Nara Bistro: Mediterranean Cuisine & Hookah

Staff accommodated our large group 2 nights in a row. Hookahs were great. Service was excellent. Would recommend if your in the area to check them out

Published 2 months ago

Only place able to take us with a big party if 14 on a Thursday night. The service was great and the food was very good. Hookahs were also on point. We will definitely look to come back with our big group.

Published a year ago

They have the paan flavor hookah which is rare to find. It is my most favorite flavor. The atmosphere is pretty cozy they have indoor as well as outdoor seating. The hookah quality is amazing and I love the apple head. Only complaint I had is that both the times I went there they took a lot of time to bring the check. Waited almost 30 mins to pay and leave. The food was great except I thought everything needed more salt.

Also, they hold the payment machine in their hands at your table and there is no privacy when it comes to tipping because he is staring right down at you.

Published 3 years ago

Went there on a Sunday night and had a great time. Made new friends, smoked a very smooth hookah and enjoyed the atmosphere. The decor and ambiance is really nice and music is not loud like other hookah places.

Published 2 years ago

I’ve been coming here for years, the staff has always been amazing, the dance parties are so fun (they tried to show me how😂) and the hookah was amazing! Never had a blue mint better than at this place!

Published 5 months ago

It took a while to find anyone who worked here but once we were seated the service was good. They have an awesome menu to choose from and the majority of people are visiting just for hookah. I shared the Sahara Skewer plate with a friend which I would definitely order again!

Published 7 years ago

I haven't tried their food but i would say hookah wasnt good.

Published a month ago

I came here for a hookah and dinner. I order hummus as an appetizer. I also ordered a falafel plate and the beef kabob. The food was good. The mango smoothie was delicious. The hookah was satisfactory. Good experience overall.

Published a year ago

I haven't tried their food but i would say hookah wasnt good.

Published a month ago

Staff accommodated our large group 2 nights in a row. Hookahs were great. Service was excellent. Would recommend if your in the area to check them out

Published 2 months ago

Hookah lounge with great food!

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Nice little place to hang out ..

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Published 5 months ago

Their beef kebab plate is so good. Especially love their hummus!

Published 5 months ago

I’ve been coming here for years, the staff has always been amazing, the dance parties are so fun (they tried to show me how😂) and the hookah was amazing! Never had a blue mint better than at this place!

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this place have hookah while i was there i saw families with kids under 5 years old coming and their parents using hookah and blowing smoke on their kids face that is not good parenting but how can this place let them do that? it should be against the local laws!!!

Published 9 months ago

Food, service, atmosphere 👌.... the hospitality, attention-to-detail, courtesy quality experience and authentic Middle-Eastern ambiance has you feeling like your visiting family. Thank you for a refreshing, relaxing and enchanting night out. Cheers!

Published 9 months ago

Good for groups , birthday but the food is normally tasty

Published 10 months ago

Grate place

Published 10 months ago

Was visiting from out of town. Have to say the hookah and the service were great. Can't wait to go back.

Published 10 months ago

Very nice food. We loved the place. I came from Denver to visit and it was my first time. Bahr was amazing and provided us the best service.

Published a year ago

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Very nice restaurant. The burger was delicious. Service was amazing. Hasson took a really great care of us. .

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Came here to pick up a uber eats order. Food wasn't ready when I went to pick it up. Guy still had the nerve to ask me to move because he didn't want to see me standing in the way. He told me to wait for order like 20 mins. At the end I just walked out with no order because clearly the guy was to busy to make it.

Published a year ago

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Unfortunately we’ve been going to this hooka place for the 10day’s every thing was ok till today 1/12/2024 we went back to have hooka and some tea and coffee and the place was empty they sat on this table after one hour one of the servant their and try to move us to another table we were 6 people and we refused 10 minutes later the owner came and asked us to move us again from the table and we said will not leave and I asked who is that lady who came and talk to us he said it’s the owner and her name is Sally . Let met say is the owner has no respect to her customer come and asked us to leave . Sorry to tell her she has to change her name from Sally to Silly then we move what a bad experience and I don’t know how people go to this hooka lounge . Customer their is another places you can go and respect you if you need to be insulted go their . That why I give this facility 1 star if they have 0 star i could be very happy to give her 0 star .

Published a year ago

I asked for straight mint al fakher hookah they gave me apple head with some fake flavorless tabacco worst hookah that smells taste like nothing absolutely zero stars
55 dollars tea n trash full of hay tabacco

Published a year ago

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Only place able to take us with a big party if 14 on a Thursday night. The service was great and the food was very good. Hookahs were also on point. We will definitely look to come back with our big group.

Published a year ago

Night life spot
Music & hookah 👍

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My husband and I came here with a friend visiting from Miami. We all really enjoyed it. The food was good, the service was always accommodating, and they had live music. They start the music around 9-10pm and might possibly have belly dancing even later than that. We left early so not super sure. Overall, we are happy.

