Ambrosia Café

Terrible, rude server. Forced us to leave our table after 2 hours and then told us to leave the bar even though we had an $ 80 tab. Very overpriced overall. It’s byob but high corkage fee for bringing in booze. Had to order at least 1 hookah for every 2 people.
Would never ever come back

I had a great experience and date night here! We called ahead of time and had no problem getting a table around 8:00pm on a Friday night. This place is BYOB and 7 eleven is right across the street. Perfect! There were seven of us and it’s 2 people per hookah. The 7^th person would have had to pay an extra $ 10.00 fee, so instead we went ahead and ordered another hookah. So we had 4 hookahs for the 7 of us. Tons of flavors to choose from. We went with the watermelon mint, passion mojito, double Apple, and skittles. Skittles was my favorite. We never felt rushed and only had to ask once to get our coals changed. Awesome time and great night :) :)

Expensive, expensive, expensive. However, the service is excellent, the atmosphere is relaxing with top 40 music in the background, and the hookahs seem to last forever. They also offer decks of cards for free for table games in groups and such. This is one of the only hookah bars that allows you to bring in your own alcohol for drinking, although they do charge $ 3 per person drinking it. Charging you to drink your own alcohol seems a little ridiculous. Despite these flaws, I would still recommend trying Ambrosia, as long as you don’t mind spending some money.

This place doesn’t have a good hookah, and the price is very expensive. You can’t fix your hookah so you have to wait for the service to do it for you. I don’t recommend this place at all.

Went here on a Saturday for a friends bday. Its kind of small but its a cool little spot with a good laid back vibe. The staff was friendly. It’s byob but there is a small fee per person for your bottle. Best thing is it stays open until 3am! Try the skittles flavor its good!

Nice low key hooka lounge in Lincoln park. Great if you live in the neighborhood. they have coffe and a tea menu. Don’t get gummy bear flavor hooka it’s weak. Watermelon mint is a good option.

Very causal chill environment. Watermelon mint is the best flavor I’ve had here. I did not like the gummy bear. Great places to live in the neighborhood.

I live in Chicago and i have smoked hookah at most of the places in the city. This is by far the worst place, the white waitress was horrible. She was extremely rude and she made us buy two hookahs because there were five of us when we only wanted one hookah since the place was closing in half an hour. Then when the hookah came, it was the smallest hookah head you can find and it tasted like cleaning products and she give us a hard time to switch the head. When the bill came, it was $ 20 for a hookah. So basically we paid $ 40 for smoking the crappiest hookah in the city.

If I could give this place 0 stars I would. Waitress was REALLY REALLY RUDE for starters. We walked in and sat down and she told us right away we had order a specific amount when some of the people we were with don’t even smoke! Their hookahs are not even average. They use small Maya’s and they don’t smoke well at all. One of our hookahs tasted like cleaning products. When we told the waiter she said that it tasted like mint. I myself am a hookah connoisseur and I can tell you it tasted nothing like the citrus mint I ordered. When we asked for more coal she purposely took longer to because closing time was close and she did not want us to smoke any longer. They are overpriced at $ 20 a hookah and they use crappy rubber hoses cakes with shit on the inside that don’t look like they have been cleaned since my great grandfather smoked his first hookah! They need new personnel and to revamp their supplies. This place is a disgrace to the hookah culture! I wouldn’t wish their hookah on my worst enemy. THIS PLACE IS GARBAGE!

I think we stopped by on a Tuesday night so there wasn’t a crowd. It was a very relaxed vibe. We brought our own beers and I think there was a $ 3 charge for each person drinking. It’s byob.
One hookah for every two people so we had to pay an extra $ 10 because there were three of us and there was only one hookah. The upside is that this place is byob. The downside is that they charge for every little thing which is completely understandable since they don’t have a license to serve alcohol. They refill the hookahs for no extra charge so they have to make their money somehow.

