oasis hookah lounge and halal cafe, Houston

In the red-and-black Oasis Hookah Lounge & Cafe, patrons indulge in convivial game nights, quiet evenings, and plates of halal Indian and Pakistani barbecue. On the weekends, flavored shisha smoke parts to reveal DJs piping in house music. When there's a game on TV—a mid-season matchup, the Superbowl, or even a cricket tournament—sports fans descend upon the BYOB lounge to blow football-shaped smoke rings through two hookahs moonlighting as makeshift uprights. Video-game tournaments with prizes also inspire cheering, though at Oasis, there's also plenty of time to sit back and relax.