente! La actitud fue malisima y súper grosera!!! Y lo más triste es que solo era una simple orden para llevar! No me imagino comer ahí!!! El PEOR PERSONAL!!!
Buenos bagels, Pero no regresare! Prefiero ir a Einstein bros bagels

I may have been expecting too much. Went in for breakfast with the fam… all of us missing being able to have a good NY breakfast sandwich… bacon egg and cheese on a toasted bagel. Line was crazy long… but a good bagel spot is well worth it…
We tried 5 different bagels (plain had a 15 min wait); all very good… but not worth the wait in my opinion… BUT the eggs, bacon, sausage, etc were all garbage… I asked for the typical salt pepper ketchup and the lady pointed to an area with packets… I’ve had better at a gas station, and did I mention it was over 40 $ with coffee? Go for the bagels, take them home and prepare yourself… but don’t go thinking you’ll be able to get a traditional NY breakfast sandwich because you’ll be disappointed.

May be the best bagel place in Charlotte. We’ve tried others and there is no comparison. The bagels are fresh, made on premises (you can actually view the baking process from the windows while you wait in line) and they’re served warm with a crust to the outside. Reminds me of NJ/​NY.

Best NY bagels in the area by far. Tastes most like the better bagels in NYC. Crisp exterior with a chewy, hint of sweetness interior. Always go here for your bagel fix.

I love the fact that you can watch the employees make the bagels from scratch while you wait in line. The lines can get pretty long so watching the whole bagel making process will definitely kepp you preoccupied while you wait. The prices are a bit higher than your average bagel shop, but the bagels are huge so its worth it! I ordered an egg and cheese on garlic and it was delicious!

Seriously LOVED this place! I got an asiago bagel with egg, bacon, tomato and a side of veggie cream cheese. It was warm and delicious. The service was wonderful and the cashier Kim was super friendly! They have frozen coffee ice cubes for your iced coffee so it doesn’t get watery (genius) and the Brooklyn Infused brew was perfectly sweet. I will definitely be visiting again!!!

Found this place because I had an intense craving for some smoked salmon and an everything bagel. This place definitely did not let me down. I throughly enjoyed my breakfast! The warm, gracious service we received was just the smear on the bagel. Hehehe.
I have never been to a bagel shop which provided so much visibility to the back of the house. I was equal parts captivated and impressed to see folks in the back rolling and proofing the dough. So cool. Not sure what gave their bagels more cred, the viewing window or the fact that they everything both sides of the bagel, which is absolutely essential, but not always guaranteed! The coffee was also very good as well. You could just tell these folks took a certain amount of pride in what they do.
My only slight qualms were the use of farmed smoked salmon and the seemingly previously frozen hashbrown cake.
Seriously folks, these bagels are so good, we ordered 6 to-​go on Saturday and they only made it to Monday (wish I could claim there were more than 2 of us). Loved the pumpernickel too!

I love this place! Every time I walk in the door they staff is always friendly and attentive. The store is always clean. Food comes out fast and delicious. I get the bacon egg and cheese on blueberry bagel. The only bad thing I can say is that the blueberry bagel is seasonal. Great place to enjoy breakfast inside of outside. Go and enjoy.

Picked up half a dozen bagels and a black and white cookie on Halloween morning around 8:00. There was one person sitting in the place and another person checking out. I thought this was strange as this should be prime time for getting bagels. We purchased our dough and went home
At home we at our bagels and were delighted. My parents hadn’t had bagels like this in what felt like years since we left New Jersey. They were nice and crispy not the outside and still warm and soft on the inside.

I love this place. As you can see from my check-​ins, and the way that the cook has my sandwich ready before I’m even done ordering… I’m a regular.
The staff is super friendly and helpful, always happy to see customers, and remembers specifics — like my dog’s name, or that I get «extra bacon, extra crispy.» Let me tell you, I’ve created the perfect sandwich here, and while it takes me forever to order it — it’s delicious every time. The only draw back to this place is that they microwave their eggs, making them crazy fluffy, and some of it will fall out of your sandwich. The coffee is fresh, cold or hot. And they have COFFEE ICE CUBES. That’s right! No more melted, watery coffee for you!
You can sit inside, and chat with the regulars (mostly Italian New Yorker transplants, my favorite!) or you can sit outside, where you’ll usually find me, my dog, my friend and her dog (my dog’s friend) and chat with us.
See you soon.

