California Pizza Kitchen

After watching the Yankees beat the Rockies, my girlfriend and I decided to go to California Pizza Kitchen. I haven’t had it in a while and was very excited about eating there again. So we ordered Rosemary Potato Pizza w/Cauliflower Crust & The Works Pizza w/Cauliflower Crust. Washed it down with Golden Cadillac Rita. Food was fine, and drinks were decent. However our table was very sticky. Our server didn’t bring us any plates to eat off of, so we had to ask another server for them, and she only came by once to check on us. The atmosphere was ok.

First time I went to one of these was in Vegas and The pizza was absolutely amazing. So the kids wanted to take my niece and get the pizza and the Key Lime pie. I don't know if Vegas was a one-off because the pizza was definitely not the same. The one in Vegas had huge balls of mozzarella cheese that had melted and it was so delicious. This one had good pizza but nothing that stood out. Good pie though.

We got an offer for buy one get one lunch free as I am a CPK rewards member. After we ate the food and were ready to pay the bill, I showed the store the offer. The store did not honor it. Had I not received the offer, I would not have visited the restaurant. I feel thoroughly cheated. I complained to the corporate and requested full refund. The corporate was unable to give anything. There were 3 other customers that day that ran into exact same issue. Please beaware if you plan to use any reward or coupon. Have the restaurant check it before you order the food!

-My pizza was absolutely amazing. -The restaurant itself was pretty nasty, especially the floors and the bathroom. -We had to wait so long just to get our check when we were one of 3 parties. The servers kept talking and just hanging out. -We were ally bummed there was no bread and olive oil.

Daniel is usually our server and we missed him today. Stevie was our server today and she recommended the cauliflower crust for my California Veggie pizza. It's not something I would typically order but I'm so glad I did! It was really good!!! Great food and great service as always!

This place sucks! It smells like rotten food! Literally I just went never ever got seated and mind you the restaurant was empty. The hostess was no where in sight. Look back at your cameras I had a beautiful flower dress on! Was so excited to eat here with my sis but yall never sat us down so we left! I seriously can’t believe they shut the CPK in Cherry Creek to leave this filthy restaurant open. I said what I said and I don’t care fight me!

Good quality food but I have some comments. We ordered the below: Spicy buffalo cauliflower: This was so good that by the time I could take a picture it was over. The serving had exactly 7-8 pieces of cauliflower so the quantity is bit less. Roasted Garlic Chicken: Was okay. The taste was definitely not as great as my first time, the cheese was not evenly distributed and hence felt the pizza was dry. Chicken Tequila Fettuccine: this pasta was so good. The salt was less so after adding some salt all flavors came out. Spinach Artichoke dip and chips: Very okayish.

The food was great. I had one of their lunch duos, Thai crunch salad and barbecue chicken pizza. My dining partner had cedar plank salmon. Everything was tasty. Like a lot of places, they seemed a little under staffed so things took a little bit longer than they should have. It wasn't the fault of the server as she was nice, attentive, but really running to cover half the restaurant, and there seemed to be no seater so she was doing that as well. The building is showing its age. Looks like it needs new carpet.

We came in to order food to go. As we waited for our food, we sat at the bar and enjoyed the company of the waiter / bar tender and had an enjoyable Conversation and had a drink. The young man was truly enjoyable, kind and fun to chat with while we waited. The restaurant itself has seen better days and feels very run down and dive like. It was clean, but did not feel like a California Pizza Kitchen restaurant, but rather a space with tables and chairs. We ordered the Thai / Asian Chicken Salads (2 to go) with the peanut dressing. I hadn't eaten one in years, but it was still Delicious! I definitely think this is one of my favorite meals from this chain restaurant.

We stopped in for a take out salad and ended up there for about 45 minutes chatting with one of the servers. Very cool guy and poured nice drinks. I always need extra peanit suace for the salad and he made sure we had two nice size extra containers. Hanging at the bar was fun. Talking/helping a young person with problems is even better. I will stop in next time I'm in Denver.

