Cigar Lounges - by Luxury Rogue

18.07.2010

Bond is offered a "Romeo y Julieta" - Cigar in "The World Is Not Enough"

Source: JamesBondWiki.com

I like to chose my hotels - and countries - based on the possibility to smoke a cigar in a nice lounge area
(I don't mean an empty room or a cold terrace!). Obviously, legal (over-) restrictions are suffocating people
with my tastes. For the like-minded, a list of luxury hotels with smoking lounges could be helpful.
Let me start a compilation (* The particularly nice cigar lounges are highlighted):

Abu Dhabi
Anantara Qasr al Sarab

Argentina
Park Hyatt Oak Bar

Austria
Smoking still allowed in most hotels

Bahamas
Graycliff Hotel (& own Cigar Brand!), Nassau

Bahrain
Ritz-Carlton (bar only)*

Belgium
Hotel Manos Premier Brussels
Hotel Warwick Brussels-Barsey (heated patio)

Canada
Windsor Arms Toronto ?
Hilton Lac-Léamy, Gatineau-Ottawa

Czech Republic
Radisson Prague

China
Ritz-Carlton Beijing
Portman Ritz-Carlton Shanghai
Hotel Libre (ex-Hliton) Shanghai
Mandarin Oriental Sanya
China Marriott Guangzhou

Dubai
Diademas Cigar Lounge at Monarch Dubai
Nice outside terraces in the One&Only and Madinat Jumeirah
In the lobby of the (airside) Airport Hotel; plus in some airline lounges.

Egypt
Smoking still allowed in most hotels AFAIK

England
Lanesborough London (at least a nice heated patio)
The Ritz, London

Estonia
Swissotel Tallinn
Schlössle Hotel Tallinn
Radisson Tallinn

France
Any ideas?

Germany
Savoy Berlin*
Schlosshotel im Grunewald Berlin*
Parkhotel Bremen, Master of Cigars Lounge*
Atoll Helgoland
Fairmont Vier Jahreszeiten Hamburg
Atlantic Hamburg
Böttcherhof Hamburg, Zino Platinum Lounge
Ritz-Carlton Wolfsburg, Newman's Bar*
Breidenbacher Hof Düsseldorf
Lindner Hotel Nürburgring
Kempinski Schloss Gravenbruch, Frankfurt
Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof
Steigenberger Graf Zeppelin Stuttgart
Vier Jahreszeiten Munich
Mandarin Oriental Munich
Park Hilton Munich*
Schlosshotel Friedrichsruhe, Laura Chavin "Masters of Cigar Lounge"*
http://www.cigar-wiki.com/Verzeichni...le_Deutschland

Hong Kong
Sheraton Hotel & Towers Kowloon (Casa del Habanos Bar)
Excelsior Hotel

Indonesia
Hotel Gran Puri Manado

India
Aman Delhi

Iran
Humidor and shop at "Hilton" Esteghlal

Israel
American Colony Jerusalem (cellar bar)
David Citadel (heated terrace)

Italy
Parkhotel Laurin, Bolzano (South Tyrolia)
I hear of some exceptions to the rule, but haven't found a hotel in Italy yet, except:
St. Regis Rome (we managed to smoke in the bar after midnight; maybe because of a particular co-guest?)

Japan
Ritz-Carlton Tokyo 45th floor

Kuwait
Still allowed everywhere AFAIK

Lebanon
Pretty much allowed everywhere AFAIK.
Le Gray Beirut*
Fantastic cigar shop and lounge at the airport (after security ).

Malaysia
Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur
Hotel Maya Kuala Lumpur
Hyatt Regency Kuantan

Mexico
Rosewood Mayakoba bar

Monaco
Métropole Monaco (heated brasserie terrace on the premises, not belonging to hotel)

Morocco
Kasbah Tamadot ?

Netherlands
Hotel des Indes, Den Haag

Palestine
Interconti Bethlehem
Interconti Jericho

Qatar
Four Seasons Library Lounge*
La Cigale

Singapore
Marriott ?

Slovakia
Crown Plaza Bratislava

South Africa
Cape Grace (smokers lounge)* AFAIR

Spain
Any ideas?
Castillo Son Vida, Cigar Lounge George Sand

Switzerland
La Réserve Geneva (previously fantastic, now at least a heated terrace)
Rive Hotel Nyon (great cigarshop with smoker area next door)
Les Trois Rois Basel (lobby bar with fireplace)*
Alpenhof Zermatt
Zurich area (all major hotels, except the Dolder Grand AFAIK)
Bad Ragaz: Avo Lounge by Lattmann's
Bad Ragaz: Grand Hotel Quellenhof - Salon Davidoff
Bern: Hotel Allegro - Zino Cigar Lounge
Flims: Park Hotel Waldhaus
Gstaad: Rauchsalon SMOKING - Hotel Bernerhof
Gstaad: Gstaad Palace (2 Cigar Lounges)
Genf: La Casa del Habano (near MO)
Interlaken: Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa - Salon Davidoff
Interlaken: Grand Hotel Beau Rivage - Griffin's Cigar Lounge
Kloten (Flughafen): Rubén Smokers Bar – im Check-in 1
Lausanne: Habana Bar - Lausanne Palace
Lenk: Hotel Lenkerhof - Davidoff Lounge
Luzern: PALACEBar
Luzern: Grand Hotel National
Luzern: Schweizerhof Bar
Pontresina: Hotel Saratz - AVO Lounge No. 9
Scuol: Belvédère (mit Cigar Smoking Room)
Sigriswil: Solbadhotel Sigriswil - Davidoff Lounge
Sils Maria: Waldhaus Sils
Splügen: Hotel Bodenhaus
St. Moritz: Waldhaus am See
St. Moritz: Badrutt's Palace - Davidoff Lounge
Zermatt: Mont Cervin - Salon Davidoff
Zürich-Kloten (Flughafen): Rubén Smokers Bar – im Check-in 1
Zürich: Hotel Greulich (Zigarrenlounge)
http://www.cigar-wiki.com/Verzeichni...Lokale_Schweiz

Thailand
The Oriental (bar)*
Grand Hyatt Erawan - The Divan@494
Conrad bangkok - The P&L Club Bangkok

Turkey
Don't know of any inside hotel smoking area.
The heated terrace at Istanbul Airport is terrible. Any Ideas?

Turkmenistan
Smoking still allowed in most hotel

USA
Ritz-Carlton Naples
Ritz-Carlton St. Louis*
Sea Island Cloister Smoking Lounge*
Omni Indianapolis
Intercontinental Willard Washington
Hyatt Washington
New York-New York Hotel Las Vegas, Hamiltons Lounge
Brown Palace Hotel Denver
Broadmoor Hotel Colorado Springs
All of Wyoming is still open for smoking? And California apparently the most restricted.

Uzbekistan
Smoking still allowed in most hotels

Vietnam
Hanoi Hilton

Bond gets an underwater breather from Q, disguised as a "Romeo Y Julieta" - Cigar tube, in "Thunderball"