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Everything is 100% my favorite restaurant

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I came here for a hookah and dinner. I order hummus as an appetizer. I also ordered a falafel plate and the beef kabob. The food was good. The mango smoothie was delicious. The hookah was satisfactory. Good experience overall.

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A little overpriced

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It is an okay place. Service is nice. I just done like Turkish coffee served in a plastic cup for its price.
Food is good.

Published 2 years ago

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Very nice cafe and hookah lounge

Published 2 years ago

One of the best experience I've ever had
The friendliness of the staff and the food is remarkable

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Nice atmosphere and superb singer Ibrahim

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بكل صدق جماعه استغلاليين وغير محترمين قمه احترام وتقدير معدومه كل ماتحكي أشي بتهربه من اشي والله انا انصحكم لي وجه لله لا يوجد اي معامله او خدمه جيده اقل شيءٍ سوا لك انا اسف بس ما يرضي زبون

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I love this place

Published 2 years ago

Great place. Great atmosphere. Good food. Good hookah

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Great spot for hookah and food

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Great place to smoke, huka.

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Beautiful vibes friendly staff, good food and hookah

Published 2 years ago

The Pink Lemon Aid Hookah mix is 🔥🔥🔥 love coming here this is one of my favorite hookah spots in OC

Published 2 years ago

Great hookah place. I went on the weekend. Place gets pretty full if you arrive after 9. They have Arabic oud player on the weekends.

Great:
Hookah is really good
Vibes
Food quality
Prices are reasonable

Can be improved:
Takes a while to get the food (understandable given how busy they were)

Published 2 years ago

Love the ambiance and the food is delicious. Came late 11pm and the staff were very accommodating for a to go order.

Published 2 years ago

This little hookah joint is always an interesting place to eat and people watch. Most people here seem to be entrenched in work while enjoying a smoke. We had lunch which went by quickly. Our server left us alone for some time so we had to hunt him down to pay the tab. If you don't mind eating while surrounded by hookah steam, then it's a nice place to spend lunch or dinner. They have interesting hookah flavors and names, which I did not try. I'm not a smoker. I would go again.

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Great service and delicious food.

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I don’t recommend this place. The service is horrible and the hookah is not the best. The hookah got burned really quick and no one would fix it. The food is not that good either. The guy with the afro was helping only one table and ignored everyone else.

Published 2 years ago

Smoke hookah and chill. Huge space, excellent service and prices.

Published 2 years ago

Awesome place great service

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Good

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Great friendly atmosphere service and delicious food tea & Hookah

Published 2 years ago

Tonight music was very boring with long long breaks, also please bring some improvements in your tea services, I felt like I'm having some street corner tea in plastic disposable cups.

Published 2 years ago

Perfect kunafah
Thanks to “bassel”

Published 2 years ago

Went there on a Sunday night and had a great time. Made new friends, smoked a very smooth hookah and enjoyed the atmosphere. The decor and ambiance is really nice and music is not loud like other hookah places.

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Very good food, nice environment and friendly service. Highly recommended.

Published 2 years ago

Good atmosphere great service and delicious food, the hookah was great!

Published 2 years ago

Best nargile in Anaheim. Atmosphere makes you feel like Istanbul. Live music weekly. Prices are very fair too.

Published 2 years ago

Great food great hookah

Published 2 years ago

We're the only Asian table in the whole bar. Loud music, smokey and fun. I wish I understand what they were singing. Variety of flavors to pick from. Good service.

Published 2 years ago

I did not try their food. Since I already ate, I was there to meet a friend. But iv never been to a place like this. It was a pretty good new experience.

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Ordered food to take away one evening.
We waited quite much time. The waiter did not even said goodbye when we left and let us pick the bag ourselves witout giving it to us so I could say the service was quite strange.
The food, howerver, was very good and fire-cooked chicken was good.
We saw sthe other clients being served their beverages (tea, soda) in disposable glasware even if you drink at the restaurant.

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Decent veg options!

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Environment is kinda nice and in fairly good shape. Lots of tile everywhere that's the same.. benches and tables made from the same tile (must have been a bulk discount) Some of it is cracked on the table. Lots of fake plants inside.
Overall, decent for a hookah place but also overpriced.
I ordered a coke, (3.79) and we got can with a straw. No glass, no ice.
Ice tea comes in a truck stop foam cup and 2 tea bags. ($5.00)
Ordered a hookah...They automatically upgrade you to an apple bowl for an extra 7 bucks. Total $26 for a hookah with a disposable hose.
Chicken kabob was tasty but a little burt. .there was live music and it was busy, so we had to wait about 20-25 min for hummus and a chicken wrap.
At the end when you pay your bill the server brings the payment machine and stares at you to see how much tip will be added. Just strange.

