Liberty Bagels
24 people recommend, 4 warn against itvia r/FoodNYC, r/nyc, r/AskNYC29 comments cited below
What people say, in short
Liberty Bagels is a bagel shop that many people recommend, and one visitor always orders the everything bagel with butter. It also has a Financial District shop, and the map pins the Fifth Avenue one. One diner raves about its pumpernickel everything bagel, while several diners were less impressed, with one calling it overrated and another finding nothing special about it. One commenter calls it okay but finds paying extra for cream cheese pricey, and one diner found the line ridiculous and suggests ordering online for pickup.
Address
Liberty Bagels 5th Ave, 16 E 58th St, New York, NY 10022
At a glance
- Signature dishes
- Pumpernickel everything bagel, Everything bagel, Bialy with lox
- Opinions divided
- Yes
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Other places on this map closest to Liberty Bagels, as the crow flies.
The evidence
Every point below is paraphrased from a real public comment, ordered by how much the community engaged with it. Caveats and negatives are kept in — follow any link to read the original for yourself.
- Caveatu/drzoidburger in r/FoodNYC · Nov 2025taste
Retried it and disliked the place; the jalapeño bagel was merely fine and too heavy on cream cheese.
- Recommendsu/Scuba_junkie16 in r/FoodNYC · Oct 2024
Recommends it.
- Recommendsu/jeffh19 in r/FoodNYC · Jan 2025
Also endorses Liberty as a good bagel option, both about a 20-minute walk away.
- Recommendsu/stOAKed919 in r/FoodNYC · Oct 2024
Agrees Liberty is the winner.
- Recommendsu/halermine in r/FoodNYC · Sep 2024taste
Commenter has been loving Liberty Bagels, praising its texture.
- Recommendsu/studiousmaximus in r/FoodNYC · Oct 2024taste
Says this shop and another bagel spot are the best they have eaten.
- Recommendsu/lasagnaman in r/FoodNYC · Mar 2024taste
Says Liberty Bagels is really great for them.
- Caveatu/One_Movie9957 in r/FoodNYC · Nov 2025
Thinks the shop is unremarkable and not a standout.
Show all 29 cited comments
- Recommendsu/rich3248 in r/FoodNYC · Oct 2024taste
Calls Liberty much better in their opinion.
- Recommendsu/WeedWizard69420 in r/FoodNYC · Mar 2024
Lists Liberty Bagels among their favorites.
- Recommendsu/Khal-Stevo in r/FoodNYC · Mar 2024taste
Rates Liberty Bagels as great, slightly behind Best Bagel and Coffee in their view.
- Caveatu/SherbetCompetitive18 in r/FoodNYC · Nov 2025
Thinks Liberty Bagels is overrated and never understood the hype.
- Mixedu/aliveinjoburg2 in r/nyc · Jan 2026price
Goes before work; calls it fine but dislikes being charged extra for cream cheese.
- Recommendsu/JelloDarkness in r/FoodNYC · Dec 2025
Answering the same bagel question, names Liberty Bagels as solid too.
- Recommendsu/melmac31 in r/FoodNYC · Sep 2024taste
Commenter always visits when in town and loves the everything bagel with butter.
- Recommendsu/Dangerous-Regular-56 in r/FoodNYC · Sep 2024consistency
Commenter says the downtown location's bagels are always fresh with limitless options.
- Recommendsu/sworninmiles in r/FoodNYC · Jul 2024
Orders a bialy there with scallion spread and lox.
- Recommendsu/Garconavecunreve in r/FoodNYC · Oct 2024
Suggests getting bagels from Liberty to assemble yourself.
- Recommendsu/Cartadimusica in r/FoodNYC · Sep 2024
Commenter could get behind Liberty.
- Recommendsu/ChildhoodLeft6925 in r/AskNYC · Jul 2024variety
Suggests trying this shop, saying blueberry bagels are easier to find in summer.
- Recommendsu/princessboop in r/nyc · Oct 2026taste
Says Liberty is much better than the Ess-a-bagel branch they tried.
- Recommendsu/Confident_Blood_7912 in r/FoodNYC · May 2026
Simply names Liberty Bagel as the recommendation.
- Recommendsu/Lanky-Performer8849 in r/AskNYC · Apr 2026taste
As a tourist, says they also thought Liberty was great, just a bit behind Ess-a-Bagel.
- Recommendsu/Charming-Barracuda54 in r/AskNYC · Apr 2026
Says the spillover from Apollo also loves Liberty Bagels.
- Caveatu/iggy555 in r/FoodNYC · Nov 2025taste
Says the bagels there are bad and that a different bagel is much better.
- Recommendsu/jcy24x in r/FoodNYC · Apr 2025taste
Praises the pumpernickel everything bagel there as outstanding.
- Recommendsu/myhangout_in in r/FoodNYC · Oct 2024
Lists Liberty first among recommendations.
- Recommendsu/Formal_Discipline_12 in r/FoodNYC · Oct 2024wait time
Thought it was pretty good, but the line was absurd; recommends ordering online for pickup instead.
- Recommendsu/atheologist in r/FoodNYC · Jul 2024
Says they order from it when in Manhattan.
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