by Khalid S.

Wow! There's only one review and they seem to hate this place already lol... I thought the Shisha was worth it, and even the appetizers were alright. Service was definitely below average. No one would come and take our order, so my buddy and I started looking pissed, in the end the manager himself came and took our order which was nice I guess. We had Falafel and Gebneh Bil Tamatem which were both good. We went on a Sat. night, and the place was packed. Nice, lively atmosphere!

by Brooklyn Love l.

i actually like this place. i went for the first time about a week or two ago and i had good service...maybe its because my friend who i went with is friends with the manger, haha...but anyways i had good service! we order a hookah with one flavor and the food that i had was butter chicken with some tomato sauce (that's not the name on the menu but that's what my friend said when he ordered it) and it was really good. i enjoyed my time there and i was feeling the chill vibe in that place on a nice warm night out in dc.

by Chlo S.

I usually come here for the hookah, and for that I like the place. Their flavors are good, I'm a fan of the non-fruity varieties they have. Ordering food can be a hit or miss, like other people said service can be beyond lacking and things tend to be overpriced. The minimum charge also makes it harder for a larger group to hang out- everyone has to get something, you can't all just share a hookah or two and get out. (Which I guess is their point, but still)

by Brittney M.

Not worth it.10$ cover charge per person for Hookah plus the $13 for the hookah. Usually they don't have what you want. If they do, it is old, or bad. My friends and I have decided that they don't clean the hookahs because there are often problems with them. The service is bad on top of it all and they occasionally forget you are there. This is not just from one experience, this is a few. Avoid.

by Lo G.

The actual place itself it pretty grimy and run down with burns in the tables from the shisha.The wait staff have good days and bad days about getting the orders right, but the food itself is above average.  The bread is great and the buttered chicken is a favorite with the people I work with.

by Stephanie T.

I would seriously rejoice if this place burned to the ground tomorrow.I stopped in just last night for a bit of lounging, tea, and hookah for my friend's 21st birthday. Our night had started off on a great note until we convened here for a post-fete hookah session. Ideally, this could have been the perfect night cap to our lovely outing, had the atrocious waitstaff at Prince Cafe not sabotaged it.Let's start with the atmosphere. Prince Cafe Georgetown is the perfect setting for an independent film about European low-lives. (I am NOT, however, suggesting that those who dine at Prince fall into that stereotype.) I'm instantly reminded of the scene from Danny Boyle's Trainspotting where Ewan McGregor's character desperately dives into "the worst toilet in Scotland" to retrieve opium suppositories for his final hit. The dim, blue-tinted, flickering fluorescents lend themselves to creating this unpleasant environment, along with the generally derelict facilities.(Not to mention, their WC is comparable to "the worst toilet in Scotland". This might just be "the worst toilet in the District".)Once seated, the eight of us ordered an array of teas, hookahs, and drinks, totaling to approximately $50-60. Upon ordering, we were instantly (and rudely) reminded by our waiter that the minimum order was $10/person. Ridiculous. Prince Cafe is a grimy hookah lounge that just so happens to serve food - not an upscale dining experience with hookahs on the side. It appears that they failed to remember their place in the restaurant food chain.But I digress. We politely explained our situation to the waiter who dramatically acted as if this was a huge inconvenience to him and his shithole-of-a-dive and pretended to accommodate us by "letting it go just this time". (Let's get real here - why would we want to eat two dinners? This place doesn't even serve alcohol, what the hell would we spend $10/each on?) We thanked him and apologized for not realizing the policy beforehand (sorry, we don't scrutinize the fine print of the menus of every restaurant we dine in). Instead of accepting our apology and truly being accommodating, he scowled at us and REPEATEDLY reminded us of this asinine policy throughout the hour we stayed there. Not only was it repeated at least four times, he pressured us to buy more drinks, get desserts, more hookahs, etc. I honestly cannot understand how someone would be dense enough to think that this selling tactic would actually work.It's a shame that our experience had to put a damper on our fine evening. The most infuriating part of all this is reading the similar reviews and realizing that this isn't just a one-time fluke - Prince Cafe Georgetown just sucks 24/7/365.Postscript: Sorry I didn't have much to say about the food/hookah/whatever. I only tried their tea and hookah and both were pretty run-of-the-mill. For $10/person, you could just buy a freaking hookah to split with your friends.

by Rebecca S.

