Bitterman's Deli Review

Great deli sandwiches, some of the best I've had in Austin

We had a very unfortunate morning with accidentally leaving a cell phone on the top of a car on our way to pick up our breakfast sandwiches and then had to search Mopac for the phone for some time which led us to picking up our order very very late. They were amazing and made us fresh sandwiches when we got there and heard our story. We were so appreciative being 8 mo pregnant and just really wanting my breakfast bagel sandwich this morning! Thank you again for the amazing customer service!

Oy Vey what a place! Bring the whole tribe to this place!

Good corned beef sandwich. Worth the 1-1/4 hr drive to get there.

Oh my! I haven't had such wonderful deli creations since living in New Jersey 20 yrs ago! This place is the real deal! Their menu says "Jewish-inspired" but its way more than inspirational! Classic Rueben was heavenly and open-faced Lox Deluxe bagel was second to none! Wow! I'm impressed and will be back for more!

This sandwich was great and the potato salad was on point. I can't wait to go back and try the bagels.

Great service, great bagels, great prices, adorable location!

Awesome selection of yummy bagels and schmear. I knocked off 1 star because a little pricey. One bagel with schmear along with one coffee and tea was almost $9. Then again cheaper then Starbucks. I reccomend you give it a try.

Bagels, sandwiches, coffee and more! Always a treat to eat here!

never disappointed---always exceeds my expectations!

My sesame bagel had a great chew to it with a good helping of cream cheese. My latkes were large and thick. I strongly recommend selecting them as your side, but they make an excellent meal too. Employees have always been very friendly.
I appreciate the COVID precautions in place.

Friendly service, deli sandwiches, and best cheese cake

Love this place. It's awesome way to start the morning and my wife and I always try to eat in when we have extra time in the morning (hardly ever). Staff is super friendly and good is awesome.

I recommend their deserts.

They Ruben sandwich was great. A bit to much sauerkraut and not enough corned beef. But maybe it was only this one time. I'll have to go back to confirm.

Love. Love. Love. Love. Love.
5 stars of Love.
Love everything about this place.

Great deli! Love the far west club, big enough for two if you are willing to give up half... But I never am

Biderman's is amazingly delicious! I've only had a couple of deli sandwiches, but they had a variety of products on them so I feel comfortable reviewing them.

Their meat is so fresh and mouth-wateringly good. It tastes like real meat, not meat from a grocery store with fillers and things that you can't pronounce. Their bacon is thick, crisp, and so flavorful, it will make you weep. Their cheeses have actual taste, not just taking up space and giving you a different mouth texture compared to the bread, veggies, and meat, but you can actually taste the flavor of the cheeses (and the flavors are great!). The bread is also tasty, though I'll be honest and say that it was not as memorable to me since it was basically a vehicle for the meats and cheeses, haha. (I haven't had their bagels or baked goods so I can't speak to those.)

Everything I've had is prepared with alacrity and fresh, high quality ingredients with robust flavors that delight the mouth. It's a very casual restaurant that gives a better experience that you might expect from a strip mall. Each time I've been, they've been doing a steady business so apparently other people figured it out before I did, and I'm glad because I want them to be around for a long time!!

Much better than when it was new. Food now was good and prompt. Furniture is worn. Hope they can afford to replace it before it gets worse.

Decent sandwiches but overpriced for the quality. Would try somewhere else first.

YOU GUYS.
In the 1+ year I've worked less than a block away from Biderman's newest downtown location, I've been DREAMING of a place with delicious bagels + bagel sandwiches. I heard about this place through a coworker whose best friend LOVES this place enough that she ventured from downtown where she works and lives to go up north to get some Biderman's.

Anyway . . . this morning I went in, and was *so* happy to see that on day 2 of their soft opening, there was a line and numerous people enjoying breakfast/coffee inside. The bagels, when ordered with shmear, come cut in half with the shmear already shmeared on. I got the poppy seed with plain shmear. As a control freak, I can say this didn't bother me one bit to not be the one meticulously putting shmear onto my bagel. Why? Because it was SO GOOD. perfect amount of toasted with the perfect amount of quality shmear.

The vibe here is great, and the staff is so friendly. Plus, they're local, and you can't go wrong supporting that!
RUN HERE! They're open m-fri 7 am-3 pm during their soft opening phase, which means if you're in the area or work downtown, you can get BREAKFAST AND LUNCH.

