HookahCulture.com - The World's Largest Hookah Bar & Lounge & Cafe Directory

Find your local hookah bar or hookah lounge in USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the world! This is the largest listing of hookah bar locations you will find online and is the most comprehensive list, complete with review comments where possible.

Links are provided to sites where applicable. This section of the site is to help everyone find a suitable hookah lounge or other place nearby to smoke a hookah, as well as to provide honest reviews. All information gathered here is as a result of internet searches, chance discovery or first hand experience, but most of all it's provided by YOU! If you would like to see your establishment included here or you know of one that you don't see listed here, or if an entry is in need of correction, let us know. We try to provide the most accurate information, but we don't know of changes unless you contact us. If smoking laws have affected your establishment, please let us know any important information, good or bad. We especially like to hear that you're the exception to smoking laws!

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Be aware that not all the places listed are hookah lounges exclusively. Some are coffee shops or restaurants with Middle Eastern cuisine and flair. They cater to Middle Eastern clientele and are as intimate as a livingroom with a group of regulars, and YOU, as a newcomer, are expected to be on your best behavior. You know a place is good when you see Middle Eastern people. Don't drive them away with bad or loud behavior. ("We used to go there, but it has been overrun with disrespectful kids. They've ruined it for the rest of us.") In general, many hookah lounges are very classy and plush places with unique decor. Keep with the vibe, dress nice, be respectful and don't be a loudmouth.

Hookah Bar / Hookah Lounge owners: Don't play Beastie Boys or Rage Against The Machine on the stereo and clean your hookahs often.

Hookahs belong on the floor and not on the table, because it is an object of service. Imagine the notion of "putting someone on a pedstal." This is along the same idea, and the shisha is an item of much lower rank, if you will. Traditional establishments will still adhere to this rule, while some hookah lounges are placing the hookah on the table for everyone to enjoy. Not very authentic, but it does celebrate the hookah. Smaller hookahs on a table are more convenient, as you can imagine.

HookahCulture.com is considering a store directory where one can buy hookahs,
maassell and supplies. These are usually local grocery stores that DO NOT offer online sales.
Submissions welcome! FREE LISTING. PLEASE LET US KNOW.

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Arizona state law prohibits smoking inside any business or bar but hookah lounges are excepted.
Cigarette smoking is not allowed inside hookah bars.

Red Sea Cafe

827 S. Rural Rd. Tempe, AZ 85281 480-966-2401
Review: Nice place, nice furniture, clean hookahs with screens and not foil, attentive staff, table games. Excellent pub food from next door is served, but no dining tables are in the hookah lounge. You pretty much eat off your lap or set your food on a low table or folding tray provided. Coffees, teas and other drinks also served, but no liquor. In a town that bans indoor cigarette smoking in public places, you may smoke here. Splash brand maassell (50g) sold to go as well as replacement parts for your hookah. Variable availability on flavors, but when they have them all, it's an impressive selection. .Website

70's Shop & Hookah Lounge
5018 N 7th St (just N. of Camelback)
Phoenix AZ 85014
602-279-5470
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday Noon-10PM (last hookah session @ 9:30 PM)
A 70's themed hookah lounge and retail shop featuring Mya hookahs, waterpipes, natural tobaccos, retro and vintage clothing, household items and more.
Mahsell brands include Fusion, Al Amir, Al Fakher & Pharoah's.
Vibe is 70's groovy and intimate, not traditional - only a few tables so it's never crowded or loud.
myspace.com/happyhookah

Sinbad's Middle Eastern Restaurant
903 S. Rural Rd., Tempe, AZ 85281 Phone 480.491.5588
Award-winning Middle Eastern cuisine, truly family owned.
Belly dancers and other live entertainment nightly starting at 7:30pm, FREE bellydancing lessons at 7pm!
18 different flavors for the hookah.
Friday and Saturday nights are when the place really comes alive.
http://www.sinbadaz.com/

Chupa Cobra - downtown Phoenix, any further info is appreciated. Mexican oriented hookah bar.

Memo’s Café
1845 E. Broadway, Tempe
Bellydance shows 11 & 12 Fri & Sat.
Newly open!

Urban Cafe UrbanCafeAZ.com
1212 E. Apache Blvd. NE corner of Apache and Terrace, kitty-corner from King Tut in Tempe. phone 480-968-8888
Hours are M-F 4pm till LATE, S&S 5pm till LATE. If the crowd supports reason, you may stay till 3am.
A small but nicely decorated cafe and hookah lounge with traditional seating that lets you know you're in a different place.
Middle eastern clientele frequent this place, that's the tip-off this place is top shelf all the way - reasonable prices without the college kid hassles.
Traditional menu items for dinner such as gyros and shwarma, CURRY ON A BUN, $1.99 fries, even a burger and veggie burger.
Menu is on the website.
Authentic Egyptian Kalil Mahmoun hookahs, representing top quality craftsmanship from a famous maker are served
with authentic and durable quality hoses with long handles. Premium brand Al-Fakher flavors are served, including the elusive
Golden Seal varieties such as the Eskandrani Apple! Boxes of mo'asell are available for purchase as well.
All shishas are color coded for the flavor, so you don't get funky mint from a previous smoke contaminating your
Eskandrani apple! You're expected to order a drink with your hookah. No worries, plenty to choose from including green tea.
Friendly owner who mixes with the customers and knows he has top quality everything, which severely lacks in other places.
Hookahs are $7.99. A relative bargain given the quality of the smoke and attentive and friendly service that makes sure
your hookah is going properly. RELAX! Don't rush the hookah. It also ensures a top quality smoke.
Hookahs for sale as well, you would do well to buy an authentic tall Egyptian Mahmoun brand shisha!
When you're tired of the crowds and the waiting and the fuss, Urban Cafe will show you how a REAL hookah is done!
(Yes we like this place.)

Istanbul Cafe and Market
1310 E Apache (north side) between McClintock and Rural roads.
Nice tall hookahs now available for $7.95! Outdoor seating for hookahs on the patio, but you can eat outside too. Arabic spoken.
Limited seating, so get there before sunset! If you want to eat inside, there's ample seating, but it's still recommended you get there early for dinner and beat the crowds. The best kept secret in the entire valley is UPSTAIRS! A full size and classy hookah lounge with food available from downstairs. It's considered "to go" so it's brought in styro containers and not plates. Absolutely delicious and recommended. The atmosphere is traditional and not loud or clubby. Arabic-speaking university students frequent the place.

This place has become THE complete one-stop hookah supply store for the East Valley!
They have all the Al Fakher flavors for around $10.00, and 50g packets of AF and Layalina are also available.
They also have everything you need for your hookah including BEAUTIFUL high quality hoses, bowls of all sorts including sectionals, hookah foils, cleaning brushes, metal screens, etc.! If you need a plain hose they have those too.
Gorgeous hookahs of all sizes for sale as well of course. As with any hookah being considered for purchase, inspect it thoroughly, and the best deal is with the tall hookahs.
Have the Turkish lunch buffet, they've been voted a top middle eastern restaurant by a local publication and also have groceries and desserts.
cafeistanbulandmarket.com (Site seems to be incomplete, but the menus are intact.)

Hubbly Bubbly Cafe
53 East Broadway, Tempe AZ 85282 phone 480.968.2625
Hot & cold beverages, Turkish coffee, sandwiches, WiFi, 37 hookah flavors. DJ and belly dancers on weekends.

Smoke-N-Go Hookah Cafe
5807 North 7th St., Phoenix AZ 85014
Any further info or review welcome.

La Pita Bar & Grill
505 S Mill Ave, Tempe AZ 85281
Any further info or review welcome.

Omar's Hookah Lounge
4362 W. Thunderbird Rd., Glendale AZ 85306
Any further info or review welcome.

Pita House
7210 East First Avenue, just east of Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Phone: 480-425-9200 Fax: 480-425-9224
More of a restaurant, but they do serve hookahs for $8.99. Old Town Scottsdale style.
Their website shows a nice taller Egyptian hookah, but we don't know the actual sizes served. Flavors served include double apple, strawberry, grape, or mint. "DINE-IN ONLY," it says regarding the hookahs on the website, so I guess you're expected to eat something, and the food pics on the website look scrumptious! Nice chunky tomatoes. The Arizona winter months afford PERFECT lunchtime dining outside on the patio. WEBSITE HERE

Scottsdale Kebab
On Scottsdale Road, downtown Scottsdale near Stetson. Open till 10pm.
A small place on the east side of the street, this is a basic middle eastern restaurant with a very small bar up front which was surprising.
Outdoor sidewalk tables are available as well. On the cover of the menu are some pictures of nice tall Egyptian and Syrian hookahs, but in reality you're served a short, basic brass hookah with a basic wooden tip hose. I believe they serve Nakhla moasell. $7.99 for a hookah. You may smoke in the entrance foyer or outside on the sidewalk. If you go, it's best early evening toward sunset. Service can be spotty in frequency but very friendly and accomodating. Good portions at Scottsdale prices, but please understand that they have to pay for the Old Town Scottsdale rents.
Support your local small business!

Trick Shot Billiards and Hookah
3510 E. Bell Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85032 (602)788-7665
This is a new pool hall that also serves hookah! Very relaxed atmosphere, it is casual and friendly. Has 11 pool tables, snacky type foods like pizza poppers and mozerella sticks, plus video games and air hockey. Music is a jukebox or whatever the owner is playing in his system if the jukebox is not going. TVs to watch sports, and a small lounge if hookah is your only interest. Nice new hookahs, and a large variety of tobacco to smoke, but none to buy as of yet.

Silver Q Billiards
6670 W. Cactus Road, Glendale, AZ 85304 Phone 623-776-2266
Hours: 3 p.m.- 2 a.m. M-Thursday and on Sundays 3 p.m.- 4 a.m. on Friday and Saturdays.
Havana brand masell is served for $9.00 per bowl, mixed flavors at no additional cost.
For those who haven't had Havana brand, it's much better and smoother than Al Waha or Nakhla, and about 75% of Al Fakher quality, with great flavors of the brand. Pool tables as well of course, and TVs and music galore with an internet jukebox. Food available as well.Hookahs and masell are for sale here.

Coffee Society
4905 E. Ray Road, Ahwatukee Foothills. (480) 705-4282
Prices: $11.84 for the basic bowl. Hookahs served evenings.
Hours: 9 to 1 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 9 to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday
This quaint and quirky shop serves up java and hookahs. Review welcome.

Layalena Restaurant - MIGHT BE CLOSED, CALL FIRST!
1290 N. Scottsdale Road, # 107 Tempe, AZ 85281 phone (480) 966-9116
Just north of the 202 on Scottsdale Road on the corner of Weber. Open Tue-Sat for lunch and dinner,
This is mainly a restaurant but also serves classy hookahs with Al-Fakher brand mahsell. Top marks for everything!
It's a large nice place with class but no students! DRESS CODE. Get there early for dinner unless you want to stay for the fun on the weekends.
Prices reflect the quality of fine Mediterranean cuisine, with all the dishes you'd expect plus beautiful presentation.
Vegetarian dishes are available as well.
A great date night especially when there's a live band after dinner - it gets lively and there WILL be dancing!
$7.99 Hookah all night Wednesdays, $10.00 other days.
Friday & Saturday : $10 Hookah until 9:00 p.m. $14 during show hours.
Friday & Saturday : 10:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. Belly dancing show and live band.
layalenarestaurant.com

Lazy Hookah
Yuma, AZ (928) 343-1662. Any further info is appreciated.

Smiley's Ultimate Hookah Lounge
503 E. Ninth St., Tucson
Egyptian hookahs, coffee and tea. Review comments/more info appreciated!
Undercover operatives like to scope this place, even University of Arizona cops. Your tax dollars at work!
Apparently all the crack dealers and other criminals in Tucson are in jail and the cops have nothing better to do.
Smiley's now has pyrex bowls that provide for an EXCELLENT smoke, and these bowls are for sale as well!
A small but great place, friendly owner, check it out!

Happy Hookah Lounge
100 N. 6th St..,Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 Phone (520)-458-5699
60 different flavors from Romman, Al Waha, Havana, HH, Freak Blended, and Pharaoh, $9.00 bowls, $4.00 on Sundays! Get a punch card for your 8th bowl free. Many different kinds of coals, and custom PYREX bowls! The Pyrex bowls are gaining rave reviews for beauty as well as superior functionality. NO FOIL USED ON YOUR HOOKAH, EVER!
Other great perks include $3.00 deep dish pizza (YUMM!! LOAD UP!!), sodas, coffee, tea and snacks, bellydancers on Friday nights, color coded hoses for consistent flavor for your smoke, hookah sales and service with many parts available. Pics and website coming soon.

HookahCulture.com is considering a store directory where one can buy hookahs,
moassel and supplies. These are usually local grocery stores that DO NOT offer online sales.
Submissions welcome! FREE LISTING. PLEASE LET US KNOW.

Red Sea Hookah Lounge
23600 Rockfield Blvd., Ste. 23, Lake Forest, CA 92630
(949) 951-9600. http://hookahs.com/

The Spot
Encino Town Center
17200 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA
(818) 783-2233

Amsterdam Cafe
10905 Magnolia Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601 phone (818)506-1938
Located in the NoHo Arts District, this is a cafe with great food and coffee that also offers hookahs to smoke.
Great place to hang out, whether you're an experienced hookah smoker or not.

The Hookah Spot
995 Nord Ave. #150, Chico CA. 95926 Phone 530.809.1541
www.thehookahspotchico.com

Quan's Rockin Sushi
1107 N Tustin Ave Orange, CA 92856 714-532-6311
$10.00 for a hookah. Live DJs spinning hip hop on Friday

Hubbly Bubbly Cafe & Grill
1220 E. Mission Ave. San Marcos, CA (760) 233-2334
Half price hookahs on Thursday nights!

Panini Hookah Garden
4647 MacArthur Blvd, Newport Beach, CA Phone (760) 390-4900

Aladdin Jr's
3161 N. Garey Ave., Pomona CA 91767
Any further information is appreciated.

Amsterdam Cafe
10905 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood CA 91601
Any further information is appreciated.

Hookah Lounge
831 E. Colorado St. Glendale, CA 91205 Phone (818) 242-3442
hookahlounge.us
myspace/hookahloungela.com
Hours: Monday-Sunday From 6:00 p.m. To 2:00 a.m.
Full service restaurant, live D.J. every night. Big menu for hookah flavors, inside and outside seatting, dance floor.
Capacity up to 250 people. Reservations taken by phone.

Aladdin Cafe
2931 Sunrise Blvd Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 Phone 1.916.631.8923
Sacramento's hookah bar with belly dancers, non alcoholic beverages, java coffees, and sandwiches, mon- sun 8pm- 2am

Hidden Oasis
13916 Imperial Highway La Mirada, CA 90638 Phone 562-926-0926
Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 6pm-1am
Big screen plasma TV entertainment. Arabic, hip hop and other genres of music.
Premium seating and customer service. It's a great laid-back atmosphere for socializing and relaxing.

Shisha
Downtown San Jose on Santa Clara Street.
Serves Romman tobacco. The service is good, and the owners are nice. Hookahs are $12.

Ghaleb's Grill & Hookah Lounge
5665 N. Blackstone Ave., Fresno CA 93710 phone (559) 439 - 8314
ghalebs.com
Any further information is appreciated.

Hookah Lounge
5665 N Blackstone Ave., Fresno CA 93710
Any further information is appreciated.

Pride of the Mediterranean
1761 Fillmore St, San Francisco 94115 (415) 567-1150
Supposedly the BEST place in the city to have a shisha!

