Coney Island Hot Dogs — Restaurant in Kalamazoo

A KalamazooGem. Cannot recommend highly enough.

Coney Island checks all of my boxes. I only wish that they were open 24/7. Except that would mean that something had changed. And part of why this is one of my happy places is that nothing has changed in the decades I've been going here. (Well, they used to have a great jukebox.) The food hasn't changed, it tastes exactly as marvelous as it did when I was a kid. The menu is almost exactly the same. They haven't added gluten-free buns or tofu dogs, everything is spotless but the booths and the chairs and the trays and the lighting and even the doorway are just as they always were..

I always order the same thing including a Sprecher root beer in the bottle with a frosted mug.

And there's nothing hokey about it. Just simple, delicious, food, authentically friendly, fast service. The consistency of everything is highly unusual in my experience. Even the places that I love occasionally have an off day or night where the service is not that great, or they mix up an order or your favorite dish has too much or too little of something.

The clientele is varied but the vibe is always wonderful and low-key.

It is small, so if you're there at a busy time you may have trouble getting a table or a booth. But people don't tend to linger so things turn over pretty quickly. It's child friendly. You can get orders to go. (I once got on an Amtrak with two Coney dogs and when I unwrapped them people were literally coming over to me and asking me where I...

We both had overcooked dry tasteless gyros. I wanted more tzatziki sauce because one I like it and two I thought it might make my meal more palatable. I was told it would be $2 more. All I wanted was a tiny smear added to my sandwich, or a small ketchup cup and I would spread it myself. I was rudely told after I declined to pay that the sauce is on the sandwich bring it here and I'll tear apart your sandwich and will show you the sauce. French fries were cold and tiny Little match sticks that you couldn't even pick up and put ketchup on. The fries were very small for the cost. I did not like the outdated old rundown environment. In addition one last complaint. Do not make me wait on myself which is no problem but don't ask for a tip before I even...

I purchased the coney dogs and chili cheese fries from here. The prices were outrageous was the first thing I noticed. $3 just to change our cheese from the plastic-y nacho cheese to a shredded. We thought that although we paid a lot more than expected, maybe the portions or taste would make up for it? No... unfortunately not. If you were expecting big box of chili fries or larger than average dogs to fit the price, you will be thoroughly disappointed. the box of fries was smaller than my hand and the dogs were extremely average. The taste was the biggest disappointment of all. It is what prompted me to write this review. The chili wasn't chili at all, just hamburger meat. Dry, loose, unseasoned hamburger meat. Not even chili on the chili...