$6 for any 7 inch pizza and a draft with 2 choices. Dogfish Head Citrus Squall or Double Golden Ale. Both at 8% ABV. If you like hazy or closer to Blue Moon, choose Double Golden Ale. 7 inch pizza and drink for $6 is ridiculous. A pint of craft beer is more than $6. Awesome value for the money. Visit to the California Kitchen was at 4 pm on Friday. It is empty with 2 front people and the baker. I was greeted quickly by the very polite hostess who also was our waitress. All went well. Drinks came out quickly. Pizza and starters followed I'm timely manner. Our waitress apologized for starter and pizza coming out at the same time. Food was was delicious. Pizza definitely on plus side. She checked on us several times. Overall, definitely worth repeat visit.

CPK has been a go to since its inception. The unique items on the menu bring me back. Enjoyed the Avocado Club Egg Rolls. They were huge. Thai salad is my go to but next time I'll be trying something else. The flavor just isn't there anymore and they seem to be skimping on the good fixens. Jambalaya is with spaghetti noodles which was a different twist. Presentation was lacking but flavor was fine. Butter cake tasted like it had been frozen for too long. I was sad that the quality of food has gone down because the menu has so many fun sounding items. Hope the pizza hasn't changed. Service was ok. Not the best. We had to ask for refills on our drinks even after our server had visited the table a couple of times while our glasses were empty. Today it felt worn and ready for a remodel on the interior. Sad to see a hip, groovy place getting old.

Mocktails were good, especially the strawberry one & the pear one if you stir it well. Complementary bread n oil were good. Bread always good. Ordered the mushroom pizza with truffle oil on the side. Pretty good, but you can see they REALLY piled on the mushrooms. I was into it, but thin ice, thin ice. Truffle oil also gave a nice earthy note. My mom also enjoyed her pea soup. Our appetizer came while we were already eating our main food, which was a tad annoying, but not a huge deal. Got the spinach artichoke dip. Frankly, I think this was my first time having it anywhere, and I gotta say, there was so. Much. SPINACH. I mean, I know I don't have the influence to modify an international dish, but it's like the artichoke is a nerd and the spinach is the school bully. And the spinach shoved the artichoke into a locker and told him to shut up until the the end of the day, then maybe he'll consider taking him back out. And the artichoke just took it. Our waiter said the butter cake was to die for, and mans wasn't lying. That shi BANGED, and you MUST get it with ice cream. My parents don't usually like to get dessert, but the cake completely disappeared within a few minutes. Perfect texture and temperature contrast, and the surface of the cake was baby-bottom-smoot I mean, tbh, it's basically just a vanilla grenade, so ofc it's gonna be good. Oh our waiter was also pretty nice, I liked him.

Did a curbside and my ETA was 25-30 for a single zha. Pulled up 5 minutes after, called to confirm and wollah they must have put my pizza in right away and I got it Uber quickly.

I had a very depressing experience in this restaurant. The ambience was very dark and dingy, and the floors were sticky, not up to the Marc and it's very pricey for just pizza which comes very late. Go and order Domino's or even little Caesars you'll be much happier in your life. Don't worry the pizza is not good order from somewhere else.

I came here for the start of my birthday weekend with my family since they closed the one near where I lived back in the springs. There was probably only three people in the restaurant when I first arrived, and all the waitresses just stood around at the bar gossiping before one finally sat us. The table we were sat at was sticky and overall just not clean. Our waitress Maddie, was very kind and amazing. The food was mediocre at best however. We started with dumplings that were slimy, got bread only after appetizers, the main meals were decent, I definitely enjoyed my pasta but over all the food was meh. The main reason I am writing this review however is the staffs (besides our waitress, Maddie) behavior. My family was enjoying a nice meal when we hear the girls cursing left and right and talking about their "asses". It was very unprofessional and just overall sad to see how far this restaurant has fallen. I don't think I saw a single person lift a finger besides our own waitress. Truly was just a disappointing experience especially when it came to the staffs lack of professionalism when at its busiest the restaurant had 13 customers. Food: 3/5 | Service: 2/5 | Atmosphere: 2/5

Excellent food and service today! Maddie was fantastic and kept our ice teas full and our bellies full! Chicken picatta with feta cheesecake, scheswan chicken dumplings were delectable. Really happy to see this CPK outlet has turned things around!