Off The Hookah
196 South Murphy Avenue, downtown Sunnyvale. Phone (408) 530-0325
That block is small so it shouldn't be too hard to find.
Hours: Mon - Thu 6PM-Midnight, Fri & Sat 6PM-1:30 AM with DJ dance music, Sunday 3PM-11PM.
Thu, Fri, Sat: DJ Music: Arabic, Indian, Iranian, Latin Dance. $5.00 cover.
Free tabla lessons Mon. & Wed., FREE WIRELESS INTERNET, free games: chess, cards, backgammon, checkers, dominos.
Fumari tobacco served exclusively, the service is great, the hookahs are brand new, and very clean.
The cafe is also very nice. Pics are in the Photos and Fun section!
Excellent middle eastern "night bites" are served in the lounge from the DishDash restaurant next door after 9:30PM.
T-shirts now available, and they also sell hookahs and ma'asell.
www.offthehookahlounge.com

Amaraen Cafe
1720 Pacific Ave., Stockton CA 95204
Any further info appreciated.

Amaraen Cafe
5640 Whitelock Pkwy. Ste. 140, Elk Grove CA 95757
Any further information is appreciated.

Hookah Hut
Pacific East Mall, Suite B-108
3288 Pierce Street, Albany 94804 (510)558-1510 or (510)851-1570
Seems to be for the younger set, in a mall. Afilliated with Stogies’ Smoke & Gift Shop (located on the lower level).
Big screen TV, fruit flavors, pool tables,
$5 cover charge, 18+ only. $10.00 minimum for 1-2 smokers, and $5.00 for each additional smoker after that; cover charge is waived.
http://www.hookah-hut.com

Ranoosh Restaurant
612 Second Ave. Long Beach 732-483-9300
Not a lounge, it's a restaurant! Shisha with meal!

Blue Cafe
Woodland Hills, CA
Located on Ventura Blvd between Tampa and Corbin.
It's a favorite of a local, but more info would be appreciated.

Pharaohs Hookah Lounge
Woodland Hills, CA
On Ventura Blvd between Winnetka and Corbin
A block down from Blue Cafe. More loungey than clubby. Big plush couches, LOUNGE, baby, LOUNGE.
More info would be appreciated.

Exhale Cafe
674 Redondo, Long Beach CA 90814
Any further information is appreciated.

Shisha Lounge
714 E. Adams Ave. #102, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Phone: (714) 374-2200
Good energy with a great sound system, clean & comfortable, low lighting and very "loungey."
Best kept secret on the west coast?
Check site for hours. Averages about $8.00 per person.
myspace.com/hbhookah

Eden Garden Cafe
1447 East Route 66, Glendora 91740 Phone (626)335-4447
Hours: Monday-Thursday 5pm-12AM, Friday-Sunday 11AM-2AM
Capsule from a local: This is by far one of the best cafes. They serve premium tobacco (Al Fakher), probably some of the best.
It is an outdoor resturaunt, but has indoor seating if you would like to eat only. The outdoors are covered, and they have outdoor
heaters if needed. They serve a variety of wine and other alcoholic beverages. This is a semi-formal place, but you see the occasional
backward hat. (Get a rope! -ed.) They play a variety of arabic music.
The staff is extremely friendly, and the coals are constantly being brought around in case you would like extra.
The hookahs are extremely clean. Hookahs are only $8 and $4 for refills. The food is also very good." Reservations recommended.
A photo is in the Photos and Fun section.
UPDATE! Zovinar the beautiful bellydancer performs at the Eden Garden Cafe
at 9:30, 10:30 and 11:30 on Fridays and Saturdays. Visit her site at www.zovinar.com

Tea House
On Maryland ave, one block south of Broadway, Glendale. Any further info is appreciated.

Sinbad Deli & Café
947 East Route 66 Suite 102, Glendora, 91740
Very laid back, very popular pre/post party hangout for young people.
Older people go there too, but the atmosphere is still very casual. I'm not sure if its just on Fridays, but there's a belly dancer for tips.
They also serve traditional food of course. There are about 15 flavors of hookah, the usual ones.

Twilight Hookah Lounge
1335 East Chapman Ave., Fullerton, CA 92831 phone (714) 446-9966
Hours: 4pm until 2am, weekends till 3am.
As it's located in the heart of Fullerton between Fullerton State College and Cal State Fullerton, clients are mostly college Students.
Furnishings are all couches, no tables and chairs. 3 Plasma screen TVs and a projection screen.
Each hookah has its own flavor so you don't get any cross-flavor contamination when you smoke, and this is important!
No food served, but soft drinks, tea, & coffee are.
Friendly staff, mellow atmosphere for conversation or studying during the week but loud on the weekends - Arabic, Persian, hip-hop etc.
Free WiFi, no cover, one of the best hookah lounges in the OC.
Belly dancers on occasion!
myspace.com/twilighthookahlounge

Equator Cafe 22 Mills Place in Pasadena, CA. Tel: 626.564.8656
Hookahs are $8.00 with $3.00 refills.
Top quality maassell and well-maintained pipes.
Inside is a full service cafe with deep couches, cool art, espresso, juices, smoothies,
snacks, and usually live music on Fridays. Someone submit a photo or two please?

Gitana
260 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank CA 91502 Phone (818) 843-8339
Upscale dining. Sideways baseball caps stay away.
It is outdoors and is part of an attached indoor restaurant. Seating for about 70 or 80.
Umbrellas and heat lamps. Gitana is getting a full liquor license in a few more weeks.
From a customer: "Manager was a nice guy and was always bringing me more coals."

Sphinx on Ventura Blvd. in Sherman Oaks.
Opens 11am and stays open late on the weekends. Family owned and operated
(that's how they allow smoking inside). They serve food but no alcohol.
They have a DJ area and disco lighting. They have a flat panel TV and play movies there Wed nights.
From a customer: "They had velvet sofas, but if you sit in one and have something to eat, the table
comes up to your neck. The woman that served me was also the owner, she works from 11am til
closing...every day!" Hookahs might be a little smokey. Urge them to clean.

Bub Blurs Co
6701 Variel Avenue, Canoga Park CA 91303 (818) 340-2587
18110 Nordhoff Street, Northridge CA 91325 (818) 727-1282

El Gardens in Duarte.
This place is an outdoor cafe, the hookahs are very nice. There is a bar, but is more of a formal place (no backward hats).
To get there, you exit Mountain blvd. off of 210. Go down to Route 66 and make a right. The cafe will be on the left side.

Caspian
6560 Pardall Road, Isla Vista (Goleta), CA 93117
(805) 685-8895
Located in the heart of the student town of Isla Vista next to U.C. Santa Barbara.
Therefore, the majority of its customers are college students.
This place is a hookah bar that has several flavors of tobacco to choose from, and serves authentic Persian tea.
Operating hours: Thursday - Sunday, 7 PM - Close. (what hour is that? Someone let us know! Perhaps 1 or 2am)
Caspian plays music from all over the world, including Persian, Arabic, and Indian music.
It's $10 for the first hookah, and $5 for refills. The authentic Persian tea is $2 a cup, with free refills.
The lounge is in an enclosed patio, both suitable for year round use, due to its adaptability.
Caspian allows for groups of people to relax and enjoy their smoke, with the best service possible.
The waiters and waitresses will do whatever it takes to make the customer's stay enjoyable.

Los Angeles area: Al Menouk Cafe on Lincoln and Brookhurst. Any further info is appreciated.

Dragon's Lair
22767 Hawthorne Blvd. Torrance, CA 90505
A nightclub style hookah bar.
http://www.myspace.com/dragonslairlounge

Fusion Cafe
14934 Gagely Dr., La Mirada CA 90638
Any further information is appreciated.

Aladdin Grill & Cafe
200 Pine Ave., Long Beach CA 90802
Any further information is appreciated.

Atlantis
162 N Sierra Madre Blvd., Pasadena CA 91107
Any further information is appreciated.

Beruit Falafel Hut
917 Yosemite Blvd., Modesto CA 95351
Any further information is appreciated.

Blue Cafe
19535 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana CA 91356
Any further information is appreciated.

Bub Blurs Co.
18110 Nordhoff St., Northridge CA 91325
Any further information is appreciated.

Cafe Lulu
419 F St., San Diego CA 92101
Any further information is appreciated.

Cafe Nile
243 West 9th St., Chico CA 95928
Any further information is appreciated.

Camacho's Night Club
13101 Crossroads Pkwy N., City of Industry CA 91746

Chucky's Pizzeria
1220 E. Mission Ave. San Marcos CA 92069
Any further information is appreciated.

Dandana Cafe and Banquet
765 W. Bagnall St., Glendora CA 91740
Website
Any further information is appreciated.

Desert Rose
34846 Monte Vista Dr., Wildomar CA 92595
Website
Any further information is appreciated.

Excelsior Supper Club
4704 Mission St., San Francisco CA 94112
Website
Any further information is appreciated.

Exchange: Hookah Lounge
517 Pine Ave., Long Beach CA 90802
Any further information is appreciated.

Habibi's Cafe & Hookah Lounge
6512 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego CA 92115
Any further information is appreciated.

Hookah Mania
7026 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga CA 91042
Any further information is appreciated.

Hookah Zone
500 S State St Ste 113, San Jacinto CA 92583
Any further information is appreciated.

Howards Hollywood Hangout
245 South Palm Canyon Drive Suite A5, Palm Springs CA 92262
Website
Any further information is appreciated.

Huqqa Hut
1385 W. Blaine St., Riverside CA 92507
Website
Any further information is appreciated.

Hypnotic
617 South Brand Blvd., Glendale CA 91204
Any further information is appreciated.

Javalicious
835 N. Main St., Corona CA 92880
Any further information is appreciated.

Kasbah
2115 J St., Sacramento CA 95816
Any further information is appreciated.

Kiss Kiss Mediterranean Cafe
3200 E. Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley CA 93065
Any further information is appreciated.

Luxor Cafe
428 Centre St., San Diego CA 92101
Any further information is appreciated.

Marrakech Moroccan Restaurant
1833 Fulton Ave., Sacramento CA 95825
Website
Any further information is appreciated.

Mediterrranean Cuisine
848 East Ave., Lancaster CA 93535
Any further information is appreciated.

Mirage Coffeehouse
539 E. Bixby Rd.
Long Beach CA
90807
Website
Any further information is appreciated.

Mission Lounge
3630 University Avenue
Riverside CA
92501
Any further information is appreciated.

Monte Cristo Cafe
9447 N. Fort Washington Rd.
Fresno CA
93726
Any further information is appreciated.

Nara Nara Mediterranean Grill
73 Fortune Dr., Irvine CA 92618
Any further information is appreciated.

Nile Cafe
544 Jones St., San Francisco CA 94102 Phone: (415) 409 - 1000
Hours: Sunday - Wednesday: 9AM - 11:30PM, Thursday - Saturday: 9AM - 2AM
Spartan furniture, coffees, teas, smoothies, minimalist food menu. Hookahs are $15.00 with $10.00 refils. Al Fakher and Romman brand moassel served.
nilesf.com

Oasis
245 North Waterman Avenue Suite F, San Bernardino CA 92408
Any further information is appreciated.

Oasis Caffe
3025 McHenry Ave., Modesto CA 91902
Any further information is appreciated.

Paradise Cafe & Lounge
2427 Marconi Ave
Sacramento CA
95821
Website
Any further information is appreciated.

Red Sea Cafe
4717 University Ave., San Diego CA 92105
Any further information is appreciated.

Sahara
12 Loop Village Road
Pomona CA
91766
Any further information is appreciated.

Sayara Hookah Lounge
67778 East Palm Canyon Drive
Cathedral City CA
92234
Any further information is appreciated.

Shisha
84 N. Market St.
San Jose CA
95113
Any further information is appreciated.

Shisha Lounge
2990 Jamacha Rd. Ste 108
El Cajon CA
92019
Any further information is appreciated.

Skewers Kabob House
906 J Street
Modesto CA
95354
Website
Any further information is appreciated.

Sphinx Hookah Lounge
2451 Foothill Blvd., Ste. F
La Verne CA
91750
Website
Any further information is appreciated.

Sultana Hookah Lounge
698 w. 19th street
Costa Mesa CA
92627
Website
Any further information is appreciated.

Sumer Cafe
1450 University Ave.
Riverside CA
92507
Any further information is appreciated.

The Hookah Lounge
1335 W. Foothill Blvd
Upland CA
91786
Any further information is appreciated.

The Sphinx Cafe
13718 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks CA
91423
Any further information is appreciated.

Time Out Cafe
12516 Riverside Dr.
Valley Village CA
91607
Website
Any further information is appreciated.

Up In Smoke
14426 Ventura Boulevard
Sherman Oaks CA
91423
Any further information is appreciated.

Zodiak Hookah Lounge
6455 El Cajon Boulevard
San Diego CA
92115
Website
Any further information is appreciated.

Nubia Cafe
1785 W. Lincoln Ave. Anaheim, Ca 92801 Tel: 714-999-1199
Restaurant and a hookah lounge. Indoor and oudoor seating. Laid back atmosphere -both classical and modern middle eastern music.
Seating capacity 100 Website: nubiacafe.net

Grapevine Restaurant
1204 Foothill Blvd. in La Verne
This restaurant is extremely nice. Hot date atmosphere, bordering on formal.
No baseball caps or loudmouths. Hookahs are $12. Smoking atmosphere/experience comments desired.
See review of Par's in New Mexico to see what is hopefully not the case with Grapevine.

Lux Cafe
7139 Sepulveda Blvd, Suite B, Van Nuys, CA 91405 MAP IT!
Hours are 8pm till 12m, 3am Friday &Saturday nights. CLOSED MONDAYS!
The brand of mahsell served isn't known, but they have some of the more delicious flavors.
No cover, $7.00 hookahs with $5.00 refills. Nice atmosphere and service.
Medium height Egyptian hookahs with the luxurious hose handles!
Nice place, 80 inch TV, hip-hop, trance, Middle Eastern, Mediteranean, 80's and 90's music.
No word if the music is overly loud or not, I would hope it's reasonable for conversation.
Seems to be for 20's30's crowd, but no student kiddie drama.
They also serve pastries, desserts, teas, coffees, soft drinks and energy drinks.
theluxcafe.com

Desert Nights
800 Torrance Blvd., Suite 103, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Nice upscale hookah lounge with reasonable prices. Elegantly furnished place! "Hookah as it was meant to be."
Hookahs are $9.00 with $4.00 refills. $6 daily happy hour from 6:00P.M. to 7:00P.M.
Looking at the gallery on the website, they serve Al Fakher brand! Definitely a mark of quality for any hookah bar.
I hope they have a dress code so everyone looks nice in this beautiful place.
desertnightshookah.com

Cafe Dehab
1442 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90024
Any further information is appreciated.

Hidden Café
642 S Brookhurst, Anaheim 92801 714-533-1113
This location burned down some time ago but has risen like a Phoenix from the ashes to new glory with a completely amazing different look!
HookahCulture.com looks forward to your feedback!
The second one opened up in Anaheim Hills, very nice location by the hills.
5634 E. LA Palma Ave, Anaheim Hills CA 92807, Phone 714-777-0606
Same style, same atmosphere, same menu. Hookahs ranges between $10 - $13.
Very classy from inside. It's becoming a chain! Already got recognition from LA Times newspaper
and the OC Register, and just recently Anaheim Hills bulletin. The website is the same Hidden-Cafe.com

Carthage Cafe
611 South Brookhurst, Anaheim CA 92804
Any further information is appreciated.

Gypsy Café
940 Broxton Avenue Los Angeles CA 90024 (310) 824-2119 www.gypsycafe.com

Cafe Havana
5th St. & J St., San Diego
Any further information is appreciated.

Egyptian Tea Room Cafe & Hookah Lounge
4644 College Ave., San Diego CA 92115
Any further information is appreciated.

