Something was wrong.
California Pizza Kitchen is my FAVORITE restaurant.
We've been here a million times, and the service and food quality was always CONSISTENTLY EXCEPTIONAL.
Not this time.
We walked in, sat down and were so thrilled and happy because my fiance and I had just gotten engaged. Don't get me wrong- I don't put a price tag on food, so we could have chosen to eat anywhere fancy shmancy to celebrate our recent engagement. But what did lil' ol' me want to do?? I wanted a damn pizza from CPK! Why? Because it was a refeed day from weeks of lifting and underfeeding (fitness/training talk) and like I said- it's my favorite restaurant, and I am ALWAYS happy when I go to and leave any CPK.
Our waiter walked over with a quietly foul, non-chalant, I don't give a sh*t attitude. Totally killed our mood, but hey- I was okay with it because I just wanted my pizza. Thai Pizza to be exact. Edgar ordered fried mac & cheese, and I ordered hummus. Pita was dry and lacked texture. Mac & Cheese was dry. Bleh.
My pizza was abysmal. I've ordered this pizza dozens of times, and I was so disappointed. But oh well, it is what it is. It was dry and lacked that peanuty flavor that it normally has. It was just...just. That's it. Nothing more to it. And Edgar's Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Pizza was thin. We didn't order thin.
I would give this visit a darn 1, but I'll leave it at 3 because I really do love the restaurant chain. And if you know me-- I don't take to chains too much.
We'll definitely be back because I know it was an anamoly.