New York Bagels N Bialys

Reviews

• MP

  Michael Press

  Feb 14, 2026
  5.0
  This was our first time at the Grayhawk location and honestly it’s been many years since we ate at the central Scottsdale NYB&B. We’re visiting from Tucson so we don’t get to this area that much.

First of all, Tiffany delivered awesome service! She was extremely welcoming and accommodating, got our coffees and menus quickly, checked on us periodically, gave great menu guidance, and had a really friendly personality. She should be a bartender if she hasn’t been one before. She’s easy to talk to and make the dining experience that much better. I had the open faced lox on sesame bagel and it was excellent - and QUARTERED! They’re not messing around with open faced here, not two halves but four easy to maneuver quarters! The lox itself was perfect - not too salty, no black spots, fresh and smooth. Freshly sliced cucumber, red onion, capers, and the bagel itself was excellent! Usually it’s all about the top and the toppings but the bottom was better than most bagels I’ve had outside New York. Nice and crispy bottom but the inside was soft and JUST a little chewy (as I believe it should be). I liked the breakfast potatoes, they were nicely seasoned and crispy but again soft on the inside.

The potato salad was pretty good too - nice consistency and good flavor, maybe could be a little more heavily seasoned but that’s really nit picky because it’s hard enough to get the texture right. Coffee was very good, even the decaf. But the to-go cups? I’m in love with the lid. It fit securely but the little flap is the best flap I’ve ever seen on a coffee cup, easy to open and close, and when opened, clicks nicely into the top of the lid - no hanging over interrupting the flow of coffee like some lesser lids.

We got the cream cheese to go because it was very good! Also got whitefish salad to go and we just had it for breakfast the next day and it was EXCELLENT! I’m very particular about whitefish salad - which is not easy to come by in AZ, let alone Tucson (yes we have a bagel place that offers it but it’s not nearly as good as NYB&B’s version), so knowing we can pick it up fresh in Scottsdale is really comforting. Not too fishy, finely diced (I am not a fan of large chunky style whitefish salad), easily spread, just great! AND to top off the to-go portion, rugelach to go!!! They were really good as well (I got apricot, raspberry and chocolate). Even the location is great. It was an easy 5 minute drive from our hotel, I’m not sure of the name of the plaza (Greyhawk?) but parking was easy and it was a nice little strip, across from Starbucks and other businesses. Looking forward to the next visit!
• VV

  Valerie

  Feb 2, 2026
  5.0
  Highly recommend.
• SR

  SR Raje

  Jan 25, 2026
  3.0
  Review is based solely on one experience. Being a NYer, I thought I’d stop into get a bialy. These are even hard to find in NY & NJ so figured why not. First, a bialy never comes in different varieties yet these came in sesame, cinnamon raisin, etc. I ordered a sesame with lox cream cheese toasted. Took far to long to get it making me wonder if they had to make it from scratch, but it was a Saturday and I didn’t care. I was excited to get a bialy in AZ. Sadly, what I got was no bialy. It was just a flat bagel. It had a hole and no burned onion center. I ate it, it was fine. It was not a bialy by any stretch. The menu here looks decent and the bagels might be better so I’ll go back to try other things. Just no bialy.
• MR

  Matt Ribeiro

  Jan 9, 2026
  5.0
  We came in for bagels this morning and had a lovely experience. Service was fast and very friendly, food was fresh. I love my everything bagel with jalapeno cream cheese. Definitely will come back.
• SL

  Sasha Leviyev

  Jan 4, 2026
  2.0
  Came in to order a regular turkey sandwich on a bagel to-go. The total came out to $18 for a basic sandwich (no avocado, bacon, etc, just turkey) with chips on the side which is a bit egregious… I was hungry so I paid the price without comment and left a tip as well. It took over 10 minutes to make the sandwich which was surprising given that maybe half the tables in the restaurant were occupied, but I waited patiently and someone eventually brought my order out. Once I got to my car, I opened the box to make sure everything was in order before leaving. Believe it or not, there was no turkey in the turkey sandwich… at all. Just lettuce, tomatoes, and mayo. So I went back in and they fixed the sandwich. Now to the review of the food itself. The sesame bagel was fresh and tasty, but that’s all that was impressive. The turkey was dry and the sandwich overall was pretty underwhelming. If you’re looking for a simple turkey sandwich on a bagel, Einstein’s will do just fine for half the price.

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