California Pizza Kitchen San Francisco

This place definitely has one of the best pizzas in the city. In my opinion, you create your own pizza, and they will definitely make it exactly how you want it. I've noticed that the manager isn't always present on the floor, just feedback. Matthew was such a nice guy, so humble and always there. Definitely recommend this place for some pizza 🍕 in downtown San Francisco.

For starters, we ordered the sweet chili shrimp and Mexican corn. The shrimp were done to a delicious crisp and layered with savoury sweet chilli sauce which paired great with the salad underneath. The corn exceeded expectations and was full of flavour which paired decently well with the toast. For mains we ordered the Hawaiian and the Sicilian pizzas. The execution of the pizzas were on point with thin crust, the toppings and the value. Freshly hot and simply delicious. As for service, Fernando did a great job serving and checking in on us; quick and direct gentleman. Will definitely be coming back to experience it again with different menu items…

Matthew our sever was on point! I ordered a Thai pizza no chicken, and he asked me if I wanted to substitute avocado instead which really tied the pizza together. The service made my visit so much more enjoyable. The Thai crunch salad was amazing. Great dinner if your downtown and want something easy with a friendly vibe

Typical chain, but it never disappoints. It's been about 3 years that I've eaten at a CPK, and they still go strong! Always order the Cajun pasta and Alfredo, which were tasty and fresh. Staff are always hella cool, extremely kind, attentive, and professional. Idk if it was me, or what, but the drinks were going down too!

Amazing tasting pizzas come out of this kitchen. The Original BBQ Chicken Pizza was my favorite. It was the better looking one too. Their Carne Asada pizza recipe is very creative. The side of green salsa was a nice touch. Their California Club recipe has a good blend of veggies including avocado. The Crispy Chicken Sandwich also makes a great meal. It has a good piece of meat. The Key Lime Pie is a must! You can’t go wrong with pie for dessert.

I blame my friends from the Suburbs for why I even ate here. It's always friends from the suburbs who convince you to go to California Pizza Kitchen. I tried to take them to Empire Pizza to eat what I deem as the most authentic New York Style Pizza but they didn't feel comfortable sitting down anywhere until we walked by a familiar face, California Pizza Kitchen. So blame them for why this place got a review. Is reviewing California Pizza Kitchen pointless? Not at all. As a matter of fact, Jack, I have had California Pizza Kitchen in so many different places I can't even keep track. Here's the thing about them though - they deliver. You can eat all the great Pizza in the World and California Pizza Kitchen is still solid. They even make solid frozen Pizza considering they have also been known to butcher Pizza by putting toppings that make any Pizza purist want to puke. That being said, I have always enjoyed food from California Pizza Kitchen and now that I am a Top 10% Pizza Reviewer and I have tried 85 Pizza Establishments in San Francisco since May 2022 Alone, My 2 Cents are obviously valued. So here they are; Why did I not give them 5 stars? Number 1 reason, although the wait staff is nice, at times it feels like they are not even listening to what you are saying. Do not even ask them questions about the food, they can hardly hold a conversation. While this is the case, they do deliver on the Parmesan Cheese when you ask for them to give you a side of it. They really do. Why else did I not give them 5 stats? Because 5 Stars are reserved for legendary Pizza like Tony's, Cafe Zeotrope, PizzaHacker, Cellarmaker House of Pizza, Capo's, Longbridge Pizza Company, Pizzeria Delfina etc. not chains like this. That's all. That's really all. Even bringing up those other places makes me feel like maybe I should lower CPK down to 3 stars really. So I will stop writing this Review now before I change it because CPK is good. So thank my Suburban Friends for this review, San Francisco. Thank them. I didn't want to do this. They wouldn't allow me not to Review CPK.