What exactly is one to do in DC after the bars are closed? Or after you get off work from a bar at 4am?It was always Prince Cafe in Georgetown for me; I don't remember their being a location in Adams Morgan when I worked in that part of town. Get a snack (food is decent- neither drab nor fab), some mango lassi and a hookah and put off your sleep requirements yet again! Watch middle eastern and central asian music videos on the big screen!I mostly just loved the fact that it was in fact a hookah bar with food that stayed open til the wee early hours. No idea what this place might be like during the day.

by Mimi E.

I came to this Prince Cafe location with a big group of  friends last Friday to have dinner before watching a movie at the K Street theater.  In short, the experience was horrible, all due to a completely moronic waitress.  This waitress barely spoke English, and kept confusing orders, bringing out dishes that no one asked for and then placing them on our table.  She screwed up my order where I specifically asked for a Tapas plate where 3 appetizers are chosen and served on one plate.  She brought out 3 separate appetizer plates and charged me for three appetizers!  I tried to bring up her mistake with the management, but they refused to fix the situation.  They started to get all upset at ME for bringing her mistake to their attention, which I ended up paying for.  Way to go, Prince Cafe Manager, for hiring an imbecile who doesn't even know your food menu.  God forbid someone asks a special request due to a food allergy...they may DIE because your half-wit waitress couldn't understand the special request!This waitress should be fired, but she probably won't be...she's obviously there to serve as blonde eye-candy, and it's a shame she uses this to her advantage to cover-up for her stupidity.  Fellow diners, beware of dumb Eastern-European blondie, and avoid this Prince Cafe location if you can.

by Robert F.

This review is based on the hookah and water only.  I did not eat food here. Here are my grievances:1. A small bottle of poland spring water costs $3.002. The hookah tobacco that was suggested to us the waiter had absolutely no flavour.  He told us it was the chocolate/strawberry flavour.  I tastes none of those things. 3. The bathroom is horrible.  Slimy, greasy, throbbing and pulsating with some kind of nauseating, primordial vitality is how I'd like to describe it.  4. A man who appeared to the be owner sat high on the hog outside with his victims, I mean customers, as he goofed around with a laptop and funds from $3.00 bottled waters flowed into his online accounts.  He had the audacity to park his BMW on the curbside and bark orders to his slave/employee. If you are drunk and your senses are dull, it might be worth stopping by for smoke or two.  Otherwise, be more respectful of your own intelligence by visiting a more humane environment.

by shieva r.

I've been here a couple times and it seems to be one of the better Prince Cafe's as far as food is concerned. The hookah seems to be the same from one Prince to the other though.My big issue:One night a few friends and I decided to stop by for some good ol' fashion hookah to end the evening on a good note.... the weather was amazing so we took a seat outside and ordered our hookah and some food. We were having a good time, relaxing, talking, just enjoying the evening.... then it became time to go; we asked for the check. We got the check and everyone stared for a while, confused. "Um guys, why do we have a 20% additional charge?"We asked, the answer was we had to pay an additional charge to sit outside!!! To sit in uncomfortable cheap metal chairs!!!! Something about the owners having to pay additional therefore we were paying additional... whatever.This made me angry, if it wasn't for the waiter being such a good guy, feelin' our pain and even chipping in on our owner bashing(he was really into that), who knows what i would've done!!Now this isn't an awful place, I'll most likely be back again one day but next time oh next time you wont catch me sitting outside!

by Stephen T.

Pretty big disappointment.  Not one of those "a stranger spilled food all over me so I'm gunna give it one star"  but a legitimate letdown.I probably had the same moronic waitress that Mimi E had when she reviewed this place.Group of co-workers decided to come out here after work for a little hookah and food.  The hookah was fine (I'm no expert, but I had no complaints about that), but everything else was a total scam.After I asked for ice water w/ the food, she brings out a bottle of CVS water.  I told her, no thanks, I just asked for bottled water.  She then tells me that they don't have ice water here and to look around the restaurant, "you don't notice anyone with tap water, right?".  I guess, but there were 3 other people in the damn room at the time, was I supposed to notice?After looking it up on the menu and realizing that the CVS water was 3 bucks, I told her no thank you... to which she said "I cannot take it back, it has already been entered in the computer"... Now I'm thinking what bullshit, since when does a computer not have a DELETE button?  I worked at a restaurant when I was 15 and up until you pay, you can modify the order on the screen as much to your liking.  So I'm stuck with a $3 bottle of water so I ask if I can just get the combo instead for $1 more which would come with a side of fries.  And she gave me the exact same answer, looking at me like it was my fault that I didn't know their ripoff policy.  Not to mention they "forgot" to bring out my order with the rest of our food... a nice and cold gyro with a $3 bottle of drugstore water.There have got to be better establishments out here, but this was definitely a big letdown.  It shouldn't have even been a letdown since I Yelped this place before going over there and read the sorry reviews.  But I would definitely recommend this place if you like throwing money away...

by H.L. S.

