http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake Brick Lane Beigel Bake - London, 159 Brick Lane, E1 6SB, United Kingdom en http://cdn.trustedplaces.com/i/uploads/placepics/ldc_1u8288l.140.jpg http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1161k6g
Review by WineTravelr

Rating: 5.00
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Best bagels I know - and also some great breads]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:40:32 +0000 /review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1161k6g360401687 WineTravelr 51.522129 -0.071709 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1111g7t
Review by thecure

Rating: 5.00
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As a youngster I was introduced to the simple world of the beigel and 25 years or so later, I still adore these little rings of comfort. This place is always packed, which speaks volumes of the power of the humble beigel bake. Nothing flashy about this place. It is about feeding all walks of life at all times of the day/night and you can see it in people's faces that this is "real" comfort food. Any time of the day beigels are enjoyed and as I am writing, I can almost taste and smell the delicious offerings at this place! I love it!]]> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:22:52 +0000 /review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1111g7t1404435498 thecure 51.522129 -0.071709 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1x3zi7
Review by Cedric

Rating: 5.00
Tags: delicatessen, bargain
Every time I visit Brick Lane I must go all the way up to get my salted beef bagel. No matter what time it is, day or night. This is a must.]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:57:38 +0000 /review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1x3zi7121331576 Cedric delicatessen bargain 51.522129 -0.071709 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1m1z18
Review by random123

Rating: 5.00
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Late at night down the streets of brick lane, a beigel and a cuppa tea is the best thing to have! The beigel's oozingg with cream cheese-an absolute treat! Brilliant prices and definitely something i'd reccomend! Even their pastry's are great!]]> Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:35:43 +0000 /review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1m1z18975170789 random123 51.522129 -0.071709 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/129zl7
Review by cbp

Rating: 5.00
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vgood 10/10]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:42:02 +0000 /review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/129zl71739339177 cbp 51.522129 -0.071709 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1w7we7
Review by arianova

Rating: 3.00
Tags: bargain
Yea you know - over-hyped. Although sometimes necessary evil]]> Wed, 20 May 2009 07:55:07 +0000 /review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1w7we7487508987 arianova bargain 51.522129 -0.071709 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/173s97
Review by arianova

Rating: 3.00
Tags: bargain
Sure the beigels are cheap - but the hype is highly unjustified about this place... am I missing the point?]]> Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:04:04 +0000 /review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/173s972009408647 arianova bargain 51.522129 -0.071709 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/177s57
Review by ktz

Rating: 2.00
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Sorry to rain on the happy parade, but I've honestly had better bagels out of the bag at Tescos. There's normally a queue when you pass by this store, so I always just assumed the food was great. One morning I passed by and saw no queue and decided to give it a go...what a bummer!

The bagels are tiny, bland, and I found the flavors to be a bit of a snooze. The service was pretty rushed, reminiscent of the soup nazi from Seinfeld (even with nobody behind me). Perhaps it's that I'm used to New York style bagels, but even by store bought standards, this place left me totally underwhelmed.

Take notes brick lane: http://www.bigcitybagels.com/6.html]]> Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:09:26 +0000 /review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/177s57544156934 ktz 51.522129 -0.071709 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1v0l28
Review by foodbymark

Rating: 4.00
Tags: delicatessen, jewish history
Little remains of Brick Lane's Jewish past except for the famous two remaining bagel shops that neighbour each other at the end of the street. 24 hours a day you can satisfy your hunger with bagels filled with of mounds of soft delicious salt beef or smoked salmon and cream cheese, and again, 24 hours a day!

Late night drinking at Shoreditch house can often lead to a stumble to the busy bakery and waking up at home with 20 bagels and a shirt covered in English mustard (Have you ever tried to pay a cabbie in bagels... I am told I have more than once). The salt beef here is good, but certainly not the best in London. The Brass Rail Salt Beef Bar at Selfridges ranks highly as does B&K in Edgware. Harry Morgans chain not nearly as good as either but still quality. The staff are typically East London and I love it.

As far as a comparison between the two bakeries, I am a Beigel Bake man.]]> Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:30:02 +0000 /review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1v0l281205070868 foodbymark delicatessen jewish history 51.522129 -0.071709 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/123jh8
Review by Artemidor

Rating: 5.00
Tags: bargain
I love beigels. And this bakery is everything waiting for. The queues can be huge, especially at night. It is full of taxi drivers and late clubbers. But the food⬦ ah, the salted beef beigel is my best snack in London. The beef is absolutely tasty (not something that you can find elsewhere).

