Boxd

Not surprised that it closed.

I am so sad to hear that Box’d is closed for good. This place was an absolute favorite Saturday morning/​post beach pit stop for me. The waffles were soo good, the savory and sweet combination hit the spot every time. I was never disappointed with anything I ordered off the menu. From what I hear, the owner has passed away which resulted in selling? and now this space is becoming a juice bar. As much as juicing is all the rage right now, I’m not sure it will be able to follow suit.
Off to start perfecting my homemade waffle recipe!

Seriously guys… are you EVER open? I drove by the other day and I think you’ve already «sold» your business to something else called Choice?! SERIOUSLY?!

I love this place. I had the Choco banana waffle. It had fresh whipped cream and tasted AWESOME! And the customer service is amazing! Britney is super sweet. She always remembers my order.
I love it that their waffles are home made. It is so refreshing since I love traditional old fashioned stuff!
I love that they also have the little sodas. The adorable teeny coke bottles. Super cute! You don’t see those around too often.
The only complaint I have is that they seem to be closed all the time. I wish they were open more often. I am so sad!

Worst waffle I ever ate. Soggy and served in a paper bag which retained
the mosture and eliminated any crispyness which may have one existed.
No plates available to spread out the waffle and pour over maple syrup.
When I asked for a plate, I was given a tray to put the waffle on so I could
add the maple syrup and cut the waffle. I won’t go back.

If you are looking for a really casual breakfast, and you like waffles, this is your spot! My first time trying this place, my boyfriend took me after a hike and it was the perfect breakfast! We split the strawberry and whipped cream waffle sandwich, and I got my own bacon and egg waffle sandwich, and they were AMAZING!
Pick a spot under a tree and just enjoy your coffee and breakfast. Cute concept!

Stopped here randomly while walking around the plaza in search of food before continuing on driving toward San Diego…
Ordered a chicken pesto waffle and a stawberry banana and whipped cream waffle…
Soggy waffles. Not a place to go out of your way for. Strawberries and bananas were fresh but it woild have been so much better if the waffles were even a little crispy. Disappointed and bloated now :(

I was desperately craving Bruxie and since this is the closest thing there is to it in San Diego, I thought I’d give it a try despite the largely negative reviews. I tried both the bacon/​egg/​cheese and pulled pork varieties. The waffle was soft without a hint of crispiness to it. The bacon/​egg/​cheese was not bad, I enjoyed it. The pulled pork was actually pretty gross to me. Definitely wouldn’t order it again. I wanted to try more of the unique versions but decided not to because of what some of the other reviews said. Overall, Boxd is a far, far cry from Bruxie. It’s also not very cheap so I don’t find the food to be a very good value.
I was really annoyed that they didn’t allow dogs in their eating area even though they only have outdoor seating and astro turf grass. Don’t bring your dog here because they’re not welcome.

Boxd has an awesome outdoor seating area! It’s a pretty spacious lawn area (astro turf) with benches, tables and umbrellas to make it look like someone’s garden.
It’s über welcoming and such a great place to relax, soak up the sun and spend time just enjoying being outdoors. People bring blankets to sit on the grass too. If you want a place where you can grab a snack and lounge outdoors, Boxd is worth checking out.
After reading other Unilocal reviews, I decided to go with the goat cheese, roasted red peppers, black pepper and basil waffle sandwich. It was spice-​y! The food is okay, I wouldn’t say it’s great. And you want to eat yours soon after you get it, because I was eating it slowly and towards the end, the waffle really softened.
Cool atmosphere, nice employees and simple food!

EH. Poor copy cat of Bruxie. Banana and Nutella waffle was pretty crappy compared to the one at Bruxie. I hate to compare but really, how can I not? Bruxie is the SHIZZ!!!
Hub and I ran into this place and we were SO EXCITED! The location and area it is at is ADORABLE! The lawn chairs and grass, etc was so welcoming. Almost like a park. People were tossing a Frisbee around. Everyone seemed happy. And we were too. Until we got our food.
The foooooood. My hub tossed his waffle. I was like WHATTTTT. He said it was crap. So sad. SO very sad.