So here's the deal with The Prince Cafe: good food, but no atmosphere at all.  Dark, dingy, grimy, with music so loud you can't hear yourself form a thought to say to the person eating across from you.  Bottom line: this place is a dice roll, a mixed bag--anything you can think of that means: Get it together, fellas; you've got good food, but your place grates on me like a migraine.

by Kirkles A.

I think this place keeps in business because it's really the only hookah option in Georgetown. Typically, I avoid Hookah bars because I own my own pipe and smokes cost $1 max, as opposed to $12 in an establishment.  I went to the Prince because I happened to be in G-town with a friend and we both had a craving for some tobacco.  It took the waiter about 10 minutes to realize that we were seated despite the fact the the cafe was not crowded in the least.  He took our orders with the requisite $10/person minimum and then took another 10 min to bring our hookah and drinks. The shisha itself was dry and flavorless.  The smoke was thin and weak and reminiscent of when I've tried to use tobacco that had been dried out for a few days.  Basically, it was a waste of $20 and an hour.  I'd definitey never return and I don't feel bad saying so.  This place doesn't even make an attempt at an inviting atmosphere or quality product.  Avoid at all costs!

by Candace H.

A recent compliment prompted me to check out my review and update according to experiences in the last year.I've been grateful to find several better shisha places than Prince.  However, I still afford Prince three stars because it reminds me of an authentic Egyptian institution - grimy floors, bad food, wide range of patrons, walls covered in smoke residue.On the other hand - there is an Egyptian woman who has been working there at least since last summer and is happy to accommodate me should I need to engage in a bout of nostalgia about Cairo or speak to someone in egyptian Arabic.  They always have mango juice on-hand, and Melody Arabia plays front and center.  My love for Prince is simply based on all of its hole-in-the-wall features... I've embraced its ugliness.Prince of Georgetown used to be the only shisha spot in the area - until Zenobia opened up and kicked up the competition.  Zenobia doesn't have indoor shisha space, so on a cold winter night in Georgetown, Prince is the place to be.  Unless you want to hit up Mate.  Other than that, Georgetown night life is dead to me. This Prince Cafe location is one of the better ones in the area.The space is huge.  The waiters…

by Pru B.

Dear Prince Cafe, you desperately need renovation.  Wobbly tables and chairs and burned booth seats are not cool. The pendant light above our booth easily generated 1.21 gigawatts of power, so, so hot.  (Maybe making us feel like we're in the desert is deliberate.)  Hookah?  No thanks, food please.The food is D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S.  Mmmmm, Shrimp Beryani *drool*The Lamb Beryani looked and smelled yummy also, and the Beef Shawerma was tasty as well.Prices are reasonable, service is good, and the menu is pretty extensive, but the ambiance is lacking.

by Fuz K.

Shady.... We walk in there on a Sunday afternoon, after shopping in Georgetown, and we wanted to relax and smoke some hookah. There were two other patrons in there. There was no one at the counter or anywhere to be seen that was serving the customers.We waited too long (I forgot exactly how long) for the guy to finally show up from the back, take our order, then come back with our hookah, only to forget that I ordered a water. Then when we were ready for our check the guy was nowhere to be found again.Not only that, the place is simply a dump with crappy tables, chairs and wall "art".This is not the hookah lounging experience anyone would want.

by Meg G.

3.5 stars because I get the feeling that this spot is serving up a little authenticity, and not so much concerned about impressing its patrons with ambiance or memorable experiences.  This is not one of the more famed hookah joints that you find in Adams Morgan or northern VA.  However, when in Rome (Georgetown).... So stop by, and try it for yourself.  I've never ordered real food here.  Occasionally I'll get a side of fries, and I always order tea.  When smoking shisha outside of a friend's house, or in any restaurant/bar that many people frequent - tis best to keep the flavors you order simple.  Don't go in here trying to get some mango/passion fruit and then wonder why you feel queasy at the end of the night.  There are music videos for entertainment at night.  Unless you're going solo, it's best to just enjoy the company of your friends and get a break from all the window-shopping/perusing you've done during the day.