Kush Oxygen & Hookah Bar

So, I had a friend in town and we went up to Winstar. On the way back, it was around 2:30 am on a Thursday evening and we were ready to go home yet.  I remembered on my last visit that this place stays open til 6am.  I checked the website, as well as Yelp to be sure...and yep 6am. Sweet!  So we get there, and it's dead..as expected but who cares? We only have a few steps in the place when the lady is yelling at us from the counter saying they are closing.  I walk up and tell her that I thought they closed at 6am? She says..."6am or dependent on business".  That would be an extremely important point to list on your business webpage.  Don't waste people's time.  I don't live in Denton, so making the stop off of i35 is a pain to do for nothing.  How are we supposed to know how business is doing? How about we keep it on the safe side..and never come back.

I keep coming back. It's true: it's not exactly the greatest place in the world. The servers can be really nice or rude. Ryan (one of the guys who works there now) comes off rude, flippant, and blunt. But really, after a little while, he's chatty (not necessarily a bad thing). He came and sat down with us for a little while.

The bathrooms can be ok, or just not okay at all. One time I went and the floor was a little flooded. Not okay. Water everywhere and I was afraid to touch anything.

The music? There's a jukebox where you put in a dollar to pick two songs. So really, it's up to the people who are there to pay up for the music if you want to listen to something you particularly want to. They have a good selection. I always pony up because I enjoy listening to what I want to. If nobody pays, it kind of plays random music. It is loud in there though. Have to talk pretty loud if I want anyone to hear me.

How you like the ambiance is completely subjective. Some people like it, some don't. I do. The lights are low with lights that make bright colors and highlighters glow. They give you a couple of highlighters when you sit down so you can scribble on your friends. And like someone else said, they give you soap water sometimes so you can blow smoke bubbles. They have posters that glow and a stripper pole in one end; to be honest, I've never seen anyone actually dance on it. Ryan did the flagpole on it however; that is, where he uses his arms to pull himself horizontal to the ground like a flag. Impressive if you ask me.

I go to Kush for the ambiance, not necessarily the quality of the hookah. The hookah is ok, not the best I've had. It's not strong enough to make me want to cough ever (which I'm not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing). The taste of it can be pretty weak sometimes. The place is a bit pricey for my tastes too.

Also, there are freaking black boxes everywhere (used as chairs) and they get annoying when you want to move around and adjust.

I still keep going back though; I personally like it enough to do so.

This place is "interesting" to say the least. The set up is a turn off and just strange, overall I've had MUCH better. But, there are a few quirky things I appreciate about it.

First off it's pitch black with all black furniture in there and nothing but black lights. You get highlighters and draw on your table and it glows in the black light of course. So kinda cool concept, fun to do with a friend to kill time.

Good service also, they are good conversationalist but maybe it's because they all seem stoned. This place also houses of a diverse cast of UNT students who likewise seem perma-fried.

But by far the most entertaining thing (which isn't saying much TBH) is blowing smoke bubbles with these ghetto styrofoam bowls and soapy water. It's very simple and distracting. Perfect if you have ADHD like me, and will keep you entertained.

But here's the issues: Their furniture is xtremely uncomfortable hard, ridged. This is a hookah bar? Where's all the comfy throw pillows and plush couches? What gives?!

Music = LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS! Mostly newer "bro metal" as I call it. Like the stuff you hear on the title or loading screen of a Madden or UFC video game. Metal in hookah bars don't really go hand-in-hand. I mean occasionally they'll play a bit of electronica mixed with some middle eastern music, that makes more sense but not more than a few songs later they'll go back to generic thrash and crap.

All-in-all this place is completely weird and meh. Check it out if you've tried all the other better places in Denton.