California Dreaming - Greenville, Greenville, SC

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California Dreaming - Greenville

Name: California Dreaming - Greenville
Address: 40 Beacon Dr, Greenville, SC, United States, 29615
Telephone: (864) 234-9000
Price range: $31 to $50
Rating: 4.6

4.6

872 Reviews

$31 to $50

American

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California Dreaming serves a mix of hearty American classics in a large family-friendly atmosphere. What sets them apart from the rest is that every dish is fresh and prepared from scratch daily, including notable favorites, like the California Dreaming Salad, honey-butter Croissants and fall-off-the-bone Baby Back Ribs. Additional features: patio seating and online ordering with curbside pick-up.

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Party Size

2 people

DateTime

Jan 31, 2023

7:00 PM

Booked 41 times today

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Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Cuisines
American, Seafood, Steak
Hours of operation
Daily 11:00 am–9:00 pm
Phone number
(864) 234-9000
Website
https://californiadreaming.rest/
Payment options
AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress

Location
40 Beacon Dr, Greenville, SC 29615
Neighborhood
Greenville
Parking details
Public Lot
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, View, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Popular dishes

Pimento Cheese$9.95
House-made crackers, pickles, peach jalapeno jam
Steamed Peel & Eat Shrimp (9)$9.95
Seasoned and served with cocktail sauce
Chicken Tenders$10.95
Fried chicken tenderloins, served with house-made honey BBQ sauce
Croissants (5)$6.95
Topped with honey-butter
Nashville Hot Wings$12.95
Marinated in hot pepper sauce, fried crispy, with bleu cheese dip
BBQ Chicken Nachos$12.95
Smoky BBQ sauce, red onions, house-made chips, cheese sauce
Seafood Nachos$14.95
Spicy shrimp, salmon, red onions, house-made chips, cheese sauce and lobster cream sauce with dill
Traditional Nachos$11.95
Chili, cheese, tomatoes, jalapenos, sour cream, house-made chips
Baked Potato Soup$6.95
Creamy soup topped with scallions, cheese, ham and bacon

Salads

California Dreaming$13.95
Mixed greens, ham and turkey, cheddar and monterey jack cheeses, egg, tomatoes, almonds topped with warm ham and bacon, house dressing
Caesar$14.95
Broiled chicken, crisp romaine with grated romano cheese and croutons
- Fried Shrimp$14.95
- Fried Oysters$16.95
California Club$14.95
Mixed greens, fried chicken strips, avocado, bacon, egg, tomatoes, house-made ranch dressing
Roasted Salmon or Chicken$14.95
Mixed greens, bacon, egg, avocado, tomatoes, balsamic vinaigrette
House Salad$7.95
Mixed greens, chopped eggs, tomatoes, toasted almonds, ham and bacon

Steaks, Chops & Ribs

Aged USDA Choice | Served with a house or caesar salad and side item. Add broiled or fried shrimp to any steak $6.95

Steak + Shrimp$25.95
Two 3oz. filet medallions with crispy fried shrimp
Pork Chop$22.95
16oz. double bone, frenched chop
Filet Mignon$36.95
8oz. barrel cut
New York Strip$30.95
14oz. center cut topped with garlic butter
Ribeye$29.95
14oz. hand cut served with cajun butter
Marinated Sirloin$22.95
10oz. sirloin steak marinated in fruit juices, garlic, soy sauce and spices
Baby Back Ribs
Danish full-flavored ribs, grilled with a charred exterior, basted with BBQ sauce, with side item
- One Rack$19.95
- Two Racks$26.95

Entrees

Add a house or caesar salad +$4.95

Poke Bowl$15.95
Poke Tuna with chipotle mayo or Miso Salmon over warm sushi rice, avocado, jalapenos, sesame seeds, mango, scallions, jicama slaw
Chicken Tenders Platter$16.95
Fried chicken tenderloins, served with house-made honey BBQ sauce and french fries
Blackened Chicken Pasta$16.95
Alfredo sauce, scallions, pasta, tomatoes with romano cheese
BBQ Chicken$15.95
Double breast of chicken basted with BBQ sauce, with side item
Knob Hill Chicken$17.95
Topped with ham and monterey jack cheese, with side item
Fried Shrimp$20.95
Served with french fries and cole slaw
Miso Salmon$23.95
Miso glazed, sweet soy, with side item
Carolina Trout
Arugula salad, lemon
- A.Q.
Fried Seafood Platter$25.95
Large shrimp, oysters and flounder, served with french fries and cole slaw
Baked Shrimp Alfredo$17.95
Roasted garlic alfredo, large shrimp, romano cheese and breadcrumbs

