Cosi

Although I hated my time in Philly, coming here was great. A lot of healthy foods and nice people.

This applies to 1700 Market Location.
I ordered a Chicken Margherita Pizza on line to save time.
When I got back to my office, I opened the box, to find that they forgot the CHICKEN.
Very disappointed. Cold Pizza without the Chicken,

New to Unilocal,but I’ve went here awhile back and thought I would help someone avoid the experience I had. I didn’t expect a whole lot from this chain operation, but it’s really a disaster. Bathrooms are filthy. Service is super slow. Food is average, at best. Came here to meet a blind date. Ended up working out as it gave us something to talk about.

restuarant scale 1 – 5? 1.
Cockroach scale 1 – 5? 5.
Used the bathroom and I look up and there is a bleepin’ cockroach flipped over on its back ALIVE. I mean honestly? You passed health inspection with that thing? I blame the FDA, the senator, the government, Obama, and most importantly George bush. I bet if Romney was in office cockroaches wouldn’t exist.

Food was good, service was slow and not very accurate at checkout. Bathrooms were not clean. Surprisingly empty on a Saturday night, considering everywhere else in the area had waiting times.
A good place to catch a quick bit or a fast drink, but other than that, just another version of Panera, etc.

A slight step up from 7 – 11 food. Coffee that won’t make you vom… at the very least, it’s clean. This is for all Cosis… not just the one on walnut
Btw, this is the dumbest name for a sandwich shop I’ve ever heard.

had last visited the cosi at 30^th st station in phila a few years ago and had good memories, so went in to pick up a chicken Caesar to go … awful! they didn’t even dress it, just put in a container of dressing on the side, so I’m supposed to toss it myself in my hotel room? the chicken — advertised as «grilled» ??? — was disgusting, a soggy, fatty, distasteful mess. I am off Cosi for good.

The only food here that is any good is their lentil soup (when they have it), their yogurt with fruit and their greek salad. Their wraps are just okay and their «pizza» is HORRIBLE.
Also, the ladies room is a disaster. Paper towel dispenser broken, one of only two toilets clogged up and practically overflowing, the sink completely stopped up, soap dispenser doesn’t work. DISGUSTING.
Come to find out from the employees, that the owners of Cosi KNOW all of this and cannot be bothered to pay a plumber.
The only reason they get two stars is because their staff is excellent. They are all friendly and hard working.

Never again. Sorry, William.
This Cosi is near my house and I’ve always considered it mediocre until recently when it fell much lower on my list. After getting off work at 8pm, I went into Cosi to take out something after dinner plans fell through. I ordered a large flatbread and was shocked when my bill was almost $ 20. Either way, I paid it and waited for 20 minutes, despite the fact that the place was nearly empty.
When I got my order, it was clear that whatever I got was not worth $ 10 and was definitely not a large. When I told the woman who managed by order, she offered no apology but disappeared for 5 minutes at the other end of the store. A less than friendly manager then appeared, and asked me «what seemed to be the problem?» though the woman who fetched her was standing right there offering no explanation. I explained the situation, the manager went to «investigate» this Sherlock Holmes worthy mystery. She then instructed me to wait «just a few minutes» so they could make me a pizza that was less of an egregious rip off.
We are now closing in on an hour of life wasted in this place, so I refused and asked for a refund. The manger then became hostile and informed me that this is not the fault of a human, rather a computer. Blah, blah, blah. I am freaking starving now. Bottom line: their computers are broken so I will need to bring my receipt in on my way to work in 10 hours and speak to someone named William if I hope to have the situation resolved. That never happened, because I found 10,000 better things to do with my time and inductive reason clued me in to how that chat would likely go. So, weeks later, I decided to write this instead. I know it’s just a Cosi, but come on now.

I used to work in Manhattan and Cosi was a sure bet everyday. The bread was excellent. Soooo, I was sooo happy when I saw a Cosi here next to my office building in Philly. I went in early bc I heard that the lines were unbearable during lunch hours. I ordered a Caesar salad… wayyyy too much dressing. It was drenched. I ordered tomatoes but they weren’t in my salad. I ordered Mozzerella and they weren’t balls. They were little, tiny, miniscule cubes that did not have a fresh mozzerella taste. They didn’t have bread so the salad guy said that he would put a bagel in my bag. When I got back to the office there was no bread. Nowwww the real annoying part was the cashiers… slow as heck. I waited and waited and waited… Let’s just say that I will not be returning to Cosi.

While I prefer panera to cosi, this has been a convenient spot to meet up with my friends and there’s something for everyone. Panini, salad, sandwich, soup. Can’t complain. The occasional chatty bum walks in much to our dismay but given its location I can’t say it’s surprising, nor is it something the management can do much to fully prevent.

