California Pizza Kitchen

In general I really enjoy CPK; however, i can’t have high expectations for the airport CPK. I feel like every time I go they run out of the pizza I am craving, and this was yet again the case when I traveled on Friday night. I ended up getting a sandwich, which wasn’t bad, but I made the mistake of eating half and putting the other half back in the container, only to have it accidentally dropped by the jerk next to me who merely picked it up and apologized. That was my dinner dude, next time, pay me half of what that sandwich cost since you dropped it.
If you are starving at the airport, try it, otherwise if you can, go to the actual restaurant. Love the artichoke dip.

Worst margherita pizza I’ve ever eaten. Years have passed since my last stop at a CPK though my previous meals had at least been mediocre. This food, though, was offensively bad. How bad was it?! I wish I’d walked farther in the terminal to eat at McDonald’s. Seriously.
There’s no telling why my dad is convinced their pizza is pretty good. The cheese actually tasted worse than the dough, which was especially problematic because it was the dominant topping. Hardly any sauce. And btw, my family calls me «cheese boy» because I like cheese so much.
I’m going to bust out my laptop now in the hope that at least one person will be warned away from this place. Keeping this review in draft form on my phone does the public a disservice.
I will say that the cashiers are pleasant.

CPK’s ready made salads are a healthy alternative in an airport terminal full of junk dining. (That is if you avoid the high fat dressing)
I thought the price/​quality was good and getting in/​out fast was also wonderful.

This place isn’t THAT bad. Yes, they put the pizza together quickly but for whatever reason take forever to cook.
They said it would be a 10 – 12 minute wait for my thai chicken and was in reality 15 minutes.
My pizza was a little greasy but just A-​OK.

Just when I thought I had the worst pizza in the world I find this place. Rarely do I give a place 1 star but with the bad after taste still lingering how could I forget this place. Yes all airport food is over priced but how often do you find 10 dollar pizza that taste this awful.
I should have read the warning signs from the start, random receipt numbering system, easy bake oven style cooking, why didn’t I see it. This is the first time I regret spending money on airport food.
Yet here I am forcing myself to chew every slice left due to the guilt of wasting. Remember the poor children are starving I thought so I finished the entire thing. How could anyone go wrong with pizza, I mean its so simple, cheese, sauce, bread, and topping. I think I’ll give myself a migraine over analyzing the incident. I thought to be pieces of chicken tended to remind me of old jerky bits with greasy cheese. Buyer beware, if you are in desperation, go else where or suffer the consequences like your fellow Unilocaler. Let’s hope I survive the flight home with my belly coming alive like in Aliens the movie.

If you’re in a hurry, skip this place. But we had a two hour layover (which turned into a 3 hour layover), so decided pizza was a good choice. It takes longer than you’d expect an «express» style restaurant to take, but again, we had the time. the pizzas were tasty, can’t complain!

Don’t ever take antibiotics without food when your Dr. tells you not to… well I did & was regretting it in the line at TSA. So finally to salvage myself under desperation I went to the first food place I could get ahold of. CPK To Go.
I waited in the line & I figured being a «to-​go» place, they definitely take frozen pizzas & put them in a open oven.
I got a reminscent feeling of the fake pizza they make in Peru… cold, frozen, & they stick it in the oven… definitely was obssessed with pizza as a kid & everytime I got food poisoning. So I felt the fear as I uttered the words «I’ll have the bbq chicken pizza.» Then the lady at the counter gave me my total with a small water bottle…$ 17!!!
For a small water & a personal pizza effff!!! What do you expect at LAX over priced airport food. Nonetheless I was still in pain with an empty stomach. My pizza finally arrived & I ate it half of it so quick so stop the pain.
Once it went away I started gaining my rational part of my mind back. WTF was I eating!!! It was burnt to crisp, literally the bottom of the pizza was completely black! I could feel the carcinogens going down my digestive system… aahhh!
Downed my water & vowed to never eat there again on my trips to LAX. I also encountered a sighting from the weirdo himself «Terminal»
…super awkward especially when I forgot to turn off my flash & he turned around just for it to go off in his face lol –_​_​_​–
Definitely will never eat here again!

Don’t do it!!! It’s airport CPK! I was so hungry and wanted something good and there it was. California Pizza Kitchen. I ordered The Works and it came out about 7 minutes later. It looked pretty tasteful until I took a couple of bites. Sadly to say, my pizza tasted like cardboard with toppings.

Was on my way back from China, had a few hours to kill had was a little hungry, so I thought food was a good idea. fter looking at my choices, I thought «Mmm Pizza» after seeing the fire oven.
Having not had any ‘western” food for more than two weeks, I was torn between the pizza and a southwest food joint. Looking back I think I would have been better off in the SW joint.
I ordered a pepperoni mushroom and sausage pie. They pulled it out of a warmer. At this time I knew I was in trouble. The pie was accoualy better than I thought it might be, but remember, 16 days in Asia does things to your taste buds.
I still think I would go back to CPK next time I am stuck in the Southwest terminal of LAsuX airport.

