Layla Bagels Review: The Beverly Hills Bagels Worth the Hype

Some receipts read like a meal. Our Layla Bagels receipt reads like a research program: three different bagel sandwiches, each ordered as a half, plus a filter coffee to keep the tasting panel upright.

Layla Bagels is incredible, and their newer Beverly Hills location (233 S Beverly Dr) makes the pilgrimage easy. The halves strategy is the pro move: you get to cross-examine the menu in one sitting.

What to Order at Layla Bagels

Our sampler flight, straight from the receipt:

• The Laika on half an everything bagel — the flagship for a reason
• The Pre-Jam on half a sesame, subbed with their cashew cream cheese (v) — the plant-based swap holds up beautifully
• The Lily on half an everything, cashew cream cheese again — because once you know they do it well, you test it twice

Three half-sandwiches and a filter coffee ran about $32. For Beverly Hills, that’s practically a public service.

The Verdict on Layla Bagels

• Best for: Proper bagels in LA · plant-based cream cheese that isn’t an apology
• The move: Order halves and build a flight
• Where: 233 S Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills (Google Maps) · original location on the Westside

Layla stars on my best restaurants & coffee shops in Los Angeles list. Up north? My gluten-free bagel loyalty lives at Wise Sons in San Francisco — different city, same breakfast-sandwich devotion.

For more places worth your appetite: the best restaurants in San Francisco (home turf) and my LA list (old stomping grounds). Subscribe to my newsletter for new reviews as the research continues — I spent five years rating restaurants around the world in my travel guides, and old habits die delicious.