Pros: Has a nice ambience feel to the place through their decor and lighting. Just being a hookah lounge in itself is a plus especially since there aren't too many hookah lounges in the area. CONS: Ridiculously slow service from serving the hookah to serving the soft drinks which are nonalcoholic, how long does it take to pour juice?..for them it took 20 minutes and the place wasn't at all packed. My friend and I combined our bday celebration and my party and I arrived an hour after her and her party. They already ordered their hookah and drinks. My party and I ordered our 2 hookahs one of which had a broken hose. When the server brought it he pretty much smoked 20% for 5 minutes of each hookah claiming that he was starting it up. Really? Then after ordering our SOFT drinks the server disappeared for 20 minutes and reappeared only bringing back 2 of the three ordered drinks. As requested by My friend and her party the waiter brought the whole bill, included in the bill(written in a different color) was my party's and my bill. We divided the bill based on who ordered what and my friend and her party paid then left. 10 min later we decided to leave after never getting our third drink. We approached the counter and the bill was 3 times more then what our original bill was. In other words our(my party) bill WAS $42 and somehow it was now $100. Mind you the other party paid their portion then some. When I calmly disputed the bill with the manager he instantaneously became very nasty and threatened to call the police and knowing that half of us are in the military he stated "this isn't my country I don't support you now pay me my money" Beware other than being molasses slow they are crooks that don't support the troops nor respect THE USA. Make sure you check the prices they will triple it on you! I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE TO ANYONE NOT EVEN MY WORST ENEMY! read more

Okay this place overcharged us for our bill, the bill said $8,$8,$8 = $30. I'm bad at math but that doesn't add up, I understand there may be tax and a small tip in there but they were giving themselves a $6 tip without telling us. Extremely rude and unprofessional read more

Maya sucks ass worst fucking place ever. Every one AVOID this place. The worst service ever, the owner and there employees are so rude and disgusting. There was a fly in my drink they didn't even bother to clean it out. After continuously calling for some one to help the said take it out your self and the over charged for another drink -_-. They over charged for all of my friends drinks. Told us to leave if not all of us smoked hookah and yelled at us because we said no. Don't ever come here this place itps shit. read more

Maya Hookah Lounge might have great seating, great music, and a nice overall environment, however the hookah is absolutely terrible. Smoke isn't thick enough as other hookah lounges, and when you want a server they're nowhere to be found. I remember having to get up multiple times to call the server to change the coal or to even move it (yes they give you no tongs and insist they move the coal themselves). If you go once I doubt you will be back. read more

This is the best place to relax if ur mind is really upset..they have best seating arrangement .. Best place to smoke shisha..it has many different varieties and has good atmosphere too and best part is have good staff. For me its a best place to hangout.m read more

Great Hookah & atmosphere. Great service drinks are awesome. Very clean and always has great music on.

Love this place. Go-to place in Central Jersey. Great setting, staff and hookah. I'm a frequent visitor read more

Worst Hookah Place.The chai was the worst.The DJ was also worst.Only thing i like was lighting and the ambience. They should really get a good Experienced DJ. No Proper Billing system.Just looting customers.The place is hell. read more

Best hookah lounge in central jersey! Great hookah & phenomenal service. I go often with friends, and have always leave more than satisfied. Highly recommend paan masala hookah - the best one out there. read more

My son and I came here after a long work week..we had a blast here..The prices were good and the music was very good..the menu is very big to choose from from hookah flavors to non alcoholic drinks..I definitely recommend this place if your looking to unwind with a cool vibe read more

This place should be renamed no lounge because everything is not allowed. We went with 8 people and some didn't smoke. We had to wait outside behind a velvet rope. Like they do for big clubs. So We thought it was Packed when they open the door the place is empty. It was hilarious to experience. They have this policy that you have to get a hookah for every two people in your party. We wanted 3 and they said we had to get 4. We said we are getting desserts and drinks that will cost more than the fourth hookah and they said we can't do that. We will get in trouble. The owner goes over the hookah sales. We said ok bill us for the fourth hookah but instead get us desserts. They said we can't do that either because the owner counts the dessert. My boys girl was sitting on a box and wanted a chair from another table. When she went to get it again the guy said no. We can't move chairs around. U kidding me??? It's a chair. They also charge Manhattan prices for a small jersey hookah lounge. A grape fruit head is 25 bucks. Tea came out in a French press. That's shits for coffee not tea. To top the French press is the Starbucks one that was recalled for putting metal shards in your coffee. The tea was also super light and had no flavor. It wasn't that deep red tea color. Tea is also 5 bucks. For a god damn tea bag. Anyway you can't just relax and chill here. Too many bull shit rules. It's like being in class or something. If it wasn't so late we would have went anywhere else. Also no matter the size of your party they automatically charge 18% gratuity. This place needs to chill out. It's not that serious. The ambiance is nice though. read more

