We wanted to catch a quick appetizer and drinks before our movie yesterday. 1st choice was yard house but that place was packed and didn't have a seat at the bar. We headed down to California Pizza kitchen and they had plenty of room at the bar. Not only that but their drink selection is excellent. I love fruity drinks and their strawberry basil martini delivered. It sounds like a weird combo but it was yummy and I might add had quite the punch to it. My husband had a nice cold beer. We shared a chicken quesadilla which was yummy. It came with a delicious dipping sauce that I want to try to recreate at home. We had fast and efficient service and we got in and out quickly and were extremely satisfied...100% read more

I love the pizza I love the people I hate and I absolutely hate how I just spent 15$ on a pasta and they gave me like half a portion I am currently in the dinning room wanting to tell then wtf is this but my gf said to leave it alone but I will not be coming back 15$ for a kid size portion gimme a break read more

California Pizza Kitchen - Pizza Near Me - Temecula, California

Way understaffed. Terrible service. They got our order wrong on top of that. Our family did not enjoy this place.

Meh. Wouldn't be back. Here on a week night, not crowded and didn't have a server acknowledge us for over 10 min. I had to get up and ask if anyone could take our drink order. The blonde who runs the bar area and waits on the patio said "yeah, him" pointed to a server taking an order and walked back in the restaurant. If only servers and employees knew the value of customer service! Her taking our drink order would have meant everything. But us waiting thirsty and then being ignored and passed off was horrible. Our server finally came, he was nice but the damage was done. Poor guy. Anyway, the food was mediocre. We got 1/2 Thai pizza 1/2 club pizza. The Thai pizza was so dry it was inedible, the club was good but needed ranch because it was dry also. The jambalaya fettuccine was delicious, cooked al dente and filled with plenty of excellent toppings. The bread was amazing also, ask for vinegar to add to the olive oil they bring. All in all, we will never be back. Spent $70 for two of us with only 2 cocktails and no appetizers. Pass on this and go somewhere else in thr mall area. read more

This was my first time here and it won't be my last. My boyfriend and I sat outside. The hostess was a guy (Don't remeber his name but he was super friendly) we told him it was our first time and he brought us out an appetizer which was so nice if him. Our waitress checked on is the perfect amount of times and brought us refills at the perfect time. We had pizza and soup combo. The pizza was delicious!!! Price was $30 for 2 people, great price! read more

California Pizza Kitchen - BBQ pizza & potato soup. Cost $10. Tasted amazing!!! - Pizza Near Me - Temecula, California

5 stars for the best waitress I have had in a while, Brooke! Came in here on Valentine's Day and my experience here was great! Her service was top notch and she was sooo attentive to everyone. I was very VERY impressed! Thank you Brooke!!!!! read more

Not only is the egg rolls fantastic, check out the BLT pizza. It is different from the norm pizza but very tasty and delish

I have never tried this restaurant but I heard people like it so we went by last night to get some pizza...first I asked the girl taking our order for a recommendation and she couldn't answer me...then we asked for a meat only pizza and she looked so bewildered she had to get a supervisor who recommended the Sicilian...so we ordered that, the Hawaiian and the California Club...We live across the street from the mall and it's 100 degrees in June and we got home all the pizzas were cold, small and had hardly ANY toppings at all...the crust had NO flavor and was dry....we were sooooo disappointed that we just spent $40 on crap that is worse then Little Cesar's. It gave my WHOLE family of four stomach aches and horrible gas (TMI I know but it's the truth). Never ever would I eat here again or recommend this place to anyone. read more

had lunch here today, sunday, jan. 26th. music so loud. very annoying. it is a restaurant, not a nightclub. manager: PLEASE lower the volume. service & food very good but volume of music a reason not to return for a meal. brooke is a wonderful server read more

DONT GO HERE!! Went here with the family on a Sunday night it took 40 minutes for us to get seated when they estimated 20. On top of that wait no one came to take our order for at least 15 mins. Once we finally ordered we had to wait forever about another 50 mins to get our food, and people who were seated 20 mins after us were getting there food way before us. Also the quality in food and drink has gone down and the price up over the years. Our food sucked!! My sisters got a pepperoni pizza and it was cold and hard like it had been cooked a while ago and had just been left sitting there. While the rest of us who got BBQ chicken pizza (their specialty) ate the most bland pizza of our lives. And we had to pay $70 for this meal Way overpriced for crappy food read more

Love their Sicilian pizza and Mojitos.

lived in cali most my life until recently never set foot into a cpk. I came here with my sister on a sunday afternoon, after lucilles and red robin had a 45 minute wait. I had a giftcard so I thought if it's bad at least it's not my money....We were seated right away. service was good a little slow on refills and towards the end of our meal. I got the jamaican jerk pizza. it was tasty my sister got 5 cheese and tomato and she liked it too. Big portion size...overall nothing really wow'd me about this place. read more

The day after Veterans Day was me and my families first time going. My husband is in the military so it was completely free SCORE!!! We really enjoyed ourselves our waiter was pretty good, our pizzas were VERY good, clean bathrooms and all. We will be going back again. I don't know what took us so long to give it a try in the first place. read more

