Hookah Lounge Etiquette

[ravencadwell]

Just out of dumb curiousity, does anyone know or have any feelings regarding hookah lounge etiquette, proper behavior, ect.
Personally I tend to perfer a more mellow chill out vibe kinda place, without a bunch of loud mouth idiots. Does it kill your vibe at all dealing with that or is it just me?
feel free to comment or discuss...I'm up for all points of view

[yashman19]

Just comes with the territory I'm afraid... A majority of the lounges
out there cater to the highschool senior or college student, and often
times things can get loud/annoying. But there are lounges out there
that I've heard of that arn't right next to universitys, or arn' that
well known that can make for nice, peaceful sessions.

Try looking around your town for one of these type of lounges I
suppose. Only way to smoke without the assholes being obnoxious is by
finding a quiet lounge.

Good luck though

[Alqoshnia]

all depends. for me im used to loud obnoxious yellin being that im surrounded by arabs cause we tend to be loud as hell (im also arab) and really im not lookin for a place to go smoke and sleep. usually at our lounges that we go to are middle eastern lounges that serve food and nargilahs and let you play cards as well as friendly games of poker and backgammon, sometimes it gets outta hand but thats just our custom

[ravencadwell]

I'm all up for cards and games or whatever, I'm used to that. But what drives me nuts are the "hey we're at a hookah bar, woo-hoo!" and then you get the crowd who think it's "girls gone wild" at the hookah lounge. That's what usually annoyes me to no end. It's almost as good as the idiot who walks in and says "wow, cool bongs". Keep in mind I come from a rather conservative state that would love to try to shut down all hookah bars. Why? cause they're ignorant (the government officials out here I mean).

[Sonthert]

1. Don't put your hookah on the table...rude...aggressive.2. Don't light your cigarette with the coal...dirty.3. don't ash your cigarette in the hookah tray...dirty.4. When passing the hose, don't pass it tip first, offer the back end of the hose, like you were politely passing scissors, handle towards the receiver. Among friends, it is often used jokingly to poke your friend with the tip of the hose...he is is calling you a jerk...but among strangers...rude.

[mushrat]

Tangiers: Id always read those rules on various sites. The I go to my local cafe, and the owner and his friends put their hookahs on the table, ash their cigarettes on the tray, light their cigareetes on the coals occasionally, and pass their hoses any ole way they want...
So I start to wonder if its just rules put together by your western smokers to try to seem better than everyone else linda thing...

[ataneja]

I would say it depends if you want a loud or quiet area.  I bought a hookah, so if I want to relax, we usually just smoke at my place.  But when we go out, we are looking to have a good time, so it usually involves hookah and heavy drinking, and a loud place.

[StonedDevil]

I personally like the calmer quiter lounges. The one i go to around here is Jasmine Cafe, but i don't go in the main building were most go, i go right next door were they have all the hookahs and supplies for sale.  Its just quiter, and a much better feel in there.

[thebastard]

Am I the only one who enjoys all the mental & hyped places??Some of the lounges I goto have projectors playing MTV with a hefty bass & I usually goto these places with wild people to go crazy & make some noise! I don't fancy the overtly polite and 'peaceful' atmosphere. I know this doesn't really do much justice to the image of shisha smoking but I'm sure you know where I'm coming from...anyone with me?

[ataneja]

i definitely know what you mean, sometimes i jus feel like more of a party instead of relaxin while smokin.  traditional no, but traditions change all the time!

[Cicada]

if im just looking ot hang out or entertain, a loud, trendy, club-like place is nice. if i want to socialize/eat/chill with some friends and catch up and just talk, a more calm restaurant/hookah lounge is the place.i think it's good that there are both options available. admit it; hookah wouldnt be as big if they didnt have the club-like places that attracted the new generation.

[ataneja]

true dat, double true

[pavlakos_politakos]

depends on the day and time.if its a friday or saturday night then ill head over to bianky lounge where its dark,they have  a strobe light,dancing,blasting music,live djs(once me and my friend eddy ,dee jayed the place for a few hours)belly dancers,but no drinking otherwise the place would probably go up in flames when some drunk idiot knocks over a hookah.if its a week day and i gotta leave early or in the middle of the day ill go to meena house cafe,where ill enjoy a chicken shawarma or a buttery howowshi(?) and smoke a bowl of nakhla dapple in their quiet enviornment.
just a comment: both are extremely well known but the second one is almost always pretty quiet no matter how many people are there,plus its a nicer crowd there as opposed to biankys lot:screaming,showing off,disrespectful ass holes.

[pavlakos_politakos]

tang:some tables are made for placing a hookah.they are usually either circular metal tables set pretty low with nice engravings;or rectangular,wooden tables(also set pretty low) with nice mosaic designs.

[Sonthert]

[quote name='mushrat']Tangiers: Id always read those rules on various sites. The I go to my local cafe, and the owner and his friends put their hookahs on the table, ash their cigarettes on the tray, light their cigareetes on the coals occasionally, and pass their hoses any ole way they want...
So I start to wonder if its just rules put together by your western smokers to try to seem better than everyone else linda thing...[/quote]We're talking ettiquete, right?I mean its rude to fart loudly in public, right? Some people are polite and excuse themselves to do it, some people cut greasy, underwear staining farts whenever they feal like it. Some people are polite others rude. Additionally, customs vary from country to country. Some countries are real uptight about etiquette and others are not. My guess is that those lounge owners would be considered "rude" by polite Arabs. Additionally, some Arabs will run places with the idea of making it for Americans and permit otherwise rude behavior because they don't care or they think we won;t care, but they often will, in other places become polite. Like when you go to grandma's house, please this and thank you that. At home you're using profanity that makes a sailor blush.

[ravencadwell]

Wow, thanks for all the suggestions and responses.