CPK has been around for a long time in SB. The workers are unfailingly polite, the food is pretty good, and it's almost never a long wait, despite being a hub for teenagers cruising the mall with friends. The atmosphere is cool and the prices are reasonable. That said, it's not my favorite and I do wish they had some more sandwiches or lighter pastas available, because there are already so many good pizza joints in town and according to their menu (which is forced to list calories) 90% of the rest of their items will add a couple lbs to my already substantial frame. I also would have loved for them to have had the Monday Night football game on instead of a Telemundo game show and to invest in an IPA on tap. However, these are somewhat minor issues and maybe they can get corporate to address them for folks like me. I also want to note that they host fundraisers for several local schools and I really appreciate that. read more

California Pizza Kitchen - The dining room. - Pizza Near Me - Santa Barbara, California

Again..... we come here and you sit around and nobody helps you. It's clear they don't have a manager that knows what's going on. If you have kids, don't be enticed by the kids menu price. You wont be able to get in and out in a timely manner. I would budget two hours for a place like this. If you have that kind of time, I would drive to the Ventura location where the food and the service is 1 million times better. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice and a third time .. we ain't coming back. read more

Came here last night with a friend. He ordered the kids pasta with marinara sauce and chicken. I ordered the new salmon dish with piccata sauce. The salmon was amazing, but I wasn't a fan of the pasta so I left it. They forgot to bring us bread, but we never mentioned it. I still gave a nice tip and the server was very friendly. I also had to wait a long time in the beginning to be seated (5PM on a Tuesday), because there was no one at the host stand. read more

California Pizza Kitchen - NEW - SALMON PICCATA KIDS BUTTERED KIDS FUSILLI WITH TOMATO SAUCE and a side of chicken mixed in - Pizza Near Me - Santa Barbara, California

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I stopped in the California Pizza Kitchen for a late lunch. This was my first time here. So I had some difficulty finding the main door. But once I found out I was warmly greeted by the hostess and seated right away. I ordered a pizza and salad combo but I only ate half of it and took the rest to go. I also with the Caesar salad as my salad selection. Overall, everything was very delicious. I also ordered the passion fruit mango iced tea and my waitress was very on top of it and was constantly bringing me refills. Some of my favorite items are the bbq chicken pizza or the thai chicken pizza. Their bread is also one of my favorites and when they give you the olive oil, it's an amazing combo. Be sure to sign up for an rewards account so you get promos and deals. Sometimes the promos are pretty good too. read more

Our server Emma was amazing! She was so kind and attentive. The food was also very delicious and freshly made. 10/10 experience!!

It's been several years since I've eaten at CPK. I came with close friends to enjoy a meal on a Friday afternoon. We were seated in a booth and immediately given waters. The waiter brought out bread and chimichurri sauce... a nice appetizer before our meal. I ordered the jambalaya pasta, it included sausage and chicken! The portion was hefty so and the spice wasn't bad at all. My friend ordered the California club pizza - the most beautiful, fresh and green looking pizza. The pizza had arugula and avocado on top. My other friend ordered the Shrimp zucchini pasta- unfortunately for her the portion was a lot smaller. It looked like 5 bites of food. Overall, great spot to have an intimate experience and the server was great. read more

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Service is nice, but this place is dark and depressing. Food is just average. This place needs a little updating and life.

Wonderful Servers & Managers! And I love the food! I have been enjoying eating here for 17 years! Thank you CA Pizza Kitchen. read more

The lunch special is good. The service was a bit off and the atmosphere felt weird because there wasn't enough background music. I think I'll be back because it's a good price, but I do hope the service improves. read more

California Pizza Kitchen - Lunch special - Pizza Near Me - Santa Barbara, California

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Great service from Miles, our server. He had a great charm about him as he served our food promptly and anticipated the things we would need. My son had the bbq chicken pizza and it wasn't as good as it used to be. The crust was black, thin and the sauce was super sweet. The chicken pieces were not tender, but crispy in a pre-cooked way. Everyone else's food was just bland. Avocado egg rolls were the best of it all. The bathrooms smelled and needed servicing. Not the best experience, but Miles made it better! read more

What a joke. Aiden- you're rude immature unhelpful, and should not be answering phones anywhere as the front face of a business. Been going here for years, but boy hasn't started to get a corporate feel, no personalities, no budging as far as a customer request, stubbornness on the phone, refusing to actually get me a manager when I asked, unbelievable. I think I'm done with this place. read more

Pizza was delicious and my sever was so nice , she checked up on our table frequently. read more

