Hush Cafe Lounge & Garden

The security guard working there is a rude little bitch. You should really fire him.
However, amazing hookah, drinks, and service by other staff members.

So supposedly the place advertises to be open at 3pm. Except when it’s 330pm and their gates are still down and u don’t know if they went out of business or just have a group of lazy workers who can’t make it on time… I’d say 0 out of 5 stars for poorly running a business.

I visited hush two days ago. The place is beautiful private booths, low lighting and great lounge music. Our server was very sweet, she said she just started a month ago I think. Overall great place to hangout or enjoy a date, but… The hookah was ok. They use quick lights which is horrible coal, you don’t get a lot of smoke. I also saw a roach in the ladies restroom. Sadly I didn’t take advantage of their outdoor seating.

I went here on a Sunday– me & my friend were the only ones there.
The place is really cute, but the hookah was not good. We asked the server what was the best seller (i cant remember the name) but it was awful, it taste burnt after 2 pulls. On the bright side the mojitos are good

I was in here last night. The music was bad, the drinks weren’t good. Besides all of that, its a real nice place. The atmosphere is relaxing and perfect just to hangout and have a few drinks and some hookah.

Beautiful place, but hookah fucking sucks!!! Service is not all that. Food is ok!!! WONT BE COMING BACK!!!

A hidden gem, hardly gets crowded but love the atmosphere. Not too loud & a romantic setting day and night. On a nice day, I love sitting in their back area to enjoy fresh air, drinks and food with good company!

This is a very cute spot. Loved the design and decoration. Nice to have an establishment so close to me like this. Great backyard space. Really nice to come to on a warm summer night, relax and have a drink outside. Prices are reasonable. The Hush Mess drink is great. 3 flavored vodka’s, triple sec and pineapple juice. Very strong and yum! Definitely not a fan of the music they usually play, but that’s not their fault. That’s mine for being a rock girl and visiting this place! I had three problems with this place. The service was really crappy. Our waitress was a girl who looked completely out of it and totally scatterbrained. She showed more attention to people who came after us which is totally bogus. The menus they gave us were all waterlogged/​stained. The coals of the Hookah were not hot enough. The smoke that we were exhaling was EXTREMELY faint. Everyone knows that the coals have to be hot enough to produce the proper smoke which should be thicker than what we were experiencing. Can’t say anything about the food since I didn’t try. The manager/​owner was very nice and gave us a warm greeting upon entry and exit. I would like to come back and try some food options.

The chocolate martini is delish! The dj and the food was good. I enjoyed the atmosphere, it feels like you’re in an exotic resort of some kind. It’s a great place to go out and catch up with friends.

I love this place is cozy and it has the best drinks and food. It gets full on fridays and saturday. My favorite drink is batida is so delicious:) I love this place

Came to this spot a few times for hookah with my boyfriend. No music plays during the week, the hookah tastes like coal and ash, there are dirty/​sticky tables and chairs and this place is ALWAYS empty… Like ghost town empty. I asked the manager about the spot because I needed a pregame spot for my birthday, close to my house and inexpensive and he talked this place up!!! He said «you have to make reservations because on the weekends it’s so busy and we have a Dj, bottle service» etc etc so I thought this was a great place where me and my friends can PREgame for my birthday. We came in on a Saturday (SUMMER) night around midnight and stayed until 1:30/2am, usually you’d expect a lounge to be lit. We didn’t get bottles, just a bunch of shots. There was no Dj… It was a mac book pro plugged into a speaker in the corner or the bar and no one there lol and the whole inside seating area was empty, no one was dancing. There was 1 table with a party of 5 outside, then my party and another table of these 2 old guys that kept watching me and my friends dance (really awkward and uncomfortable btw). Honestly I probably won’t ever come back here, the manager sent my boyfriend the nastiest email because we were late for our reservation and that we should’ve spent more money and how my birthday was cheap. No sir, that was the pre party and your venue is CHEAP! Lol when the manager has time to email you on a Saturday night at 3am, you know they don’t have anything better going on at their bar. Shame on you Hush, will NOT recommend ever.

Awesome service, perfect environment and good location. Just love this place… good for friends and family

Great looking place, terrible service. Small young waitress forgot my order AND was very disinterested in being helpful. Get better staff.

Liked this place because service was always friendly and it was never too crowded. The space is pleasing to the eye as well. Food was always average, decent.
Went there last night with a friend. Mind you, I had referred to Hush as a «hidden jewel» to my friend. The server was obviously inexperienced, but that’s ok, not a biggie, since he was friendly.
After trying to split a check, we were told they have a «minimum of $ 25 for credit cards charges»…
This is unacceptable.
This is a restaurant/​lounge for God’s sake! Credit card limits are a no-​no in these types of operations!
I know some businesses enforce this ridiculous rule, but I never experienced anything like this at such a nice restaurant/​lounge. Very bad business form especially when they DON’T TELL YOU IN ADVANCE.
Disappointed…