A few things I thought as I’d driven by here dozens of times. Is it at bar, a food stand, a coffee shop, a park? Wrong on all accounts. Why are they never open? Why do I only drive by on my way to Compass, Boars or Coyote? Seems like my last question kind of answers the one before it.
Waffle sandwich bar. It makes sense when you think about it. Pancakes smell good, but it’s mostly the syrup. Donuts are good, but it’s mostly the glaze. The thing about the waffle is the sugars used in the batter get all crispy fried in the griddle and sing a sweet delicious song for all to smell. I was drawn from my beer and burrito to answer that siren’s voice and eat of the goodness. I was so enthralled by the smell I didn’t even have time to Unilocal it. My heart was set on nutella and banana’s.
The secret to Belgan Waffle’s is «pearl sugar».
Having just had a burrito it wasn’t that I was even hungry, just extremely interested. I have the ability to go beyond satisfied and go beyond full and to feed the glutton within. I was thisclose to getting the bacon and egg waffle.
The park is heavily gated, but not in a prison sense, more like a private open air backyard. The bathrooms look like a trailer, but are away enough to not detract from the outdoor lounge chairs, surrounding tree’s, gravel rock path.
The simple menu and pricing were clear and easy to choose from, although a bit expensive considering the ingredients could be had for half the price. We all know how long it takes to get the batter right, prep warm the grill, and honestly it’s hard to feed people besides yourself as waffle’s take longer to make and are finished in seconds. Their may be a chocolate bar and other sweets around, but nothing carries like waffle’s.

Really cool spot that we were recommended by our hotel. We had our kids with us and wanted a quick breakfast spot where they could run their heads off, scream their heads off in a contained and safe atmosphere, etc.
Basically it’s a waffle stand in a outdoor setting with lawn chairs, couple of umbrellas, large rocks to sit on, and astro turf grass.
Waffle sandwich and side syrup was good too. Different varieties of waffle sandwiches, one had nutella, and another one was PB&J. It’s a little pricey but I’d rather pay $ 6 for my egg and ham waffle sandwich and eat it (while kids are happily running around) then go pay $ 12 at a restaurant for an omelet that I will never get to eat. We had no problem finding a lawn chair since it was pretty empty the weekday we stopped by. I did see a mother’s group meeting there with their babies.
As another review mentioned, Port-​a-​potty was the cleanest I have seen.

Let me just hop on this two-​star bandwagon.
For a creative idea of waffle sandwiches, the menu couldn’t be any more boring. I’ll provide a sneak peek:
— Meat and AMERICAN cheese in a waffle for $ 6. No thanks, I’ll just get McD’s McGriddles for half the price.
— PB&J waffle. Oh wow, I could make this at home!
— Probably the most promising: chicken, arugula, brie, and garlic aioli
I imagine frozen meat, refrigerator cheese, all ingredients from a jar or pre-​bought slapped on a waffle. Wha-​bam. No cooking needed. If I hadn’t lost my waffle maker, I could have done this at home.
I wanted dessert, but all they had was nutella/​banana and classic waffle strips. I paid $ 6 for nutella and banana in a waffle. The only thing that was cooked, the waffle, tasted dull and flavorless.
The menu could definitely be improved. For dessert, maybe some homemade nutella or some dark chocolate concoction. For lunch, maybe more things like the chicken and brie combo. Add some fried chicken with maple syrup and bacon. Who doesn’t love fried chicken and waffles?
With so many «gourmet» food trucks nowadays, Boxd just didn’t meet my expectations for interesting food.

