When I was reading reviews about this item, the size of it seemed like it was deep enough for as much cereal as my family eats. It's really not that deep, but it holds more than you think. Cleaning them was so easy, you don't even need to scrub. Last night we had pasta for dinner and the sauce didn't even stain the bowls. It probably helps that I got the color blue and not white. And these are very nice bowls, they're made from that hard plastic that if you drop it, it won't break or make a ding.