Towne Centre Tobacco & Wine

I remember when these guys were in Town Center years ago, but I never went on the store since I quite my Cigar habit. Now I’m a little older and experimenting with a pipe now, so I traveled up to the new location and was amazed. The build out reminds me of the old Nat Sherman (though smaller) on 5^th Ave NYC. Lots of wood and very manly. There was a nice crowd puffing away watching golf on the TV and I made my way to the best stocked pipe dept I’ve seen in Charleston. Tons of aromatic and English tobaccos and Peterson and other high end pipes too. Can’t wait to head back for a drink and light up a bowl amongst the stogie smokers.

This is the total package y’all! If pipes tickle your fancy you are in luck. They havea fantastic selection of pieces and pipe tobacco of all varieties. The cigar humidor is of ample size. Most importantly though, the selection of cigars is one of the best I have encountered. The owner really knows his stuff and has put together an all-​star cast of players to suit your cigar needs. You will also find a vast array of shaving accoutrements as well as cigar and smoking accessories to boot! Oh, and did I mention there is a bar you can get beer and drinks from?! I kid you not, this place is the real deal holyfield. The lounge in the back is ridiculously nice too. If you live near heard, I hate you. You have it too good. If you are from out of town, I encourage you to come here and ruin the oppinion of whatever tobacco shop you have been going to!

Mike L. …it’s people like you in this world I can’t stand! I’ve never been to this place. After looking it up, your review caught my attention, so I read it, right up to the point where you said the ticket was $ 75. If no one has ever told you what a cheap ass you are — please, let me be the first. What the hell did you expect for $ 75??? Do you have any idea what it takes to run a successful cigar shop? …wait a minute, of course you don’t! You really should have kept your stupid story to yourself — dumbass!

I’m not a smoker, but I was looking to pick up a bad habit and cigar smoking seemed like the least dangerous option out of what I was considering. That said, this was my 2^nd try at cigar shopping and I really don’t think I will go anywhere else.
I walked in to this ode to the man cave and was greeted by a portly, Hawaiian shirt wearing gentleman who took my obvious deer-​in-​headlights look as an opportunity to guide me to the cigar room and slowly fill me with the knowledge and confidence I needed to make an intelligent decision in buying quality cigars for guys-​night-​out. He listened to my desires and expectations carefully selected several options for me to ensure that my smoke would be a pleasurable one. He urged me to call him at the store after my smoke and let him know what I thought so he could remember and help direct me to other great cigars on my next visit. I was impressed.
After closing on the cigar deal (which included a «new guy» discount after I bought a lighter) He gave me a tour of the shop and encouraged me to stop by as often as I wanted to buy a cigar and enjoy it in the leather couch and TV filled lounge. He showed me the humidor lockers that many rent to save themselves the trouble of maintaining their own and told me that many people stop by daily after work to enjoy a smoke and glass of wine and have dinner delivered from the restaurant next door.
The cigars were a hit. I’ll be back. In the meantime I need to find out where he got his Hawiian shirt so I can match him as we unwind in the lounge.

