Just Java Cafe

So I just did my wedding here yesterday. Tanya was really helpful and I can always call her for info or if anything changes. She recommended me with this DJ. When we met him, he was cool and he seems like he understood what we wanted to play on our wedding. But on the day of the wedding day, he doesn’t seem like he knows what he was doing. We were waiting for him to play the song so we can start the ceremony but he wasn’t around, he was always walking around. We had to tell him when to play the music. We had a practice/​rehearsal 2 days before hand, I don’t understand why he doesn’t know when to play the music. We had a problem with the food also. We brought some food for the kids and desserts. Tanya and I talked about how the food will be on the table outside and not inside the kitchen. Our ceremony started early and ended so soon so we had to wait for the food until 3pm. I understood that but just wanted the food that we brought to be brought outside so at least the kids can eat because everyone was hungry. The lady (server) that was in the kitchen, gave me an attitude. I was standing by the kitchen door and she just shoved off the curtains and said «excuse me» really loud. Like wtf? I paid for this shit and paid tips for her ass. It wasn’t even hard to prepare the salads so I don’t understand why they couldn’t serve the salad first until the entrée is ready. This place maybe cheap and Tanya maybe nice. I just don’t like the customer service and the DJ. They are so unprofessional. And everyone seems like they don’t know how to speak English except to one.

I love this place it’s not super big nor to small my sisters 15 was here and now my other sister wants her 15 her as well !! Food and decorations as well as vid and pictures included with the salon

I came here for my friends baby shower in March. This was my second time coming to this venue. The venue was well decorated with crystal chandeliers, plink and gold table linens/​runners, and a roomy stage for the mother to be to open her gifts. They have 3 bathrooms, and plenty of space for the 60 ladies in attendance.
The food was good. We had Caesar salad, chicken with creamy spinach sauce, steamed vegetables and fresh rolls. The waiters brought our food quickly and kept our wine glasses full.

Just made the last payment for my daughters sweet 16, so far I highly recommend this place, everyone is very kind and helpful.

The venue is nice the food was good. Tanya has a great eye and captures exactly what you want with decoration. She gives great suggestions. Tanya’s mother Laura is very polite and always willing to lend a hand when she is there. The day leading to my wedding I had a very sour experience with the photographer Michelle. Poor girl doesn’t know what she is doing at all scheduled an «engagement shoot» around 3pm at the marina couple minutes from the places. Awful time for photos the lighting was horrible aside from the fact that she just doesn’t know what she is doing. I myself am a photographer and save many mistakes that I just cannot understand how anyone can miss it ! it’s common sense. We had to pick some of her photos for the slideshow and my husband and I had a difficult time because all of the terrible shots. On our wedding day she put all her photos in one chunk at the end of video just ruined it for me it was awful. The DJ didn’t play any of our selection of music and was such a difficult person to speak to or get in touch with. The day of the wedding we hired a private photographer to do our photos because of the rainy weather he set up his portable studio in the Hall dance floor for the beginning to have family and friends get pictures with the bride and groom. The hall photographer invaded his space taking over each shot. She then rudely told us we had to wrap it up to serve dinner … We had rented the hall for a certain number of hours and expected them to understand delays due to rain we weren’t far behind schedule. Upon receiving our wedding photos I was again irritated at the fact of the poor quality photos and bad composition. When we met up with her she had me sign in a minute and took of to another photo shoot all the pic where bigger than expected making them blurry and the lighting had been adjusted making them look darker. It’s just terrible she doesn’t pay attention to anything didn’t even crop out certain things. She shot some pictures of the staffs baby and he kitchen staff in the back rather than trying to capture decent shots during the reception
In the end we ended up just going with their hall photographer and DJ because the package price was the same with or without… if you didn’t get DJ you couldn’t use their speakers or anything for sound or lights… Bummer they should really invest in a good photographer it would really help them
Out.
If I could make time I would camp outside the venue just to warn hem about that Photographer. Look through her portfolio it’s very poor quality work !

I had my daughters event there I did look around and for the price and convenience of having everything included is why I chose this hall. I got the package and included the cake, food, decoration and d.j. I did take my centerpiece for tables cause my daughter wanted certain theme but I did meet and call the owner several times and was always polite and prompt every phone call was answered and everytime I stopped by the doors were always open for us. We did add additional photoboot and extras with the d.j. and the cake. It was worth every dollar I highly recommended. I set up this Unilocal account just so I can give them all a great review I am not a Unilocaler that goes around and Unilocal every spot I stop I just think that if someone does a great job they should b rewarded. I did read other reviews and I don’t known why they did not have a good experience all my friends and family can’t stop talking about how smooth and great the event was the limo driver, the bartender, the d. j and the owner were all great. Hope this helps in your search and I would recommended to ask questions so everyone us on the same page

This place is nice, the price is reasonable $ 5,000 for a Friday wedding reception. The things that didn’t make it a 5 stars for me is that when we were giving the contract to sign we had questions about the contract itself and it seem like the owner got offended about us asking. At the reception they were suppose to bring pizza for the kids who attended our wedding and they didn’t do that. They end up eating the adult food that they didn’t care much for and by the time I realized it was way too late to order it for them.