The best bagel in town! Tried the Greenpoint and the Bushwick… both were awesome but my favorite is the Bushwick (I LOVE the fresh jalapeños on it). The coffee is always hot and self serve, and they also have self serve iced coffee. My next trip I am definitely trying the Williamsburg bagel with smoked salmon because it sounds so delish. Love this place and so glad it’s close to our new home… I will be here every weekend probably.

The staff is delightful. Everyone is always smiling and asking you what they can get for you. My friend and I usually sit outside which is nice because we can bring the pups along too.
I love the fact that the everything bagel is coated top and bottom so there is no favorite side. I like to ask for mine double toasted, one time in the toaster never seems like enough for me.

Love BWB! We go in nearly every weekend and see the same regulars — so that a good sign. The bagels are fresh and tasty and they’ll accommodate and prepare just about anyway you can imagine. Our son loves the muffins (stud muffins rock) — the everything bagels hot and toasted are the best! Coffee is always fresh and the staff is always friendly — that goes a long way when you’re talking bagel joints … Some in the same area are more representative of the «soupnazi» from Seinfeld! This place will continue to win our business for sure.

I personally love that the bacon was cut up on my bacon egg and cheese bagel. That made me happy for some reason.
The everything bagel was fresh and the bacon egg and cheese was done well! The cheese melted into the egg perfectly! There was a lot of egg so it was a messy breakfast but very tasty!
I could have 100% done without the «real new Yorkers» that were in there trying to pretend this was a bagel joint in the Bronx but I’ll get over that.
Overall, quick, friendly service. Good quality items. I will be back.

I’ve been here twice and I’m a huge fan! I was always curious about this place. I mean seriously, a place that ships their water from Brooklyn to make bagels? Only problem was I worked uptown but with a new job in Ballantyne I remembered that this place was nearby.
The bagels are any northerners dream. Sure they don’t have the 30 bagel flavors you might want but they have all the essentials and they make them well. They add everything on their everything bagel just like they should, including salt. They extra toast my bagel making it crispy without burning it. When I ask for a light amount of cream cheese, I get just that… A light amount! The cherry on top is the customer service. Both time my service has been beyond expectations in terms of friendless. The bagels are done as fast as they possibly could be. Bravo, yall are doing it right! Best bagels I have had in Charlotte to date.

I don’t even know where to start… I’ll tell you a short story…
As a NY’er I go back at least once a year, if not twice. Although I’ve never been to Brooklyn (before you judge… I feel like EVERYTHING I need is in Manhattan) I get my breakfast bagel sammiches in the downstairs deli from my Aunt’s apt. on the Upper West Side. I discovered the plain bagel with plain cream cheese, tomatoes and bacon on a warm sunny day about 10 or more years ago as I needed to break a $ 100 bill from my Aunt and needed something in my stomach before I caught the two buses to get to LaGuardia Airport (we all know airport food is expensive as sh*t).
That bagel sammich was like warm love in my mouth. I’ve never had anything made so quick and taste so good in the morning. So good even my Aunt got hooked on it. When I took my husband there for the first time, he got hooked.
Well fast forward to getting back to NC. I’ve tried Brueggers, Einsteins… I’ve even tried knock of «NY» bagel shops and none have been able to pull off what BWB pulled off today… All these shops make you feel like you got taken advantage of; paying around $ 6-​$ 7 for a sammich with thinnest layer of cream cheese, ONE slice of tomato and a couple strips of bacon. I mean WTF dude. I guess people keep going back either because that’s the only option or because they don’t know any better. BWB pulled off what I thought was the impossible in NC…
A nice thick layer of cream cheese, not one but TWO slices of tomatoes, and some crumbled bacon; all on a REAL Asiago bagel. I’m told Einsteins and Brueggers freeze their bagels. No wonder why they taste weird. Not to mention my bagel this morning weighed at least 1 lb. NOW THAT’S A NY BAGEL!
Big ups to BWB for bringing my fave NY bagel sammich to the South! Chea!