Habibi Cafe
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Habibi Cafe & Lounge opened in Westwood Village in February of 2000 and has been serving the community for over 6 years. Located on the north end of Westwood Village Habibi Cafe & Lounge has an outdoor patio and specious dining inside. Fresh, made daily Mediterranean cuisine makes this the perfect spot to grab lunch or relax, smoke a hookah and have a feast. Come with 4-5 friends and enjoy the famous Habibi Platter: combination of all the popular dishes with generous portions of each. Habibi Cafe will provide a full-service Hookah experience for your next corporate event, Bar Mitzvah, family reunion, or party of any kind. Make sure to call today to book your next event!
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Customer Reviews (25 reviews)
kfir c.
on Judys Book Jun 18, 2011This place is filled with little kids. It's still pretty ok to hang out but this spot needs alcohol or something otherwise the loud music just becomes annoying. The food is gross don't trY it. Just order tea or coffee,... (more)
JonSoleymani
on Citysearch Oct 25, 2009Don't waste your time with this place. The place is disgusting!!! (more)
mathakharab
on Citysearch Jun 02, 2009It is okay if you need a place to hang out late and if you like hookah and smoke all over the place. Food is okay depends on what you order. i agree with the other review; that you could choke on your food but ask for water and... (more)
saratown19
on Citysearch May 17, 2009This place is disgusting! I can not think of one thing positive about Habibi Cafe. Well, I guess the atmosphere is alright, but besides that it was horrible. The food was average at best, the Hookah was nasty and they... (more)
JustAGirl5678
on Citysearch Jan 10, 2009I went there for the first time last night w/ my friends and I absolutely LOVED the place. We got sat in only 15 minutes, the salad I ordered was seriously one of the best salads I've ever had! (fresh cucumbers, tomatoes,... (more)
Citysearch User
on Citysearch Nov 18, 2008Service is very poor and the food...not so good. on a scale of crap to 10, it gets a negative. It definitely did not meet my expectations and I would not tell people to go there. stay away!... (more)
Freshta
on Citysearch Oct 02, 2008I was at Habibi's on a Thursday night, it was great, not too many people, great seating area, great international music, friendly people. The service depends all in a person, when you go somewhere, you give them the... (more)
omslaw
on Citysearch Sep 22, 2008Save yourself the hassle of having to deal with these guys! There is another shisha place (Gypsy Cafe) across the street. The people at Habibi really don't care about their customers which is pretty funny... (more)
megmag
on Citysearch Sep 06, 2008I was in Vecation and I went to LA, I went to this place with my friend to eat and the place is really a trashy place to be there, the ppl working there they do not have any kind of respect its a ripoff bushy place. very pricy..... (more)
Citysearch User
on Citysearch May 26, 2008The service here is awful! I used to come as a student and they treated us as such! Yeah, the hummus was ok, but not worth having to deal with the staff ignoring us and treating us poorly just because they assumed that we... (more)
duckieOT
on Citysearch Jan 24, 2008We go here all the time, at least twice a month! The hummus and falafel are excellent! There is a wide variety of tobacco flavors and all of them are great! The owner is there every night to ensure that everything flows... (more)
ruwaydah786
on Citysearch Jan 12, 2008It was my sister's birthday, so I made reservations for 8 people, Saturday night. We came 15 minutes late and they still saved our seats. We ordered the banquet platter (falafel, chicken, beef (2 kinds), 2 kinds of... (more)
behkiram
on Citysearch Aug 01, 2007F*** THIS PLACE!! THIS PLACE IS $H!T. THE WORKERS ARE RUDE A$$HOLES AND THE OWNER IS A TERROR!$T!! I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE SMOKING OPIUM THERE. NOT A GREAT PLACE TO HANG OUT!! I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD GO TO GYPSY CAFE WHICH IS... (more)
llovelylleslie
on Citysearch Jul 30, 2007I used to love habibi Cafe, the only cover charge before was that we needed to order at least a drink for the hookah and that was fine. now you have to spend $10/person + the cost of hookah for grumpy waiters to serve you.... (more)
surferchick809
on Citysearch Jul 11, 2007Habibi Cafe has the worst hookah ever. The workers do not know how to pack the bowls and the smoke always tastes harsh. The service is slow and they do not care about the customers. I recommend Gypsy cafe which is right... (more)
mightymo72
on Citysearch May 05, 2007The actual $12.95 dinner of falafal, Greek Salad and babagounoush was actually quite tasty. Salad olives were plain old sliced olives, not Greek. Maybe it was because I was alone and of the Senior Citizen catagory... (more)
nate323
on Citysearch Jan 12, 2007My friend and I are regulars over there, they all know us so i could tell you a few things about this place. I like goin there for the music thats about it i mean the food is horrible, hokkah is bad am not a big fan of hokkah... (more)
cutiekatie
on Citysearch Aug 17, 2006the only time i've been there, a few random guys picked a fight with my friend for no reason. i never went back. strange crowd, smoky, and smells weird. definitely not worth it unless you're a huge hookah enthusiast.... (more)
rachel1215
on Citysearch Jul 13, 2006food and service horrible. hookah, ok, but really, how hard is it to get a hookah going? the atmosphere is nice--open aired---and there is a lot of good people watching to be done. a little bit on the shady side but... (more)