Rise & Shine Biscuit Kitchen — Restaurant in Lakewood

I have been wanting to stop here for a while - I mean who doesn't want to try biscuits and gravy? Rise and shine is basically located in a strip mall at an intersection on Garrison and 6th Avenue in Lakewood Colorado. This is cute, albeit small cafe. It is a little cold feeling because of the large windows with all views of the street and the location at the intersection. I think if the owners had selected their physical selection of a business in a cozy area with perhaps trees and flowers. In other words - curb appeal - it would have made a huge difference.

I ordered the coffee of the day - the names are creative. I believe mine was titled "Dangerous" and I cannot remember the second part of the name. However the coffee was just delicious. The coffee was served in a paper cup. I thought that real mugs would really help with the slightly cold feeling. The Rise & Shine Kitchen only offers paper and plastic kitchenware.

Okay, now to the good part- I ordered two biscuits with gravy because it was a slightly cold gray morning and what could be better?

The attendant was cheerful and nice. When she presented my ticket for $12.00, I was a little startled. (You pay before you dine.)

I wouldn't have minded $12.00 if I had been in a cozy warm restaurant - but paper plates and paper coffee cups just didn't feel quite right.

I changed my order immediately to one biscuit and coffee for a much more reasonable $7.00.

The biscuit arrived lonely in a plastic tray lined with paper. Maybe it was a paper tray. The gravy was served in a paper ketchup cup. This was disappointing. I started pouring the gravy over the biscuitand then decided to spear a bite with my flimsy fork and dip it into the gravy cup.

The biscuit was tender and flaky and did not disappoint completely. On the other hand, there was some creativity at play in The Rise and Shine kitchen. The gravy had undertones of a lemony or tart addition. I have to say this was completely unexpected and did not add to the expected experience of just warm sausage delicious gravy adorning your biscuit.

I probably will not return, however, if you are in a big rush trying to get to the office, you can stop here and at least make sure that you have warm and delicious coffee in your tummy as you rush from your seat into the parking lot with the giant pole sign and jump into your car and head down 6th Avenue to our beautiful Rocky...

Went in on a Friday late morning. The setup here is that you go up and order at the counter. I thought it was more apt down but that's not the case. There were good options. It's a very big open space. I feel like the space could be made to be a bit more cozy but it was very clean. There was a beer biscuit of the day. It had a very yeasty beer tast if you like that. I ordered a cold brew with creamer and a egg sausage biscuit sandwich and gravy. I did specify that it was for here but all orders come in a bag anyway so not aure why they ask. She did give us a small paper plate to eat on. My cold brew was very good. They do not have. Alarge cold brew only a medium. Would have liked a larger size. The egg biscuit was amazing. The biscuits taste fresh and homemade. I also had a order of gravy which was also amazing. Bit I was still slightly hungry after eating the biscuit Sammy but maybe that's because I usually eat a larger breakfast. My order was about $15. It's a great place to grab an egg sandwich aND coffee that are quality. It's a better alternative to Village Roaster down the street which can be crowded and have long wait times. I'm definitely going here again. My only suggestion is less single use items like plastic silver ware. For to go orders this is good but for didning in I'd rather not use single use items. Like the bags too. Also the cashier was extremely patient , friendly, and...

I’ve been super hesitant to post this because I’ve loved this place… so much so that I have told everyone in the restaurants I work for to go.. but what in the world is happening here?

The quality of the biscuits has gone down tremendously since the staff switch over. Hell even the cheerwine is more flat. I won’t even get coffee here anymore. The girls are sweet that work in the back but they make a god awful biscuit. Dry and hard as a rock, like they’re cutting in warm butter when mixing. Fried chicken used to have batter on it, now I’m lucky if they add pepper to the flour mix. I went in at NINE in the morning and the biscuits for the day were sold out. Like yall literally have one main task every day and that’s what people travel to the shop for. I understand that losing great kitchen staff is hard and extra hard to find replacements, but training these new people properly is even more important. About to give up hope, fingers crossed there’s improvement.

Also so yall know I’m not losing my marbles over nothing, I included a picture of biscuits from this summer on...