Sandwiches & Burgers

Served with french fries

Shrimp Tacos$12.95
Jicama slaw, tomatoes, onions, chipotle aioli, queso fresco, with side item
Dreaming Double Burger$13.95
Double stack angus beef-blend, thick cut bacon, american cheese, pickles, signature sauce and minced onions
Spicy Chicken Sandwich$12.95
Nashville hot fried chicken, american cheese, jicama slaw, pickles, chipotle mayo
Club Sandwich$12.95
Thinly sliced turkey, ham, bacon, cheddar and monterey jack cheeses, lettuce, tomato and mayo on toasted sourdough
Chicken Sandwich$12.95
Broiled, topped with jack cheese, bacon, arugula, tomato and honey mustard
BBQ Pork Sandwich$12.95
Pulled pork, pickles, red onion and cole slaw
Veggie Burger$12.95
Beyond Burger®, sweet soy, Duke's® mayo, monterey jack cheese, lettuce, pickle, tomato and red onions
New Orleans Po' Boy$14.95
Flounder, Fried Shrimp or Oysters with lettuce, tomato and tartar sauce on french bread

Sides

$4.95

French Fries
Seasonal Veggie
Mashed Potatoes
Creamy Cole Slaw
Baked Potato
after 4pm

Desserts

$7.95

Chocolate Brownie
Apple Walnut Cobbler
Croissant Bread Pudding
Cheesecake

What 872 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.6

4.6 based on recent ratings

4.5Food
4.6Service
4.5Ambience
4.4Value

Noise • Moderate

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Greenville
American
Greenville
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MorganS
Charleston
2 reviews
2.0
2 reviews
Dined 3 days ago
overall2food1service2ambience5
We had to send out potatoe soup back 3 times to get it heated up, the steak medium was bleeding all over the plate and the loaded potatoe with no sour cream was soaked with sour cream! Lesson for today if you want your order right you might want to visit another restaurant…..
NZ
NancyZ
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined 4 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
Always a great place to dine. Service is top notch and food always in mark. One of my favorite restaurants for potato soup & salads are delish. Friend had a steak and she said it was divine
OT
OpenTable Diner
Charleston
3 reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on January 23, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Always a favorite when we a close to one!
OT
OpenTable Diner
Charleston
8 reviews
5.0
8 reviews
Dined on January 15, 2023
overall5food5service4ambience5
Food was awesome as usual
RA
RAK74
Charleston
83 reviews
vip
5.0
83 reviews
Dined on January 14, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Another fantastic evening meal at California Dreaming in Greenville! Unique menu selection, great quality and quantity of selections (chicken tenders meal & CA Dreaming salad) and efficient, friendly service. Keep up the great work.
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Foodiegal
Oklahoma City
35 reviews
5.0
35 reviews
Dined on January 14, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Went with our children and enjoyed a nice good meal. They even brought out the children’s meals first for us.
AC
ACHO
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined on January 14, 2023
overall3food3service1ambience2
Food was good, but the service was not great. Our orders were wrong when the food was brought to the table, and our waitress was not the best. However, the manger was great and order was corrected. We recommend based on food but not on service.
M
Michelled
San Francisco
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on January 14, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Service was faster than what we expected for a friday night. We were in and out in about an hr. Steaks were cooked perfectly. The service was great. Very impressed.
OT
OpenTable Diner
Charleston
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on January 12, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
My husband and I love this restaurant when we want an easy date night with great food and service.
s
stephenw
Charleston
37 reviews
vip
3.0
37 reviews
Dined on January 7, 2023
overall3food4service4ambience4
CD is the only restaurant my wife and I have visited that does not honor reservation times. We had a reservation at 6:45 and weren’t seated until 7:10. This seems to always be an issue. Every other place we book, they seat us immediately when we walk in or at the appointed time of we’re early. CD had a long-standing tradition of making you wait and wait because they don’t manage reservations and walk-up requests properly. Either don’t have reservations or honor them. That’s the whole point of a reservation….you book a table so that it is specifically reserved at that time for you.
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cgouldc
Charleston
22 reviews
vip
5.0
22 reviews
Dined on January 2, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience4
Great service and menus
OT
OpenTable Diner
Charleston
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on January 2, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Excellent service and food as always. Wish you’d offer baked potatoes all the time.
B
Brian
Charleston
6 reviews
vip
5.0
6 reviews
Dined on January 1, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
The service and food could not have been better. Our server was very attentive and pleasant. It was a wonderful meal and experience.
KT
KenyaT
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on January 1, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Our server was amazing and everyone enjoyed their food.
JD
JimD
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on January 1, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience4
The food was very good, only waited five minutes for our table. Our waitress was charming. We really enjoyed our New Years Eve dinner
b
bobeats
Washington DC
41 reviews
vip
4.0
41 reviews
Dined on December 30, 2022
overall4food4service5ambience5
Went with family, great to the kids. Food was good, service was excellent. Good experience overall
OT
OpenTable Diner
San Francisco
3 reviews
vip
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on December 30, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Experience was excellent on ALL fronts! Attended dinner with the entire family. The GM and server were excellent as well !!!
CB
ChristineB
Charleston
15 reviews
vip
5.0
15 reviews
Dined on December 30, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Our server was Karma - she was very attentive and entertaining. Our food was delicious - my ribeye was cooked perfectly, baked potato was nice and hot, and my salad was delicious. Will definitely be back!
