Wayne’s Bagels

Atmosphere: 4/5 – Relatively clean & sleek but lacking in customer seating. Price: $$$/5 – Definitely more than you would spend at a grocery store but average price for a premium bagel. Customer Service: 3/5 – Nothing special, service speed was slow. Location: 5/5 –…Easily accessible, within walking distance to many great Calgary attractions. Taste: 3/5 – Subpar for a Montreal style bagel Menu: 4/5 – great selection of breakfast sandwiches but would like to see more unique bagel flavours. Sustainability: 2/5 – Didn’t notice any efforts to be more sustainable. Strengths – Clean in a great location Weaknesses – Slow service, no explicit sustainable efforts, bagels are hit or miss Good items to buy: Poppy seed bagels, Egg McBagel Summary: 3.5/5 – What I love about Montreal style bagels is the dense sweetness that comes from boiling them in honey water. Wayne’s Bagels, quite disappointingly so, fell flat for me in that regard. Of the three bagels I got two were very stale. The shop was clean out front but not so much in the back from what I could glimpse. They have a decent selection on their menu but what I would like to see is some more unique flavors of bagels (for example: Saskatoonberry). What I found surprising was upon leaving the employee offered to recycle my bagel container that came with my sandwich. Why not advertise that they do that somewhere in the store? Unfortunately, I didn’t see the employee actually recycle it, all they did was place it beside the toaster oven. Overall, if you are only looking for a Montreal style bagel in Calgary I would recommend stopping by Wayne’s. Thank you for taking the time to read my review and I hope it helps you!! ?More

This place makes fantastic delicious bagels ?. Wood oven backed to perfection. A great assortment of delicious bagels, sesame., poppy Seed, everything, plain, and many many more!!! Very fresh , literally out of the oven…. You can get sandwiches, coffee and other items. For sure…a place to come and enjoy the fresh Montreal bagels….

I had heard about Wayne’s for a long time as being very good, ‘authentic’ Montreal style bagels, and stopped in a few days ago. The service was fast, pleasant and efficient. The bagels (three ‘everything’ and three sesame) were also very good, BUT- both the…the everything and the sesame bagels had more than a hint of raisin/cinnamon flavour, both eaten fresh out of the bag minutes after purchase, and warmed up the next day. When lightly toasted the smell of raisin/cinnamon filled the kitchen. I’m not sure if the flavour was in the dough before baking, or if the flavour was imparted while in the bins after baking, but this shouldn’t happen. The price was reasonable, especially compared with the two or three other bagel places in Calgary, where the prices have been increasing quickly. I will give Wayne’s another try in the near future.