My pizza came out cold. I ordered a salad and they forgot the chicken on it. Then the server apologized and brought me a small serving of shredded chicken in a what looked like a condiment cup/bowl. The chicken was cold. I dont understand restaurants that have salads on their menus with some type of meat and the meat comes out cold. I just pushed it aside and ate my cold pizza and the rest of my now vegetarian salad because I did not want to complain that the chicken she just brought out was cold. I think I would of had a better experience purchasing the frozen pizza from the supermarket. At least I know that is suppose to come out cold. I use to love California pizza kitchen. Maybe they just do better in any other state than California read more

Very friendly staff. I wish I can remember our server's name. She was awesome, very patient with us and always checked up on our table. It was almost closing time when we came in and we never felt rushed!!! I wish I can give California Pizza Kitchen more stars. Keep it up!!!! read more

Always a great place to dine. I recommend the tortilla rolls to share with a group. For entrees, I recommend the Original BBQ Chopped Chicken Salad (w avocado), the Pear & Gorgonzola pizza, the Chicken Milanese, or the Roasted Artichoke & Spinach pizza. All are so yums! read more

Went to CPK over the weekend. Like always received great service, and the pizzas and pastas are always first on my list! Yum!! they did not disappoint. read more

Like eating out on patio so we can people watch and enjoy the fresh air. Pizza was good, service was good, price was right for the quality. A good place to enjoy a lunch with friends. read more

This is one of those restaurants that I always find myself wondering why I go back...It's only the food. They do have good consistent food from pizzas to pasta, soups and salads. It seems that every time we've been there (I think four times now) the wait staff has screwed something up. This last time it was adding an additional side that wasn't asked for and trying to charge for it and bringing me the wrong soup. It's these constant snafus that drop this place to three stars. read more

Is it normal and customary to tell a customer that requests more sauce on their spaghetti that it will take a while for the cook prepares the sauce? It was going to be for a doggie bag. Since I had eaten the top the bottom was dry. I just wanted a little more added or in a cup on the side to have for the warm up the next day. Weirdest answer I ever heard! Sounded much like a lazy lie! Won't be running back to the pizza kitchen any time soon. read more

My parking meter had 35 minutes left and I had made a appointment with Apple that finished quicker than expected. Was a little hungry as I just got off work. Came to CPK for a quick bite and glass of wine. I ordered the Shaved mushroom and spinach flatbread and a glass of Coppolo Pinot Grigio. Delicious! Service was quick and friendly. I even had 8 minutes to spare on my parking meter!! read more

Sadly, the Temecula store use to be our favorite local restaurant to eat at. In fact, while under the leadership of Doug Wallace we enjoyed quality food, service. Now, while Mychal was a good server, SOMETHING has changed, various employees, playing on the floor, using their cell phones, texting, I assume, yawning and basically not paying attention to the high standards of CPK or at least the way it use to be. In addition, my wife Chicken Tequilla Fettuccine at a whopping $14.99 to have it served MINUS the chicken. Huh? How can that be? Wonder if she hadn't noticed? Why didn't the chef pay attention as well as the server? Will we return? Not likely. BTW, the restaurant was dusty on the large window sills as well as the windows dirty. Don't get me wrong, Mychal was a good server, just stretched THIN between to many tables to pay attention to all of his customer. If you look back a year or two ago, you will see MANY of our EXCELLENT reviews. I don't know why Mr. Wallace is no longer with you but we assume these differences start at the TOP or responsibility. read more

Wait service has been unattentive and complacent on our last 3 visits. The chicken portions on the salads are ridiculously small for the price of a salad. Surprisingly substandard for being in such a nice area of the mall. Needs new management. read more

WOW! everytime i have been here ive ordered pizza and this time everyone i came with didnt and it was an amazing experience. the salmon is insane and the waiter was so sweet. the only thing negative is that my mom is in a wheelchair and it was almost impossible to get through the bump entering the door. no one in the staff helped and we struggled for 5 mins until a stranger passing by outside helped. read more

Some coworkers and I decided to try CPK for lunch today. Place was half empty and we were seated right away. Server greeted us quickly and took our drink orders. We explained that we had a tight schedule. We ordered from the lunch menu and he had our drinks right away. Then the wait began . . . It seemed like forever and we were ready to tell the server to just pack the food to go. As the portions were small, we ate fast and asked server to get the bill to us while we were eating. Server came back promptly and we paid while eating and he'd to practically having to run out of restaurant. Orders were pasta with soup that took over 45 minutes to get it of kitchen. At least two of the meals were barely room temperature. The server was great, but the rest of the experience was not good. Something wrong with work flow from kitchen. Can't go there for a weekday lunch, if you are a working person. read more

Must say we love CPK!!! They are always afforable, corial and in the perfect location! I highly recommend this to anyone locally if you haven't been yet! read more

