Cigar reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 204 Reddit reviews across 16 subreddits and 52 posts to rank the best Cigar brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/cigar, r/cigar_refuge, r/Superstonk, r/Cigars_Australia, r/Reno. Top-rated brands include Oliva (4.4/5), Padron (4.9/5), Perdomo (4.3/5).
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Reviews204
Subreddits16
Posts52
Brands69
Products45
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#1
Oliva
4.4
(19)
"The Oliva serie V lancero is very good. Price point is awesome and overall it’s a solid cigar."
"Basically any Oliva cigars is a good beginner stick."
"Oliva: Serie V."
"Super creamy, very nutty, very cheap, and overall one of the best Connecticuts out there for the price."
"I’d recommend the following, all Connecticut shade: Oliva, La Aroma de Cuba, My Father, and Montecristo White."
"1. Oliva Serie V (\~ $15-$17 each for Churchill's)"
"Olivas or nubs from cigarpage. You can get the 2nds without bands really cheap and they are a decent smoke"
"These are great suggestions, especially +1 for the Damaso. I’d add Oliva Serie O."
"I started with Olivia Connecticut and it’s still one of my all time favorites. It’s pretty smooth."
"Oliva"
#2
Padron
4.9
(12)
"Padron: 1964 Maduro."
"Padron 1964 Natural or Maduro are never a miss"
"The experienced smokers got the Padron 1964 maduro."
"Id go Padron 1926."
"Any Padron."
"Padron 1926 and 1964 are superb Nicaraguan."
"You’ll find higher end cigars there like Padron and Davidoff."
"After I smoked a 1926 anniversary no 9 maduro, I didn’t need to smoke anything else!"
"Padrons are the best cigars in the world."
"1926 one of the best! 1926 80th anniversary Maduro is tops imho!"
#3
Perdomo
4.3
(12)
"Go with a Perdomo 10th Anniversary Champagne."
"L'Atelier La Mission or Perdomo Barrel Aged Sun Grown. Never had 21 but those two are my favorite with my ‘93 Hearts"
"Perdomo is fantastic. I regularly buy their sample packs."
"Perdomo champagne are solid"
"Perdomo Champagne all day. Super smooth but has a richness without being strong."
"I got a box of Perdomo Reserve Champagne tubos from Cigar Page for $72."
"Ended up with a Perdomo champagne 10th anniversary, romeo and julietta 1875 conneticut and per their recommendation... a sweet jane by deadwood."
"Perdomo Champagne is good, inexpensive one to start with."
"Usually about $10-12. The Oliva Serie V mentioned about is also solid."
"Perdomo 10th Anniversary Champagne and Brick House Connecticut Short Torpedo are nice mellow sticks for celebrations as well."
#4
Montecristo
4.5
(11)
"Big recommendation. Really really easy to smoke, gets your foot in the door with Cubans as well."
"Montecristo or Romeo Y Julieta, churchill are my favorites."
"Montecristo or Romeo Y Julieta, churchill are my favorites."
"It's a classic. It's Cuban, so you're getting that rich history and flavor."
"My favs early one were The Montecristo #2 (the yellow band)..."
"3 boxea of 10 Montecristos by AJ Churchills for $75 and free shipping."
"You could try a Montecristo White Series."
"Pretty much any mild Fuente would be a great place to start. Another one to try would be Montecristo White series."
"Or if you want a classic Cuban get a Montecristo No. 2."
"I'll settle for a box of Monte Cristo's."
#5
Cigarpage
3.9
(12)
"Cigarpage when they have good sales and when I have a code for the best price on great cigars"
"Cigarpage or cigarbid for the best prices, I’ve seen, hands down."
"CPage, CBid, Holts, Hilands… there’s more but these guys regularly take my money"
"Cigarpage has a great selection and their prices are usually very reasonable compared to others."
"Love Cigar Page for deals"
"I use them all, CI, cigar bid, cigar page, cigar.com and Thompson."
