Quick answer: Los Angeles has 13 cigar lounges in the CigarFinder directory, from Downtown to the Westside. California law only allows indoor smoking inside licensed tobacco shops and the private lounges attached to them, so the top rooms sell cigars rather than food or alcohol. The King Cigar Lounge Downtown and V Cut on Melrose are the most established sit-and-smoke rooms.
Los Angeles makes you work for a good cigar. California has some of the strictest indoor smoking laws in the country, so the city's best lounges are not cocktail bars with a humidor in the back. They are tobacco shops that earned the legal right to let you light up inside, and the difference shapes everything about where and how you smoke here.
Where Can You Smoke a Cigar in Los Angeles?
Los Angeles has 13 cigar lounges and tobacco shops across Downtown, Hollywood, Koreatown, Mar Vista, Echo Park, and West LA. Unlike Tampa or Las Vegas, there is no single cigar district here. The scene is spread across neighborhoods, so where you smoke usually comes down to which side of town you are on. California's smoke-free workplace law bans indoor smoking almost everywhere, but it carves out an exemption for retail tobacco shops and the private smokers' lounges attached to them. The catch is that the state reads the exemption to end once a venue sells alcohol, and tobacco-control lawyers apply the same logic to food, so LA's indoor lounges are cigar shops first. You buy your stick at the counter and smoke it in the lounge. The most established rooms are The King Cigar Lounge in Downtown and V Cut on Melrose, both open well into the evening.
Top Cigar Lounges in Los Angeles
These are eight lounges and shops worth your time, pulled from the CigarFinder directory and sorted by reputation, not paid placement. Every address comes from our directory. We flag which let you sit and smoke versus which are buy-and-go counters, because in LA that line matters more than anywhere else.
The King Cigar Lounge
- Address: 1117 S Hope St, Downtown LA (South Park, near Crypto.com Arena and LA Live)
- Vibe: The closest thing LA has to a members' club, opened in 2019 two blocks from the arena. A walk-in humidor, 100 private lockers for members, a members-only area, and staff trained as cigar sommeliers (LA Mag reported IACS certification in 2020) who will cut and light your selection for you.
- Hours: Mon to Sat noon to midnight, Sun noon to 10pm
- What to know: It is a hybrid public-private room, so you do not need a membership to walk in and smoke. Membership was $2,500 a year in 2020, with a locker and box discounts; ask for the current rate. Great before or after an event at the arena.
- Best for: A proper sit-down smoke in Downtown.
V Cut Cigar Lounge
- Address: 8172 Melrose Ave (Melrose, near the West Hollywood line)
- Vibe: Taz Ahmadi's cigar store and lounge on a revived stretch of Melrose, with a boutique-leaning humidor.
- Hours: Sun to Wed 11am to 8pm, Thu to Sat 11am to 10pm
- What to know: In 2012 Cigar Aficionado described V Cafe, a couple of doors down and run by the same owners, as the lounge's commissary; ask what is available now. The crowd mixes regulars and Melrose passers-by, which is part of the charm.
- Best for: A walk-in smoke on Melrose near the West Hollywood line.
The Debonair
- Address: listed at 124 W 2nd St, Downtown LA (the former 2nd Street Cigar Lounge), and at 1111 S La Brea Ave in Mid City. Confirm which location is open before you go.
- Vibe: Upscale and Black-owned (owners Derek Harris and Antonio Martin), a classic lounge with TVs for the game and live jazz every second Friday of the month.
- Hours: Call ahead; we could not confirm current hours
- What to know: Venue listings describe a two-floor room that books private events, so call before you come, especially with a group.
- Best for: A date or a small celebration with a jazz night.
Lone Wolf Cigar Company
- Address: 11950 Wilshire Blvd, West LA
- Vibe: The lounge and club of David Weiss's Lone Wolf Cigar Company, whose shop is in Santa Monica, opened here in 2014.
