The Iraqi kebab at this place is definitely like no other, every time I go there to have this meal I feel like I visited someone and was cooked at home, The owner is so welcoming and clearly very loved by his customers because he has such a special personality that makes you keeps going there, his manager is A hard-working man that make sure everything it’s taken care of, very chill casual place away from the huge common hookah bars

The owner is one of the nicest people. He will sit and talk with you. Love going here. Hookah is excellent.

100% better than Heat, up the street. The staff treats their hookah well. The Iraqi tea is fantastic. 100% would recommend. Skip heat go here for an experience orders of magnitude better

This place is so chill! Small little hole in the wall, and such a nice place to relax and end the night. The owner came to check on us himself, and all of the other staff that came through was amazing! 10/10 do recommend!

Best customer service, I highly recommend this place

Very nice place. Delicious food and drinks. Very friendly and helpful team. Very good Hookah. Hassan / Zaid (owners) will do everything possible to be sure that customers are comfortable and having a good time. Give this amazing place a visit and you wont regret it. Enjoy!

The owner, Hassan is a friendly, honest guy. The staff are very hospitable and make sure people enjoy their time at best. I go to this place once a week.

Very nice owner ❤️

Great atmosphere to chill on a date with your love one. Great service and friendly staff.

It was very nice the people was very nice n the music is nice

Very nice hookah. Very nice and friendly staff. Sabi was great.

Good place to have fun and smoke great hoka... A+ 👍

I love this place! It very chill and casual. The food is delicious! Hookah is always fresh here. My personal favorite is Gum Mint hookah and they always are very accommodating if I need any special requests for how I want my hookah or food made. Mevo one of the managers here is always well dressed, courteous and professional.

It’s good place and nice food but I hope now they made distance and no hooka my husband going there every day, what about virus 🙊

Great tea and hookah

This place is a great hookah bar. The lady who runs this hookah bar is incredibly gracious and thoughtful and really tries her best to make people feel welcome. The hookah is fantastic!

Initially I thought I gave it 5 star review but I messed up I just noticed someone from the place write backSo to begin with it I am sorry to hear you did not see me in there, I have been going to Ishtar since 2012 I have recommended over 50 people, I always have loved the people. I would appreciate instead of reacting and calling out stuff you could have asked me personallyHere is what was written on my reviewI don’t know why you gave us that low scoreIn fact I don’t think that we saw you at our but place !!!!If someone asked you to do that this is not nice

I would give this place a 0, but in order to post this message I had to rate it at least a 1 star. My boyfriend and I just visited this place and not only were we not seated, we waited for over 20 minutes and no one came over to our table to serve us. We asked for a menu and got scolded and when another couple came in after us, they received menus great service and a kind smile. The owner here seems very racist and dry rude towards us. We ended up leaving after spending 30 minutes with only half a menu and not even a glass of water. DO NOT GO HERE!

Ishtar is a great place to hang out and enjoy good hookah, and good music. There is always good vibes there! Mervat is the manager who is also my mom. She is very kind and provides excellent service. She will always try her best to make you satisfied and comfortable. I highly recommend this place :)

Nice atmosphere and very attentive host, family like environment. Plus. The shisha is fresh and smokes clean.

ALAN HAVE A W

5 star for friendly fast service and hookah. We ordered melon dew mint shisha in a pineapple head and it was a great choice, very smooth with fruity/minty taste that I love. Will be back again some time!

Great atmosphere, excellent customer service, friendly owners, and delicious food. We come at least once a week. Must try!

Probably the best place Ive been to, been to a few places before but this by far beats all of them, highkey recommend!!! Price it just right and such a great atmosphere. Please if youre choosing any place, look at this one first! Staff is active in keeping the customers satisfied

Great place to smoke and chill 100% recommended 👍🏻

It’s one of the coolest and relaxing places in the area, nice ppl, great atmosphere, tasty Mediterranean food with new Mgmt.Keep it up guys.

