Alexandria Cafe

I use to come here for years because my friends and I lived in the area. However we didn't know there were better spots as this was the standard for shisha we knew at the time so we overlooked the rundown furniture, dirty pipe water and slow service. The owner even gave us a discount because we were regulars so you know this review isn't biased.
Now that we've all moved out of the area we've seen better establishments. We now think back to Alexandria's and wonder how we ever enjoyed it. The owner constantly yelled at his employees (except the pretty foreign girls he'd hire), the hookahs were not cleaned, food orders were often forgotten and incomplete, and the furniture is shipped in from a crackhouse.
Sadly the only two pluses here are parking and 24 hour availability.

Good shisha,
Not a bad place for a lazy afternoon
Place is open 24 hours
Service can use some improvements, but all in all not too bad

Epic fail.

Unbelievable really.

Walked in on a Monday around lunchtime. Nearly no one there. Ordered a couple of chicken shawarma sandwiches and were invited to sit. And sit we did. And we waited. And waited. And waited. And walked away.

How it would take twenty minutes to get shawarma is beyond me.

Don't waste your time.

Been here few times.
Nice spat to grab a quick bit and/or relax with friends on one of their couches with your favourite shish flavor. Big enough so you don't get soaked by others puffing into you.

Shawarma is okay. Felt soggy and empty......decent service.

Very sketchy BUT the shisha is really good and the food is amazing!
The owner is almost always there! Very friendly staff!
Huge place with pool table and good music!
Big outdoor smoking patio!
On the weekends gets packed so go early!
Also forgot to mention open 24/7!!

Everything about this place is honestly disgusting. The interior is dirty and the bathrooms are gross as well. Even after this I still thought that maybe their food would be okay so I gave it a try. I was never more wrong. I ordered a chicken shawarma and it tasted like it was made hours ago. The pita was soggy and the chicken tasted greasy. So much better places in the area to get middle eastern food. Avoid this place if you can.

I came to smoke with 6 people we ordered four shishas the guy from calgary gave us herbal not to mention the water was dark yellow i asked him to clean it he never came back when i asked him he just handed me back the shishas nothing changed i asked him again to clean it he said "you can leave you pussy if you dont wana smoke" i got up to leave he said i have to pay 50 dollars .

When i came again alone he said i can pay 10 near the shisha area or 20 at the counter cash only. I asked another employee he charged me 15 . I seen them arguing about the price after.

This is the worst place I have ever been to for shisha. It's run down and dirty and their shisha tastes like shit. STAY AWAYYY

It's dirty, dingy, and on the side of sket-CHY!. I'm not sure if this place even has a PASS.

The place was rather empty when we went. [Disclaimer: We were here late and wanted shawarma. My boyfriend figured it was time to try a different place, and this place was it.] Only a few people were having shisha (all from the same table). There were a few other people in the corner playing pool and drinking beer.

The place doesn't appear to know what it wants to be. A bar? A shawarma place? A shisha place? An actual restaurant? Who knows with their setup! They have a few pool tables, coin-slot game machines, and a few tvs.

The tables were not cleaned. There weren't any clean tables in the entire place. The restaurant owners don't appear to be very interested in the upkeep of the place, both in terms of customer service or the appearance of the restaurant.

The service was slow. The people that work at this place were not rude, but appear to be rather apathetic.

We sat in the patio. We ordered our shawarmas. The shawarma was not wrapped tightly enough, and was alright. It was warm, but taste-wise, I prefer the places in Greektown or the Lebanese places near Bathurst and Bloor.

Parking is rather odd. It appears as though they tried to fit in more parking spaces with the way it's set up. The parking is right in front of the restaurant/patio.

Would not come back. There are plenty of other places open late night.

The shisha selection is quite bad, all we could choose from was strawberry and rose which both are very hard flavours and are really strong. The food my friend ordered a shawarma and the other got a burger. Burger was cold. Shawarmas were quite bad very soggy and cold.

The service is very bad, and they are understaffed. No one will come to your table. And I swear there was a really big fat dead guy on the couch right in front of the entrance. He never moved an inch when we were there for couple of hours.

Also the place is very dirty.

Will not be coming back