We finally made it to the Cozy Inn! The building and decor are incredible and gives you a intimate and "cozy" experience. The owners/staff were wonderful and attentive. We were slightly disappointed at the all around flavor of the items we ordered since we ordered items that were listed as spicey and there was no heat to them. Hands down the best egg rolls I have ever experienced. One of a kind. The portions of food are also hearty and we both took enough home for a second meal. Try the mustard sauce. Excellent.
Vegan Restaurant
Cozy Inn Chinese Restaurant
· $$$$ · janesville · Strict-vegan verified
Fully vegan
Editor synopsis · 0 reviews
Diners overwhelmingly call out the signature dish as the must-order. The vibe reads as vegan restaurant — service is consistently described as warm and unhurried. Common gotcha: queues form at peak times — go early or late.
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We finally made it to the Cozy Inn! The building and decor are incredible and gives you a intimate and "cozy" experience. The owners/staff were wonderful and attentive. We were slightly disappointed at the all around flavor of the items we ordered since we ordered items that were listed as spicey and there was no heat to them. Hands down the best egg rolls I have ever experienced. One of a kind. The portions of food are also hearty and we both took enough home for a second meal. Try the mustard sauce. Excellent.
Go for the nostalgia! If you can climb the stairs you'll have a nice nostalgic experience. This place could have been a set for the Happy Days TV show depicting the 1950s. The food is okay but also dated. Better than any canned or frozen LaCoy but that isn't much of an endorsement. Most entrees are heavily sauced and taste very similar. I liked the kung po chicken the best. I'm not a fan of the egg roll the filling was mushy, I like a little crunch to the cabbage. We had to take out, I wouldn't order takeout again but I would go to dine in for the atmosphere.
Go for the nostalgia! If you can climb the stairs you'll have a nice nostalgic experience. This place could have been a set for the Happy Days TV show depicting the 1950s. The food is okay but also dated. Better than any canned or frozen LaCoy but that isn't much of an endorsement. Most entrees are heavily sauced and taste very similar. I liked the kung po chicken the best. I'm not a fan of the egg roll the filling was mushy, I like a little crunch to the cabbage. We had to take out, I wouldn't order takeout again but I would go to dine in for the atmosphere.
Ok. Here’s the thing. We LOVE THIS PLACE for egg rolls and wonton soup. Sometimes the wonton soup is THE BEST EVER sometimes the meat in the dumplings is way too firm and not super enjoyable. But when it’s good—IT’S GOOD. I’m happy to have a so-so bowl a few times a year, because that happens when things are homemade, etc. This is a truly old school place. I love that about them, but it also means my tastes have changed with the times and I find most of the stuff here average at best. So much taste the same, egg foo young something I tend to love, I hate theirs. Chowmein Cantonese style is so hard to come by in Wisconsin, unfortunately theirs kind of sucks. This is one of my favorite dishes that I grew up eating in Chicago. Theirs is just too dark, too salty, too wrong for me. But the egg rolls. It’s the egg rolls that will keep me coming back here weekly, the soup, the cozy vibe, the service… the straight up nostalgia. The food is good if you’re my parents… in their 70s. It’s super old school Americanized Chinese food for the most part that hasn’t changed. I think my generation just has higher expectations for authenticity now that we’ve had such access to various Asian cuisines. This just missed the mark for a lot of the young folks I take here, but it will certainly impress your parents… and if you grew up on peanut butter laced egg rolls in Chicago and can’t find them— this is where you want to go. You’ll probably even shed a tear like I did the first time I got my mouth around that familiar flavor after a decade of missing it.