Published 2 years ago

Great Ambience!

Published 3 years ago

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I have been at hookah lounges before but I haven't seen a bad service like in this place at all before, good luck getting charcoal or even getting the server's attention, the sever meant to ignore me being there. very bad experience.

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I went during lunchtime on Friday, and it was not busy at all, so perfect time to check it out!

I ordered the “Chicken Kabob Plate,” and instead of rice, I got French fries. It was delicious, and the chicken was very tendered :). I also smoked hookah, and I got the Apple head with pineapple flavor, and it was okay. I didn’t stick to their popular flavors, but now I know! I also ordered a mocha ice latte which was very runny, but the drink was delicious.

The service was excellent and fast.

Published 3 years ago

Good food, happening place... previously I hadn't liked this place but now I'm a definite fan.. my go to hookah spot in so cal.

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Nara is a hookah lounge that serves delicious Mediterranean food. The atmosphere is very chill. It's always busy there in the evening. People who work there are great! They are very diligent and nice. Not recommended for kids.

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Causey and friendly staff... Recommended

Published 3 years ago

The worse hookah ever.

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I did call the owner and reserved a specific table for me and two of my friends between 8:30-9:00 pm. We all showed up at 9:00 pm to find out my table which I reserved have a customer on it. I talked to all the employees complaining that I did call twice to make sure this table is reserved, they stated that the owner is the one who answered me and I have to call him back to fix the situation. I did call no answer, left a voice message and I left a text with no avail. I refused to enter I got really mad and really disappointed 😞, left home while my friends did enter.

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Awesome place to chill and hang out with friends

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Not too shabby!!
Love this place in Sunday mornings with Fairuz singing, decent hookah if which is hard to find in that neighborhood and a decent size Cafe au lait, sets the tone of your weekend!

Published 3 years ago

The hookah was ok but the service is horrible. The worst service I’ve ever experienced.

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Owner has a bad attitude with customers they dont have a good menu of food. The place is not so bad though. But needs more customer service

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They have the paan flavor hookah which is rare to find. It is my most favorite flavor. The atmosphere is pretty cozy they have indoor as well as outdoor seating. The hookah quality is amazing and I love the apple head. Only complaint I had is that both the times I went there they took a lot of time to bring the check. Waited almost 30 mins to pay and leave. The food was great except I thought everything needed more salt.

Also, they hold the payment machine in their hands at your table and there is no privacy when it comes to tipping because he is staring right down at you.

Published 3 years ago

Nice place. Customer service should be better

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Good food, good hookah, try the chocolate cake

Published 3 years ago

Great chicken, the staff are great!

Published 3 years ago

It was great but sometimes food not good now.

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Good food! Nice hookah place!

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Great food... Hookah was just ok!

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I ordered a chicken kabob wrap and I expected to be good given the price and that the place looked good. The wrap has no sauce, it was not seasoned, it was small. I really like Mediterranean food, I’ve had many wraps like that before but that one was the worse. Plus it took forever o get it! We were not offered water and the service was not attentive at all!

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Amazing service!

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Very good

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Great spot. Hookah is good and service is even better.

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We love coming here - staff are friendly and food/hookah is great

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Nice place and good food

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Bad for pick up they said it was ready then still waited a long time. Wasn't even busy

Published 4 years ago

Everything is great and reasonable prices i love Mediterranean cuisine

Published 4 years ago

The hookah wasn't good enough and disappointed, but the Kanafeh was delicious.

Published 4 years ago

The best hookah lounge in this area

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Great Service!

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ممتاز جدا

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Nice place

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Good food great hookah

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Bad customer service

Published 4 years ago

What's the point of taking any orders for food when you're not going to check on your customers for anything else they might need. Guy just sits there with his friends like a chatterbox and we're here stuck trying to get drinks, napkins, and sauces. Food gets cold by the time we get what we need. Also the bread is like rubber, bro this is on Brookhurst, go to Altayebat across and get fresh ones daily.

Published 4 years ago

answer the phone when a customer places an order

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Good hookah and atmosphere

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Good

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I don’t know what the server’s name was but she was so lovely and sweet and their Om Ali is DELICIOUS

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I came in with a few girlfriends around 11pm Friday night. Surprisingly the place wasn't full and we were seated within a minute. The staff is super friendly they made us feel so comfortable. I really enjoyed the chill vibe inside. Hookah was also on point! I'll definitely be coming back.

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اوكي

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Great shisha. Friendly service. Great prices

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A+

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The best hooka I love it

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Nice place, good food

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Was okay

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Friendly stuff, excellent customer experience. Delicious food and awesome hookah. Will come again

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Best Hookah in The O.C.!!! Apple head is on point and the Food is even better. Feels like I’m in Egypt.

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