Mazaar

The only reason I’m giving 2 stars because when entering I had an unopened gatorade, I understand the rules of not brining in outside drink. The bouncer said he’ll hold onto it and put it to the side. My friends and I was there for a good 2 hours. On our way out the bouncer was gone and my drink was open / used on the table. I didn’t complain cause it was just a drink but it’s the disrespect/ trust that was given to watch it. If the guy would have just ask if he can have it I absolutely would have no problem giving it to him. But he didn’t ask he just drank it because he could. Everything else was good food a bit over price but not terrible. One of my friend drink was water down but the rest of ours was fine. Hookah was also good.

While staying in NYC, I was in the mood for a hookah. The place a friend recommended was closed at 11 so I found the nearest place with Hookah. The staff was nice and attentive, and replaced the coals quickly upon asking. It was also the quickest hookah to come out ... like literally 4 or 5 minutes. However.... if you are used to smoking nicer German or Russian hookahs and dark leaf shisha.... this is probably going to disappoint you. The actual hookah kept having issues and wouldn't allow me to purge until I jiggled the blow off valve ... every few minutes. Even the strongest Shisha doesn't usually hurt my throat but there was something off about this one. It's much more traditional than I'm used to .... Apparently, the Shisha served in NYC needs to not contain any nicotine so maybe it was that. Al Fakhar Shisha was $40 and the few offerings from Adalya (Love 66) and Blue mist from a brand I'm forgetting off the top of my head were $45. With the premium Hookah, one Rum and Coke and automatic 18% gratuity on the bill... it was about $76. Would I visit again? .... maybe ... if I was nearby and craved a hookah that could be described as ... eh.

It’s a nice place with good background music, the drinks are good, if you are going to get a hookah save yourself the trouble and just get a pineapple head. It is 10 times better than the normal Hookah. I can’t speak for all the food because I only got one item on their menu, but the shrimp tacos are amazing. If you like spicy, you’ll love this.

Let’s start with the highlights: the music was good, the wings were even better, & the ambiance is nice for a date. The areas of growth: the air conditioning is nonexistent which is not great for summer time, the drinks were weak, & the service needs some major improvement.

We had a fun time- there were drink and hookah specials during the 90’s bar crawl that stopped here. I did have to ask them to make the music more 90’s since they were playing Latin dance music.