me and my bf were having a great night until just like the many other 1 star reviews said the bald headed "owner" told us we have to buy a bottle or leave. we spent 80$ which i think is good enough but he was so rude basically kicked us out , but only yelled at me and not my boyfriend, small peepee energy. anyways the hookah was good drinks strong music lit but if that really is the owner he needs help. 1 star on yelp and now i know why read more

That place is trash.. they are rude and the bald guy is very disrespectful!!! He got really disrespectful with my cousin because she spilled her drink on the table when she got up to dance. He even got in her face. We were going back and forth with him and his works just told us to calm down and that's just how he his. We left and never looked back. DO NOT GO THERE!! read more

Just arrived around 12 midnight. I've been here numerous times but I haven't written a review. The drinks are good and inexpensive if you like hookah they have an extensive selections of flavors. They have amazing specials on bottles.Something to do for me because I live in the neighborhood and they stay open to 4am. Also there's no cover to get in I'm assuming because they make all their money through the drinks and food. The only issue I have that really annoyed me is they have no versatility in music it was pure Spanish/reggaeton for an hour straight music is a big thing for me. So I'm not so sure I would come back. read more

Melody Cafe - Happy hour specials - Hookah Bars Near Me - Astoria, New York

My friends and I stopped in to this hookah bar on a Sunday evening at 745pm, looking forward to a great evening. Despite the sign outside the establishment stating 7:30 opening time, we were immediately turned away by the staff upon walking inside, who stated that his restaurant didn't open until 8:30pm. Had the establishment posted accurate hours of operation, we would not have have wasted valuable time and parking. Furthermore, the nonchalant demeanor of the staff was beyond disrespectful and and immediate turn off. Please save your time and visit another one of the great hookah bars in Astoria, which will appreciate your business. read more

Came here on a Sunday night for some drinks, we said we were only going to stay an hour or so but that didn't happen. We were seated pretty quickly since it was 11pm on a Sunday but around 1230 the place was packed. They have drink specials Sunday through Thursday and a decent variety of hookah and fruit. The dj plays a variety of music... spanish, old school, new hip hop, edm.. etc. Not exactly sure what the dress code is bc some people were dressed up and others were wearing shorts and sneakers. Since we lost track of time, partly due to the cheap drink prices and good music, we left at 330 am smh. read more

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Absolutely horrible!!! They have been closed for three months and it seems as if they have forgotten how to service the public. We waited over 20 minutes for a Hookah mouthpiece. The drinks were super watered down and besides the vibe being a South Beach vibe entirely because of COVID this shit trash.. ‍ #dontgo read more

1 star for the music and the vibe inside the club. Everything else from the abusive bouncers to the high priced drinks as 1 stall bathrooms was horrible. If you pay by card don't bother leaving a tip as they charge you already for it. The bouncer will literally see you step outside for a second then throw a tantrum when you try to come back in. I got pushed aside by a bouncer after just telling them that I was going to step outside for some fresh air with my friend. We asked to get stamped so we wouldn't have a problem coming back in but were told by the bouncer that they don't do stamps that they will remember us. When we try to go back in there was a different bouncer and he slightly pushes me with his knuckles. It wasn't hard but it was still a push. Then he turns around and gets in my friends face to yell at her for trying to pull me into to the place as if she was sneaking me in. I tell the bouncer that we were just in there and he didn't have to push me and he calls me a liar that he never put his hands on my and that now I couldn't get back into the club. I was 2 seconds away from calling the police because my stuff was in the club that the now butthurt bouncer was denying me access too. As I take out my phone to dial 911 the other bouncer thank God gained some sense in him and told me i could go back in but the bouncer that nudged me aside in a effort to keep me from re-entering kept calling me a liar. I was not intoxicated I was perfectly coherent. The OWNER also passed by anf did nothing. This place is a LAWSUIT waiting to happen. read more

