Reviews California Pizza Kitchen

Great Pizza and a great place to dine. 5 star service.

First off, when we got there, the girl at the front obviously was not having a great day. Didn't smile once or welcome us in. After waiting in line to check in, she said it wasn't busy and wouldn't put down names despite the fact there were at least 5 groups of us standing around waiting. Anyway, after a bit, I asked if the bar was open seating. She said it was, and we could go over. (Would have been nice to know rather than just standing around). Walked over, and we sat at the bar. It was clean and open. The bartender, Blanca, welcomed us and got us menus. She was a delight. It was obvious she was busy, but she always checked up on us and made sure we were happy. I ordered the Shrimp Scampi Zucchini. When reading the description, it sounded like it was mostly zucchini. However, it was mostly noodles with zucchini "curls." It was very watery and desperately needed salt and pepper. Blanca was very helpful and got cracked pepper and more parmesan cheese to help kick up the flavor. My husband had the WCB burger (I think that's the name?) and said it was delicious. The only issue was the bun fell apart. He told me he thinks it would have held up better if the buns had been toasted first. Our drinks were delicious, so there are no complaints. One issue - a manager, I believe named L.A., was on his lunch break sitting at the bar. He was so inappropriate. He sat next to another coworker who was off work. The entire time he was eating, he was bothering this lovely woman. She was on her phone and purposefully was not looking at him while he kept bothering her. He was making racially inappropriate voices and trying to get in her face. He was holding food at her and was making donkey sounds, then saying things in Spanish to try and, idk, flirt? Be funny? It was wildly inappropriate. When he got up and walked off, she looked at me with that look many, if not all women know. No words needed to be spoken between us. We both shook our heads. I felt bad for her because I've been harassed at work before by management, and there is a helplessness that comes with working under your harasser. I hope she is able to go to someone to report him. The place was clean, the food was ok. The drinks were bomb! Blanca was a dear.

It’s the first time I am doing a review since the pandemic started. We came here on a Wednesday afternoon to grab late lunch. But even at 2:30 PM, the restaurant was about 1/3 full. Lots of people roaming around the mall as well. we ordered from the lunch menu which was of a great value. The food was delicious just as I remembered.

Great pizza at reasonable prices. The BBQ chicken pizza is our all time favorite.

I had a good experience, I dont understand the handful of one stars. Service was good. Restaurant was clean. Food, was delicious and on point ! The bread was fresh and gone within moments. My entree was delicious..maybe a little small, but nonetheless delicious.. I'll definitely come back!

My coworkers and I always come in for some drinks and some delicious pizza. The waitress Blanca always greats us with a great attitude and a warming welcoming. She is very professional and pleasant.

It was a bit noisy but the servers were good. The pizzas are about what you would expect and they had a very good selection of salads. I would go back there. It's very convenient to the Irvine spectrum theater

Food was great, as always, at CPK. Service was great and it was a perfect day to eat out on the patio. The pea & barley soup was amazing. The cauliflower bbq chicken pizza did not taste like a cauliflower crust. It was very good. Hawaiian pizza was great.