California Pizza Kitchen at Walnut Creek

1325 S Main St, Walnut Creek
(925) 938-0720

Recent Reviews

Robert Noakes

What used to be an excellent restaurant has suffered from poor management, inconsistent meat quality (last chicken full of fat and gristle), sub-par cooking (last grilled chicken was undercooked) and weak overall service.Considering I used to eat at this location twice a day, I am only here now because of a gift card.On the upside the pizzas are still great but inflationary greed has made it largely unaffordable.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

Behnam Ardakanian

Didn’t even acknowledge us when waiting there over 10 minutes, we just

Service: 1

tracy pachote

We were having long wait time because of party size....gave them a call, they were ready and waiting......had one server she did hell of a

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: BBQ Chicken Pizza, Salads

Jeffrey Spencer

The food was great but the service was even better. Very attentive and friendly. Will be back for sure.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Raquel Ramsey-Shelton

Chicken piccata, mushrooms, cheese pizza, Ceasars

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mushroom Pizza

Ankur Gupta

We had a big group and the servers here handled our party well!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: BBQ Chicken Pizza, Salads, Garlic Chicken Pizza

nasir hajizadeh

Parking: Good environment and good customer service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Janey W.

I placed an order online and it was super easy to pick up. The key lime cheesecake was really sweet and sour, the crust was a little crumbly, and the whipped cream tasted a little plastic-y but it was smooth and delicious!

Andrew S.

Worst service I've had. Called in before I headed there and told him the ETA because it was near closing time to make sure they could seat us. He even asked how many and said yes no problem. Drove all the way here just to be laughed at and given smart responses about how they received no call and the kitchen was closed. Never coming back here.

David McCall

Sicilian pizza and soup combo was very good. Servers were a little aloof.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: BBQ Chicken Pizza, Salads, Sedona Tortilla Soup

Hamid K.

The take-out experience at CPK for pizza was impressive. The order was ready promptly, and the pizza tasted just as good at home as it does in the restaurant BUT colder. The toppings were fresh, and the crust had the perfect balance of chewiness and crispiness. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is because the delivery time was slightly longer than expected. Nonetheless, a solid 4-star option for delicious take-out pizza!

Skipp E.

A family favorite. We have our go to items (wedge salad, buffalo cauliflower) and today we tried the lemon piccata. It wasn't as lemony as we would have liked. The sauce was too thin for my liking. The wedge was good as always, as was the buffalo cauliflower. Fast service, clean and friendly servers.

Dale S.

We came here last week to have a nice family dinner and we were surprised how empty it was on a Friday night. We were seated right away and ordered some Margarita's to start. I had the "Endless Sunshine" and let me tell you, this drink lived up to it's name! It was delicious and I would order it again and again. It's like a Margarita but sweeter and with more passion, like I like it! We also ordered a few appetizers and our mains and my son was the only one who ordered pizza. The dumplings, elote and egg rolls came out within a reasonable time, but they were all pretty disappointing flavor-wise. About minutes after my burger came out, it was pretty apparent that they had forgotten my son's meal so I asked the waitress to check on it and she returned saying that someone must have "thrown the ticket away" and that they were working on it. Accidents happen, so I shared my food with him (honestly I wasn't going to eat much anyway as the food was woefully bad) and the Thai chicken pizza was ready just as we were getting ready to go. I had him taste it while it was warm but the look on his face was all I needed. He put the slice back in the box and we went about our evening. We still left a 22% tip but that put us at $100 for the meal and we all agreed that nothing tasted good at all which was a shame... It's a cute spot and our waitress was nice enough and I could have had a few more Endless Sunshines :) but we go out to eat for the food and this ain't it, so I doubt we will return but if you stop here, do yourself a favor and try that drink!

Jen S.

Lunch special is well worth going here. Live the BBQ chicken chopped salad. Nice tangy bbq sauce and the ranch is really good. Avoid the starter bread. It's always hard. The lunch pizzas are the perfect size for 1. Not a lot of flavor in the crust, but for the price, well worth what you get.

F G.

Where to begin?? Called tonight at 6 pm to see if they could accommodate a group of 16 as d they said yes. They called to confirm at 7 and I told them we would be there by 7:30, we arrived and our table was not ready. 8:00pm we get sat, 20 minutes later still no greeting, got up and asked the hostess and she said they're busy and will be right with us. We ordered drinks that came after a little bit of a wait. We get it, you're short staffed. We decided to bypass appetizers because of long wait, food finally came and as we start eating we see the bussers stacking chairs. I asked to see the manager and told her that the perception this gives is that you're pushing people out the door as the restaurant was still half full, she said oh don't worry you don't have to leave(umm that wasn't the point) Everyone got their food except one of the kids who waited an additional 20 minutes for his order. The only redeeming thing about the night was that Javier was doing a good job. Food was good but all of our pastas were undercooked. You can do better!!

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California Pizza Kitchen at Walnut Creek

1325 S Main St, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
(925) 938-0720