Nice place to go on the weekend or when you want to just vibe out the decor is amazing with a wide variety of flavors

After looking at the website one would assume they are entering quite the establishment. Expectations are raised even higher when you enter what seems to be a club atmosphere with music, excitement, and colorful lighting. Unfortunately, Maya took a turn for the worse after our group was seated at our table. The waiter disciplined us upon sitting down that we needed to order at least one drink each and one hookah per two people before we could even look at the menu. The hookah's looked very flashy but were poorly made. It was difficult to get a waiter's attention to ask for a coal refill which a hookah would not frequently need if it were made well. Maya also has a strict no alcohol policy, which I can respect. However I did not find the drink menu which included many virgin cocktail drinks with names like "fuzziless navel" and non- alcoholic beer to be amusing. Finally upon leaving we had to argue with the cashier over our bill because we were overcharged for a refill over one of our mediocre hookahs. I am giving Maya two stars because it's environment and set-up has potential, but the service and actual hookahs were mediocre at best. This was especially disappointing after an hour and a half drive to the place. read more

DO NOT GO HERE! TERRIBLE place. The only decent thing about this place is how the interior looks. I was staying in Pennsylvania when I was in the east coast (trip from Cali), and drove about an hour and 15 to get to this place. The hookah lounges here in SoCal are all over the place and I've worked at a couple, so I'm all about hookah and an experienced with anything hookah related. At this place there was no friendly welcome, and a very unpleasant attitude by the worker. The hookah was absolutely horrible. Every time I had to flag someone down and they brought dead charcoals that were almost turning off. Put my feet on the table on the ottoman (that's what those are for), and they disrupted us just to let us know that they don't want that to happen... Upon leaving is when it became even worse. No legit receipt or register, just a handwritten note that stated a very overpriced total. Was expecting my total to be around $25, but they automatically add an 18% gratitude fee and on top of that sales tax and then also ROUND IT UP because they do the math quickly without a register. Argued with the guy, asked for the owner and he claimed to be the owner, and told him how awful the entire experience was. Asked him for a "receipt" so I can keep evidence and file a complaint with the BBB. read more

Very good place but the hookah very bad I think they need professional hookah person for this kind money they charge

