Terrible first date experience

I'm very new to dating and have never been on a date before. To try it out, I set up a date with a girl I found on a dating app. She agreed to meet right away, which surprised me since I know some girls like to play hard to get. I asked for her Instagram, but she said it wasn't necessary and just told me to meet her in a busy area. When I arrived, I noticed her name didn’t match what I had on Truecaller, and she didn't look like her pictures. I had dressed nicely for the date, but she didn’t seem to care about her appearance. I suggested we go to a cafe to chat, but she refused to go to the nicer places I knew. Instead, she took me to a shady cafe that I didn’t like at all. I started to worry that she might be a scammer or something similar. While we were sitting there, she ordered hookah, but I told her I don't smoke. She looked surprised, then ordered some food, which was okay, but the atmosphere felt off. After a while, she made a call and said her friend was coming, and they would order hookah and split the bill. I didn’t want that, so I paid for our meal and left. I must say that it was a horrible first date experience. Was it really a scam, or am I just expecting too much from the dating scene?