The Restaurant at Kellogg Ranch
Hospitality Learning in Action
Step beyond the classroom and into a working restaurant where you'll build confidence, develop leadership skills and apply what you're learning alongside faculty mentors and classmates. At The Restaurant at Kellogg Ranch, you'll gain real-world hospitality experience while serving real guests in a student-managed restaurant at Cal Poly Pomona.
What is the Restaurant at Kellogg Ranch?
Serving real guests in a professional setting, the restaurant gives students the opportunity to experience the pace, collaboration and decision-making that define the hospitality industry.
For students who want to deepen their learning, our Signature PolyX, HRT 3830L: Food and Beverage Operations Laboratory - the course number and name associated with working inside the restaraunt - offers an immersive opportunity to apply hospitality principles through hands-on restaurant operations.
Why is this experience valuable to me?
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Build your skills before graduation.
Develop leadership, communication and operational skills while working alongside faculty mentors and classmates.
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Put learning into practice.
Apply classroom concepts you've already studied in a student-managed restaurant serving real guests.
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Get required Professional Work Experience hours.
All hospitality management majors must have 800 hours of professional work experience in the hospitality industry before graduating, and working a real restaurant for class credit gets you one step closer.
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Prepare for what's next.
Strengthen your resume and prepare for internships and hospitality careers with real-world accomplishments.
How you'll learn:
- Guest service
- Dining room operations
- Culinary collaboration
- Leadership and supervision
- Business planning
- Revenue management
- Team coordination
How can I dine there now?
The Restaurant at Kellogg Ranch is located inside Cal Poly Pomona, up the hill at The Collins College of Hospitality Management in Building 79 and welcomes guests during scheduled service. Every reservation helps create hands-on learning opportunities for hospitality management students working alongside faculty mentors.
Frequently Asked Questions
Students interested in this experience can enroll in HRT 3830L: Food and Beverage Operations Laboratory, an elective course in the hospitality management curriculum.
This is an upper-division elective with several prerequisites. Most students enroll after completing foundational hospitality management coursework.
Talk with your academic advisor about prerequisites and when the course best fits into your academic plan.
Beginning with the 2026–2027 curriculum, HRT 3830L is offered as an elective for students who want additional applied learning in restaurant operations.
Yes. You'll gain experience in a professional restaurant environment serving members of the public, including students, staff, faculty and community members all across Pomona and beyond.
You'll strengthen leadership, communication, teamwork, operational management, problem-solving and business decision-making while applying hospitality concepts in a real restaurant.
The experience helps you build practical skills and professional confidence that support internships, future leadership opportunities and careers across the hospitality industry. Even if you don't plan on working in a restaraunt after graduation, the skills you learn inside a real operational facility are transferrable across the entire hospitality industry.
Yes. Faculty mentors will guide you throughout the experience, helping connect classroom learning with professional practice.
Menu, reservations, hours of operation and more can be found on The Restaurant at Kellogg Ranch home page.
Menu, hours of operation and more can be found on The Restaurant at Kellogg Ranch home page.
Parking during your reservation at The Restaraunt at Kellogg Ranch is complimentary in Lot L. Reserve your table, see the menu and hours of operation on the home page.