So, we have not been to a California Pizza Kitchen for a long time. We stopped in and had the pizza and salad lunch combinations. Jamie had a California Veggie personal pizza, substituting goat cheese for mozzarella and taking off the onions. She also had a Mediterranean salad, with no onions and feta on the side, substituting oil and vinegar for the dressing. The chef checked with Jamie on onions and garlic, which she is allergic to. He was great! I had a Wild Mushroom personal pizza with a quinoa salad. The food was good and right sized for lunch - a small pizza and a salad. Great service from our waitress, another waiter and the chef! The ambiance was ok - neutral. So, we look forward to another time at this restaurant - when we in the Park Meadows area.

Pizza was very good, as were the ginger dumpling appetizers. The service (Cameron) was absolutely excellent: quick, helpful, informative, patient (we didn't know what we wanted), and charming. We will be back.

Enjoyed the meal. Our waiter Cam was very friendly and polite. He was also efficient. We watched him and he appeared to be a hard worker. Made our visit pleasant

Came in for lunch today with my family. Started off with dirty silverware in one of the place settings, we ordered 2 pizzas and a kung pao shrimp pasta my wife's favorite here! Our bread and drinks came out quick. The rest of the meal not so much. We were sat next to the kitchen so we can see everyone and everything in the back of house, noticed our pizzas sitting on the counter for awhile 5-10min. I flagged down our server asked if it was our pizza and it was, she asked if we wanted it now. I said yes. We waited waited and waited for my wife's which finally came out 20 min later, I'm glad I didn't wait for our pizzas. Worse thing about it all was her pasta dish was not made correctly. Management didn't care, didn't even come over, apologize, or bat an eye when our server told him. Shows to me that our business doesn't matter , pretty sad when there is soooo much competition out there.

Hmmm things have definitely gone downhill Excruciating slow service with absolutely no sense of urgency. CPK routinely takes great items off the menu and tries (but misses) to keep up with trends to the point that they forget themselves. Go back to your roots! Give great service first. Guests can get good food from a ton of places. Step up with service that wows, like you did once upon a time. Until then I wouldn't bother.

Stopped by without a reservation for a late lunch for a group of 6 and a baby. They were able to accommodate us right away. Bummed that they didn't have the tostada pizza anymore. Ordered the Thai chicken and spicy chipotle chicken and wild mushroom pizzas. I prefer the thin crust to the hand tossed. Service was quick and food was good. Not bad for a quick meal for a group of our size. We stopped by the mall after so the location was pretty convenient.

Friendly employees. Food was ok. Went on a Friday night an compared to all the restaurants in the area, their parking lot is less full. . . Very few cars. Still, I wanted to go because they used to have a pizza I loved. I thought maybe they had revamped somethings based on the online menu. While the appetizers were so so - schezuan dumplings. the salads were great. - WALDORF CHICKEN- if I went back I'd get this again and just a pizza. The pizzas are also good (carne asada, bbq chicken chipotle chicken) . All the other entrees are not the best I would say. (The chicken tequila fettuccine was not as tasty as I remember, however if you do want to try it out I recommend adding jalapeños it does taste better if you like spicy) Restaurant was out of things on a Friday - should be a busy day for them. * They were of tequila. So could not make half of the cocktails. Couldn't get Margaritas. Also the new pina colada drink on menu was not available either. * Entree wise . . . They couldn't make a few things as well. Wanted to order - JAMBALAYA LINGUINI FINI and server said it wasn't available and wasn't available for a while now. Ok, not her fault but why is it on the menu then? It felt like limited options and the experience was not the best. The excitement to give CPK another try went away with this visit. Disappointed.

I came here a couple of times for lunch and the first time the waitress was inattentive and feigned sincerity. The other time a different waitress was friendlier and more focused on her job. The food on both occasions was of good quality and taste.

It seems (on so many levels) like this place peaked a decade ago and is just hanging on. There's nothing terrible about it, but it just seems worn down...and like the owners/managers have given up a bit. 20 years ago CPK was a fun, vibrant place.

Terrible service from our waitress Kenzie who was on her phone and talking to other waiters and waitress throughout serving us. We were never offered refills for our drinks. Food was terrible and the portions were ungodly small. The music system was broken and was hurting my ears severely. This is a never come back to location. Would have given negative stars if possible.

There were so many workers - but nothing was getting done! Incredibly slow, inefficient, food is average but expensive.