After giving this place five stars, it pains me to have to write this review.
I recently attended an event that TCTW put on. Billed as «Smoke on the Water», TCTW had been planning the event for several months. I was one of the first people to be offered and purchase tickets to the event. Needless to say I was excited and considering the upscale nature of the shop, I was certain that it would be a night to remember. It was, but for all the wrong reasons.
From the outset, this event was billed as «high end.» This term was used for everything from the food to the booze to the cigars. The emails that went out about the event pictured a sleek luxury vessel. Even the tickets themselves pictured a luxury craft. Patrick (the assistant manager) told me the menu would consist of heavy hors d’ oeuvres, three brands of craft brews, one each of a top shelf scotch and bourbon, a selection of fine wine and four great smokes.
The day of the cruise we excitedly made our way to the docks. Much to our surprise there was a water taxi parked where our luxury craft was supposed to be. That’s right, a party barge! My GF and I shot each other this look like, «OK.» Nevertheless, we board.
On board we find that the heavy hors d’ oeuvres consist of sandwiches (consisting of a hamburger bun, a little meat, and a small slice of cheese) a vegetable tray, an assortment of water crackers, and two trays of desserts from a grocery store bakery. I was incredulous. This is to mention nothing of the fact that the mayo they laid out wasn’t on ice and was already warm. I would be surprised if no one ended up sick.
On to the booze. Instead of the three craft breweries promised to be represented, In its place was two flavors of Harpoon. OK, not horrible beer, but they didn’t even try to mix it up. One of the crew members was dispensing said product and obviously did not know how to pull a beer. I sat there enjoying my foam for most of the evening. There was wine of which I did not partake, but glancing at the label, it was nothing special.
Then there was whiskey/​whisky. Instead of the promised «high end» bourbon and scotch, in its place was found low end Glenmorangie products and Maker’s Mark products. Really? And to top it all off, this all of a sudden became a tasting/​marketing event with the reps from Southern Wine and Spirits. They were handing out mere sips of each and then trying to sell this shit to you for their special pricing, which ended up being a couple bucks cheaper than buying it at the store. Who sits down with a nice smoke and sip of whisky? The female rep from SWS was really bitchy too.
The big mistake came when they handed me a flier with their special pricing. I noticed listed was, what’s this? Laphroaig 18 year? What, what, what!!! I look at the SWS rep guy and tell him I’d like a dram of the Laphroaig. He looks at me like I have two heads and asks the bitchy lady rep if they have any of the, «what’s it called?» I say Laphroaig and she sternly says, «no». I inquire why it is on the list and she says they are running a special. Whatever.
Fast forward to the end of the evening. As we are making our way back to the dock, there is an obviously menacing line of storms brewing to the NNW that were quickly making their way to the SE (directly toward us). The captain noticeably picked up the pace to ensure we were back before they hit. We get into the dock and the visibly intoxicated owner of TCTW begins his farewell speech, which was more of a drunken «I love you guys» speech. All the while, this storm is bearing down upon us, and the boat door (?) had yet to opened. We were hostages. He went on and on about how this event was a «customer appreciation» event. What?!? Customer appreciation??? I am pretty sure I plunked down $ 75 per to attend, so I am not sure where the appreciation part comes in. Especially since very little of what was promised was delivered. Not feeling the appreciation.
Finally, with the hostage crisis averted, we were freed. As we are deboarding, my GF spies the elusive Laphroaig 18 and overhears the bimbo from SWS say, «I was told not to put this out, I was supposed to be saving this for someone» and hands it to Chris, one of the employees from TCTW. Nice! Straw. Camel. Back. Broken. WTF?
Needless to say after being lied to and defrauded, I will not be returning to Towne Center Tobacco. The shop is beautiful and well-​stocked, but this whole situation was absurd. This was nothing but a money making scheme, plain and simple.

Visited on Saturday in search of a gift for my Sir. Very impressed with the personal and attentive service, the expanded selection of fine goods and the low-​key but upper scale location! Definitely look forward to visiting again soon and learning more!

Great selection of wine, cigars and craft beer. You can either buy wine by the glass or buy a bottle to enjoy on site with no corking fee! This place has a great air filtration system that keeps the smoke to a minimum. I’m a non-​smoker and fairly sensitive to smoke, but I’ve never had an issue here. The service is outstanding and the Friday night wine tastings are always worth the trip.

This place has it all for those with discriminating taste. Wine, craft beer, cigars, pipes and specialty gifts. Fantastic smoking lounge — a great place to grab a smoke and a drink and kick back to relax. Staff is knowledgeable and really seem to enjoy the products.

10:07 and the door is locked. Bad business folks on a Wednesday! Spent $ 70.00 here last week — oh well…

Finest Cigar store in SC!!!
Cigars, Wine, Beer and friendly faces… not to mention leather leather and more leather.
They have over 15,000 thousand cigars on hand. Man heaven!
Nearly a 1.000 bottles of wine. Girl heaven!
Philip M.

Moved from Towne Center shopping center to the Shops at Oakland on 17N in Mt. Pleasant. Now selling beer, wine, cigars, pipes and mens specialty gifts. Has a large smoking lounge in the back and a one of a kind atmosphere in the town.