Java Joe's Bagels - Succasunna, New Jersey

Ashley B.

Love this place! Me and my fiancée come here almost every week (sometimes multiple times a week) to get sandwiches. Not only are their bagels baked fresh daily, the staff is very friendly. Great place to stop on before work, or dine in.

Kaleigh G.

No idea how so many people are saying the bagels aren’t good because they’re the best ones I’ve ever had! I’ve been coming since I was a kid and since I moved away, this is the first place I go to when I come home. My whole family loves this place and everyone I bring here loves it. The owners are more friendly some days than others, but this is Jersey, isn’t everyone like that lol? Get a Taylor ham, egg, and cheese on a French toast bagel- trust me just try it!!

Susanna C.

I came to see if the reviews matched with my recent experience. And yes, they do. I’ve been here several times since I started working in the area in September. Always good so I was excited to bring my family for the first time on a Sunday when we were in the area and the owner was at the counter. (Only I didn’t know he was the owner - I figured he was just an employee having a bad day based on his interactions with the customers - I’ve never seen a business owner act such a way) Then he was unnecessarily rude to me and my daughter because our (called in) order wasn’t ready yet which we were actually fine with. He seemed annoyed with us that we arrived and our order was not at the counter yet. That was only the beginning. I won’t go into any more details other than what I feel was the worst. The worst part for me was the way he spoke to his own staff members (some appearing to be teens) that were kind, friendly and genuinely trying to provide a quality experience after they saw how he was behaving. I honestly hope that level of poor behavior towards his staff is not something they think is normal in any workplace especially in customer service roles.

So fine, I get it. We are from Jersey, we can handle it so I did - but I won’t go back. And besides everyone has a bad day, right? Yeah, these reviews prove it was not a bad day — I just got lucky on my previous visits to never interact with this guy.

Good thing for me is that we have plenty of great bagel shops literally blocks from each other and the others provide great food and great service.

Anataina M.

I never feel the need to leave a review, I’ve been to this bagel shop before. Bagels are okay but customer service is awful. This was my first time having an interaction with the owner, and he was nothing but rude and miserable. Being in the customer service industry, there is a way to talk to YOUR customers & this was not it. Won’t be returning to what felt like a racist establishment! Do better

James

It’s wild that I haven’t left a review here bc I have probably been here close to 50 times - and I live more than an hour away.

Simply put: the best bagel spot in North Jersey. I’ve had many phases of orders but my go-to right now is the Taylor ham, egg and cheese with a hash brown on a French toast bagel. Great food, better people- I wish I could have it every day!

Brandy L.

Such a good experience! Kind staff, clean restaurant. Our breakfast sandwiches were sooooo good & huge! There are also prepared baked goods available. Many drink options, but also conveniently connected to a coffee shop that gives even more options. We will be back when we visit town again. Free parking lot.

carmela D.

The bagels are not good. They have a terrible texture. The owner and another woman working there are less than pleasant they act like you are bothering them for coming to order a bagel. No wonder its typically empty.

Andrea C.

I don’t think I’ll be back here. I came in as a new customer with my mother since we are new to the area and wanted to check it out. I am a vegetarian, so I realized there weren’t many options which it’s okay; it happens. I was speaking to the girl taking my order, and I kindly asked if there was a sandwich that they could make vegetarian. They looked lost as if they had never had a vegetarian come in. Okay, that’s fine. They gave me an option. I wasn’t feeling it, so I just went with the egg salad sandwich, which is also okay. The girl asked me what type of bread, and I asked her the options again, and I apologized because I said, “we are new here. I’m not sure of the options. can you repeat them again?” The older man with white hair (i assumed he was the manager or owner) interrupted and said in an annoyed disrespectful voice, “we are just like any other bagel store here,” and another very petty angry comment. It wasn’t even the comment that was rude. His look towards me was just straight-up hateful and angry. That made me really uncomfortable. I don’t know. I quickly assumed maybe they were racist because we are hispanic? My mom was uncomfortable too. She also felt that he was racist. They all looked at us weird because I was translating to my mother the options in English. I don’t know, we felt completely out of place.

As far as the food goes,… not very good. The toast was burnt on both sides. They hid the side that was burned the most to cover the sandwich. Pretty sneaky. My mom's sandwich was very salty. The sandwiches come with a giant bagel chip which seemed weird to me. The coffee was good, though. That is the only positive thing I have to say about this place. We wished we would have gone tried Beanbury or go back to Roxbury bagel or hell, go to Dunkin Donuts they have really friendly staff.
Unfortunately this is the downside of trying out a new place. We are going to stick with Roxbury Bagel next time. Great food there and VERY nice people.