Med Cafe
1352 5th Avenue, San Diego, California 92101. Downtown Area (Cross streets, 5th and Ash) Phone (619) 325-1900.
Open 5:30PM - 3AM Sunday through Thursday. Friday and Saturday we open at 5:30 PM till everyone leaves, usually around 4 or 5 AM.
Med Cafe has been open since June 2000. The Best $5 hooka in town.
A mix of music during the week. DJ Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. The DJ also has a keyboard and mixes it with the music.
Over 100 flavours! Food, beer, wine, and an assortment of drinks. Food is served all night from open to close.
The crowd is from all over, from middle east dominantly and then every other place you can think of. medcafe.net

Habibi Café
923 Broxton Avenue Los Angeles CA 90024 (310) 824-2277

Cafe O Lounge
270 E. Magnolia, Burbank CA 91502
A restaurant that serves burgers, wings, mozarella sticks, desserts, kebabs and other minimal Middle Eastern staples and hookah.
"Traditional" (probably Nakhla brand) hookah flavors are $10.00 with $5.00 refills, and "premium" Al Fakher brand is $15.00 with $7.50 refills.
A decent selection of gourmet and traditional beverages including sodas, chai latte and other coffees, jalab, teas.
ocafelounge.com/

Cloud 9
578 California Blvd., San Luis Obispo CA 93405
Any further information is appreciated.

Hookah Source
9116 Reseda Blvd. Northridge, CA. 91324 Hours: 5:30PM-2AM Sun.-Thurs., 5:30PM-4AM Fri. & Sat.
A chill lounge dedicated to the Hookah, chill music during the week, DJ's and live bands during the weekends.
The lounge is UNDERGROUND! Cheap snacks and drinks available (no alcohol).
Two 80" high definition screens play movies and sports. Pool table in the rear. FREE wireless internet for all
of the college students in the area (CSUN a block away). Variety of clientele, during the week you'll see young
and old customers, new hookah smokers and seasoned veterans. Great music, large lounge entirely indoors, great staff.
The hookahs are remarkable (they look Syrian) and taste amazing! There is no cover charge or charge per head.
Flavors range from $10 - $20 and are all half price between 5:30 and 7:30 (happy hour).
They have 58 individual flavors on there menu and plan on adding more throughout the year.
Looks like a cool place with beautiful couches! Hookahs sit on low tables.
Pictures: CLICK HERE.

The Amtrak Train Station in Fullerton
Believe it or not! Outdoor hookah cafe, nice service at the coffeehouse/cafe.
Punker kids hang out, lots of flavors for $8.00.

Cafe Odessey
In Fullerton near Brookhurst. Sorry no address. Seems like a fun place for students, it's a
hookah bar with a dance floor and pool tables. They have special events once in a while,
their beach night is a blast. They have a "pimp juice" flavor for the hookah. Any further info is appreciated.

The Village/ Al Bardoni Restaurant
1525 East Huntington Drive, Duarte CA 91010 Phone (626) 256-6645
This place is huge! The Village has 5 separate levels. This is a restuarant that offers hookahs and sells them too!
$10.00 per large bowl. Open from 3pm till the last hookah smoking (week days about 12p, weekends 2am sometimes later if its at capacity) Entrance has store front view with two fountains and a classy european style with a couple of tables if you want to get away from the crowd. First level has an indoor Seating area that fits 150 comfortably with the traditional Middle Eastern Tables and décor. Second level is out side (most popular part) catered toward families and large groups. It has a calm ambiance with traditional and hip Arab music with full range of Middle Eastern dishes as well as flavored top notch tobacco. The second level is a covered patio with nice waterfall fountain to add to the comfortable seating and superb service! Third level is open air area that allows a younger crowd. They do card (as should every place). Fourth level too! Family owned place - you feel the traditional middle eastern hospitality.

Hookups Hookah Lounge
24412 Muirlands Blvd Ste E, near the corner of Ridge Route
Lake Forest, CA 92630-3900 (949) 768-5987
http://www.hookupshookahlounge.com/
This is for the baggypants sideways baseball cap young set. No grown-ups to be seen.
Phat DJs thump 20 inch speakers on Thursdays and Fridays.
Over 30 flavors including the usual ones you'd expect as well as tons of fruity ones and some interesting ones like Lebanese Cedar.
Tall hookahs with nice hoses. Tea, OJ, Red Bull, and sodas also served. No alcohol.
ID and $2 cover charge at the door, 18 and over ONLY.

Indian Summer Restaurant
220 Olivier Street Monterey CA 93940 (831) 372-4744

The Smokers Lounge
2709 El Camino Ave., Sacramento CA, 95825 on the corner of Fulton and El Camino. Phone 916-489-4555.
Hookahs are priced at $8 per bowl, with a variety of flavors. Loud, kickback environment.
Sodas and waters available. It doubles as a tobacco shop, and hookahs are available for purchase.

Up N Smoke
22920 Alessandro Boulevard Moreno Valley CA 92553 (909) 697-7724
Hours are 8pm - 1am.

Zen Café and Hookah Lounge Coffeehouse on University Avenue in Hillcrest San Diego Any further info is appreciated.

Sinbad Café
1050 Garnet Ave. Suite B, Pacific Beach (San Diego) http://www.torchdesign.com/sinbad/web/
Hours are Sun-Thurs 11am - 2am, Fri-Sat. 11am - 4am

Tarboosh Restaurant
837 Jefferson Avenue, Redwood City 94063 (650) 474-2667
Hours are Mon-Thu 3pm-12am, Fri-Sun 3pm-1am. Internet hot spot.
Live band and arabic singer are highly regarded! 18+over only. Dress appropriately nice please!
Very traditional and many people you will see there are middle eastern.
Hookahs are $12 with a $6 refill and the waiters are very friendly.
"A great experience...my friend and I had the most excellent hummus at Tarboosh,"
said a recent visitor who submitted comments to the HookahCulture.com staff.
http://www.tarboosh.com
Pics are in the Photos & Fun section.

Hookah Nites Cafe
371 S 1st Street at San Salvador, San Jose
This cafe is extremely nice. They serve espresso type drinks, and also a variety of food.
The tobacco is top quality, prices vary with type served. The Fumari mango is delicious.
The staff is extremely nice. It is open from 6pm - 1am.
http://www.hookahnites.com/home.htm

Stogies Smoke Shop
3288 Pierce St. Ste. B-108, Richmond 94804 (510) 558-1510
www.stogiessmokelounge.com

Kan Zaman
1793 Haight Street at Shrader, San Francisco. (415) 751 9656
By far the best party but it's always crowded! Get there early!

Kan Zaman
365 Iowa Avenue, Riverside 92507 (909) 788-7944
Hours are 6pm - 2am.

Waterfront Pizza
969 Edgewater Blvd, Foster City, CA 94404 Phone (650) 573-6634.
They also serve middle eastern food. This place is on the water, so it is a very nice place to hang out at nights.
Hookah is $10, and it It closes at 11PM.

Cafe Loma
Midway Towne Center @ 3960 W Point Loma Blvd., San Diego, CA 92110
Hours: Weekdays 6:30 AM - 9:30 PM, Weekends 8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Hookahs served after 5pm. A nice little coffeeshop with a relaxed livingroom atmosphere where students like to study.
Local art decorates the walls. Fine gourmet coffee at low prices, free Wi-Fi.
Also a variety of non-coffee drinks such as hot, iced and Chai tea, hot chocolate, steamers, sodas, juices and smoothies.
If you're on the run and need a quick bite to eat, they have bagels, muffins, pastries, biscotti, cookies, energy bars and their famous breakfast sandwiches.
"Starbucks we ain't!" WEBSITE HERE

Babylon Mediterranean Cuisine & Hookah Lounge
4085 Vine Street, Riverside 92507 (909) 784-3033
$10 per bowl. Great outdoor smoking and dining area, stage for jazz bands, very nice indoor dining area as well.
Full bar with Guinness, Bass, Newcastle and more on tap. Yes they have Sam Adams. Pics are in the photo section.
http://www.gothookah.com/index.htm

Mission Tobacco Lounge
3630 University Avenue, Riverside CA 92501 (909) 682-4427

Nile Cafe
In Colton off Washington across from the 76 station.
Hookahs are $7.00 and refills are $4.00. Perhaps the largest choice of tobacco in Riverside and San Bernardino area.
THEY SERVE AL FAKHER BRAND! A reason to go in itself.
A great atmosphere with mostly college age people but not the rowdy kind; it's more laid back with a Big screen TV and couches.
Cards and board games also available. They also serve a mild selection of Arabic food and beverages.

Fez Cafe
1524 J Street, Modesto
Occupies a portion of the old Hammaway's baby store.
Not really a cafe, as no meals are served because of the California ban on smoking in restaurants.
Hookah smoking is the focus here!
Serves international coffees, exotic teas, and snacks. Tall Syrian hookahs with cobra pieces.
Any further information is appreciated.

Cafe Odyssey
6306 Lincoln Ave. Cypress, CA 90630
Any further information is appreciated.

Crest Café
1017 K Street, Sacramento
Reservations needed: (916) 444-2722
Restaurant with hookahs. Friday and Saturday only - Open till 10pm
For 3 people - $13-17 per bowl

Cobblestone Café
910 University Avenue, Sacramento
(916) 565-1281
Open M-F 10am-2am, Sat & Sun 6pm-2am
$10 per bowl, but only two people per hookah. Cool place with funky tables.
Can get crowded at times, but has a mostly relaxed coffeeshop atmosphere.
Not much in the way of middle eastern mood. Non-alcoholic drinks and simple food.

GOT HOOKAH?
got-hookah.com
Hookah catering service for SoCal, serving L.A., O.C., San Diego and Santa Barbara areas.

Aladdin's
2594 S. Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80222 (University Hills Plaza - Colorado Blvd & Yale) 303-759-9778
Near University and Colorado Blvd. It's a restaurant, you have to order food in order to get the hookah experience.
Serving healthy Lebanese Middle Eastern cuisine. Bellydancing on Saturday nights!
WEBSITE

The Kasbah Hookah Lounge
2266 S Colorado Blvd., Denver 80222 Phone: (303)691-1660
Hookah lounge with tea, coffee, cold drinks. Traditional Arabian style lounge with occasional live music and belly dancing.
kasbahhookahlounge.com

40 Thieves Hookah Lounge
1524 N Academy Blvd Colorado Springs, CO 80909 Phone: 719-591-8315
Hookah lounge - Mediterranean/African Decor - coffee, tea, live music, entertainment, pool and best of all hookah!!

Hookah Land
1800 South Broadway, Denver 80022 phone 720-298-7848
Open seven days a week from 5:00 pm to 2:00 am everyday.
Many say it's the best in town....(Please let HookahCulture.com know if it's not and why!) Belly dancing every friday night @ 9:00 pm Many flavors available.
Special for the summer hookah for one person is $8.99, get the second hookah for half price all summer long.
Mint tea is only $2.00, Turkish coffee is only $2.50. Fresh squeezed juice available too!

The Hubbly Bubbly
16850 E. Mississippi Ave., Aurora, CO 80017
Tuesday - Saturday from 7 PM until close. The atmosphere is a unique loft environment with premier service and quality.
the-hubbly-bubbly.com

Marrakech Cafe
2286 S Colorado Blvd., Denver 80222 - 4914 Phone (303) 691-1660 NEW LOCATION.
Very nice Arabian style cafe, very simple much like a cafe you would find in Egypt. $8.00 for shisha and $4.00 for tea which comes with your shisha. The tea is amazing and really makes the experience better. Every Tuesday is a performer night and a $10.00 cover comes into effect. Traditional locals as well as college crowd.

The Casbah Cafe
3628 St. Johns Avenue Jacksonville, Florida 32205 (904) 981-9966 http://www.thecasbahcafe.com/
They serve Al Fakher and Havana ma'asell and have nice tall rotating hookahs.
A good variety of food, and a variety of unusual QUALITY beers, wines, ports, and even Cristal Champagne at $250.00.
Don't worry, Mackeson and McEwan's is under $4.00!
Get there early for dinner, happy hour is 3-7pm daily with good drink prices.
Review at http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/032400/ent_S0324res.html
The review is over 4 years old, so read the website for the most up-to-date info.

Tantra
1445 Pennsylvania Ave Miami Beach FL 33139 (305) 672-4765
Up$cale. Franklin droppers only.

Posh
110 North Federal Highway (US 1), Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Phone 954 763 3553
On the corner of Broward Blvd., inside the lobby of the Waverly Las Olas Building.
Hours are from 5pm till 12m - 2am - 4am depending on the day of the week.
It certainly lives up to its name with its decor - check out the website. Dress to impress, no gangsta-wear or baseball caps.
Ultra-modern lounge that offers 20 different hookah flavors along with a premium bar, extensive wine selection, mediterranean tapas, and cigars.
Monthly wine tasting, networking events, and parties. Resident DJ Javier spins the latest in euro house, acid jazz, and ambient lounge music.
Happy Hour is (Mon- Fri) which includes half price on all premium liquors, domestic beers, and house martinis.
Tuesday is ladies/80's night with $4. drink specials. poshlasolas.com

Aladin Cafe (yes with one D)
9551 Baymeadows Road Jacksonville, FL, 32256 Phone: 739-3354
Middle eastern cafe with the basics, desserts, and hookahs.
Plenty of hookah flavors that rotate on a monthly basis.
Opens at 3pm, wireless internet is available.
They even have a (paid) hookah class so you can learn how to do things right!
thealadincafe.com

Sahara Cafe and Bar
10771 Beach Blvd. Jacksonville, Florida 32246 (904)338-9049
A restaraunt/hookah lounge with competitive pricees and a great atmosphere.
It is an extremely mixed crowd and the staff is very friendly and informative. saharacafejax.com

Morjan Coffee & Hookah Lounge
3712 Davie Road, Davie, Florida 33314. Phone: (954) 797-7536.
A gorgeous place, elegant and festooned with Mediterranean art. Unique and exotic atmosphere.
morjancoffee.com

Al-Aqsa Restaurant and Grocery
10805 N. 56th Street, Temple Terrace (Tampa area near Bush Gardens theme park), 813.987.2039
Traditional ethnic working class shisha café and dinner.
Nothing special, except a quick fix while the kids ride.

D'vine Cyber Lounge
910 Collins Ave., Miami Beach
Wine bar, internet cafe and Hookah Lounge. Located in the heart of South Beach.
Open daily from 10:00 to 12:00 Midnight and from 10:00 AM to 2:00 AM on weekends.
High speed internet access with wireless laptops. FREE INTERNET with purchase.
Wines, Beers from all over the world, hookah (50 Flavors), big screen TV to watch sport events or special programs.
Great food and great ambiance.
Notes from a local: This is an great place, and the owners are fantastic. Highly recommend it.
It's a lot more laid back and casual than many other shisha places that play loud music or are very crowded...
Here you can sit on the cushions on their outdoor patio, smoke, drink excellent morroccan mint tea, talk, and watch people walk past and stare at you as they try to figure out if you are really smoking *that* in public or what ;)
The two sisters that own this place are such nice people, they will come out and chat with you, make sure your coals are fresh, and they take music requests (we had some very nice Turkish music at a volume that still allowed conversation). D'vine has a large variety of shisha flavors and they'll let you smell them or reccommend one if you're not sure what to pick. We enjoyed this place so much our first visit, we came back the next night... and if you get addicted (to the place, not the shisha) too, they offer 6th one free for repeat customers. GREAT place!

Merdian Lounge
11401 N 56th St, Suite 20, Temple Terrcae, FL
Open every night from 9 till 3am, its $10 for all the tobacco you want.
They have belly dancers on some nights as well as musicians.Their website is http://www.usfhookah.com

Ali Baba's Cafe & Hookah Lounge
324 West Bolton Street, Savannah, GA 31401
(912) 234-2345

Eagle Diner Cafe
230 S Main St Statesboro, GA 30458
Hookah lounge in back.
Katie says this place is awesome - What do YOU think? Please let us know with more info.