I would like to add that they also sell cakes. I tried a chocolate fudge cake and it almost melted in my hand. It was absolutely lovely. I think I saw some Jewish cakes (or similar), but I had no more cash at hand! So, my advice: go for a salted beef beigel and a cake.
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Review by abcjess

Rating: 5.00
Tags: delicatessen, bargain
especially late at night, after a night out when theres about a million other places around trying to sell you absolute unconsumable rubbish. It's a nice feeling swallowing down their soft bagels knowing that you aren't gonna chuck that up in the morning - your stomach just wouldn't allow it!

I've heard alot about the salt beef here, but have yet to try it myself but I can comment on their quick service - i found it a bit dinner ladie lunch queue ish, which just brings feelings of nostalgia, good nostalgia. With such generous fillings (and prices that reflect how much change you'd probably have in your pocket at 3am) it deserves atlest 6 michelin stars.]]> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:26:05 +0000 /review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1m3g881130551437 abcjess delicatessen bargain 51.522129 -0.071709 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/121gj8
Review by shopaholcleo

Rating: 5.00
Tags: bargain
I love this place! Open day or night, it doesn't seem to be affected by the credit crunch and the bagels remain cheap. There can be a queue, but there are always so many people working here, so you'll always get served quickly. I always grab a dozen to freeze and they still taste good once defrosted. The cakes and pastries are also good, and reasonable, so a lunch could cost you less than £2, which is rare for London. Smoked Salmon and cream cheese is a must. It's always lively and has a real East End feel, and I shall be having many more visits.]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:54:15 +0000 /review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/121gj81014002260 shopaholcleo bargain 51.522129 -0.071709 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1q1dj8
Review by trinity

Rating: 5.00
Tags: delicatessen
One of my favourite places to eat, 24 hour yummy, delicious Beigels. My fave is deffinatly the salt beef and mustard, altho My mum like chopped herring and cream cheese (blleurrghh) well each to their own. Great cakes too reccomend the carrot cake.]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:34:22 +0000 /review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1q1dj8693063423 trinity delicatessen 51.522129 -0.071709 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1g6c58
Review by moner

Rating: 5.00
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What can I say apart from great beigel. I highly recommended this place. It has clean and tidy premises. They seem to have good hygiend praxctices whilst preparing food. The shop has lots of fillings available and the beigels are freshly baked with a traditional taste. If you like beigels then this is the place for you. Other jewish specialities are also available also. The shop does get very busy as it is extremely popular, so you may have to queue-but as they say all good things are worth the wait..... The staff are very friednly and nice and offr a good service. Beigels are freshly made up to your order specifications in front of you.]]> Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:01:27 +0000 /review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1g6c581385909557 moner 51.522129 -0.071709 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1k3ai7
Review by chrisp

Rating: 5.00
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Hello and welcome to my latest obsession - The Brick Lane Salt Beef Beigel. I feel the same way about these little beauties as I did when I first realised that the outwardly boring little pub at the end of my road actually turned out some of the best food in South West London - namely joy at the discovery, tinged with regret that it had taken me so long to make the effort to do so. God knows how many times I'd wasted the chance to try one whilst trooping up and down Brick Lane, dodging the hawkers for mediocre curry houses. A friend suggested the other day that if Boris Johnston added to his mayoral manifesto that every crappy curry house on Brick Lane had to by law post a sign on their front door reading "Just Go To Tayyabs", then even he'd vote for him.

Anyway, what's so special about salt beef? It's a fair question, and one I have asked myself until recently. It doesn't sound particularly appetising does it, salty beef. But try and imagine half a dozen generous slabs of juicy pink flesh, tasty rather than overly salty, bursting out of a georgeously soft fresh beigel (they churn them out at an incredible rate, so they will generally be very fresh), zinging with fiery English mustard and with a couple of gherkins on the side. There is a satisfying 'squeak' as you bite through the bread into the meat, from the unique texture of the preserved beef, and the fat in the meat oozes flavour.

Needless to say, there are numerous outlets in London purporting to sell 'salt beef sandwiches' that are actually just depressing mass-produced 'beef ham' and nothing like the real thing. Don't be fooled. In my (incredibly limited) experience, as well as Brick Lane the Brass Rail bar in Selfridge's Food Hall also does some great (if overpriced) salt beef, and I'm sure many people will have their own favourites.

Brick Lane is about 15 minutes walk from my workplace; the chances of me making it through the winter without a cardiac episode are diminishing rapidly. But damn it, the salt beef beigels are cheap, gorgeous and uniquely London. They are almost worth dying for.]]> Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:07:46 +0000 /review/uk/london/food/1n52x8f/brick-lane-beigel-bake/1k3ai7589439121 chrisp 51.522129 -0.071709