I stopped by here for lunch while attending a conference nearby and found it to be within expectations of a California Pizza Kitchen experience. Inside, the decor is in your standard CPK style, but it was clearly an older building, with all the booths having some sort of damage and overall appearing faded. Several groups of local patrons were eating, and there was full number staff present. I appreciate that service was pretty quick. We were able to order from the Lunch Duos menu which is available from 11am-4pm Monday-Friday. *Original BBQ Chicken Pizza (7"): The most popular pizza from CPK, this one was very standard in terms of flavor and amount of chicken. I was surprised at how thick the crusts were for the 7" pizzas. *Thai Crunch Salad with Avocado: I actually liked this salad the most of the four dishes ordered. The greens were fresh, there was a decent amount of chips, and the peanuts and dressing created a nice tangy balance that felt light when eating it. You have to pay more to add the avocado, but the amount they give is fair and the avocado was fresh. *Brisket Burnt Ends Pizza (7"): This is one of the more recent pizza types CPK came out with a while back. There was a good amount of brisket, though some of it slightly dry. The meat is a little sweet, and I think the addition of the red onions complements it really well. *Sedona Tortilla Soup: The tortilla soup was thick and came topped with tortilla chips. You can taste the green tomato and some mild chillies, but overall not the most memorable for me. Overall, I think this is a fine place to stop by when you need a quick meal, and there's a decent amount of options to choose from. If I was in the area and wanted to sit down for a quick bite, I would consider coming back. read more

California Pizza Kitchen - Lunch Duo Deals, Above: Brisket Burnt Ends Pizza and Tortilla Soup, Below: Original BBQ Chicken Pizza and Thai Crunch Salad - Pizza Near Me - Monterey, California

This is one of my kids' favorite restaurants. It has a relaxed atmosphere, well balanced cocktails at reasonable prices, and the pizzas are delicious with high-quality ingredients. The pastas are just as good. The only thing I would mention is that the service can be a little inconsistent at times, and that's really the only area that could use some improvement. Overall it's a great place and I definitely recommend giving it a try. read more

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We were visiting Carmel by the sea and couldn't find a restaurant in the area with less than an hour wait. We found CPK and it did not disappoint! We had 3 pizzas (BBQ, Margherita & pepperoni) and the Chicken Piccata. Everything tasted great but my favorite was the BBQ pizza. The brisket & sweet BBQ was very tasty! We also ordered the churro swirl dessert and it was very tasty! Our server did take a little while to greet us & take our drink order and we had to ask for refills a couple of times but overall, she was friendly and helpful read more

California Pizza Kitchen - Churro swirl - Pizza Near Me - Monterey, California

My bf and I came here this weekend for the first time while visiting and we thought the food was great. We were unsure how it would be based off the reviews but we loved it. We both got pizza and had no complaints very tasty. The inside is really nice and clean also. We would definitely come back. read more

California Pizza Kitchen - Pizzas - Pizza Near Me - Monterey, California

9.5/10 Absolutely amazing thin-crust pizza! We ordered the Margherita Pizza and the Five Cheese Fresh Tomato, and both were unique and incredibly enjoyable. The Margherita Pizza was a classic done right, tomato sauce topped with diced fresh tomatoes, mozzarella, and freshly grated Parmesan. The crust was perfectly thin and crispy, and the flavors were simple but spot-on. The Five Cheese Fresh Tomato Pizza was the standout and our favorite of the two. We added mushrooms, which took it to the next level. It tasted like it had a light cream sauce and was loaded with mozzarella, gouda, Monterey Jack, and Romano. Rich, flavorful, and highly recommended. This pizza will not disappoint! Both pizzas were thin crust, crispy, and cooked perfectly. Service was fast and efficient, even though the place was busy. The ambiance was lively, and the staff was attentive throughout. Overall, a great experience we'll definitely be back! read more

California Pizza Kitchen - Margherita Pizza , Five Cheese Fresh Tomato - Pizza Near Me - Monterey, California

Overall a good experience. I hadn't been to a CPK in awhile and was happy to visit there when we were at the mall. When we walked in, the host said it would take a few minutes to wait for a table or we could sit at the bar for faster service. We sat at the bar but the service did not seem any faster. I think they were just short-staffed, which is kind of a problem a few days before Christmas at a mall location. We did have to ask a few times about the status of our food. The veggie pizza on thin crust was really good - nice and light with fresh veggies. We also ordered this spicy chicken dumpling salad that was really good. I would definitely order both again. I could see this also being a fun place to sit and have drinks or go for happy hour. I would go again but temper my expectations about getting in and out quickly. read more

California Pizza Kitchen - Dumpling salad - Pizza Near Me - Monterey, California

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Burnt ends bbq pizza was good. The Italian Chardonnay was good. Getting busy cause of car week.