Eighth Street Tobacco
230 8th Street, Augusta GA 3091 phone (706)828-6790
Open everyday except Sunday till Midnight.
8thstreetaugusta.com

Hawaii

Gruv Hookah Lounge at Wave Waikiki
1877 Kalakaua Avenue, Waikiki, Hawaii 96815 phone (808)942-0424.
Mondays thru Thursdays 10pm-4am, 18 years and over. Cover charge $5 (over 21) / $10 (under 21).
A progressive, non-mainstream nightclub featuring live bands and DJs.
Specializing in deep house, underground hip-hop, funk and roots reggae.
All styles, all attire welcome, comfortable for most. Hookah prices start at $11, service is excellent, very clean hookahs.
wavewaikiki.com

Nocturna Hookah Lounge at Pink Cadillac Nightclub
478 Ena Road, second floor, Waikiki, Hawaii 96815
Fridays and Saturdays 9pm-2am, 17 years and older. Cover charge $5 (over 21) / $7 (under 21).
Goth, darkwave, industrial and dark side of the 80's. Crowd is friendly, some are dressed to the nine's.
Laid back atmosphere with dark, smokey music and expressive dancing. Really comfortable seating in large booths.
Hookah prices start at $9, Flavor selection is incredible!

Martini & Hookah night at Anna Bannana's Pub
2440 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 phone 808-946-5190. Wednesday nights only 9pm-2am, 21 years and older. No cover charge.
This is a college bar with a mixed crowd of college kids, professors and "other beatnik intellectuals" and Bohemian artists.
Decor is rundown Irish Pub style with some relic throwback 60's memorabilia. Can get a little loud with debate sometimes, but not usually a rowdy place. Come as you are, casual dress-down attire. Live local music upstairs. Hookah prices start at $9.00 Smokes pretty long, really good deal for the price..

Tizi Melloul Mediteranean Restaurant and Lounge
531 N. Wells Street (Grand), Chicago, 60610. Phone 312.670.4338
As seen on the Food Network on American cable TV!
An excellent restaurant with classy food tastefully presented, balanced in flavor to compliment the hookah smoke!
Yes, that means eat and smoke a hookah at the same time! Needless to say the hookahs are beautiful.
Exotic, incredible decor, gourmet atmosphere , yet reasonably priced for a date or a fun night out with a group!
Special nights with different things, including: "Each Tuesday enjoy a Hookah Pipe prix fixe menu at the
restaurant’s Bar & Lounge, showcasing a tobacco flavor of the month, carefully paired with a Mezze appetizer
platter and specialty cocktail for $10 per person." What a deal! Tizi Melloul sets the bar so far in the U.S.
Dress nicely. Reservations recommended.
So far this is the Al Jadida of the U.S. but without the high prices.
Check out the site for more specials.
http://www.tizimelloul.com/

Samah
3330 N. Clark, Chicago. Phone (773) 248-4606
Ultra exotic interior, you and your party are enclosed in an area that is cordoned off by elegant drapes,
the lighting is semi dim giving it a romantic aura, lovely lights, an overall great place to go if you want to
experience something out of the ordinary. You have your choice of being seated in an area of chairs or
you can kick off your shoes and lounge on the pillows. The staff is excellent. It's a bit pricey but there is
a good variety of hookah flavors and a full menu. Bellydancers perform a few times on the weekends.
Very cozy, nice ambiance, good music and excellent for small, medium or large gatherings.
You're meant to enjoy a package deal (food plus hookah) and not just the hookah.
More info: CLICK HERE.

Zentra in Chicago - Any further information is appreciated.

Lux Chateau
1221 South Main St., Lombard, IL 60148 Phone (630) 705-1142
luxchateau.com website coming soon Oct. 2007
A new lounge situated in a Lombard metropolitan area near College of DuPageElmhurst College, Benedictine University, etc.
They say they want to revolutionize the shisha/hookah culture and diversify the environment - an excellent outlook for a new business!
Over 115 flavors from double apple to apple martini, cognac to Jamaican rum, lemonade and strawberry margarita just to name a few.

Sphinx Cafe
8743 N Milwaukee Ave., Niles 60714. Cross Street:Between W. Crain St. and Ramp. Phone (847) 967-0030
Hours: Monday - Closed. Tuesday - Wednesday 11:00am - 10:00pm, Thursday - Sunday 11:00 am - 4:00 am.
Looks like a fun place! They have different theme nights, with Wed. and Saturday belly dancers,
Thursday has live reggae, Friday is Latin night with DJ, and Sunday is "European night" with techno DJ music.
Check out the entertainment section of their website. www.sphinxcafe.com
Reading from the website, it looks like you'll be getting AUTHENTIC FIRST CLASS FOOD at reasonable prices!
"Chef-owner Essam Moneim started out his cooking career in the kitchen of the Food Preparation Academy in
Alexandria, Egypt over two decades ago. After his graduation, he received training in Ramada Hotel in Alexandria.
His work experience as a chef includes the Sheraton Hotel and Alexandria VIP Club in Alexandria. Essam also
worked for the Royal Family in Egypt."

Nargileh
207 W. Clark St., Champaign
Dual level bar features DJs and occasional bands nearly every night. Seems to be college crowd atmosphere.
Hookahs $8.00. Alcohol served as well as other beverages.

Egyptian Corner, which encompasses the gas station, Café Egypt and the outside patio.
Shell Gas Station at 534 E. Main St. Carbondale, IL http://newshound.de.siu.edu/summer03/stories/storyReader$322
About $6 per hookah. New place as of July 2003.

Sigara Hookah Cafe & Lounge
2013 W. Division Street, Chicago, IL
(773) 292-9190 http://www.sigaralounge.com
Sigara cafe is Chicago's first pure hookah lounge. The setting is very Moroccan with a contemporary vibe.
They are open till 1:00 am during the week and till 2:30 on the weekends.
They host a variety of dancers who perform on Thursday through Saturday starting about 10:30.
With a full bar, great food and wholesome wine selection there is nothing the hookah enthusiast will want for here.
Truly the most well seasoned hookah establishment in the city of Chicago.
Small article: http://centerstage.net/restaurants/sigara.html

Josephine's Martini & Wine Bar
207 South Villa Avenue, Villa Park 60181 Phone (630) 758-0012
A very bohemian loungy intimate room filled with couches, stuffed chairs, old impressionist paintings, and trance music. The place is filled with an eclectic clientele in the Chicago Western Suburb near the O'Hara. There is an extensive martini selection, fabulous wines, and international tapas, this is paired with groups experimenting with a large selection of ma'asell flavors.

Guess Hookah
2030 W. Chicago Ave. (One half block west of Damen) Chicago, IL 60622 Phone 773-486-9522
Hours: Mon-Thur 12pm-12am, Fri-Sat 12pm-2am, Sun 3pm-10pm.
Hookah session prices $8.00 before 7pm, $12.00 after 7pm, with over 35 flavors available.
Seating for eighteen to twenty people - small but cozy. Wireless internet hotspot, a comfortable atmosphere
and service with a smile. Music themes are diverse - requests are accepted. Also available for private functions.
Hookahs, accessories, hookah tobacco, pipe tobacco, cigarette tobacco, cigars, incense, tapestries, etc.
are also for sale. http://www.guesshookah.com

Cafe Hookah
726 Davis St., Evanston, Phone 847.475.2233
An American college yuppie café near Northwestern University that features 36 flavors of shisha and an oxygen bar. It’s pricey to be sure; but this is Evanston, the center of suburban Chicago north shore - a high-rent district. It opens at 5:30 PM, and has a shisha special for $10 before 7 PM. Normal prices are 15$ for a bowl, with two coals. Refills are $7.00 and extra coals are $3.00 each. KA-CHING! This café also offers shisha pipes fitted with fresh fruit in the place of the traditional clay bowl; watermelon, cantaloupe, apple lemon, orange are available for $20-$30. Décor is nice, but not spectacular. Pipes are served on top of tables due to space, so traditional shisha manners are optional (the sideways wearing baseball set will be comfortable) and it’s BYOB. They also serve the normal Middle Eastern cuisine and tea. It’s crowded after 9pm, reservations are taken and recommended. Tables in the back are a little better, as the entrance can be seasonally cold. Parking meters are hungry and the eager Evanston police ticket hard, checking your meter every 15 minutes.
http://centerstage.net/restaurants/cafe-hookah.html

The Nefertiti Café
3737 W. Lawrence Ave., Chicago, Phone 773.866.1100
An up-scale ethnic traditional café and restaurant w/ belly dancers and live Arabian music on the weekend.
Open 24x7. No Alcohol.
http://www.bizwebchicago.com/nefertiti.htm

Juliana's
3001 W Peterson Avenue, Chicago 60659 Phone: (773) 334-0000
Chicago's largest Middle Eastern restaurant and nightclub.
Live entertainment, dining, and catering. This is more of a restaurant than a hookah lounge, but hookahs are available with your meal.
Many vegetarian plates available, online menu. More info as it becomes available. Click here for website.

The Pharaoh's Café
3949 W Lawrence Ave., Chicago. Phone 773.478.8400
Traditional ethnic working class shisha café complete with loud Arabian music videos. Light on food, great tea and possibly the
best shisha anywhere. They use slow start lemon wood charcoal. Open ‘till about 3 AM or whenever the customers go home. No Alcohol.

Mr. Shesha's Coffee House
1570 W Ogden Ave., Naperville 60540 Phone (630) 983-6600
This café is a diamond in the rough – rough being the largely abandoned strip mall this café is located in. It’s an upscale shisha, tea and espresso house in the far west suburbs. The crowd is a mix of young hip college students and Arabs. The flavor selection is small, but the pipes are high quality. The house special is apple flavored shisha served up in a head made from an apple. The location is hard to find – look behind the Wood Pit Barbeque joint. Open form 6 PM to 2 AM.

Hookah Lounge
935 W. Golf Rd, Schaumburg, IL 60194 Phone: (847) 310-4840
Hours: Sun - Thurs 6 p.m. - 12 p.m., Fri - Sat 6 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Student crowd, nice decor, authentic medium height hookahs.
milanhookahlounge.com/

Fumare Lounge
305 W. Golf Road, Schuamburg, IL 60195 phone (847) 310-8802
Hours: Sunday-Thursday: 6pm-Midnight, Friday & Saturday: 6pm-2am
Fumare is a hip hookah lounge, offering a large selection of tobacco flavors to choose from as well as many flavorful appetizers.
Study environment during the day, more happening at night. Wi-Fi ready. Bring ID of course.
fumarelounge.com

Smoker's Den
606 N. Main St.,Downtown Bloomington, Illinois Phone (309) 829-9200
Hours: Monday - Wednesday 11am - 10pm, Thursday 11am - 1am, Friday & Saturday 11am - 2am. Closed on Sundays and major holidays.
The Smoker’s Den carries a wide assortment of industry standard cigarettes, roll your own products, tobacco pipes, and also has ahookah bar.
$2 all-you-can smoke hookahs on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, with music ranging from horror-punk to industrial to jam bands to
metal to psytrance… There really is no in-between.
In addition, they carry a variety of collectibles from knives, air-soft guns, gifts, and more. Free WiFi.
Smoker's Den is EXEMPT from any state or local smoking ban.

Sultan Cafe Middle Eastern Cuisine
2037 W. Glen Park Ave. Griffith, Indiana 46319
Hours: Sun-Thur 10am to 10pm, Fri- Sat 10am to Midnight
A nice small place for a smoke and some good food. Everyone is welcomed from college students to Middle Eastern descent.
Hookahs are $9.99 and $4.99 for refills. They are all brand new equipment and about 24" tall.
They specialize in Middle Eastern cuisine and is set up like a cafe with booths and tables.

Cafe Hookah
135 South Chauncey Ave., West Lafayette 47906

Khoury's Restaurant, Bar, Grill and Market
1850 E. Broad Ripple Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46220 317-251-8610
WEBSITE HERE

Shisha House 11197 Muriel Ave. Baton Rouge Phone: 225-275-6666
Restaurant with shishas offered

Shisha Cafe in Baton Rouge next to Pita Boy groceries.
Small place. Serves Al-Fahker tobacco. Actually have 21 different flavors and high quality hookahs.
Owner makes it a point to clean every hookah out every time it's used (and he doesn't allow sharing
of a hookah). Owner also is very knowledgable about hookah.

Hookah Bar
1132 Decatur St. New Orleans 70116
Mon-Thurs 1pm - 1am, Fri-Sat. 12pm - 2am.

Marrazil Brazilian Lounge
224 Third Street, Downtown Baton Rouge. Phone: 225-389-7002
It is a fusion concept between Brazilian food and a Marrakesh-like atmosphere. It is a restaurant and hookah lounge.
Friday and Saturday they offer international fusion music including jazz, dance, latin, etc.
Dress to impress, with a very respectable and diverse crowd.
It is the only Brazilian style restaurant in Louisiana offering churrascaria service.
Happy hour between 4-6pm daily.

Prince Cafe of College Park http://www.cafeprince.com/
8145-A Baltimore Ave.
College Park MD, 20740
Tel:(301) 513-0800

Zeeba Lounge
916 Light Street, Baltimore 21230 (410) 539-7900
Baltimore's first hookah lounge opened in mid-September and quickly has gained the reputation of being the
place to be after-hours. A gorgeous den with walls painted a rich terra cotta and plush sofas along the wall.
Tables are low, and those not seated at the sofa will find themselves perched on rectangular ottomans
about the same height as the tables.
Serving exceptional mediterranean tapas and desserts in the heart of Baltimore's thriving Federal Hill neighborhood.
BYO beer, wine, and spirits. Corkage fees apply.
Open Wednesday-Thursday from 5PM til midnight, Fridays and Saturdays from 5PM til 4AM.
http://www.zeebalounge.com

Three Kings of Egypt Cafe and Gift Shop
1027 Light Street Baltimore, Maryland 21230 Phone: 410-244-8445
Hours are 4pm to 4am Friday and Saturday and 5pm to 2 am Sundays and weekdays.
With its welcoming atmosphere, the family owned and operated Three Kings of Egypt Cafe is sure to please.
The hookah menu features 25 flavors of tobacco for $8 a bowl. The portion of tobacco is generous with about an hour's worth of smoking.
The staff is courteous, polite, and attentive. Extra charcoals are given with the hookah so you don't have to bother them for a replacement.
They have a big screen tv with arabic music videos and the decor is styled like ancient Egypt. It also features an Egyptian gift shop with statues and jewelry. Some nights feature bellydancing. An Egyptian cook is on staff and they serve Egyptian food and desserts including baklava, basbousa, konafa, and pyramid cake. They also have a wide variety of drinks including Turkish coffee, espresso, Nescafe, exotic teas, and fruit drinks. Alcohol is not served or permitted to be brought inside. Weekly specials feature Egyptian food such as shwarma, felafel, hummus, and gyros. They also have games for customers to play including backgammon, dominos, and chess. The crowd is a healthy mix of Middle Eastern Americans and college students.

Tangierino's Restaurant has RIDICULOUS prices. For example, pot of MINT TEA (serves 4) is $16.00!!
The tea cups are a little bit larger than shot glasses. Hookah costs: $25 dollars! (Not MY cup of tea - I wonder if that hookah is worth every penny!)

Pyramid's Cafer
4921 Central Avenue Coumbia Heights, MN 55421 phone (763) 574-9999

Santana Deli and Foods
801 Fourth Street South Minneapolis, MN 55415 phone (612) 378-1138

The PieceMakers
2414 Hennepin Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55405 phone (612) 377-3345

Shish
1668 Grand Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105 phone (651) 690-2212

Yafa Grill and Pizzeria
4110 Central Avenue NE Columbia Heights, MN 55421 phone (763) 789-9232

The Olive Mediterranean Grill
3850 E.Sunset Rd. Las Vegas NV 89120 Phone: 702-451-8805
Restaurant and hookah bar in Las Vegas. Any review info appreciated.

Cuba Libre
In the Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas - Any review info appreciated.

Cigar/Hookah Bar
4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas 89109 Phone:702-693-5003 - Any review info appreciated.

Serenity Hookah Palace
Stratosphere Hotel & Casino 702-382-4344 - Any review info appreciated.

Sultan's Table
3417 S Jones Blvd (702) 320-5010 - Any review info appreciated.