"Cigar Page has some great deals."
"Cigarpage always has deal going on."
"Seems like cigarpage has the best prices."
"Cigar page is good but their shipping takes a while"
#6
Romeo y Julieta
4.5
(8)
"Cuban RyJ Churchill"
"Montecristo or Romeo Y Julieta, churchill are my favorites."
"Would be my choices if you can find any of them."
"Are very good."
"I like Romeo y Julieta by Imperial Brands"
"I’ve had the Romeo y Julietta and I concur."
"Start with something mild."
"Probably my favorites"
#7
Ashton
4.3
(7)
"Ashton Classic Connecticut (I don't think there is a better beginner cigar)."
"I'd say for me overall my favourite brand would be Ashton."
"The Ashton classic. Pick a smaller size, and go slowly."
"A bump up in price from factory smokes but also a bump up in quality."
"Ashton Classic Connecticut."
"For a lighter smoke I’ve enjoyed Ashton’s and Olivia’s."
"An Ashton Classic and an Oliva V can cost in the same range but are vastly different cigars."
#8
Opus X
4.7
(6)
"If I was gonna pick 2 cigars I'd get stuff that's really hard to get here and blow the budget. Opus X Society and maybe a Padron 60th anniversary"
"If you really have no budget... you can usually find singles of the opus X society for around $150 each online."
"Probably gonna get a Fuente Fuente opus x and roll it with like 4 different strains of weed."
"I never need help deciding when an Opus X is involved."
"OpusX, CAO Amazon Basin, my wife likes the crazy Alice, or fat bottom Betty afterwards."
"I second an OpusX, a Fuente Fuente in my taste."
#9
Arturo Fuente
4.6
(5)
"Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story was my first one and it pairs really nicely with rum. Relatively cheap too."
"Fuente Hemingway classic."
"Taste like a candy bar with the right amount of complexity."
"Arturo Fuente"
"I’d say an Arturo Fuente Don Carlos is a good bet."
#10
CigarBid
3.7
(6)
"Cigarbid…"
"I use them all, CI, cigar bid, cigar page, cigar.com and Thompson."
"Personally, I go to cigarbid.com first. They have some great deals."
"CigarBid, NeptuneCigars, and CigarPage are all reputable sites that many members of the sub use regularly."
"Cbid for cheap CAO"
"If you find something you really want on CigarBid just make sure you stay on top of the listing."
#11
Neptune
4.4
(5)
"Neptune. They have fantastic reward system and great discounts on singles and boxes."
"Neptunecigars is a great choice if you’re spending at least around $100 to get the free shipping."
"Neptune for singles"
"Neptune"
"Neptunecigar has a great selection and their prices are usually very reasonable compared to others."
#12
Fox Cigars
4.4
(5)
"Fox Cigar - love the people there."
"I usually do business with Foxcigars.com. They seem to always ship in boxes as opposed to envelopes along with a humidity pack, plus free shipping on all orders is hard to beat."
"Foxcigars in my experience have been the closest to ready to smoke out of the box."
"I buy online from either Fox cigars, Cigar Page or Best Cigar Prices. The 1st 2 vendors are free shipping."
"Been very happy with Fox."
#13
Holts
3.8
(5)
"I have grown to trust the reviews on Holts cigars site. I have bought more than a few from there and the mildness gauge they have plus the reviews from the other users has landed me with some good choices so far."
"Holt’s, Famous Smoke, Fox and Cigar Page have treated me right."
"Holts foxcigars and JRcigars."
"Holt’s"
"Holts prices tend to be just okay, but occasionally they run really good deals on bulk packs."
#14
Fuente
4.5
(4)
"Fuente is the rolls Royce of cigars in my opinion. You like that one, try the Opus X lost city."
"Fuente / Opus X are exceptional Dominicans."
"Find something in the Opus X like from Fuente. I had the ‘Lost City’ variant a few months back. It was pretty good."
"Lost city."