My daughter had her sweet 16 on October 11^th 2013 and everything went perfect it is a nice and cozy place to have any party from the beginning dealing with the owner to the end everything went smoothing they really know how to decorate, they had the exact color of my daughters dress. My daughter misses that place so much she wishes she can do it again. The food was excellent the appetizers were super the dj was excellent the waiters and the photo booth was a hit. The photographer was awesome the quality of the pictures are beautiful!!! I would so recommend Just Java compared to the other places around there this is a homey place OH and the cake was beautiful and taste so good… Like I said everything was PERFECT cant wait to have another occasion… THANK YOU JUST JAVA Just picked up the video and how creative that was everything was in the video food cake pictures from beginning to end super quality cant complain about one thing THANK YOU ALEX AND LAURA FOR TREATING US LIKE WE WERE VIP’S FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END AND WE HAD SO MANY QUESTIONS YOU WERE ALWAYS SO NICE TO ANSWER THEM and thank you DAVID for keeping in touch with me regarding picking up my photos and video and super job to the PHOTOGRAPHERS!!! Also to you haters that hate on this place if you had a boring time blame it on the bride or the person having the party these people just do what you suggest and want its not their fault you had a boring time.

This place ROCKS!
My daughter had her quinceanera this past Saturday January 26,2013. Let me tell you they are the best. I love the fact that they have packets for any event, affordable to any budget. My family and I decided to make some changes in the packet we had picked. They had no problems accomodating.
The service was awesome, the bartender, servers, DJ, Photographer and Videographer where phenomenal. Let me tell you about their food OMG it was very delicious.
We will be using them again in the next year and seven months for my other daughter.
Thank You Tanya and family for all the help. We will see you very soon.

This was by far the best location for events I have been to. The packages have great prices… trust me I looked around town.
This joint is family owned and operated. I loved the DJ… the music he played was awesome and had all types from old school to new hip hop songs.
The servers were amazing (probably the best part of it) they were so friendly and always attentive.
If you are looking for a place to throw a party/​wedding or whatever, I suggest you hit up this place.

It’s not a coffee house at all it’s a banquet hall. These folks need to take down their misleading sign!

I want to give this Location 5+++ Stars they exceeded my expectations in every way, just as they said they would, the FOOD was Great, I still want some more, maybe I’ll crash a party just to go taste their food again.haha. :). the DJ was awesome they played the type of music I wanted and the songs I needed to be played, they created a great ambience for our guests, the servers were all great too, if you want to have great service at your Wedding or Quince or what ever you needed for, this is a great location, at a great price, my Husband and I were very pleased and happy to say they helped us with everything we needed and more, so we could leave that night and go back a couple of days later to pick up our stuff, all which was just left there for the servers to clean, pack up and save for us.
THank YOU to Laura, her Family, and the great people they employ there, they made our wedding a day to remember always…

Very disappointed. I went for my cousin’s Quince and was shocked at the Dj’s selection of music. Halfway through the night, music blared a slew of unintelligible words including m-​f, the c word and lots of f-​bombing and it continued throughout the night. This is a QUINCEANERA. How on earth did this 20-​something think those words were appropriate? Has he never heard of clean versions of songs? Beware of Just Java’s choice of DJ. Unfortunately the venue offered a package that included the DJ and photographer. Too bad my aunt didn’t have a choice!
The photographer was just awful. She spent most of her night hanging out with the videographer instead of doing her job and taking photos. She missed a lot of moments because she was so busy criticizing the guests at the party (WE COULD HEAR YOU!!) and the photos that came back were sub-​par. Honestly, guests took better photos on their iPhones than what she took!
The only good thing that came out of the night was the catering service. The servers were quick and efficient and even took the time to bring some of us the self-​serve items just because. They had great work ethic and I appreciated their service.
My aunt has another daughter that will be turning 15 next year and will NOT be returning to Just Java for these reasons!

It was a pleasure! great service and location.

This past weekend we celebrated my daughter’s quinceanera at Just Java in Spring Valley. It is the same owner as the Just Java in Chula Vista. I have to admit that on the day of rehearsal I was not convinced of the capacity this hall could hold. I was surprised on my daughter’s quinceanera. All of the 200+ people that we invited were seated and given service. At one point in the night there were no more tables, but Laura the owner, and her staff immediately resolved that issue. I have to say that I have never encountered a person like Laura in regards to hall rentals and party organizations. She is the most professional and sincere planner. Needless to say, everyone at the party enjoyed themselves to the fullest and gave excellent comments regarding their experiences. I can definitely say that what I expected went beyond and above. I will definitely be renting this hall again in the near future. Thanks again Just Java SV.

I booked the hall for my daughter’s quinceanera because of the central location and the price was very reasonable. I have to say though, I was very impressed with their service. It was beyond what I expected! Throughout the night the waiters would notice anyone that walked in late and would serve them dinner even though I had set dinner for only an hour. I had a lot of little requests throughout the night that were definitely not part of their job but they offered to handle them for me without any hesitation. Their packages are great because you can get all your vendors for your special day thru them and have less contracts to worry about!

THis is not a coffee shop. It used to be many moons ago (5 years ago). However, now its a place to have a reception: Wedding, Quincineras, First Day out of Prison. Like chula Vista and my most of family, its very Mexican. Go there for a planned party, not for coffee

I guess if you are looking to have no fun at a wedding RECEPTION then this is place to go.
Street parking only.