Elevation Lounge

Great hookah and its byob! Not my choice of music but I can live with it! The mango mint was amazing. Didnt try the food though.

I don’t understand any reviews that are anything but exemplary for Elevation Lounge. It was a really fun and interesting experience. I’m thinking some who gave negative reviews may not be accustomed to a different culture. First, the manager was extremely nice and attentive to us. He showed great care in making sure we were happy. This means a lot and enhanced our experience. I LOVED the seating; a huge booth with low seating (very relaxed) and beautiful netting all around us. The place smelled like a cabin in the woods, which was so nice to experience what smelled like fresh cut wood burning. The gyro I ordered was actually the best I’ve ever had (sorry Mr. Gyro’s); but it was. The hummus was GREAT, as was the rice. Good strong Turkish coffee. Good prices, but what I liked the most besides my gyro was the atmosphere and customer service. And I can’t wait to go back.

I have been here a handful of times, and it can be a really nice duck off spot! It is a BYOB spot, which to me is a great thing! There’s pool tables, televisions (nice if there’s a game on), and a semi-​decent lounge areas of you have a group of people with you!
They do serve food, but I’ve never ordered; they do have nice tea though of you aren’t a drinker!
They have a ton of hookah flavor a to choose from, including fruit bowls!
Unfortunately, that’s all I have positive to say about the place! The lighting is horrible. When I’m in a lounge like this, I prefer it dim. The service this night was very subpar! The young lady that was helping us seemed better occupied elsewhere.
There’s a two person limit to a hookah (when most decent places are four). It took forever for our hookahs to come out. When they did finally arrive they didn’t have coals. We had to wait on the coal guy to come around. All in all it took at least 35 minutes to get the hookah and to get it lit. :(
Although, on previous visits it did not take that long. Also, on those trips I came with a friend who was a regular! Kind of makes you feel like they had better service for people they know?!
Seems as if they were playing music off of someone’s phone, because it was touch and go, in and out, and very bipolar! LOL
I probably won’t visit again when I have other spots that so much better.

Oh Elevation Lounge… you could do so much better.
We stopped in after a night of bowling to continue our Friday night fun. But apparently the establishment had other plans. IDK where to start…
1^st off for a lounge this place was pretty bright. I mean it could have been that we were in a dimly lit bowling alley for a few hours but I thinks not. It was like spotlights were on. The seating was uncomfortable. Basically futons with wire springs that were so close to the ground. Scratch that… you might as well have been sitting on the ground.
Secondly, this place is BYOB (which may be the only positive). We walked to a nearby gas station to grab a bottle, but the waitress was slooooooowwwwwwww on getting us some ice or shit cups for that matter to drink out of. Third, they only allow you two people per hookah –_​– «Wait whet?! «That’s just plain ridiculous.
After we got over having to purchase an additional setup it took a good 35 minutes for the hookahs to come out. Our waitress was so busy smoking and socializing she neglected to get us ours. Mind you we STILL have NO cups or ice for our alcohol we had to walk to get.
Finally we received our hookahs and retrieved our own ice from another employee… but wait there’s more. The hookahs arrive… without what? You guess it… NO COALS!!! So we wait maybe another 5 – 10 minutes. After we were finally all set up I’m sure our momentum was gone and we were just plain tired from waiting so long. We were out in 20 minutes or so.
The atmosphere was all wrong… not to mention whoever was over the music (that was clearly on their mobile device) was going thru mixed emotions and I couldn’t deal. From Drake to slow jamz to a latin playlist… nope, not tonight, count me out.
I’ll stick to my Magazine Street hangout to get my hookah fix if needed. Thanks but no thanks Elevation Lounge.

First time here and it’s BYOB, not that that’s a bad thing. The menu has no real theme, the reg. salads, appetizers, entrées, soups, hot and cold drinks but if you want a beer bring your own; Monster $ 5. Two pool tables but a lot of hookah flavor to chose from and also fruit bowls; apple, mango, orange, and pineapple. Reasonable prices and music playing (we arrived at 11pm). Nice size hookahs that hit well and they leave tongs so you can adjust charcoal as you want. Overall a nice chill spot if you and your friends want to come smoke hookah, not really over powered by hookah smoke. Two TVs if a game is on (Pelicans or Saints) in the pool room.