Bruegger's Bagels - S San Diego

The staff seemed more interested in themselves and talking and flirting with each other than the customers. One guy got his order and stood there waiting at the register to pay and leave for three, four, five minutes while three or four employees were hanging out. The popular staff members seemed to delegate the unsavory task of actually working to the less popular staff members, and so they had an unhappy looking woman come over and deal with me so the cool staff members' happy play time could continue. I finally looked over at the poor guy waiting at the cash register and told him he could probably just walk out with his large order without paying and no one would notice. We laughed but it was obvious he was irritated and really wanted to leave before he was late for something where hungry people were waiting for him. I dared to address one of the socializing staff members and direct his reluctant attention to the customer waiting at the cash register. He winced in pain and said some unintelligible remark in Spanish to me as he got some other person to go help the poor guy. The customer thanked me for helping him when he was finally able to go about his day. My own transaction was smoother, but probably only because I had called their attention to the fact that none of them were paying attention to operating a Bruegger's Bagels. I mean, they looked like they were having fun. They could've been recording some kind of reality TV show about how smart and funny and cool they all are with well-hidden cameras and the Bruegger's Bagels setting was just incidental to their charming personas. But the hungry people with tragically less entertaining lives who go there for food probably don't know that.

Brueggers is my fav breakfast spot, been going here at least a few times a month for about 9 years :0Their everything bagel with bacon egg and cheese a another everything bagel with cream cheese is a top tier order.The staff is always fast and reliable, Juanita is always really nice and I would definitely this spot for people to try :P

The food is wonderful. They have outdoor seating which I love. It very laid back but I gave it 3 starts, only because they are so busy and they usually mess up our orders. They are kind and always try to fix the mistake but you end up waiting .

My main criticism is it did not seem like the employee who eventually helped me knew where anything was. She was slowly opening different fridges looking for things. Not sure what was going on here but long wait to be helped long wait for an ok bagel.

I grab bagel from here almost every morning. I love coming here for my breakfast bagel.