California Pizza Kitchen

We visited Monday the 16^th around 1PM… Host was very friendly — opened the door for us :) Love the new menu! Our server was fantastic — I wish I could remember his name… Very attentive and friendly with out being overwhelming — he offered great suggestions and had a great smile. Our food was fantastic across the board. Restaurant was very clean and everyone seemed to stay busy even though the restaurant itself wasn’t to busy. Loosing one star because the music was so loud we had a hard time enjoying our conversation — all in all great111

Customer service: 5 stars. Gary is our server.
Ordered: garlic fettuccine, bbq pizza, red velvet cake
Pasta: not served hot
Pizza: not served hot
Red velvet cake: so delish. My favorite.
CPK in Huntington is better than here at Fashion Island
Bill: $ 45
$ 45 i get appetizer, dessert and 2 pasta to go at Maggianos at South Coast Plaza

Not excited with the whole experience. Appetizers were out before our drinks. The table next to us was sat after us and ate before us. Super disappointed!!!

Anybody want RAT stew? You can get it here. Rats all over the place. Walked in to place a to go order, and saw one run across the kitchen floor. My server was oblivious. Rats! Fashion Square! Wow! Bön appetite!

This place is pretty awful. Especially if you are ordering for pick up. Some of the girls up front can get it together. For the most part it’s hit or miss if you get your food on time. The same is true with eating in. They seem to have an issue with efficiently putting out the food in a timely manner.

The food was excellent at this beautiful location as it is at almost all CPK’S ive visited so I’m not going to spend time reviewing the food (look at other Unilocal reviews for that) The service is what I take issue with at the Newport location. Service was Dismal! Had to ask for bread, ask for drink refils ask for desert, ask for the bill… you get the picture. Upon entering our waitress asked if we’d been to this C.P.K. before and not in a conversational manner, more of a «what are you doing in Newport Beach manner» that really proved to be accurate as everyone around us was served before us even tough we ordered 1^st. We were totally ignored the entire visit and made to feel VERY unwelcomed. Next time we are at fashion island I think we will visit Cheesecake factory instead as we left C.P.K. totally disrespected.

Friday night and the location isn’t packed!
Mostly salads and pizza.
Normal pricing $ 10 – 15 a plate.

Maddison is awesome!!! She’s so sweet and professional. I came in for a drink and a pizza in a horrible mood and her smile and professional clean demeanor. She made my day 110% better. I make this cpk my Friday night tradition! I won’t go anywhere else. I’ll also only go here if Maddison is here. My wife and I love her!

Probably the worst take out system possible. Complete incompetence. Order will be ready at 6:50, pulled in to curbside and it wasn’t ready so I walked upstairs and waited for 40 minutes because «my salad wasn’t ready.» Not only had they given it away, they didnt make a new one until I asked them to find out if they were remaking it. Orion was totally overwhelmed and useless. Not his fault since he was alone taking orders, running orders, answering the phone, and packing up orders. Never again!!!
I wish I had 4 hands so I could give this place more thumbs down. Management needs to figure it out asap.

It’s really a 3.5, but since CPK has been working hard in revamping their brand, menu, drinks, and overall approach to their food services, it’s trending up! Biggest improvement by far are the drinks. I had been to this location before where the drinks were always watered down. Now, the cocktails actually are pretty unique and you can actually taste the alcohol!
Drinks: try California Roots (avocado + vodka… avodka?), Blueberry Ginger Smash, and Blood Orange Sangria (a little on the sweeter side).
Food is still a work in progress, but the Chicken Piccata and thin-​crusted pizzas were good, but stay away from the pastas.

I ordered the Jambalaya pasta, and I got food poisoning five minutes after I left the restaurant. It lasted two weeks. Thanks a lot, CPK. Never again.

The absolute worst pizza I have ever had. I have eaten at other CA Pizza Kitchens and always enjoyed. Not today. Person taking order did not even know how many slices of pizza was on a pizza. Ham was horrible.

When I go out to a resturant or place to eat I pay alot of attention to how I am served and how well the server performs his or her job. I came over to the cpk in the fasion island mall and was blown away at how good our server was. Her name is JOANNA and she is ON POINT. She was the definition of an exellent server. Awsome experience.

This was a terrible experience. It took forever for our food to arrive (felt like an hour) and it was mediocre at best. I had the garlic spinach pizza (on the cover of their menu). The crust was like a wet sponge. The the smoke alarm went off and they didn’t know how to turn it off. So we had to sit in a restaurant plugging our ears because of the ear piecing sound.
You would think they would comp our dinner considering the circumstances but NO. And that is why I wanted to take the time to write this review. I’ll never go back.