Great idea but the concept needs some work. I had the ham & cheese with egg and my buddy had the pulled pork. Mine was dry and in desperate need of a condiment or two. My buddy’s pulled pork had the opposite problem — it was dripping wet. Neither of our waffle sandwiches tasted like anything notable.
It was a beautiful day, though, and the outdoor seating on the astroturf worked really well — it was a really pleasant experience, right up until when the manager came over and apologized in advance for the ghostbuster-​looking dude with the leaf blower who for some reason couldn’t wait until after the lunch rush to clean the fake grass.
Concept is close to being good. They need to focus on the food, they should embrace their unique menu and they should clean the turf after hours.

I used to have aspirations of getting married, buying a new house and promotions at work. But now my aspirations are to eat my way through the whole Boxd menu.
By no means am I a waffles-​oisseur, a waffle-​amour-​er or waffle-​phile but this place is fun and tasty so I am perplexed by all of the low ratings. I agree it’s not the best wafflegasmic food on earth, but one star? Really?
Ok, back to the menu. .. I have now had four of the 11 dishes on the menu and I thought they were all tasty. Waffle sticks with powdered sugar; waffle, ham, egg and cheese, bananas and nutella on waffle and my favorite — goat cheese and basil on waffle. I like that the waffle is thinner than the typical waffle and that makes for some crunchiness on the waffle peaks.
Service was friendly and knowledgeable and the ambiance is unique and fun. Nothing like sitting on the grass in loung-​ey Adirondack chairs snacking on some waffle food. Because of the slouchy chairs I do wish that Boxd would server their food on paper plates rather than in the paper sleeves they use. They provide knives and forks but have you ever tried to cut your food in your lap on just a paper sleeve?
To counter some of the complaints about a lack of flavor, maybe Boxd will have more success if they used their current batter as a sweet batter and then had a second batter for savory dishes. (For example, I use a savory batter for chicken and waffles and I even cook cornbread in my waffle maker, just for the fun of it.)
Boxd says they are planning to serve beer and wine in the near future. It might be a bit tricky to contain the boozers, so I’m not totally sure that they’ll be able to get their license but fingers crossed that they do.

SUNDAY FUNDAY, Aug 5 – 2012, @ the CMYE for BOXD…
Random lady walks up to the CMYE group: «Hi! So what’s good here?»
CHUN P: «I had the chicken one… it was alright…»
Chun turns to the gal and guy sitting on my left and whispers «Actually, it was pretty bland!»
GAL: «Oh! What was wrong with it? I’m Vivienne V, by the way,» she smiles.
CHUN P: «When I think of Chicken and waffles, I’m thinking Roscoes, you know? Deep fried fatty happiness with butter and syrup!»
VIVIENNE V: «Oh I know what you mean, like KFC style?»
CHUN P: «Exactly! I just burned over 900 calories riding up here, plus I gotta ride back. I was dreaming of fried chicken, not baked…»
VIVIENNE V: «Haha, but at least its healthier right?»
CHUN P: «I suppose so, but I wouldn’t order this again. I was really hoping for fried chicken, butter, syrup… the works!»
Guy: «How far did you bike from? I cycle up and down the 101 too… I’m Matt, by the way one of the co-​owners.»
SKIP P: «Um.uh…up from Del Mar. yeah…uh…»
Well goddamn… FUC ME! That was embarassing… :(
Oh well… too late: the truth is out there! The $ 6 Chicken Waffle sandwich is just «OK». If you’re the typical obese lazy A’murrican like myself, you’ll be disappointed that this isn’t a true fat, greasy, buttery «Chicken & Waffle» dealio. Sodas are $ 1.50 for the fancy schmancy 8.5oz metal bottles… I’d rather have a 12oz can over the cuter bottle. 3 STARS.
However, the owners also brought out some complimentary «Butter, Melted Chocolate chips, and Whip Cream waffles»…now this was delicious!!! For $ 5, this is a pretty a nice treat for a Chocolate Whore, such as myself. Yes, this would probably be easy to make at home… BUT, I hate doing dishes, and if you own a waffle machine like I do, you know that cleaning out it is a pain in the ass.

