This café situated on Ormond Quay (you have to go down a circular stairs to enter it) is really nice.  The ambience serves as a total get away from hectic Dublin Life and it’s right bang in the centre.  It’s decorated lovely inside and you have the option to sit on chairs or on the floor.  It’s the perfect escape except for two small things.

I must say the staff were really nice to me and it was a very hospitable place but their Shisha which I paid €13 for, wasn’t proper Shisha.  I would have settled for less obviously as I’m not in the Middle East but this Shisha was rotten.  I’ve been to Shisha cafés where they give you tongs to move about the coals and let you maintain the shisha yourself but after a few puffs, it left that tickly, coughy sensation in my mouth which means the bong needed maintenance.  As the café is indoors also, you can’t take the foil off the top of the bong and blow out the ash from the tobacco.  It’s by removing the coal ashes from the tobacco, you maintain the taste.

I also had some mint tea with my Shisha which was nice but it cost €7 for a small pot.  In fairness though, it was really nice tea.

Possibly in a few years time, when I am rich or working I might be able to afford to frequent here more often or treat myself to it every month or so.  The reason it’s so pricey as well is probably because it is a new venture and rent costs for that part of town must be astronomical.

I wish the café lots of success and I’ll return there when I’m working and my student year is over.