Bolognese Penne
California Pizza Kitchen Solana Beach

California Pizza Kitchen Solana Beach

Beachwalk Plaza 437 S Hwy 101CA 92075, Solana Beach, United States

Pizza • Italian • American • Catering


"After waiting for about 10 minutes without seeing a server, I flagged down the hostess again and asked her to send someone over since we hadn’t been attended to. She approached the server, who seemed completely uninterested in his job, yet he still didn’t visit our table. After another 5 minutes of waiting without any service, I went to find the manager since we hadn’t even received water after 15 minutes. He came over, visibly unimpressed, rolled his eyes, and slowly went to get our waters. Once he was involved, we finally had another server come over to take our orders. To make matters worse, our drinks took another 10 minutes to arrive, despite the restaurant being only about half full and having plenty of staff available, so that wasn’t the issue. By the 25-minute mark, we finally got our first drink and quickly placed our orders, unsure of how much longer we’d be waiting. The food itself was average at best, definitely not up to the standard I expected, especially considering the prices. To top it all off, the manager never even stopped by to apologize for our experience, which indicates that his leadership might be at the root of the poor service here. Overall, this will be the last time we dine at this establishment due to the AWFUL SERVICE. The only positive note about this experience was an older gentleman who worked there. He was clearly working hard and outperformed everyone else. He was the oldest team member and definitely stood out as a true asset. His efforts are the only reason I didn't rate this experience as a 1-star review."

Cibo Rustico Pizzeria

Cibo Rustico Pizzeria

1305 Cleveland Avenue, Santa Rosa, 95401, United States Of America

Meat • Pizza • Pasta • Italian


"Visited on a Wednesday evening for dinner. Only one server that seemed very frazzled and under trained, had trouble managing only 6 or so tables. There were many items unavailable on their menu that was not communicated to us prior to ordering. I ordered a pineapple and prosciutto pizza, was served without pineapple. Although the server was nice enough to not charge us for the pizza unprompted, it just seemed like the restaurant was being poorly managed. I don't blame the staff who were working. They were all young and trying their best. My blame is with whoever it is that does the ordering and trains the staff. They had an awesome beer menu, maybe a dozen beers listed, learned when trying to order they only had 3 available. Two tables behind us settled up about the same time and were handed each others credit cards, the server had mixed them up and returned them to the wrong people. I felt empathetic because you could tell the server was working hard just simply unprepared to run things solo. That's not the servers fault. That's management/owners fault. Overall, my experience was slow, disorganized, disappointing, the menu was misleading as they were out of so many items, and we were served a dish missing a key ingredient with no communication prior to being served. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $20–30 Food: 3 Service: 2 Atmosphere: 3"