I usually avoid chain restaurants, but CPK is too tasty to keep me away. I love the asparagus soup enough to marry it, and the pizzas are tasty with a wide selection. I've never had a better red velvet cake, and I've tried it pretty much everywhere. The service has been average, not bad or outstanding which is why I give it 4 stars. When I'm feeling indecisive (which I'll admit is often) this place usually gets my vote, because I know there will be something on the menu I'll feel like eating no matter how picky or pregnant I might be :) read more

Went there last week around the Xmas holiday and had a great time. It was packed for lunch but service was timely, and relaxing experience overall. (I think) our server was Marilyn and she was great :) We got the caliclub pizza and cobb salad..both delicious! read more

I came here on a Friday night & was seated right away along with 3 other people. Our waitress was pleasant & my drink was never empty. Service was fast & food was awesome. Potions are a good size as well.. can't wait for my next visit! read more

Don't know what's happened to this place! First of all, I wanted cilantro taken off my salad. The server said it was impossible, as it's "in the salad mix". Then my daughter's $27.99 ribeye came completely un-cutable. And if needed tons of trimming, since it was 15% fat and gristle. So I took the dull knife to the manager Jim and his answer was "well it comes that way, trimmed and we can't touch it." What?? Attitude was disappointingly apathetic. I guess this is truly fast food, like getting a ribeye at McDonalds. Needless to say we won't be back. read more

My wife and I finally tried CPK and it did not disappoint. I received a CPK gift card from my brother so tonight was the night. We were seated immediately (disclosure: wasn't to busy, but got busy). Our waitress was very courteous and helpful. We ordered a half Caesar salad & grilled garlic chicken. A little into our salad, the manager stopped by and said she heard this was our first time visiting so she provided us a complimentary Hummus plate. Very nice, kiddos for making us feel special. Overall, we were extremely pleased. In fact, my wife commented that she found her new "fav" pizza. Thank you CPK Temecula for a full belly and a great evening out with my love. read more

Very clean place. Servers were very polite and knowledgeable of menu. Ordered the carne asada pizza and it was delicious! I disagree with one person who gave a review who said you could find this kind of pizza in a frozen food isle at a grocery store. The dough and the crust were light and the pizza had such great flavor. Pricing is okay. Service is good. read more

The new thin crust pizza (new dough recipe) is the best thin crust pizza I have ever had. The crust was crispy from the edges to the center. Not soggy at all! Also CPK has a couch and firepit area on the patio now. It's really nice to sit outside in that area of the patio. My only complaint is that they need to pressure wash the patio concrete. It looks really dirty. The outdoor sofa could use a steam clean also. But - the food is really good and they have amazing iced tea. read more

Love CPK, their pasta is good and my kids love their pizza. I also really recommend their sangrias. I prefer the Caribbean one (Orange) it is sweet. The red one which has red wine is also good but I prefer sweet. read more

I've never had a bad experience here... I can't find it in myself to order anything but the quinoa and arugula salad because it always tastes delicious! The dressing is so good, just make sure you add the chicken because it really completes the dish. I love their red sangria as well. The service has always been fantastic. read more

Ever sit at a table and you can see that it hadn't been wiped down very well? And the menu handed to you is sticky and filmy? Lost my appetite for the pizza and had the Italian chopped salad, which was ok. I guess the managers and staff either don't sit at the tables or never eat there. read more

The one star goes to the good service. But we got what looked like a "bugger" in the pasta. I did touch it and I will have to say nothing has that kind of consistency but a bugger. The person who I was with and I both came to the conclusion it could be nothing else. So we communicated it to management and they were great about it and said they would write up a report and give us the credit in it. Also, we ordered the balsamic salad and it was not appealing looking at all, sorry to say. I am the least picky person re: food but I literally could not find the salad appealing enough to stomach it, so I sent it back but didn't ask for a refund. My daughter got a strawberry shortcake and the strawberries were mushy and grey looking. She ate a few bites but that was it. I haven't been to the the California Pizza kitchen in years and was really surprised at how the quality down hill read more

lea is the rudest waitress I have ever experienced here. would not even let me finish ordering before she would start walking away.

well I have been here many times. Always loved the ambient, the service and the food. Once in a while I get dissapointed with some items on the menu, but overall a happy eater. Today I tried their Grilled Garlic Chicken with vegetables, it was very good. the pizza has been consistent. My kids love them. no complaints. read more

Went here on Saturday night at 9:30, very few people. For having the name "Pizza Kitchen" they don't have a good selection at all. You have to buy a whole pizza; they don't offer mini sizes. And the appetizer flatbreads (only offer 2) are terrible. They had run out of food to make appetizers so we ordered the bbq chicken flatbread, which had 4 small strips of chicken on four pieces. It tasted awful., full of grilled onions and arugula. We also ordered the Thai crunch chicken salad which was full of noodles and all but 2 tiny pieces of cut chicken. Our waitress Keile, was great. She was very attentive and nice. We never saw a manager on the floor and there was no hostess greeting people coming in. We've tried this place a few times and it's always the same. Poor quality food and the place is old, dirty and outdated. Too bad. Don't go here for pizza. It's convenient being outside the movie theater, but such a disappointment. Also, bring a magnifying glass and flashlight to read the small print menu. read more