Alexandria Cafe in Scarborough

1940 Lawrence Ave E, Scarborough, ON M1R 2Y7, Canada

★★★★☆
(459 reviews)
Categories: Egyptian restaurant Middle Eastern restaurant

About

Laid-back spot offering Middle Eastern food & shisha in chill digs with billiards & a patio.

Address
1940 Lawrence Ave E, Scarborough, ON M1R 2Y7, Canada
Plus Code
PMVX+VX Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Time Zone
America/Toronto

Business Hours

Monday
4 PM–2 AM
Tuesday
4 PM–2 AM
Wednesday
4 PM–2 AM
Thursday
4 PM–2 AM
Friday
4 PM–3 AM
Saturday
4 PM–3 AM
Sunday
4 PM–3 AM

Services

Service options
Outdoor seating Takeaway Dine-in
Highlights
Great tea selection
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park Wheelchair-accessible seating
Offerings
Coffee Halal food
Dining options
Lunch Dinner Seating
Amenities
Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual Cosy
Crowd
Groups
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards

Photos

Reviews

3.6
★★★★☆
459 reviews

Most Mentioned

shisha (95) price (13) renovation (11) atmosphere (7) clean (6) needs (5) sofas (5) shawarma (5) crowd (5) pool table (3)
5 stars
182
4 stars
85
3 stars
92
2 stars
41
1 stars
59
September 25, 2024

Probably the worst shisha lounge in Toronto. Very dirty, flavours are bad, the shishas themselves are old and unmaintained. The service is also terrible.

★★★★
June 1, 2024

Lot of flavours available. Peace atmosphere. A classic ambience. Very great customer service by Don. A very quite place. Building is a bit old. Plenty of parking lots.

★★★★★
May 13, 2023

I had a wonderful time at Alexandria last weekend. We threw an event there and they gave us a free pineapple shisha, which was delicious and refreshing. The boss was very accommodating and the staff worked hard to make sure we had everything we needed. The atmosphere was lively and fun, with great music and entertainment. The shisha was smooth and flavourful, and they had a wide range of options to choose from. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone looking for a great shisha spot in Toronto.

April 7, 2023

The most rude owner and hosts, kicked us out for wanting to be customers and buy 2 shisha and some tea instead of 3. I had ordered some tea already, the owner told us rudely that we had 30 mins to drink our tea and leave since we didn't want to order 3 shishas. He came back 5 mins later and told us to leave. No manners or etiquette. The tea itself was bad and for two teabags he charged $15.

★★★★
August 19, 2020

Staff is very friendly and helpful for whatever we needed. Shisha isn't the best I've ever had but It's still good. The place is clean and has a good amount of televisions for your viewing. I recommend this place.

★★★
January 24, 2019

I would only go here to eat food and the shisha would be only for my friends. The only thing I like about this place is that they have a separate seating room by the entrance which is warmer than the rest of the place. Apart from that fact their shisha is not too bad, the pool table is completely worn out. It is only good if you want to hang out with a few friends to just relax and eat. Their different variety of fries taste the best out of everything on the menu.

★★★
December 18, 2016

A decent selection of food and juice. The tubes on the shisha did not connect well to the main part of the device, so we had to constantly re-attach the tube to it. Also, they did not provide individual mouth pieces per customer.

June 2, 2016

Interior is bad, very cramped and dirty. The name board is not properly lit. The awnings are torn !! Need renovation and cleanliness urgently !!!!. Used to Open 24 hrs but now till 2 am. Food is just ok ! Variety of sheesha available. Seems little seedy to sit at night, it would help if the owner renovates it and cleans it.

★★★★
Local Guide
September 23, 2024

Chill vibes!

Local Guide
August 23, 2024

Not sure how its still open.

★★★★★
Local Guide
April 23, 2024

Been coming here since I was in high school

★★★★★
January 23, 2024

Perfect shisha flavor and its a nice place to have fun with your friends and chill

★★★
December 23, 2023

Relaxing place but no action like music and more options in menu

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Nice chill place to relax and smoke shisha sadly the gov doesnt want you to smoke and eat soo they dont have food anymore. Also some of the furniture needs to be replaced Overall 8/10 Food

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

No too bad

Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Absolutely detestable establishment through and through. This place is the grimiest of the grimy. A pot of coffee with 2 teabags inside is 15 dollars!

