Mediocre experience. I arrived with a part of 4 (2 adults and 2 children) after 5pm. The restaurant was fairly empty. The hostess attempted to seat us at tables in front of the bar / open kitchen, when there were other open booths deeper into the restaurant, but readily agreed to a move on request. Wait-staff was adequate, friendly and polite. Checked in once or twice to see how things were going, but did forget water when it was specifically requested. The wait for food was long, even though there weren't many other diners at the time our order went in. Bread was provided for the table during the wait, but only enough for a small piece per person and nobody stopped by to see if we wanted more when it was (very quickly) eaten. There was a guy wandering around making balloon animals who was entertaining, wearing a button that stated he makes balloon animals for tips.
The food was disappointing. The children at the table ate pizza from the kid's menu and seemed to like them okay. I had the chicken piccata. It was a hot mess. The chicken was incorrectly prepared and not consistent. The seasoning was off, and the sauce was weird. The pasta wasn't sauced and arrived somewhat clumpy and a tad on the hard side. I ate it all, but it's not something that I would ever order again and would have sent back if I were at a place where I had higher expectations for the food quality. For a family style chain restaurant, par for the (slighly overpriced) course.
This was my first visit to a CPK in at least 15 years, so I don't anything reasonably recent to compare it to. That said, the overall experience was worse than a Chili's or Black Angus. I won't be returning to this location and would not recommend it to anybody.
