Buda Cafe

This place is amazing. Great service, great drinks, great atmosphere. To bad Toronto stopped allowing hookah bars. The shush a was always very flavourful.

We had a roasted brown tea and a cappuccino.
Here’s the thing:
— good selection of teas, and for what concerns the tea I ordered, I don’t have reason to complain.
— the cappuccino: being Italian, I think I can proudly say I know how to differentiate a good one from a bad one.
Exactly, a bad one: this is by far the worst cappuccino I ever drank, and certainly, not worth $ 5+tax.
Service was a mere O-​K just because we’ve been asked if we wanted chocolate or cinnamon on the capuccino. We decided to go for cinnamon, and we got chocolate instead.
Overall the experience was… blah!
Buda bar is safe when it comes to tea but can’t say the same when it comes to capuccini (FYI: 1=capuccino, 2 or + = cappuccini).
Unfortunately I gotta say that from my experience if you can, choose another place where to «invest» your money for a drink.
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I recently moved into the neighbourhood and was excited to try this place out but I don’t think I’ve ever been this displeased with restaurant service, especially as someone who has worked in the restaurant industry and is very patient.
I came here with my boyfriend and started off with drinks, telling the server that we would get shisha after our drinks. My boyfriend finished his drink before me and was sitting there for probably 10 minutes without anyone coming over after the owner and the lady working there passed us several times. I finished mine and we sat there for probably another 15 minutes without so much as an acknowledgement. I was going to give him another 10 minutes but after seeing them serving other people, passing us several times and the owner sitting down when it was clear we were finished our drinks, it started to feel like we were being actively ignored. We got fed up and paid for our drinks and left, when we were planning on getting another two drinks as well as shisha. Waste of time and money.

Buda café is a very chill café. Its a little cozy place tucked away on yonge, but the owners are very accommodating. No matter how big the crowd, they always seem to make a table for them. Service to me was amazing. They were even nice to look out for customers in regards to parking.
They have specials like two shishas for $ 21.99 and you could mix upto two flavours per shisha without extra charges. I had amaretto sour thinking it might not be good but the cocktails and food were pretty good here too.
Overall a very relaxed friendly environment.
Definitely a place worth coming back.

Very chill especially on a Monday evening. We told them the corner is too loud so they turned down the music volume for us. Good shisha and Persian tea served with a small chocolate bite. Their interior is also very home like and dim. I think their shisha is much milder compared to other places. I usually cough after smoking, but not here.

A cozy place to go for shisha (no orange heads though). Upbeat music playing in the background. Great service but a little stingy with the charcoal. The shisha itself was fancy but the flavor felt weak. Free WiFi. Prices are reasonable. Discount for buying 2 or 3 shishas and 10% discount on top of that every Wednesday. Check out their website for their daily specials.

Shisha slash hooka for $ 15 is the way to go, plus it isn’t bad. Small place but a nice atmosphere with a nice little menu.

Buda café is located at Northyork and Yonge. The bar area is quite small, however it makes up with a friendly staff and a good shisha.
They offer an outdoor seating in summer, try mintflavor for shisha and green tea for drink. Enjoy!

Ah lost my shisha cherry here many years ago. Now it’s just obligatory for me to do the same to my shisha virgin friends at the same spot.
If you are a shisha newb, I recommend the mint flavour as a starter. It’s more refreshing than the other flavours and you won’t end up with a gain headache.
Don’t purchase extra charcoal. By the time you get to 2^nd charcoal that came with your shisha, you’d be smoking charcoal fume only. So if you want to smoke more, I suggest you to get an extra shisha.

This shisha bar has been around since I was in high school. I love coming here especially in the summer, for their little outdoor seating by the street. Price is reasonable, for food and drinks alike. They have a good selection of flavors for their shisha.
Only thing that was always a peeve for me was the seating, but there’s not much else to complain about.

Im used to strong shisha flavors. The mango flavor was too weak for me. Expected music and a more vibrant environment. Wasnt too impressed with the place. The waffle with the three ice cream scoops and fruits was w

I love this place. The sheesha (although herbal) is never disappointing and the owner has to be the nicest guy around and he looks after the customers. Never ordered any food items coz I usually enjoy sheesha with a nice drink. Coffees and teas are great every time. Decent price and a nice cozy ambiance … No complains. Kinda small for large groups so definitely call ahead for availability.

