Due to the viral exposure gained from this post, Gökçe’s profile has expanded enormously and he has served a wide range of celebrities and politicians from around the world.Despite the international fame, early professional reviews in 2018 of his New York City steakhouse were generally negative. The New York Post’s Steve Cuozzo called the restaurant “Public Rip-off No. 1” and Joshua David Stein writing in GQ called the steak mundane and the hamburgers overcooked.