California Pizza Kitchen

Great service by Chris, rib eye was very good as well. The Bacon Brussels flatbread very good too. Wine and TV makes a great night out.

Just discovered this place! Comment from my daughter: «This is the kind of place where the food actually looks like the pictures!» Indeed…
Here for lunch. Nice, bright atmosphere. Everything we saw go by looked delicious and all of the patrons looked happy. I ordered a Moscow Mule to drink and we both ordered a lunch combo. About $ 10 each.
Bit of a hitch with that drink. After a lonnnng wait I cancelled the order. Our server never stopped by to address the delay. The drink showed up shortly after my cancellation, offered for no charge. Nice. It was good… very gingery.
I had a chicken and brie ½ sandwich and some sort of Greek salad. Very yummy. That half sandwich is huge. Two people could easily split a full sandwich here. My daughter had a ½ club and a potato soup that she love, love, loved.
Service was a little slow but overall I’ll definitely be back. I really liked it.

I came in here for dinner with some friends after doing some Christmas shopping. It was my first time here so I didn’t know what to expect. I was greeted by my server, Chris, who had eyes as blue as jelly beans and a smooth head. He was warm and friendly and recommended the spinach dip as a good appetizer for vegetarians (one of us was vegetarian). We were pleased with his service. He gave us lots of bread (the bread is the best part of this place!) when we asked. Chris seemed nice for a Jewish man, which I appreciated. The food was good, and I think I will return. I will ask for Chris. My friend (the vegetarian) complained that there was too much ice in her water and didn’t know there was chicken in the barbecue salad but other than that we were pleased with the service and quality of the food. I told him merry Christmas and then I remembered he was probably Jewish so it didn’t matter.

Had a nice all around experience, except i think the pizza costs way too much for it’s size. It’s $ 10+ per person and you don’t even feel full. The jalapenos were super spicy and I liked that, I just don’t see myself coming back here for pizza. It’s not worth it. The pizza is delicious, but again, not worth it for how much they charge you.
Great location though, right across woodfield mall. The service was okay. It was a nice one time experience.

Still pleasant and fast service. No automatic group gratuity this time.
Not just pizza anymore, the menu’s bigger.

Hostess seated our party of 6 at 1:30pm on a Sunday. The restaurant was half full at the most but for some reason it took 15 minutes to even get a hello from someone. At least 4 servers walked by our table without saying a word. A table next to us who was seated after us got drinks before our table was even acknowledged. Food was mediocre at best. The lemonade was either bad or just over sweet because it burned my throat. We asked the server how many the pizzas serve and he said one. We saw what the people next to us ordered and the pizzas were clearly big enough to feed 2. So in the end we learned that the service sucks and they try to up sell you on 15 dollar pizzas that «only serve one» no thanks.

Didn’t know you sold other items like soups, salads and alcohol? You got to let us know! You know how many times I have passed you up!

Worst service ever by the «greeter.»
Just came back an hour ago. We came as a party of 11 to celebrate my brother’s birthday. As we walked in this short haired blonde woman who was supposed to be the greeter completely ignored us. We approached her to tell her we were here as a party of 11 and she was overall indifferent and seemed to have some complexities and a power struggle because she wanted to seat us at separate tables and refused to push them in together. She didn’t e plain why they couldn’t be pushed together and claimed that a larger area would be an hour late — keep in mind we were the only ones waiting and this was at 8:30 and the restaurant was not ridiculously busy at all for a Friday night. She then didn’t even escort us to the table… she basically just pointed the table out to us. Completely rude and unacceptable.
Our server was very kind and another server or manager saw what was going on and he offered to push the two tables together. The food was just fine and very standard for what cpk is.
The manager was making rounds to ask everyone how they were enjoying the food and how everything was going. He seemed to completely ignore our table — the huge table of 11. Don’t know how he can miss us but he somehow totally did…
We tipped very generously as our server was kind. Overall though — I was disgusted by the rude demeanor of the manager and the «greeter.»

They got rid of the HABANERO CARNITAS PIZZA!!!
Never eating here again.
(The Butter cake is still orgasmic tho)

New look, new menu with classic favorites. New pasta menu with unique twists on familiar plates like alfredo, but now with a lime cream sauce upgrade made for a very cool dinner. CPK is trying hard to appeal to the young crowd and millennials. The new rewards program (many restaurants are starting these) seems like a good concept so as long as there is no card. I like that we can earn while we eat to one day walk into a free entrée.

Had lunch with an old friend and had a really great time. The food was ready in no time! I ordered the Thai salad, which is always good. You can never go wrong! I also had their new white berry sangria which I thought was delicious, but apparently not for everyone! The service was really great and definitely was not rushed at all. I really like the interior, it was really cozy and relaxing.

Absolutely love the bbq chicken chopped salad. CPKs ranch dressing is to die for. They should sell it. It is soooo delicious. Whenever I’m craving salad this is my go to place. Schaumburg or Deerpark.

