Hookah Bars NYC- Luxor Lounge

I went to the Luxor Lounge tonight in the west village of manhattan for some shisha and hookah smoke. it was a below average experience as the hookah that they gave us was very small and the hose was leaking. the shisha quality of this place is below par and the mixed tobacco hookahs are mediocre. My problem tonight was that the hookah and shisha combo made the taste way too sweet and the flavor degenerated very quickly. the first few pulls were definitely the best and the flavor turned to a sort of licorice taste within minutes. we had a lot of problems with this hookah tonight to say the least. the service was however better but the shisha and hookah experience was terrible. im not sire what it was about this hookah and shisha combo, but within fifteen minutes of smoking the hookah it seemed like it was dead. this should never be the case as a good hookah should ast for at least an hour. the leaking hose was very frustrating and it kept me desiring a better setup. we had to sort of hold the hose with a very tight fist in order to make it stop leaking and even that did not work too well. too often throughout the night i was pulling on the hose with my breath and nothing was happening. the water was not bubbling and there was no smoke coming out of the tube. the only good thing about this hookah was that the blow off valve was working properly and so any stale smoke that was left in the hookah was quicky ejected.

Hookah Bars NYC- Williamsburg Part 3

i was walking around bedford avenue today and i realized that i need some shisha in my life. i needed a hookah right then and there and if i could not have it i was going to be mad. i guess i was going through acute tobacco withdrawl. so i went to north 4th stree between bedford and driggs in search of this hookah bar that i have heard so much about. when i got there it looked in the window and it looked like it was closed. i knoked on the door and no one came to rescue me. I heard that this place was in the process of closing down but i did not think that it was going to be so soon. whenever i walk by this place it always seems closed and there is a sign on the window that says that it is up for rent. now sometimes i drive by this bar and i see that there is shisha and hookas being smoked and i wonder if i should go in. so one day i mosied on in there and i found the door open but there was no one in there! i could not understand why there was on one there but i figured this was the reason that they are closing the place soon. I still have really gone there to smoke hookah and shisha but how bad could it be? the area is good and the people are very nice in this neighborhood but i guess that there is not much demand for hookah bars or shisha tobacco in this area which makes me sad...

Hookah Bars NYC- sorry

Hey there! im sorry i have been absent on my shisha and hookah bar reviews for the past week! i have been very busy on vacation in jamaica! while i was there i did not get a chance to smoke shishs or a hooka one time! what a bummer! i searched for hookah bars and i found that most of the time when i mentioned them people were confused and thought i wanted to buy pot. this was not the case and i was totally let down by the lack of shisha and hookah smoking that goes on in jamaica. i ended p sitting on the beach every day wishing i had a hookah to smoke. next time i travel i am definitely going to check my luggage and bring a damn hooka and some shisha! this was a major damper on my trip all together but on the upside i will be getting to more bars this next week to review more hookahs and shisha flavors available in NYC! Stay tuned!

Hookah Bars-Review

SO this is the weekly of all of the hookah and shisha bars that we have smoked shisha in to date on our wonderful list of reviewed hookah bars. in this review i will give you my top three hookah bars of the week plus my least favorite hookah bar that i have been to so far. SO i bet you can guess that my favorite hookah bar so far is the Hookah Cafe located on the upper east side in manhattan on E60th st between 1st and 2nd avenues. This wonderful little place by far has the best shisha that i have ever smoked. there are many perks of going to this place including the very warm and friendly hospitality of the owners and the baklava is fantastic. everything in this bar is homemade and they do not have anything pre-packaged. they have separate hookas for different flavors and i think that that is just a marvelous idea! the couches are low and the taste of the shisha and their hookas are unrivaled. The Hookah Cafe is the perfect atmosphere for smoking shisha because of the dim lighting and the nice middle eastern music. Even the food at this hookah bar is homemade and delicious! you can read my full review below where i just go on and on about this wonderful little gem on the upper west side, telling all of their little secrets to running the best hookah bar in manhattan and probably the entire state of New York. we will be posting a video clip sometime soon about this bar and have you the user rate it for quality. it will be posted on youtube and links to it will be posted on this blog. more of my reviews of this weeks picks will be up tomorrow! until then, happy smoking and treat your mother well!

Hookah Bars- Le Souk #3

ok so heres the deal with this hookah bar. the fake plastic twenty somethings and the new jersey crowd smoking shisha kind of got to me. i guess smoking hookahs is quite the fad as of lately, after all this bar would not exist if it were not for recent hookah fad and pop culture shisha attitude. after learning that the only chill place in the gigantic hookah bar was bottle service only, i became very discouraged...to say the least. so now after walking through this maze of a hookah bar, drenched with sweaty popped collars, and filled with frantic black dresses, we decided it was finally time to order ourselves a hookah. so we did. we sat down in the second room on the right where there were lounge couches filled with people and barely had room to seat the three of us. so we sat in the crowded hooka bar with tons of people singing along to top 40 music. now let me say that this hookah bar has food and it is damn good. very pricey but damn good. so we ordered an grape mint hookah and it came after about ten minutes. the quality of the smoke was damn good! the hookah worked properly (which was a surprise) and the shisha flavor was not harsh and rather smooth. the coal burned evenly. i did not get a chance to see what brand tobacco they used but i am sure that it was of top quality. the only draw back of this hookah was a big draw back at that. the hookah was 23$! twenty three dollars..... oh my this is by far the priciest thing out there and for the privacy and intimacy of this hookah bar i find this to be very poor. the fact that we could not have a conversation without shouting, and that it totally broke my wallet was very discouraging... i dont know if i will ever venture back to le souk. so what i will leave you with is this... le souk or le suck?

Hookah Bars- Karma

if you like to smoke shisha out of a fine hooka, and you like to be at a happening place in nyc on a thursday, friday, saturday, or even sunday night, then karma is the hookah bar for you. it is very hip and posh with great drinks and bartenders that give a nice pour if you are drinking scotch or something neat. they have a great selection of flavored shisha and a wide variety of hookahs for large parties or small gatherings. the hookas are moderately priced at around 16$. the feel and atmosphere of this hookah bar are stand alone some of the best in nyc. when you walk in you go through a pretty dark red velvet curtain and you instantly get the aroma of a mixture of many shisha flavors. you can see the thick smoke all around you from the plumes emanating from dozens of smoking hookahs. the music early on in the night is of a mellow electronic feel and as the night progresses the electronic music subtly gets heavier. the quality of their hooka is an industry standard, nothing too special but they work none the less. you have options of a few different styles ranging from a short hookah to a tall hooka with anywhere from one to four hoses. all around, this is one of the best hooka and shisha spots for smoking in nyc based on quality of the shisha and amosphere alone.