California Pizza Kitchen - Neapolitan Burrata pizza with spicy pepperoni - Pizza Near Me - Santa Barbara, California

Every time is definitely different, but always as good as the previous! I been coming to California Pizza Chicken for the past 20 years and the food is always good. The service is slightly different but always accommodating to my group necessities. They have a casual ambiance according to the time of day. Once again, you be the judge of that. read more

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Placed a large lunch order at 10:30 and was noted it would be ready at 11:30, arrived at 1150 and it had not been started, No one seemed concerned - waited 25 mins for completion. Unacceptable! read more

The service was fast and friendly. The atmosphere was cool but not freezing. It was comfortable and the food was great. My friend and I have been here a few times, but we never saw the lunch special on the back page of the menu. A lot of options and very reasonable prices. Greg, our waiter, immediately brought us ciabatta bread and olive oil to dip. It was delicious! We both opted for the lunch-sized chicken barbecue pizza and an Italian lunch-sized salad. Being close to shopping with ample parking, we will do this again! read more

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Dont get me wrong the food here is good but the service definitely needs improvement. Went here a 2 months ago with a friend and waited over 30 minutes to even get bread and drinks. The server that eventually came wasn't even in charge of the section we were seated in. Came here recently again hoping it would be a little better. Came with a larger party this time, around 7 or 8 people, so expected a wait. Host told us no more than 30 minutes. We waited for 1hr and 20 minutes! MULTIPLE parties of 3-5 went ahead of us. Eventually left because we were too hungry to wait anymore. read more

Easy to get a table and a tricky to get service. Food is typically subpar cold/lacks flavors obviously pre frozen foods. however my god kids LOVE the nuggets. Pricey, nice space. read more

California Pizza Kitchen - Chicken nuggets kids meal and spinach dip - Pizza Near Me - Santa Barbara, California

Ryan was amazing!!! We will be making CPK Santa Barbara, a frequent place for social gathering. Thanks so much Ryan!!

don't come here, they take forever and when you ask for assistance they ignore you, waited for over 10 minutes on my lunch break, slow workers, not even exaggerating then the worker didn't even know how to use the register would give a zero if i could read more

(Overall: 76% | C) - I found the service to be quite good at CPK, but the restaurant to not be very clean. Overall, the food is on the cheaper side compared to most places in SB if you consider their lunch deal, but the quality is definitely not as good. (Tropical Iced Tea: 80% | B) - The passionfruit mango iced tea has unlimited refills, which is somewhat appealing. Make sure to sweeten it with a syrup as the unsweetened version is not it. The taste can somewhat taste like gum, but otherwise is okay. (Hawaiian Pizza: 80% | B) - The pizza had a lot of toppings and minimal cheese, which is my preference. I think the abundance of pineapple is nice, but is covering everything else on the pizza. The crust also did not match the proportion of the size of the pizza, but did taste good overall. (Tomato Bisque: 72.5% | C) - The tomato bisque has a good baseline taste mixing the classic tomato soup and cream. I found the menu to be quite misleading when it said "kiss of cream" when there's so much cream (as you'd expect) in this soup. Also, weirdly enough, some parts of the soup is lumpy. (Bread & EVOO: 75% | C) - The bread is nice and I really liked the herb dip -- it had a nice kick from the chili and strong herb taste as well. The bread itself could be more fluffy, but still tasted good more than bad, presentation aside. read more

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Thai chicken pizza 7.68/10- honestly they didn't put much peanut sauce and their portions decreased in size but they increased the price. They did put a lot of toppings (chicken and vegetables) which was fire. The dough itself was really good, and the crust was fluffy Alfredo pasta 8/10- it was really good, creamy, and garlicky but too heavy and made me feel sick after - @mansi.shahh Thai crunch salad 0/10- it was awful, they've never made it worst. I posted a Yelp review on cpk that's how bad it was. Barely any dressing like a drop and no avocado like one avocado slice after $3 for avocado - @arythaker The service was pretty terrible. They didn't give the Alfredo and salad for a while and it was just sitting on the counter. The bread that's always given in the beginning was not given until after we got our food and they only gave us 2 pieces (cpk ALWAYS gives 4 and we were all a party of 3). read more

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Jose was so sweet and so friendly! He was super accommodating and worked out drink replacements with great attitude. Will be coming back for him. read more

