Counter, with wall menu enlarged. Notice, almost nothing is vegan (except for bagels, which are almost always vegan anyway) at Apollo Bagels in New York City
This is all the seating inside (i.e., just about no seating) at Apollo Bagels in New York City
Entrance. at Apollo Bagels in New York City

  • Apollo Bagels
    (5)
    3
    Loading...
  • Bakery Bakery
Lacto
American
Delivery
Take-out
Bakery

New York style bagel shop specializing in sourdough bagels. Offers choice of bagel (plain, everything or sesame) with vegan cream cheese. Open Mon-Sun 7:00am-5:00pm.

Leaflet | Protomaps | © OpenStreetMap contributors

5 Reviews

First Review by Poundie

Avatar ·X·

·X·

Points +31491

Vegan
12 Oct 2026

Apollo Bagels

Apollo offers very good bagels, and I've had bagels from numerous places around New York City. So why am I giving them only two stars? Well, we had a little incident where we ordered an everything bagel with the vegan cream cheese. We had a whole discussion with the person who took our order about what the vegan cream cheese was made out of, and she was telling us how delicious it was, so we ordered that option. However, when we received our bagel, it had regular cream cheese on it. When we brought it back over to her, she basically gaslit us and told us that we didn't mention vegan cream cheese to her at all... we had to remind her about the whole conversation we had about what the vegan cream cheese was made out of. It eventually clicked with her that she keyed it in wrong, but it's really frustrating to have that type of defensive situation happen. That said, keep an eye on when they make your bagel and double-check you have the right cream cheese before you leave. Their regular cream cheese has scallion in it, and their tofu cream cheese is just plain with no herbs or scallion, so you should be able to visually verify this.

PS- I mentioned the bagels are very good, they are soft on the inside and chewy on the outside. What I particularly liked about this bagel is the fact they coated both sides of the everything bagel with everything! The seasoning was delicious and had the right amount of salt too.

Updated from previous review on 2026-10-12

at Apollo Bagels in New York City

at Apollo Bagels in New York City

at Apollo Bagels in New York City

Avatar KristinaEatsPlants

KristinaEatsPlants

Points +9131

Vegan
23 May 2026

Finally Understand the Apollo Bagel Hype 👏🥯

Best bagel I’ve ever had, yet somehow so simple. Just a sesame sourdough bagel with vegan cream cheese, tomato, and olive oil — but everything about it was perfect. Fresh, warm and perfectly chewy. The line was insanely long, but they moved surprisingly fast.

Updated from previous review on 2026-05-23

🤤 at Apollo Bagels in New York City

Sesame with vegan cream cheese and tomato at Apollo Bagels in New York City

at Apollo Bagels in New York City

Avatar Alexvx

Alexvx

Points +643

Vegan
23 Apr 2026

One option

You get what you get and don’t throw a fit

Updated from previous review on 2026-04-23

at Apollo Bagels in New York City

Avatar EmdotAlice

EmdotAlice

Points +6656

Vegan
14 Apr 2025

Definitely unique

I got a sesame bagel with vegan cc and tomato. I ordered it with vegan scallion, but they were out. I was very open to enjoying some sourdough bagels, but I did not realize they would toast the [censored] out of it. My guess is that they are otherwise too chewy. They weren’t exactly bad—I actually liked their vegan shmear way more than tofutti—but it wasn’t a very enjoyable eating experience. It was like eating a tomato cheese toastie with oil dripping down my fingers. Definitely unique, but not sure if it’s what I want in a bagel.

Vegan cc with tomato at Apollo Bagels in New York City

Everything bagel with vegan cc at Apollo Bagels in New York City

Vegan cream cheese at Apollo Bagels in New York City

Sesame bagel at Apollo Bagels in New York City

Sesame with vegan cc and tomato at Apollo Bagels in New York City

Avatar Poundie

Poundie

Points +22056

Vegan
28 Mar 2025

Sourdough bagels

NYC bagels are almost always vegan (unless they are Montreal-style bagels). What makes Apollo Bagels special is that the bagels are sourdough.

This place--which is geared for takeout, not eating in--can have huge lines, and the bagels indeed taste good. From a vegan standpoint, however (which is how I rate them for HappyCow), there is little that makes this place special: they only have one type of vegan cream cheese, which is less than most other NYC bagel places.

For bagels alone, my personal favorite bagel place in NYC is PopUp Bagels, where you always get warm, hot bagels (but which also has limited vegan smears). If you want vegan bagel sandwiches, places like Thompkin Square Bagels or Utopia Bagels are a better bet.

Updated from previous review on 2025-03-25

Entrance. at Apollo Bagels in New York City

This is all the seating inside (i.e., just about no seating) at Apollo Bagels in New York City

Counter, with wall menu enlarged. Notice, almost nothing is vegan (except for bagels, which are almost always vegan anyway) at Apollo Bagels in New York City

Write Review Update Listing
For Members
Why was my review removed? Guidelines for writing a review View our privacy policy
For Business Owners
Claim this business See inaccurate information? Submit an update here Link to this page from your site See an unfair review? View full terms & conditions

This page has been viewed 4447 times.