• Ess a Bagel - W 32nd

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Serves meat, vegan options available. Bagel and sandwich restaurant that offers around seven tofu cream cheese options. Open Mon-Sun 6:00am-5:00pm.


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14 Reviews

First Review by RebeccaSullivan

danavegana

Points +210

Vegan
18 Sep 2024

Love their scallion tofu spread

Not a lot of options for the spread, but it tastes really good either way!!!
Every time I come to visit NYC I need to get a bagel there

lilygauthier

Points +316

Vegan
13 Jul 2024

yummy, but needs more vegan options

loads of bagel options and 3 choices for tofu cream cheese 🥯 i went for a toasted everything bagel with the vegetable tofu spread. the menu online has 8 tofu spread options, but in the restaurant there was only 3? not sure why. the bagel tasted great, portion size was huge and it was very filling. they also have dairy free alternatives for drinks. i would like to see more vegan spread options!

Pros: few tofu spread options, loads of bagel options, dairy free milk alternatives

Cons: not enough places to sit, chaotic ordering system

eatswithainsley

Points +49

Vegan
07 Jul 2024

Delicious!

Really good NYC bagel. Plain bagel with tofu scallion. It kept me full all day and I loved the dense texture of the bagel and the flavor of the tofu scallion.

Denise430

Points +356

Vegan
05 May 2024

Yum

Their bagels are warm and fresh. The scallion tofu cream cheese is also fresh. It tastes like the scallions were just picked from the garden!

Pros: Fast service , Nice selection , Dine in available

Cons: The menu doesn’t have pricing , The counter person don’t know the price either

bedbugsballyhoo

Points +61

Vegan
09 Mar 2024

Scallion tofu cream cheese dear god yes

I’ve been trying to make my own since I left and I’m failing miserably. It was just so good.

d.izzy13

Points +54

Vegan
27 Jan 2024

tofu cream cheese 🥰

really good bagels with tofu cream chezzze #Veganuary

Pros: bagels fresh out of the oven, vegan options , location

HenrietteJohansen

Points +1581

Vegan
07 Jul 2023

Bagel hype

This was the third bagel location I went to because the two other ones had queues that went all the way outside of the shops. The bagel was nice and all, but I just cannot understand the hype around them.

Pros: Nice bagels, Several vegan cream cheese options, Warm bagel

Theveganmegan

Points +105

Vegan
07 Jun 2023

Vegan Friendly Bagels

I love that there are three options of cream cheese!
They have a plain, veggie and a chive. They offered to let me try each one. I chose veggie on an everything bagel toasted but you can’t go wrong!

Pros: 3 separate vegan cream cheeses: plain+veg+chive, Everything bagel is delicious

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Points +21694

Vegan
03 May 2023

Bagels

Nicer looking location, but the bagels tasted better at the original location to me. I also think there were less tofu cream cheese options offered here, but I have not been to the other location for a while.

EmdotAlice

Points +4748

Vegan
25 Apr 2023

A good bagel

I asked my friends where their favorite bagels were in NYC and they recommended Ess-a-bagel. I tried the whole wheat everything with tofu scallion shmear. It was pretty good, too much salt for my taste but that’s the cost of an everything bagel. You get everything. Not sure if I would come out of my way to come here when good bagels are so easy to find.

Pros: Vegan whole wheat bagels, A couple of flavors of tofu cream cheese

Cons: Don’t love this neighborhood, Don’t have whole wheat sesame , No vegan sandwich options

LPveg

Points +478

Vegan
18 Jan 2023

Great NYC bagels

Great bagels with multiple tofu cream cheeses close to Penn Station. Tends to be very crowded with tourists.

LydiaBerger

Points +383

Vegan
06 Jan 2023

Cheap option

When I went there were 3 vegan cream cheese options; tofu, scallion and vegetable. The place was rlly busy so the bagel was cold by the time I got it. The tofu cream cheese was decent but the flavor got a little too much after a while.

Pros: cheap

Cons: few options , heavy, long line

Poundie

Points +15573

Vegan
23 Aug 2022

Super-delish bagels!

Warm, fresh, NYC bagels from a bagel shop are delicious, especially when they have a smear of (vegan) tofu cream cheese. This is not a healthy meal--but does every meal need to be healthy? Ess-a-Bagel--which is near Penn Station/Madison Square Garden--is one of the many excellent bagel places in NYC. NYC tourists will no doubt be wowed by a place like this. Being a native, however, I might be a bit jaded, since I know that good a bagel store that offers tofu cream cheese is not unusual for Manhattan.

Updated from previous review on 2022-08-23

Pros: Great bagels,, a real treat for tourists

Cons: Not that healthy, not that special for NYC

RebeccaSullivan

Points +4081

Vegan
02 Jul 2022

Lots of Options

Lots of options for vegan cream cheese. I got a salt bagel (asked for it toasted but didn’t come that way, not sure if they have a toaster or not) with tofu scallion cream cheese. Bagel was large but not the best bagel I’ve had. My sister got vegan olive cream cheese which wasn’t bad either.




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