- Hours: Mon to Thu 11am to 7pm, Fri 11am to 6pm, Sun noon to 6pm; Saturday hours differ between listings, so call first
- What to know: Guest access is listed at a $20 fee, or free with a $75 purchase; confirm the current terms when you call.
- Best for: Westside smokers who want a clubby room without a Downtown drive.
Tobacco Trader
- Address: 12967 W Washington Blvd, Mar Vista (Westside)
- Vibe: The highest-rated shop in the city directory at 4.9 stars. A sizable, climate-controlled store carrying premium cigars, hand-blended pipe tobacco, and accessories, with staff who know their inventory cold.
- Hours: Mon to Fri 10am to 7pm, Sat 10am to 6pm, closed Sun
- What to know: This is a buy-and-go counter, not a sit-and-smoke lounge, but it is the Westside's serious humidor. If you are hunting names like Padron or Davidoff, this is the Westside counter to check before heading to a patio.
- Best for: Buying well on the Westside.
el Leon Cigars
- Address: 3959 Wilshire Blvd, Koreatown (Wilshire and Gramercy)
- Vibe: A Koreatown shop where cigars are still hand-rolled on the premises, founded in 1979 by Gilberto Leon eight years after he left Cuba. Listings describe a smoking room with leather couches and TVs and a bigger humidor at the new location.
- Hours: Tue to Sat 12:30pm to 8pm; call ahead
- What to know: House blends rolled in the shop are the draw, and they price well below the boutique counters across town. It moved from 6th Street to Wilshire in 2023, so older listings have the wrong address.
- Best for: A fresh-rolled house smoke with real history behind it.
The Tobacco Factory
- Address: 1616 N Cahuenga Blvd, Hollywood
- Vibe: A broad Hollywood smoke shop that runs late. Cigars share the shelves with vapes, hookah, and accessories, so it is less of a premium cigar room and more of a one-stop, open-late counter.
- Hours: Listed as open late; confirm before you go
- What to know: Late hours make it a rare late-night option when everything else has shut. Selection and prices both draw good reviews.
- Best for: A late-night Hollywood resupply.
Brazil Discount Tobacco
- Address: 2107 W Sunset Blvd, Echo Park
- Vibe: A neighborhood shop with the most customer reviews of any LA cigar spot in our directory. The humidor is small but well-kept.
- Hours: Open daily; confirm hours before you go
- What to know: Reviewers describe a friendly counter that is patient with beginner questions, and prices skew lower than the Westside shops. A solid first stop if you are just getting into cigars.
- Best for: Echo Park locals and new smokers building a starter rotation.
What Makes an LA Lounge Worth Visiting
In a city this spread out, three things separate a lounge worth the drive from a counter you visit once. First, can you actually sit and smoke, or is it retail only? The King, V Cut, The Debonair, Lone Wolf, and el Leon all have rooms to sit and smoke. Tobacco Trader is buy-and-go. Second, how fresh is the humidor? A shop that moves volume keeps cigars at the right humidity, which is why high review counts matter beyond ego. Third, the room itself. Ventilation, seating, and whether the staff treats a walk-in like a regular. If you are new to all this, our step-by-step guide to finding a good cigar lounge walks through what to look for before you commit a Saturday afternoon to it.
Visiting Tips for Los Angeles
- Ask about outside cigars. Lounges set their own rules, and many charge non-members a fee. Lone Wolf, for one, charges $20 unless you spend $75.
- Call ahead on the lounge rooms. The Debonair books private events and is listed at two addresses, and smaller rooms close the floor for events too. A 30-second call saves a wasted drive across town.
- Mind the parking. Downtown spots near the arena spike on event nights, and Melrose metered parking fills fast on weekends. Rideshare is often the cleaner call.
- Expect a markup. LA shelf prices run above online retailers thanks to overhead and California tobacco taxes. If you smoke a brand regularly, compare what the same stick costs across online retailers before buying a box, then save the lounge for the experience.