The bbq chicken salad, no chicken add avo, Is by far one of my favorite salads in Santa Barbara. I go to other CPK locations and even though it's the same ingredients it never tastes the same. Maybe that's just me. Iv tried to mimic this salad at home but i don't have that magic CPK touch. I also love the hours at this location, I know I can go in for a "late night" meal, I think they close at 10 :/ They're typically not too crowded and you barely ever have to wait to be seated. read more

I like it I don't know what everyone is complaining about the pizza is good the staff is good every time I've gone the food has been good

Nice location of CPK at Paseo Nuevo. We came here for lunch, and the service provided by Angel was great- very friendly. We all enjoyed our dishes- chicken piccata, margherita pizza, and lunch duo of wild mushroom pizza and chopped salad. The lunch combo is perfect in that you can get 7" pizza and either a salad or soup. Sandwiches are an option also. read more

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The food here was pretty good but it made all of our stomachs hurt after. I came here with a big group of friends for lunch and we all ordered similar things. The lunch plate where you can choose a pizza and salad. It was decent but nothing to go crazy for. The service was great though and there wasn't a long wait. The prices were also decent for lunch. read more

California Pizza Kitchen - lunch plate - Pizza Near Me - Santa Barbara, California

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Under any conditions... Pizza. On a stormy Saturday night we traversed a treacherous journey on a scooter and stumbled in, soaking, to this CPK. A warm and welcome safe haven from the torrential downpour, we were ready for a slice or two. Sam Smith echoed overheard as we made our way to the table; a booth for two. The menu, while sticky, was well priced and expressed a great variety of items - some classic... some questionable. A trip to the bathroom to wash the mysterious menu substance off my hands revealed a restroom in which everything was slanted: leaning to one direction. The ladies restroom appeared to be the victim of a large earthquake but nonetheless functioned properly. The men's restroom, as per my partner, exhibited none of these symptoms. Our waiter who I found needed a Xanax was very accommodating and quick to take our order. For drinks we got an endless sunshine and a strawberry mocktail. For food, we shared The Works, a pizza with... The works. As we waited for our food to arrive we noticed that the tables were being immaculately cleaned and polished by one of the quickest bussers this side of the Mississippi. Whatever he's getting paid isn't enough for his vigorous cleaning and shining. Moments later our food arrived. The journey had drained us and we were ready to replenish our spirits with pizza. We dug in and it was only within a matter of minutes that the pie had vanished. Ravenous we may have been, but that was not a true reflection to the nature of the pizza. Although satiating and a generally enjoyable eat, it had a hint of frozen pizza nature. Although abundantly clear that it was cooked fresh with near front row views of the pizza oven and the chef, we couldn't help but shake the feeling that we could've thrown a frozen one in the oven to achieve the same result. Our drinks had a similar but expected chain restaurant sweetness. A little TLC, salt in particular, helped address the syrupy sweetness. Nonetheless we found the drinks enjoyable although we wish the cocktail was boozier. We felt that maybe we had outgrown the taste for CPK. It seemed that every other patron was stopping in after their high school winter formal. Wet, hormonal, and ready for pizza. read more

California Pizza Kitchen - Endless Sunshine and strawberry mock tail - Pizza Near Me - Santa Barbara, California

I absolutely love the Italian chopped salad and the spinach artichoke pizza. I would give them a 5 Star rating on food

California pizza kitchen is much better than the one on state street Cali-forno pizza. Go here it's much better!!!

Doesn't even deserve a star. The food is decent nothing wrong with that but the service is horrid. I came in with my family and we accepted we were on a wait, once we get sat our server doesn't bother great us for 15 minutes and the only thing we hear in the restaurant seemed to be a manager and employee/customer arguing with one another. I've been to plenty California pizza kitchens but this one by FAR needs to get checked up on. read more

