The Ultimate List of Shisha Places in Montreal City
(7 votes, average: 3.71 out of 5) 
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I currently have this little voting list going on in another post that you guys may want to check out. Currently, the best shisha place in Montreal (rated by Montrealers) is Sherazad. If you don’t like how the list looks so far, then you guys better do something about it (which is: vote). Owners, take note of the following criticisms I have of your places!
- Toot Café: My first downtown shisha experience with friends. It’s a cozy place (last I visited) and might need to be renovated here and there, but still an okay establishment.
- Sherazade: Right now, this is my favourite place downtown. The service and the quality of the shisha is great. They’re not cheap on the coals either.
- Orienthé: My second pick when it comes to smoking downtown. I don’t like the seating system that much and the fact that you have to take your shoes off inside (but I’ll let it slide for now). The outside terrace is much better, especially during the summer time. Sometimes, it’s way too hot inside and uncomfortable after extended seating periods. What’s better than the shisha here is the Moroccan mint tea. This stuff is gold.
- Café Al-Dar: Shisha is… ehh, okay. The tea is quite good. Plenty of seating for all your friends. The crowd can be quite sketchy sometimes.
- Kafein: Turn down the music already! I want to enjoy shisha with my friends, not by myself listening to loud music. The shisha bowls are either underpacked or not properly prepared (too many holes in the foil, too dry, etc). Right now at the bottom of my place. Only time you’ll catch me in there is if I’m somehow banned from everywhere else.
There’s also the following places, but I have yet to try them out.
- Café Gitana
- Chez Zaza: I haven’t smoked there yet, but when I asked to buy Al Fakher tobacco, I was promptly told they can’t sell it to me. Instead, they gave me dried up Nakleh tobacco and charged me 20$ for a small box. Only reason I bought it was because of an emergency (smoking at my friends’ engagement party). Serious. I ended up throwing the box in the trash since there was virtually no moisture in the packaging.
Am I missing any places here? We need to create a master list of shisha places in Montreal or something.
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I quite like Café Hookah myself. (Saint-Denis, between Ontario and Maisonneuve, a block or so south of Café Gitana)
Best store to buy Shisha in Montreal is L’Original on Mount Royal (corner de Bullion)
Don’t forget the great Arabesque (1241 Guy St. H3H 2K5 – 514-933-3331), near Concordia University.
i had my shesha at arabesque 2 days earlier and it was a bad experience because after a couple of breaths it was fading and i was like smoking air then when i removed the cover i realized why was that. they are using flat heads so that it contain less amount and the 15 dollars that they charge for a small head dose not worth it and it sound like buying bottle of water for 15 $.
hi hookalover u have to try now the shisha in arabesque
Where is Sherazade? I wasn’t able to find it online!
It’s on Crescent, right next to Madhatters and across Toot.
How much you guys pay for your shisha for let Say; Al Fakher, Starbuzz, Nakhla For a 50g , 250g of any?
http://www.HookahJohn.com
AF 250: 13.50
AF 50: 3.25
Naklah 250: 9.95
Naklah 50: 2.49
He also carries Naklah Mizo and many other brands of shisha and an awesome selection of Hookahs.
I actually LOVE Kafein… the music is so good, makes me feel like im in a trance even though we’re only smoking shisha.
And great ambiance there too compared too Sherazade.
hey,
Just to help with the list, there are a few places that are not mentioned.
Habibi on bishop
Volume on Cure Labelle
Nara on Decarie.
Hello,
And Les Nuits Du Sahara in downtown metro peel exit stanley
unbeatable prices for a decent quality
the ambiance is amazing
Cafe Le notre In Pierrefonds is unbelivable you guys shoud try it out
lenotre.ca ( 15779 boul pierrefonds )
Looking for a respectable shisha lounge [downtown] to take a true shisha connoisseur. Preferably one that serves real tobacco. Any suggestions??? thanks!
the new and hottest place in town is.
lapalma cafe and lounge
855 decarie. ville st.laurent
514.7444999
shisha /dance and good food.
good shish /good ventilation
whats the ful address of Volume?
Plz Help!
Cafe ZaZa is very good. probably the best shisha in Montreal. I’m not really talking about the place itself, just the quality of the smoke. Lasts long, good tasting, thick smoke, no harshness.
Volume is also pretty good.
There is also Yalova on Jean-Talon but it is not very good. And Al-Dar, if you order a SPECIAL (bowl is a pineapple or apple) then the shisha will be very good!
Shisha Volume (Laval) is the best imo, i been to sherazad a lot use to go there over other shisha’s but then when i went to Volume (Laval) They also got a Lounge (Club like)
It is just awesome! Always full, best service, the workers are mad friendly.
does anyone knows how the ambience at sound lounge shisha ? its near volume at laval … someone told me its like a club but i would like to know the prices for shisha and how was ur experience
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Heyy! I’d like to know if they serve shisha but without tobacco?
Thanks =)