Service was A1. Top notch. Danielle never disappoints. I arrived at the perfect time. 3pm. Happy hour and lunch time. There are very reasonable lunch specials and $7 wine by the glass. 2 wines and 2 lunch specials. I'm stuffed. read more

California Pizza Kitchen - Lunch special. Nice size personal pizza, huh? - Pizza Near Me - Monterey, California

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Great service and delicious pizza .. Good place to take the family .. Also very clean read more

California Pizza Kitchen - 1/2 The Works 1/2 California Veggie n Thai Crunch salad - Pizza Near Me - Monterey, California

We've been here a few times now. We find the food to be just okay. I've had a salad and a veggie pizza there and I don't think I'd order either of them again. The pizza was so bland and the broccoli uncooked. Salad was bland as well. My husband really likes the shrimp pasta but I just haven't found what I like there. Love the bread. They are always very busy and it's hard to get attention as well. They are all working so hard there. read more

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California Pizza Kitchen is a classic and I enjoy their frozen pizzas when I'm too lazy to cook. Just to preface, 3 stars isn't bad. I tried the white corn guacamole and chips, the works pizza, and the braised short rib ragu. The ragu actually exceeded my expectations, with the meat bring super tender and the sauce having a deep, savory flavor. The other two dishes were just alright. I feel like it's hard for a pizza to really blow me away unless I'm in New York. The service and atmosphere were both good, but overall it was a pretty average meal. read more

California Pizza Kitchen - Pizza Near Me - Monterey, California

I am not that crazy about pizza but I used to eat out at California Pizza Kitchen maybe once or twice a month because of their jambalaya. Of all places to find a plate of decent jambalaya I stumbled upon it at this pizza restaurant. Well I just found out that they removed jambalaya from their menu. So I won't be going back to California Pizza Kitchen ever again. read more

Meh. Last time I went here was really good. This time left much to be desired. The waitress was horrible, even tho the restaurant was not busy. I asked for a refill on my ice tea and she lbrought Luke warm iced tea and didn't bother getting me more ice. The salad sucked. I took half home with me for dinner and it literally was just a bunch of slop when I tried to eat it 5 hours later. I guess they no longer do spinach salads. Whatever. But I specified what I wanted, she just didn't care and not another word was mentioned about my request. My mom felt sick after the meal. Ugh I feel like CPK is like roulette. Sometimes it's decent, sometimes it sucks. Over $100 for 3 of us to eat lunch with one app. Nah....ill go elsewhere next time. You probably should too. read more

California Pizza Kitchen - My leftovers, about half of my huge delicious SPINACH salad. Yum! - Pizza Near Me - Monterey, California

Tasty or WasteY???? Totally WasteY!!!!! We come here when we visit Monterey. I rarely review because if I did four times out of five, it would be a bad review. First, I ordered the dumplings which I ordered often and I think they left them out of the freezer to where the meat dried out and got hard inside and they still tried to give them to me twice. Then they tried to talk me into having them fried. thinking that if they are fried, I wouldn't notice that the meat was still hard and and dried out. And then there were the rotten tomatoes on my salad. I think somebody needs to come into this place and teach them about quality. The quality of the food. You can't feed people, dog food and expect them to tell you how wonderful it was. I wouldn't recommend this place. read more

California Pizza Kitchen - Hard dried out dumplings that were not edible - Pizza Near Me - Monterey, California

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I have never been to a California Pizza Kitchen before but it was in the area and I wanted pizza. I asked our waiter for suggestions but he referred me to the yellow boxes on the menu as those are the popular choice. Our pizza arrived hot and fresh and by fresh I mean the vegetables tasted like they came fresh from the garden. I will definitely be a return patron! The restaurant is a California Mediterranean style, skateboards and surfboards on the walls while looking like Italy. I was well pleased. Thanks! read more

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They have great weekday lunch special. We ordered two personal sized pizza, a soup, and a salad. All of them were delicious and great for a power lunch. They also have a beautiful outdoor patio. read more

California Pizza Kitchen - Lunch special - Pizza Near Me - Monterey, California

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This location is always busy. It's always a good spot to pop in and have a quick meal. I love the charcuterie salad. It's a meal in itself. Love sitting at the bar watching a game. read more

