Desert Kings Hookah Lounge — Restaurant in Austin

1st off i came here with my gf who is wheel chair bound. the way they have everything i did have to move things just to get her into the place but i dont really fault them for this as a lot of small places have this problem. i was told i could sit any where. i was given a menu. i ask for a recommendation of a fruity shisha. he told me to try slice of heaven. it was very good. the hookah it self was pretty good. i smoke hookah daily so i have high standers when it comes to my hookah and i must say it was very good. it has a very cousy cafe feel to it. some ppl where sitting alone just enjoying hookah doing work. there where a few down sides. one being there does not seem to be any ventilation. the place was pretty smokey. the staff was very nice but i did have to ask a few times for water. they got my hookah out pretty quick but after that it did seem to take a very long time to get anything else i wanted. they did start to get busy so i do understand. overall i did enjoy my hookah and my stay. if they could just fix the smoke and get a little faster on getting anything i order after i would galdly give...

Very unfortunate whoever was working was not the best representation of the business or the culture. This was my first experience here. As I walked in, 2 beautiful ladies were seated, smiled, & waved. I walked towards the back as I noticed the till. A man was seated on a couch in front of the till looking at his phone. As I approached the till he slowly stood up with his gaze still in his phone, so I wasn't sure if he was a customer or if he worked there. He didn't look at me or say anything at first.

I said hello & asked if he worked here. He said yes & continued looking at his phone. I said it's just me. He said ok & continued looking at his phone. I asked him if anything was ok? He said yes, I allowed a third pause in our conversation to maybe solicit, "Hello welcome, would you like to have a seat, how can I help you, or anything?".

Nope, no response, so I asked if I was welcomed, he answered yes, but something wasn't right.

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It wasn't too bad of an atmosphere with just the manager he was great and gracious like a host should be. However when the little yuppie hipster wanna be crew showed up things changed. They sat behind the desk so they obviously felt at home and like any yuppie hipster or "I wanna be cool", as I refer to them, crappy person felt they were superior to others and could judge them. Well they killed the welcoming atmosphere. Besides the atmosphere of the ignorant regulars and employee the small charcoals don't burn with a good consistency making it difficult to enjoy. Guess not everyone can be as amazing as pipes plus was though. Too bad the drag got too expensive for them to stay open because it definitely wasn't the chill welcoming vibe or amazing prices that closed...