The best bagel sandwich I’ve ever eaten! Super friendly staff. Nice place.

Best bakery in DC, especially for those with allergies. Friendly staff and delicious goods! Now I go there happily with my kiddo to grab anything he likes since it is safe and nut-free!

Baked by Yael is a great place to stop in for a quick treat. Perfect location right across from the zoo. Plus, being kosher is an added bonus. We went earlier in the day and they only had two cake pop flavors, but they were fantastic.

I cannot say enough fabulous things! We had a virtual cake pop making class with my company as a team-building event. The event was so fun and everyone raved about how delicious the cake pops turned out! Yael was also hilarious to boot! The packages with the supplies were great - all the supplies (and more!) were included. Yael made everything so easy to have an great event. She took care of collecting addresses and even was able to get a package out overnight for a last minute sign-up. I would highly recommend her cake pop classes! And I can’t wait to try the bakery next time I’m in DC! Thanks again Yael for all your help and a great event!

Dude. Was it the timing of the day that I came here? I got one of the salmon bagel sandwiches. The salmon was so delicious, it was perfectly proportioned toppings. BUT the bagel was hard as brick. I was so hesitant to post this because the service was amazing and filling was delicious. Maybe it was my timing of day, I went there at 230pm with hungry toddlers after the zoo. I’m going to have to try it again to make sure I got a bad batch or something.

I sent my friends to this place with my warmest recommendations. I visit this place often. This recommendation is always successful. The the food there is great and the crew is generous and cooperative. Whenever we eat in this place we have a lovely evening. I warmly recommend this restaurant.

They look and taste like the real New York bagels I grew up with and theyre hand rolled, boiled and then baked just like theyre supposed to be. Great to find out they have a stand at the Old Town farmers market on Saturday mornings. Hopefully some day theyll decide to make bialys too.

Best bagels in the city and its not even close

Great bagel sandwiches! A little tough, but might just be the day.

Amazing gluten free dairy free cookie bar!

My wife has allergies and can only eat vegan food. Baked by Yael has the absolute best vegan treats in Washington DC. Period. Some people stop by here because theyre visiting the zoo. We visit the zoo because were stopping to get these treats. Yum!

I ordered 78 Halloween theme cake pops for my office. (included 8 vegan ones) They were at HIT! Everyone LOVE THEM! Thank you Baked by Yael!

Got their Cake pops for my birthday! They were delicious- I highly recommend!

Delicious bagels, pick up only

Baked by Yael is our go-to baker for corporate gifts and event displays. Yael and Rachel are super easy to coordinate with and created a beautiful cake pop display for our recent event. As an added bonus: the cake pops are absolutely delicious. Our clients always love the cake pops from this bakery and our staff is completely hooked!

My mom bought me the gluten free dairy free “cookie” (looked more like a flattish brownie) and I was in heaven. It was so delicious, especially right after a hearty steak dinner. I rarely get to enjoy sugary treats because of my gluten and dairy intolerances. This was even better then a standard cookie. Thank you for such a treat!

Adorable place! Great location! Delicious food!

The maple duffin we got was great!

Stopped in Baked By Yael after a trip to the zoo with my husband and daughter. We picked up a refreshing strawberry lemonade and a half dozen cake pops. All of the cake pops were absolutely delicious, but the lemon cake pop was particularly PERFECT after a hot morning at the zoo.It’s extra awesome that they are a nut-free establishment because my husband has a severe nut allergy and can rarely have baked goods when we’re out.

THEY HAVE GF / VEGAN CAKE POPS TOO :)

I buy Yaels bagels at the Palisades farmers market---they are exactly right, and in my view the best in DC.

They have really good bagels! They currently have an offer that if you buy a bagel before 9am , they would give you free coffee!

Bagels and cake pops were great! definitely recommend stopping by.

A wonderful, tasty and creative option for loved ones to enjoy, whether they live near or far. Challah is especially enticing, but who’d say no to a black and white cookie?! Ships anywhere in the US and is reasonably priced. Excellent service and communication. Looking forward to another order in the future. A very nice find!