Notes from a local - Further info appreciated on these places....
From what I have been told, the OPM Club in the Caesars forum also has hookahs, as well as Habib's Middle Eastern Restaurant. There is also a restaurant called Layalina (spelling unsure) that has hookahs. In addition, there are two other hookah lounge/cafe/bars under construction. One is called the Hookah Cafe (across from UNLV) and another one in Silverado Ranch (a 'burb' of Vegas on the Southside). I don't remember the name of the one in Silverado Ranch, however, I met the Owner and she said the name of the place meant 'diamond' in Arabic.

New Jersey
Special note: Many places are TRADITIONAL ARAB. See the long note under New York.
That means no baseball cap kooks.

Ranoosh
612 2nd Ave, Long Branch, NJ 07740 (732) 483-9300
A Lebanese restaurant where you can smoke after the meal.

Aladdin Hookah Lounge
1571-B Morris Ave, Union, NJ, 07083 (Very Near from kean University 0.8 Miles) ph# 908-688-6933
An ultra exotic interior, you and your party are enclosed in an area that is cordoned off by elegant drapes, the lighting is semi dim giving it a romantic aura..Private rooms to comfortable leather couches, booth seating, even seating on our multi colored pillows. The staff is excellent, more than 50 hookah flavors. Bellydancers perform a few times on the weekends, free wireless internet, many kind of board games, big screen plasmas, DJ booth. Very cozy, nice ambiance, good music and excellent for small, medium or large gatherings. (Prices unknown.)

Sultana Restaurant & Café
2090 Route 27, Edison, NJ 08817 * Tel.: 732-650-1400
Nice decor! Nice tall hookahs, placed on the tables.
sultanarestaurant.com
Also, by the same owner:
Shaherzad Coffee Shop
1663 Route 27, Edison, NJ 08817 * Tel.: 732-650-0001

Cafe Arabica
78 Speedwell Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960. (973) 984-2300.
SoHo hip, Arabica chic! They serve American, breakfast and lunch, burgers, desserts, wraps, salads, shakes, smoothies,
health food and Indian food as well as amazing Middle Eastern teas and coffees. All food selections are $4-7.00.
The atmosphere is very casual and cool.... like a coffee shop with an Arabic atmosphere. They play artsy music and
sometimes have live bands ($3.00 cover plus minimum purchase of $5.00). Hookahs are $10.00, premium flavors are $15.00.
Chic decor! THIS is the cool place to be in New Jersey. Check the website for more details. cafearabicanj.com

Al Sayad
On Main street in Paterson, not sure of the exact address. Sheesha is $7.00
Very big place. Indoor or outdoor seating and good food.
Could be TRADITIONAL ARAB. Any further info is appreciated.

Al Solamanaya
On Kennedy Blvd at Journal Square in Jersey City.. 2nd floor.
Very big place as well. Sheesha $5.00 and plenty of flavours.
Cards, Backgammon, and chess available to play. Good cheap food. Also has pool tables.
Could be TRADITIONAL ARAB. Any further info is appreciated.

Damascus Gates Cafe
1255 Madison Ave., Paterson, NJ 07503
Could be TRADITIONAL ARAB. Any further info is appreciated.

Cafe Arabica
78 Speedwell Ave., Morristown, NJ 07960
Could be TRADITIONAL ARAB. Any further info is appreciated.

Kairo Kafe
49 Bayard St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Could be TRADITIONAL ARAB. Any further info is appreciated.

Abbey's Pub and Hookah Bar
407 Monmouth Street Jersey City, New Jersey 07302
Any further info is appreciated.

Pars Cuisine - A fine Persian restaurant that offers shisha on the patio after your meal.
4320 The 25 Way, Suite 100
Shops @25 Business Park, Jefferson and I-25, Albuquerque
Phone: (505) 345-5156
http://www.parscuisine.com
REVIEW COMMENT: Excellent Persian food, elegant hot date atmosphere with superb service. Choice of floor seating with low tables or regular dining tables. Excellent dining experience. However their hookah department severely lacks. Baby size hookahs, no mouthpieces. The waitstaff aren't hookah-hip AT ALL. Missing hose grommet. Not a place for beginner smokers; you might have to take charge and rescue the situation. Bring a strip of foil as well as a lighter in case you're handed a half-lit coal on a busy dining night. Understand that the servers are more with the diners. No smoking inside, (outdoor smoking on patio) and it can get cold in Alb. in fall and winter. The waitstaff are genuinely nice about everything though. $10.00 per bowl, very limited flavors (2 or 3, incl. apple and fruit).
If this place had hookahs to match their food and service, this would be one AWESOME place to have a hookah.

Petra Café & Restaurant
115 Harvard Dr., SE, Albuquerque 266-2477
Right south of UNM off Central in Albuquerque, this restaurant offers good and cheap north African/Mediteranean dishes. The tzadziki sauce is watery. The hummus is DELICIOUS and well-made but lacks in quantity. A great selection of dishes on the menu however. Hookahs for $10.00. No clue on the maassell varieties, but you'll have to smoke outside under the sunshaded patio. A variety of hookahs with some miles on them. Family owned restaurant, genuinely nice people. A few friendly (brave) little birds are also locals, give them bits of your pita. I'm convinced they'll eat out of your fingers if they perch on your table.

Hookah Kings
4014 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque 87108
Just east of the Double Rainbow in the Morningside shopping center.
http://www.hookahkings.com
Although you can smoke there, the place is more of a hookah shop than a lounge. They have wall-to-wall hookahs and offer to custom-build hookahs on the spot with many different bases and hoses to choose from. They offer over 30 flavors, charcoal, and sell all accessories including grommets, valve bearings, and those funky funnel (Q*Bert) bowls. They offer the best prices around if purchased from the store. They also offer local hookah catering services. Moassel varieties are mostly Nakhla boxes with some Al Waha 250g tubs and a few oddball boxes and Zaghloul. The "package deal" is truly a deal since you get to hand pick everything and get lots of extras.
"We do serve pipes upon request for $5 a bowl, but we do not openly advertise it as a service within our shop. I would like to advertise to your readers that they should simply mention your site (HookahCulture.com) if they would like to relax with a bowl of their favorite flavor and a beverage."

Bubble Lounge
506 Central SW, Albuquerque NM 87102
Any other info is appreciated.

Hunab Hookah
3400 Constitution Ave., NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106
Any other info is appreciated.

Relux Hookah Lounge
1950 Juan Tabo NE, Albuquerque NM 87112
Any other info is appreciated.

As everyone knows, the New York City area is a cultural melting pot, with many nationalities
claiming various sections of the boroughs. When it comes to the Arabic areas with their (n)argileh
cafes, there are a few - Steinway Street in Astoria on Long Island, Bay Ridge AKA "The West Bank" in
Brooklyn, and a few others.
Sometimes you might encounter a VERY traditional place, and the Old World culture is very much in tact.
However, the vast majority of places are open for business to serve everyone and not be culturally isolated.
As applies to everywhere, be friendly and respectful,

"The sweet aroma of fruit-flecked tobacco will soon be outlawed from these fragrant Middle East havens. Inhale legally while the law is still on your side."
The NYC hookah scene might be threatened due to new anti-smoking laws. If a "tobacco bar" was doing business before November 2001, they are exempt from the NYC smoking law. There are also ways of skirting the law, more updates as they come.

Egyptian Coffee Shop
2509 Steinway Street, Astoria 718-777-5517.
This is probably one of those places that are very traditional. Check to see if they're welcoming to Westerners and women before going in. This is located in an Egyptian neighborhood. $3 per hookah; bare bones, the real deal! Don't be a loudmouth kook! Cigarette smoking outside.
Any other info is appreciated.

Karma Lounge
51 First Avenue (between 3rd & 4th Streets), East Village NYC 10003 (212) 677-3160
Exempt from the smoking law as a Tobacco Bar. Baseball caps stay away.
http://www.karmanyc.com/

Kapadokya
142 Montague St., Brooklyn (Second Floor)
Between Clinton and Henry Sts., Brooklyn Heights neighborhood. 718-875-2211
This place is fine Turkish dining, great for a date! You'll see the sign and the restaurant on the second level.
Go up the small stairway off the street, the menu is usually posted out front.
Some locals say it's the best Turkish restaurant in NYC! Excellent grilled fare.
Dinner plates run between $12 - 19, and they have appetizers under $10 as well. Vegetarian dishes available.
There's a very small bar in the corner of the room, and the restaurant has a very intimate and romantic
dinner atmosphere. What a place for a rendezvous! Try to arrange a table away from the door in any case.
They offer hookah smoking on the back patio as weather permits, 10 different flavors. $12.95 per hookah.
Genuinely nice waitstaff, excellent hospitality. Leave the kids at home though. Dress up.
This place is a wonderful haven from the NYC bustle, especially during the week after work.
Don't get there too late or you may wait 30 minutes for a table. Get there early for a quiet dinner.
Belly dancers Thursday - Saturday nights. Whisper to your friends about this place!
http://www.nymetro.com/pages/details/8908.htm

Cafe Khufu
61 E.3rd St bet: 1st and 2nd Ave. NYC 10003
$12.00 hookahs! Nothing over $15.00. Low key cozy atmoshpere, great for dates! NO KOOKS PLEASE.
Egyptian style great food, appetizers and sanwiches, the best meza mix in NYC,
The best music from Egypt and the middle east - old and new DJ's and belly dancers on the weekends. myspace.com/cafekhufu

Mamlouk
211 E. 4th St. (East Village) Between Avenues A and B. Phone 212-529-3477
Famous for it's food, great decor but not as good as Le Souk. $15.00 per hookah. http://www.nymetro.com/pages/details/8229.htm

Café Cairo
189 E. Houston Street, bet. Orchard and Ludlow streets (212) 529-2923
Features 35 different flavors of tobacco for its pipes.

Le Souk Restaurant
47 Ave B, bet. 3rd and 4th streets, Alphabet City, Manhattan (212) 777-545
From a local: "All other restaraunts must bow to this north African hotspot. The decor is unparalelled, the lighting is entirely from Berber lanterns hung from the ceiling. A belly dancer is usually present on weekends, and the courtyard has a Bedouin tent with argileh setup in fair weather. The food is fantastic, presided over by a Tunisian head chef, but designed to represent all of North Africa. The argileh can be enjoyed inside as well, but it's more of an accompaniment to the food."

Ya Liel Ya Ein
Bay Ridge area, Brooklyn - Any other info is appreciated.
Fairly new, serves Arabic pastries, light mezza, western coffee drinks and argileh/hookah.

Les Babouches Restaraunt
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Any other info is appreciated.
From a local: "Owned by the celebrated Maison Du Couscous, this stylish Moroccan restaurant is new to the area, but the food has already bean featured in Brooklyn newspapers. On weekends and Friday nights a live band and belly dancer is sometimes on hand, and the tagines are said to be fantastic. If you are looking for argileh/hookah, however, you have come to the wrong place. $20 USD will buy you 15 minutes, and thats if you ate there, but then again it doesn't cater only to Arabs."
Can you imagine your hookah YANKED after 15 minutes??? How rude!!

Sahara East
184 1st Ave, at 11th St., (212) 353-9000
Offers long benches, where patrons can drink cups of mint tea with their hookahs in the back garden. ($10 per hookah)

Rico
Between 10th and 11th street on Avenue C, Manhattan
New place - a new incarnation of Sahara East, but more of a club where argileh/hookah is incidental, but it is prominent.
From a local: "By far Rico is my favorite. Recently redone, small and intimate with beautiful hookah stained glass."
$15 per hookah, alcohol/coffee served.

Al Baraka
1613 2nd Ave. between 83rd and 84th. NYC 10028 (212) 744-2122
Moroccan resturant and hookah lounge. Belly dancer friday nights! $10.00 shots. *cough!*

Bissaleh Restaurant
1922 Coney Island Avenue Brooklyn NY 11230 (718) 998-8811
Hours are Sat-Thur 5pm-5am (Friday is Holy Day.) Chilled out place.

Bianky
2340 Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn. Phone 718-376-2500
It's accross the street from Sahara Restaraunt, between avenues T and U. Any review info appreciated.

Blue Nile Smoke Shop (NOT A LOUNGE)
324 Bleeker St., lower Manhattan. Small selection of hookahs and moassel,
a little expensive though, they specialise in other tobbacco products.

Turkuaz Fine Turkish Cuisine
2637 Broadway New York NY 10025 (212) 665-9541
www.turkuazrestaurant.com Upscale. Baseball caps stay away.

Sahara Rose
2079 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow, NY, 11554. (Long Island)
NYC VIP lounge atmosphere, deep dark red walls and dim lighted sconces. Private booths are available.
Fridays and Saturdays is more of an upbeat atmosphere, loud music on those days, people are
welcome to get up and dance...it's like a big party. Otherwise, on any other day, it's normal music,
a mix of arabic music, plus hip hop and R&B, depending on the crowd.
No alcohol - it's Snapple, Pepsi, the normal stuff, plus a drink called Fayrouz from Egypt.
No cover charge unless there's an event.
Normal shishas are $7.00 with over 20 flavors available, $10.00 for the special original flavors.
"We have created our own flavors so that we are unique to the field. Our most popular being "the alien," and "the sahara rose."

Cozy Cafe
43 East First Street, (Bet. 1st and 2nd Ave.), NYC. Phone (212)-475-0177
Open 7 days a week 12pm-4am
The bar is in the basement of the building, but don't let that stop you!
European cafe look, suave furnishings. Highly recommended by a local. "Better than Sahara East!"
Laid back, friendly owner, the place lives up to its name, and by the end of the night you've had a conversation with everyone in the place!
The hookahs last forever, and the prices are very fair! Lots of locals give the place an authentic feel.
Private room in the back that's nicer Shhh!!

Huka Cafe
60th St. between 1st and 2nd, NYC Phone (212) 980-7998
Great food, great guys, owner is always available.
Not expensive and you'll love their selections. Excellent service.
Friendly people, nice place. Worth a shot!

Casa La Femme North
1076 First Ave., between 58th and 59th streets; 212-505-0005.
Open until 3 a.m. Thursday-Saturday.
Quality Egyptian fare for over 12 years. Seafood is a big part of the menu, including grilled giant prawns.
Fillet mignon, grilled lamb chops, and belly dancers! You should phone regarding hookah details though.

The Villager
487 Greenwich St., Suite 6A, New York, NY 10013
Tel: 212.229.1890 | Fax: 212.229.2970
Email: editor@thevillager.com

Falucka Hookah Bar
162 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012
Tel: 212.777.4555

Marrakesh Cafe
2500 Hillsborough St Raleigh, NC 27607, Phone (919) 341-1167 Cross Street: Horne Street.
Even with the exciting blend of ethnic food, the hookahs in the cafe are the main attraction.
For $6, two people can share up to 40 minutes of fruit-flavored tobacco in a relaxed Moroccan-inspired atmosphere.
One could also say that the Moroccan furniture pieces are stars in the establishment, AND pieces are for sale!
Marrakesh Cafe opened its doors to N.C. State students in Feb. 2005, replacing the old Starbucks on Hillsborough Street. Karma returned!!
"At our store, everything is ready for the customer. We try to give them the best service possible."
"We have a variety of things here. Even though we specialize in Middle-Eastern food, we also have pastries, sandwiches and of course coffee."
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Hookah Bliss
418 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Phone (919)967-3066
Hours: M-Th 2pm - 12m, Fri-Sat. 2pm-2am
Located in the heart of Chapel Hill, NC, Hookah Bliss is a contemporary hookah lounge in a relaxed setting, serving 34 premium hookah flavors,
with an eclectic list of 26 beers, as well as coffees, teas, and sodas.
Beers include the rare and delicious Brooklyn Lager, Flying Dog, La Fin Du Monde, and some high-powered Belgians and stouts.
A MUST STOP for the beer connoisseur and hookah smoker. Full beer list on the website.
hookahbliss.com

Hookah Joe's
50 Commerce Street Asheville, NC 28801 Phone: 828-252-1522
Looks like a nice small place! Nice decor, more for the younger crowd, nice authentic hookahs.
Webcam on the website as well. hookahjoes.com

Hookah House
210 South Church Street Hendersonville, NC 28792 phone 828-595-1015
Hours: Mon-Thurs 6pm-11pm, Fri-Sat 6pm-1am Closed Sunday.
Choose from one of our five rooms, and relax in any living room setting. This non-alcholic lounge has a full espresso bar, teas, and an array of cold beverages.
Board games are also available for use including chess, checkers, backgammon, Scrabble, and others. Free WiFi.
Over 40 premium flavors of mahsell and tobacco-free smoke! 18+ Mature adults only.
hookahhouses.com

Kan Zaman
W. 25th St. at Market Square, just over the bridge. Ohio City Strip, Cleveland.
The first in Ohio to be listed in ANY hookah bar & lounge directory!
A middle-eastern restaurant that serves hookahs as well. Usually open till 3am.
The crowd is usually a mix of young Arab men, young couples on dates,college punks,
and middle-aged people out to try something different after a tough day at the office.
Sometimes the music will sound more traditional, at times it may sound more modern-pop
or progressive, but always Arabic.
Late-nite derbakeh drumming, often assisted by local belly-dancers.
Tobacco flavours range from mango to merangue, and bowls are only $6.00!
They have about a half-dozen flavours of hookah tobacco (mango is the tastiest, no question).
Other flavours include strawberry, passion fruit, chocolate, apple, arak, merangue, and even fresh fig.
No alcohol served here, but BYOB is welcomed.
We hear Thursday nights are the best! Saturday nights might charge you a cover depending on when you arrive.
Not a particularly large or chic place, but it gets lively and it's a cool hang-out. Worth a check!

