I have been there twice and both times I have had good service. Â The crowd is mostly Middle-Eastern but the staff is very welcoming to non-Middle-Eastern patrons. Â The first time there, the gentleman replacing the charcoal was very courteous and helpful. Â The price IS a little steep and the $25/person minimum purchase keeps it from being a regular hang out.
Will definitely return.
Went for a relaxing evening of hookah on a Friday evening and ended up worried that the owner's children were going to knock down our hookah before the evening was through. Turkish coffee was good as well as the plum hookah but the children were just annoying for what was expected to be a relaxing atmosphere. Far from it. The owners didn't even seem to care that their children were playing hide and seek amongst the tables and yelling across the room. We left as soon as possible.
Review Source:Cheers to an interesting night. Â I live two blocks away from the restaurant and always wondered about it. Â My roommate and some friends have been there a couple of times and really enjoy dinner with hookahs. Â Late on a Saturday night, my roommate called and said "GEt over here you got to see this." Â Reluctantly, Â I got dressed and walked over. Â
A place I usually didnt see many people inside of during lunch and dinner hours was PACKED! Â Through the hookah smoke I could see a belly dance on stage with a guy singing behind her. Â What a first impression! Â I found my friends in the back, next to a bunch of guys in suits. Â To say the least I felt under dressed when I saw all the women in there club wear. (me, I was sporting a tank top and jeans). Â
As the night progressed, groups of men and women would get on the dance floor performing middle eastern style dances. Â With a great deal of coasting by your waitress and a couple of the women, our group of not usually customers where on the dance floor butchering traditional dances. Â Yes, it was great! Â While the belly dancer would perform a guy in a suit woud toss a wad of money in the air onto the dance floor. Â Crazy night, completely Chicago
Looked like a good idea at first. Â BYOB. Arabic Food. Live Band. NO COVER. Â Or so it said on the metromix listing. Â My boyfriend and I got there around 8:30 with our bottles of wine and, since this was his first outing for some real arabic food, we kinda went crazy ordering a bunch of different things. Â The food was really good and the waitstaff was incredible! Â The ambience is very nice, very chill, very comfy. Â The band was supposed to start at 11 but didn't. Â We ended up staying until about 2am, drinking our wine and enjoying the hookah (which, by the way, was listed at $10 on the menu). Â Then we get our check. Â The hookah was now $15 and we were charged a $25 entertainment fee, that was not listed ANYWHERE! I asked the waitress about it, and she said, "I'm sorry, but that was the owner's fee. That's what he does." So now this owner is dictatng who gets charged and who doesn't?! Â I was beyond angry but my more level-headed boyfriend said it wasn't worth it, we just won't come back. Â And it's a shame because it was a cool place, but I will never return.
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