Scotts Valley
House Of Bagels

House Of Bagels

216 Mount Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley, United States Of America, 95066

Bagels • Grocery • Delivery • Bakeries


"Uh I have no idea how this place has so many good reviews. I'll tell you why they have plenty of business coz there is NO other bagel place in Scotts Valley currently that is. So there's no competitor to this business and they sure do take advantage of that. Ownership is ok, sometimes some of the female staff has been rude and dismissive. The guy at the counter is ok, minimal interaction. I think its new ownership since a few years ago perhaps. But they all do not care how they make your bagels. Bagels are over toasted, burnt and flavorless. This photo is nothing compared to last time I had the same garlic bagel where it was so burnt that it was inedible. This time I requested lightly toasted and this is what I got. Yeah you do taste that burn on your bagel. The guy at the cash register didn't even bother to register when mentioned to have it lightly toasted. They gonna make it their way and that's the only way. They won't bother with making it enjoyable. I mean come on, the toppings for bagels are decent at least. But when your bagels are burnt and somewhat flavorless, it makes it hard to justify any eating experience here. Not to mention their bagels are not cheap, for about $10 a pop (as of now) they can do way better. But they won't coz they don't care and there's no one to compete with them and take their business away. Their boba looks and tastes miserable, have tried it only once. Haven't tried their coffee and I wouldn't bother coz if as a bagel shop they can't make decent bagels then I doubt anything else would be much better. The place is very small. Indoors just a couple spots to sit. Outdoors plenty of seating at least. None of those tables are ever really cleaned so bring a sanitizer to wipe things down yourself. They'll give you everything in to go paper bags. Don't offer reusable dishes and silverware. Anyway I just wish they bothered to make decent bagels for once, not burn them completely and have somewhat reasonable prices. I guess that's too much to ask. I sure hope this is my last time here ever but like I said there's no other bagel spots in SV so I keep ending up here in desperate last minute hungry times. In summary I'd say it won't super suck to have food here but that it will suck that is a yes for sure. Good luck!"

Stonehouse Grill

Stonehouse Grill

La Madrona Drive, Scotts Valley, 95066, United States Of America

Grill • Cheese • American • Fast Food


"What a disappointing experience on all levels. We arrived at the “restaurant” for dinner and were told to seat ourselves. The room feels like you’re eating in a hospital cafeteria. It took 10 minutes for the server to come to our table and she says, “you two look like you know what you want.” I replied, “yes, we’d like to see some menus.” She grabs menus, hands them to us and walks away. No offer to grab us some beverages while we look over the menu. She just walked away. The menus were heavily soiled with grease and food. When she returned about 5 minutes later we ordered our drinks and the artichoke and chicken wing appetizer. They were out of the chicken wing app that we wanted so we settled on the other. When the appetizers arrived, the wings were actually quite tasty. However the artichokes were not seasoned at all, greasy and cold. We ordered our entrees, the filet and New York strip. They took over 20 minutes to arrive which surprised me because we were the only couple in the “restaurant” aside from another large table that hadn’t ordered any food yet. I had subbed fingerling potatoes for the fries with my New York strip. Both the potatoes and my steak came sliced. The potatoes were dry and hard, lacking butter or seasoning. My steak which I ordered rare was medium well. Perhaps that’s why it came sliced. They new it was overdone and sliced it to stop any further progression? The filet was cooked medium rare as ordered but looked unappetizing the way it was plated. The mashed potatoes lacked seasoning and the asparagus was limp and overcooked. My bf finished his filet but only a couple bites of the mashed potatoes. Two thirds of my plate was left when our server came by and I asked for the check. She didn’t ask if I wanted a box to go or question how our meal was. Yes, I’m aware I could have told her that my steak was way overdone and the potatoes were inedible. But honestly at that point I just wanted to get out of there. Waiting 20 minutes for them to try again wasn’t worth the additional already disappointing time there. We were never asked if we wanted refills on our drinks and only saw our server when necessary, no checkins. This was one of the worst dining experiences I’ve had in quite sometime. With a bill over $100 we left unsatisfied. We will not return."