Martinez Handmade Cigars

Martinez Cigars is definitely my new hangout. This is the perfect spot for a gentleman, it serves a great place to have a meeting or simply talk business with a colleague while smoking high quality hand rolled cigars. The guys are very helpful and lots of fun to hang with. What more can you ask for? This place is a gem.

We are not to ask what our country can do for us, but to think on what we can do for our country. This mindset has been planted in the citizens of the United States of America through the famous words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. However, for immigrants that continue to embark into an unknown future in trying to reach the soil of an industrialized western country, evidently their principal goal is to achieve economic betterment and financial stability, thus hoping firstly that their new home will help them.
Certainly one effective way for immigrants to accept Kennedy’s challenging plea is to invest into the US-​American society, not only with their sweat but by contributing with their cultural wealth. In 1974, two years after arriving in New York City, Antonio Martinez opened his cigar factory in the Flatiron district, precisely to culturally contribute to the country in which he had chosen to settle, understanding his responsibility to give.
Forty years later, under the direction of his son, Jesus, New York has to thank Martinez Handmade Cigars for its contribution to the wealthy, multi-​cultural layer of this American metropolis. The factory is housed on a side street, just blocks from the iconic Flatiron building. It is vibrant space with the spirit, resilience and joy for life that many know from the folk of the Dominican Republic.
In a commercial space, consisting of no more than a 15×25 ft. ground floor and an even smaller basement (a space, smaller than any other high-​end tobacco shop in the city) this family-​run business produces more than six-​hundred cigars daily, six days a week; welcomes locals, regulars and tourists to sit down in a friendly lounge atmosphere for a smoke; boxes cigars that are shipped throughout the USA, Europe and Asia on a daily basis to shops, lounges, bars and private houses; all the while the four house torcedores listen to Merengue and Bachata, eat avocado, drink some of their local drinks and talk about baseball — predominantly about the excellence of their many countrymen playing for the Major League Baseball teams in the USA and Canada. On weekends — after several hours of work — all gather for several domino matches.
Although for decades a few great cigar producing companies have existed in New York, this is the only one that produces directly in Manhattan, allowing the smoker to see firsthand how the cigars they are smoking have been aged, rolled, and boxed. This is not your common education on foreign cultures. For centuries, Western men have accumulated great wealth importing products from various exotic lands and islands into their prospering societies, but spices, vegetables, fruits and alcohol — even some coffee — are exported as finished product. The installment of a tobacco factory in New York City’s center creates a homemade product that contributes to the exporting power of the USA while creating an additional layer to the country’s culture. Such cultural enrichment is the root becoming a valuable citizen.
(This review was published earlier through an account that was mistakenly opened, although this one was already in existence)

I Love this cigar shop. First time going in there today with a buddy of mines. It’s a small shop, but the service there is great. The guys that work there are very friendly and make you feel at home. Their cigars are great and are not expensive giving that they are hand rolled in the shop. If you are looking for a good smoke and a friendly environment in the hustle and bustle of nyc, this is your spot.

No pretentious shit here. You walk into an old world cigar shop when you come here with molds and other tools of the trade stacked against the walls and the hard working dudes rolling fresh sticks as you stand there chatting with the nice fellas behind the counter on what you want to smoke. Mild, medium or full bodied? I dunno man I probably want all of them just to try, why not — this is my city and I’m going to support the hard men and women who live here.
Buy local, buy from friendly people but above all support the passionate people who keep the old traditions alive.
Bought a few to try and will come back and get more later, you should too!

Wonderful shop providing quality product and fighting the good fight. Martinez has a wide selection for every taste and budget and a welcoming atmosphere to boot.
I was picking up some cigars for a holiday party and a friend of mine mentioned he liked montecristos. Being that I don’t smoke, but enjoy a cigar occasionally, I mentioned it here, hoping they could lead me in the right direction. They were able to match it up with something comparable in flavor from their Pasion Premier Series.
I went with the Flatiron #6 Maduro as well (middle of the road $ 12, I believe) and it did not disappoint. It pulled excellently and was rolled with precision that definitely left an impression with some party-​goers that will be sending their business this-​a-​way. Salud, Martinez!

Mafia types, snipers, gangsters, whatever your fantasy.
I came here yesterday to get come cigars for a Russian mobster’s birthday. I mean vodka and cigars are what they like right?
I walk in and there are men all around. Smoking big cigars, drinking beers and well, they were being men.
The guy at the counter was very nice to me. It didn’t feel awkward at all. I told him I didn’t know what I was buying. That didn’t bother him. He offered up a medium cigar, not too bold, from Nicaragua ($ 14). I asked oh no Dominican cigars? He immediately pulls up another one, medium-​flavored, a popular an from old ol’ DR ($ 8). Great, I’ll take both.
He put them in a plastic Ziploc bag for me, gave me some nice matches, and enclosed a business card.
I asked if he could cut it, but I said I didn’t know if it would be smoked right away. He said, better to wait until you want to smoke it. OK, cool.
Friendly place, I was the only woman in the store and I felt fine. Definitely come here to buy cigars for special occasions or for that special Russian mobster in your life.

