14 places
A cheap, round-the-clock local shisha café with food and free parking outside.
Budget shisha on RAK's corniche, open late; a second branch is in Dafan Al Khor.
A rooftop over the Ajman Corniche with sea views and some of the cheapest shisha on this list, listed from Dh15.
Shisha with sea views on the Fujairah corniche, and grilled seafood platters if you're eating.
Shisha on the sand with the sea and Ain Dubai in front of you, and a casual dress code.
Evening shisha on a terrace that looks straight onto the Dubai Fountain shows, from a homegrown Emirati-founded café rather than a chain.
An Arabic restaurant in the mall that does mastic among its shisha flavours, alongside mint, watermelon and peach-grape.
A Russian-style shisha lounge chain whose only Abu Dhabi branch sits at Yas Mall's main entrance, open until 2am.
An open-air hotel terrace over the marina and the Corniche skyline, with shisha and live crêpe stations rather than a smoky cafe.
A downtown terrace that never closes, with shisha at AED 50 and red tea at AED 18, so a 3am session costs less than a cinema ticket.
A backstreet neighbourhood cafe off the Corniche with several screens for football and shisha at any hour.
A Lebanese and Turkish restaurant with a waterfront terrace on Khor Al Maqta where shisha is served every evening from sunset.
A waterfront cafe a short walk from Marina Mall where you smoke with the Corniche skyline and the marina's yachts in front of you.
The Dubai Turkish shisha restaurant's Abu Dhabi branch, with seasonal shisha blends alongside Anatolian breakfasts like shakshouka (AED 45).