Has anybody been to a hookah bar?

[edde]

Now that I started e-cigarettes. I guess the next step is to get social.

Has a anybody been to a hookah bar? Please share your experience. How many people should you invite or go single?
Is it expensive? Would it remind me of a coffee shop or a night club? What you did order? How long did you stay?

 

[DuckGooseMan]

It all depends on where you go. I've been going to hookah lounges for years, and they're all different. Different prices, tobaccos, whether or not they sell vapes, the quality of the packing..

If you do go, a good price is around $15 per bowl, and I would stay about 1-2 hours. Probably should bring friends too so you're not lonely!

I admit that when I did frequent hookah lounges, I was polite, but a bit of a snob. I learned from my brother how to pack a bowl to make the flavor and tobacco last for at least 4 hours, so lounges were a last resort thing haha

 

[edde]

Thank you
Can I get a tobacco free bowl?

 

[DuckGooseMan]

Look for a place that offers Shiazo rocks. As far as I know, that's the only tobacco-free alternative. I have never used them or ordered them before, so I can't really tell you how they taste or feel. They seemed pretty popular at a lounge I used to go to, so some people must've liked them a lot!

Totally didn't answer some of your questions though haha all the lounges I've been to have been like nightclubs: dark with a few colorful lights flashing every so often, and most places play loud hip hop and stuff. There will probably be rows of couches that will definitely suck you in and be comfortable so you don't leave

 

[Baditude]

I am 60 years old and had never been to a hookah bar. My college age children socialize at hookah bars much like my generation socialized in a drinking establishment at that age. My son, daughter, and her BF treated me to my first hookah bar on Fathers Day. The bar had an outside patio with tables and chairs like a restaurant. It was a nice summer evening and a very pleasant experience.

I don't know what the hookah flavor was and my kids didn't remember what they had ordered. The cost was $10 per group. The device had something like a large jar of water that the smoke was filtered in before it was delivered via a long plastic hose which was passed around the table. Everyone had their own sanitary tip, much like the vape shops use at their flavor sample bars.

The place was well populated by small and larger groups of customers. As this was in a University area, it was a younger crowd. The hookah reminded me a lot of what I experience with my personal vaporizors. Smooth, cool, flavored smoke/vapor. From what I understand, the flavored tobacco is soaked in vegetable glycerin and vaporizes into a vapor/smoke from the heat of a burning coal, then is filtered through the water bottle.

 

[TheProphet]

Went to a hookah bar all the time when I was in college. Best way I've found to socialize. Very relaxed atmosphere and a great way to just hang out and have fun with friends.

 

[emcdannell]

I've gone to a lounge a few times. Definitely go with friends. Me and my girl liked it so much we bought our own hooka after our first time going. Its fun to get all the accessories and learn how to set them up right, kinda like it is with vaping.

 

[avpnut]

hookah bars are a nice place to relax. the one i go to offers very strong specialty coffees too.

 

[Susan~S]

Sounds to me like some of my "old days" when I was in college. Only then the devise was called something different! But still a lot of fun with friends.