Rick's Dessert Diner

2401 J St, Sacramento
(916) 299-6273

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Connie Mariscal

Too bad your manager is a racist. Rose Ruby posted on social media a comment about “sending them all back” regarding Mexicans.

Petiot Stephane

You have to go there especially for the setting, 50s atmosphere. Friendly welcome. Cakes are a little more.... complicated (I'm so French...)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Jack Bell

Amazing atmosphere. Cool people serving up the food. Great service and a very uniquely 80’s vibe.

Unfortunately thumbs down for the desserts…
It’s possible we hit them on an off day, but we ordered several slices of their specialty cakes and each one tasted like a homemade cake that your mom baked a week ago and let sit in the refrigerator. You could tell they were good at one point, but to say they were stale-ish is putting it lightly. The cake was so dry I had to drink water to get it down. I am no talented baker, but the Betty Crocker mix in my pantry makes a cake 10x better. The frosting was good but a bit overbearing. For nearly $10 a slice I was hoping for something majestic and, here it is…moist…not dry and sad.

Overall, it was my first time here and perhaps I will give it one more shot on another day. I would love for them to be good because it’s such a cool spot with great staff. Will update my review if it’s different!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 4

Francesca Francesca

I really loved it going there. But that changed Today!!! I was there and I was shocked! The bathroom was soooooooo dirty! It was disgusting ! It looked like they don’t cleaned it for month !!!!! As the saying goes: look at the bathroom and you'll know what the kitchen looks like !??!!!! I will never go back there!!! , I felt me food poisoned just from seeing that

Christa D.E.

Delicious desserts! Quite busy on the weekends but definitely worth the wait!

Update: Still amazing!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lemon Bars, Cakes, Banana Cream Pie, Strawberry Bagatelle Our Version of Strawberry Shortcake Whole Dessert, Strawberry Cake

Janee Johnson

We got two pieces of cake. They were both good just not a moist as I usually like. We also got a macaroon and a cookie which were both yummy. The atmosphere was super cool!! Friendly staff. Fun neighborhood.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

kevin satterfield

What they advertise vs what you get, it wasn't even cold, it was room temperature and falling apart.

Food: 1

Alexis Brown

I get black forest cake every year for my birthday. And it's pretty difficult to find it. But I heard about this place, and Lord behold they had it! It was big, and beautiful! The slice they gave me was a very nice size piece of cake as well. We couldn't choose just one flavor, so we got extras to take home. My husband got the carrot cake. Daughter had a really really good chocolate cake. (Reminded me Matilda) and I had to grab a slice of the strawberry shortcake.
When I saw it, it had a jiggle and it made me giggle. IT was SOOOOOOO GOOD!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cakes

Kristynn Sarmiento

Made a stop here since my daughter needed to use the restroom while we were visiting the gaming shop across the street. There was one large family ahead of us to order. We got a double scoop of ice cream and a milkshake. After waiting like 10 mins we got the ice cream. I expected a long wait since the family before us ordered a lot. but for some reason we did not get the milkshake. People behind us in line were getting their orders so it was only when I said something that they started to make the milkshake. We waited another 15-20 mins. Not sure how this got missed.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

Alison M C

Huge banana split--enough to share between 2-3 people. I love that it was served in a real ice cream dish. Americano was huge and bitter. I wish that came in a mug but it's a venti takeaway cup size. Next time I'll just get an espresso. I'll probably go back whenever I need a birthday cake.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Evelyn Mendez

Ordered a birthday cake and at the time of pick up they stated the didn’t have a box. What good quality business doesn’t provide a box to carry your cake? The employees are rude and dirty looking as if they need better personal hygiene. I do not recommend this business. Absolutely disappointed.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

Max B

I heard great things but was a bit disappointed. Got a veg sandwich and pecan pie. The sandwich was OK, if you like mostly bread. Pretty crunchy and difficult to eat, it had a few vegetables in it. The pecan pie stuck to the sides and was a bit difficult to eat, but tasted pretty good.

The atmosphere is very much like a Diner, pretty clean but not super inviting. Overall OK, may need to try more items to get a better feel for it l.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Christopher Russell

Wonderful selection of delicious desserts!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cakes, Caramel Napoleon

Crystal Bailey

Best dessert place…EVER. The carrot cake is my favorite!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Global Expat Reviews

Everything was good until the reality of this diner came to light, we were sitting enjoying our ice cream, when this huge spider crawled out of no where, right next to us, startling me and my fiance right out of this establishment, hate to say we will likely not be returning after this

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Dessert Diner

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