Bar Rescue - Taza (Oasis Hookah Bar) Update

On tonight's episode of Bar Rescue, Jon Taffer and crew are in Omaha, Nebraska to try to rescue Oasis Hookah Bar.  When Jon gets there, he notices a bad odor and also bad behavior from the bar employees.  The odor is supposedly a dead rat and the bar is also serving "toxic" drinks to customers.  One of the "toxic" drinks makes a customer puke after just one sip.

During the Bar Rescue makeover, Oasis Hookah Bar was renamed to Taza Nightclub.  The bar seems to be using both names and goes by Taza Nightclub/Oasis Hookah Bar.  Let's take a look at some information, reviews, and updates for Taza/Oasis since Bar Rescue came and made all of the changes to the bar:



Positive Reviews:

• "I had a wonderful experience at taza/oasis. The staff and atmosphere was very welcoming and friendly!"
• "The new hookahs they have are amazing, so smooth. This is what a hookah bar should be!"

Negative Reviews:

• "Horrible. It took a total of 40 minutes for my friends and I to even be able to smoke the hookah. The hookah only burned for 15 or so minutes till it was done. We saw the staff standing around smoke hookah pens instead of serving us. It also said 12 dollars for a hookah for parties of 4 or more instead of what it really was. It was the worst service I've had at any place."
• "Horrible service, rude, pushy, and unprofessionally. They also rip you off 5 bucks tell you it's super packed after they take your money then won't give it back, the best way to describe this place is CHEAP and TRASHY"

*Reviews from Oasis/Taza Facebook

Other News and Links:

• Here are 2 preview videos for this episode on the Spike TV website. In one video a customer pukes after having just 1 sip of a drink.  That guy was supposedly allergic to citrus, which caused him to puke.  The other video has Jon Taffer smelling something bad, which is supposedly a dead rat that ate rat poison and could not be found.  While the bar staff can't find it, Jon miraculously is able to sniff it out like a dog and finds it.
• Here is the Oasis/Taza Facebook Page, website, and Instagram,
• Here is a post on a forum from Hookah John describing how he got chosen to be on the show as the hookah expert.  Also, Oasis got all of their new hookahs from Hookah John in January (Link).
• Here are the Facebook pages of some of the employees - Jesse (owner),  Susie (bartender), Corrie (manager), Brandon, Nathan, and Nick.  Also Tyrie from MTV's The Real World was a bartender in this episode.
• On a photo after the makeover with the staff and Jon Taffer, Corrie is not in the picture and comments on the photo "Now if you could only cut john out ;] nice photo though!"  So, I would expect her to get fired on the episode from Jon's recommendation.
• The Oasis Bar has said Bar Rescue gave them awesome new furniture and fixed up their bathrooms.  They also said that the price points for the mixed drinks were higher than they envisioned, but that was Bar Rescue's recommendation. (Link) 
• Bar Rescue did the makeover in November 2013, and recommended they turn the place into a 21+ nightclub.  Oasis/Taza went with that recommendation for a few weeks, but turned it back into 18+ all the time. (Link)
• Hit That Dive was at the stress test and reveal, and will also be interviewing the owner Jesse after the episode airs. (Link).  If anything interesting is revealed in that interview, I will update this post.