Excellent cigars. I’ve bought cigars from them twice. Staff is always friendly. Strangers have stopped me toask what cigar I’m smoking. For any cigar lover this is a place they must go to at least once.

Nice little place. Cigars was ok; burned really fast though.

This place is the best. All the guys there are great. Make sure you go there for your cigars.

My pal in the UK got me some of the flatiron #nine maduro for Christmas. I’ve already ordered more. So delicious you want to eat them. Get a nice cognac, sit back with one of these, and you’ll almost be convinced the world isn’t such a bad place.

Awesome not so expensive hand rolled cigars! They are so friendly and so much fun!

One of the best hand rolled cigar places in NYC. Very friendly staff. Ive used Martinez cigars for my wedding cigars and my 40^th birthday cigars. People are still bragging to this day about the cigars. I am a fan!!!

SO im having my first child, A BOY!!! and had to pick up some cigars. Kicker is I maybe smoke one cigar a year at any given celebration but have no clue about style, taste, and pricing. I searched cigar shops near my job on the computer and consistently Martinez kept popping up across the board will all kind of good reviews. I went there with caution because hand-​rolled to me meant big money and fro someone who doesn’t know the difference i didn’t want to pushed into buying something fro the hell of it. it was the total opposite of what i presumed. they took there time working with me for a style and taste they thought i would like, laughing and smiling the whole time the staff is amazing. Im hoping after handing these all out and smoking them with friends and family i become a cigar guy, just to go back. definitely the kind of place you’d like to visit regulatory to pick up your smoke and have a couple of laughs with the staff and smokers just hanging out.
thumbs up for service, quality, patience, and a great looking box to keep as a memory of my boy being born for all time. this shop is the total opposite of almost any store in NYC.
** and to boot, I asked if they sold cutters, which they didnt. at that point some guy hanging out reached into his bag and gave me a little silver one as a congratulations gift– this place is just ridiculous, go, NOW.

Great group of folks here. Wonderful handrolled (onsite) cigars. Must visit if you are in NYC and a regular place to frequent if you live here!

Friendly Dominicans, laughing and loving life while serving up delicious smokes to savvy visitors. The local fire station stopped in to grab its twice-​weekly bag for the station humidor while I was there. Great vibe.

Nice spot for hand rolled cigars. They don’t really specialize in any sort of style, they take the shotgun approach and have a little of everything. Mild to full.
The cigars are like chicken wings, they’re good. You’ll like them. I’ve never had anything that blew me away. But they’re well priced.
The only negative is that there’s nowhere to sit. It’s pretty much take-​out only.

Make no mistake; these are hands down the best cigars around. The prices for even the most expensive lines are around $ 10 and when you factor in the quality you cannot find a better deal.
The flavors are amazing, and are completely without that artificial taste that is present in some of the bigger cigar lines; have a wide range of cigar strengths and sizes to choose from, but if you’re like me, and like a medium to fuller bodied Maduro, try any of the Passion or Flat Iron (box pressed, get it, ‘Flat’ Iron) sizes.
These passions are my personal favorite, for the perfectly flavorful spicy Nicaraguan wrapper they have, but I also like the box pressed Flat Iron that is more full-​bodied with some kind of Dark (Brazilian I think) Maduro wrapper
This place is a must for any for a cigar smoker, and great for anyone in the market for a great gift for a stogie lover.

For someone who enjoys good cigars, I have used Martinez for years.
For those who love a GREAT Cigar in a Huge Ring.
They offer their «BUZUKAS»
A huge Double Corona Plus measures in at a ring guage of 85
Still want bigger? There is the 105 Ring Guage
Want More to Smoke their 125 Ring
For the hard to impress «The EL Monsturo» Measureing at a 140 Ring Guage.
Gentlemen & ladies you may begin to smoke.
The Old Fogy with his stogie,
Lenny Waller

Want to experience what a good hand rolled cigar should taste like? This little place is the shiznit!
Guys are rolling fresh smokes in the back of this small cigar store, and making tasty smooth smokes. Prices are really reasonable.
Worth the time to drop by if in the hood.

Good selection for any taste and price range. The rollers are hustling in back, so you know everything is real fresh. Great selection in the $ 2-​$ 10 range.
An afficionado, I am not, but I do enjoy a good smoke, and this is becoming my go-​to shop in NYC.
Good chance you’ll catch the guys inside talking Yankees baseball, which is always enjoyable, even if watching the team isn’t.