I went to 3enab yesterday for the first time and I thought it was a very cool restaurant. I really liked the old-fashioned Lebanese architectural aspect of it. The food was good as well – after all, you can’t go terribly wrong with Lebanese food, which is the absolute best, and that is a fact.
As my friends and I settled down, a waiter came to us and asked if we wanted an arguile. I promptly asked him: isn’t smoking banned? He then replied: we’ll open this window:
Never mind that the window was tiny but apparently that’s enough to consider the room an “open space” – whatever that means. Soon enough, a couple coming for dinner ordered an arguile. The man was also smoking cigar.
As we finished having dinner and turned around to leave, we were surprised to find the entire restaurant filled with arguiles, even in sections of the restaurant without windows to open. A friend noted as we exited the door: it felt like shisha cafe for a moment there.
Ironically, this is the sign they had at their main door:
As soon as I left, I called 1735 and reported the place. They took my contact info and said they’ll look into it. But as I was made to realize: infringing the law this obviously in an area where tourism police is constantly on the prowl, seeing it was a Friday night, means 3enab probably has some under the table dealings with those making sure the law is carried out. Anything for that extra arguile revenue.
I’m pretty sure those against the smoking ban are elated right now.
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They are ecstatic indeed today,but at what cost for their own and others health.
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I’m pretty sure they couldn’t care the least.
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l3alam badda t2rgel, shu bdak fion ka air??
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Law kent huneik ana w sheftak 3ambetsawer, kent sfa2tak kaf harraytellak saf snenak 😀
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Ya abaday ent.
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Kess ekht habeltak akho sharmuta ya Tarek, 7ottak 3a 7akeh 3al internet
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Joe el wa7esh, enta ma dakhalak bayne w bein el Admin 😀 lol
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Someone seems to be pressed 😉 and I don’t mean you elie
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Haha thank you 😛
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Thank you for writing about this, I find it outrageous that this is happening, I’m also glad you called the number to complain, the same thing happened to me last week at Feb.30, the guy gave me the bullshit story about his crappy windows, I told them they were full of shit, that I will report them, and I LEFT, non smokers and people with a conscience have to complain and leave the establishment. Basically, this says, we are a bunch of losers, bullshitters, despicable people. As for men and their cigars, I guess Lebanese men, have to compensate for their little weiners, so they pull out a big fat cigar… Freud called it Penis envy. I hope they all rot, as this is a rotten society, filled with little, hairy, angry men, with cigar envy.
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Disagree with the last part – I mean, it’s irrelevant to the discussion. But I do agree that non-smokers should unite in telling restaurants exactly what they feel.
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I support your publishing this.I have been to more than few restaurants and club,for whom
the antismoking law is inexistable.
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Shut your fucking mouth & tell your sister she is a child abuser & she’s going to burn in hell.
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