Review: Narah! hookah lounge

[bituerbo]

- Restaurant name: Narah!
- Location: Marda Loop
- Food rating 4/5
- Ambience 5/5
- Service 5/5

A friend of mine and I went, had two hooka's ($12.95 each, Raspberry/Kiwi and 'sex on the beach' - two house blends), Calmari (~$10?) and Hummus (~>$10) and a couple of non-alcoholic drinks (drinks around $4). The hummus was the best I've ever had, and the Calamari I tried was really tasty and had a texture that wasn't slimy. The drinks I tried were a Narah Soda and lemon iced tea.They have many flavours of soda's and iced teas, but I wasn't feeling too adventurous. Reason for 4/5 with food was just because we didn't try any main dishes, and 2 apps isn't enough to really gauge the quality of a kitchen.

I've been there twice now, and the atmosphere, food, drinks and sheesh are all amazing. A great way to chill out on a Sunday night after a weekend of partying - our new tradition. VERY friendly, always willing to offer up suggesions of "what's good." A pet peeve of mine are servers who just say "everything." The slightly raised patio is where we sat both times, heat lamps keep it toasty. Music was very fitting for the atmosphere.

Also, I felt pretty welcome there for a white guy, just comparing to the stand-off service I've recieved from other hookah lounges in the past. It's definitly worth checking out.

[turbotrip]

thats the place that has the no hats rule right?

[ashee]

Whaat?!!
Where in Marda Loop is this place??
It would be nice to try out a new shisha lounge.

[avow]

no hats? wtf?
i ned to check this place out, where exactly is it?

[arian_ma]

It is right on 33rd. The sign is pretty huge, you can't miss it.

[eckostyle]

right across from opa ... the place is pretty sweet

[TVG]

Do hookah lounges give you disposable nozzles? I've never been to one, but it's so sick at a party when there's like 20 people sharing one and the nozzles are covered in spit.

[FreakinPrince]

i am pretty sure they do..cause ICE classic did that as welll

i am goign to check out this place as well..hopefully on monday evening!!!

[avow]

ok i feel like an idiot but i just cant picture where this place is (i live in the far nw). anyone able to give me a better idea of how to get there or a phone number so i can get an address? i tried google but... yea well :S

[ashee]

Across from OPA?? Isn't that Kaffa??

[avow]

so then it would be really close to here: http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Kaffa+c...1673&z=13&om=1 ?

[BigMass]

rofl, the "everything" must be an East Indian thing because whenever i go to an East Indian place and ask what they would recommend, it's always 'eeeeeverything". It’s gotten to be a running joke between me and my friends heh

[flamesfan]

i am a narah regular and i have to tell you the place is amazing. the food, the drinks, the shisha, the ownership. they treat everybody the same. whether you are their friend or a 1st time visitor. if you have not been to narah yet i highly recommend it.

[teddye03]

just went there tonight, and i want to thank you for the recommendation
went there with two friends and really enjoyed it
food was great, prices were reasonable and the whole ambience was really great as well
even if you dont smoke sheesha, id suggest this place for dinner

[ercchry]

Originally posted by teddye03
just went there tonight, and i want to thank you for the recommendation
went there with two friends and really enjoyed it
food was great, prices were reasonable and the whole ambience was really great as well
even if you dont smoke sheesha, id suggest this place for dinner

yeah it was a good time, we have to get the green star the next time

[zain123]

i work there !!
def, one of the nicer sheesha lounges in town
kinda sounds biased coming from me but i was a regular customer there for the first 3 weeks.. it kinda got rough ($$ .. it adds up if u r there everyday lol)but anyways so i decided to work there.. and its actually not that bad (but its my first serving job..so i duno??)

as far as the lounge itself goes

fri/sat we got dj spinning house.. awesome crowd this night but it does get packed sometimes
sundays we have live arabic music (aoud) .. i am not arab but i enjoyed it lol
tuesdays..r&b n hiphop night (old school n some of the new stuff too)

i ll be workin all day tmrw so if anyone wants to come down

[zain123]

avow if u need directions still u can msg me

[Hakkola]

Narkilla FTW! I'll have to check this place out, hopefully this weekend. I haven't had sheesha for over a year.

[turbotrip]

Originally posted by zain123
avow if u need directions still u can msg me

post directions here so everyone can see

[ercchry]

Originally posted by turbotrip


post directions here so everyone can see

if you are heading north on crowchild go east (right) on 33rd and drive for a minute or 2 and its on the right, opa is right before it