Brace yourself..... I am prepared to tell the truth And only the truth Late night Saturday night I door dashed a pepperoni pizza from "CPK" I looked through the menu There was a fair amount of different options I would even say a bit exotic.... I've never eaten from California Pizza Kitchen I've only encountered one restaurant on the east coast In Atlanta No one really talks about it It just happens to exist in a mall I ate a bunch of sweets before my decision to order pizza And knew I was seeking something salty (I said salt, not hate) I simplified my options to just a pepperoni pizza Father's Day weekend And the order seemed to be taking longer than expected No worries I was listening to motivational speakers Critiquing them on their ability to capture "Me" the audience So I had patience Pizza shows up Ohhhhh yeah!!! It's my first experience at CPK Well I opened up the box And it was as advertised Temperature told me It was not going to burn me Like the other pizza spot the night before Ok, I can dig it. Biting into the pizza My tastebuds argued with each other And my brain had to check what all the fuss was about "Where is the tomato sauce?" "Why is the dough so chewy " My tastebuds said.... Ok, maybe they were be being picky So I fed my friends dog a piece of the crust And I watched him chew as if It was a stick of bubble gum I had gave him He left the chewing attempt On the floor, I looked back at the pizza And thought Maybe if I eat enough I would learn to appreciate it My friend asked me What kind of pizza did you get I told her, Pepperoni She cursed me out and said "You don't order pepperoni pizza from CPK Are you crazy?" If that wasn't enough I heard the same reply from my other friend About 30 min later I looked at the empty pizza box And back at the dog with his head on the floor I'm going to go ahead and end this like this. I'm not going to discount this place as a bad place I believed I had a bad experience Many factors could have been to blame With door dash taking the majority of the blame It was late Maybe they were low on tomato sauce? Too many unknown points to consider I rather focus on sitting down inside the restaurant For a real experience to come in the future I will try the steak pizza People said it's the one Not to forget the Barbecue chicken pizza So yea, at some point I will have to do another review I did however like the cheese... And the tomato sauce (what I did taste) Had potential The end.... read more

California Pizza Kitchen - Pepperoni pizza - Pizza Near Me - Santa Barbara, California

I ordered for pick up. They didn't give me my bread or my tomato soup and that was what I was most excited about. I'm not happy with my experience read more

Drinks were great! Wifey and I enjoyed some espresso martinis and Cadillac margaritas on my birthday! Jezziel gave great service and good recommendations! Would definitely be back to get some drinks here next time we're in Santa Barbara. read more

California Pizza Kitchen - Espresso martini & Cadillac margarita - Pizza Near Me - Santa Barbara, California

First we got seated, we did not have a server for 10 minutes then someone finally saw and gave us service and a server. The server we got her name was Itzy, her service was quite terrible. She gave a visit to the table about every 10-15 minutes. Other than that the food was good it was tasty! The restaurant had a good vibe to it the music was good. Would I come back here, no. read more

i love cpk honestly, but every time i go and pick up my food there is no one at the front. "please see host" blah blah blah, where's the host? So as one does i go walk over to where the Togo food is, where they leave the bags. The workers just stare at me as if I'm supposed to serve them. No one comes up to me and servers just walk by me. A cook literally just said "Hi" and did not look at me or walk over.. just stood there. It's rude. I'm confused if we're supposed to just guess which bag is ours or just stand in an empty hallway. Either way, work on SERVING, thanks for the food though real good. read more

First let me say that I I've been coming to Cpk for 32 years and in my experience this was the best customer service I've ever experienced every employee you could tell genuinely enjoyed being there, and being a part of the team, they all help each other out. It was great to see. I would be doing a disservice if I didn't mention my guy RYAN RITTMEISTER , he treaded us so well and it was a true delight I have a five year old boy and it's my thing to take my son like my dad took me to CPK . I walked out with goosebumps bc of how great it made me feel to have that experience with my son so to the entire staff thank you so much! Not to mention the food was incredible , if you order the Mac and cheese ) ALWAYS ORDER EXTRA CHEESE LIFE HACK FOR YOU IF YOU TOOK TIME TO READ THIS! The entire vibe was great , thank you read more

the employees are all rude!!! worst california pizza kitchen ever. my AUTISTIC daughter wanted a kids meal but they old her shes too old. she can only eat small amounts and likes the kids meal. 0/10 never coming back again. read more

this pasta was the best pasta ever omggg i love it soo good everyone come here plzzz and the manager is soo nice and the pasta is just to die for omg read more

My wife and I stopped by here to grab dinner on our last night of our honeymoon in Santa Barbara. She wanted her Salmon here so thats why we came here. We walked to the restrauant from our hotel which was a mile away. When we walked in, we got seated right away. I used the Dodger win pizza deal and my fiancée got her Salmon. The service was slower than usual but we were understanding with the world we live in. My pizza was alright but my wife said her Salmon tasted plain. I taste it as well and it was plain to me too. When the bill came, they forgot to apply my CPK reward for the pizza so I had to tell them. read more

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The pasta here was good. I got the garlic cream fettuccine with shrimp and chicken. It was delicious! It definitely needed a bit more garlic but it was hooked up with the shrimp and chicken. I also ordered the kids curly Mac n cheese. My daughter picked at it but it wasn't that cheesy or flavory. The service here was okay. They took forever to give me a menu and the bread with dip. The waitress and the receptionist was kind of rude as well. Next time I might just order to-go instead of dining in. read more

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