Shi-Sha Lounge
2369 North High St, Columbus OH 43202.
It is a very mellow hookah lounge/ coffee/ espresso shop with some dessert/sandwich/traditional arabic snacks type food.
Chess, studying, chilling and even an occasional mixture of live music everywhere, with an unbelievable mixture of cultures.
Very very cool spot. Prices are good and the atmosphere and shisha are excellent.
It is owned by 1 American, 1 African, and 2 Arabs, and it shows...
Upen around lunchtime until 4:00 AM.

Mejana
25 W. 6th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Phone (513)-333-0660
Hours are 11-11 every day. A nice restraunt with good food at good prices.
Nice decor, service was a little slow. Fairly informal, it is a sit down restraurant though.
Shisha is 8.75 they only have 3 flavors, apple grape and rose. Website is http://www.mejana.net

The Pyrmid Coffee House
12657 Lorain Ave Cleveland, OH 44111
An Egyptian owned & operated shisha cafe that also serves a variety of teas & coffees.
Outdoor seating available during the summer. Typical crowd are Arabic men and some college kids from time to time.
It's not unusual to see a card game or a game of backgammon going on and the crowd are usually regulars.
Friday & Saturday nights are the best to go. Spartan furnishings but outdoors during a nice evening looks pleasant.
Open 7 days a week. Usually opens after 4:00PM or 5:00PM in the afternoon and stays open till about 3AM.
The price of shisha is $6.00 and the teas & coffees vary however are very low priced. Food served as well.

FireFly
124 S. Water St. Kent, OH 44240. Phone 330-673-0011.
They are open from 5pm-3am Monday thru Saturday.
Hookah is the main attraction, plus they have desserts and some food items. Hookah is $9.50 to smoke.

Monster Hookah Cafe
Euclid Avenue at East 14th Street, Playhouse Square, Cleveland.
A Palestinian-owned establishment. The owner's a very cool guy, and the place has a great location on Cleveland State University's campus on the East end of Downtown, right off 77-N. and on the (coming-soon) Euclid Corridor trolley lines.
This summer they plan on staying open 24 HOURS!

The Hookah Cafe
Colonial Plaza, Belmont Avenue, Liberty Twp., Youngstown.
Open very late till the last head leaves! An ultra-posh place, despite the semi-suburban N. Youngstown location.
The owner designed the place after his uncle's place in DC. Also Palestinian-owned, and ironically located in the most Jewish section of Youngstown, in a plaza that is shared with Kravitz's Jewish Deli and Jimmy's Italian store. The Hookah Cafe attracts a vibrant mix of young diverse people, and local Arab men who play cards all night deliver a serious sense of authenticity. Juke box, local sports and boxing on TV, beautiful blue fish tanks, red walls, Mediterranean murals and black leather couches set the mood. Mob motif and pool hall in the rear. GREAT Middle Eastern food available even late night including a tasty array of Turkish and Palestinian coffees.
Summer plans include outdoor seating along the side of the building and a rooftop terrace!

The Magic Lamp Imports and Deli - This place may or may not still be open (09/07). No phone # available. UPDATE APPRECIATED!
7429 N. May Avenue, Oklahoma City 73116
Open M-Sat 10AM to 9PM
The first in Oklahoma to be listed in ANY hookah bar & lounge directory!
Primarily a Lebanese restaurant - counter service casual by day, waitered service after 5pm.
Hummus, tabouli, kebabs etc. are all made from scratch at moderate prices (lunch $6-10, dinner $8-$15).
No alcohol served but intend to add beer and wine in the near future. A popular deli and an import
grocery section on site as well. The Magic Lamp is located in an upscale part of town and serves shishas
throughout the day for $8.00 for the first person and $2.00 for each additional person, limit of 4 people per hookah.
Prices may vary for special events such as parties, belly dancing etc.
Clientele tends to be yuppie, young and also ethnic Middle-Easterners. Calm atmosphere.
Music runs from Arabic-traditional to classical European and mellow U.S. which makes for a relaxing atmosphere -
great for chatting and getting to know new and interesting people.

Hookah Zone
1527 E. 2nd. St., Edmond, OK 73034 (405)-285-9393
Pool tables, music, free wireless internet.

Pied Cow Coffeehouse
3244 SE Belmont Street Portland OR 97214 (503) 230-4866

Metro Pizza and Lava Bar
222 SW Washington St in downtown Portland Right off the Morrison Bridge. Phone 503-224-5477
Metro is a hookah lounge for the younger crowd (18-20). The lounge has nice comfy furniture and a very relaxed atmosphere.
Lava bar is across the hall (in the same building) for the 21+ crowd, similar atomosphere but with cocktails.
They have a nice selection, mostly the Sultan brand and will mix if you request it.
Summer hours are Monday through Thursday til midnight, Fri & Sat til 2am, in winter (from Sept. 10 to May 30) Monday through Thursday til 8pm, Fri & Sat til 2am
Now open for ages 16+ because Metro is now serving new herbal mahsell (sahara smoke's black label).
In the 21+ area (LAVA) the regular mahsell is being served. Prices are $13 for first bowl, $11 for refills. . $1 pizza slices!!
metropizza-hookah.com
lavapdx.com
myspace.com/metropizza

The Sultan Cafe
1500 NW 18th Suite 101 Portland Oregon call Phone (503) 227-6466
$10.00 per smoke. For group of 2 or more $3 additional.
thesultancafe.com

Hookah Patrol at the Coffee Dugout
742 SW 18th Ave Portland, OR 97205
Just off the MAX light rail at the PGE Park stop. Hookah Rentals are $5, each bowl of shisha is $1 - they carry a variety of brands.
They also sell hookahs at very competitive prices.

Candy Shak Oxygen and Hookah Bar
2251 Main Street Springfield OR 97477 Phone 541-744-5499
Thur-Sat 8pm-3am Flavored oxygen and flavored tobacco. Hookah prices- $10 bowl plus $2 per extra hose, $5 per extra bowl and $20 for unlimited hookah smoke for the night. A 36 inch 6 person hookah is also available. You can do flavored oxygen and hookah at the same time!
Unlimited oxygen and hookah for the night for $25.00. Food and soft drinks, no alcohol since its 18 and up.
Gentlemens club with beautiful strippers. mostly hip hop music.

Little Marakesh Moroccan Restaurant 1825 Limekiln Pike, Dresher. tel. 215-643-3003 A gorgeous (WOW!) BYOB restaurant with traditional food. Hookahs are offered but are not the main attraction. Reservations are suggested. They also have a bazaar area where they sell hookahs and accessories among other Moroccan products. Nice website. http://littlemarakesh.com/1.html

The Tall Shiva Hookah Lounge
224 W. College Ave. State College, PA 16801
http://www.tallshiva.com/

Roya Restauarant
1823 Sansom Philadelphia, PA 19103 phone 215-557-0808
Hours: MON-THU 11:30am-9pm, FRI 11:30am-10pm, SAT 5pm-10pm.
The restaurant is closed between 2:30 and 5pm Monday - Friday.
You'll enjoy fine dining in a relaxed atmosphere.
They have an upstairs bar with couches, skylights, and a generally mellow atmosphere.
Persian, Mediterranean and Fusion cuisine is served.
They have an upstairs bar with couches, skylights, and a generally mellow atmosphere.
No details on the hookah service yet. Delicious Persian food. This could be the little jewel you're looking for!
Any further info is appreciated especially hookah info. WEBSITE

Fig Cafe Hookah Lounge
437 Old York Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046 Phone: (215)-885-4656
A coffee-shop which presents vegetarian, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern & North African cusine, made to order from scratch, with rare dishes like kosharey & foool.
Drinks are also healthy & rare - herbal teas, 100% fruit smoothies, plus fruit juices & sodas. The atmosphere is cool & mellow and changes from night to night depending on the event, such as the first Monday of the month is a Belly Dance Expo, the 2nd & 4th Monday of the month Fusion Jazz Live, Tuseday night is a Classic Jazz Live, Wednesday nite is an Open Mic Night, Thursday nights is Trivia Nite, & on Friday & Saturday nights have belly dancing, while Sunday nights have various artists live.
Fig Cafe is a melting point where East meets West. figcafehookahlounge.com

Sphinx Cafe
901 E. Carson St., Pittsburgh. Phone 412-481-1918
Pittsburgh's only Egyptian Hookah Bar and Coffee House.
Fruity tobacco flavors, bellydancers, Egyptian and American specialties, coffees, teas, fruit cocktails,
cold & hot herbal drinks and Arabic desserts such as Baklava, Mamoul cookies and much more.
Hookahs are prepared according to Egyptian tradition. Casual dress, prices are $10.00 or less.
Hours: Sunday-Thursday 4pm -12:30am Friday & Saturday 4pm-2am. *BYOB allowed.
Repairs, cleans, sells, trades & buys hookahs etc. Full details on their website sphinx-cafe.com
Second location added!
Sphinx Cafe
401 Atwood St. Pittsburgh PA 15213 in Oakland right near the college campus. Phone 412-621-1153.

The Pillar Hookah Lounge and Coffeeshop
125 Morgantown Rd. Reading PA, 19611
Laid back environment, it is an Americanized hookah lounge.
It displays artwork from local artists like paintings and photography, and hosts many events like movie night, poetry night, etc.
pillarlounge.com
myspace/pillarlounge

Om Shiva Hookah Lounge
731 Filbert Street Shady side Pittsburgh PA 15232 Telephone 412 681 1113
Any further information is appreciated.

Disorderly Conduct
617 Harden St., Columbia SC 29205 phone 803-765-0420
This is a small place, and it also has art on the walls by local artists for purchase!

Jerusalem Cafe
1664 Sycamore View Road, Suite 102, Memphis, TN 38134-7310
Phone: (901) 385-3200
http://www.jerusalemcafetn.com/
This is a restaurant that offers shisha, not so much a lounge. See website for discount offers.

The Kasbah Moroccan Lounge
2714 Guadalupe Street, Austin, TX 78705 tel: 512-289-4752
http://www.kasbahhookahbar.com
75+ flavors of shisha tobacco, delicious Moroccan teas, and located right next to the University of Texas (Austin) campus.
Nice place, well-decorated, beautiful furniture, tall hookahs!

The Archer Hookah Bar
2418 Guadalupe, Austin (512) 495-9212
Across from the UT campus, downstairs from Pipes Plus. Hours: M-Sat 7am-1am, Sunday 12-7pm
Brand new beautiful Syrian hookahs as well as the Syrian "chiller" hookahs that have an icewater bucket at the top of the stem!
Coffee, tea, juices, wireless internet! $10.00 a bowl, $7.00 on Wednesdays and before 3 p.m.
Many flavors including double apple, rose, strawberry, peach, orange, banana, melon, and several more sweet flavors.
Mellow quiet atmosphere, mostly college students. Live acoustic music starting in the fall when school starts.

Ranosh Cafe
3402 Fondren, Houston, TX 77063 Phone 832-242-5200 http://www.ranosh.com/
Open from 11 am to 2 am daily. Always packed on weekends, fun atmosphere to just hang out and relax. And pretty decent food for only $5-6.00.
It cost $5.99 for a hookah and if you need a to change your bowl then its only $1.99 extra. Con side they only offer one flavor. (apple)
The cafe has a huge garden and is the primary seating area with fountains and scattered tables to ensure seating for all. There is also a seating area inside with a big screen TV that has both american and middle eastren channels. WIRELESS INTERNET is provided for FREE to all customers. Tea and coffee are also available. Arabic music is constantly playing at Ranosh, and the hospitality and service are excellent.

Al Omdah Grill
Located on Dairy Ashford and Westheimer in Houston TX
Its is a restaurant by day serving all kinds of middle eastren food and gets very lively at weekends with live music played by a band, a female singer, a male singer, and a belly dancer. Food is delicious, and the hookahs are great. Price for a hookah is $20.00 (ouch!)
Saturday nights are lively at Al Omdah!

Bahgeri's
Fry St., Denton, right next to the campus of UNT
An Italian restaurant - food is amazing and also very cheap 5$ a plate big enough for 2 people.
It has a large covered outdoor patio where they have hookahs.

The Velvet Hookah
2712 Main ST. Dallas TX 75226 tel 214.747.6700
15375 Addison Rd. Addison, TX 75001
http://www.velvethookah.com
The location on Main in Dallas has a tendency to be “sideways hat welcome” and “what do you mean by pro?”
and “what the heck is a fez?” On the upside, they do have excellent food as well as belly dancers, and the
Addison location is magnificent. The Main location is also on the ‘trendy’ side, with a big snob factor.

Shisha Cafe
5500 Babcock, San Antonio
Small place in a strip mall, relatively new establishment.
Good Turkish coffee, quality baklava, great chicken shawerma, friendly staff.
Arabic pop on the stereo. Tall shishas with about 30 different flavors!

Red Fez
209 West 5th Street, Austin 78701 (512) 478-5120 Review appreciated.

It's Greek To Me
Located at The Shops at Vista Ridge
500 FM 3040 #310 Lewisville, TX 75067 Phone: 972.459.9798 itisgreektome.com
Review appreciated.

Al-Amir Lebanese Restaurant and Club
7402 Greenville Ave. #101 Dallas, TX 75231 phone: 214.739.AMIR(2647)
Hours: 6pm-2am Wednesdays-Sundays alamirdallas.com
A Lebanese restaurant by day and club/hookah lounge by night.
The music mixes are amazing (Arabic: Egyptian,Lebanaese, Persian - all some mixed with current hip-hop mixes)
and they also have belly dancers on Friday and Saturday nights. Sunday's the have Amateur Belly Dancing Contests (win $$).
This is mainly a restaurant that offers hookahs, but they do have a hookah lounge. Al-Amir I has three levels, two full bars and dance floors.
Hookahs are $15 for about 20 different flavors. Thursdays are $5-$10 Hookah Nights.
Dress is casual but nice. No sloppy dressing! Atmosphere is fun and inviting.
It can get busy, so watch that you get tongs if you don't want to rely on staff to nurse your hookah.
Al Amir II has a sunken dance floor, full bar, and can be rented for family celebrations, gatherings, etc.
Belly dancing every night at 9:30. Lessons are offered some days.
Reservations required Fridays and Saturdays. Cover charge after 9pm on weekends.
Quote from a local: "As a native Egyptian, I can truly say the place reminds you of walking into a lounge/club in Cairo, Egypt."