We tried the lunch duo and found it to be good food and a good value $9.99 -$12.99 for a two item lunch. Katt was an our server and she made lunch great! She is a very hard worker. She was being the hostess, a server, bartender, and answered the phone! She did all of this and was so friendly, efficient, and nice!

Absolute chaos! First time dining here and most definitely the last! I really don't have one good thing to say. Sat for 20 minutes without drinks. Once they figured out who had our table, we finally had our order taken. Ordered two salads and a child's meal, which included a pizza and french fries. Order two cob salads one without basil. Had to wait twenty minutes before the server came back to even explain that the salad had basil on it. And forgot the salad dressing with the salad. Waited another ten minutes for that. Time to close out, and he explains to me that he doesn't have change for a $100. Asks if we're okay if he just keeps the odd amount of change which is almost $3. I don't mind tipping, but let me be the one in control of how much i'm leaving you. The left hand did not know what the right hand was doing. A two hour experience. Never again!

Excellent pizza and beer happy hour deal. Can't beat it! Citrus beer was delish as was the pizza.

Daniel was a very attentive server! He refilled our drinks when they got to halfway and he everything with a smile! We felt very important!

Enjoy going to California Pizza with the family. Their food is usually good. Today we had a pizza with cauliflower crust. The toppings were good, it was a chipotle pizza. But the cauliflower crust was overcooked. Our waitress noticed the pizza was overcooked and she gave us a ready to cook pizza to take home at no extra charge.

Food is what you would expect but nothing overly spectacular. Service was very slow and definitely was a damper on our experience. We did their lunch special which was a good deal and their take and bake deal is definitely worth it ($5 for a full take and bake pizza with purchase of an entree). Hit the spot for what we are looking for but would not be my first choice if looking for places to eat.

Overall, this was a pretty lackluster experience. My friend and I created our own custom vegan pizza - which meant no cheese. California is such a vegan friendly state, so one would think that a place called "California Pizza Kitchen" would have a dairy free alternative, but alas they did not. The crust was very good and the toppings were fine, but there was very little sauce. It was also very small and cheap as well it should've been. We did get a free appetizer of chips and guac for signing up on the email list though... This was definitely one of the more casual CPKs I've been too as it had kind of an "applebee's-esque" vibe. The service was... annoying to be perfectly honest. The food came out quickly which was nice, but our waitress checked on us so many times it was difficult for my friend and I to even carry on a conversation. Unless someone invites me, I'm sorry to say I will not be returning to this particular location.

Never been a fan of CPK but this vist changed my mind. The food was excellent and had lots of flavor. Had one of the best Moscow mules and the service was AMAZING. Kudos to the cooking staff, bartender and the servers. We will be coming back!

Sadly we lost our CPK in Colorado Springs (Covid related I think). Anyways we headed up to Denver for the day and decided to have lunch at Park Meadows. As we drove in we saw a CPK! My wife could not contain herself. She wanted CPK and I knew if I objected I'd be sleeping that day not on the couch but in the backyard with nothing but the grass to lay on. So wisdom prevailed and I agreed to CPK. My daughter had a cheese pizza I had a pepperoni pizza my wife had a soup and salad lunch special. The food was all good as we all remember. But I will say there was a difference in service. Here they are attentive, friendly and just more on top of things compared To what I remember from our old restaurant. So you guys in Denver are lucky, I know next time we're up my wife will make us stop there again. if you haven't been to CPK you should go

Disappointing. Staff has lack of attention and professionalism. When we arrived, we were behind two Caucasian couples that were seated right before us. We were sat secluded from where the most of the other customers were. Ten minutes passed by, nobody had came to our table to ask us for drinks at least. We looked around and the other couples already had their order taken and drinks on the table. Horrible impression.

We always enjoy eating at CPK. Maddie is always so so so amazing. She is always kind and thoughtful. She is always so attentive to our needs. Would definitely recommend CPK!

I agree with other recent reviews that this place has really gone downhill and it's unfortunate to see. We waited 30 minutes for a table on a Sunday at 2 pm. Once seated, we waited another 15 before a server arrived. Lots of open tables but it appeared to be short on staff. Add the $20 per entree price to poor service, and it's unlikely we will go back. We really used to love going.

