Why Shisha Hut?
Our shisha journey has some interesting origins in itself for Marathon Restaurants.
We currently operate Pizza Hut restaurants throughout the Western Cape, and it was our CEO Tony, who set us on the shisha journey. To make the story even stranger, Tony is an Australian, working here in South Africa. With no Middle Eastern, Persian, or Indian origin himself, he is a 20+ year ‘connoisseur’ of shisha (or so he tells us).
Our Journey Begins
His first shisha experience was in 1997 in Luxor, Egypt on the banks of the Nile. Following a hiatus from shisha, the early 2000’s saw Tony working in the Middle East for 6 years where the shisha bug was ‘hooked’. There it’s a cultural part of doing business (again, so he tells us). With a nose for finding shisha around the globe for his personal use, Tony’s search began in Cape Town last year. While some venues ticked the box in most aspects he was looking for, an ‘opportunity’ was discovered to ‘do it better’. An opportunity to create a location that would suit all the needs of Cape Town’s shisha lovers.
How are we different?
Shisha Hut takes lessons from shisha venues locally and around the globe and we have a simple philosophy. We have taken the good points we’ve seen and simply replicated or improved them. Where we’ve seen opportunities, we’ve endeavored to make it better!
We want Shisha Hut to be a place that will meet all your needs. You can work here, meet friends here, have a drink, have a tea or coffee. Be comfortable here or just kill time and hang with your mates or on your own, all while enjoying great stress free shisha.