Starz Cafe, Houston. Any other info is appreciated. I hear they need to clean their hookahs.

Cairo Palace, Houston. Any other info is appreciated. I hear they need to clean their hookahs.

Byblos Lebanese Restaurant
1406 N. Main Forth Worth 76106 (817) 625–9667 www.byblostx.com
Reasonable food prices.

Hookah Bar and Oxygen Bar
6423 Richmond Avenue, Suite T Houston 77057 (713) 266-7926
Don't know if this place is still in operation, but at last check their website failed and we heard
their hookahs and service were VERY substandard.
Loud, full of kids, impossible to enjoy if you're older than 20.

Downtown Hookahs
121 E. 5th st. and Brozos, Austin
Hours: Wed.- Sun. 9pm- 2am. Hookah Happy Hour Th-Sat. 9pm-11pm.
A cozy hookah lounge located within a comfortable bar on 5th street. Laid back atmosphere.
The bar One-2-One is convienently located between the Warehouse District and the 6th St.
district. Full bar downstairs, 21 and up only. The lounge is located upstairs with pillows, oval chairs and couches for seating.
Artwork sells on the walls and free Gamecube gaming with purchased hookah bowl.
The hookahs are always clean, and they offer 30 of the most top quality sheeshas around.
Hookah Bowls: $10 for 1 and 1/4 hour smoke, $7 for a 45 min. shot. http://www.downtownhookahs.com

Kairo Kafe
909 Franklin St.
Houston, TX 77002 (713) 22-KAIRO
http://www.kairokafe.com
"You will be tantalized by all we have to offer. We provide our patrons with a one of a kind
experience unlike any other in the world." - Website
"You will travel in time to a land sought after in dreams and fantasies, the sights, the sounds,
the smells, the flavors, the feeling that you will never forget." - Michael D'Andrea -Critic
Shisha and food prices not known.

Jasmin Market and Café
107 E. Main St., Richardson, Texas 75081 Phone 972.437.4522
Now a lounge! You can also buy hookahs and supplies here.
I hear they have a HUGE selection! "I was like a kid in a candy store," said a poster from a forum.

HookahCulture.com is considering a store directory where one can buy hookahs,
ma'asell and supplies. These are usually local grocery stores that DO NOT offer online sales.
Submissions welcome! FREE LISTING. PLEASE LET US KNOW.

Azar's Natural Foods
2000 Colley Ave, Norfolk (Historic Ghent area) Phone 757-664-7955 Website (opens in new window)
A grocery store, cafe with fair prices, and hookahs on offer.
Not much else is known about this place, but the food selections look great and so do the prices.
Be aware that the "Ugly Duckling" treat isn't vegan because it's made with Swiss chocolate!
Perhaps call for more information about hookah smoking.

Cairo Cafe
612 East Main Street, Radford, VA 24141 Phone (540) 639-0803
Any further info is appreciated.

Prince Cafe
3821-D S. George Mason Drive, Falls Church, VA 703-931-8200.
http://www.cafeprince.com/

Alf Laylah Wa Laylah
13975 Metrotech Drive Chantilly, VA 20151 1.703.378.6677

Sahara
813 West Grace Street Richmond, VA 23220 1.804.355.4010

Naders
4407 Plank Rd Fredericksburg, VA 22407 1.540.548.8000

Merrifield Kabob and Hookah Lounge
8428 Lee Hwy Fairfax, VA 22031 1.703.204.4400

The Oasis Café
3813 South George Mason Drive Falls Church VA 22041 (703) 671-4063

Lazy Dayz
731 J Clyde Morris Blvd Newport News, VA 23601
Hours are: Sun-Wed from 5pm - 1am and Thurs-Sat 5pm - 4am.
There are 2 plasma screens, a big snake cage, and will be introducing live belly dancing soon.
They are also going to showcase (and sell) a huge selection of artwork that are submitted to them from artists in the area.
NOT an authentic "Arabic" feel AT ALL (hookah etiquette is not usually seen here); hookahs are many times on tables, and people light their cigarettes with the charcoal all the time. There are couches and games. The hookahs range from $8-$12 and there is an EXCELLENT selection of flavors, ranging from cola and butterscotch, to exotic guava and melon.
All-in-all, a cool place to hang out with your college buddies, but not a good place to come if you came to feel "authentic" or if you're hungry (they only serve drinks and snacks like chocolate bars).
lazydayzhookah.com

King’s Café
Woodbridge, VA near the corner of U.S. 1 and Opitz Boulevard.
Hours: 11:30 a.m. until 2 a.m. weeknights, until 4 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, Sundays 5 p.m. to midnight.
Low tables, tapestries hanging from the ceiling. Variable music from Arabic to top 40.
This used to be a pizza place but is now more Mediterranean, with traditional dishes available. No alcohol.

She-Sha
211 Draper Rd SW Blacksburg, VA. 24060-4710 1.540.961.9100
Smoothies, good flavors, open since early 2004.
More info as it comes, give this place a try!
Collegiate Times article about the place CLICK HERE

Tiger Cafe & Lounge
43761 Parkhurst Plaza Suite #132, Ashburn, VA 20147 phone 703.858.3870
Serving Middle Eastern, Indian, and Thai Food. Modern spartan decor, very nicely done.
Belly dancers, live DJs, live music, international music, full bar.
Sat-Mon: 1/2 Price Hookah w/ purchase of appetizer Happy Hour 5-8, Sunday $1 Drink specials.
Hookah Fever Fridays -- Event starts at 10pm 18 to enter 21 to drink, $5 cover charge, Ladies Free till midnight.
WEBSITE HERE

Aladdin Cafe
South George Mason Drive Falls Church VA (in the same strip as Oasis and Prince)
Open 24 hours. Diverse and very mellow crowd with a variety of ethnicities and age-groups.
Any further info is appreciated.

Fire & Earth fireandearthglass.com
322 E. 4th Ave Olympia, WA 98501 Phone: 360-705-3976
Hours: Monday thru Wednesday 11am - 7pm, Thursday - Saturday 11am - 10pm, Closed Sundays
No food available, but great Thai restaurant next door. Drinks: Sobe, Snapple, sodas, teas. Espresso bar next door to lounge.
Hookah rentals: $7.95, up to 3 people, includes bowl, no cover charge.
Live music featured monthly, check store for upcoming performances.

Munchy'z Munchyz.com
902 NE Colorado St., Pullman, WA 99163 Phone (509)334-2520
Offers traditional mediterranean food as well as hot dogs, nachos, and more, including hookah of course! Complete details on website.
Prices range based on quality of tobacco brand desired.
The brands served are Al-Nakhla, Al-Waha, Al-Fakher, Golden Al-Fakher, and Al-Qemma!
Very few places offer the Golden Al-Fakher! If you haven't had one of these, YOU MUST!! (Eskandrani is incredible, inhale softly.)

Zaina
108 Cherry St. Seattle, WA 98104-2206 Phone: 206-624-5687 (Pioneer Square area)
Lunch, dinner, beer and wine.
Usually packed, younger clientele. Any further info appreciated.

Zaina
1619 Third Ave. Seattle, WA 98101-3528 Phone: 206-770-0813
Lunch, dinner, beer and wine.
Little sister to the larger Pioneer Square location.Live music during dinner. Any further info appreciated.

Azar's
2501 N Monroe St Spokane, Washington 99205 1.509.326.7171

Mamounia
1530 Bellevue Ave Seattle, Washington 98122 1.206.329.5388.

Aladdin Grill & Café
200 Pine Ave., 562-951-1200
Brings the Casbah to your table with a chance to smoke a hookah and sample some extraordinary Mediterranean–Lebanese cuisine. Belly dancers entertain on the weekends.

Chi-Cha Hookah Lounge 1624 U St. NW, Washington DC
PHONE 202/234-8400 review athttp://www.xent.com/nov99/0038.html

Shalimar Restaurant
3263 M Street, 2ND Level, Georgetown, N.W. Washington DC 20007 (202) 338-5736
Any further information is appreciated.

Prince Cafe of Georgetown http://www.cafeprince.com/
3205 Prospect St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20007
Tel: (202) 625-6400
(I hear the food is GREAT.)

Gazuza
1629 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC Phone (202) 667-5500
DRESS CODE ENFORCED. Sushi, hookahs, year-round outdoor patio, trendy lounge type environment, good chill out music.
Awesome atmosphere but pricey with prix fixe drink menu ($10.00) and $18.00 hookah.
Inspect the hookah before agreeing to paying that much - hopefully they've improved the hookahs as of this writing.

Soussi Restaurant
2228 18th St NW Washington, DC 20009 at the corner of Kalorama (202) 299-9314
Hookahs are $16.00. They have two outdoor patios (upstairs and downstairs).
The service was so-so but the hookah was spot on top quality. Local Jonathan says "It felt more authentic."
The menu looks DELICIOUS! Check it out online at soussiindc.com

The Epicure Lounge
1133 Michigan Ave. Sheboygan, WI 920-451-7750
A hookah lounge with a relaxed, trendy atmosphere, and occasional live music.
Prices are between $10 and $15. There is a lot of room for outdoor seating in the summer!
epicurelounge.com

Madison Masala & Shisha Lounge
227 State Street, Madison, WI 53703
698-1962 http://www.madbars.com/bars/masala.html

2 Sweet International Delight
2128 E. Locust St. Milwaukee
The owner's a really nice guy!
Short info bit from On Milwaukee. (link opens in new window)

LAYAL EL SHARK
1883 Lawrence Ave. E. 416-751-0307
Small cafe with shisha, drinks, and small appetizers. Just starting to host a night with a bellydance show on Thursdays around 10:00 pm.

OM KALTHOUM CAFE
2175 Lawrence Ave. E. (at Birchmount Rd.) 416-750-4403
Small cafe with shisha, drinks, and small appetizers. Just starting live entertainment on Thursdays with Mayada dancing at 11:00 and a band!

Aladdin
3085 Hurontario St, Toronto Ontario. Phone 905-275-4700.
Shisha is good, but service can be spotty at times. Worth a try!
More information is appreciated.

Oasis Juice Bar
1961 Lawrence Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, 416-752-4700
Their sheesha is good, food is also pretty decent.
The restaurant is a bit cramped but sometimes they have live entertainment which is nice.

Aladdin's Palace Restaurant
3560 Victoria Park Avenue, North York, Ontario, 416-498-9899
Their sheesha is good. On weekends they have a live band and belly dancer.
Service might be spotty on busy nights.

Paaeez
569 College Street, Toronto m5a 1g6 Phone: 416.537.0767
A swank hookah & martini bar in the Little Italy area of Toronto.
http://www.paaeez.com/
Another article of interest http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/WinnipegSun/News/2004/06/17/502509.html
Any further info is appreciated. This place is NICE! WOW!

Under The Sun
9825 Yonge Street Richmond Hill, ON
(905) 508-0599
We hear it's full of sideways baseball cap teens and the place is uninspiring.
Any further information is appreciated.

Gitana Café 2080 St Denis near Sherbrooke.
Run by an enthusiastic Turkish family. They sell 12 different flavours of shisha, including grape, rose, and banana (the owners recommend the mixed orange-apple-apricot flavor) at $7.50 a smoke. "Le propriétaire est vraiment gentil."

Arabisque 1241 Guy
Despite its shabby exterior, boasts large, comfy couches and plenty of Arabic music and décor (including miniature Egyptian statues). They have all the classic flavours, plus some pretty funky ones like cappuccino. Arabisque also sells food and has a pool table.

Ramses in Broussard. Any further information is appreciated.

Shehrazad Hookah Lounge
Off Ste. Catherines St. on Crescent St.
Hookah is $12-$14 a head and offers the popular Al Nakhla flavours as well as Al Fakher flavours but with variable availability.
Service can be spotty but the shishas are good. In renovation (Sept. 2007) but still open. No liquor license.

Café Authentique
294 St-Catherine East, Montreal. Phone 514 845 8209
It is a lounge and the atmosphere is pretty relaxing and familiar.
There is no food but they make pretty good cappucino and coffee.
They also have a good choice of flavour for the shisha.

Nargileh - a small lounge in a strip mall near the West Island suburbs of St. Laurent, just a few minutes
outside of Montreal. Sorry, address unknown but the shop sits between a Lebanese restaurant and an
Egyptian restaurant (which serves amazing crepes called "fitir"). Any further information is appreciated.

Capsule from a local: Baba Kabab is pretty good and the atmosphere is traditional. Zahra on St Catherine sucks. Kafeine on Bishop has a cool atmosphere but the sheeshas are AWFUL. There is a couple of places where you can buy your tobacco, Adonis, but its freaking expensive. There is also SUPERMARCHE AKHAVAN on Sherbrooke and Grand Avenue.

Other points from a local: Akhavan is an Iranian supermarket. Very good place, tons of stuff you find at Adonis, but cheaper (including sheeshas, tobacco, charcoal, and sometimes accessories). Al Safa is a 'middle eastern' place on St Laurent. Again, supermarket, the owner is pretty cool and offers a good selection of tobacco. Good price too. For Akhavan and specially al-Safa, ALWAYS BARGAIN your price! They are cool and they are used to this. Baba Kabab , good sheeshas, very 'arabic' styling, but calm so you can smoke, eat, play backgammon (sheesha around $10-12). It is now closed for renovation. The BEST sheesha will be found at Nefertitti again, on St. Catherine, near McKay. nice Egyptian atmosphere, AMAZING SHEESHA, very calm. ONE PROBLEM: we call the owner the Sheesha Nazi. a real bastard who can and WILL kick you out if he doesnt like you. (Sideways baseball cap kooks stay away!! -ed.) Expect to pay around $8 for the sheesha and $30 the box. If you want to go there, go there with an Egyptian to start...

Cafe Med on First St. and 10th Ave.
A relaxed atmosphere where customs are respected and shisha must be ordered with food.
A local says "They have amazing food! Great authentic cusine...I recommend the pita mozerella and caesar salad.."

Narah Pan Arabian Hookah Bar
In the Marda Loop area (33Ave)
Any further info is appreciated.

Sahara's
A restaurant and hookah can be smoked after 9pm also depending on the owner's mood.
Any further info is appreciated.

Ice Classics - 12th avenue and McCloud southwest
More oriented towards the younger generation of hookah smokers, "gangsta-wear" at night.
Has a liquor license and also sells tobacco, bulk buys are excellent but otherwise $45 per 250G box.

From a local:
There is also a shisha and mahsell selling place behind S.A.I.T. A&A Deli possibly?
Eccentric and entertaining owner, tobacco prices are around $ 45.00 per 250g box.
No word on hookah smoking on site.
Hidden in a neighbourhood on around 20th ave and 13th street N.W.
Has also great food, deli style layout with family atmosphere.
Very friendly and very cool products in store..Definitely worth checking out

Persian Teahouse
668 Davie St, Vancouver, BC V6B2G5 Phone (604) 681-6672
(Opens at 5pm daily) This place is one of the best known Hookah places in Vancouver, right in the heart of downtown.
The place itself is low-key, and quite small. Service is not fantastic, and the place tends to get very crowded in the evenings, especially in the summer -- but they know what they're doing when it comes to shisha. The Teahouse also offers Persian tea.

Hafez Teahouse
6785 Hastings Street, Burnaby, BC V5B1S6 Phone (604) 677-6537
Hours: 6pm-12am/1am, Closed Mondays. This teahouse is also quite well known, though not as central as Persian Teahouse.
The place is large, the service is friendly, and the shisha is great. They also serve, tea and a limited assortment of other non-alcoholic canned beverages.