This place is legit. Shisha offered is never harsh and it never burns your throat. Good selection of hookah flavours, they serve alcohol and the service is great. And the restaurant itself is really clean inside and not dirty like your typical hookah bars in Scarborough/​north York area.
Will always go here for hookah, great location as well :)

Hooray for Unilocal check-​in offers! By checking in at Buda Café, you get $ 8 off your purchase of two shishas. but wait, they advertise the same on their menu.
The owner of Buda is very homely and accommodating — he constantly came over to our table to check on our charcoal. He turns away customers when it’s close to their closing time, but never rushes the existing customers already seated.
The flavors are extensive — mixed fruit, watermelon, lemon… etc. They also have a drinks menu that range from mojitos to straight shots. The patio seats around 8 – 10 people, and is a great place to just relax on a warm summer night.
If you have not tried shisha in this predominantly Persian neighborhood, Buda Café is the place to go!
Bonus points: Surprisingly clean washrooms!

I am a fan of this place partly because of the good location uptown, on Yonge street. Also because they serve alcohol (even mixed drinks like White Russian and Long Island Iced Tea), which isn’t that common for hookah cafes. The table next to us had a full bottle of wine they were sharing. They also have teas which I’m told are delicious, along with dessert items.
On a warm summer night, this is a great spot with their outdoor patio setting that probably fits 10 – 15 people at most. The view is of Yonge street so with busy traffic from cars and pedestrians, this makes for a relaxed setting. Hours are open decently late.
Hookahs are about $ 15 to share for two people. The mango and mint tasted nice. Owner is pretty nice. There is only one unisex bathroom though. It is the only café of its kind in that area that I know of, so it’s a hot spot. The clientele is there.
Update: Last time I was there, they made us order drinks in order to smoke shisha. Felt a way about being forced to get drinks. Would have gone elsewhere if there were other options nearby.

Not many places in this block to just have a drink if you don’t feel like soju or sake. I’ve passed by this place many times so thought I would give it a try. It’s not quite a lounge, and could be made to be more comfortable inside. We sat on the patio and ordered two hookahs — it was priced as expected although they said there was a deal on that day. I wouldn’t pay more than what we did — about $ 11 per hookah. Excellent flavour selection.
The martinis were a bit pricey considering they tasted like there was only 1oz of alcohol in them, and for the lack of atmosphere. Not sure I would order a cocktail here again, but would come back for the hookah!

Pricey but very sanitary. The staff is nice, and it’s a nice environment at night. It’s more of a restaurant setting rather than a lounge.

Right off of Yonge street and very close to Finch station, if you feel like going to a hookah lounge — this isn’t a bad place.
It’s not really much of a lounge setting, more of a small restaurant and they bring the hookah to you.
The day I went, the fire alarm kept ringing. I assumed the owner would come over and apologize or reassure my friend and I that there were no problems… However, it just kept ringing the whole time we were there.
There isn’t really anything special about the place and it’s really small in size.
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The first time I went to this place it was over a summer and very late at night, I was with a group of friends and the owner of the place was working, he patiently waited for us to finish and never came to ask us to leave. We stayed thinking that Buda Café was open till late at night, we stayed almost 2 hours passed the closing time. The owner never said a word and waited for us to leave, we all felt so bad for making him stay so late but grateful for his hospitality.
I really enjoy the Shisha at this place, the flavours and the coffee and fruit selection, I am big coffee fan and I like the great customer service Persian know how to give. I definitely recommend this place.
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Cock-​block. Third Wheel. That was I the evening of our visit here to Buda Café. My friend Romeo and his lady friend had brought me along to their dinner after work, and I’ve managed to stick around to the later hours of the night. Thank God they were far more civilized people than myself.
I’ve passed this establishment for years, and during my high school years I always thought that this was the dwelling of Persian gangsters. Now that I am older and more sensible, I have realized that there is no criminal connection here, young Persian Men just dress that way.
Glorious Shisha, the precious. sacred act of smoking indoors. God Bless the hookah. I asked for two flavours of the charcoal, I ended up with two hookahs. Well played family owned business…
We sat outside at the small street-​side patio and it was remarkably comfortable. The cocktails here were fairly priced, the coffee here reasonable as well. Make no mistake, this is a bar which serves coffee, and no the other way around. There are constantly modified cars with bright lights parallel parked outside, but the environment is by no means hostile.
The waffles and ice cream sundae here are favourites, but I stuck to the White Russian throughout the two hours here. Buda is one of the few cafes in the city that is completely chill, and because it’s a bar it makes it that much more remarkable. This explains why it’s been here for so long, these owners figured it out. A difficult task considering the location.
I have an urge to approach the Women at the other tables here despite the Men they’re with. That’s how chill it was, but I am no fool.
The apple flavoured shisha was delicious. Don’t worry about the smoke, it’s all flavoured so just pretend there’s vitamins.
Very relaxing and mellow establishment, which probably explains why Romeo didn’t kill me for sticking around.