O Bagel Brisbane

O Bagel is a bagel sandwich shop in Brisbane City, part of a small Queensland group, and it has built a following for house-baked bagels with generous fillings. It works as a cafe too, so you can settle in for breakfast, brunch or lunch with a coffee, or grab something and go. Takeaway, delivery and dine-in are all on offer, plus catering if you're feeding a group.

The menu is mostly savoury bagel sandwiches, with a few sweet options and drinks. The classy lox, with fresh salmon, cream cheese and tomato, gets a lot of love, and so does the spinach and cheese bagel. Locals who like their breakfast hearty point to the G'Morning bagel and the pulled beef brisket, and the blueberry bagel with blueberry cream cheese comes up as a sweet favourite. Jalapeno bagels and a truffle cream cheese option are on the board as well. One local found the jalapeno hard to taste in the bagel itself, so don't expect a big kick. Another liked that you can choose your bagel type without paying extra.

The bagels themselves are described as toasted and slightly crunchy outside, soft and chewy within, and the cream cheese is applied freely. Coffee gets a good word too.

Staff are friendly, and that comes through in the stories: one visitor was offered a free drink after a longer wait, and another remembered the warm service long after their trip ended. Value is a talking point as well. Some find the bagels affordable, though a bagel and coffee together can feel pricey to others, and we've heard a mention of a card surcharge, with cash as the way around it.

Expect a queue at busy times, especially weekend mornings, with waits of twenty minutes or more for a made-to-order bagel. The upside is plenty of seating, indoors and out, and it suits families and wheelchair users. Check the hours before you go, then arrive a little early if you'd like a shorter wait.