Ahwaz Hookah House
1322 West Georgia St. @ Jervis, Vancouver BC. Just a block and a half north of trendy Robson street! (604)696-9376
Beautifully decorated establishment serving hookah and arabic tea. -27 different flavors!!
Complimentary tea, great vibes,social atmosphere, all walks of life welcome! $15.00 for one hookah, two for $25.00.
ahwazhookah.com

Mona's Lebanese Cuisine
1328 Hornby St. Vancouver, BC V6Z1W5 Phone (604) 689-4050
This place is a restaurant that also features a smoking room especially for hookah.
The place looks fantastic, and on Fridays and Saturday nights, they usually have some sort of live entertainment (live bands or bellydancers).
The service can be chalked up as bitchy at best, and although their shisha is always good, they only offer one or two flavors at a time.
Also, they usually charge an additional cover of $10-$15 dollars if they have live entertainment that night (even if you are only interested in going to the back to smoke shisha).

Kashcool Restaurant and Dance Lounge
222 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver, BC V7P2R5 (604) 904-3904
Open daily from 11am - ?? This place has amazing food, but it can be slightly pricy.
On the other hand, they have the cheapest hookah I've found so far -- only $8 a pipe.
But you get what you pay for, their pipes are often weak, and tasteless (though sometimes you get lucky).
Keep in mind, this restaurant does not have a smoking license, so all shisha is done outside in their gazebo area.
Also, if you're ordering drinks, stick with bottled beers and wines, because their bartending is mediocre at best.

QUEBEC

Il y a maintenant au Marché aux Puces de St-Eustache un kiosque appelé ''La Maison du Shisha."

Hookah Lounge
Calle Campeche #284, Condesa 06100
Mexico City
Telefono: 5264-6275
This establishment truly desires to transport the visitor to another culture! Nice casual place with nice booths to sit in, very popular. Bellydancers and DJs, open 5pm till 2am but 11pm Sundays. Closed Mondays. The venue has recently re-opened and now offers delicious fusion food! A wide variety of maassell flavors including melon, fruit, pistachio, mango and many more. They also have a wide variety of drinks. Liquor can be had by the bottle if you so wish - wines from Mexico, Chile, France, Spain and Italy, tequilas of course, rum, whiskey, champagne (!) and more to share among friends. Centenario Gran Anejo is a quality tequila on the menu if you want to sip Mexico's national drink. Food is also served: pitas, salads with a variety of dressings, falafel, chicken couscous, and other classic dishes. Hookahs are about US$9.00. Prices on the website are expressed in pesos. Currency Converter: http://www.xe.com/ucc/ Navigate the colored dots on their website for more details. Flash required. Site is in Spanish but easily understandable.
Translator: Copy and paste into http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr
Say "Hola" to Gabriel when you visit, and mention HookahCulture.com!
http://www.hookahlounge.com.mx

Al-Rafidain
Capsule from a local: "On Watling avenue, Burnt Oak, Edgware, Middlesex (HA8) on the border of north west London.
Nearest tube Burnt Oak on the Northern line. Al-Rafidain is on the junction between Watling avenue and Edgware Rd.
(Yes its the same famous Edgware Road but remember that street is about 8 miles long!)
Their wettest and best flavours i've, so far, tried are Cherry, Double Apple and Liquorice (AWESOME!).
Do not buy their Mint. For some reason its almost always dry.
They also sell Wood coal but I buy my wood coal from a shop only 10 seconds away:
Turn left when you emerge on to the Edgware Road and on the opposite side of the road you'll see a huge Turkish
general grocery store called Vezir. It sells the excellent Abu Al-Abd Wood coal (in an orange bag) for only £1.30 a bag! Bargain!"

Nargileh Mezeriye Restaurant
73, Hanover Street, Edinburgh, Scotland
0131-225 5755
Restaurant with hookahs. Any further info is appreciated.

Australia & New Zealand Hookah Bars / Lounges

Coco Café
573 North Sydney Rd, Brunswick, VIC, Tel: +61 3 9387 6322
The Coco is the probably the only traditional Middle-Eastern shisha café in Melbourne.
It's a little more traditional without substantial fancy décor. There are two areas in the café. The front area is open and patrons often bring in food. The Coco only serves shisha and drinks. This is due to Australian smoking laws. But, there is a plethora of Middle-Eastern cafés, restaurants and bakeries steps away who offer takeaway – and the Coco is happy to bring your own, "BYOF." The back room has Arab television or music and the crowd is fairly traditional, meaning the back area is mostly Middle-Eastern men. It's a little working class, but most dress well.
No sideways or other baseball caps please. Shisha is served with natural style uncompressed charcoal in a Syrian or Egyptian style bowl. Soex brand served, nice pipes!
They serve a great smoke and bowls are a very reasonable $10 AUD. Open late most night. Catch tram #19 to stop #25 or take the Upfield train line to Anstey station. sydneyroad.com.au

Alumbra
Shed 6B, South Wharf Road, South Bank, VIC, 3006, Tel: +613 8606 4422
A swanky, chic cocktail bar in Melbourne, with a backdrop of the city skyline on the Yarra river. They also serve a wide variety of tapas, Middle-Eastern food, Oz and French wines, plus exotic cocktails. Only apple masell available and is served in Turkish style pipes. Too bad the pipes have not been cleaned since the bar opened. A local says "the one served to me made me very sick, I've never had a pipe so bad." Skip the shisha and stay for the crowd, vibe, view and drinks. Better yet, bring your own pipe. Dress for success. Generally open 5 PM to 3 AM. Alumbra is located on the river behind the Melbourne Exhibition center. alumbra.com.au

Sahara Nights
126 Lygon Street, Brunswick East, VIC Tel: +61 3 9387 4012
Swank mixed crowd café that serves alcohol. Belly dancing on Thursday and Friday nights. Live and loud music Thursday through Saturday nights. Crowded and packed after 10 PM, get table reservations.

Achelya Café Bar Restaurant
23 Aquitania Way NewQuay, Docklands, VIC, 3008 Tel: +61 3 9602 2234
Upscale Australian and modern Turkish cuisine in Melbourne. Serving shisha 8 AM – 10 PM on weekdays and to 1-2 AM on weekends.
At last report, they serve Nakhla brand - a popular brand in Egypt but a substandard brand and flavor by world standards.
Friendly staff, TERRIFIC food and coffee.
Shisha is $20 AUD at last report. (hey it's upscale). achelya.com.au

Osmane Café
800 Punchbowl Rd., Punchbowl, NSW, Tel: +61 2 9759 7093
Osmane is the newest shisha café in Sydney. Due to smoking laws they primarily serve coffee, tea and shisha. The tea is traditional, very good, and served in pots with small traditional glasses in silver holders. The smoking area is indoor/outdoor and is very large. Shisha is served in Syrian style bowls on large 42 inch pipes. Unique to most Shisha cafés, the Osmane also provides each table with a charcoal server for a constant supply of traditional charcoals. Open from 9AM to 2 AM. Get there by 8 PM, if you want a bench seat table. It's about a 1 minute walk to Punchbowl station on the Bankstown train.

Titanic Restaurant and Café
49 Raymond St., Bankstown, NSW 2200 Tel: +61 2 9708 3688
The titanic is a upscale Sydney restaurant and café with indoor/outdoor dining. Very nice atmosphere and great food, so it's better to be well dressed, but jeans can be OK too. Think table cloth. The restaurant also features a glassed off indoor/outdoor smoking lounge.
Very busy after 8-9 PM. It's a block and a half from Bankstown station on the Bankstown train.

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New Zealand

Kebab House
267 Karangahape Rd ("K Road"), Central, Auckland NZ +64 9 373 5656 This sidewalk kebab restaurant is in the heart of Auckland's red light district. New Zealand is not America - prostitution is legal here and the area reasonably safe at night, especially K Road. There are also upscale restaurants and pubs in the area. The food is good and cheap. So is the shisha, served up on sidewalk café tables in small Egyptian style pipes. Don't let the packing tape scare you – the smoke is high quality and the flavor selection large. As a bonus you might just be entertained by some working girls preparing for their day. Just don't forget to bring your own plastic pipe tips – they don't provide any. Open 11 AM to late. Kebab house has two additional locations, but it is unknown if they serve shsiha. Sideways baseball caps wearing types will find a warm welcome here.

Kebab House
691 Manukau Road, Royal Oak, Auckland +64 9 625 1920 Kebab House – 600 Remuera Road, Remuera, Auckland +64 9 522 6625 Little Turkish Café – 217 Karangahape Rd ("K Road"), Central, Auckland +64 9 302 0353 This is a Turkish Café / Restaurant with indoor / outdoor seat and fabulous food. It's only a block away from the core of the red light district, but its ambiance is more than a block away from the typical kebab shops. The café makes fresh bread continuously in their own wood fired brick oven to complement their spit roasted meats. And the menu is wide, deep and reasonably cheap. After such a fine meal, they will serve you a little shisha. To bad the consistency of their shisha set-up is a little hit or miss. They have outdoor heaters and wind breaks, if it gets a little cool. Sideways baseball cap wearing types will find a warm welcome here.

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Standard Coffeelounge
Visit us in Mainaschaff (close to Aschaffenburg, near Frankfurt) Hauptstrasse 9 at Rathaus (city hall) call us on +49 6021 585981
The Place to be - Smoke a Hookah for just 3 Euro, drink some of our 500 cocktails, and chill in our couches.
We change the Taste of Tobacco nearly every week.
Our Store for Hookahs in the first floor is opended from Monday - Saturday from 3pm-8pm, you´ll get everything, you can also preorder on our website.
The Lounge is open from Tuesday - Sunday from 7pm until open end, minimum 1 a.m..

L'emir
Place Maurice-Chevalier, Paris-20e. Any further info is appreciated.

Oum Kalsoum Café
4, Square Vernenouze, Paris-5e. Any further info is appreciated.

Le Sabl'e doré
20, Rue Henri-Monnier, Paris-9e. Any further info is appreciated.

Le Nefertari
6, Rue Saint-Marc, Paris-2e. Any further info is appreciated.

Talmo Bar
Rue van Arteveldestraat 47
1000 Brussels
Phone 0032 (0) 484 656 840
3 minute walk from Metro Bourse!
They serve a double-apple hookah for €8. This is a small restaurant serving middle-eastern sandwiches. They also have three or four very good Belgian beers available. The hummous was also excellent.
The owner of this restaurant makes everyone feel at home.
Due to Belgian smoking laws, smoking is available outside under a covered awning.

The Nilo Blu (close the metro station of Loreto)
http://www.ristoranteniloblu.it/
This is a very nice restaurant. I suppose they serve hookahs as an aside.
More info as it becomes available.

El Jadida Ristorante - Disco - Bar
http://www.eljadida.it/
Atmosfera da "Mille e una Notte." A beautiful, classy restaurant with beautiful girls.
Furnishings imported directly from Marrakech! Gorgeous tall shishas everywhere!
Hookah rental 15 Euros, almost every flavor, El Basha brand.
Meals range from 30 to 75 Euros.
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights have bellydancing and club music (tribal, Maroc, house, etc.) until 3am with a 15 Euro cover charge.
Photos are posted in the photo section.

OK we all know this is a shisha smoking capital, and there are LOTS of places to smoke, but there's
one place in Cairo that prevails.....

El Fishawi is the best place! Khan Al Khalili is the most famous bazaar in Cairo... Just enter the Khan sideways from
Al Hussain's Mosque to the left and the El Fishawi cafe will emerge after about 200 meters. You can't miss it!
It is a very popular spot. Their Turkish Coffee is great and they are famous for their tea served with fresh mint.
Just sit there and enjoy your drinks and smoke and don't forget to look up!
This is a very old place in Cairo and the architecture is breathtaking.
The best place to buy a shisha is Khan Al Khalili, but not in the front and tourist area, but behind,
where shishas are for sale piece by piece... You can choose and build by yourself.

Cafe Riche

17 Talaat Harb Street
Cairo, IL 62914 Egypt

Tel. +20 2 392 9793

Open HoursMidday-2am daily

Once a favourite literary hang-out, this historic bar and bistro has been faithfully restored to its former glory.
Depending on your mood, you could settle amidst the wood panelling and spacious windows for a drink or opt for the cozier dining area tended by uniformed staff. Caricatures of famous Egyptians line the walls and the impressive espresso bar by the window attracts plenty of glances. A spiral staircase descends to a cavernous bar dressed up in masharabiyya woodwork, red velvet, wood panelling and elegant light fixtures.

Imbibe the ambience with a brew. Sakara comes on tap (EGP 8 for a small glass) or in bottles (EGP 12). Other beers and wines are moderately priced. Mezzes and light meals are available throughout, but these tend to be rather unremarkable. For tea and a shisha, try the busy alley behind the bistro.

India

Olive Bar & Kitchen
14 Union Park, Khar, Bombay (Mumbai). Telephone: 00 91 22 600 8248
The hippest hangout in trendy Bandra, north Mumbai, popular with models and Bollywood stars not to mention cricketing demi-Gods like Sachin and Kapil. Gorgeous ladies and by far the hippest crowd in the city. Great combination of up-scale party place and candle-lit romance. Don't go there with 4 of your male friends (male parties are frowned upon unless they book a table in advance).
Article at http://www.worldsbestbars.com/city/BombayMumbai/OliveBarKitchen.asp

Bar UNO
In Kuala Lampur across from Rum Jungle near the Petronas Towers.
A club atmosphere with an outside bar where a man named Jehad sets up his hookahs and serves them for 15 Ringgat (about US $3.00).
About 20 flavors that you can mix and match. A full bar and Itallian restaraunt offer their services as well.

Moyo
Shop 5, Melrose Square, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg. Telephone: 00 27 11 684 1477
Beautiful African restaurant-bar with hookahs in the flashy new Canary Wharf-style Melrose Arch development. It’s an exquisite interior, with a balcony restaurant overlooking a bar with stools and high tables; and a winding curved stairwell going down to various basement levels.
Delicious food includes everything from Moroccan tajines to saucy Afrikaner ox tail stews.
Article at http://www.worldsbestbars.com/city/Johannesburg/Moyo.asp

Habibi
112-114 Wellington Street, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong, 852.2544.9298
Principally a Middle Eastern restaurant catering to the ex-pat crowd.
They use slow start charcoal with a choice of apple or traditional, not for beginner, strong tobacco.

Merhaba
G/F, Yiu Pont House, 12 Knutsford Terrace, Tsim Sha Tsui (TST), Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Turkish restaurant and shisha café, with décor to match. Terrific outdoor dining on the terrace with tables covered by large umbrellas.
Small Turkish pipes, a good flavor selection and the cheaper than the Medina bar or Habibi.

Medina Bar
G/F17 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong, 852.2525.9493
Fabulous Moroccan, Hong Kong, and European fusion décor, bar and shisha café with Egyptian pipes, and great flavors.
The favorite shisha café of Hong Kong party girls everywhere.

Ukraine

"Atlanta" bar-restaurant
56 Krasnoarmeyskaya str., Kiev
Restaurant phone: 220-0091 Bar phone: 227-1073
Hours: 10:00 - 02:00. Hookah bar begins at 20:00 (8pm). Guarded parking lot.
A suave and stylish restaurant that also serves hookahs. Beautiful decor, wonderful presentation of dishes.
The food served is of high quality and includes salmon, sturgeon meat and caviar, mussels, shrimp, rabbit, veal, and more.
The online menu has photos of all the dishes! Classic wine list with offerings from France, Italy, Chile, Georgia, and
more. Dishes seem to be reasonably priced for the American or European traveller, with better deals being the squid
and sturgeon fricassee and other hot appetizers. For price conversion as of Feb. 2005, one U.S. dollar = 5.30
hryvnas (UAH). Here is a useful currency converter. http://www.xe.com/ucc/full.shtml
In that part of the world, liquor or juice is often used in the base of the hookah to "enhance" the flavor of the hookah smoke.
It's a bit megalomaniac by Western standards, but it seems to be a trendy Russian custom as of late.
Offerings for your hookah base at the Atlanta include champagne, cognac, vodka, red wine, juice, or standard.
Other offerings include "Bahamas" cocktail, but it's not clear what that entails. Perhaps rum?
Virtual tours of the establishment using iPIX are available on the website. Get the plugin.
http://www.atlanta-bar.com.ua/en/

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