Bagels R Us: Best Bagels in Jacksonville

At the end of every year, Folio Weekly has a Best of Jax contest, where citizens can vote on their favorite businesses. Bagels R Us is proud to announce that we were the winner for the best bagels in Jacksonville for the 2025 calendar year. We are honored to recieve this title, as we know a lot of new bagel shops opened this past year. Thank you to everyone who voted for us.

If you have not given us a try yet, let us tell you a bit about our business and why we strive to always have the best bagels in Jacksonville.

Our Bagel Making Process

Our bagels are made from scratch and freshly baked every single morning. We've been around since 1998, with our original store being off Beach Blvd. We used to make our bagels directly at the store, but after expanding and opening additional locations, we moved our bagel making process to a local warehouse.

By making our bagels in one location, our quality remains consistent across all stores. We don't want one location to be known for being the best; we want all locations to be favored equally.

We start making our bagels around midnight, with them going in the oven around 5:00 am. As soon as the bagels come out of the oven, they are sorted and our delivery drivers take them to all six of our stores. The bagels arrive around 6:00 am, which is just in time for our stores to open.

To read about the full process, check out this blog post.

The Best Bagels in Jacksonville: Inspired by New York Bagels

The owner of Bagels R Us spent a lot of time working in restaurants with his uncle in New York. While we do not claim to have "authentic New York Bagels," we do claim to have New York inspired bagels. We boil them before baking and offer menu items that are popular in New York and New Jersey.

One of our breakfast sandwiches is called the "Rollin' Jersey," which features Taylor Ham (or a double pork roll for those who grew up outside of Jersey).

We also have bagel flavors often found in New York, such as egg, salt, and garlic.

Our Plans for 2026

Despite having the best bagels in Jax, we want to continue improving and growing. We are constantly brainstorming new recipies with our team and wondering how we can be even better in 2026.

Our management and bakery teams are working together to bring new bagel flavors and pasteries to the stores. While we can't say too much yet, we can say to be on the lookout for exciting new menu items.

We do not have any plans to open new locations at this time, as product is our main focus currently. But we do have plans to open more stores in the coming years.

Thank you again for making us the Best Bagels in Jacksonville!