Great hookah bar with a great atmosphere. You can come and watch sport events and get immersed in it with everyone else there. The hookah is pretty good plus they are very relaxed about outside food, which is good since theres a Bonchon right next door. One of my favorite hookah bars to go to with friends.

A wonderful place, filled with great people and a great atmosphere. Definetly a relaxing location. The service here is great and make sure to accomidate all your needs! There hookahs are on point, amazing flavor and pull! Everyone here greets you here with a smile and a great attitude. I would recommend this place highly, worth giving this place try!

Hookah is great. But the owner needs to reconsider the cost of drinks. Buy a case of Gatorade from Costco 36 for $12 and 40 waters for $3.

Nice place, friendly service, very good hookah and food. I recommend this place for anyone want to have a good time.

Staff is extremely friendly and the place is always lively, and if you can focus with loud music in the background like me, then its also a very handy place to visit to do some late night studying.

Very nice atmosphere ! Delicious food, very very very good hookah & excellent customer service ppl so nice !! I always go there

Wonderful atmosphere, the music is always good. Service is great, and the owner is such a kool and simple man. Love to smoke hookah in this place!

Hookah is always A1! Seats and couches are always comfy and cozy. Service is also GREAT! Recommend to go this hookah cafe.

Good customer service, decently price hookah and fun environment for a typical college student. Good music too

Nice place but its very popular so it gets crowded very soon, the lady is very nice and cheerful!

No alcohol. Great selection of flavors. Seating is ok on booth side of tables but chairs on other side are very uncomfortable

This place its a good place to be! If you want to relax and just smoking your hooka and read your favorite book just come over and dont be shy for you bad experiences with hooka bars . This place is for you and they have stuff members who actually care about their costumers!! Thank you so much Ishtar and hope you read this!!

Great place definitely go see Mervat

Good hookah and family like environment!

Very kindly owners and staff. Definitely can advise to visit with ur friends and enjoy.

Good place to smoke their hours online show they open at 11 am but they don’t open till 12 noon

SUCH great service and atmosphere! The hookah is great and our server even gave us some free tea!

Good customer service and sheeshah was nice. Recommend

The best hookah lounge I have ever visit. The hookah there is amazing and they are so friendly and helpful.

Very good service and nice seating, rich flavor hookah

I finally found the best hookah bar. I love this place.

Ishtar hookah is the best top quilaty in Fairfax, wisam makes top high quilaty hookah. Ask for wisam for walk in. Even the manager Mevo is very friendly.

The best hookah place in fairfax cityGood customer service specially from wisam he is very friendly, the place is nice and clean.

Huuuuuuuge sausage fest.. The men to women ratio is always like 20:1. The service could be better.

Great hookah in DMV very nice Service 👍🏾👍🏾

Simply the best hookah in NoVa. We play boardgames here regularly.

It is an amazing place and very cleen service is Perfect

Amazing place to spend funny times with your friends.....The owner of cafe Mr. Hasan very friendly with his staff ( Muslem, wesam, Ali, Mohammed )....I like this place during my visit to Virginia....

Terrible service. Terrible management. Im literally shaking. The one next to it is way better.

10/10 hookah bar! Good Hookah with good people!

Great service, great place to relax, hookahs nice and she put ice with the water.. give it a try

Awesome place, great vibes, and even better people!

Great hookah, natural charcoal, tasty Arabic food, and decent prices... Totally worth a visit.

Nice productive place. Hookah and work.

Great traditional Arabic hookah cafeGreat serviceRecommended

Recommend, but ask for coconut charcaol!

Amazing service and great atmosphere.

Best hookah in northern virginia

Best hookah in town, great service!!! Check out the Ishtar Mix hookah!!!

One up the sidewalk is better

Awesome friendly service!

Great bar

Hookah isn’t ok :(

Great atmosphere with great hookah

So so

Excellent shisha and sophisticated handling

Very nice place and the staff at the very top and respect really worth visiting every time

The cafe is excellent, the staff is very nice and the shisha is excellent

Beautiful and classy cafe and its owners are polite and service

Excellent staff and very good staff

ExcellentBut crowding is annoying