Solly's - Vancouver

MY. DUDE. THE. BEST. CINNAMON. BUNS. IN. VANCOUVER. You HAVE to go here. I adore this place so many cool things served. I legitimately think it's impossible for me to walk into this bagelry and not come out with something. Do yourself a favour and enhance your life by visiting this place

Solly's has been around forever and I finally had the chance to try it. I come from a background of work processes so this may come off a bit nerdy, but the workflow of Solly's is messy. In this restaurant you order from the right side where the deli is if you want a breakfast from the deli, you take their hand written receipt and then walk to the left line to pay for it. Then you wait until they call your name to go pick it up all while holding the bagel sign (Solly's if you ever want to discuss about how to improve this, please use my contact page).

Wendy and I were looking for a quick snack around Broadway and Cambie, and Solly’s Bagelry looked like it fit the bill. Once inside things got a bit more interesting, as we could see that Solly’s wasn’t just a bagel place, but a full Jewish bakery.  As the sign says, they carry babka but we didn’t check to see if they have the debatably “lesser” cinnamon variety from the Seinfeld episode.  I love that show!

Go for the Fresh Cream Cheese and Bagels and a Reminder why You Don't work for your Dad<br/ <br/ Word on the street is that Solly's isn't worth a visit but I decided to try it out anyway, because I wanted some Matzo Ball Soup.  <br/ <br/ I ordered the Soup and Bagel combo for $6.75 and I bought a tub of Chive and Garlic Cream Cheese $5.75 and a Kosher Pickle $1.75.   <br/ <br/ Disappointed in the the Matzo Ball soup. It is bland and missing the secret not so secret ingredient: chicken fat. Pleasantly surprised by the Chive and Garlic Cream Cheese and Onion Bagel though it has very fresh flavors and I could have done without the Kosher pickle (it's like eating straight up salt). <br/ <br/ The Service was entertaining: the Cashier was an older Gentleman who insisted in figuring out how to punch in my order himself for a solid 5 minutes. And when the younger Cashier asked if he could step in or use the other register the older Cashier said: Noooo, you can wait until I'm done punching this in!

LOVE their pastrami bagel. Chewy un the perfect bread version of El dente.<br/ <br/ Their cinnamon buns are pretty good but world famous is a stretch. Their too sweet by a little bit but the genius lies in the fact of how many THIN layers the bun has. Adds layers and layers of cinnamon and flavors where most buns are balnd and flavourless