California Pizza Kitchen At Bethesda

Terrible service. The place is run by young people who are terrible at their jobs. Service is slow. It takes forever to sit (if the place is usually empty), forever to order food and longer to get it. Our server, Marcus, forget to bring the sauce out with our pizza. It took about 10 minutes to bring it to us after we had asked. Not sure how long it'll take if it's busy! Management must change, otherwise this place is closed.

I really loved these drinks they are new, but they were delicious. Excellent attention ?

More than an hour long wait for lunch in a half empty service without any special or abnormal items ordered. It was nice that the manager accommodated the bill, but when the kids' food was brought out early, one kid got left out. This place needs a better trained kitchen staff to time their orders.

Very nice experience with the CPK. We went on a Sunday afternoon and got a table immediately. Our water Nel was good and we did not have to wait long at all for our drinks or food. They have plenty of gluten free options which was nice, there?s even a little stick that comes on the food indicating it was gluten free. Menu was pretty good, I just stuck with the pizza. By no means was it the best pizza I?ve ever had but it was still quite good.

I have never been here before. I was pleasantly surprised when we were greeted at the front. The hostess went out of her way to give us a booth that we wanted. Unfortunately when I sat down in the booth I almost hit my chin on the table. This location definitely needs a face lift. California, you are recognized as being flaky and like to show off. What happened to you. Let?s talk about the food and the service. The spicy Buffalo Cauliflower appetizer was superb. I had no idea they ate cauliflower during the Tang Dynasty. The explosive flavor gave me a heavenly roller coaster ride. For our main course we ordered the Shrimp Scampi Zucchini Pasta and the California Cobb Salad. Both entrees were delicious. The Shrimp Scampi had just the right amount of garlic with perfectly sautéed zucchini and pasta. Wow! To our surprise, CPK is running a promotion of ?Take and Bake Pizzas.? With every dine-in order, you can purchase any one of their pizzas to take home and bake when you want, for only $5. We have tried our Take and Bake Pizzas and they were fantastic. Our waiter, Thinh, was wonderful. He knew the menu , was attentive, and was very polite. What a pleasure he was. CPK you can?t milk the same cow for so many years. With more people starting to go out to dine, you might want to consider giving yourself a fresh look. You will be surprised how much your diners will appreciate that. A fresh crisp look after being shut-in this past year. You have a great staff and food. As your former Governor has said, ?I will be back.?