BE AWARE-​DO NOT ORDER THE HOOKAH HERE!!! THE WORST HOOKAH I’VE EVER HAD.
They charge ONE DOLLAR per coal change. Last I checked, this place isn’t a fancy hookah lounge located in Manhattan for them to charge you for every coal change. They use the cheapest coal which runs out after just a few pulls which then leaves you no choice but to order more coal. RIDICULOUS.
The hookah was horrible. We couldn’t even taste the flavor. It just tasted like straight up coal. When we told the hookah guy that we couldn’t taste anything, he said that’s just how it is.
Drink tasted like juice according to my friend.
Overall, it’s a pretty place with a cute backyard patio. After we complained about the coal charge, the waiter called the manager and took it out of our bill. He still charged us for ONE coal though. I guess there’s a reason why this place was so empty. I will not be returning here. Goodbye

This place is a joke. The owner is so rude I am suprise he’s still in business (not for much longer I’m sure)
Hmm.where do I begin… we came with a large party. We all ordered drinks and one person did not like the margarita, she send it back and the owner came and said we won’t refund you money because «you can’t mess up with a margarita» apparently hush can!
He was fighting with me over this drink… when our total bill was $ 400. He could have appologized and let it go.
We had a total of 13 shots of tequila, they gave us a round on the house that was some crap tequila mixed with lime juice… really? If you want to give us something on the house at least give us what we are drinking, not something totally different and watered down.
I had a mint hookah that tasted like charcoal. It was supposed to be mint but didn’t taste like it at all, after telling them a few times and nothing was done I just settled.
We ordered food, after 45 minutes I asked the waitress if the food is coming out and she brought menus for us, when I told her we had already ordered she forget and then placed the order so we got it in another 45 min
Overall I have come here a few different occasions and the owner is the biggest problem. He does not deal with customer complaints he just fights back. I’f you go to any bar or restaurant and not like ur drink they will make you another and not say a word, this guy spoke to me for like 10 minutes about this drink!
Save yourself the disappointment and go… anywhere else. really!

Where do I start. so I live in the neighborhood, so couple of years back I went with my best friend and I said never ever again. so I said after all these years and mind you all these years I think they been in business for 4 years now if I am not mistaken so I decided to go and give a shot and another try. So I went yesterday the place had couple of tables and 4 people on the bar and ONE!!! WAITER!!! are you kidding me??? she works on the bar and serving people, people of course were pissed off because after they order the order comes after an hour, lucky for me it was just only 45 minute’s of wait and we asked for glass of water, soda and hookah. The floor is sticky, not cleaned, the place inside you feel sticky and yucky, the sofas are red and dirty they have not been cleaned since ages! the smell inside was horrible. The water was small cup of water TINY and the hookah had no taste what so ever, I asked for mixed fruit hookah I was smoking charcoals, I got so dizzy, I was coughing gray when I went to the bathroom to wash my mouth out, gray stuff came out of my mouth (CHARCOALS) this is not up scale 5^th ave or park ave lounge this is the most ridiculous spot I ever been to in queens. I don’t know how they got good comment when I was there a lady cursed them out with her friends and left and 2 tables left with out drinking their beers. And I left right after I got my crappy order, I guess they pay people to write nice comments. Anyways save your money and go to ASTORIA please for hookah and drinks at least over there everything has a taste and a flavor. And people there actually serve you, you don’t have to wait to be served. And if you want to go to upscale place it will be in the CITY NOT IN MASPETH. Cannot wait for this place to go out of hush for real out of business at least they can open something better useful. And word of advice please hire someone speaks ENGLISH this is AMERICA!!! and if you want to act like you own an upscale business hire someone to clean the floors and tables. AND present your menu in good prints, not half of the menu is washed away by God knows what. I can hardly read the menu.

Horrible place! Rude owners and staff, they think they are an upscale Manhattan lounge, they don’t know how to make drinks, the food is horrible. The inside is dirty, cobwebs everywhere, dust and sticky floor, not to mention the sofas. Never will I recommend this place to anyone nor will I go there again.

Had my Wife’s Baby Shower here and the place is absolutely beautiful. Their outdoor space was great for what we needed.
Their food portions were a bit small for the amount of people I had there, they made up for it with drinks which is appreciated.
Overall…I would go back for drinks, some good and hookah. Nice establishment.

Came here for our second visit today and I was very disappointed. My sister ordered the Caribbean wrap and asked for no cucumbers. She bit into it and noticed there were cucumbers in the wrap. We further investigated and noticed they weren’t cucumbers but avocados. Then realized the acovados weren’t ripe (very light and hard). So we asked the waitress if it was possible to make another without the avocados. She took the dish back and about 30 seconds later came out with the chef.
He got pissed at us and asked what’s wrong. We said the avocados weren’t ripe and tasted funny. He said they weren’t avocados they were mangos (hard mangos at that). We’re like this dish isn’t supposed to even have mangos, because the menu doesn’t even state mangos. He says, and I quote «I don’t put avocados, I use mangos» we’re like huh? You just make your own version not what’s on the menu? So finally the waitress takes charge and tells him to make another and apologizes to us as he storms off.
At this point, we don’t want «special sauce» added so we decline the second dish. We’re pissed so we finish our drinks and ask for the check.
The waitress handled the ordeal well, the only negative is she allowed the chef to confront us instead of handling it in the kitchen.
I was really rooting for this place. The food is good but they seriously need to restructure their servicing technique.