#15
Cigars Daily
4.3
(4)
"Cigars Daily is the best website."
"Cigars Daily"
"Cigarsdaily.com has treated me well"
"CigarsDaily"
#16
Cigars International
3.8
(4)
"Cigars International for having pretty much the biggest inventory around."
"If they don't have something I really want, I'll go to cigarinternational.com (which also owns Cigar Bid)."
"Cigars international will have just about everything, and at a decent price."
"Cigars international or Jr cigars if you want low price."
#17
Davidoff
4.7
(3)
"If it's a milestone birthday go with a higher end Cuban if you're in the States go with a Davidoff."
"In teems of higher end brands - Davidoff is the gold standard."
"For me it's definitely Davidoff."
#18
Smoke Inn
4.3
(3)
"Best bang for your buck - smoke inn."
"Smokeinn.com -has a brick and mortar in FL, but has lots of collabs and special projects with major brands."
"Smoke inn for good packing and solid pricing."
#19
Brick House
4.3
(3)
"Brick House Double Connecticut. If I smoked every day, it would be my everyday smoke."
"Get a couple boxes of brickhouse. 👍"
"I started with Brickhouse, recommended by a good friend. They are a good value and rated pretty well. I smoked them for the first year or two.. just had a Brickhouse maduro and was not disappointed"
#20
Cigars.com
4.0
(3)
"Cigars.com. I order so many i have a personal cigar shopper there."
"I use them all, CI, cigar bid, cigar page, cigar.com and Thompson."
"Cigar .com is a little pricey but they do 2 day shipping"
#21
Drew Estate
4.0
(3)
"Drew Estates Factory Smokes $2-$3 ea."
"Factory Smokes is my go-to budget sticks. The sweets are smooth and tasty."
"Drew estate undercrown shade"
#22
Macanudo
4.0
(3)
"Macanudo(the white ones)"
"Two smooth cigars with great flavor and affordable price are Macanudo Cafe and Oliva Serie O."
"I agree with the Macanudo Cafe as a great smoke."
#23
Rocky Patel
4.0
(3)
"Rocky patels (forgot which ones the lighter ones)"
"I like the RP decade and the southern draw manzanita in there."
"Rocky Patels and Romeo y Julieta's are great."
#24
Plasencia
5.0
(2)
"Plasencia makes some of the best cigars, it's my go-to with bourbon."
"Plasencia cigars are my favorite, you’ll spoil yourself fast tho lmao."
#25
30th Maduro
4.5
(2)
"Phenomenal cigar, cannot wait to try the 30th"
"30th Maduro was pretty tasty"
#26
Crowned Heads
4.5
(2)
"Some of my personal favorite smokes are."
"Crowned Heads - mil Dias, drew estate - under crown shade, Rocky Patel - sun grown maduro."
#27
Atabey
4.5
(2)
"Atabey or an Alfonso"
"Light would be Atabey and dark Padron Anniversary 1964."
#28
Ruiz
4.5
(2)
"Ruiz no doubt especially when you get one of personal rolled cigars."
"I like Ruiz cigars."
#29
Liga Privada
4.5
(2)
"Liga privada no9"
"Liga Privada 9 or Dunbarton Sobremesa."
#30
Fumare
4.5
(2)
"Fumare without a doubt."
"Fumare."
#31
CI
4.0
(2)
"I too, use CI, almost exclusively."
"I use them all, CI, cigar bid, cigar page, cigar.com and Thompson."
#32
Tabernacle
4.0
(2)
"Tabernacle."
"Tabernacle."
#33
Cigars Direct
4.0
(2)
"Been happy with Cigars Direct. They have 25% off sales every so often and I stock up then."
"Cigars Direct is my go-to."
#34
Casa de Montecristo
3.5
(2)
"I’ve always had great service at Casa De Montecristo."
"Casa de Montecristo is decent."
#35
Troianello
3.0
(2)
"Troinello are good hand made Cigars. They're also local hand made."