I’ve been curious about this place for a while but I’ve always walked past it when it was closed. I really love the concept and the food.
I ordered the goat cheese and roasted red pepper sandwich. When I ordered it, the employee told me that they add basil to it now– was that okay? Sure! I also ordered plain waffle strips for my two year old.
My sandwich, his waffle strips, and coffee came to 11 or 12 dollars. Not bad for a mid-​morning snack.
We’ll be back!

Definition of Value (Boxd please read):
An amount, as of goods, services, or money, considered to be a fair and suitable equivalent for something else; a fair price or return.
I ordered two waffles. One savory (roast beef & cheese) and one sweet (chocolate chips with whipped cream). To wash it down I got this adorable 8oz Coke.
WTF!
You seriously want $ 2.00 bucks for that micro Coke? I almost thought it was a joke but the dude wasn’t laughing. This cute little «kiddie Coke» is 2 bucks!!! Wait, I looked around… I must be in Disneyland. Yes, FORCED to pay silly prices like…
DAMN…nope, this is definitely Carlsbad.
Is the tiny leprechaun Coke filled with gold?
No…ARE YOU SURE?
SOAP BOX ALERT: The many prices of Coke over the years came FLOODING over me… for 12 oz I came up with 25 cents, 35 cents, 50 cents, 75 cents. I’m confident you can get 20 oz for a buck & 1.25…so when did 2 bucks for 8 oz come into play? I can think of like 3 places within a few seconds walk where I can score affordable soda! DAMN…@ VONS 2 blocks away I can get a 12 pack of Coke (144 oz) for $ 2.40. OK, it’s a restaurant… must make money… then trick me with the «possibility» of value and offer up free refill fountain drinks @ 2 bucks a pop! UMMMM I’VE BEEN LESS TICKED FILLING UP MY CAR WITH GAS!
It’s not even the money but I just felt so pissed they’d expect me to pay that kinda price… nice way to endear yourself to the residents of Carlsbad BOXD.
OK, check that two waffles and a WATER (I did not dare ask what they were charging for water).
All in all they gave me EXACTLY what I expected after reading other reviews: an Eggo waffle filled with cheap ingredients.
Why 2 stars?
How the BLEEP can you charge 16 bucks for 2 shitty waffles and a bottled water? If I was feeding a family here I’d be HELLA PISSED — it would cost over $ 50.00 — FOR WAFFLES & WATER!!! Talk about the culinary fleecing of America.
How much does waffle batter cost… am I missing something here?
Did eggs get crazy expensive recently? Instead of «just adding water» to the waffle mix do they use 1975 Dom Perignon? Ohhh, I know they use $ 2.00 Coke in the batter mix that explains it!
With all the food options in the Carlsbad Village, Oceanside or ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD are people REALLY going to pay TOP DOLLAR for fresh Eggo waffles filled with average stuff from Costco? Methinks they will just buy a box of Eggo waffles or Krusteaz mix for $ 3.00 and add WHATEVER they want @ home.
This place should lower prices immediately! Serve up fast food to the thrifty eater/​student OR keep prices THE SAME but use TOP QUALITY ingredients. Better yet, JUST START OVER! Drop the waffle idea because when not done right it’s totally stupid.
I give this Box-​d of waffles 3.5 «I LET GO of this Eggo» outta 10