My daughter and I came here last Sunday and loved the food, but experienced horrible customer service. we wanted to give them another try so my family and I came back again today. We ordered our food, along with a plate of bread with oil and vinnegar. it took for ever to get the bread. When we asked for another plate of bread she told us they ran out. She never brought the oil and vinegar so we asked for it again. Out waitress was very slow and was not present. We ran out of water pride to her coming too our table each time and to get a refill it was very difficult. Overall food was good, service was horrible. We will not be back again. Too many other businesses are hurting for business and are hurting with hiring this business really needs a supervisors attention. Maybe a manager walking the floor or asking how things are going, but never saw a manager there entire visit.

So. It was ok. The food was pretty good (two of us had the Jalapeno Tequila lime pasta, and one had a caesar salad). It came out very quickly (we were there at like 4pm so the kitchen wasn't too overly busy). The pasta was slightly undercooked (which admittedly is better than overcooked) and I would say not as spicy as I remembered it being from visits in years past. Heavy on the lime; not so much on the jalapeno. I thought it was a very small portion especially given the $22 price tag (YIKES!!!) and given how very very little chicken there was. This thing probably costs them four bucks to make. The half-size Caesar salad was a much better portion size for the money spent. Still exorbitant but at least it was pretty large. Cannot imagine who would be able to eat the full-sized one. I am slightly concerned that the chicken on that salad looked a little pink inside. Hoping for no overnight repercussions in a couple of hours. Soft drinks outrageously overpriced, like everywhere. Service and all staff were very very friendly. Our waitress (name escapes me) was very professional and pleasant in her interactions with us, but she vanished once we were served and we went without drink refills the entire visit. Overall a decent visit but nothing special.

Been to cpk and idk what these other people are talking about. The service is great the employees are friendly and the food is delicious. They are severely understaffed and my server told Me that they work six days a week because there is no other employees to help. A very positive experience from cpk and their employees should be recognized for the hard work they put in. Some people just don't understand what it's like to work in a restaurant or a restaurant that is severely understaffed. These trying times deserve a little patience and compassion is all.

This place is complete mess and highly unprofessional team.... Try somewhere else .... Drinks on order were never served but were on the final bill .... Seriously ?

I had a great experience at this location, seated at the bar, with Drew, as my multi-tasking bartender. He did a great job of trying to run orders, bartend, and help with take out as well, in the middle of the day, when it was rather busy! I love CPK overall, but this location needs help with its....location! It has a tiny bar right by the entrance, and compared to the Springs location, its not inviting or interactive like theirs. I could see this location thrive with a major patio extension and renovations, as well as the inside. Every restaurant around it is slammed, and although they may do a good business, they are missing the mark on design, size, and atmosphere. That's just my opinion of course....

Super dissatisfied. Burnt the kids pizza and the California Club is mediocre at best. Chicken is dry. Tried contacting Doordash about this problem and they were less then helpful but California pizza kitchen did they're best to make up for the burnt pizza. Maybe we'll try them again IN restaurant.

The unfortunate thing is we used to come to California Pizza kitchen all the time, especially when we're on vacation. This location has been going downhill over the last few years. Try it one more time tonight on a free birthday entrée. Food came out dry, portions are getting smaller, they didn't even take off the birthday entrée from the rewards package and only did the $10 discount which was half of what the reward was for. Will be taking this off our list permanently as a place to go...

Used to love this location, but like almost everything these days the quality of food has gone down hill significantly. The salad was more expensive and half the size of what you would get 6 months ago, pizza crust was burned both on ours and another customer's pizza. Likely won't go back anytime soon. Sad the state of country anymore. Quality is so difficult to find where it used to be abundant.

Either wrong oven temperature, wrong cook time or both. Crust and underside of pizza completely coated in flour. Limes cut into paper thin wheels that cannot possibly serve any function other than garnish. Dirty tables.

Went with the family to celebrate Veteran's Day. They are so generous to our veterans/military. They gave a free entree and drink. They had a special menu to choose from which offered a nice selection of meals. Our server was excellent. We arrived pretty late but he didn't rush us. Food was excellent. We cleaned our plates!!

