Best Bagel Delivery Services

A fourth-generation New York business that has specialized in Jewish food for more than 100 years, Russ & Daughters now delivers its signature bagels and toppings wherever you live.

Anthony Bourdain once said, “Russ & Daughters occupies that rare and tiny place on the mountaintop reserved for those who are not just the oldest and the last—but also the best.” Indeed, a hush falls over you when walking into Russ & Daughters. It's a feeling akin to walking into a cathedral in Italy because you’re in a place that worships bagels.

For nationwide delivery, a dozen bagels are just $18 plus shipping, the price of which varies by region. You have two choices, plain or assorted; the latter comes with options such as sesame and everything.

But here is where you must splurge: Get yourself some of Russ & Daughter's legendary sturgeon for $62, or smoked salmon starting at $42 for six to eight servings. There's nothing like this “cold-smoked” salmon, which is salt-cured and then preserved with slowly-burned smoke. Its silkiness is unlike any other salmon: It's halfway between BBQ and a sublime sushi experience.

Davidovich bakes preservative-free bagels the old-fashioned way, by hand rolling, kettle boiling, and baking them on a wooden plank.

A bagel is the sum of so many important parts, from the crisp outside, the lightness of the inside, and not to mention the crumb and the chew. But very few of us eat bagels without some sort of topping, and we don't want to feel like the topping was an afterthought. Truly, the seed can change the whole quality of eating a bagel—and Davidovich knows that very well: Their seeds are plentifully placed on both sides of the bagel. Plus, if you are a seed connoisseur you can tell they are using the highest quality seeds they can get their hands on.

When perusing the site, you'll notice the ample option. A 5-pack of everything bagels—overflowing with seeds—is $7.99. You can also order 20 bagels that combine plain, sesame, poppy, and everything varieties for $34.99. There are several options for shipping, but orders placed to California and Florida must be upgraded to standard overnight shipping in order to preserve freshness.

Katz’s Delicatessen was established in 1888 and is a New York institution. Its bagels are a classic example of an authentic New York-style bagel.

You can’t avoid talking about bagels without mentioning Katz’s, one of the most classic delis in all of New York City. It's been around since 1888—and in that time nothing has changed about a Katz’s bagel.

On its website, you'll find bagels, rye, mustard, and more, but what you want are the New York bagels, which exemplify the crispy, fluffy tear of the New York style. You can choose among plain, poppy, sesame, or everything; a half dozen costs $11.

Shipping costs between $30 and $60 because Katz’s ships quickly to ensure quality and freshness. They even have bialys, a delicious cousin to the bagel with onion flakes where a hole would be in a bagel.

Although this isn’t a 'best pastrami delivery' list, we recommend that you carve off some pastrami for your order while you’re grabbing these bagels for a real deli experience at home. A pound of the juicy, sliced pastrami is $38.

St. Viateur specializes in Montreal-style bagels and offers the ideal version made in the traditional way: hand rolled, boiled in honey water, and baked in a wood-burning oven.

St. Viateur is basically the platonic-ideal of the Montreal-style bagel, the second most popular regional style of bagel behind the New York-style ones that fill most of the other spots on this list. Compared to New York bagels, they’re smaller, thinner, sweeter, and denser—and come with a larger hole.

These bagels are lovingly crafted by Joe Morena and his three sons Vincenzo, Nicolo, and Roberto. The specific shape of bagels the family created, known for its crannies and twists, makes you want to dive right in. They look handmade to perfection.

The business offers all the bagel classics—sesame, poppy, plain, whole wheat, cinnamon raisin, and rosemary & salt. They even call the everything bagel “all dressed,” in classic Canadian fashion.

Opt for two, four, six, or nine dozen bagels for $49, $74, $99, and $149, respectively. Free shipping is offered through Goldbelly.

The Bagel Nook throws tradition out of the window by creating Instagram-friendly bagels such as the tie-dye bagel, the Fruity Pebble bagel, and the Oreo and cream cheese bagel. Don’t worry: The Bagel Nook also offers classic varieties, too.

The Bagel Nook comes to our list as an alien from the future because we have never seen anyone push expectations of what a bagel is supposed to be.

Their biggest hit is the Oreo and cream cheese bagel—yes, they're full Oreos in the middle of a bagel, with both Oreo cream cheese and dough. They also make Fruity Pebble and Cocoa Puff bagels; both of those breakfast cereals are included in the cream cheese. There’s a French toast bagel, a unicorn-colored tie-dye bagel, and so much more.

If you're looking for something more savory but just as adventurous, try the Hot Cheetos bagel. The bagel itself is neon orange and red, comes with your choice of Cool Ranch cream cheese or ghost pepper cream cheese, and, of course, is packed with Flaming Hot Cheetos inside.

Head to Goldbelly and find The Bagel Nook if you want to order. Prices range from $39 for a dozen of tie-dye bagels to $75 for a dozen of overloaded Fruity Pebbles bagels and cream cheese.

This old-school bagel shop hand rolls each of its 10 types of bagels, boils them the traditional way (it never steams them as many others do), and bakes them up crisp.

Bagels aren’t supposed to be soft. They're supposed to have a delicious, crunchy outer crust and most New Yorkers don’t mind a little difficulty when eating their bagel.

That’s the essence of Bagel Hole, a shop that's making bagels the old-school way. At first glance, these bagels are a little too small, a little too hard on the outside, and a little too chewy on the inside, but why can’t you get them out of your mind? Because these bagels represent a masterful old style of making bagels.

Bagel Hole now brings its crusty New York experience to your front door. Select the bagel you want, and add them individually to your online bag. The one-by-one experience is similar to the operations of a 250-square-foot bagel shop.

You can get all the classic types of bagels here, from cinnamon raisin to egg to plain to pumpernickel. Their stock rounds out a list of all the top New York-style options.

The prices are $1.25 to $1.30 for the bagel and less than $10 for shipping, a value that doesn't break the bank.

New Yorker Bagel offers the widest selection of bagels, with 22 different varieties, and an option to build-your-own box with 4 different types.

There’s nothing like a bagel shop that can play to a wide crowd of people. While New Yorker Bagel scores points for a great chew and crispness, they’re included on this list because they have 22 types of bagels available on offer through their delivery system, way more than any other service. You choose your dozen based on packs of three, so each dozen comes with four different types of bagels.

These 22 flavors are more than just the standards like poppy, sesame, and everything. The list is filled with inventive and out-there options like Cranberry Energy, Marble Rye, Jalapeño Red Pepper, Kalamata Olive, and many more.

New Yorker Bagel wants you to get your bagels as fresh as possible, so they guarantee free overnight shipping via FedEx, which means that the total cost is $39.50 per dozen. This is pricey, but that goes straight to guaranteeing quality and freshness.

And when you get hooked on these bagels, you might as well join their Bagel of the Month club. It’s the same deal with the four options per dozen, and you can change those options from month to month. What better way to kick off a month than with a set of fresh, high-quality bagels?