Café entertainment in United Arab Emirates
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Al Masa Cafeteria & Coffee Shop
The local guys love the ‘Cocktail sheeshas' (sheesha made with real fruit) at Al Masa on the Corniche, just opposite the mosque. It's hard to find a spare plastic seat after midnight.
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Al Fakher Popular Café
Local guys love the traditional barasti coffeehouse Al Fakher Popular Café, overlooking the lagoon where they play backgammon, drink coffee and puff on a sheesha well into the night. It's near Mina Saqr.
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Tché Tché
This Jordanian import is a vaunted haunt of both locals and expats, who come to pick their favourite smoke from the long sheesha menu while Arabic music videos are blaring in the background. Also gets thumbs up for its delicious Arabic food.
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Cosmo Café
The sleek metal-and-glass façade looks more Manhattan than Middle East, but if you’re looking for a toehold on Arab expat life, you can glimpse beautiful, mainly Lebanese people sucking on sheesha at this stylish spot. Pretty good food, too.
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Sheesha Courtyard
The Royal Mirage sure gets it right. Reclining on beaded cushions and thick carpets in an Arabian palm courtyard is the ultimate way to enjoy a sheesha. Though it would take a connoisseur to appreciate the 20 different flavours on offer, you can’t go wrong with the sweet aroma of apple. Highly recommended.
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Shakespeare & Company
Linger long and puff sheesha under a big outdoor tent at this woman- and child-friendly hangout with mismatched velvet sofas, wicker chairs and big wooden tables. Perfect for a game of backgammon. The Lebanese–French menu is good for a nosh between smokes – think croque-monsieur, crêpes and pizzas, all around Dh30. Good breakfasts, too.
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Zyara
Puff in the shadow of giant skyscrapers at this convivial bo-ho-cool Lebanese cafe. The colourful dollhouse-like interior is great for booze-free socialising over a game of cards or backgammon. The sheesha is presented outdoors, where you sit at living-room-like clusters of cushy sofas on a palm-lined patio while gazing up at the impossibly tall towers.
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