Some of the best challah I’ve ever had! Amazing black & white cookies. Ordered online to pickup and everything was fast and easy. Will be back many times.

Excellent bagel with lox. Conveniently located across from the Zoo in DC. More of the Jewish soul food that I love.

Delicious cake pops and among the best bagels in DC! Their other baked goods are delicious as well. I honestly havent tasted anything yet from Baked by Yael that wasnt amazing. Highly recommend and hope you support this gem of a local business.

Their cake pops are delicious but their bagels are small and can be deformed (and once was actually stale). At least one of the bagels I get each time is a sad half bagel.

I first started buying from Baked By Yael from the Alexandria Farmer Market. The salt and everything bagels are delicious, and their formula for freezing and reheating makes their longevity extremely useful. During COVID, I started using home delivery. This past week, there was a mix up in my order, and the team fixed it right away and did a special delivery for me. That level of customer service, which range from the Farmer’s Market to the main location, is appreciated and a sign of an excellent business. I will continue to buy from them.

Best bagel Ive ever had, and I lived in NYC for 15 years. Black And White cookies, ditto. Yummy cakepops All kosher. They do mail order, too.

Great, tasty, freshly-baked bagels. They are perfectly-sized - not so huge, like so many other places bagels. Friendly and helpful staff!

Best cake pops we ever had!

Right across the zoo. Loved their cake pops and hot chocolate on a stick (they make it for you).

Being open on 12/25 for holiday gifts was brilliant.

Yael was fantastic to work with from start to finish. Her product, in my opinion, speaks for itself. What more can be said than the simple fact that we basically had our entire plate of cake pops gobbled up within an hour or so of letting everyone dig in!Easy to work with, delivery was great and looking forward to supporting the business in the future!

I order from Baked By Yael regularly and stop by every time I am in DC. I love the cake pops and bagels. I order them for birthdays, holiday gifts, and as end of the year presents for teachers. Everyone always loves them- I get super excited phone calls from my nieces, rave reviews from colleagues, and they always want more.I love stopping in for a quick treat after visiting the zoo! You can’t beat the bagels or cake pops and Yael is awesome.Definitely recommend you try it!

The bagel was authentic. Free small coffee before 9. I had a chocolate cakepop which was perfect. I got the avocado hummus bagel. It was yummy. I enjoyed the ambiance at the outside tables.

We had our daughter’s 8 year birthday at Baked by Yael, and we couldn’t be more pleased. Yael and her staff took such great care of the party arrangements and the 12 girls!! Everyone was super happy: the girls had a blast, and we had the easiest party we gave ever organized! We highly recommend to anyone and everyone!

After leaving the zoo, we received a buy something get a free water. Im glad I stopped in. I got a grilled cheese bagel. It was very tasty! The young woman who took my order was very kind.

This bakery was very cute, if I must say. There was a little girls birthday party going on in the back. It looked like fun! There were a bunch of kids learning to make cake pops. If I was one of those kids Id think I just had the best birthday ever. Seriously though this place was nice and had good pastries and coffee. It was raining outside so I was confined to sit inside. There wasnt too many seating options inside as it was crowded. Good place to catch up with friends and to grab something sweet.

This place is a hot mess. There were 9 employees working, but no one doing anything. It took a while for our bagels, and even then they weren’t toasted and weren’t prepared the way we ordered. The staff served a huge group of people before us, despite us having ordered before them. What is even going on here?Just wanted to note the comment from the owner below:Glad to hear you’re working on fixing the issues with your service. However you were there, we made eye contact, you saw I was upset about the situation and walked out, as did your employees. And no one did anything. Why is it on me to fix the situation when your staff was clear the situation and service was messed up? I even came back in to notify you that the order was incorrect. Your young staff member apologized profusely but at that point I’d already waited 15 minutes for a bagel and took the bagel and left.

Breakfast time? Stop in for a legit bagel with sun-dried tomato cream cheese (or lox if thats how you roll). Bagels have excellent texture and substance.The cake pops are also a perfect hit of sugar to get a sweet fix. The Gelato here is also good, and very rich - a small bowl goes a long way.The location is also zoo-adjacent if you are interested in taking in some fuzz.