Really bad margherita pizza. Like really bad. Cheese pizza with some basil slivers on top. Not very many basil slivers at that. Cheese got thick and coagulated and it took a while to get the pizza. I’ve had the Barbecue chicken pizza here before and while it was still not the same quality as a restaurant CPK, it was definitely better than the margherita (slightly cheaper too, I think).
Service was rude too. I had waited a while so when they called a pizza I just went up and said I got a margherita pizza, but I did not think that was my number. Apparently I was reading the wrong number on the receipt, because the cashier just takes my receipt and says «you’re number ninety» while pushing the pizza at me. She was very short with me. I know your job sucks, but I’m paying a ridiculously marked up price for a tiny, low quality pizza at LAX. neither of us want to be here, so if I’m being pleasant, I would hope you could put out the same effort.
Sad to say, if I have to wait a while at LAX, I’ll probably eat here again because everywhere else is just as expensive and low quality and there’s a bar across the way. The restaurants at LAX make me feel as though they all agreed to put out bad food and work as little as possible because they know they’ll get customers no matter what.

In theory, the airport locations of these chain restaurants are a smaller version of the same place with a limited menu (for speed), more employees (for speed), and a specific mission (speed). Why, then, do they always seem completely disinterested in moving quickly? I want to see an airport location of ANYTHING look like Season One of «ER». I want things to be barked out, I want to see people rushing. I want a sense of importance and urgency, because about 25% of the people in line are scrambling to get their needs met (did I mention speed) and get to the flight they’re running late for.
Would it really kill you to hurry a bit, or at least fake it?

CPK, Mickey D’s, Malibu Al’s… Not much to choose from in Delta’s terminal 5 LAX. Don’t expect much and you won’t be disappointed. 2 star pizza, 2.5 star salad, 1 star service. A good reason to stop for food on the way to the airport.

Dear LAX California Pizza Kitchen,
If you hand out receipts with numbers on it, and then call people back for their orders simply saying what was ordered and not using a number — I’m not sure how I’m supposed to know that the pepperoni pizza is mine or not. Because of this, your rude attitudes and looks were not necessary. Maybe don’t work in the airport if you don’t want to deal with mass amounts of people who don’t understand your «system», or lack thereof
Sincerely,
Me

Stopped in between flights in the early AM (We were coming from east coast) to get the family fed. They had very tasty pizza available early (pre-​10 am) that fit the bill.
Not a bad stop given that this wing of the terminals really has nothing good to speak of.

Please Don’t go here if you don’t want to wait 20+ minutes and have worst customer service experience of your life. I went 3 times in one month and it was terrible service and one time almost cost me my flight. I watched them yell at people and they got virtually every other order wrong. It’s hard when you have to wait that long because you have to watch the drama.
Don’t go!!! Seriously

Never again. I want to slap myself for giving in instead of ignoring my slightly empty belly. Flight was delayed and I hadn’t had a real meal that day, and pizza sounded pretty good. I wish I had seem the mcd’s before I bought my pizza –_-.
10.53 after tax for a personal pizza. 10.53 for 4 slices of roasted garlic chicken pizza. Ridiculous! In the restaurants, it isn’t bad. At LAX, avoid. It tasted like cardboard. And it was extremely overpriced. So what if it is LAX.
I blame southwest for delaying my flight.

Eh. You know how airport restaurants are. It was alright and definitely not as good as their typical restaurants.
I wouldn’t recommend eating here but I don’t think you have a lot to choose from in this terminal.

I was in a hurry to make a flight. Malibu Al’s was a service disaster so I went to CPK ASAP. Line was consistently long. Not much seating available. Pizza wasn’t bad for airport food. They need to add more seating.

So I haven’t had anything to eat for a few hours and I really wanted pizza… REALLY. Sadly this was all I could find.
This CPK doesn’t have the complete menu. You can chose from BBQ Chicken, pepperoni, cheese, hawaiian and some others… and salad Also, keep in mind that is is an airport and prices are going to be ridiculous. I paid $ 10 for one hawaiian pizza. It was ready in about 5 minutes and looked edible. However, it was quite disappointing as the cheese was bland and the sauce was much too sweet. Also, the crust was soggy. It reminded me of my childhood days when I would eat those pizza lunchables with sauce in a packet… gross.
As for service, they were pretty friendly and the food did arrive rather quickly. I was worried that I wouldn’t have time to eat but they did a good job and I had time to spare.
In short: horrible food and price, ok service, I’ll be sure to look around for more places to eat next time I’m in LAX.

If you had to choose between an in-​flight boxed meal or a made to order pizza on a 5 & ½ hour flight, which would you pick?!? No brainer!
Before hopping onto my United Airlines flights, I’ve come here several times to the last section of terminal 7 to grab a hot, decent pizza or ready made salad. I usually get the bbq chicken pizza ($ 10ish) which takes about 5 – 8 minutes to bake after you order it. To me, it’s pretty good being made at the airport and it has less grease compared to a pizza made from Pizza Hut.
Besides 4 – 6 different pizzas available, they sell ready made salads, soups, chips and a few desserts. If you’re lucky, you might find some pre-​made salads in the refrigerated section. The Thai chicken salad rocks! Next door is a bar if you need a little cocktail to chill with.
Basically, this stuff tastes better at 35,000ft! You can make all your neighbors jealous!