Mmmmmm. When I say good. I mean good. The extra crispy margarita pizza was amazing. I personally like thin pizza so those who don't, I wouldn't suggest it. Now let's get to the part everyone cares about. The butter cake. When I first heard this expression I thought ew. But I could not have been more wrong. That spiritual experience I just had was more than words can describe. You may think it's weird but quoting a very smart menu trust it.

It has been awhile since I was CPK. It use to be a regular spot for us as my kids love pizza, I like the menu, but not so much anymore. There were 5 of us who went last night. We had 2 pizza's, 2 pasta's and 1 rib eye and a salad and a couple take and bake pizzas. It was not very crowded with plenty of staff from what we could see. It took a really long time for the food to arrive. The rib eye was ok, the pasta was good as was the pizza. Of course $17 for a cheese pizza that isn't all that special is a lot. Kids started to get pretty ancy since the food was slow. I ended up getting my salad and main course at the same time. As I said the food was fine and would rate a 4 star on its own. We ordered 3 desserts. One came quickly, after 20 minutes or so we ended up canceling the others as the youngest had already finished his dessert and there was no sign of the others coming. We also got the take and bake pizza's ($8 when you order a meal). There is no doubt they have gotten a lot smaller, more like the kids pizza size versus what you get dining in. I really want to like CPK but have to agree with the other posters this chain, or maybe just the location, is falling like a rock. I use to love CPK but now it is just ok and expensive for what it is.

I was there on Saturday night, and ordered their mushroom and brie for the first time. After two days I am still nauseous, having diarrhea and vomiting. Please people be more careful with this place, I feel terrible and doesn't seem to get better. I never had any issues with food in my life. I am not sure if their soup was old, or what they added to it. Stay away from this place.

We went to CPK earlier today for lunch. No exaggeration it took 7 minutes before anyone acknowledged us! Finally we get seated. Then after 10 minutes of no one coming to our table, my friend got up and asked someone if we could have water! The guy said he'd find our waiter. Another five minutes pass....finally this guy comes out, doesn't apologize. Takes our drink order. That takes another 10 minutes. By then we are more than ready to order - so we order. He comes back 5 minutes later and says the food we ordered was only good for take out . Huh? That's a thing???? So we have to take more time to figure out something else to order. We order again. 30 minutes later our food still hasn't come! We complain. The food finally comes out. Our drinks hadn't been refilled the entire time we were there. Never, ever again!!!

My dad and I came in after a 13 hour long trip after waiter 20 minutes we were seated. We ordered our drinks and artichoke dip as an appetizer. After 20 we still did not have our drinks and had to ask again for them then we ordered our meals. We did not get our appetizer and our meals which were pastas were over cooked. And the tomato basil pasta was flavourless. Not worth the price. The kung pao pasta had way too much sauce and the sauce taste like it came out of a bottle.

We used to love CPK, went all the time before Covid, but the cost now for what you receive in return has become just plain stupid. My daughter ordered bolognese pasta. $17 for a smallish bowl of pasta (what, cost to CPK about $1 ?) yes, $17! with very little sauce on it. Hardly any meat mostly mushrooms (I know because my daughter used to order it as her fav all the time). Oh and they were out of the edamame that often goes with it. And $15 for my sons single small Hawaiian pizza. We intended to share it but .... What a rip off all together. Two positive things I can say: our waiter was very friendly, and I did enjoy the chicken lettuce wraps off the appetizer menu (a fairly reasonable $9) . Not going back, too many other Italian food restaurant choices to consider.

Not impressed! Called to order take out and decided to try a few different things. At the end of the order I was asked if I wanted bread, butter and dipping sauces and I said absolutely! They weren't in the bag when I got home but not the worst part of it all. The food, bleh! Avocado club egg rolls- over stuffed and breaking open, not cut in half so when we cut them goo went everywhere. I call it goo because that's kind of what the texture and taste was like! Buffalo cauliflower- was cold and smothered in blue cheese. Not sure why the blue cheese wasn't on the side. Bahn mi bowl- should have been called a salad and the veggie and meat cuts were terrible with huge avocado pieces and huge uncut scallions! Mediterranean spring rolls- would have been better had the 1st one not had a giant HAIR in it! Kind of hard to eat them after that! They were dry and tasteless anyway. Quinoa arugula salad- barely any quinoa and nothing really special. Can't say we'd go back after a simple take out order.