Love this place. Great service, great food and the new décor. We lost the CPK at Park Place and I heard a rumor that this location was also going to close up. I’m really happy that it did not. The only part about the new décor I don’t really care for is that they did not replace the really bad blurry window film. Here we are with literally a million dollar ocean view and from five feet away you can’t even see out.
I think the manager needs to call Signature Glass Tinting. LOL! My friends company.
P. S.
I LOVE THIS PLACE!

After going to a YEE for a CPK in Irvine, I wanted to use my giftcard of $ 20 for a partially free lunch!
Took my beau to the CPK at Fashion Island and instantly, I expected this location to up its game; I haven’t been to many CPK’s, but according to my boyfriend… they’re all pretty nice! Atmosphere — check!
Wait was 10 minutes for lunch on a Sunday, which was really awesome since I was hungry. Once we sat, we ordered drinks right away, was served bread with olive oil and then ordered our food a few minutes after. Everything regarding service went very smoothly! The bread with the seasoned olive oil is amazing… I could pour/​dip/​sip everything all up in that goodness.
For our mains, we went with the mushroom sausage pepperoni pizza and the jambalaya fettuccine to share. Each entrée was about $ 14 – 15, prices I’d expect for this type of American restaurant chain. With the size of the pizza, it was a little disappointing, however, it tasted so good and so fresh, and the crust was so CHEWY, I soon forgot all qualms I had.
The jambalaya pasta is definitely something to order — spicy, jumbo juicy shrimps, andouille sausage and chunky pieces of ham. It’s not as saucy, but it is coated with plenty of cajun spices and spicy oils. Once again, portion is slightly smaller than other restaurants (i.e. Cheesecake Factory) for about the same price, however, I enjoyed the quality of the dish.
Overall, great experience! Really enjoyed the food and service, and will come by again!

Came for the lemonade, left with a smile. To say I’m a HUGE fan of the CPK lemonade would be a flat
out lie. I’m OBSESSED! Once you order a lemonade you’ll be hooked! They have peach, mango, raspberry, & strawberry. They’re all delicious and I recommend changing up the flavored as you finish your glass. Just let your server know and they’ll take great care of you. I personally like to drink them sweet to sour, usually starting with the peach and ending with raspberry. If you build a good relationship with your server you may even convince them to make one for you in a to go cup for the road. If they do, TIP EM’ GOOD!
Recommendation: I love their Caesar sandwich that’s no longer on the menu but if I ask, they always make it for me. If you like Caesar but don’t want a salad it’s the thing for you.
Customer service: While I was greeted with a ton of friendly smiles it seemed no one actually wanted to help me at first. I stood by two empty bar stools that needed to be cleaned off. After an awkward minute I asked someone to assist. Once I sat down a few different bar tenders and take out staff «assumed» someone had helped me. This caused me to wait for more than 3 minutes to have anyone offer me a menu or drink. On the flip side, once the staff got their footing I was treated courteously.
Follow up on my order: the food was fantastic. You can probably tell from the picture but I thought I’d mention it anyway.
Throughout the night the bar tender had brief conversations as he was pretty dang busy. It made me feel good that he was obviously making an effort to ensure I enjoyed myself. I don’t know too many people who eat at a bar by themselves on a Saturday night.
Note: I don’t have tv at home and the game was on.
Thanks CPK & a special thanks to Karl :) Job well done, to quote the Terminator…“I’ll be back.”

Stopped by for a quick lunch on 08÷13÷15.
Both my cousin and I got food posioning.
Avoid.

CPK is A-​OK.
My family loves CPK, and we go there every chance we can get. We used to live near one in Hawaii and would go there regularly. Now there are none near us, so when we go on vacation, we’ll go out of our way to seek it out.
Love the pizza, love the tacos, love the drinks. My favorite is the habanero carnitas pizza.
No complaints here. Good food and service was OK.

I’ve been to CPK dozens of times, but this review refers to the extremely pleasant experience my friend and I had here yesterday!
We were seated immediately and the hostess let us choose the table we wanted. We ended up sitting right next to the window, so we had an incredible view of the ocean while eating! :)
Our waiter came over right away and brought us our drinks. He was speedy throughout our visit. Even the White Pizza we ordered came out surprisingly quickly! The pizza itself was incredible – it had several cheeses (including ricotta), caramelized onion, and spinach. My friend and I shared it and we felt it was just enough for the two of us!
It was relatively quiet inside even though it was about one o’clock on a Saturday. Overall, we were more than pleased with the kind service and beautiful view. We felt that our pizza was well worth the $ 13 + tip. We will be returning soon!