I was planning on giving this place a 3-​Star rating, but looking through the scant reviews here already made me rethink. Now, don’t get me wrong, this place is not unsalvageable, I just think its a great idea that hasn’t even come close to being realized. And here is why…
Went down with my office partner and his wife, each got a separate menu item. We have been looking forward to this place all week, missed the soft openings and finally got a chance to try the grand. Mine was grilled chicken, arugula, brie cheese, and a garlic aioli, all wrapped in a fresh waffle. Sounds great, yeah?
Well, first off, the waffle added nothing to the sandwich. It wasn’t crispy. It wasn’t sweet. It was basically just a thick piece of flat bread with square grooves. It kind of defied all of the normal characteristics of what you’d consider to be a tasty waffle.
The chicken was grilled and well seasoned, not bad. The brie was also good, room temperature and soft, mixing well with the other ingredients without becoming a melted mess. The arugula was surprisingly bland, not the usual peppery taste I usually expect from arugula. And the garlic aioli felt like it was glopped on as an afterthought instead of being lovingly smeared into the waffle grooves to be warmed into creamy goodness like I was hoping.
My partner ordered the pulled pork which was sweet and well flavored, but it was served with a warm hunk of non-​melted cheese (the way it should have been in this style of sandwich). Made the sandwich feel only half done.
His wife opted for the roasted red pepper and goat cheese waffle sandwich, which, despite the atypical ingredients, seemed very basic and underwhelming.
Again, I think this place can be saved. Great concept, just slacking in execution. If I can make some suggestions.
First, do something to make the waffles stand out and seem more like … you know. waffles! Most importantly, make them sweeter. Right now they are just big slabs of carbohydrates without much in the realm of what makes bread something you GOTTA have with any meal. After that, find a way to crisp them up. You obviously can’t do this before you add whatever goes into the sandwich, but after you fold it … possibly a waffle shaped panini press so you can have that sweet, almost carmelized-​burned, stiffness to the bread that a waffle usually demands.
Second, and this goes along with making the waffles sweeter, create some maple syrup-​based, individualized sauces to go with each sandwich. Some can have a straight and warm maple syrup. Others can benefit from a fruit-​flavored syrup. For the more complex sandwiches, a spicy chili maple syrup is a no-​brainer, or you can experiment with a salty-​sweet or even a garlic-​maple syrup. Go that extra step and finish that sandwich!
Other than that, nice people working, fantastic atmosphere (loved the park style seating), though the grounds could use a couple more benches, and I really dig the new aluminum bottles for the drinks. I’ll try and come back here in a few weeks in hopes that they really fall into their groove. But as it stands right now, when the novelty and atmosphere wear off…

the long awaited, much anticipated BOXD opening — hats off for the innovative design concept and efficient, courteous staff. gotta say, however, that the recipes came up short. after mulling it over for a couple days decided it was too much of a stretch to give these guys three stars even if they’re brand new and still working out the kinks.
having worked at WAFFLE HOUSE (yes, that perpetual target of redneck humor) for several years in my misspent youth and reinforced by the thousands i’ve made at home, i arrived at their counter with some strong, preconceived prejudices about how «quilted pancakes» (as my oldest called them when he was little) are supposed to look and taste. BOXD «sandwiches» are chunky wraps, filled and folded, taco-​style. to accomplish that they’ve engineered a batter that produces very spongy waffles and i had a very hard time getting comfortable with the mouth feel. the waffles themselves are pliable to the point of being soggy.
i had the PULLED PORK and CHEDDAR. the sandwich was seriously under stuffed and the first and last bites were only waffle. the pulled pork was already sauced (their sauce has a slightly sweet tang). i was horrified when the guy building mine slapped pre-​sliced (see the photo) cheese on top. really ?? haven’t we come farther than that ?? this is thoughtful food ?? if you’re gonna charge premium prices sure seems like you ought (yes, i do know that «ought» is a moral imperative) to be using «real» cheese …
the sandwich was on the dry side and there was no unifying element bringing things together like a maple flavored BBQ sauce (preferably added after the sandwich was mostly built) or maybe a smoked gouda instead of cheddar or better yet both.
i also shared a bite of the CHICKEN, BRIE and ARUGULA and GOAT CHEESE and ROASTED RED PEPPER and had pretty much the same, underwhelmed reaction to those offerings — spongy, scantily filled waffles with no unifying element.
i came away, as i often do in any dining experience (all right, if i’m being mostly honest here pretty much every life experience), thinking about bacon. here’s the thing about that tasty treat — high fat, high salt, nitrates, nitrites and GOD knows what else, but totally worth it. when i’m stuffing something in my pie hole that’s mostly white carbs, i need to feel like there’s enough compensating factors to justify the transgression. BOXD needs to jack up the bar bit before i could say that about them.