I have been coming to this place since it originally opened, then it burned down, then it reopened again. Since it has reopened again I can't stand this place because of the management here. They literally treat this place like it's an exclusive celebrity NYC hangout but they need to remember that it is a hookah lounge in Edison, NJ. Each number below will represent a different trip accompanied by a different horrible experience at Maya. 1. It was 8 degrees outside, I took two steps in to open the door and this D grade bouncer tells me that I can't wear a hood to cover my head. It was also snowing outside. Maya wants to ensure a horrible experience and it starts right at the door. I was going to take off my jacket once I was inside. I just came from outside and haven't even stepped into the place yet and I already get a rude remark from the bouncer. 2. Hookah was awful. Quite possibly the worst. You are likely to get a hookah 1 in every 10 times you go there. So 2 hookah's without fruit heads and two drinks will run you $50. Meanwhile if you go down the street to Sultana or Sherazad then you can get the same for $25-30 They have a bunch of kids who don't know a thing about making hookah. My first set of coals on the hookah and I was coughing up a storm 10 minutes in because the hookah wasn't packed well and clearly the charcoals were burning the tobacco. I asked them for tongs to move the coals around and as per policy they don't give you tongs. So I had to wait 20 minutes until I watched the coal burn away all of the tobacco to crisp. Now at this point you have to change the tobacco because it is burned. What is Maya's brilliant solution to the problem? PUT MORE COALS ON IT. So basically if you don't get lucky with a good hookah then you might as well take a lighter and burn $20.00. At least that will keep you warm longer than the hookah will burn, while the bouncer tries to freeze you. I have been smoking hookah and going to hookah bars all over the world for almost 20 years and tongs are always given to adjust the coals to your preference. One person at the table next to us told the server verbatim that his hookah was sh*t the last couple of times and he doesn't want to smoke sh*t. Surprise, surprise, the hookah sucked and the guy offered to go to the back and teach them how to make it. 3. A friend of mine wanted to have her birthday at Maya. Since Maya looks nice on the interior, we decided to go there. Guess what? You are allowed to bring a cake, the person can blow out the candle, but you can't eat the cake there. Not because they have there own desserts or menu, but another stupid policy. Every other hookah place in Jersey, even restaurants allow you to bring a cake for someone as long as you are giving them business, but not Maya. We sat there with a cake that nobody was allowed to eat. They decided to be flexible and let only the birthday girl eat. So we had one person eating a cake for 10 people, and 9 other people watching her uncomfortably. This makes sense to Maya's Management. 4. We went with five people. Now this was the icing on the cake for me. We had five people and the place was about 85% empty. They have seating for about 4 people in chairs and anyone extra would have to sit on this uncomfortable stool with no back support. So thinking that this is not a big deal, we move one chair and they come and tell us that we can't move the chair. Are you FKING KIDDING ME!!! You have an empty hookah lounge and you can't replace an uncomfortable stool with a chair nobody is using. Again this makes sense to Maya's Management. The only thing nice about this place is the appearance on the inside. I really want to like this place. I've tried to like this place. I gave it multiple opportunities to like it, but they just have the dumbest management running this place. Maya and Mist are two places that serve hookah but don't understand that hookah is smoked in a comfortable environment, but this Nazi themed management thinks they have it all figured out. They rush to reprimand you at a much faster rate then actually providing service. The best price, best hookah, and most comfortable environment is Sultana Cafe which is right down the road. It is no where near as nice on the inside as Maya, but you get that luxury feeling and independence to use my own tongs, the ability to move chairs if extra people come, eat food, ask for coal, and smoke a pineapple head hookah that will last for hours over my 6 minute regular head hookah at Maya. I honestly think Maya's mission statement is "Nazi service at a premium price". read more

If I could I would give it no stars, shitty service, shitty hookah, horrible workers, they treat the customers with disrespect, and also try to overcharge for items that you haven't ordered. read more

Bad service! horrible attitude towards customers who have been coming for so many years. Place is empty which probably reflects the poor customer service! don't waste ur time and money here! read more

I did not like this place! This place is really dirty I do not recommend going to this hookah lounge. The employees are not on task and they don't do their job correctly. read more

Gotta say their service has improved drastically. Went with a group of friends and their hookah has improved as well. They got new hookahs which are fancy and the best part is that they do not overcharge when it comes to the bill. The price that they charge is incredible considering the fact that they are one of the best looking hookah lounges in NJ. read more

Hookah is just ok. Ordered the $12 hookah and 2 waters at $2 each and the bill came out to $20. Not sure where the extra $4 came from but I later realized that they automatically added their gratuity and I tipped on top of that because they just gave us a piece of paper with a price on it. Didn't care too much to inquire but I think that's a rip off. And everyone must order a drink. Find another place. The hookah here isn't event that great. read more

The pros: no alcohol and most drinks are very reasonably priced and tasted pretty good. Also the hookah came out rather quickly and when we asked for more coals, they were replaced in a timely fashion. The cons: the staff did not know the menu very well and I'm referring to the hookah selections, the service was slow and got even slower after 10pm once the place was filled to capacity, plus the staff enjoyed our hookah a little too much when trying to start it up. More cons: my party tallied up our bill and we spent a total of $119.00, however the bill we received was a total of $151. There was no tax nor gratuity on the bill yet the owner of this establishment demanded us to pay $172 for services rendered. This is robbery of the American people and this establishment needs to be put out of business or under new management. What a bunch of crooks!!! It's safe to say that I will NEVER return to this place as a paying customer. If you choose to go here, please pay with a credit card and have a witness, hell record the transaction if you want because this place will rob you blind. I have a feeling they rip people off a lot so go at your own risk. Personally, I would not give them the satisfaction of getting another dime out of me. Maya Hookah Lounge is under management that doesn't appreciate being an independent business in America and should think about relocating overseas to continue their business where that display of disrespect is I guess tolerated. read more

