Shisha bar: Kelet Csillaga Kávé-és Teaház‎ Shisha Cafe

Yes, I am aware of the super long name of this place but just bear with it, it's just coffee and tea house, plus shisha, but it's in Hungarian so it is just as confusing. Ever since I moved to Europe I didn't get a chance to smoke any shisha, I mean shisha was a sort of lifestyle for us back in Malaysia, not a healthy one I admit and we were cutting back on it but it still was a part of us. Ever since I moved here, I hadn't smoked even once, really not. So naturally, I was craving it, ever since I finished my exams I was bugging my best friend so we'd go and smoke a little bit, I kept saying I need to ruin my lungs and so one day we decided to do just that

(The interior of the cafe, fancy I know)

(Photo was taken from http://etterem.hu )

I loved that day, it was great, I felt middle eastern again and well who doesn't love to feel Middle Eastern? We are awesome, for real. I will write a little about this cafe and I think it is a great place for smoking shisha and it's super classy and clean; Saba has approved of this place so it's great. If you didn't know, you should know that I'm like a very big deal when it comes to rating places, so don't take me lightly.

Now first things first, the address isn't given completely on Google, which is weird but if you use the map option to try and see the directions, you can figure out how to go. it's really near the Astoria metro, even though I decided to walk that day and freeze my ass off instead. I don't know why I do certain things, to be honest.

Once there, I suggest sitting upstairs it's way more cosy and lovely. The whole place is chic and has a certain Middle Eastern vibe to it, pretty much everything you would expect from a shisha place and more. The menu is affordable, we first ordered our shisha the flavours although less diverse than the ones I'm used to are good and tasteful nonetheless. We ordered a grape mint shisha and it was almost as good as the ones I have had before, first of all, the guy constantly came and fixed it up for us, he was the sweetest man, we didn't even ask for him to change the coal, he naturally did it himself. We smoked the shisha for about 2 hours straight and there were three of us. The price of the shisha was like 3000 forints and worth it.

We also had some teas, and their tea is amazing, a full teapot and a warmer, so you could drink it for hours. The prices were fair, I think we paid less than a thousand forints for a teapot and their selection of teas was impressive, I enjoyed it, I mean, of course, you all know I'm obsessed with tea, why else. We also had some baklavas and they were so delicious, it made me sad that they were so small.

(Yes I know I took these pictures, well technically my friend did but who's counting)

(Now this I took myself)

The staff as well were marvellous, I can't stress it enough that pretty much everything was perfect for this evening. The warm atmosphere, the quality, the service and the prices. I suggest dropping to this place if you ever feel like having some Middle Eastern vibes here in Budapest. Don't blame me for the bad influence though, I will not take responsibility for you guy's actions.

Cheers.

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