Holey City Bagels

Found this shop by accident walking through Charleston while on vacation. Best bight of food we had here!!! The pimento cream cheese was fantastic. The staff was so kind and welcoming. Made great recommendations! The bagels had a great crunch outside and soft chewy inside. 👌 perfection

Holey City Bagels was my go to for two weeks straight. I could not get enough of the jalapeño cheddar bagel with chive cream cheese or even just regular cream cheese. Get there early because there is typically a line, but it is absolutely worth the wait. So good and definitely worth it.

Came here to get some bagels on vacation, I didn’t love that the menu wasn’t that easy to see, just little laminated paper on the counter and the bagels are pretty far back to see them. The guy helping us was nice. I got a sesame bagel, I liked that it had sesame seeds all the way around it, most places only do the top. I also got the rosemary salt bagel and didn’t love the rosemary (sensory thing), wish I could have seen them up close, I probably wouldn’t have ordered it. I thought the rosemary was going to be ground and inside the bagel and salt on top. Not rosemary sprigs and salt on top. My husband got an Asiago bagel. He found a hair in his. Pretty gross. He didn’t want to make a fuss of it, and I mean, what can you do when that happens? It just sucks. Not many places to sit inside and eat and all the spots were taken so we had to eat outside.

Stopped here during my Thanksgiving road-trip rescue mission for snacks and ended up walking out with five different bagels—because self-control is for weekdays. Thankfully it wasn’t busy, so I got my carbs without a battle. My only suggestion: maybe pack the bagels in a zip-lock instead of the classic paper bag. By the time I got home, they looked like they’d been on a roller coaster. The veggie cream cheese? Elite. The kind that makes you forgive any life decisions. Didn’t get to try the coffee because I was sprinting back to the car, but the bagels alone were a win.

I had this spot saved to try while in town and luckily it ended up being a block away from our Airbnb! Coffee was great and so were the bagel sandwiches. Don’t be intimated by the line because it moves pretty quick and the food only took about 10-15 minutes for a busy Saturday morning. We tried the cinnamon raisin bagel with honey nut peanut butter and strawberry cream cheese and the holy moly (Taylor ham, bacon, sausage, egg and cheese) on the jalapeño cheddar bagel. Delicious!!