Reviews for Einstein Bros. Bagels in Columbia, SC
I left my phone at home which had my CarolinaCard and other cards in it, so I asked to pay in cash. The assistant manager had... forgotten the cash tray today so she paid for my bagel! It brightened my day and I will be paying it forward today. Veryunderstanding staff and quick service. Read more
Good bagels, but poor service. Usually bagels aren't my thing, and I would get coffee and oats or pancakes for breakfast, but... bagels here are pretty good. Personally, I'd recommend the honey wheat bagel with honey almond shmear and the cinnamon raisinbagel with cream cheese or strawberry shmear. In general, though, everything is quite good, including bagel sandwiches andcoffee. My only knock on this place is that some of the bagels/bagel and shmear combos are overly sweet or savory (like thecinnamon sugar with the maple shmear) and the everything bagel with anything but cream cheese is not great. On the other side,the service is really disappointing. Sure, it is good food, but as a student who is frequently in a hurry you better take timeout of your schedule to come here as they take forever to prepare the food. If they are on their game (seldom as that is), it isa good experience. Read more
The bagels here are great when they actually make them. The workers are nice and don't slack, but you can tell they're... understaffed. They usually only have one worker preparing GrubHub orders when there should at least be two or three. It'squicker to go through the line than through the app, which makes no sense at all. You can wait over an hour after ordering onGrubHub, and your order still won't be ready. Like I said, the bagels themselves taste great, but it's like flipping a coin onwhether or not you'll get one. Read more
Today I ordered on GrubHub at 1:40 so my bagel would hopefully be ready by the time I got out of class at 2:00 (because they are... so slow). Once I walked to Einstein, my one bagel with cream cheese wasn't ready yet. I waited for about 10 minutes and askedone of the employees and they said they would get it ready for me. It took them until 2:15 to tell me they were out of the bagelI wanted. So I picked a different bagel and was told again, they would get it ready for me. I ended up leaving at 2:25, 50minutes after my order was put in, EMPTY HANDED because I had a meeting I would be late for. I don't understand how hard it isto toast and put cream cheese on a bagel. Read more
First time here... I was a little confused because I ordered at one register and then was sent to another to pay.I ordered the... avocado toast on an egg bagel. It was okay... the bagel I don't believe was toasted. The bagel was soft but it would've beennice if it was toasted. Over all the it was okay.The girl at the second register, did tell me about their rewards program, Imight look into it. Read more
The employees are extremely nice! There is usually a wait, but that's to be expected when everyone goes. If they could improve... anything, it would be to increase their stock of everything bagels. Mobile ordering is available sometimes, but it's oftenquicker to just wait in line. Read more
Efficiency does not exist. It takes about 30-45mins to get a $5 cold bagel with barely any cream cheese on it. It's also... extremely frustrating when I pay extra for more cream cheese and I don't get any. I recommend the owners and employees go gettraining in an actual bagel store, because they're so slow! Read more
I've never been here. I came to the reviews to see if I wanted to visit and am glad I did. I will not be visiting. I'm in... Columbia visiting from Charlotte and I love Einstein Bagels and never paid $5.00 for a bagel and cream cheese. I can get 2 inCharlotte for $5.00. This is sad and sickening. Definitely taking advantage of college students. Read more