Cigar Room

Dropped by here after parking ye olde Cadillac at a friend’s storage unit in Anaheim. Looks like they just opened their doors and haven’t actually had their «grand opening» as of yet.
There isn’t a big selection, and there wasn’t anyone there — we had to go next door to the World (USA) Smoke Shop to grab the front desk clerk, who was apparently covering both shops. After he unlocked the doors to the Cigar Room, I’ve gotta say — I was impressed by the interior.
It wasn’t a full-​on lounge by any means, but at least now I know they have an actual cigar shop this side of the 91. Once I got in and spoke to the guy, I learned rather quickly that he wasn’t too versed on cigar and premium tobacco lingo and knowledge. That’s okay though, like I said — the place is brand new.
The selection was mediocre at best, with the best sticks being some of the low-​end Fuente’s and the RP Decades. Unfortunately the price tags were pretty ridiculous. I would think that you would lower the prices in order to acquire new customers. The Rocky Patel Decades Robustos (supposed to be the cheapest and smallest of the family) were $ 14.99 + tax here. Two decent (at best) sticks cost me $ 33 bucks with tax, and that hurt.
Could’ve gotten 5 at that price on the net, and at least 3 in most other retail shops. For instance, Crown Cigarettes in Fullerton has the Box Pressed Decade Torpedoes (much larger and a better, clearer smoke) for only $ 12.99 each. So naturally, I wasn’t too happy after paying. Be prepared, like in most low-​end smoke shops, to tell them that you want to run your sale as «credit» and not «debit,» if you wanna earn miles with the big boys — my sale was automatically pushed to debit, and like I said — it wasn’t a $ 4 pack of Newports.
All in all, I’ve seen better, but again — they’re brand new to the game. Will start with a 2-​star rating and rate upwards as this place improves — both in quality of cigars, price adjustments, selection, and finding the right clientele. Remember, my review is going to be a bit harsher, coming from a cigar guy. I’m sure the run-​of-​the-​mill casual smoker would love this place. But if you buy as often as I do, and know where to smoke — then you expect a little different. Usually after paying that much for two cigars, I’d leave 1-​star. Check out the picture of the place I posted, really nice shop, all things considered.