I'll . . . be back at lunch for some soup because this oddly cold for October weather calls for nothing other than that, and I'm dying to see what they've got going besides the bagels. However, I can see this being my new go-to during the work day.

GO CHECK THIS PLACE OUT!

Need more seats outside we drove hour and half but ate in our car.

The Clevelander. Order the Clevelander. Just order it. Trust me. This sandwich is far better than the sandwiches at the Waffle House on 290 and Tuscany. The service is much better too. Avoid the Waffle House on 290 and Tuscany Way and come here and get a Clevelander.

This place gets so many good reviews, but my girlfriend and I have been here twice, and out of 4 total things the two of us have ordered over 2 visits, not one thing was very good. Bagel-not toasted, very mediocre. Chicken salad sandwich-nasty. Turkey and ham sandwich-turkey tasted extremely dry and flavorful-less.

Food is amazing! The Deluxe Lox Bagel is my favorite! Staff is knowledgeable, professional and friendly!

Excellent bagels and lox. Delux is a handful. my favorite is lox and a shmear on garlic bagel.

Bagel is surprisingly passable, if you can ignore some odd choices such as the corn meal on the bottom and the odd crust. It's crispy, but almost cake-like, as if they've been brushed with a salt & baking powder solution before baking.

From the chew, dubious if these are boiled.

Call ahead if you're not dining in or you're gonna wait 25 minutes for a bagel.

Everything we ordered was clearly fresh and we'll manicured. So yummy all around.

Everything we ordered was clearly fresh and we'll manicured. So yummy all around.

Good service and good food, a great place for lunch!

Just ok. Been wanting to try this place for done time given the good reviews but I think we have better bagels in Austin. I wish I could give them 3.5 but definitely not in the 4 star territory. We tried the lox and the breakfast egg, bacon and cheese. Good but not great. Service was very friendly. We went on a Saturday around 10 am and it was not busy at all. No line.

We came here after we heard about it on a podcast, and it did not dissapoint! Authentic bagels with lots of other options like sandwiches. All of the food tasted great.

HUGE sandwiches that seem overpriced until you realize that two people can share one sandwich and be full. Felt like I was in NYC.

I was craving a great Rueben and what I found was an excellent Rueben at Biderman's Deli. My goodness I've never tasted a Rueben as delicious as this! The bread was buttery, the sauerkraut didn't over power the sandwich (but it was definitely present), the meat was tender and super tasty and the sauce....! It all worked tremendously well. I can't wait to have it again and again and again and again..........

Good coffee and deli style breakfasts and lunch menus. Quiet if you want to chat or work online.

Best reuben I've had in Austin. Fantastic everything bagels. This place is the real deal.

2nd time this week to eat here and I'm so very sold. We lost one of the city's best Jewish style deli years ago, Katz's, and since then there has been such a longing for a great matzo ball. Look no further. Today's lunch, matzo ball soup, and potato latkes. Both are so delicious and traditional. It's honestly like eating my childhood. I have finally found my great matzo ball. I will be eating here every chance I get.

Overpriced and they STILL ask for a tip. Waited forever. You're going to have to leave a tip if you want your food out in time. Pay your employees enough that they don't have to beg for tips, or better yet, give your customers a tip for waiting. We got bills too. There's nothing there you can't get at HEB and whip up in 5 min for $2 or less.

My wife and I moved from New York to Austin, and we have been searching for an authentic Jewish tasting deli. Well, all I can say is that Biderman's Deli surpassed my expectations. The food is as good as any Jewish Deli in New York, including the famous Katz in Brooklyn. The service is quick and friendly, the deli is emaculate, and there is sufficient parking at all hours of the day. A can't miss!

Great sandwich, made as requested. Fast service. Husband really enjoyed the Cleveland.

One of the best sandwiches I've ever eaten (I ordered the roast beef). It is a little more expensive than usual, but the sandwich is HUGE so it's worth it. The cashier was also very friendly and helpful. All around great place. Will be back again.

Great food and fast, friendly service. Definitely going back.

Bagels are good everything else is bad. Just poor quality food, taste canned! Some weird made up recipes also. I lived in NYC for years, this place would not last 3 months.

I'm from L. A. There are great and not so great delis there. The corned beef and pastrami at Biderman's was inedible for me. The matzo balls and soup are good. I'm sure that the rest of the food is good but I go to a deli to eat deli food. I won't go back.

