Hookah Garden

Hookah Garden provide great food and atmosphere hookahs and middle eastern food and dance

Ah, but the food, the food. Simple, flavorful and affordable sum up the offerings such as smooth hummus and smoky, creamy baba ganoush, grape leaves stuffed with rice and pine nuts, and tender lamb kabobs. This is a great take-out alternative to the Farmers Market. Add a bottle of wine, and you’ve got a meal.

everything is made fresh, from scratch. Savor the thrill of the grill and just about everything else. Beef kabobs are filet mignon and chicken kebobs are breast meat — both are tender and delicious. Don’t miss the combination feast, with yummy kufta kabobs — ground sirloin seasoned with herbs and spices. Smoky baba ganouj (eggplant dip) is addictive, as is fetoush salad, a garden salad tossed with toasted pita chips. The Most amazing Tabouli made with the heavenliest of ingredients and the best olive oil in the world, kings and queens never dined on such foods! Top off your sumptuous meal with rich baklava and bracing Turkish coffee.

The Scene
The background music starts the journey, a modal Arabic mix of sitar and tabla. Patrons are guided to tables named "Damascus," "Beirut" and "Jerusalem" by a motherly hostess who addresses them as "baby" or "darling." By the end of the meal--especially if you've been taking pulls from the strawberry tobacco-filled hookahs--you'll be convinced you're in a Paul Bowles novel, ready to wander out into the moonlit desert night.

The Food
Middle Eastern fare that runs the gamut from the familiar to the outre, scoring big in each category. Six courses are served; their composition is left up to the kitchen. Highlights include zatter, a flat, round bread topped in a dark, dried smear of sesame seeds, olive oil and thyme; a brilliant, virtually narcotic vegetarian mousaka; and mjadarra, a strange and wonderful sweet-spice-flecked lentil puree usually served with tender grilled chicken kabobs.