Leeds Sheesha/Hookah lounge

Guest2 · 6 Oct 2013 at 16:32

Its coming up to my birthday and want to do something a bit different.

Are there any good sheesha bars/restaurants/lounges were you can get some good food and chill out with a big group pipe?

There are many places abroad but none to my knowledge in Leeds city centre.

This place looks quite good but is slightly out the centre (and I cant find a website) - https://www.facebook.com/ArabianNightLoungeShisha I have just found that location on streetview and it looks like a crap hole

Anyone have some good recommendations?

Django x2 · 6 Oct 2013 at 16:40

What is this? I don't even

Soul.Survivor · 6 Oct 2013 at 16:46

Try Al Qaza in leeds or if you dont mind travelling a bit, Pasha's Sheesha lounge in Bradford

dowie · 6 Oct 2013 at 16:50

Can't recommend any in Leeds but I believe that in general the smoking ban still applies so you'd be looking at an outdoor place, maybe covered, with patio heaters... Probably something you're better off doing in the summer.

Guest2 · 6 Oct 2013 at 16:54

Thanks survivor, Ill check out Al Qaza. There is also Cabin 164 on Cardigan road, i dont think it does full meals though. Just 'nibbles', drinks and cakes (and sheesha)
https://twitter.com/Cabin_164

Django - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah

dowie, no, there are many indoor places, they just dont care and get fined instead. I just read an article where two have been fined recently in Leeds

mattyfez · 6 Oct 2013 at 17:07

there was a good place me and some workmates went to in the roundhey/studenty area a few years back. Forget what its called or exactly where it is but its kinda a restaurant downstairs, and a shisha thing upstairs where they have chilled out music, cushions and rugs an the floor for lounging on, was pretty good, great food too.

jesus2nd · 6 Oct 2013 at 19:27

If you want seedy, dark and dinghy then just up from Duck and Drake there's a takeaway that advertises cheap pizzas...they do shisha on the 1st floor.

dirtychinchilla · 6 Oct 2013 at 19:38

dowie said:
Can't recommend any in Leeds but I believe that in general the smoking ban still applies so you'd be looking at an outdoor place, maybe covered, with patio heaters... Probably something you're better off doing in the summer.

Nope, you can smoke shisha inside.

There's a place just outside mech eng/civil eng on the hyde park side of the uni. I went there once when I lived there and it was aliright actually, not wonderful though.

Gooner Leroy · 6 Oct 2013 at 20:32

There used to be one in Hyde Park, near the royal park pub which also did food. I'm not sure if its still there though

dowie · 6 Oct 2013 at 21:30

dirtychinchilla said:
Nope, you can smoke shisha inside.

you can also smoke cigarettes inside and you'll get away with it if the establishment you're in doesn't care about a potential fine

some establishments do care about not breaking the law and getting fined so they'll make you smoke outdoors

Guest2 · 6 Oct 2013 at 22:10

dowie said:
you can also smoke cigarettes inside and you'll get away with it if the establishment you're in doesn't care about a potential fine

some establishments do care about not breaking the law and getting fined so they'll make you smoke outdoors

Half the countries on this list smoke in bars and pubs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_smoking_bans

Hell, been to offices where people still smoke in Netherlands and Poland

This is laughable too 'Turkey currently restricts smoking in government offices, workplaces, bars, restaurants, cafes, shopping malls, schools, hospitals, and all forms of public transport, including trains, taxis and ferries'

When I went to Turkey on holiday it was the same as being there before then ban! (except Dalaman airport wasn't a giant smoke room this time)

edit - I've also went to a Russian hotel last year where there was a 'Cigar Lounge'

dirtychinchilla · 6 Oct 2013 at 22:16

dowie said:
you can also smoke cigarettes inside and you'll get away with it if the establishment you're in doesn't care about a potential fine

some establishments do care about not breaking the law and getting fined so they'll make you smoke outdoors

You can smoke shisha in shisha bars. Gordon Brown, at the time, commented specifically on this because the purpose of going to a shisha bar is to smoke shisha, like if you go to a cigar shop/lounge.

dowie · 6 Oct 2013 at 23:06

dirtychinchilla said:
You can smoke shisha in shisha bars. Gordon Brown, at the time, commented specifically on this because the purpose of going to a shisha bar is to smoke shisha, like if you go to a cigar shop/lounge.

You can smoke cigarettes in some London pubs too... the landlord just has to not mind the risk of getting fined..

I'm not sure if you're mistaken or if Gordon did make some comments but there isn't a special exemption either way.

dirtychinchilla · 6 Oct 2013 at 23:13

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/200048/health_and_wellbeing/5785/smoking_shisha/2

I know it's for Manchester, but it seems to apply everywhere. My apogiea. I don't know how we were allowed to smoke in the shisha bar then, but I suppose my experience of the policing in Leeds was that it was somewhat relaxed.

Guest2 · 7 Oct 2013 at 10:30

dirtychinchilla said:
but I suppose my experience of the policing in Leeds was that it was somewhat relaxed.

Its hardly worth policing IMO.

Why fine owners or people smoking if they are causing no harm to others? Same goes for weed and ecstasy. Its not like people are shouting, fighting or puking everywhere

Nexus · 7 Oct 2013 at 10:37

Gooner Leroy said:
There used to be one in Hyde Park, near the royal park pub which also did food. I'm not sure if its still there though

There are dozens of them on Edgware Road just before you get to the park at Marble Arch, its like an enclave.

There are even a few places in North London near me that advertise being Sheesha places and they are all cafes. Sheesha places don't appeal to me in the slightest, but it looks to me like most of these places do food, and that is going to be the varying factor. Doubt you would make much money being a sheesha bar and offering nothing else.

Gilly · 7 Oct 2013 at 10:46

dirtychinchilla said:
You can smoke shisha in shisha bars. Gordon Brown, at the time, commented specifically on this because the purpose of going to a shisha bar is to smoke shisha, like if you go to a cigar shop/lounge.

Wasn't the point of the ban to aid those that were working in those environments?

cottoneye · 7 Oct 2013 at 11:00

Try Phantom Lounge and if you ever want to nip into Bradford you've also got Pasha - Al Qaza is good too.

Guest2 · 7 Oct 2013 at 11:51

Gilly said:
Wasn't the point of the ban to aid those that were working in those environments?

How about just not working there.

Isnt it like me saying I dont want to come home with greasy skin and smelling horrible after working in McDonalds for 8 hours?

Plus the fact they wouldnt have a job if there was a ban on Sheesha's in a Sheesha bar!

How about banning fries in McDonalds or fried chicken in KFC

Dis86 · 7 Oct 2013 at 12:29

Guest2 said:
How about just not working there.

Isnt it like me saying I dont want to come home with greasy skin and smelling horrible after working in McDonalds for 8 hours?

Plus the fact they wouldnt have a job if there was a ban on Sheesha's in a Sheesha bar!

How about banning fries in McDonalds or fried chicken in KFC

Can't tell if you're intentionally being a moron here or are actually ignorant. Smoking is proven to cause cancer. Whether cigars, cigarettes or shishas. Working in McDonalds does not cause cancer. Thus why there isn't a ban on fries.