California Pizza Kitchen at Northbrook Court

CPK is used to be my favorite gourmet custom trendy pizza. The hand toss, gluten-free selections with unique flavors. However I have not had a chance to try them in years and realized this time around the quality has been dropped. For nearly $20 (excluded taxes) with additional topping $3 each. I was hoping I really would get a gourmet one and should be enough to feed 3 people (mostly one adult and two small kids). Unfortunate that the size is real small which I do not recall is being this small. You can see based on the photo. It's almost like a personal pizza. It came in 6 slices and about 10" round. The dough is being dry, not enough sauce, barely any cheese or any toppings even I ordered adding extra. Besides that I also ordered the cobb chicken salad. I did pay for full size which is about $20. The half size is $15 before taxes. The chicken was dry, mostly a whole container is just lettuce and tomatoes. It also feels like this is not a full size. I cannot imagine half size would be how small. I must say the quality is very low on food and ingredients. Flavors aren't good. Something is seriously wrong with the kitchen. This has nothing wrong with the Uber eat that I ordered from. The driver came quick and food was delivered great. Totally disappointed! The bill came out with these two orders (excluding tips and delivery fees) was close to $50. This is really ripped off. We ended up had to place another order at pizza place somewhere else as we were still hungry.

I hadn't been to California Pizza Kitchen in years and was impressed to see that they upped their game. Solid cauliflower pizza crust as an alternative for those who are gluten free. The regular pizza crust was great too. The kids had the margarita pizza and the adults split salads and the cauliflower mushroom pizza. I had the Ba Mi bowl which was a nice surprise along with a versatile wine pour option. I didn't try the entrees but there were several new (to me) options there as well. The atmosphere is pretty standard across California Pizza Kitchens. Efficient, good service, quick, slightly west coast mall style and feel. Great for families or friends.