This is the best Cosi location. I am not going to the 36^th and Walnut anymore. This location is very friendly and much cleaner. The host Ornrica is so friendly. They let you sample soup here before ordering. The other location did not. I ordered the Vietnamese chicken noodle at the other location because the staff said it was good when it just tasted like crappy phở. I was able to sample the chicken queso at Rittenhouse location and it was amazing. It’ has a kick to it.
Cosi Rittenhouse parfaits are also great. They have more strawberry ones and on top of that, the strawberries are larger and not stingy and tiny.
Rittenhouse Cosi is much cleaner. It doesn’t smell when you first walk in and tables are clean. As I sit here are eat, the staff are quick to clean tables once patrons leave.
I love the Rittenhouse Cosi and wish I knew sooner, but I prematurely developed an opinion because of the Penn Cosi.

I’ve been to several Cosi locations and this is by far the worst. There were three of us, and each had an issue with our order, even though it was not that busy. I ordered the Turkey Bacon Cheddar Melt with no tomatoes (my usual), and got tomatoes. It was also unusually tasteless and the spicy honey mustard was almost non-​existant. My one friend ordered a flatbread pizza and got a half size. My other friend ordered a sandwich with ranch dressing instead of blue cheese. You guessed it –blue cheese.
To their credit, Cosi corrected my friends’ orders quickly and at no charge (I just removed my tomatoes and continued on). The other Cosi locations are much better in terms of promptness and attention to detail.

If you’re looking for a place to spend your whole lunch waiting for your lunch, go to this location. They’ve changed the ordering process which has greatly increased your wait time. If everyone has to order at the register and you only have a few people to make the orders, it creates a huge back log.
You know there’s a wait issue when you get a pager after you place your order. Me and a few dozen people waited 45 minutes for our orders today.
This used to be my favorite location for a quick salad, but no longer. Whoever thought this was a good idea, needs to take notes from its surrounding restaurants.

I’ve been to this Cosi many many time and usually get the same thing. Caesar salad, tomato basil soup or turkey light.
The Caesar salad is okay. I feel like they usually put too much dressing.
The Tomato basil soup I really like but gets cold really quick so eat/​drink quickly!
The Turkey light is one of my favorites but the mustard does burn your nose sometimes! The sandwich also comes with your choice of chips or baby carrots!
I’ve also had their Spinach Artichoke Dip which I absolutely love!
I like this location because it is close to Rittenhouse Square and all the shops but also because all the people that work here have been really friendly.
They also changed their way of ordering from getting your food the paying to paying, getting a cool light up buzzer then getting your food.

If you want a quick and cheap lunch, then this isn’t a bad spot to go. I had a turkey, bacon, and cheese sandwich, which was decent (I wasn’t a fan of the mustard that came on it, though), but I really liked my strawberry smoothie and would come back to grab one of those again.
There aren’t any other redeeming qualities about Cosi locations, but you likely aren’t going here for anything special anyway.

Okay, so I’m not into Cosi anymore since there’s basically nothing here I can eat, except maybe a lentil soup that’s offered one day a week. I remember them having very delicious bread, but there’s dairy in it so boo on them. It was a quick and convenient option when I was younger and running around this city, but those days are gone.
Sam was sick in bed and wanted tomato soup. I would’ve definitely tried to have found a healthier option, but it was late and cold, Cosi’s was open and close to where we were staying.
The experience was not notable. Maybe it’s just because I’m short, but I hate that the counter where you have to get your food was almost up to my face. The guy behind the counter had questions and it was super difficult to communicate with him.
Eh, whatever. I won’t be back if I can help it.

This is a chain, but a good one! Similar to Au Bön Pain.
I get the tomato basil soup and and sandwich or a flat bread. Yummy drinks too.
They give you a number for your food and you are supposed to get up and get it, but every time I have come they have brought it to my seat.
I like that touch.

Cosis is acceptably average in every single way possible. This may seem like a bad thing, but I consider it a perk. It’s a good «old reliable». You want coffee, a sandwich, somewhere everyone can feel at home? Cosis is that place. You can consider it akin to Panera in many aspects, though with more of a focus on coffee.
I’ve been going to the various Cosis in Philly since 2001 (back when they were X and O) and they’ve always been a great late night stop. This and 12^th and Walnut are my old usual haunts. Way back in the day, we used to host art jams late into the night when I was at the Art Institute of Phila. Always a warm cup, always reliable. And it’s one of the few places that’s open late and offers a great variety.
Frankly, if there’s any one item on the menu that dominates: the Double Oh! The Double Oh is like a magnificent, godlike mixture of milkshake and Oreo, intertwined in a sweet drink that makes any day instantly better. There’s one downside to the Double O, and that… is calories. It has them. All of them. It is not a drink that’s forgiving to the waistline in any kind regard. Although, if you want to make it *REALLY* amazing take the Double Oh and go with a Double Oh! Arctic. It’s mindblowing.

I’m actually a fan of Cosi because we don’t have it in the west coast. It’s a great place to eat if you are a calorie consciouss foodie. They list the total calories in the menu, so this is your best be if you are watching your girlish figure. I’ve had the shrimp remoulade, fire roasted veggie, crab cake melt and the basil aurora soup. All of them were pretty good. I’m not a fan of their bread though, but I think it’s probably because it’s low in calories.