This Hookah lounge is actually a pretty chill spot. It’s fairly large, clean and the décor is updated. The benches, couches and chairs are comfortable and the prices aren’t extremely high. This is a byob joint so if you’re a drinker, bring your booze. The crowd is younger, maybe 23 – 32 and pretty diverse at the moment and the vibes are super mellow. If there was one thing I could complain about, its the music, but it’s not bad. This hookah joint is better than the other two I went to here in Chicago. Make sure to check it out if you’re looking for a chill and roomy spot to smoke.

This is such a great hookah lounge! I always feel comfortable here and it’s a great setting for hanging out, studying, or just to catch a Bulls game. The service is also fantastic and Sandra is always so attentive and helpful when it comes to changing the coals and answering any questions I may have. Love it!

I come here a lot! The hookah is decent. I love the ambiance. I just feel so comfortable here and the service is awesome! Sandra is the sweetest! She’s really cool and patient. She usually knows what I’m ordering! One of my favorite go-​to places.

Great hookah spot in a great neighborhood with great management. Becca is the nicest, kindest, most attentive host you could ask for. Place is dimly lit with great music and its b.y.o.b. which is a total bonus. They have a ton of great flavors of shisha to choose from as well. It’s a must visit spot for a first date a great place to get to know someone. I highly recommend this establishment.

This place is great. I came a few times last summer and then brought my fiancé here last night and he loved it.
It’s a no-​nonsense hookah lounge. Not too many frills or extras but good quality hookah. Becca is really nice and the servers are all attentive, more than happy to change coals, etc.
She recommend blueberry pineapple mint, which is honestly one of the best flavors we had ever tried.
Thanks Becca, we will definitely be back. This place is highly recommended!

This place is honestly amazing. The HOKKAH is beyond delicious. The But the highlight was the service our amazing server Becca was probably the nicest person I have ever met. She let us know the best flavors, the drinks and where a good place was to park. I asked her about other hookah bars and she said this was her favorite place and after smoking the hookah. I have to agree this place was really a gem. Give this place a try and ask for her!

Hands down the best hookah place in chicago! Very friendly staff and the hookah there is awesome!
Very highly recommended.

The hookah flavor tasted like a bottle of chemicals with its lingering artificial flavor of strawberry. My best friend and I came in to celebrate my birthday on a Friday night. We brought our own bottle since we read it was BYOB. From the beginning the server was rude. Rude and hospitality in the tipping industry don’t mix well. My friend said it was because we were in Chicago. In my limited experience, we weren’t treated so rudely anywhere. I couldn’t leave this spot quickly enough.

not a bad hangout place, went there with friends after St Patty’s night out and needed a hookah. The place is pretty small so not good for huge party or gathering, unless you reserve ahead of time. Luckily everyone was out partying still so a group of 8 was accommodated for that evening. The hookah was great and the staff were lovely. service was excellent. I only give it 4 star because I didn’t like the location too much. it’s pretty hidden, since it blends in with other house around that area.

Very nice atmosphere very nice hookah we have lot of fun me and my friends they uses top quality tobacco and top quality hookah kalil mamon

3 of us came here on Saturday night around 11ish. We were thankful to get seats in the back of the room as it was away from the door which let in cold air.
The watermelon mint was a nice flavor. It was a bit distruptive if you are sitting next to the music system door. The wait staff will go and change things every so often.

This is a really nice place. I went on a Saturday which was really packed. The first table my group wasn’t to happy to be at because of this very loud young lady. So the manager moved our group to the back which was perfect enough distance away from that young lady.
However the only issue I had was with the «VIP» room the people in that area that was only cut off with a curtain. Played their own music on top of the music playing in the other half of the café. Which was fairly annoying but we got over that.
The flavor hookah we got was the «God Father» it was very fruity and wasn’t bad. Plus this location is BYOB for all types of alcoholic beverages. And your $ 3 cork fee includes juice and ice which is nice. Overall a nice place to go but don’t go on a Saturday night if you don’t like large crowds.