No surprise here with the rating... The worst customer service encountered ever. The security personal was on point They made us welcome and tried to get us a table. Mind you we were celebrating my wife's birthday we were dressed up a party of 6 ready to spend money and they did not accommodate us. It was early in the evening and the place was empty... go figure. The rethoric was " get bottle service and I get you a table". The manager was not interested in helping us out. We were a mixed bunch of black, white and Hispanic 40 something. We were told later on that we did not look the part and that the manager does that all the time. Well Mr. Manager I spent my money next door we had a great time we were treated right and my wide had a great birthday. I will recommend them and not you. You deserve 0 stars. read more

This place was a bad experience from the start. The tables are too close to each other making it impossible to move around on a crowded night. A little ratchet. I wouldn't visit again. read more

Melody Cafe - Hookah Bars Near Me - Astoria, New York

I'm actually surprised at the amount of bad reviews, thIs place was actually great! The music was good and the hookah was good and they definitely were very friendly, I have actually nothing bad to say about it. Maybe if you had a bad experience I recommend giving it another chance. That's my honest opinion! read more

These people are a mess first of all the door man was very rude & then when me and my friend got inside there was tables open & the guy ask me what do i want to do i told him food, hookah, and drinks. He told me to wait at the bar for an available table which like i said there were several available tables so he had me and my friend waiting at the bar for an hour then I realized other people were coming in and getting seated right on the spot and then I realized it's because they bought a bottle for $250. So basically if you not buying a bottle from them they will treat you like SHIT! read more

Do NOT go here! They are a rip off! They make up what ever drink prices they want and will charge you 18% tip on some drink but not others! Stay away from this place, it's not worth it and there is barely any room to dance because so many tables are in the way! Never will I ever return here! If I would have paid with my card I would be calling my bank now to get all of my funds back to me! So they're lucky I paid cash ! read more

Spaz(manager) forces certain people to buy bottles and allows certain people to buy cups. He is also very rude and disrespectful. He only cares about money not the customer satisfaction. The hookah is also trash !!!!! You're better off going somewhere else . I'd honestly suggest after 8 next door . The spot would be better if the spaz dude resigned . Very rude and nasty . Also no covid rules are enforced at all . The dj didn't even mention wearing a mask. If you want covid and have money to waste go to melody lounge read more

They are empty but won't let my party sit where they are empty seats and they are only 40 percent filled. And they are really rude about it. read more

They did not let our group in without paying $250 for a bottle.. what lounge denies groups unless they are forced to buy a bottle? What if we don't want to drink a whole bottle... read more

Matt was our server and he absolutely killed it for us. We had a great experience here and will most definitely be back when we are on the Steinway strip. read more

If I could give Zero stars I definitely would watch your bag and the bathroom in this facility is NOT good at all needs renovation, I feel us females need to know this before entering an establishment. Should've did my own research before heading here. read more

Bruh, I swear all the hoodrats in NY congregate here in their Tims and Yankee fitteds and start their prayers with "Yerrrrrrrr Jesus Christ, let me holla at you for a minute." This spot issa vibe but I could do without the crowd sometimes. read more

Saturday Night Recap- TRASH!!! AVOID!!! Holy Cow!!! This place has seriously went down hill the past few years.. The first thing said to my group was 1 female for every 2-3 guys, really Bungalo!? Hahah What a joke!!! Service here was horrible, waited for ever for my hookah, and all night instead of changing the coals, they want to just charge you for 'refills!' If you want good hookah go anywhere else. As far as drinks, since we at a table, i was told my group had to keep ordering drinks all night or we had to forfeit our table because 'money is waiting outside.' Music was ok.. typical recycled playlist at every other spot aimed at a youngish crowd. Head to Bungalos not to far from here if you want better service, music, drinks, and courtesy!!!! read more