LM
LynneM
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on December 30, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Service and especially our waitress were both outstanding!
SI
SeanI
Charleston
22 reviews
5.0
22 reviews
Dined on December 30, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Excellent table service
OT
OpenTable Diner
Charleston
5 reviews
3.0
5 reviews
Dined on December 29, 2022
overall3food3service5ambience3
The waiter Jeremy was great in serving us and excellent cs. I wish that they still had the fried crab. My brother ordered the fish, but it was burnt, so he only aye the nachos.
MH
MikeH
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on December 24, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Everything was awesome. Our new favorite restaurant.
OT
OpenTable Diner
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on December 24, 2022
overall4food4service4ambience4
Great experience. We’re seated as soon as we arrived which was 15 minutes before our reservation. Food and service was good. They ran out of baked potatoes so we ordered mashed instead. They came and were definitely not hot but were quick to replace and ended up getting a baked potato as a replacement. Knob Hill chicken was fabulous and overall a great experience.
OT
OpenTable Diner
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on December 24, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Christmas Eve with my daughter and had great experience !!!
d
deed
Western NC
4 reviews
5.0
4 reviews
Dined on December 24, 2022
overall5food4service5ambience5
We enjoyed our Christmas Eve lunch food was hot did not have to wait long server Colleen did a great job
KB
KimberlyB
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined on December 22, 2022
overall3food3service3ambience3
You asked if we were celebrating anything special and we were expecting something to recognize his bday. Disappointed.
D
David
Atlanta
4 reviews
vip
4.0
4 reviews
Dined on December 21, 2022
overall4food3service5ambience5
I had the best service experience I have ever . Our waiter brought us hot damp towels for our honey covered fingers, I didn’t even know they offered such a service. We requested extra dressing which arrived well before our salads and when our waiter didn’t see enough dressing on our salad he went and brought us more without even being asked. Jose, I know I am spelling his name wrong, was amazing. The dreamin salad was a little disappointing. We both ordered it. The size and amount of meat are about 2/3 or less of what we used to get. I could never finish this salad before and last night we both left hungry. The dreamin salad has been my go to for 20 years but it may become my gone too after this experience.
SS
SiobhanS
Western NC
34 reviews
vip
5.0
34 reviews
Dined on December 16, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
The California Dreaming salad and chicken tenders were top notch as always, great quality and service
OT
OpenTable Diner
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on December 16, 2022
overall5food4service5ambience5
Best service
MT
MelT
Charleston
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on December 15, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Waitress was super nice and helpful, great place for date night!
OT
OpenTable Diner
Charleston
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on December 11, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
As always a really good meal!
KW
KalemaW
1 review
2.0
1 review
Dined on December 10, 2022
overall2food2service5ambience5
Our waitress Brittany was amazing. I ordered the peel and eat shrimp. The seasoning was entirely too much. I couldn’t even eat it.
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katie
Exclusive
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on December 10, 2022
overall5food4service4ambience4
We came here for our great nephew’s 5th birthday. He wanted to go to a castle so he was THRILLED with this restaurant. He decided he wants this to be his annual birthday dinner. Well done! You made a 5 year old VERY happy!
HK
HaraK
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on December 6, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
California Dreaming is a great restaurant - great food, good service. Very easy to book my table online.
J
James
Charleston
10 reviews
4.0
10 reviews
Dined on December 6, 2022
overall4food4service4ambience4
We arrived for 6:30 reservation (party of 4). Waiter was very good, courteous and prompt. We waited about 30 minutes for food to arrive. Food was good, but not excellent. Nachos were warm but not hot, and became cold before finishing. Ribs were good, but not as moist and tender as in the past. The California Dreaming salad is one of my favorites here and never disappoints.
RI
RebeccaI
Exclusive
1 review
2.0
1 review
Dined on December 6, 2022
overall2food1service3ambience3
Food was cold and fries were burnt. We ordered appetizers and everything came out at the same time.
WR
WilliamR
1 review
2.0
1 review
Dined on December 4, 2022
overall2food2service4ambience4
Your menu is ho-hum needs change, I have been patron since 2008 ???
k
karenr
Charleston
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on December 4, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
excellent service and great food and was seated on time
M
Michael
Charleston
2 reviews
3.0
2 reviews
Dined on December 3, 2022
overall3food2service2ambience4
California Dreaming has been one of our favorite restaurants for many years. Sadly, it has been diminishing in the last two years. Their menu has changed with fewer outstanding items. The good items that remain have gotten smaller in size and are not of the same quality. Last night I ordered the chicken pasta Alfredo. It was practically dry with very little Alfredo sauce and the portion was small. My wife ordered the shrimp platter which was 80% french fries and 20% shrimp. The service has really declined. We ordered sweet tea with lemon but received regular tea with no lemon. We exchanged it but again no lemon. We requested straws for the tea three times. We had ordered the famous California Dreaming salad as an appetizer and instead received a bowl of lettuce with the honey mustard dressing. When I pointed it out to the waitress she simply said “OK“ and walked away. After many years of dining pleasure I doubt that we will be back.
M
Marq
Charleston
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on December 3, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Great service. I will be visiting you guys soon …..

