Cigar Terrace
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An evening at The Lanesborough: Inside London’s new pop-up, The Garden Room Cigar Terrace
Last night I found myself with one of the hottest tickets in town — the opening of a new pop-up sampling lounge at The Garden Room at The Lanesborough, just by Hyde Park Corner and a short walk from Knightsbridge — and what an event! The evening brought together some real heavyweights from the cigar…
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Cigars on the terrace at Ellen’s Bar, Kensington
Last year, I came across some news about a new boutique hotel in Kensington called Ellen’s Kensignton, which was set to launch a cigar-friendly sampling terrace in September 2024. The terrace was to be a part of their on-site venue, Ellen’s Bar. Additionally, I learned that Smoking Jacket held a cigar event with Hunters &…
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Cigars on The Terrace at The Berkeley
Last year, just before Christmas, I set aside a day in London to visit the cigar shops, sampling lounges, and terraces that were still on my bucket list. My goal was to check off as many as I could before the year came to a close—though a few still remain to explore and write about!…
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Sampling cigars at The Beaumont Hotel’s cigar friendly terrace
During my recent cigar adventures, I discovered that The Beaumont Hotel in London’s West End has a cigar-friendly terrace. I later stumbled upon a captivating video by EGM Cigars showcasing the hotel’s exquisite cigar humidor—a true masterpiece! 😍 Intrigued, I promptly added it to my bucket list of cigar spots to visit (which is basically…
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Enjoy your own cigars at The Leaf & Cane in Blackfriars, London
*UPDATE: Jan 14, 2025 – readers have recently informed me that Leaf and Cane has stopped allowing customers to purchase cigars and no longer permits customers to smoke their own cigars on the premises. No idea how long this will be. * Since starting this blog, I have visited many cigar shops, sampling lounges, and…
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Upstairs at Langans, Mayfair’s private members club and hottest new cigar terrace
Lots of folk have been reaching out to me after sharing some photos and videos of my midweek visit to the newly opened cigar terrace Upstairs at Langan’s in Mayfair, London, across my social media, curious about my experience. So here’s the lowdown on what happened and what I experienced. Background Created in 1976 as a joint…
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Boisdale’s cigar terrace at Belgravia
I love smoking cigars at different cigar venues across London! Did you know that I’ve managed to track down 43 locations to exclusively smoke cigars throughout the capital, including 22 cigar ‘sampling lounges’ and 21 ‘cigar terraces’? So far, I’ve visited 32 of those and have just 11 more to go! My goal is to…
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A visit to the Cigar Terrace at Dakota Hotel and Astons of Manchester
If you’ve been following my cigar journey, you know I love visiting all the different cigar venues whenever I travel to a different place. I recently spent a few days in Manchester, the UK’s third-biggest city. Unlike London, there are only a few cigar venues up there. Whenever I speak to a cigar enthusiast from…
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Opening date announced for London’s newest cigar venue The Tasting Room at The Peninsula
Word on the street is that London’s newest cigar venue The Tasting Room at The Peninsula is opening 27/09/23 from 12. It’s being headed up by Manu Harit. https://www.peninsula.com/en/london/…e-tasting-room The website goes into more details about the venue… “Occupying an exclusive area of the rooftop, The Tasting Room cigar lounge offers an elegant and relaxed…
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Boisdale’s cigar terrace at Canary Wharf
At the start of the year, you may have seen me post about the Cigar Club LDN event that I attended at Boisdales in Canary Wharf, London. Well, that night, I didn’t get the chance to visit the Boisdale’s walk-in cigar humidor, as it was so goddamn busy! A month later, I found myself back there. This time…
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The Cigar Experience at The Montague on the Gardens
It’s been quite a few years since I smoked in a public place. I usually smoke at home on my balcony. I occasionally pop into the sampling lounge at JJ Fox’s in St James, but for a while I’ve been wanting to explore everything that London has to offer in terms of cigar bars. Despite…