Hookah bars allow visitors to experience the the pleasures of hookah smoking, while enjoying drinks, music and Middle Eastern cuisine. A hookah is water pipe filled with fruit-flavored tobacco. The actual tobacco isn't flavored, but rather the molasses that is added before you light up is flavored with everything from apples to chocolate. Here are some of San Antonio's top hookah bars.
1. Shisha Cafe
5500 Babcock Road, #101(210) 694-4800
Small establishment that serves 32 different flavors of tobacco. They play Arabic pop music and serve turkish coffee, baklava and great Middle Eastern food. $8.99 for a pipe with one hose. $9.99 for a pipe with two hoses. Each pipe has three ounces of tobacco and should last about 2 1/2 hours.
2. Hush Lounge at Club Rive
245 E. Commerce Street(210) 222-4700
This hookah lounge is open Friday and Saturday from 10:00pm until 2:00am. Hush is located inside the downtown San Antonio nightclub, Club Rive. Popular flavors include Double Apple and Sweet Melon.
3. Sultan Cafe and Grill
5625 Babcock Road(210) 641-5544
55 different flavor to choose from at Sultan Cafe. $7.99 per hookah. Delicious Middle Eastern cuisine, including kababs and shawarma.
4. Hookah Cafe
2250 Thousand Oaks Drive(210) 499-4144
Small cafe with over 30 flavors of tobacco and fast customer service.
5. Cool Cafe
4661 Vance Jackson Road(210) 877-5001
This mediterranean cafe recently began having hookahs as well. Call for hours and prices.