This place was extremely rude from the gate. Literally, we didn't even make it inside because they were being absolutely rude at the door. The bouncer checked our ID's and asked if we were waiting for someone so we said yeah our 3 friends are parking their car but we'll wait for them inside. Big mistake! The bouncer then told us that because we were still waiting for people that we had to wait outside for them to arrive. Excuse me? Everyone is grown here, why would we have to wait outside for three grown people to meet with us? "Because from experience, people who are waiting for other people tend to skip out on the bill when they realize their friends can't get in" So we got upset because that made absolutely no sense and stepped to the side. By the time our friends got to the door after searching for parking for 10 minutes we go back to the door with our group and they then hit us with the "are you getting bottles? Because that's the only way you're getting in". Me: "That's interesting because why would you wait until the rest of our group arrived just to tell us that? " Bouncer: "To make sure they looked the part" RUDE AS HELL! The funny thing was we actually were planning on getting bottles but because of his rude attitude we decided to take our money elsewhere. I will not be returning here. We went doors down to Crystal Lounge with our money and had no issues getting in. I've never even been treated like this at popular clubs in Manhattan and a little hole in the wall lounge has the nerve to have so many rules. Smh. read more

I came here again and gave it another chance. I went on a Sunday night with my friend and we had a good time. The music was so good and the lounge was fill with people which was nice. The coronas were cold and the lights of the place where so pretty. The bathroom situation was a little bizarre with a line but it was decent. I recommend for a fun night out on steinway. read more

Well, what can I say? Every time I go to a restaurant without checking Yelp I get burned. My record in that regard is 100%. In this case, it would have saved me from one of the worst restaurants I've been to in a long time. I knew there was going to be a problem when I asked for some water and the waitress, without saying anything, brought over bottles of Poland Spring. The reason: there's a "problem with the sewer" so it is restaurant policy to not serve tap water. What a total hunk of B.S. First of all, if the water isn't good enough to drink, it isn't good enough to wash the dishes or make food or make ice, and as a matter of fact they ought to shut down the place. But like a dummy I say, OK, fine, and then I look and I see there is ice in the glass. The manager happens to be there so I ask, if the water is bad how can you make ice? He says, "that's different." I guess they truck in water from New Jersey to make the ice. So either the water is undrinkable because of a sewage main break, or they are violating the health code by refusing to serve water to customers because they want them to buy bottle water. We were then penalized for not walking out by some of the worst food and service I've ever had in Astoria, which of course has some terrific restaurants. The humus and babaganoush were provided in tiny portions barely enough for one person, and were far inferior to what you can pick up in the supermarket for $4 a pound. They were out of half the stuff on the menu: no fish, no soup, no this no that. The main courses sucked. Tough steak, tough lamb. My few chunks of "lamb cubes" (an appetizer portion for ($19) came with inedible rice, a few shreds of roasted pepper out of a jar and broccoli. Broccoli? Yep, this is one hell of an authentic Lebanese restaurant, that's for sure. Meanwhile, as the evening ground on, the sickeningly sweet smell of the hookahs was making everyone gag. To add to the discomfort, loud music was blaring all the time. So, end of meal. After crappy food, indifferent service and no water, they have the unmitigated gall to slap on a 20% service charge, unannounced, for a party of three! The manager removed it, but only after making a huge fuss, saying what a wonderful restaurant it is and how every restaurant charges for service. Hello? What planet is this jerk from? It's not only not customary to impose service charges when they are not plainly stated in the menu (which these aren't), doing so is *illegal*. This smelly, rude, stomach-turning dump is great if you like to smoke hookahs, don't mind being ripped off for that (see other reviews), and aren't eating much. Advice: If you've been to this dump with fewer than eight people and they added a service charge to your bill, file a complaint with the Department of Consumer Affairs. Service charges for fewer than eight people are illegal in New York City. P.S. I see from a later review that they haven't got the hint yet. DCA told me they were warned that tacking on service charges is illegal for small parties. Here's the website for filing a complaint: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dca/html/resources/complaint.shtml Be sure to retain any receipts, as they may ask for them later. read more

