The Posh Bagel - Castro Valley

Super amazing plus a lot of other varieties like crepes, smoothies, wraps, sandwiches, etc.

Self serve with free coffee refills and of course great bagels and sandwiches. Queue sometimes long at early hours but efficient ordering. Most customers take out so plenty of seating with some electric outlets for phone charging. Free WiFi and clean wash room. Good prices.

The restaurant has a pleasant ambiance, but I was disappointed with the breakfast bagel. It seemed like the microwave was heavily relied on in preparing the food, which is not ideal. A toasted bagel would have been more flavorful, and the eggs appeared to be processed rather than fresh. The sausage seemed to be turkey sausage, although it was not explicitly mentioned.

The wait was worth it at this busy restaurant. I ordered a sesame seed bagel toasted with cream cheese and it was absolutely delicious! I will definitely be returning, maybe as soon as tomorrow morning!

The restaurant has recently switched from using a professional bagel slicing machine to hand cutting a dozen bagels. When I mentioned that their decision to stop using the machine was creating extra work for them, the server informed me that it wasn't broken, they just found it too loud. Now, customers have to wait for uneven hand cut bagels that don't fit in the toaster. It's a puzzling decision.