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for lunch. I mean I wouldn’t pay their regular dinner prices for any of their items. The lunch price is 11,900 won ($10.00) and it comes with a drink, entree, bread and soup.
The soup is a creme-based, flour-thickened soup. The bits of thyme were a nice herbicious touch.
The sourdough bread is alright as well. it’s very light and fluffy. The red onions are a nice touch.
The interior is very modern and spacious. It gets jam packed during lunch time (12pm-1:30pm) Service is quick and a couple of the servers can speak English. 
I ordered the chicken salad and I was impressed with the micro greens that they used. They were crisp and well washed. The chicken was lightly battered and crispy. The balsamic mustard dressing was nice as well (I got it on the side). One little complaint was the copious amounts of cheese. I thought it sorta killed the healthiness of the dish.
I did have a complaint about their drink policy. Their is a fruitade included in the meal, but I went there and I didn’t order one (I got a water instead). My friend wanted to substitute a diet coke for hers. We thought that it would have just been substituted, instead when we got the bill, we found out that we were charged 3,250 won ($3.00) for her drink. If they were going to charge us extra, they should have told us. I think they could have just substituted the drink. I mean the diet coke would cost less than the fruitade.
캘리포니아피자키친명동점 (California Pizza Kitchen, Myeongdong)
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02-2273-3300
Go out Eujiro 2-ga (Green Line) exit 5.
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Did they have Moroccan chicken salad? That's my favorite salad anywhere in a chain in the US. The full size one is enough to fill up two people.
I like their side-by-side soup thing, too.
They don't have duck pizza anymore.
Did you complain about the drink thing? You're right that they should have said that, as that's not a typical policy in Western chains in Korea. In fact, it may have even been a mistake.
The fruitade drinks included in set menus cannot be substituted w/ sodas like Coke in most places in Seoul (altho not sure about CPK in particular)…. if you think about it, the fruitade costs less b/c it's a drink mixed at the restaurant vs. Diet Coke comes in an individual can.
Anyway, I actually like CPK in Korea – the food is great (fresh salads, and MUCH better pizzas than most other places in Seoul; I'm from NYC), but the interior is nicer/more upscale.