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Café Gitana
Categories: Food Coffee & Tea Nightlife Bars Hookah Bars Coffee & Tea, Hookah Bars [Edit]
2080A, Rue Saint-DenisMontreal, QC H2X 3K7
(514) 281-0090
- Hours:
Mon, Sun 1 pm - 3 am
Tue-Sat 12 pm - 3 am
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Music:
- Live, Juke Box
- Best Nights:
- Fri, Thu, Sat
- Happy Hour:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- Yes
- Coat Check:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Very Loud
- Good For Dancing:
- No
- Has TV:
- No
9 reviews for Café Gitana
7 reviews in English
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Review from Viv C.
5/3/2011 1 Check-in Here
This hookah cafe is small, cozy and adorable. I got a fruity local beer that was delicious and went well with the shisha I ordered. Service is super friendly (the waitress gave me a sample of the beer before I ordered it).
They have a limited food selection (mostly just desserts) but plenty of drink choices. -
Review from Eric V.
Pierrefonds, QC
4/6/2012
Cafe gitana is like a roller coster sometimes it's good sometimes it's crap.
Sometimes the music level is so strong that you feel like you are in a club...
The worst part is that they play arabic music when 75% of the customer are not even arabic?!?
I love shisha but they have given me several time bad shisha experience.
Sometimes the shisha were so dirty that when you inhale black chuck of dirt comes out of it ( this is due to employee not washing the hose properly)
Other times the shisha pressure valve were broken. They put black electrical tape on it to create some kind of pressure... At 15$ the shisha don't be cheap and just buy new shisha not try to repare it because it does have an effect.
I never tried the food. Most of the time i order a big min tea or sangria which are good.
On week-end the place is so full that they open the second floor which is very akward since its so thigh and packed with fume that staying there more than 10 min will give you diziness.
Also they have another cafe gitana 2 next door. Basically a room that they rent.
In order to have a shisha you have to pay at cafe gitane 1 and then bring it yourself to number 2. Very wierd and akward.
Probably because they are bypassing the law so that they don't have to pay for a smoking/cigar permit from the city.
The decors at cafe gitana 2 is very messy and it show that they don't really care about what customer think of them.
Anyways cafe gitana is the place to go when there is nothing else left on st-denis to do...
Cheers,
Eric Van Nguyen -
Review from G B.
Toronto, ON
2/17/2010
Great shisha, reallly small and busy place. Friendly Arabic environment
The street is totally under construction, so you its a maze to get to the front door -
Review from Sara S.
7/13/2011
Sweetness. Prices are slightly higher than average, but considering the location (quite touristy), it's understandable. Mint tea is amazing. Baklava is good. Hookah? Excellent. Interesting beer menu, huge pitchers (beware, I've walked out much drunker than expected with one of these!). Atmosphere is great, there is something truly authentic about this place. Take the extra four steps and opt to sit lower-to the ground on the cozy pillowed seats and low tables instead of the main-level area. Be warned, it can get VERY loud in there at times.
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Review from Steve A.
2/24/2009
This is one of my favorite places to visit when I go to Montreal. What first attracted me was the giant Unibroue sign on the outside, and as I'm a sucker for this-I naturally was led right in.
The staff are all very friendly, and seem like they're having a good time, the atmosphere is an excellent journey away from the city outside, playing middle eastern music and leading you in to a place that just doesn't feel like you're in Montreal anymore.
Oh, and the shishas are excellent. But I'm sure that's not relevant. -
Review from Amador A.
8/26/2009
I had such a great time here. Atmosphere is cool and crowd is very young and laid back.
Here you can come to have a drink, smoke out a hookah or even have some after dinner desert.
I ordered a pitcher of sangria which was very sweet and filled with fruit. I would definitely order this again.
For shisha I had peach which when down smooth. if you are not into peach shisha don't worry they have up to 15 different kinds of shisha's.
If I had more time in Montreal I would have come back again but I can guarantee next time I come to Montreal I will be visiting Cafe Gitana again!!! -
Review from Dani B.
9/9/2009
Great hookah, great ambiance and great, friendly service. We stopped here for a bit wine and hookah and ended up staying for hours and hours. The staff was super friendly and the hookah choices were extensive. The prices vary but the quality is all top-notch. They stay open until 3am and we ended closing up the place. The decor is lovely as well, equipped with a nice lounge area with huge ceilings. C'etait un bon temp!
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