Safety precautions

Cleaning & sanitizing
- Surfaces sanitized between seatings
- Digital, disposable or sanitized menu provided
- Common areas deep-cleaned daily
- Sanitizer or wipes provided for customers

Screening
- Sick staff prohibited in the workplace

FAQs

California Dreaming - Greenville does offer delivery in partnership with Chow Now. California Dreaming - Greenville also offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (864) 234-9000.

California Dreaming - Greenville is rated 4.6 stars by 872 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

Party Size

2 people

DateTime

Jan 31, 2023

7:00 PM

Booked 41 times today

Order delivery or takeout

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Google Map for California Dreaming - Greenville

40 Beacon Dr, Greenville, SC 29615

Additional information

Neighborhood
Greenville
Hours of operation
Daily 11:00 am–9:00 pm
Cuisines
American, Seafood, Steak
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
Public Lot
Payment options
AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, View, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Website
https://californiadreaming.rest/
Phone number
(864) 234-9000

This restaurant now offers Takeout

California Dreaming - Greenville

Make a reservation

Order delivery or takeout

Other options

Additional information

House Salad

Chicken Tenders Platter

Seafood Nachos

Starters

Pimento Cheese$9.95

Steamed Peel & Eat Shrimp (9)$9.95

Chicken Tenders$10.95

Croissants (5)$6.95

Nashville Hot Wings$12.95

BBQ Chicken Nachos$12.95

Seafood Nachos$14.95

Traditional Nachos$11.95

Baked Potato Soup$6.95

Salads

California Dreaming$13.95

Caesar$14.95

California Club$14.95

Roasted Salmon or Chicken$14.95

House Salad$7.95

Steaks, Chops & Ribs

Steak + Shrimp$25.95

Pork Chop$22.95

Filet Mignon$36.95

New York Strip$30.95

Ribeye$29.95

Marinated Sirloin$22.95

Baby Back Ribs

Entrees

Poke Bowl$15.95

Chicken Tenders Platter$16.95

Blackened Chicken Pasta$16.95

BBQ Chicken$15.95

Knob Hill Chicken$17.95

Fried Shrimp$20.95

Miso Salmon$23.95

Carolina Trout

Fried Seafood Platter$25.95

Baked Shrimp Alfredo$17.95

Sandwiches & Burgers

Shrimp Tacos$12.95

Dreaming Double Burger$13.95

Spicy Chicken Sandwich$12.95

Club Sandwich$12.95

Chicken Sandwich$12.95

BBQ Pork Sandwich$12.95

Veggie Burger$12.95

New Orleans Po' Boy$14.95

Sides

French Fries

Seasonal Veggie

Mashed Potatoes

Creamy Cole Slaw

Baked Potato

Desserts

Chocolate Brownie

Apple Walnut Cobbler

Croissant Bread Pudding

Cheesecake

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