Exhale On Campus
821 Melrose Pl, 37916-3426 - Knoxville
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Decent hookahs. Music is loud at times on the weekend even earlier in the day. Staff is nice. Bouncer is friendly and a good conversationalist of you pop out for some fresh air. No alcohol or food. 18+ establishment. Parking is sporadic as it's on campus. Sociable regulars.
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My first time visiting a hookah lounge. The staff was polite and friendly, constantly there to keep the coals in our hookah hot. We got a delicious grapefruit, kiwi, mango flavored smoke. I would rather have been given two hoses on our hookah instead of one hose and who mouth pieces instead of having to pass the hose back and forth. (Our hookah was clearly made to hold four hoses and there was only two of us in the nook so this would have been doable.) Also I felt it would have been a better place to just sit and have conversations if they turned the music down a notch. When we first arrived it was perfect, just loud enough that you know no one around you can hear in but the people in your nook can follow what you are saying just fine, then they turned it up so we had to huddle together and raise our voices to talk. Maybe a better music variety would have been nice too, a couple easy listening instrumentals with a middle eastern vibe rather than only non-stop getto rap. All the same it is a good hangout place and a good place to try a hookah first time.
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This place used to be an awesome, chill place to hang out, but now its like they're trying to turn into a club. they charge guys $5 dollars to get in on the weekends, knowing that they're going to pay for a hookah anyways, and some their servers are creepy and rude. News flash, this isn't a club. It is a hookah bar. Their couches suck, the only redeeming feature is the hookah (which is still wonderful) and some of the staff is incredibly nice. If they keep this ridiculous cover charge up I won't be going there again.
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Good hookah compared to what I usually smoke. Prices are fair and apparently its BYOB if you pay an extra fee. Good location to university but horrible parking. Worth the walk though.
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This place is used to be a good hookah bar before it was exhale old city 18+ it’s basically trash now definitely Not really the cheapest place to smoke, went with my gf tryn to have a good time but they charge u at the door per person just to get in like it’s a club, but not like u got any room to dance, also only like 6 flavors to choose from and they dnt let u share hookah 2 per person so for 2 people to go in and smoke bring $40 and sit an an area where it’s 90degrees constantly, woulda had more fun just drinking across the street on a curb somewhere lmao
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Always love going to this. Place very chill and relaxing environment. You get to kick back and just have a great time with your friends
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Nice place to hang out, decent prices but the hookah could be at least a little better overall not too bad tho
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They know their stuff. Great staff. Huge location. Best hookah hands down
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