Ive been coming here for a fews years now, i haven't been in awhile since but i went recently within a couple of months. When i first started coming here i loved it! the music was great, the services wasn't bad, but the hookah was not that good, but still an overall good night. i always give a great tip, sometimes more if the service is extra good. Now, this place went down ALOT. Like a drastic change to the MAX, The service is the worst than ever. They are extremely rude for no reason, the bouncers are awful and think they own the place. The hookah is awful still, they take forever with your drinks, they are not attentive. This place is just horrible. The only good thing about this place is their music, i want to know the DJs name so i can recommend him to other places cause he's great every time. If you want to try this place out just for shits and giggles good luck. read more

Zero Stars I came to this place for a birthday party and this place is a rip off! I ordered off the menu and when the check came, the prices were wayyy diff. than on the menu. I was holding the menu and I told the manager that the prices were different. He grabbed the menu, looked at then got another menu. This one said prices will be changed w/o notice. WTF?? Prices changed in the last 30 mins? We paid too much gratuity in this place also. The owner was also very very rude when we tried talking to him We(8 ppl) paid and walked out, promising each other we will never go back. There are many many better hookah places on that block alone. Highly NOT recommended! This place really needs to be reported. If you have been ripped off. Retain the recepts and report here as Hunmphrey B. says in his review :- http://www.nyc.gov/html/dca/html/resources/complaint.shtml read more

I've been coming to Melody for over 7 years and I have watched the service go from good to absolutely terrible. The hookah and music are good and will keep you wanting to come back to frequent this venue. However the owner's behavior is concerning to me. Over the years I have been able to analyze how disgusting and atrocious his behavior has gotten. Recently I went to Melody with a few friends and the owner knew one of the gentleman I was with and he went above and beyond with the service. It was a lovely experience, we had 3 bottles for 4 people and a really smooth peach hookah. I had such a great time that 2 days later I decided to go back to Melody with my boyfriend and 2 friends that had never been to Melodys before. We ordered a bottle of wine, 2 Long Island ice teas, and a blue mist hookah. The Long Island ice teas were disgusting and were made incorrectly. As soon as our bottle of wine was finished the owner told our waiter in front of everyone at our table that if we weren't ordering any more drinks that it was time for us to pay our bill and leave since it was becoming busier and they needed the table. I was shocked, appalled, and embarrassed considering I raved about this place to my 2 friends that I brought that had never been there before. The owner's behavior is disgusting. Just plain disgusting. It is not suitable for someone of that nature to be in the hospitality business. read more

Does not even deserve a star! One: bald-headed owner (always wears suite and tie) is one pretentious business owner. No kidding! He has a massive amount of attitude and does not give straight answers. Two: be warned, there are a lot of hidden fees! If you ask the waitress about the cover charge imposed without your knowledge, she shrugs you off with mean answers on top off subpar service she provides that includes forgetting orders and ignoring requests. No wonder the tip also is force charged. Even posh LeSouk has more reasonable prices. Verdict: no-good and no-go place! If you still decide to go even after so many bad reviews, you a fool! I became one the day I went there. read more

Terrible service. I went there with my husband and another couple at 10pm for hookah and drinks. By 11pm, the owner came to our table and said we needed to pay a cover charge of 20 dollars EACH because of the live entertainment that was coming on, A bellydancer and a keyboard player. We told him we GOT THERE a lil while ago and COVERS should be given at the door, NOT when your sitting and enjoying hookah!! It is embarrassing to shell out 80 bucks for a cover charge in an establishment when ur already eating, drinking and smoking hookah!! His response: get out. We paid, left no tip and scurried out of there. Nothing but money hungry owners who dont give a crap about customer service. read more

Okay... Apparently this is one of about 2 hookah places in astoria that serve alcohol. So what does this mean..it means that if you're there with a group of 4 and order 2 drinks each get ready to shell out close to a hundo on the bill.. What a crock of shiet. Seriously..this place is a rip off. read more