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Very nice shisha flavours and outstanding service. Just give it a try, you will love it

Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Rude staff

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Ive been going to this place for a very long time. Friendly staff members, great owners. They recently started private party rooms, cheaper than airBNBs haha. Give it a try. Highly recommend it.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Nice ambience and the owner is im touch with customers and the staff are pleasant

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Nice place to chill and enjoy shisha Owner is so kind and friendly , staff are so helpful I differently recommend it to who wants good Shisha environment

Local Guide
December 23, 2023

1 star enough said

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Sheeeeesha! Love their flavor, great for some hangout or chilling alone. Very friendly staffs, helps you out if you need something. Prices are decent. Restaurant needs a makeover badly tho, couldve been soo much better. Its a blatant mess, but still deserves a lot of praise.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

its the place to be my go to place to chill relax and have a nice shisha it gives you a nice relaxed vibe which is missing in other cafes in GTA. Summer time the patio is the best place to unwind. and relax with friends

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Nice

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Good Services, and really good pricing. I would recommend cleaning up the place a bit, but other wise it was a great visit. The workers are all great and very customer service based.

December 23, 2022

Garbage restaurant ! Bad treatment from the Egyptian boss We were kicked out by him because we didn t order at least $60 !!! I don t recommend anyone to go there ! They don t respect the customer

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Raj is the sweetest love this place xoxo :)

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

#1 spot to smoke Shisha without stress. This here is a 70s AUTHENTIC, Thank You Ash for letting me have a blast.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Prices are good, quality of establishment is low. Ill still come here. I like it a lot. Servers are pros. Locals are inviting.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Pretty alright

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Good place for shisha and tea with mint Stays till late ..2 am or so Raj is smily helpful person

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Chill spot, not many people, has a rustic vibe

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Great place, ambience and staff. Owner Ash is amazing personality with customer s hapiness attitude. He is the best friendly owner i ever met. This place is gem and can be utilized more giving add ons from egypt.

★★★
December 23, 2022

It needs a renovation

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Very Egyptian-style café. Awesome shisha. Stays open late till 3 am

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Love their shisha.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

The go to shisha spot. Solid price and great owner and staff. Classic Scarborough shisha lounge.

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Sheesha was very average and the building was very old with no maintenance for years.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Owner opened late for us too

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

The best place to chill and smoke and play pool and the workers are so nice and chill love it keep up the good work

★★★★★
December 23, 2020

Well renovated...Great service by the staff and one of the finest place to spend some time with friends!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Renovation is really done very good. Good services and good staff, very motivated staff. Best place to hang out with friends. T.v and PlayStation is there we can play the games and watch the raptors and many more games.

★★★★★
December 23, 2020

Alex one of the best place I ve been too. Open 24 hours, shisha made by Alex is the best can t go wrong with this place. They have all the flavours!!

★★★
December 23, 2020

The Shisha is decent and the renovations are okay but the tiling needs to be changed

December 23, 2020

Worst cafe ever! Food was bland at best and took way longer than it shouldve. Looks like a WW2 bunker with used furniture. Wouldnt go back if you paid me.

★★★★★
December 23, 2020

Great

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Best Arabic cafe in the town

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Food is not great still a good place to chill and smoke hookah

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

I cant believe this place is still going

★★★★★
December 23, 2020

Best

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Nice and helpful stafc

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

This place is super run down now

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

It is a good place . But the services need improvement.

★★★★★
December 23, 2020

I had a visit lst weekend and got served by omesh . He know his work and with great customer service. I will highly recommend this place

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

So good

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Its a good place for a friends meet up or just a regular shisha spot.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2020

Nice place to sit.. Smoke Shisha

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

For us in Scarborough, Toronto it was once called Coffee, Tea or Me. It was legendary. The patio in summer was the place to be. Alexandria Cafe has exceeded C T or Me. It has given the previous cool a new spin. For those nights you are in the area it is THE place to chill.

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Been here a lot of times, but the last time I went the shisha wasnt that great. Barely any smoke. However the only good think about this place is that theyre open 24/7 so it came clutch a couple of times.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Good tea and sheesha

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Wonderfull and relaxing

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Its good to chill there. Diego

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

You can wind down after a long day with Shisha and friends, or just sit by yourself and read. Nobody judges, everyone is incredibly nice, and they have a variety of flavors!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Reminds me of a Cuba. If you know rapidoo

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Shisha flavour lasted only 10 minutes, open area however needs renovation, needs a proper parking lot, however staff were nice

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

It is now a shell of its past glory .it used to be 24 hours food and shisha place until the city passed its new shisha bylaws and ruined it

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Great place to relax

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

bad shisha experience they mix all flavors in the same shisha , you should keep apple for apple and mint or mint etc... not use same shisha for all flavors ! and one more thing place is not 24 hour its 12pm to 2AM

December 23, 2019

Run down place

Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Disgusting place. Looks like a war zone. I swear. Not even kidding.

