Cohiba Cigar Lounge

Walked in and walked back out. The prices are outrageous! Maybe it’s a SOCAL thing. They have a limited selection and not well displayed. I guess they are really selling Acessories because that is all I saw. Gotta look for another place to buy my smokes.

Customer service is a joke. A couple of friends and I walked in to look at some humidors. I asked the guy what they have. First thing he tells me is «The ones we have here go for 200 dollars.» I guess he saw our work uniforms and assumed I couldn’t afford it. Asked to see one and he wouldn’t even open the case. At least pretend to be nice to customers, even if they don’t walk in wearing suits and ties.

A complete rip off!!! I should of went with my good senses and just walked out! The guy said the $ 35 he gave me for $ 30 was a high quality cigar. Come to find out it is average and it costs $ 10 – 15. Don’t go here!!! Embasy cigars in brea. Talk to angel!

Sold me a Bahia Gold torpedo for $ 13. They go fo $ 4.50-$ 7. My naïve friend purchased an unlabeled «premium» cigar for close to $ 40. When we smoked it it tasted like seconds tobacco and was poorly constructed. There are too many shops out there to give this one another try. Thank goodness for Unilocal

Horrible «Customer Service». Went in on a Sunday afternoon, as soon as we walked in no one greeted us. There was a girl sitting with her feet up… Clearly, she worked there, but must’ve been on her break. Break or not, it’s still very unprofessional. We were waiting for someone to come ask us if we needed help, and of course no one came. We had to go get the guy from the register, and was not friendly at all either. It seemed like he didn’t want to be there and not trying at all. The only reason we even bought something, was cuz we needed to buy a gift, otherwise, we would’ve left and taken our money elsewhere. With this kind of attitude, we’re never coming back here again.

I’m fairly new to cigars and this place hands down has the best selection in the area. Both guys that work there have been nothing but friendly and helpful with me. I’ve gone in there with some newbie questions/​problems and have never gotten anything but advice and help. Kind of suprised by the reviews I’ve read here, but for me it wasn’t my experience. A great resource for me if I want to try something new, both of the guys there have a wealth of knowledge they have no problem sharing.
I will agree they are a little pricey but what do you expect, they are a business. They do carry a wide price range of cigars, so find whats within your budget. I just wish those Drew Estates Liga Privada No. 9’s were a little cheaper, fanatastic cigar.

I’ve been coming here since I turned 18. Before that I would would always pass it by on the way to AMC & wondered what it would be like to get a cigar! At 1^st I started with the strawberry bidis & I remembered getting stopped because they looked like joints! Damn Block security! Then I would get some grape Swishers to fill with my medicine for my errr ahhh glaucoma. Once the big 21 came around it was strictly cigars! Can’t roll to Vegas without one! Doing it like a bawse!!! Montecristos all day! The cigars here can be a tad pricey, but they’re definitely worth the price. Light it up & enjoy!

I visited Cohiba to ask for a lighter refill, a pretty standard service among cigar shops. After asking, the first guy said, «You just need to press the button on the bottom.» After explaining there is no button, another guy said he would do it for me. I asked if I could watch him do it so I could do it myself the next time. He first said, «You need to clean it out a bit,» and then proceeded to turn his back and then did some pumping action on the lighter. I said, «Could I see what you’re doing?» He turned to me and said, «It’s 1 + 1 man.» Well, thanks. So he then took the butane tank and inserted the tube into the lighter and did some pumping action. I moved in closer to see and he told me to step back because I walked past the register. He then filled it up, charged me a buck, and I paid with a five. He gave back 2 ones and 8 quarters. I guess he ran out of ones, whatever, never coming back here due to really rude, condescending service.

The Cohiba Store at the Block is a great place to smoke quality cigars, relax, and meet interesting people. The selection of cigars, cigarettes, lighters, ash trays, cutters, humidors, hooka pipes, and related paraphernalia is quite impressive. The sales people are knowledgeable, and friendly, and there are restaurants aplenty nearby. If you are a cigar connoisseur, this Cohiba store is the place to be. Highly recommended!