California Pizza Kitchen - I've had this charcuterie salad at this location multiple times, and it never fails to impress. It's listed under CPK Salads on the menu. - Pizza Near Me - Monterey, California

No matter what you order, the food is always great. Service is fantastic, always friendly. Mellow place with TVs on, music playing and heaters outside. read more

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Wow that was definitely not the CPK I've known and loved. Corporate needs to send a kitchen team there to crack the whip. I've had good experiences w CPK everywhere else I've been ( Florida, Denver, Boston, etc) but this one has gone down hill (according to my relative from the area). Mushroom pizza - super thin shaved domestic mushrooms ( maybe the equivalent of one mushroom total - I am so not kidding) and they forgot the truffle oil. That's half the reason people order it!! And generally everything wasn't spread around the pizza well. Manager sent a new one ( the BBQ ) and it as well had issue w all the stuff bunched up in 2 slices w the rest of the pie empty of "the good stuff". Guacamole had so much "filler" ( jicama, corn, jalepenos - my 11 yr old son said jeez, everything BUT Avocado!). My uncles salad was sent w dressing when he asked for it on the side. My aunts Margherita pizza also lacking spread out ingredients and not spread around outside for the crust - just an overall lack of effort from the pizza guy that day. Server was excellent, and the manager was good too and comp'd the salad, as well as the extra BBQ pizza. But I bet you he didn't say anything to the kitchen manager about the complaint/pizza quality. Why not??? How is a place supposed to get better if it's not being "managed"? So, all The problems stemmed from the kitchen. C'mon CPK, you have a better reputation than this! No wonder it's got a 3.4 star rating. read more

Nice surprise. The last couple times I was there I was disappointed. I did not think I would return. However, due to unforeseen circumstances I landed there today. They had some new menu items. Not sure what it was called, but I had was basically a cheese burger on a salad with bacon, tomato, onion and avocado. It was wonderful. My sister had the same. We both were very happy with the meal and the service. Keep it up. read more

This is my second time visiting CPK. The service was just as friendly as before and the food was pretty darn good. The BBQ Chicken Salad was a good size and the chicken itself was well flavored. The Hawaiian pizza on the other hand was a bit basic. It didn't taste "bad" by any measure but it also didn't "wow" me. I likely wouldn't order it again. In fact, the Thai chicken salad I ordered last time and the BBQ Chicken Pizza from last time were both better choices. You never know until you try! I saw advertisements for a pretty good weekly lunch special. I'm interested in coming back and trying some of those other options soon. read more

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We ordered a variety of food (party of 4) and everything turned out delicious. We ordered a bbq pizza for the table ( a little too good) and I had the chicken piccata. The lemony goodness of the sauce was addicting. My husbands burger came with truffle fries which he has been craving ever since. Our service was solid, the food was solid, and overall we had a great experience. We'll definitely be returning to this location next time we're in town! read more

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We have eaten here at least 100 times over the years. But this week we made the difficult decision to no longer go to CPK at the Del Monte Mall in Monterey. Over the last year the restaurant has been freezing all the time. The problem is particularly bad near the windows. The air conditioning runs at full blast every hour the restaurant is open, no matter how cold the temperature is inside. It's as if the thermostat controls do not work. I mentioned it to our waitress last month, she said they get a lot of complaints about it, and she would pass on our complaint to the manager. But we went again last week and it was worse than ever. read more

A really good CPK location. Our server was great and helpful. The food came out timely and tasted great. Our table was very pleased with the service here. read more

California Pizza Kitchen - Chicken Piccata - Pizza Near Me - Monterey, California

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They seem understaffed for a Saturday afternoon two weeks before Christmas one waitress running around trying to see everybody's needs. I ordered the chicken piccata. It tasted like an in-flight microwaved airplane dish. My husband got the muffaletta. I took one bite and stopped eating it. He got the chicken tortilla soup. Try to spoonful stopped eating mind. You is the man who can eat anything anywhere, but this was just bad now I'm at home suffering G.I. upset rethinking my decisions today. Zero stars. read more

Late afternoon lunch on a Saturday. Wasn't busy. Plenty of parking. Our original wait staff was sent home after giving us our drinks. Our food came super fast after we ordered but then no one check on us for a long time. We weren't in a rush but it was a really long time. The bartender was assigned to take our table which didn't make sense since she was busy at the bar. Bread and olive oil to start was good. Asked for another serving to eat with the soup. All the pastas were good. These were the full size. They also have a lunch deal with half sized pastas but it was too confusing for us to try to figure out. read more

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Terrible service took 2 hours almost for just me and my daughter to get the most common thing on the menu.

