Comments on: Churchill Cigar Lounge – San Diego, CA

By: Reverend D

Reverend D — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:14:19 +0000

I have to make the assumption, that everyone’s experiance at any given place will vary to some degree. No doubt. Personaly I’ve smoked and purchased cigars from every cigar shop in San Diego and while Churchills isn’t the most inexpensive, they do have the largest selection of quality cigars in San Diego County. They are the largest Rockey Patel distributor in SD as well as La Flor Dominicana… It pains me to see people smash on a place because of personal problems with staff or other regulars. If the owners of other cigar shops in SD (that will remain nameless… and I know all of them) it’s just a shame. This is supposed to be a business of proper people that sit, smoke, and share with each other. That’s the heart and soal of a cigar shop.
Persoanly I love Churchills. Love em. Danny, John, and Ann are all very knowledgeable, and the service is second to none. Furter more if you buy in bulk their prices are extremly resonable.
Ill end with saying this… form your own opinion, then come have a cigar with me on the patio.

By: Bruce Cantor

Bruce Cantor — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:36:20 +0000

Gotta agree with blast here. I avoid this place after having several bad experiences. Both Liberty and Racine and Laramie are much better experiences in my opinion.

By: Jammer

Jammer — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:30:58 +0000

Sounds like ‘Blast’ has no idea of “selection”. When I visited Churchill’s, they had many many other brands besides Davidoff and Acid, and their selection of Acid was very sparse.

Could it be that ‘Blast’ is from Racine and larame?

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:14:50 +0000

I have been to this shop two times (they do not know I am a tobacco shop owner myself) and I have always felt welcome and had a great time.

The prices in California on cigars are MUCH higher than here in AZ due to the 41.11% tax on tobacco. And to make the prices worse, the tax changes every July 1st. I have seen it as high as 53%.

Again this is a nice shop in S. Calif.

My personal favorite is Mission Pipe Shop in N.Calif. Great selection of pipe tobacco and cigars. The lounge is top notch!

By: CigarsThomas

CigarsThomas — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:04:46 +0000

easy trash talking us californian’s. We enjoy paying high prices for sticks lol

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:18:08 +0000

The prices had something to do with the state of California. Arizona has one of the lowest taxe rates on cigars, this is why we can smoke more for a lot less.

By: Don

Don — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:10:59 +0000

I was at this shop this October. They were very busy so I can’t say to much about the welcoming factor. I couldn’t believe the prices compared to here in AZ! I don’t know if it’s because of the location or the whole California thing.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:56:41 +0000

Yes and no. We always welcome posts/reviews/articles from anyone who wants to contribute to the site. However we are very cautious of verifying the information that comes in. As you might guess, there are people who try to post very slanted writings who are part of that, or competing, organization/lounge/company/etc. If you would like to write a review for a shop please feel free to do so!

By: Blast

Blast — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:45:09 +0000

Can anyone post reviews of their local shops?

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:42:14 +0000

That's very interesting that you encountered the complete opposite than what we did on our multiple visits. Perhaps we just made our visits on good days? Maybe the same goes with the selection, during our visits they had everything we could throw at them. In regards to your second comment we have just started posting the reviews of shops in the SD area, plenty more are in que and ready to post. Thanks for the feedback!