it might be ""authentic"" but this place is terrible. first, a hookah bar should be chill, comfortable, relaxing. i don't need the ""authentic"" chaos of cairo unless, of course, they were to charge accordingly. this place was so bad that i left well before finishing my smoke. service was terrible. went for a quick late night smoke, were forced to order overpriced drinks, deal with rude service, music so loud and tinny that it hurt, screaming underage kids. then, the nerve, they add 20% gratuity to a bill for 2 (no notice that this was their policy --- same went for their little 2 drink minimum), and when questioned about it, the waiter goes and fakes like he's asking his boss for something then comes back with one of those ""i'm too stupid to really be held accountable for my actions"" shoulder shrugs. boycott this place.
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