I’m surprised CPK can flourish in a pizza town like Chicago but it definitely lends a twist to the traditional deep dish.
I haven’t been to CPK since I left CA but was surprised to see the wonderful new menu! They’ve added things like steaks and Alaskan Halibut which are some welcomed low carb additions.
The seasonal flat bread which is topped with lobster salad, arugula, onions and chives is one of the best dishes I’ve had in a while!

Been here twice and haven’t been a huge fan of this place. In my opinion, it’s over priced and the quality lacks. They have a decent selection.
I ordered a chicken pizza and the pizza crust was so thin and small I felt like I barely ate anything when I left and the bill was pretty hefty for very little food. Surprisingly, the place is packed but I’m just not a fan.
I’ve been to many pizza places in my lifetime and this is not the first place I think of when I’m really craving excellent quality pizza.

Just finished eating and the food was really good!!! Drinks were delicious! But most importantly our server Ashlyn I believe was so sweet and personable. The manager was very nice as well stopped by the table to make sure everything was great. Thank you for a wonderful meal California pizza kitchen!
Btw we had: California thin crust pizza, tortilla soup, adobo margarita, strawberry margarita, and sunset Caribbean sangria.

So, after visiting the AT&T store nearby, the wife and I suddenly found ourselves having to kill 2 hours for her phone data transfer to complete. After a brief visit to Trader Joe’s, we decided to settle for dinner at CPK… best decision of the day!
Upon entering, we noticed the renovations in process. But it was still fairly busy for a Thursday night, which is always a good sign. We got seated immediately and were greeted by John, or server for the evening. Great guy, a ball of positive energy!
We ordered the tostada pizza and my favorite, the tequila lime chicken fettuccine with extra sauce. We also ordered some of their habanero salsa on the side. When the pizza arrived, the wife noticed the crust was different than in the past. John told us that they changed the crust on the tostada pizza, but he gladly offered to make a new pizza on the crust we favored… awesome! Once the revised pizza arrived, we met the manager, who ensured we were happy with our meal.
This location, despite being a chain, personified exemplary customer service. What makes it even better, is their food is deeelish!

Our meal was good — quite pleased with it, however I am still not in a rush to get back or anything.
We just had the small guacamole appetizer, which was good — very small, but to be fair it was very inexpensive.
We then decided when in Rome — and ordered a pizza. Went with the wild mushroom (no truffle oil topping) and I was pretty happy with it. I liked that the crust was light and that they didn’t skimp on the mushroom toppings.
We decided that splitting these two items between the two of us was pretty perfect. I’m always looking for that balance of eating enough, but not going over board and feeling too full to do anything the rest of the day.
The service was decent, it was pretty quiet at this location. They kept coming around to check if we had the bill ready when we were sitting chatting (even after we had been told by two separate associates there was no rush mind you!) which was a little annoying, especially since it wasn’t as though there weren’t a ton of table open for other customers.

While my daughter was at the mall shopping with a friend, I decided to get some work done on my laptop. I saw on Unilocal that California Pizza Kitchen had free WiFi, so I decided to have dinner there too. I told the hostess that I would be on my laptop and she, thankfully, put me at the last table in the back. I didn’t like that it was right next to the kitchen, but I did like that I was away from other people eating.
I can’t remember my server’s name, but she was super friendly and helpful. I had a couple of questions about things on the menu and she was able to answer them all. I usually order the white pizza, but she recommended the wild mushroom pizza. I still like the white pizza more (with bacon), but the mushroom pizza with truffle oil was good too.
It never fails, though, that every time I know I’m going to want dessert at a restaurant, my server fails to ask me if I want to order some. She brought my check before asking if I wanted dessert and had to take it away because I ended up ordering the Butter Cake which was amazing. It was like a cross between a pound cake and a cookie and I loved it with ice cream on top. YUM!

We met up with some friends here last night for dinner. Our server named Justin was great. He was patient in waiting for us to order and catching up with our friends. He was also very entertaining and provided great customer service
I’m not completely sure of what our friends ordered but for appetizers we split fried mac and cheese and the avocado egg rolls. Both were brought to us warm, fresh, and crispy. My husband ordered their Wild mushroom pizza and added bacon. I ordered their quinoa arugula salad and added chicken. I am obsessed with this salad at CPK and it’s the only thing I order from there. To be honest, we were disappointed in our entrees. We frequently go to the CPK closer to our home at Deer Park. The pizza my husband said wasn’t nearly as good as Deer Park’s CPK and the salad portion seemed smaller then the Deer Park location.
Overall we had great customer service and a hilarious waiter that we would come back for as well as the appetizers/​drinks, but if we want to have their main entrees we’re probably going to stick to their Deer Park location.

Before a business event, my sister and I were looking for a place to eat. I had heard this place made wood burning pizzas and it’s amazing how it’s true. The waitress, Jenni, was enthusiastic and friendly.
We got sourdough bread with olive oil as a complimentary belly warmer (appetizer) while we watched our Hawaiian pizza being made and put in the oven. WOW! This is amazing! Generous amounts I pineapple and ham with a thin Han tossed crust. Definitely coming here again.
Getting dessert next time.