I've been there just once, and I think it's pretty nice place. Friendly staff and great hookah ;)

I love hookah bars and have been to many in the central jersey area- some in new Brunswick, matawan, and edison. The service and hookah here were exceptionally good. I don't know why but many of the hookah bars in my area have awful service - this place was different, both my husband and I agreed it was refreshing to be served our hookah within 15 minutes for once. They lose a star because as the other reviewer pointed out, there is little other entertainment besides the hookah- no television, no drinks, etc. Hopefully they fix this, but next time I am in the mood for hookah I will definitely return! read more

I had previously been to Maya hookah lounge a few years ago and had a good experience. I happen to be in the area with a friend so I decided to come here for some hookah. My friend and I ordered a regular grape mint hookah, and two water bottles. The server which I also think might have been the owner really insisted I get a fruit bowl, at first we declined but he was really pushy so we agreed. The hookah came after the longest time, and was nothing special. The service was horrible, no one came to check on us or to change the coal. Finally we decided to leave and couldn't get anyones attention to get the check. So my friend and I walked to the counter to pay. The server/owner was at the counter. Took a piece of paper, wrote some gibberish which wasn't even legible and handed it to me. Charged me a ridiculous amount for a hookah and two water bottles. At this point I was upset and didn't feel like arguing so I paid the full amount. I'll never come back to this place. If you don't wanna get ripped off, I suggest you go elsewhere. read more

If you want to take a girl to somewhere nice on a first date this is the spot. For two people our bill came out to be under $20 not bad for a friday night. Dress code was kinda tight but it seems to be a weekend theme "dress to impress" but was worth it everyone seemed to fit in since the decor was upscale my date wanted to buy one of these zebra chairs -_-. Hookah was legit lasted longer than most places flavor didnt burn away. Service was on point but when it got busy i expected service to slack but the guys know wat there doing came and changed my coal before it burned out. They use good coal tasted much better than the instalights i use at home and that other shisha spots use. The couple table to use was from nyc they loved the place. They dont serve alcohol which was okay because everyone around us was well behaved no1 was hitting on my girl while i was in the bathroom. Overall the drinks were okay portion sizes for the milkshakes was overwhelming. My girl also got cheese cake, thats only food item they served. Over all very happy with my experience idk how the hell this place only has three stars check this spot out i will definitely be a regular. read more

So to start off..! This place has really good ambience with perfect music blend. The flavours are really good if you ask for the right one. I would personally recommend the HAZE flavours with the manzari head because you can always adjust the coals accordingly and can smoke forever. I don't understand why the service here is put down in lot of the reviews because in my case it was quick and decent. The drinks are added bonus spicing up the hookah flavour with the right one. Overall this place settles up your weekend perfectly. read more

Great atmosphere, great service, amazing music, and good hookah. The only problems I seem to have is that the smoke isn't really thick and there always seems to be a string draft, otherwise it's a great spot! read more

It's a place for college kids. Low price and low quality hookah. I had issues with the hose. They wanted to overcharge me . Pricey and bad quality drinks (had green tea). Their logo says luxury but it is far from it. Not recommended. read more

I wont recommend this hookah place at all. Very rude staff and bad customer service. You need to order minimum one drink and one hookah for 2 people. They will include the 18% gratuity in the bill which they don't deserve at all. This place was managed by Pakistanis and they are very rude with the customers. So please avoid this place... read more

This is has the absolute worst service. Manager has no concept of customer service. They only care about making money. I would never recommend this place. I invited 6 friends at 1:10AM to smoke hookah for an hour, they mandated my group to purchase 3 hookah for 45mins. When the bill came, they didn't have a proper receipt instead used some crap paper. I am in the service industry with high net worth clients and understand the importance of ensuring quality and impeccable service no matter who or what the service is. Maya Hookah Lounge will never gain the credibility for the mere fact that they do not care about the people who walk into that establishment. read more

Talk about bad customer service- this place should get awarded for that!! The workers at this hookah lounge are the most arrogant employees. They have no respect for their clients; they need to keep in mind it's the CLIENTS that bring in the money at the end of the day. Maya hookah lounge also has issue with bringing 10 people! They would require you to order like 5-6 hookah's and 10 drinks. They charge $20.00 for a hookah that you normally could get for $15.00 at steinway, NY. Lets not also forget that the flavors taste horrible because they mix something with their flavors. To be honest if you want my real opinion DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY & TIME BY GOING HERE! Maya hookah lounge needs to get customer service training for all their employees!!! read more

