Morning gratitude for High Ground Coffeehouse ☕️✨ Always kind, always welcoming. They made my son a chocolate milk with such care this morning, and their attention to details meant more than they know.

Anthony made us a real legit cold brew! The girls also great customer service I highly recommend this spot

I’m surprised nobody talks about the quality of the coffee here. Of course the atmosphere feels like home and a place you can just exist at for a few hours, of course the location is great, of course the staff is friendly. That’s obvious, but the coffee is top tier. Way better than it has a right to be considering how damned honey it is. And they don’t even brag about it. Here they are this perfect little coffee shop quietly serving the best iced Spanish latte in Orange County and I’ve tried them all. Unfortunately they’re slightly out of my way and I work nights so I don’t get them often and I don’t have a picture, but this is the coffee I tell stories about, the coffee that I literally write home about, the coffee that I dream of when I choke down another bitter espresso from Starbucks or another sugary barely coffee from Dutch. Miss you guys and hopefully I’ll see you soon.

Got the most delicious dirty london fog and blueberry muffin, prices were great and the quality was right on point. The staff were friendly and the shop has a nice warm vibe. Will be back

I love this place. My wife and I go at least once a week. The coffee is great and my gluten free muffin is always a treat. The staff is super nice and there many regulars we got to know.

Zeynep K.

Always fresh, always super tasty! Also, entire staff is very nice and friendly.

+5

Brian Nguyen

Got food to go, but the atmosphere is nice. Charcuterie salad with bread and oil knocks it out of the park. Their lunch specials also look promising. Get $100 discounted gift cards for $70 and this place is a no-brainer, just do it.

+3

Lauren Perez

Yummy food, great service, and nice atmosphere! We had the chicken Piccata, a veggie pizza, and the chopped salad. The chicken was so juicy and had a great flavor. The pizza tasted very good and was topped with lots of veggies. The chopped salad was plentiful and tasted very fresh. Our server was extremely nice and attentive. We will be back soon!

Ahmed Zoul

The place was really nice great vibes, delicious drinks, and the food was amazing. The pizza and guacamole were fresh, and the cocktails were perfect. Big shout-out to David, he was excellent! Super friendly, attentive, and made the whole visit even better. Definitely coming back

Dee Dee

Great service, tasty food at a reasonable price.

+1

Tim Bruton

Busy Veterans Day dinner. CPK has a nice veteran selection of entrees and salads that come with a drink. I had the BBQ Chicken Pizza and ordered a Thai Crunch salad to share. Both were tasty and hearty. Took a couple of slices of pizza and half the salad to-go. Since it was busy (20-minute wait), we sat at the bar for immediate service. The wait dissipated, then peaked again as we left. The bar tender was nice, conversational and attentive. They have sports on but it was a college basketball game that wasn't very exciting.

Mayur Patel

This is a wonderful CPK location with extremely friendly staff and waiters. It was busy in a Thursday night but there was fortunately no wait! They were quick to serve us and the tostada pizza was delicious as always! I would highly recommend this location.

Robert Vandyke

Come early, stay long. Drinks and food are great, atmosphere is lively, service is status quo. I went around 7pm Saturday night and out was packed. Waited about 20 mins so it moves quick. Food was really good and the service was above expectation. Come often

+14

Cheryl Nasser

This place is a favorite because the food is consistently good and service is friendly and prompt. Prices are reasonable, they have a rewards program and a kids menu. They had an amazing promo with every entree you purchase you have the option of buying a take and bake pizza home for $8. Took home the mushroom with thin crust ( for thin crust it’s $1.50 more) and pepperoni with regular crust. Will be doing this again as they were delicious and better than a frozen pizza.

+5

Terri Bruno, REALTOR Laguna Niguel, Orange County

Our car club JHF all stopped here for lunch after one of our events - we had a big group, but they were able to manage all of us ! Service was great! Food was wonderful - we had the lunch specials and one of the guys had a pizza that was a name of a sandwich - photo shown here. He loved it! Great food! Fun place to stop and have lunch and a cold beer!

+4

Very cozy and interesting coffee shop. They have board games, sketchbooks to flip through (reading other people’s drawings was really fun), and even a collection of postcards that customers have mailed to them over the years. It feels like a sweet community spot with more than 10 years of history. The coffee was okay — pretty standard. Unfortunately, toward the end of our visit the atmosphere became a bit uncomfortable due to a loud humming noise, likely from a fridge or machine, which gave us a headache and made us leave early. I’d still come back for a quick visit, especially for the charm and character of the place.

Mary Alice Wuerz

Nice selection of pizzas, pastas, and salads, as well as a couple of soups. Friendly staff. Comfortable partly-covered patio dining, as well as indoor tables.

Maz Rostamian

The quality of the ingredients can definitely be improved. The staff were very welcoming and friendly, even towards the end of their work day. The staff and chef were very caring and careful about allergy and dietary restrictions. The atmosphere can be improved by nicer music selection and upgraded lighting, perhaps.

Shelly Shi

The food was our usual Thai chicken and the works pizza. We sat at the outside patio with our dog but was told no waiter was available for 20 mins because they were busy inside. That was the reason for the 3 stars otherwise the rest service was fine once we got someone to come out.

Daniel Chimenti

Overall, good food. CPK has always been a bit pricey. The chipotle chicken pizza was good, but one of the chicken slices was just gristle. The avocado eggrolls are always amazing. CPK has the best out of any restaurant I’ve been to. Our server was polite, but it would’ve been nice if she had offered to refill our drinks

George U.