"Troianello are not good."
#36
Angel Envy
5.0
(1)
"Angel Envy Rye is my choice with a robust cigar."
#37
Joseph Magnus
5.0
(1)
"Its the original cigar blend whiskey. Its not designed to taste like a cigar, its designed to pair with cigars and hold up flavor wise."
#38
Cigara
5.0
(1)
"Owner is awesome. Especially if there are any newbies out there."
#39
Oliva Series V Melanio
5.0
(1)
"Is a Really good and highly rated cigar."
#40
Davidoff Late Hour
5.0
(1)
"Would be a solid stick for <$40 and taste and smell excellent."
#41
Byron 19th Century Poemas
5.0
(1)
"Best cigar over ever had, and I’ve had a lot."
#42
Davidoff Signature
5.0
(1)
"Perhaps some Atabey would do."
#43
Dunbarton
5.0
(1)
"Grab a Dunbarton sobremsa brûlée, you’ll enjoy"
#44
Montecristo 1935 Diamonte
5.0
(1)
#45
Corona Cigar
5.0
(1)
"Simply the best."
#46
Serino Expat
5.0
(1)
"Smooth and less than $10."
#47
Avanti
4.0
(1)
"I like sweet, flavored cigars, and the Avanti Anisette ones are delicious - they taste like an anise cookie."
#48
TG Cigars
4.0
(1)
"Place is usually busy so I must assume it is good."
#49
7-20-4 Cigar
4.0
(1)
"Twins has a very nice lounge and bar."
#50
Cigar International Butane Lighter
4.0
(1)
"I like the cigar international butane lighter, but nothing beats a good wood match."
#51
Rojas
4.0
(1)
"I’m a big fan of anything Rojas and Epsiona."
#52
Beehive Cigars
4.0
(1)
"Large humidor. Friendly staff."
#53
Zombie
4.0
(1)
"Got a few zombie Mrs Hatchet left, really like those."
#54
Don Carlos
4.0
(1)
"Just got couple Don Carlos No. 2 last week. It’s resting in my humidor now."
#55
Casa de Garcia
4.0
(1)
"I enjoy the casa de garcia centennario red label. Cheap stick, it's got the leathery smoothness."
#56
AJ Fernandez
4.0
(1)
"Oh also lemme add New World Connecticut by AJ Fernandez"
#57
Johnny Tabacconaut
4.0
(1)
"Johnny Tabacconaut, it's a great Connecticut and a good price."
#58
Thompson
4.0
(1)
"I use them all, CI, cigar bid, cigar page, cigar.com and Thompson."
#59
Viaje
4.0
(1)
"I really enjoyed it, best Viaje I’ve had in a while and will prob go back and grab a couple more."
#60
Atlantic Cigars
4.0
(1)
"Atlantic Cigars also has some truly phenomenal deals on 10-pack (“TenPack Steals”)."
#61
CAO Flathead
4.0
(1)
"Its not terrible expensive but a great taste."
#62
Smoking Pipes
4.0
(1)
"SmokingPipes - focused mainly on pipe and pipe tobacco but they do have a good selection of cigars"
#63
Hilands
4.0
(1)
"Hilands"
#64
Tampa Sweethearts
4.0
(1)
"Tampa Sweethearts - always have Opus X because he’s his brother and has no issues getting his family’s cigars in stock, haha."
#65
Davidoff Grand Cru Diademas Finas
4.0
(1)
"Is a stunning looking cigar that is mild-medium in strength."
#66
Griffin
4.0
(1)
"Griffin’s (no pun intended!!) “Privilege”"
#67
Famous Smoke Shop
4.0
(1)
"Famous Smoke Shop - they own CigarMonster."
#68
AJ
4.0
(1)
"JR Cigars had an amazing sale on AJ cigars. Got the nicaraguan series and montecristo o for under $40 shipped."
#69
Holt’s Cigars
3.0
(1)
"Overall it didn’t feel like a great value for the money."
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