If there was a negative star I would give this place one. But unfortunately. First off : RACISTS... or just chooses non blacks to come in on a busy night. It was my bday, 3 of my friends came because on the weekdays it's not so crazy to get in. Thw coke head owner in the tacky grey suit made us wait in line, 5mins pass and about 9 people were sent in. Even though according to him "we're full!" He then said we're drunk, ummmmmmm... we just came out and I'm typing this review. Long stroy short. Don't go there if you're not his coke buddy or his ideal type. I literally cried for about 2mins... silently. This wasn't the first time. The last time he had mt friend and I wait at the bar. Fool me twice and I'm washing my hands. read more

Weak hookah, ratchet atmosphere, overcharged by $15 on the bill for things we didn't order, no tap water so you have to pay for water, slow waiters, so slow that I had to walk up to the waiter myself to get our bill done, and obnoxiously loud, so loud that I couldn't wait to get out of there. read more

This place is pretty terrible. I don't even know where to start..... NO ONE cares in this place. They won't come to check on you. If you have a complaint, they can seriously care less. A bottle of water costs $3 and they won't give you tap water. There was an 18% gratuity charge for a table of 4 people and they rush you to finish your drinks so you can buy more drinks, or leave. I had the waiter comes up to me and tell me everyone at my table needed to be drinking. I told him Ok, then bring me my check and we'll just leave. The manager then came up and asked me if we'd paid yet. It's just a bad bad place. Everything is super expensive and it's a weird layout to the place. The DJ isn't a real DJ, he's playing a playlist off of his laptop and speaking though a Radioshack microwave which picks up a lot of distortion. Seriously, there are so many hookah places in Astoria, don't settle for this crapshoot. The hookah burns your throat in an effort to burn through the hookah quicker. Then DO NOT give you more coal, instead, they change the head piece and fill it with more hookah, charging you for the refill. I've never been to a hookah spot that operates that way. read more

This is the one of the better hookah spots on Steinway gets a little pricey but in my opinion worth it (FYI they charge a 17/18% gratuity on the receipt) to not end up in one of these other spots music was good hookah was good drinks were on point and not watered down garbage and there was plenty of people mixed crowd good vibe read more

Melody Cafe - Hookah Bars Near Me - Astoria, New York

I'm a bartender and have worked various lounges so I get what the staff have to go through but good God, this place sucks. Went here with three of my girl friends on a Friday night around 11 pm and as we approached the establishment there were FIVE bouncers at the door. Why that many? I have no idea. Like many other reviewers stated - the bouncers are rude and downright annoying. One of my friends stands at 5", so one of the bouncers asked her to make a pose. I could tell she was humiliated and when she refused, he persisted and got upset when she didn't and even told her at one point he wouldn't let her in. Another bouncer asked me to smile before I was allowed in as well. Like I said, annoying. We finally were let in and seated at a table with the lounge couches as opposed to the seats. We ended up buying a bottle, hookah and the appetizer sampler and the bill came up to 300+ which included gratuity. We tried to split the bill between the four of us but was told they didn't do that. Later on, the server said we could split the bill into two then three. Which one is it? I get that splitting bills and using multiple cards is annoying but if you're going to get an 18% (50+) gratuity just for bringing my bottle, juice and some cups the least you could do is that. Mind you, it wasn't busy at 11 pm, maybe 6 table tops. We finished the bottle around 2 pm, 3 hours into being there and the server had come by and asked us to move since we weren't drinking anything anymore and is trying to flip the table. I understand but when I asked where would we be moving to, he pointed towards a table for 2 (we were 4) that was already occupied by other people. ????. I ended up blowing him off but did buy another round of drinks, went up to the bar myself and ordered a whiskey sour and 2 Hennessy and red bulls. The bill came up to $53 including a $8 tip for the bartender. I'm a bartender so I know what's going into my drink. She poured a house liquor, bottom shelf whiskey. Then proceeded to use an energy drink from the gun which is just a bootleg of every quality drink out there (coke isn't from Coca Cola, it's something else. You get the idea) If I'm paying almost $15 per drink, I expect top shelf liquor and Red Bull from a can. However, the dj played a lot of good music. Bus boys were on point with messes, spills and picking up unwanted plates or cups. Hookah boys came by regularly to change the coal. Even though my server kind of annoyed me in the beginning, he would check on me and would strike conversations with me throughout the night and the place seemed pretty organized. Ive been here multiple occasions and it could be a hit or miss. If you could get passed everything mentioned above, it's an OK place to spend your weekend nights. Personally, I tend to avoid it. Heard there's a happy hour during the weekdays, worth checking that out. Maybe it being less busy, the service would be a lot better. read more

SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BIG TIME!!!!!!!!! Ambiance is ok...but kinda get the sketchy vibe there...Lots of drunks tryina pick up girls and music is ok...Mostly spanish music but Dj doesnt play diff types of music...and transistions abruptly.... ;? Worst part is ...i and my gf went and bought 2 beers. I told the waitress its just us two. Some girl started talking to us and got a beer with out paying. I got charged for 3 beers and I should not have. The waitress did not bother to ask me if she is paying with us or not. It was her assumption that we would pick up the girls tab as well. But i explained to the waitress that i did not know her and thought she paid for it herself and the girl had already left, so why was i told to pay for it??? I feel for that one beer that was mistakenly put in my tab she lost a customer...it was a turnoff when the waitress kept on arguing with me to mk me pay for it. I paid for it but did not give her any tip! It is called courtesy which she did not give for something that was not my issue. Well, Thats that...This is my 2nd time going there and i hated it again. So would not go back there again! read more

Came on a Thursday night. Decent amount of blended music with hip hop and reggaeton. Buffalo wings are good and hookah last long. However the hookah is not that strong. Place was clean. read more

Let me start by saying I've never come here on a weekend because they have a cover charge and after having been here on other occasions I deemed the place not worthy. The hookahs at Melody are good and it's nice to see a hookah bar that serves alcohol however the service isn't very good. There are some lounge seats along the walls but the majority of the seating is almost like a restaurant and I don't believe they serve food. Alll my friends say the owner is a douchebag and he's well known for his douchebaggery among those who frequent the hookah bars on steinway. I shrugged it off until I witnessed it for myself when a friend of mine got into an altercation there. There hookahs might be good but there are 2-3 other places within a block are just as good, cheaper, and are friendlier. read more

What's the best day to come to Melody? Thursdays, hands down! Avoid this place on weekends and come here during the week if you want to smoke some good quality and cheap hookah while enjoying a drink or two. This spot is right in the middle of all the hookah bars located on Steinway. If you're driving there make sure to give yourself enough time to find a parking spot as they can be very limited at night. The music tends to be anywhere from freestyle to hip-hop and r&b to Latin. Be prepared to have a good time here, especially if you come with a group of friends. read more

Owner is TRASHHHHHH. Purchased a bottle and shots and drinks and 4 hookahs. After about 2 hours we were winding down and relaxing and enjoying the music. At this point we spent over $500. The owner then comes around and tells an employee "they're not ordering any more drinks, they're done" and then the employee proceeded to take our hookahs away. Again, the owner or manager or whoever he is, is completely garbage. I hope he is removed from his position. On this same night, somebody got kicked out for trying to fight that same person. Now I see why. HORRIBLE end to what was a seemingly a great night. read more

Good music, good drinks and good hookah overall it's a pretty nice spot...that is if you can actually make it inside the place. The bouncers are cool but the owner's a piece of work. Doesn't make a difference if it's packed or not, he seems to choose who to let in depending on his mood. I've seen him turn groups down on a slow Monday night because they didn't have reservations...THE PLACE WAS EMPTY!!! Overall I would not recommend this place simply because of the owner and this coming from someone whose actually made it inside. read more

I'm extremely upset how my night end up with this place extremely money hungry place me and my friend tried to enjoy a mature night we didnt want to get drunk we brought a bottle and maybe about six drinks and just when we started to enjoy the night the waiter told us to relocated when we stop buying drinks because as a group we do not over drink so we did not need another bottle they ruined the night for us after spending over 600 dollars for just four people and they just moved us off the table this is the third time.they treated us like this an I tell you in over they this place read more