Cobblestone Cafe

by Mari C.

What?! I can't believe no one has reviewed this place yet!This was a serious hangout spot when I was 17-20.  Its about as cool as you can get if you're under 21 and living in Sacramento.  Now I would never go, however, because I do not keep company with high school kids.This is an outdoor seating Mediterranean food joint that also sets you up with a hookah if you want.  The first few times I went there, the only people were old Turkish men smoking their hookahs and playing cards.Eventually, however, it became quite popular.  I don't know if I had just gone on off nights or if spreading the word really brought in kids.  It was common to run into people you knew or meet new ones.  Definitely was a default hangout spot for my friends and I should we have no where else to loiter that night.Hookahs were going for about $4-5, but I believe they've increased to about $10, though they don't limit how many people can use one pipe.The best part about this place was: they didn't check my ID.  This was extremely exciting at age 17 or so.  But later on, when they became more popular, I was carded.  But they only ask for ID from the person who pays for the hookah, so there are ways around it.Nowadays it is a cesspool for private high school kids.  Jesuit, Christian Brothers, Lorretto, St. Francis, and a sprinkling of Rio Americano... you know who you are.  Everyone there is about 16, loud, out to flirt and look cool.  I'm over it.  But if you happen to fit that description, you should check this place out.  Keeps you out of my new hangouts, at least.

by Ali L.

Its the only hangout spot in Sacramento opened past midnite on weeknights so that's definitely a plus. They used to have an Internet cafe against the wall but they took that out and I don't think it was really used very much either.The owner here is very nice but the service offered by the servers and cashiers here really does depend on their mood or if you are a pretty girl. They have some ridiculous rule about only two people per hookah but they don't always enforce it. Sometimes if you bring your own CD they'll play it, but like I said the service really depends on the workers and who you are here so if you just want some decent hookah and don't care about stellar service this is a cool hangout spot in Sacramento.

by Kadu F.

waste of life!

by Patrick N.

The service here is beyond crapy. We were waiting for hookah and the worker was like can you guys get out of the way we are trying to work honestly. We were like wtf. The serivce here sucks and they are never smiling. They also raise the price to 13.00. UGH.

by Ed S.

2 stars because of price and hours., no more no less.Loves this place for a long time, and it hasn't really changed.  Location across from the CSUS campus is just an ultimate plus in my mind as well.HOWEVER, some years back they stopped being open during the day.  I'm back on the campus and decide I'd like to get some food and a bowl...but to no avail.Other issue...price.  When I started at this place 6 years ago, it had just jumped to $10 a bowl.  Ok, that's fine.  Recently jumped the price up to $20 a bowl..and we got hassled for sharing a bowl between 3 of us. Screw that.  Bowl of shisha costs them less than a buck in materials.  I know they gotta make cash on it, but doubling the price just sends my friends and me home to use our own gear.Service is a craps shoot, and the food/drinks has never been noteworthy.  The real draw is the location, their evening hours, and the atmosphere.Really, still like the place, just not willing to drop $60 for me a few other people to have a bowl of hookah apiece.  Take from that what you will.

by Nancy R.

HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA OHHHHHHHHH man, I'm sorry but this place omg.... SO many memories, I have been coming here since I was 17 and have brought a million of my friends here I swear. So this is the deal, the outside area used to actually be a covered wooden patio, extremely nice and now there are tarp covered tents with itty bitty tables underneath, you have to get your own coals straight off the fire and the hookahs are still priced $10 for 2 ppl and $5 each add'l. Oh Cobblestone's you used to be the best hookah bar around now I have to drive all the way to Sunrise to Aladdin's. One day maybe they'll fix this place til then I'm outtie.

by Lainey H.

I guess people will either hate it or love it. Yes, the review below may be right, one of the guys who work here can come off to be rude and obnoxious. But I think that the following will usually apply when you come here: if you're a girl, you'll be treated nicely, but I cannot say the same if you are a guy. Some of the other employees are super cool and super chill though. This is definitely not your fancy hang out place, but just a casual spot to do hookah and chill. Prices are as follows: 2 hookahs for $25, fries for $5, new flavor for $7 I believe. No more than 2 people per hookah.

by Steve H.

Wow... I went here for a friend's birthday because she wasn't 21 yet. First off, the place is messy as hell. I couldn't tell who worked there. When I sat down amongst my friends we were completely ignored. Eventually when someone approached us he was EXTREMELY RUDE. He asked me if I was smoking, I replied that my friends were up front trying to get some hookah (because nobody came over to help us) so he just shouted "Well then YOU CAN LEAVE!!!" and he pointed to the door. The first contact I had with an employee there was them telling me to leave. Not about their policies, prices, or flavors... but to leave. I obliged and to this day will never step foot into that forsaken place... If you live in the Sacramento area and want a good hookah and good service, go to Aladdin, or Jerusalem Cafe... both are exponentially better in every aspect possible.

by Andy V.

Welp how low can customer service get? effing low that is. The hooka wasn't even good sex on the beach tasted like crap barely tasted anything. The strawberry was "alright" tho. My friends order fries and she wanted more salt on it and the cashier or w.e ask them to open their mouths to pour salt in it. Funny but rude. I was forced to go get more ranch and the same guy denied me pointed to the other cashier and told me to purchase it. But it's all different when you have a girl go do it for you because she brought 2 of them back. NO refills? and the cups of soda was hella small. What a gip. I swear the guy changing the coals was on crack or pcp or something he was talking like he was on drugs with a blunt in his ear. We asked for more coal and he asked us if we wanted a taxi. Didn't even take it as an insult, I wouldn't expect more from a uneducated wanna be thug.