Gonul's J Street Cafe - Sacramento

Nothing nice, but I like the food here. The quality is good and the preparation and presentation are well done. The service is good and always polite. You feel they really appreciate your business. If you want to have a good meal in a relaxed atmosphere with good service, you need to try this place. Cherie

I really like this café. I read a number of reviews about it before I wanted to eat there, and they were so mixed that I had no idea how the experience was. Then I noticed that all negative reviews were dated before May 2008, and all reviews with later dates were positive, so I proved that the quality of food and service was likely to have improved enormously as these early reviews were written. Anyway, I went to lunch. The later reviews were correct. This is a really nice café, with an interesting menu and a pleasant casual ambience. I met Gonul and found her both charming and engaged to make her café the best. For lunch I had a Turkish version of Paella, the famous Spanish seafood stew. It was delicious. I had a glass of a Turkish white wine that the server had recommended. It was brownish, fruity and a perfect compliment to my lunch Entrée. I'm sorry not to be a dessert eater or coffee drinker. The dessert menu is very tempting, and Gonul offers a beautiful selection of coffee drinks. I'll go back and often.