The best..... by Pritesh

I love a nicely packed hookah, the perfect amount of thick smoke, with an intense taste and flavor. I have been to all 4 hookah lounges, and have smoked hookah at several night clubs as well. No hookah compares to the ones at Kava Lounge. Strong rich flavor, very clean hoses, and very easy to pull smoke from the bases. If you're in Gainesville, make sure to check it out.

Awesome! by Carolina

I'm a weekly regular at Kava Lounge. It's simply the best hookah bar in all of Gainesville. I smoke Shisha daily, and no other hookah lounge comes close to Kava. The price is great and the service is phenomenal!

This Virginian loved it!!! by Fairfax

I'm from Fairfax Virginia...here in the metropolitan area we have more Hookah lounges then any other place, our places here are known as first rate places, so to me Kava stands as a first rate place. I personally think that after a night of going to the club, you can go and relax or even continue partying. I'm heading back to Gainesville this October and i plan to head back to Kava where the service is excellent and the atmosphere is amazing.

by MS FLORIDA

I WENT TO KAVA FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO......IT WAS SOOOO MUCH FUN. I LOVED IT. THE PEOPLE WERE NICE AND THE SERVICE WAS GREAT. GOING AGAIN THIS SATURDAY, LOL!!!!

Get the record straight by James mcarthur

Dear everyone first of all it surprises me how ignorant the 3 posts are. I am from Tampa and have been to kava lounge once. The best hookahs I have tasted in a while. To be frank we were at a place called hookah hutt, people are nice but hookahs are terrible. When I went to kava lounge the service was good, buy hey I am there for the hookah and great drink specials as long as my coal is changed I am good. If u want a great smoking experience and great drink specials this is where u go. And they are open to 4 am and yes the people there are all classy. No one harassed the girls
We were with.

this place by alex

This place sucks balls.

by Janet H.

This place has a lot of potential but unfortunately the lack of taste in music and the poor ambiance just leaves you feeling blah. They serve kava which is a kind of dirt and water mixture that leaves your mouth feeling numb. I don't really know if kava is supposed to taste like that but it was not good at all. I don't think they serve alcohol.They have hookah and I actually didn't think the mint hookah was bad but its not worth going there for the hookah.I went on a Lebanese night so I expected more exotic music but what they ended up playing really didn't inspire people to dance. There is really no designated area to dance either which is kind of awkward.It looks like they didn't even try making the place appealing on the inside. They did attempt to make it feel like a lounge with low seating and mats but it was still pretty bare and unattractive. Basically if you are looking for a place in Gainesville for hookah and a middle-eastern feel, this is not the place to go.

by sanjida s.

It just wasn't that great. Sure, they had hookahs, but they weren't too strong. They likely use cheap tobacco. Our coal was promptly checked once, and then never checked again. The music was sub par and people tried  to dance to it, but it just wasn't worth it. They really didn't have the variety of middle eastern music that they should have, considering the guy who owns it is Egyptian.Btw, kava tastes like earth. Its not like "drinking in the rainforest" at all. Try taking some fine dirt, mixing it up with water, and drinking, thats what it is.It is not really an intoxicant, I didn't feel a thing. You're not relaxed, you don't feel mellow. You just wonder why the **** you just drank something that tastes like mud?Oh. It also makes your mouth dry later, and possibly a bit nauseous, that you want to eat something resembling normal food.Don't go here.  I wanted to like them, I really really wanted to. I love hookahs, middle eastern music and I'm down for anything that helps me "mellow" out. But sadly, kava is not the right venue. Its threadbare on the inside, the people are too relaxed and take forever to get stuff out and its cramped and music is bad.