Cafe Layal

ambiance	78.5699987411499% positive	“Great music (if you like authentic, live arabic music), and interesting servers (look for Irina) make this place a lot of fun on a sunday evening.” “It has a nice atmosphere and the crowd is interesting.” “ve been to cafe layal several times ever since it has been open and have always thought the atmosphere was amazing and very unique.” “great atmosphere” “clean, classy and tight atmosphere.” “The service is slow and not much customer service but it has great food and a good atmosphere.” “This place is by far the worst place I've ever visited and I can't really see a positive point except its location.”
drinks	100.0% positive	“best hookah bar in houston.”
food quality	63.63999843597412% positive	“Food is ok and could be better ( can't say it's real authentic middle eastern, for that I recommend Dimassi's which is also on Richmond) but the prices are not too expensive.” “and all I have to say is that it is the best burger in town!” “best burger and best hookah” “Ther food is delicious but they have jacked up their prices a lot!” “The service is slow and not much customer service but it has great food and a good atmosphere.” “The fresh squeezed juices are awesome!” “Great music (if you like authentic, live arabic music), and interesting servers (look for Irina) make this place a lot of fun on a sunday evening.” “Then we deciced to go inside and order some food.” “Bad service, Okay food, Okay music, bad dancers; then why do we keep going?” “Bad food, Bad restaurant, awful service” “went there few times already and the food is not amazing, more like an OKAY middle eastern food.”
overall	100.0% positive	“If you like to smoke the Hooka (Shisha) Layal is the best place to offer differnt flaivors of it.” “Cafe Layal is by far the best place to smoke a hookah.” “It's a good hangout place in the summer an.” “its a really nice place but i wonder sometimes how they let nasty woman go in that cheats on their husband and they dont evn know who the father of their kids is but dont get me wrong i love the poeple there but so it can always be respectful we dont need”
return potential	100.0% positive	“will be back in about a week or two, but hopefully I get a different waiter who makes my experience a little bit more enjoyable.”
service	32.139999866485596% positive	“They sneak in a 15% tip like Maryz (ripoff) and than expect you to pay another tip, seems like a scam, especially with the terrible service.” “First one of the staffs directed us to a patio space with a bunch of dirty and crappy chairs and tables which were supposed to be for the people who want to smoke hookas.” “The service is slow and not much customer service but it has great food and a good atmosphere.” “have not seen such rude waiters and mangers in a restaurant in my life.” “The service was terrible.” “will be back in about a week or two, but hopefully I get a different waiter who makes my experience a little bit more enjoyable.” “Bad food, Bad restaurant, awful service” “The people are so friendly!” “Terrible service and rude manager” “Horrible service wit ha very rude manager, waiters were playing around and we should go and call them for everything.” “Very rude waiter and manager; avoid this place on friday nights and other nights” “Bad service, Okay food, Okay music, bad dancers; then why do we keep going?” “Great music (if you like authentic, live arabic music), and interesting servers (look for Irina) make this place a lot of fun on a sunday evening.” “The crowd is always friendly, but if your not Arabic, youll probably get some looks.”
value	62.5% positive	“Second time I had my real card, they accepted, but the hookah was way overpriced, and they never clean out the coal for you unlike Ranoosh (highly recomend).” “Ther food is delicious but they have jacked up their prices a lot!” “Food is ok and could be better ( can't say it's real authentic middle eastern, for that I recommend Dimassi's which is also on Richmond) but the prices are not too expensive.” “The patio is huge with a nice open air feel.”
wait time	75.0% positive	“The service is slow and not much customer service but it has great food and a good atmosphere.” “When I attended a few times recently after a long time of not being there, it was a change of 180 degrees; it was full of high schoolers (which I bet if they began carding again, half of the restaurant would be empty), both of the times that I went recent”

04/14/12

Not the best place.

I've always heard that it was a fun place to chill with your friends, but after visiting the place I didn't like the fact that the food took a really long time to come and it wasn't really worth the wait nor was worth the price, hooka was also over priced.

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11/13/11

Terrible service

by Andrewhodges

The manager was incredibly rude and the service was slow and pretty terrible overall.

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07/10/11

Not the best service in town

by joseph99

Had a party of 30 a few months ago so i thought I could bring them @ Layal for the live entertainment they had on friday, I was really disappointed at the service specifically when we needed refills or placing extra orders she would never show up, what was more disappointing was when we ordered six plates of the $10 appetizer it arrived 20 minutes late and when we started to eat up exactly less than 5 minutes our main orders arrived and this waitress just picked up the appetizers and took off with it, some of which haven't been touched yet... long story short at the end I argued about this move and disputed the bill but she insisted it was charged and the manager wasn't here to refund the 3 appetizer plates.....

Won't go there again thats for sure!!!

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06/21/11

how old should the perso be to work there

by adnnan

i asked the manager i think he will never replys because he doesnt use this website that my opinion so my question is how old the person should be to work at cafe layal

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06/11/11

great first time!

by cici92

so yea this was my first time going out with a couple friends to this hookah bar ..i had a real geat time the waiter i had was very polite and patient although it did take a long time to get any service and to get our food and drinks but overall it was a good experience will be coming back

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04/14/12

Not the best place.

by MissEss

11/13/11

Terrible service

by Andrewhodges

07/10/11

Not the best service in town

by joseph99

06/21/11

how old should the perso be to work there

by adnnan

06/11/11

great first time!

by cici92

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