12 best bagel sandwiches in Hong Kong

Popular with lunch-goers looking for an efficient meal, R&R Bagels is one of Hong Kong’s most successful bagel stories. Located in a narrow market alleyway, it may not be the easiest shop to find, but it’s well worth the hunt.

Offering the largest selection of bagels amongst its competitors, sink your teeth into a range of options, from wholegrain, cinnamon raisin, and onion, to staples like plain, sesame, poppy, and everything. But the real draw at R&R is their stacked bagel sandwiches. You’ll want to try the more eclectic flavours here, like the Gardener’s Breakfast ($65), topped with a fresh spinach omelette, melted cheddar cheese, ripe tomatoes, pesto, and low-fat cream cheese, and the Hampton ($85), with chicken breast, pesto, camembert cheese, walnuts, sun-dried cranberries, arugula, toasted peppercorns, and cream cheese.

Of course, standard choices like the smoked salmon bagel ($85) and avocado feta bagel ($75) are up for grabs, as well as the vegan bagel ($75), which comes with a filling of house hummus, smashed avo, arugula, shaved almonds, and chia seeds. And if nothing on the menu catches your fancy (we find that hard to believe), then throw all caution to the wind and go for the build-your-own option. Honestly, just settling with one bagel at R&R is a constant struggle. If the goal is to indulge at home, R&R Bagels is also available for takeaway and delivery on Deliveroo.

R&R Bagels, 28 Li Yuen Street West, Central | (+852) 2178 5168

If authentic New York is what your tummy’s calling for, then Schragels has your cravings sorted. They do quite well with their wholesale and delivery bagels in Hong Kong, but on a good—and not too humid—day, we like to make the short climb up to their production kitchen in Sheung Wan to grab us a fresh order of the SchReuben ($90), a sandwich of beef pastrami, brown mustard, sauerkraut, and Swiss cheese, and the SchTurkey ($90), with honey and pecan schmear, turkey, and sliced apple.

Of course, if your taste buds are travelling all the way to NYC, then the Loxy Lady ($90) should be the first thing on your mind, complete with scallion schmear, smoked salmon, capers, and red onion. Of the smoked salmon bagels we’ve tasted in Hong Kong so far, Schragels offers the most authentic one—high praise indeed. The unnecessary and added effort in pronouncing their products’ eccentric names, now that we could do without. It’s worth noting that Schragels has very little space for dine-in, so takeaway and delivery on Deliveroo are your best bets.

Schragels, 37 Graham Street, Sheung Wan | (+852) 9730 6727

Third-wave coffee proponent Polygon is one of the trendiest spots in Sai Ying Pun for a strong cup of joe—and bagels! The food menu may be on the small side, but they offer some customisation options: first, choose your bagel from plain or onion and chive. Second, top that off with fillings from the avo smash bagel ($78) with avocado, mixed veggies, and pine nuts, or the classic smoked salmon bagel ($88) with cream cheese, capers, smoked salmon, and onion. Grab a bite and swill it down with a cup of their much-extolled Intelligentsia coffee.

Polygon, G/F, 14 Second Street, Sai Ying Pun | (+852) 2915 8878

Fo Tan may not be the first thing you think of when it comes to bagels in Hong Kong, but this industrial and residential neighbourhood does have a grab-and-go spot for coffee and bagels. Several combos of breakfast bagels can be had here, from the vegetarian-friendly avocado, cheddar, and sun-dried tomato bagel ($58) to the classic smoked salmon bagel ($28) with capers, radish, cucumber, and rocket, as well as the beef pastrami bagel ($75) with avocado, cheddar and Swiss cheeses, mushroom, and more. For a quick bagel fix, it’s an incredible steal.

The Brew Corner, Shop A6, G/F, Valiant Industrial Centre, 2–12 Au Pui Wan Street, Fo Tan | (+852) 6739 5068

As the only Deliveroo-exclusive bagel shop in Hong Kong, Bagel Factory is also one of the most creative when it comes to its bagel sandwich toppings. Treat yo’self to an extravagant bagel lunch spread with a tropical Piggy ($78), with marinated pulled pork, grilled pineapple, tomato, rocket, and mayonnaise; an Italian-inspired Parma ham bagel ($88) that looks and tastes as good as it sounds; and the chicken schnitzel bagel ($78), with a slab of breaded chicken breast, tomato salsa, and rocket salad on a poppyseed bagel. You could be eating a different bagel a day from Bagel Factory and still have fresh choices for the following week.