Sandwiches and bagels are tasty. The style of bagel is not dense, but still tasty. And they have surprisingly good espresso and coffee drinks. Have had cold brew and latte and they were both excellent.

I got a Jewish Italian. The sandwich alone is 15 bucks but then all I tasted was bologna and tomato. If I wanted a bologna and tomato sandwich I would have made myself one and it would only cost me a couple bucks in ingredients. Insanely disappointed.

Had an apple-fig vegetarian sandwich and broccoli cheddar soup. Both were delicious. Welcoming and cheerful hosts.

The only thing that could be better is the decor. It feels a bit heavy with all the dark colors and heavy furniture. If the owners lighten it up a bot this could become a great hangout place.

Not a good menu for a deli- no cream cheese cake, pastrami was so lean there was no flavor, matzo ball soup in a paper cup and the matzo ball was crumbling and tasteless. No knishes, no dishes.

Love this place! Great coffee and great food. So far this place has the best Reuben I've had in Austin since Katz's left. Also, this spot opened up a whole new world of how to imagine a bagel can be made. Good spot for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Wow. Great spot. Great customer service. Amazing Ruben Sandwich I had. Hit the spot. I will be back.

Good and decent bagels but wouldn t rate them as the best one because they are not so fluffy and flavorful (I feel like I m being strict but we had the best one in Montreal).
However the staff is nice and they offer a lot of choices for sandwiches.

Great sandwiches. A little pricy for a daily neighborhood lunch spot ($15-$20 a person), but good for the occasional splurge.

Whyyyy, oh whyyy, did I wait so long to come here?
Was looking for a good sandwich today and remembered I had this bookmarked!
I was NOT disappointed at all.

The location is pretty small but it has a good amount of seating and there's also two other locations. I see why now! They're awesome.
They were pretty steady for a Monday at 1 pm lunchtime. Stayed there for a little over an hour and it was steady the whole time.
The service was great! They were corteous and fast at taking my order.

I had a Max and it was delicious... Honestly for a lunchtime sando it was HUGE! I took half of it home. You could tell everything was super fresh and delicious!
Down to the Russian dressing, I had no complaints.

I need to come back and have some bagels because, I swear everyone that left took bagels home. Maybe I should have also?!

Can't wait to come back and eat through the menu!

This is one of the absolute beat places in Austin to get your NYC stye deli fix. Pastrami. Lox. Matzah Ball soup. Black and white cookies. Need I say more?

Great experience. I really enjoyed the cheese steak. It had great flavor and I will definitely be eating here again. Cheesecake was good too.

Small deli "in transition" so there is a little dust. Good pastrami but you need to ask if you want it to.

Always amazing. Best matzo ball and chicken noodle soup and bagels in town. The soup was lukewarm this time but I'm sure they would have corrected it had I said something. Wonderful service, like family even though we've only been a couple of times. I forget to come here and my daughter said she wanted chicken soup for lunch so this was the first place I thought of for good chicken noodle soup.

Prices are higher than on the Google menu shown here. They need to update it. Delicious food though...this is the closest thing to a New York style bagel shop and deli I've found since moving here. They will toast your bagel though if you don't specify not to.

Cozy, delicious food with prompt service and a menu that includes the total prices--love that!

Local deli with good sandwich options. Fresh bagels that can be made in to sandwiches and a good vibe make this a standout for me.

Maybe the rest of the menu is great, but a hot corn beef sandwich on Rye turned the bread into slush - not great at all. All of the best NY deli's have figured out how to heat the protein without ruining the bread. Order something else....

Amazing! One of the best Reubens I have had outside of NYC. One of our new favorite places.

Great place, good quality food and tasty. A bit on the expensive side, but you're getting quality. Would recommend. I recommend trying the farwest club.

The reuben was fantastic, but matzo ball soup was bland, deviled eggs were watery, and the white fish lacked soul.

Grossly overpriced and the quality of the food is grossly lacking.

Good Reuben. Bread got a little soggy, since I waited too long.

Great food, very friendly staff and cozy deli! Had to wait a while.. But it was slammed. So no reason to deduct stars for that. All things considered it was fast considering the crowd. Will be back again!

I did not take a picture of my food, but this place was fabulous!

A fantastic Jewish deli. I have yet to have a bad thing there. The Max and the Clevelander are my go-to. The bagels are phenomenal, unless you are from New York then just pass them up.... Cause 'What are you gonna do' with their opinions.