This place is eeh its not that big of a deal. I have to better hookah spots. The decor is okay, as the previous comment stated, " It is pretty noisy and the sound system is pumping out repeated,loud, and shitty music. There is a bouncer that is cool and service is ," I have seen better." The hookah was okay but not great. Before you sit down the waiter gives you a ton of menus and the selection is too much. The bathroom is the best part the wallpaper it is like your taking a shit in england as we speak. The entertainment is limited due too there is not televisions so its really boring. I am better off on Ecstasy because i see the see the music and listen to the colors. Also, a downfall is you cannot bring any alcohol. read more

Place is freaking horrible! charge you what ever they feel like charging that night. Service sucks, and so do the hookahs. I am so mad. they rip people off read more

first of all if you are looking for good place to throw your birthday party this is the best place in this area specially if everyone's not 21 and over. Other then that I have been there few times its a decent place if you just wanna smoke hookah and enjoy their mix drinks there is no alcohol but hookah is better then all the other places in this area. I threw 2 birthday parties there and had a really good experience. We paid upfront and they assigned us a guy who helped us with every thing and he was polite nice funny and very friendly me and my friend we all love him. I recommend you should reserve the VIP and have him take care of everything. read more

One star for the decoration of the place, one star for the close parking, Minus three stars for the horrible service, we weren't recommended anything my friend got a horrible horrible flavor (don't get double apple) and we were told you have to pay for a new one unless they recommend it, which they didn't conveniently , we were put next to the door almost (30 degrees outside cold as hell draft) and we saw a staff member once after ordering while a table next to us the staff couldn't stay away. I guess this place is good if your a friend of the staff or a large party but not for new customers read more

amazing place, great hookah. staff are very friendly and helpful. try the glass hookahs, my personal favorite. The drinks are tasty.

Not so good....The pictures on the website make the place look nicer and bigger than it really is. The vibe is more of a High School type atmosphere and the staff is rude. OK, on to our first and only visit....After we were finally let in we were placed at a table where we sat around for 20 minutes waiting for someone to come and give us a menu, not take our order yet, just give us a menu. Then when I finally walked up to the bar area to ask if we could place an order the server came. We ordered our Hookah, which had the cheapest type of tobacco I've had in a while, and three drinks, two coffees and a juice. I got the juice right away..but after 15 minutes we got the hookah, still no coffee's. They didn't come around with the coal until I had to shout at one of the servers to bring some, which is a first for me because all of the other hookah spots I've been to they come around every few minutes or so to change the coal without having to ask. Also, by the way, still no coffee's were brought to our table after asking the server with the coal he said he would bring them right out. When we finally had enough of the waiting, 1 hour, I walked up to the bar to pay and they tried to charge me for the coffee's on top of the hookah and the juice. They looked at my table and saw that the coffee's were never brought and gave ME and attitude for not asking for the coffee's! I didn't know it was MY job as a CUSTOMER to hound the servers for our beverages...Asking at the initial order and when the server came to change the coal was enough hounding i believe. I wouldn't have posted this review if it weren't for the way the management reacted to us not getting our coffee's. You'd think they'd apologize for the inconvenience, but instead we were told it was our problem for not hounding the server for our coffee's. Needless to say this was our first and last time coming to this place. read more

The WORST place I've ever been for hookah. Went with friends during high school the only good thing was the fact they DON'T CHECK I.D. for alcoholic beverages. They describe it like a place you would find in the city but its absolutely nothing like it. The total space is about 500-900 sqft so yeah it's very small. The bathrooms needed to be cleaned seemed as if they didn't clean it for some time. Had a total of 15 people come and all were very disappointed and would have preferred to smoke hookah in their condos instead of going there. The service is AWFUL you have to hunt them down because they either come to the front and run to the back or try and rush your party. They also bring over random not ordered drinks and charge you for them. Just the WORST place to go out. They also play the same songs within an hour you'll hear the same song come on. Very cramped and your basically shoulder to shoulder with other people and its very awkward. The owner needs to learn people skills because he is very rude and not understanding. Make sure your with everyone in your party because you will be arguing with the door guy for at least 20 minutes. Just the worst place for a night of fun read more