Luxor Cafe
“The hookahs are pretty good, their food is not bad either, though sometimes the fatoosh salad is borderline over-salty.”
“I enjoyed the environment and loved the decorations of the wall.”
“its a small place not to party to chill so please dont get fucked up and vomit on the mirror
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Luxor Cafe
Takes Reservations: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Smoking: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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Have you ever found yourself chasing the weekend dragon on a Sunday evening after ingesting copious drinks over the course of the day? Such is the situation that led to my group stumbling into Luxor after we discovered that Falucka was closed.
"Why haven't we been here," we laughed, as we walked down the stairs leading from MacDougal into the Luxor basement. After we sat down, we quickly realized why.
The place itself is dingy and disjointed. You have a decent looking bar that's over-lit from the kitchen pick-up window down the narrow restaurant corridor. The front room has a bunch of wobbly tables and some ornate middle-eastern themed items on the walls. The side room, where we sat, was lit by one or two dim, red lights that looked more like a photographer's dark room that a cafe. And there appeared to be some fern growing from the ceiling, which I constantly feared would fall into my beer or on top of our hookah coals. I couldn't help but look over my shoulder on my walk home for fear that Robin Williams, One Hour Photo-style, was going to follow me into my place and force my girlfriend and I to do weird stuff.
The worst part was waking up on Monday morning and realizing that I not only consumed food at this place, but that said food contained red meat. Those beef empanadas were ROUGH. But we still ate them.
The fault was our own.
If you really feel the need to smoke hookah and find that Falucka is closed, just cave and buy yourself a pack of smokes. It's probably better for you in the long run.
I enjoyed the environment and loved the decorations of the wall. The music was pretty cool and there was enough space for everyone. The one thing I think they should improve is the heating in the place. If you are planning to go here make sure you bring a jacket or a cute sweater because if you are not seating by the heater you will feel chilly ladies!
Just Ok hookah joint. It is a little expensive and depending when you go you might be kicked out after an hour or charged fur coals. The location with the bar is better more room less noisy.
Oh, man. I should give myself two stars for thinking I wasn't too old for this place, but I really wanted to puff on a hookah, and Falucka was too packed to sit, while Le Souk is…you know.
So I walk in with a friend and this place looks like some of the other basement dens on MacDougal–dark, with a grimey underground feel. They're blasting Top 40 and obnoxious techno (though perhaps I just wasn't in the mood for it) and it's impossible to actually have a conversation. To make matters worse, two minutes after we sit down in the little nook where comfort seemed within reach, an obnoxious group of douchy foreigners rolled in and started screaming, dancing poorly, and breaking glassware in that way that 21 year old ragers have.
After my friend took off, I made the mistake of sticking around to finish my pipe (what can I say, I'm a frugal man). Here comes an annihilated German guy with several other drunkards. He wormed his way into my area and begged for some puffs. I figured, what the heck. He turned out to be the least repugnant member of the group as the others were too far gone to realize you can't just smoke another dude's pipe without asking. These guys were lit and they soon took off, replaced by creepy 40 year olds with what appeared to be borderline underage girls.
Luxor is the kind of place that's fun if you're much closer to 20 than 30 and don't have high expectations of a night out (MacDougal M.O.).
Oh, and while my mint-flavored pipe was tasty (for at least a few minutes), the drinks were pretty bland.
Really quaint and the service was great.
Stumbled in on an empty night, a Wednesday specifically.
I had a $6 glass of not-so-taste-less Zinfandel and was able to smoke-ring the night away.
A good end to a lovely night with an old friend.
Be advised: It is VERY SMALL, i would honestly only go in pair or a group of three MAX.
Not a bad choice in west village…why? well first off you probably won't find another hookah bar in the near radius.
Secondly, I like it how they have a wide hookah flavor selection. I also appreciated the egyptian theme interior. Luxor is located right across from Mamouns and Off the Wagon, where craziness takes place. Whenever i come here I can honestly say I have always had a chill relaxing time. Quite a contrast to the crazy binge drinking action thats taking place across the street.
Our server Ahmed was real cool fella !! He was nice enough to not kick us out even when it was time to close.. what can i say I came with a rowdy group but I appreciate him for being so understandable.
I'll def come back another for a mellow night if i'm in the area
Good for : Small groups
Dates ( haha its sad that i would drag my dates to a hookah lounge)
Ohmigod. Complete dump.
I was dragged here by someone on their birthday. I used to be really into hookah when I was underage, but being almost 30…yikes. But you don't get to call the shots when it's not your own birthday (which sucks) so I arrived here hoping for the best.
Its the worlds smallest bar. There is one long couch built into the wall and then a bunch of teeny tiny ottomans for sitting on. The coffee tables for drinks and really small too. It's basically an underground alleyway. No windows at all makes it feel even smaller. The early 2000's rap music didn't help matters and I'm usually a sucker for an old hit list.
We went to order drinks and I wanted a maker's and soda, but SHOCK – they only serve beer and wine. None of the beer is on tap. Honestly, this place was so dirty I wouldn't have recommended drinking anything on tap anyway. I ordered a corona (I don't know, don't ask) and politely waited for the birthday princess to arrive.
There was no room for anyone and we all made the executive decision to get the hell out of there as fast as possible. We relocated somewhere else on MacDougal but MAN – don't bother with Luxor. Dirty, dingy and cramped beyond belief.
Hard pass.
I've been here a few times and have never had a bad time. Not the swankiest hookah bar, but it serves its purpose. Sometimes it gets a little too full with young college kids.. but that is just the neighborhood (NYU is right there). I like it.. it's a good place to stop by before the Comedy Cellar!