California Pizza Kitchen

We decided to stop by on a Sunday afternoon and were left with mixed feelings. Mall parking can be very tough, but sometimes you do just get lucky. The restaurant is on the Gridley side of the mall, facing away from the freeway, directly next to Lazy Dog Cafe, and behind the Chick Fil A. Hope this helps you figure out where to go find parking if this is your first time here. When we entered, we were greeted right away and after a moment's wait, we were led to an available booth. It didn't look that busy from the outside, but almost all booths and tables were filled. The restaurant does have it's own restrooms, big plus in my book! The booth chairs do not move, but the tables do. Do with that as you may. The restaurant is COLD. Bring a sweater or jacket if you're sensitive. It felt like we were an inconvenience to the servers the entire time. Trying to flag one down to get refills felt like a chore, and when we managed to get one's attention, there was that brief look of frustration and annoyance teens express when whining about something unfair, then the plastic smile came out. This was not isolated to any single person there, it felt like it was spread almost equally amongst all the front staff. We had ordered the special on the back of the menu, asking for that to come before the other entrees we ordered, but we received our entrees, then had to wait for the server to come back to ask where the pizza/salad was. We saw her walk over to the bar and saw her bring the order that had been sitting there for an entire 15 minutes at the least. I did report to another server that there appeared to be leaking water out of the ceiling light above the urinal in the men's restroom, but i didn't see any urgency or rush to analyze the situation. Foodwise: The pizza was cold, but still tasted good, and the thai crunch salad had good taste, but was simply mediocre, nothing made it stand out. The bread was nice and crunchy, but got chewy fast because of the cold. The cucumber reviver was a refreshing drink, i did enjoy the tart kicks. The chicken piccata was definitely not a taste we liked...i compared it to licking soap. On the other hand, their chicken tequila fettucine was amazing! The burst of flavor, the noodle texture, delicious, like chicken fajitas and fettucine eloped and this was the end result! The butter cake was for dessert. The price is well worth it! There is an extra charge for ice cream, but trust me, do it. The cake is hot inside and out, but the coldness of the ice cream helps to balance it out, and ease the sweet kick. While not the best butter cake we've had, this ranks close to the top.

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Came for dinner tonight. The restaurant was busy for it seemed like they were having a fundraiser night. They need to get their customer service together. I stood by the entrance/hostess podium for a good 7 minutes and no one was up there greeting and/or taking names. I had to flag down an employee to tell them I wanted a table. He found someone to help me. They immediately sat us, they did have one tables but it seems like they are under staffed. Our server Monique was really nice and efficient, like I mentioned before it seem they are under staffed. The had tables near the are and she was bartending too. We ordered the bbq chicken salad. It is always really good, but today it tasted even better. We also shared and ordered the chicken tequila pasta. I don't know what it is about this pasta, it's good, but it's missing something.

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If they ever ask you if you would like to wait ten minutes for a table or sit at the bar, just wait the ten minutes. If it's too busy, you won't get good service when ordering food at the bar. You'll probably get more attention if you are at a table. We were in the middle of ordering, and the person just disappear in the middle. And not easy to get her attention. Very bizarre experience. Also if you sit at a table instead, you'll have space to put your purse instead of holding on to it. Other than the bad service, the food was good but expensive. We got the avocado club roll six pieces, flavorful and delicious , a very small pizza $11.99! and chocolate soufflé.

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I have to say this was the best pizza I ever ate at CPK. I was able to find out who the pizza chef was... Tomas and Roberto is the bomb!!!! The pizza was perfectly prepped with ample topping. The oven time was perfection. I appreciate the dedication bestowed to each pizza. We ordered 6 pizza and they were unbelievable delicious!!! Thank you to Monique and chefs!!

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Decided to take my girl friend out to lunch , Robert was our waiter and he was very sweet and funny. He made this drink called Gold Rush super delicious we had two. Our food was hot and fresh thank you again Robert see you again.

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