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Best one

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

This place was not too bad. It is very run down, but for $15 shisha, cant really complain

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

24hrs

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

If you havent been here before, itll look run down but it has a relaxed feel to it

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Owesome place nice and friendly worker

December 23, 2019

Trash

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Good service but they really need to renovate this place. It looks like a dump, sofas are ripped too. Other then that, I enjoyed the shisha. I tried the Kiwi one.

★★★
December 23, 2019

Best shisha castemer service 0 and not clean

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Very good

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Have some courtesy. You guys keep playing Indian songs and not a single English song. Have you forgotten where you are? Its canada where local crowd also comes and they dont feel comfortable with such ambience. Idiots.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Compare to other sheesa lounge good service and great place to enjoy with friends

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

This is a only place where you can play any songs of your own choice English, Indian, Albanian and Persian. No other place is like Alexandria cafe and the best customer service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Great shisha and Turkish coffee

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Amazing people and staff and good atmosphere to enjoy.

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

They make great shisha, even though the sitting area isn t the great; however if you looking for good smoke this is the place!

★★★★
December 23, 2019

Good

Local Guide
December 23, 2019

The location is good and its big place it needs to be renovated pretty the shisha is alright not bad the staff is friendly and quick service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

One of the best coffee shops in the GTA & the owner is amazing person & very friendly... excellent shisha

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Shisha hookas

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

A chill place with mellow vibes to hangout with your friends. Spend most of my weekends here

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Nice food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Amazing food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Great shisha, poor quality hoses though (those cheap plastic ones) and the place just seems really rundown.. The shisha was really good though, so its hard to find any faults in the flavors, just wish the place was cleaner and more care was given to it.

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Great price for great shisha. Variety of flavours and the guys and owner are real nice!

Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Zero ambiance, no customer service and substandard shisha. Not recommended!

★★★★★
December 23, 2019

Friendly staff and great food.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Very good

Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Place has so much potential but is sooo run down its disgusting. Shisha is not bad. Lighting sucks feels like someone died which kills the vibe. The seats are disgusting and look like they were picked up from the garbage

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2019

Nasty lounge, but good smoke

Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Bad atmosphere No customer servise The menu is written on a pieace of cartoon ! All guys look at you and u don t feel safe Do not recommend it at all

December 23, 2018

This place appears to be closed and not 24 hours. Waste of time driving from mississauga

★★★
December 23, 2018

Old school sheesha cafe! Good place if you hang around with a group of friends. Not a place for couples or singles.

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

This place isnt what it used to be but still offers the best shisha in the area. The furniture and is now worn out and quite filthy to be honest and getting food from here would be a health hazard....but has decent sheesha and a good selection barbicans. Service is also pretty good and the servers are attentive.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Id give it 4 starts for the value it provides, They offer some good hookah flavours and price is reasonable. seating area outside is a bonus. if they improve the sofa quality, lighting or overall ambience of the place; it could become among top shisha lounges.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Awesome place to chill with some warm flavours!!

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Amazing shisha but the place needs a upgrade.

Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Went there two weeks ago........looked like a place being salvaged after fire broke out or something, I was afraid it would fall apart any moment. It looked as if they furnished the whole place with furniture people put out on their front lawn for disposal. The Pool table needed repairs to put it mildly....the guy in charge (I think) said, the table soccer is working .....perhaps the only thing working which wasnt on our list of to-do things.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Nice local place with good shisha and friendly staff and customers. Warm atmosonere, nice music, and they serve food and drinks as well. The prices of drinks like water are a bit high but maybe thats expected at a place that isnt a food and drink primary venue.

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Nice shisha

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2018

Good Shawarma, but very bad hygiene. I usually like the shisha cafe to good place to socialize and relax but for some reason theyre similar to a club nowadays! Very loud rap music, lots of teenagers, hard to find a place to set and bad shisha. Not my favourite place.

★★★★★
December 23, 2018

Really chill place to relax and smoke shisha.

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