Mom passed away on 12/6 and after leaving the hospital we were all in a state of shock. Not much was open so we decided to go to California Pizza Kitchen and God has his hand it that too just as he does with everything. A wonderful server named Trish recognizer our grief and immediately we felt her love. We explained mom's suffering was over and she was so caring and compassionate and shared about her mom passing. What a beautiful heart and blessings. We all had margaritas with chips and guacamole and then each ordered an entree while sharing stories about mom. The time spent reminiscing about mom was invaluable and the love we felt from Trish and her team was Godsent. The food was good, drinks great and service superb. Highly recommended 👌 ❤️

+4

I am a long time customer of High Ground. I visit at least 2x week and have for years. Sadly, the service has really taken a nose dive over the last couple of months. Very unfriendly people working, often acting put out just to take your order. I visited today, Aug 14th around 4 pm (an hour and a half before closing). They were already preparing to close and told me the blender "didn't work", they had no drip coffee, and had already cleared out the pastry cabinet, so I couldn't order a treat either. To the owner: The new people you have working for you are costing you money, not only was I unable to order the food and coffee I wanted, I'll also likely look for a new coffee shop because I'm sick of the sub-par service. It's a shame. I used to really love this place. :(

The coffee is OK, but there’s some sort of machine inside the dining area of this coffee shop. That is so loud you can’t even sit and have a conversation. I think it is the food display case it is incredibly loud and annoying.

Joy De Vivre De vive

As an international family, we firmly believe that we possess a unique advantage over the general consensus, with a wide array of reference points at our disposal. The opening of CPK in 1985 brought us immense joy. However, in 2021, faced with the challenges of the previous year, they made the decision to franchise in order to survive. While this was a clever move, it has resulted in us having to contend with unscrupulous owners who prioritize profit over quality. This has led to a decline in the ingredients used, such as the absence of eggplants and the substitution of zucchini, as well as a lack of flavor in the dishes due to skimpy portions of key components like sun-dried tomatoes and onions. One can see the scanty slivers of onions, and when I request oregano, etc. same. Dear consumer, remember YOU bring the business, it is your hard earned dollar. Don't stay quiet. Speak up and ask for what is just! Don't let them cheat you.

Zainab Kheraluwala

This is mu first time at CPK, and I did not enjoy the food there, 4 on 4 for there ambience, service and energy, but the pizza is not that delightful. We ordered roasted garlic pizza on cauliflower crust , tomato basil and passion mango cooler. The server for the evening was Joey and he was good with his work. Made sure he check on us. Coming back to food I was expecting it to be 10 on 10 as I had gone through many reviews. I felt like the pizza was bland with no taste or flavor. I agree that I wanted to try a new pizza topping but I expect it to flavourful, the tomato basil soup bowl was large with just a cup of soup. The soup was good with proper seasonings but not the quantity. We selected shrimp scampi for our try and bake pizza and I still did not find it to be flavorful and taste. I better go to pizzeria or even to dominos . Not to my expectations though 😐

+2

First time customer. I ordered a latte and turkey sandwich. I went to eat the sandwich but there was an intense smell as soon as I opened the package and I quickly discovered mold on the turkey. Yuck. I will not be returning.

This morning, I was so excited to go to High Grounds Coffee. When I arrived, I was happily checking out the pastries, trying to decide what to order. The young woman at the register abruptly asked, “Okay, are you ready to order?” I said yes and even asked for her recommendation, but she was short, rude, and overall off-putting. I tried to brush it off and stay polite. I had a gift card in my hand - turns out it was for the wrong coffee shop (High Tide instead of High Grounds). She said, “Just so you know, your gift card is for High Tide, this is High Grounds.” I laughed it off and said, “Oh my goodness, that’s okay, let me just grab my wallet.” As I started walking to my car, she called out, “So do you still want to order with us? High Tide is just up the road in Laguna Hills if you want to go there instead.” Caught off guard, I said, “Yes, of course, I’m here, I already put in my order, I just need to grab my wallet.” But at that point, I was so put off by her attitude that I picked up my son and said, “You know what, just cancel my order. I don’t want to order with you.” The whole interaction was just unnecessarily rude, not the kind of energy you need when you’re just trying to grab a coffee before a long day at work.

Dee K

I wanted to share feedback on a recent delivery from the Mission Viejo location (Order #40982782387273729). Unfortunately, the order did not arrive as requested, and this has become a recurring issue rather than a one-time mistake. As an Elite rewards member and frequent customer, this was especially frustrating. When I called, the manager said he would “look into what happened,” but there was no resolution or consideration offered at the time. I ultimately had to place and pay for another order to resolve the issue myself. I value CPK and want to continue ordering, but I do expect better consistency and a more customer-focused response when something goes wrong.

Roger

On September 31st I took my family (party of four) to this establishment for lunch. After the initial greeting, our waitress stated she was going on her break. This waitress stood by the kitchen area for over 15 minutes playing on her cell phone. After nearly 30 minutes her replacement (Pablo) finally took our order. This was not entirely his fault, as he had a large table of at lease 10 he was servicing, plus additional customers. Once our meals were served, Pablo never came back to check on us or refill our beverages. The initial waitress returned to wait on nearby customers, but never checked on us. We hailed down Pablo and asked him on two occasions to refill our beverages, which he forgot and never did. Today my wife called and asked to speak with the Manager (Anthony). He asked how often we frequented his restaurant and said he would speak to his employees. He apologized, but offered nothing for the extremely poor service. I will be contacting their corporate office. Check #20008 - $59.21

Dave Barnard

I do NOT recommend ever getting take out here. Almost every time we order takeout, they get something wrong or the quality is awful. IE, little to no salad dressing, little to no sauce on the pasta, etc.. For example, this photo is their spaghetti Bolognese. And believe me, there is no sauce under the pasta either. $22 for spaghetti that has a slight tomato stain 😁.