Cold food, off-tasting pepperoni, slow service, under staffed, dirty, bathroom floor so slippery I almost fell.... CPK Monterey has really taken a dump since the last time we ate here. Won't be returning. read more

I had lunch there on Oct. 28, 2025. I give it two thumbs down as the worst food one had to pay for. My 7" sad looking mushroom luncheon pizza arrived cold and the salad came warm! Just sooooo unappetizing. Run, don't walk away from this place. But the service people were very nice. I'll give them 2 thumbs up. read more

We are regulars at Del Monte CPK Monterey, CA. Tonight we had dinner. We walked into this restaurant and noticed a lot of tables with dirty dishes and unprepared for guests. We were offered one of the few choices of cleared and cleaned tables. A sweet waiter was very efficient and brought our orders appropriately. She was very polite. We watched the Manager standing around talking. Not once did he pitch in to address the mess in the dining room. It was disgraceful that he didn't do anything to ready this restaurant for a welcoming crowd for dining. We usually eat lunch here. Amalia is our favorite waiter. If she was on duty this dishevelment would not have happened. She would have bussed and cleaned the tables herself. Not a good experience tonight. If the front of the restaurant looks like this what goes on behind in the kitchen. BTW THE LADIES RESTROOM IS DARK DUE TO BURNED OUT LIGHT BULB. read more

Everything was perfect! Our hostess was friendly and our server Taylor was just incredible. He was attentive but not pushy, friendly and helpful. Great experience. read more

Food was alright here, I've been to other locations and it was much better but something here that stood out compared to the other locations, and not in a good way is the service my girlfriend and I received. We felt as if we were being neglected and had to ask another server just to get our check despite seeing our server walk past us multiple times. read more

Ordered the new steak salad entree! It was drowning in dressing The steak was not cook as requested! It was a Hugh waste of $26.49! So disappointing. Our waitress Amalia was great but very busy! I didn't complain because I tried to eat it but could not! read more

Ordered my favorite items - cup of Tortilla Soup and half Italian Chopped Salad. Both were satisfying and never disappoints. Also had the Mocktail Cucumber Reviver. Was tasty and refreshing and a nice change from what I usually order which is a glass of wine or iced tea. Service was great by Server, Juan! Very attentive and polite. Food came quick and pretty much at the same time. Juan always checking on me to make sure if I needed anything. Ambiance was calm and somewhat quiet from where I was seated. I was a solo diner so I appreciate the quietness and solitude while I dined. Overall, great place for solo diners or with big groups. Prices have gotten a bit high, however their lunch menu specials are a great deal until 4pm! read more

Do you need a break just to have someone cook for you all wonder women do find welcome peace harmony and great food in pizza elevation a salad appetizer too on a Sunday afternoon or grab a pizza to go Margarita , Pepperoni pick your favorite or have the kids try the menu. A place in the Del Monte center that is warm welcoming . The staff bring smiles and kindness every time . Listen to conversations connect in a cozy atmosphere . A great meal to satisfy peace of mind and the family or a date every time. read more

Food was very good and came out in a timely manner. Our server, Jade, was very attentive and made sure to do her best to make sure our meals were satisfactory. One of the best servers I've had at a restaurant! The atmosphere was nice and not too loud, perfect for bringing a group of friends. read more

Monterey CPK has really gone downhill since Mgr Rick left with a revolving door of mgrs since. Food is really not good & terrible, poorly trained pizza makers. 4x in a row have gotten bad, carry out pizzas with rotten, substituted and/or missing ingredients from what is advertised. Since when did the California Vege pizza have broccoli instead of the advertised broccolini including hard, uncooked inedible pieces of the stalk. Yuk!!! ATTN: CPK Corporate - fix this place! read more

Service was incredibly slow, 35-40 minutes to order and get food. Service wasn't great. System broke down and I couldn't use my gift card to pay for my meal. This was suppose to be a birthday lunch and things kept going wrong left and right. Super inconvenient. Food was delicious though so that's good. Wasn't a great experience. read more

Somewhere between 3 - 4 stars, the vegetable pizza was ok with generous toppings but their "signature bbq chicken salad" needs work. The salad is primarily iceberg lettuce overly sauced to mask an otherwise anemic dish weak on ingredients. Just not worth the price paid. Nice patio seating area with space heaters where pets are allowed, and good customer service. If it's your birthday, a sundae is complimentary! read more

California Pizza Kitchen - Pizza Near Me - Monterey, California

Neopolitan burrata pizza take out was dry. very disappointing normally I like their pizzas. will not order it again staff was friendly read more