Modern Bagel Cafe
“Never mind that, because the rest of the staff are friendly and keep the line fed even during the hectic breakfast hours.”
“A great place, I recommend it to anyone looking for a quick bite in a friendly setting.”
“One person said the line out the door indicated slow service, to me it indicates that a lot of people like it!”
Modern Bagel Cafe
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Inexpensive
5 reviews
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I went to Modern Bagels today while visiting friends in the area. The place smells nasty, burning grease. Since it's close to some family I've been here often, unfortunately last couple of times place was dirty.
SERVICE 1 Star *
I wanted a flagel and asked if they were made today, server a kid of about 16 or 17 said "I have no idea". I asked, "Can you please ask someone that might know?". They rolled their eyes at me. It was pretty funny actually, I decided against the flat bagel AKA Flagel.
Service on the weekends is awful when they have a bunch of High School kids working that require serious adult supervision. When I've been there on mornings during the week, counter staff seem WAY more on it.
COFFEE 1 Star *
Also the coffee is extremely weak and seems to made of low quality beans.
BAGELS 3 Stars ***
Overall their bagels are better than anything I can get in Colorado, or probably west of New Jersey. However, that is not saying much as there are so many better bagel places in the NYC Metro area.
The bagels at Hot Bagels on Saddle River Road are way fresher and better. Lesson learned, no more Modern Bagels for me.
Panini's are good, service was nice. This place is too trendy.
Hot bagels has much better bagels, rename this place Modern Panini cafe and I'll add a half a star.
2.75
Panainis awesome! Bagels are fresh! Their macaroni salad is the best i have ever had! Pickles with any bagel sandwich or panini. Definitely Fair Lawn's finest for bagels.
It is also a great place to hang out with a group of friends or to pick up from before a trip to the beach.
Note – They are cash only
I'm pissed about the unfavorable ratings here. Read and reread all the reviews and my consensus is that most of you are wrong. Someone wrote that there are long lines because the workers are slow. Nothing could be further from the truth. During prime time hours they have quite a few people behind the counter and, even though the food is cooked to order, it moves quickly. If the lines were long because the staff was slow, there wouldn't be lines for long because people would go elsewhere. There is no shortage of bagel competition in Fair Lawn.
Someone else mentioned in a negative way that teenagers work there. Duh. If they hired much older people, they would have to pay them more, prices would go up and they would complain about that.
Businesses that have bad, food, high prices and lousy service don't remain in business very long. Modern Bagel Cafe has been a fixture in Fair Lawn for quite a long time. Their food is quite good and very reasonably priced. They are also open just about every holiday and during snow storms, hurricanes and will probably remain during a Zombie Apocalypse which, as we all know, is coming soon.
I have eaten there literally dozens of times and have yet to have a bad experience. The staff, while young, is helpful, polite and efficient. They also move pretty damn fast. They're a great addition to Fair Lawn and an awesome place to grab a quick bite or a cup of coffee.
Picked up a bagel with Chicken Salad and it has a few short human hairs in it. The "kids" that work behind the counter should really wear gloves and hair nets if they are preparing food. A few times I have ordered breakfast from this place and they never use gloves to handle the food.
Not a big fan of this place at all. Other bagel places are much better in the area.