I don't understand the raving reviews. These are NOTHING like Montreal-style bagels. In fact, they are actually horrible for just plain bagels! I am not sure if they forgot to salt the dough the one time we went, but our bagels were flavourless and the texture wasn't appealing. A little salt goes a long way when it comes to baking (or cooking, for that matter)! Unfortunately, we were so excited by all the write-ups and the reviews, that we went in and bought a dozen each of the sesame and the everything bagels, and we ended up throwing them all out!