The Cereal Box — Restaurant in Arvada

My mom had heard about this place a while ago, and we were in town so we made a trip to the cereal bar, when we first came in there were two employees, and no customers, we were greeted and one of the employees was friendly the other not so much, but they handed us menus and explained them, the menu was clear for us adults but a little confusing to the younger children in our group. We had a total of 6 people with us, three being adults and three being children, the kids go cereal and the adults got milkshakes, there was a point where one of the employees told us that they would wait to make the ice cream based dishes that we ordered because they didn’t want them to melt while the cereal was being made. Our youngest child was confused didn’t really know what he wanted, my mom brought up a ice cream sandwich that they had but it wasn’t a for sure item we wanted placed, but in the midst of things one of the employees made the sandwich before they finished the cereal orders, without us knowing. We were about to be charged for it even though we didn’t technically order it, it was just thrown out and one of them made it, but then one of the employees took it off our order, which made us happy. The cereal is a little pricy, and a different flavor of milk is a 2$ up charge, even though it’s just nesquick powder added to regular milk. The place was clean and fun, but I don’t know if we’ll be returning, due to confused employees...

We came to the Cereal Box for my husbands birthday and we're so excited because cereal is his favorite breakfast choice. We were sorely dissatisfied. We waited from 10:00 am to 11:30 am for a bowl of cereal. The line was not even long. There were about 30 people in front of us and it still took that long. The restaurant was severely understaffed. The three people working, including the manager had no sence of urgency. The moved slower then I have ever seen. At one point they ran out of dishes, so one girl went to wash them, but due to the line, the other boy working was drying the dishes with the dirty rag he had stuffed in his butt pocket. After an hour wait, the manager would not server our party because I had ordered a bowl with the boy. She then proceeded to help the people behind us and say "Well this isn't fast food. The wait is long." We will...

Fun concept and they have a variety of cereal favorites and some flavors and types I've never heard of (from the UK)! The young adults working behind the counter all acted like they didn't want to be there. They didn't smile, make eye contact, or make any kind of conversation. I tried to start some and they just kind if ignored me.

It was busy when we went at 10am. Lots if kids and families! They have a good amount of indoor seating and a couple small tables outside.

Overall it was nice. They were very busy and understaffed, so tables weren't getting cleaned and the milk bottles and dishes were stacking up.

The signature bowl creations are awesome and coffee...