J & L Cafe

Love this place!
Great food & friendly service. Prices are very reasonable & great variety of choices. Discovered this place while my daughter has been attending college. Always stop in for a meal when we're in town.
See you next time. ❤️

I was so impressed with this hidden gem. I grew up in a small rural community, and we had a great local cafe. In my travels I look for that taste of home, and this place NAILED IT!!!! Friendly, Clean, and yes the food was AWESOME! I had the open face hot beef sandwich, and I was very pleased. Some people say food must be extravagant, and prepared only in the best restaurants, to get five starts, well hogwash, I say prepare basic wholesome food with love, (yes some of it can be other than "made from scratch") and do it well, keep the place clean, be friendly, and make a fair profit; that is all it takes to be a successful restaurant. This place has to be the best Cafe I have found in my 20+ years of roaming around the rural towns. Great Job A+++

Mixed family visit on 6/21/2019. We made the stop by local recommendation and ate well, service was friendly and quality best of our 5 state travels. My daughter is planning another trip soon and asked for information, I took a picture of outside and is what we found in pictures media my source. She is pleased and will returning.

Hot coffee and delicious food. This diner is an awesome spot to get a good meal. Our girls all devoured the French toast, while the adults inhaled eggs, a burrito, and some of the best hash browns we have had in a long time.

This place usually has high ratings so we drove 30min one way out of our way on the way home.
Got there, it was busy but we were seated at the counter thinking even quicker service. A packed local place is always a good sign.
Got our coffee and juice right away. Super friendly staff, even the older gentleman sitting next to me was friendly and raved about the place.
My boyfriend and I placed our order for breakfast and waited.....for 55minutes. Still no food. Only coffee refills.
We finally left. I did tip the waitress, not her fault. But found out it was. She had put our ticket in the wrong place.
I spoke with the owner, he was extremely apologetic and nice.
Every place has an off day, but this start to my day set the tone for the rest of my day and trip home.

Read the reviews so thought we would give it a try. The food is very good and the prices are reasonable. The service was good and we got our food quickly. The prime rib dip is delicious and the chef salad had all the fixings and the veggies were fresh. Highly recommend! The only comment I have is that it would be great to have fresh cut fries instead of frozen.

Food was great! I had the mini shrimp basket, but, we received the check at the same time as the food, what if I wanted to order something else? I’m pretty sure that’s not right because as a client It made me feel uncomfortable, and it’s not ethical for a restaurant.

I like cafes like this! I go out of my way while traveling for the local cafes. Service was great coffee refills kept coming and food was out fast.

Had the opportunity to try J&L Cafe. Absolutely satisfied. The waitress was very friendly, the restaurant was clean. I had the Chicken and Waffles, came with some eggs, any style, I like scrambled. They were fluffy and cooked right. It also comes with hashbrowns, which were nice and crispy. I added some smoked bacon, and it was very filling. I left stuffed and happy. If I'm back in Sterling, I know where I'm eating.

Check J & L out you won't be disappointed.

Had the stk & eggs, the top sirloin was the best I ever had since my dad's restaurant back in the 70's and 80's my eggs and hasbrown was cooked to perfection B-n-G was excellent we eat here every year, we are from Des Moines IA. We tell everyone about the food,must have some dedicated cooks working for you, thank them for me for a job well done I give you 5 stars!!!!