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    1948 Café

    4.5 (15 reviews)
    Closed 1:00 pm - 3:00 am (Next day)

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    Chill Friday

    Great hookah cafe with indoor/outdoor seating, comfortable atmosphere and very laid back vibe. Cappuccino was perfectly made and the fries came in a huge serving and were crispy on the outside but sift on the inside. The watermelon mint hookah was very smooth and a gentleman came around making sure your coals were replenished timely. Service was good. Very welcoming without being overly in your face. Other visitors were playing cards and dominoes while I chose to just read a book. Highly recommend!! ​

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    Joshua J.

    Took a chance to explore something new, and this place did not disappoint. It was my first time trying Turkish Coffee and the staff here really made me feel right at home. Gave me access to the Wi-Fi to make sure i could get my work done. The place has a really relaxing vibe to it. Pretty quite big tv's for those who maybe wanna relax and watch there favorite sports team. The coffee was amazing, but be prepared it only takes a little to keep you going. The presentation was amazing and I love how they give off a multinational vibe even though they are a Turkish establishment.

    Turkish Coffee

    Great Spot, amazing coffee and Hooka. Avocado Juice it's top on the list! Courteous service and Staff. Easy to find location close to USF and surrounding areas, highly recommend

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    The owner Mohammad is very nice, the place itself has a very welcoming atmosphere, I like the smoothies too!!

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    Exceptional authentic food, friendly ambiance and excellent service. I highly recommend it, I stop by it every time in Tampa.

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    It was my first time trying Turkish Coffee and the staff here really made me feel right at home.

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    4.5(2 reviews)
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    Very amazing coffee, 10/10. Give Cyrene Amer Mahrouq a raise of over 120%. The service she gave me…read morewas an absolute 10/10. The Coffee Shop itself is nice too, but she really deserves a raise, really nice staff and A-M-A-Z-I-N-G coffee when i was in Town, definitely looking for more coffee shops and delis like this next time i visit the states!

    Somewhat not what I was looking for, as I was simply hoping for a coffee shop that could do quality…read moreTurkish tea or coffee--which they certain can do both here, but I was not seeking a room filled with hookah smoke. But that's fine, a lot of people apparently are seeking such and that's exactly what you get here: a sizable space that could easily be small restaurant but as they have it is one large room with plenty of space to sit at a table, smoke a hookah, play cards, drink Turkish coffee or tea, and gossip far into the small hours of the night. There is space to sit on a patio in front of the coffeehouse as well on nice, pleasant, nights. This is a real, bona fide, Middle Eastern-style coffeehouse. It is where men--and yes, mostly men--gather from the early evening into the wee hours to meet with friends, smoke, and play cards. The dark Turkish coffee and tea fuels these deep into the night card games. When I was here it was mostly middle-aged men--a lot of them taxi drivers I have to presume because numerous taxi cabs were parked in the parking lot. Some college-aged dudes, too. But everyone was drinking coffee, smoking hookah, and playing cards. It's brightly-lit so that you can see your cards and not like an Americanized hookah bar designed to be part of a varied night of bar-hopping. No, not at all. This is a place to come for a good portion of the night and you'll find establishments like this all over the Middle East, Turkey, and Maghreb. With some variation, you'll find them in Iraq, Iran, and Eastern Europe, too. But again: this is the real deal. They had Warda on the stereo. Nearly everyone was speaking Arabic. I don't smoke, but I do appreciate the culture of this place and am glad it's here. I don't think they serve food however I saw people bringing food in from Green Land Restaurant next door, which I think is owned by the same folks, and that seemed fine.

    1948 Café - hookah_bars - Updated May 2026

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