Is Indoor Cigar Smoking Legal in Los Angeles?
California bans smoking in essentially all enclosed workplaces under Labor Code 6404.5. The law makes a narrow exception for retail and wholesale tobacco shops and for private smokers' lounges attached to them. Here is the part most lists get wrong. A 2011 California Attorney General opinion concluded that a tobacco shop or smokers' lounge open to the public loses the exemption once it sells alcohol, and tobacco-control lawyers read the same logic to cover food. That single rule is why LA does not have cigar-and-cocktail bars the way Las Vegas or Miami do. To let you smoke inside legally, a venue has to stay a tobacco shop, which means no bar program and no kitchen. You must be 21 to buy tobacco in California, the state rule since June 2016. Outdoor space helps when the weather cooperates, which is most of the year here, but Los Angeles also bans smoking in and within 10 feet of outdoor dining areas, so patio rules vary by venue.
How to Find More Cigar Lounges in Los Angeles
The eight above are a starting point, not the whole map. To see all 13 and filter to what you actually want, use the on-site tools:
- Tap the location pin in the search bar. It uses your phone's GPS to surface the nearest lounges first, which is the fastest way to answer
I am here, where do I go now?
in a city where the next spot might be 12 miles away. - Filter the city directory at the CigarFinder Los Angeles directory. Narrow by type (cigar bar, cigar shop, lounge), Open Now, and amenities like full lounge seating, parking, Wi-Fi, and humidor lockers. Sort by Most Reviewed and Brazil Discount Tobacco (221) and Lone Wolf (189) rise to the top.
- Switch to Map view. The List and Map toggle is the easiest way to pick a lounge by how close it sits to your hotel or your dinner reservation.
- Go statewide at cigarfinder.com/lounges?state=CA when you are traveling. Headed up to the Bay Area or down to San Diego after LA? The same directory covers the whole state.
Where Should You Buy Cigars in Los Angeles?
If you want to take cigars home rather than sit and smoke, two shops stand out. Tobacco Trader in Mar Vista carries a deep premium selection for the Westside, and el Leon in Koreatown rolls its own by hand. Both keep a proper humidor. For everything in between, browse the full single cigars selection to see what a given brand runs, then decide whether to buy local or order online. When you cannot make it to a lounge at all, check active retailer codes for shops like Famous Smoke Shop and Cigars International and compare the total against LA shelf prices.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many cigar lounges are in Los Angeles, CA?
Thirteen cigar lounges and tobacco shops appear in the CigarFinder Los Angeles directory, from Downtown and Hollywood to Koreatown and the Westside.
Can I smoke cigars indoors in Los Angeles?
Only inside a licensed retail tobacco shop or a private smokers' lounge attached to one. California law forbids it everywhere else, and the state reads the exemption to end once a venue sells alcohol. That is why LA's indoor lounges sell cigars rather than cocktails.
What is the best cigar lounge in LA?
For a full sit-and-smoke room, The King Cigar Lounge in Downtown and V Cut on Melrose are the two most established. Lone Wolf in West LA and The Debonair (confirm its location first) round out the top tier of actual lounges.
Are LA cigar prices higher than buying online?
Usually, yes, because of overhead and California tobacco taxes. Comparing the same cigar across online retailers before you buy a box can save real money.
Where can tourists smoke cigars in LA?
Downtown is the easiest base. The King is walk-in friendly two blocks from the arena, and Lone Wolf on the Westside takes guests for a $20 fee or a $75 purchase. Call The Debonair first to confirm its location.
Is there a cheap place to buy cigars in LA?
el Leon Cigars in Koreatown hand-rolls its own house blends at modest prices, and Brazil Discount Tobacco in Echo Park runs lower shelf prices than the Westside shops.
Why does LA not have cigar-and-cocktail bars?
Because California's smoking exemption only covers tobacco shops and the lounges attached to them, and the state reads selling alcohol as ending it. A venue cannot be both a bar and an indoor smoking lounge in California.
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