The success of Paymon Raouf's Mediterranean cafe in the southeast part of town, which accelerated when he added the exotic Hookah Lounge, inspired him to open a similar restaurant in the booming southwest sector. Terra cotta walls adorned… Read More
There was a time when the Hookah Lounge was known only to a privileged few, and even weekends saw empty velvet sofas. Now it's packed with the stiletto-and-halter-top set, but nothing can take away from the dark, mysterious ambience. The room feels like a scene from a Bond film, with people smoking hookahs as house music pulsates in the background. You'll get a choice of some 20 flavors of...
Puff the night away in Mediterranean-style restaurant, market, and hookah lounge offering opportunities for eating, lounging, and social mischief. The restaurant has a chilled-out atmosphere for Middle Eastern cuisine, complete with Persian décor and imported handmade carpets, while a lush patio features trickling water fountains and a rare hanging garden.
The emphasis on safe, mainstream food for the masses, to say nothing of the basic economy involved in running a Vegas restaurant (take your pick, either pay costly rent to a Strip hotel or get less tourist traffic with an off-Strip site), means that the kind of eateries other big cities take for granted -- you know, cheap holes-in-the-wall, or charming little quirky joints, or the kind of...