Found quite a few things to be lacking chief amongst them customer service and the quality of what I ordered. Definitely don’t see me patronizing there in the future!!!

I ordered a carriage with 24 cake pops for a baby shower, to be picked up Friday evening before the shower. It seemed to be one hurdle after another: I had to call several times in order to reach someone who could answer questions and take the order; we were supposed to pick it up Friday evening (for Saturday brunch), but couldnt get to the shop due to a bomb scare on Connecticut Avenue. Then when my husband picked it up and brought it home Saturday morning -- an hour before the shower started -- I realized the cake pops were displayed in a simple box, rather than the carriage I had paid for -- yikes! All that said, the staff could not have been nicer all along the way, and when I called to complain, Yael immediately offered to send someone to deliver the carriage and also threw in a half dozen bagels to help ease my pain. The cake pops were delicious and big hit, and the bagels were not bad either. So I offer thanks and a 4-star recommendation!

Best bagels in DC by far! NYC quality. Much better than Bethesda bagels. And great customer service. People always say they want a delicious locally owned bakery, so stop going to the Starbucks and start going here!

Vegan reuben sandwich - the best!!!

I ordered 15 Panda Cake Pops for my sons birthday party only 24h in advanced. The person on the phone was very friendly and helpful.Pop Cakes arrived on time next day, perfectly packaged and even covered in ice packs since they knew my party was outside.Cake pops were a big hit! Everybody loved the idea and how testy they were!

I found out about this bakery while I was furloughed. The owner was nice enough to have free cake pop classes for federal employees. If youre ever in DC, you must stop by and try the cakepops. They are the best and the staff is very friendly.

Delicious, fun. Making cake pops for an event is a must. Bagel sandwiches do not disappoint

The pizza bagel is just a bagel topped with what taste so like jarred sauce and bagged, shredded cheese. It was also served to me not heated all the way through, so the middle was cold. Avoid.

It turned out to be a bad day to stop for a bagel before heading to the zoo! (Zoo parking was closed.) Be prepared as its street parking only and difficult to find. Small bakery, Small bagels and selection. Bagels are not sliced; cream cheese in cup and plastic knife provided when opting for to-go. From reviews seems like cake pops are in more demand. Cant say Ill be back. The bagel was just OK.Update to respond to the owners comment: Your response has convinced me to change the rating of this review. Its obvious that customer service is not a priority for you or your staff. Over a month later, you have no idea what my interaction with your staff was so I fail to see how you can comment in the manner that you did. Providing a plastic knife to cut my bagel was the answer I received when I asked your staff to prepare my bagel. Anyone can tell by my post that I am in no way stating that you have anything to do with the parking situation; I was merely stating my experience that day in trying to patronize your business. This is not the type of service that I can recommend to others.

Im gluten free AND vegan, and it can be really hard to find sweet treats that fit both of those things. But the raspberry cookie bars are amazing! I will definitely come here again!

One of the few bakeries I have trusted as a person with a severe milk allergy. I ordered a vegan chocolate cake pop. Delicious!

Nut free, kosher, delicious. Cake pops, bagels, and the best challah in the dc area

Staff were friendly and we had a nice cup of coffee but I didnt enjoy the flavor or texture of their cookies

Great cake pops - the bagels while good still arent dialed in. Shapes and size varies considerably and sometimes are a bit burned and still being sold. Considering a bagel with cream cheese will set you back nearly $4 Id expect a perfect and consistent bagel - this area is still under development but the price doesnt reflect that.

Amazing, adorable inside, decent food, and great cake pops! Made our trip to the zoo that much better. Cheap place for a quick bite outside the zoo.

Delicious cake pops. I havent had anything else here though.

They are a small owned business with excellent customer service. they truly care about their product and their customer and even have a rewards system! Its not cheap, but the quality is worth it especially to support small businesses in DC

Great little place. Good seating. Delicious food and friendly staff

Beautiful baked goods and truly friendly service !!!