I doubt this place, because of its location — would miss any business because of this review, so I’m just going to be brutally honest here…
Cohiba Cigar Lounge and its service are alright if you’re stranded at The Block without anything to smoke, but guys like us usually plan better than that.
It’s a small shop, but they’ve got everything from loose pipe tobacco, to hookahs (for sale) in the window, to cigarettes, and cigars… As for the service, I once came in here and was ignored while the shopfront (and I think owner) talked to a guy with a bag of loose tobacco for over 15 minutes while I was in line, trying to make a purchase. Not the best business move, or first impression to make on a new customer.
The second time I came in (a year or so later) after the movies or having a beer at one of the crapshoots at The Block, and there was nobody in the shop but me, so I was greeted and helped right away… I walked out with a simple Ashton VSG Sorcerer and maybe about $ 17 – 18 dollars lighter. While Ashton’s are tasty, I would’ve rather puffed a Cuban like the new Open Eagle from Montecristo for that price, maybe a couple bucks more.
I don’t know how many people actually sit in this place and smoke, but it doesn’t seem like my cup of tea (no offense) but then again, either is The Block… and yet I find myself dragged there as well from time to time…
File under: «Not Unless I Have To»

This place is soooo expensive! What’s up with that!!! And the service is terrible! I mean seriously, could the people who work there be anymore rude? Eeek! They have a fairly good selection of cigars but I think you should only buy a cigar from here if this is the last resort.

This cigar shop I remember far back, like to the days I was waiting for my mom to pick me up at the block after I spent all my allowance at Manga House. Been there for a while so he must be making a pretty penny, enough to stay in business… I just dont see the actual buying.
The history and seeing the happy people leaving this store got me into cigars. When I finally went in as a grown-​up, and I had a fair idea of what i was looking at, I was impressed by the inventory. Not any of that Swisher or Dutch Masters crap that haunt some cigar shops but CAO, PArtagas, Montecristo… all my favorites.
BUT, Everytime Im in there I see many browsers but not a whole lot of buyers. Like others have said, their prices are pretty steep.
Out of curiosity, I asked the guy behind the counter if they had the Fuente Fuente Opus X and they did… but for around $ 45/​stick! and the guy said it without blinking. I read through a lot of cigar blogs (my favorite:
) and on average it should be $ 26 tops, not almost double that. I’ll be sticking to Cbid or tinderbox for my money.
But just to satisfy an adolescent fantasy, Ive bought cigars from this shop one 3 different occasions. I dont remember sizes, but it was a Montecristo, a Partagas black and a CAO America Monument. Each time, the guy behind the counter just seemed completely indifferent to my prescence, like he was doing me a favor for letting me be in there. He is knowledgeable and has an encyclopedic knowledge of cigars. He’s not a gentlemen but not an asshole either.
All in all, i think this would be a nice place to shop at if
–you’re feeling spontaneous at the block
–you forgot to buy a cigar smoking friend a gift for his/​her birthday and you’re in the area
–BASICALLy, only if its convenient.
I really miss Red Cloud in Fullerton, the sales guys had class, knowledge and service with a smile all wrapped into one. But if you need to go to a nice looking, large selection-​having cigar shop in North Orange County, bring more money than you think you need and head on down to Cohiba at the Block.

You ever smell that smell…
that smell that transports you to another time and place?
I was passing by Cohiba @ Santana row the other day and smelled it
the sweet smell of burning vanilla on a sunny day
birds were singing and girls were winking
And then it was socal days all over again.
The place where I discovered vanilla djarums
The days when I used to party more and smoke
*please please don’t do this at home kids, it’s bad 4 U!
Which lead to partying with the owners back in KL, Malaysia.
It helps if they are trying to impress your obliviously dense sister.
XD
I can still recall that Cohiba branch situated next to the AMC theaters at the Block in Orange… a lil smaller than the one in SR but it also had a separate humidor room if I recall correctly. The guy behind the counter was helpful enough during my purchase. And after asking about it, he had showed me how to properly light a cigar. Practice makes perfect. I wasn’t too cigar savvy nor am I presently so I can’t comment on their other offerings.
However the one thing that was consistent between the Cohibas here, there, and Kuala Lumpur was the leather seats, wooden floors, and a certain permeating air of being apart of a exclusive cadre of smokers. Grant it that the service has somewhat lost something in it’s U.S. translation however their is still that level of dark wood décor that stirs up images of excessive old world style central to their name sake.

Buyer beware they sell FAKE Cuban Cigars. If they tell you its a cuban it is a Mexican cigar. Their prices are high as well too.

It’s really close to the AMC theaters at the BLOCK. We got coffee first at Starbucks and then came here so that my BF and his friend could smoke cigars… they say there’s nothing like a coffee and cigar pairing… so the girls just followed along since we obviously have no clue about this stuff, haha.
The guys got the Captain Morgan cigar and it was the best cigar I’ve ever tasted! You lick your lips after a puff and there is a super sweet aftertaste.
Too bad this place is so pricey and the customer service sucks.

Good selection but the price is way to HIgh. The price is so high you can’t enjoy the smoke. I bought there house cigar. They wanted 17 bucks for it. 17 bucks for a smoke ive never heard of!
The worker there is knowledgable, but he isn’t good enough to talk me into buying a $ 17 stick from a no name maker.
Disappointing.