This place is casual with decorations that will attract girls and kids more, but regardless of the decorations, the staff is friendly. Breakfast options are good. I cant remember my order but it was tatst. Dont miss the tea they serve!! Rishi tea is the brand they serve and its AMAZING! I like the place and I would visit it again if I went to DC again.

Really yummy gelato! I come here occasionally after the zoo for water and gelato (I think they do deals on the water... but I don’t remember for sure). It’s a little pricey; the gelato servings are really small. But it’s sooo delicious and since it’s across from the zoo, I expected to pay a little more. It’s really cute inside, and the staff are friendly. The pastries and food look good, too. If you’re hungry while at the zoo, just walk across the street to this place, instead of paying obnoxious rates inside the zoo.

Gelato was AWESOME. The bagel grilled cheese was ok. The pizza bagel was ok. Both was hard to chew. Tasted like it was made in microwave. Good jaw workout. The cake pops looked cute. Very busy location. Clean store. Super friendly staff.

All the food looked lovely but the kosher certification is not Orthodox and therefore excludes many potential clients. Also it’s not posted so we had to google and call around before deciding if we should eat there

Sub par excuses for bagels -- worst Ive had in DC thus far, combined with slow service and gag-worthy decor make this unworthy of your time or money. There were 4 people working and it took 20 min to get 2 simple bagels because 1 person was making bagels while the others talked on the phone or ate. Got two avocado bagels and both had avocado so under ripe that it was inedible. Will not return.

Loved the cake pops here. And be sure to try the brownies as well. Also, be sure to check out the hot chocolate on a stick here!

I ordered two bagel sandwiches. Both of the bagels were over toasted and burnt :( really disappointing

Good iced coffee; bagels are pretty pricey for what you get....$2 for a bagel that is half the size of most bagels out there. Not worth it.

Best cookies and cream cake pops ANYWHERE!

This was an amazing bakery!! It was very refreshing to visit a bakery that was completely safe for my son and his peanut/tree nut allergies!!

Ordered some cake pops and they arrived today. Super tasty and the nice small portion for a dessert is a bonus; its not easy to have just one though.

Great Bagels ... beautiful tasty cake pops ! Whats not to like ? Lol

Delicious cake-pop, the Red Velvet one is my favorite. Customers service is beyond this world.

The best cake pop (party) ever!After trying to book a kid’s birthday party at the National Zoo months in advance and only getting on a waitlist, then cancelling a Zoo picnic after realizing that you cannot reserve seating, we found Baked by Yael, which is right across the street from the Zoo. We decided to have a kid’s party there instead and are so glad we did!The folks working there are amazing. Alyssa, Charisse, Ethan, and the other lady (sorry I forgot her name) were sweet, fun, and patient with all of the kids, 6 under 8, 3 toddlers, all the parents, and grandpa. It was madness in the kitchen, but they were not fazed at all, and the kids had a ball. Alyssa was especially friendly and attentive and made the whole process pleasant and relaxed.We paid for the grownups to have coffee and rugelach, the second batch of which we could smell baking while the kids were rolling their cake pops. The rugelach were delicious and tastier than the pops, to be honest, but you can’t really build a party around that! The kitchen itself was incredibly tidy and clean in the kitchen, which was good since a toddler or two ended up eating some crumbs from the floor. It seemed expensive, so I hesitated a little about booking it, but we ended up taking home two enormous boxes of cake pops. I estimate there were about 10-15 pops per kid. They are in a big bowl in my kitchen, so the party continues. The pops themselves are very good!I would highly recommend this for a zoo-based party, since it’s so incredibly close, air conditioned, and you can still go to the zoo before or after the party.

The cakepops are delicious!! The best part is portion control...a little bite hits the spot.

All yum!

Great bakery, dont miss out on the black and white cookies!

Best bagels in DC

Had the lemon cake pop! Yummy!!

Amazing place! Great Pops and outstanding cookie bar!!!

Always fantastic! Thanks Yael.

Really tasty cake pops!

Highly unprofessional

Racist

Yummy place