Downtown Miami Cigar Lounge Open Till 3 am: Cigar Club Miami

Cigar Club Miami sits at 106 NE 1st Street, in the stretch of Downtown Miami the lounge calls the Diamond and Business District, a block of jewelers and office towers a short walk from Biscayne Boulevard. It is a cigar lounge with a full bar, and you do not need a membership to walk in. Doors open at 11 am Monday through Saturday and at noon on Sunday, and on Friday and Saturday the room keeps going until 3 am.

Miami's cigar history has mostly been written across the river in Little Havana, on Calle Ocho, where factories and rolling tables have drawn visitors for decades. Cigar Club Miami tells a newer story. Cigar Dojo reported in February 2026 that the company had debuted its public-facing space in the downtown business corridor, with a front lounge seating more than 25 guests and a humidor stocked with over 250 premium cigar lines. A private members' club in the rear of the same address was announced for spring 2026.

The founder is Elad Smadja, and his interest in the trade shows up beyond the humidor. On the club's YouTube channel he has sat down with Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate and with Manny Iriarte of OpusX Society to talk about how they built their brands. That mix of retail counter, bar and industry conversation is the point of the place: it is aimed at professionals finishing a meeting nearby as much as at long-time smokers.

The lounge's own description is a fair one. A row of dark stools lines a long bar that faces a wall of warmly lit glass display cabinets, with small pendant lights hanging over the counter. Wood floors and dark cabinetry keep the palette deep, and upholstered armchairs run along the room toward the back. Smooth jazz plays under the conversation. Solo visitors usually take a stool at the bar, while groups claim the armchairs and spread out with a round of drinks.

The drinks menu is long and priced line by line, which makes it easy to plan a visit. The signature cocktails start with Smoke & Soul at $21, built on Laphroaig with honey and cacao bitters, and El Aficionado at $21, made with Brugal 1888 rum, amaretto and chocolate bitters. Habano Sunset is $24, The Velvet Sour with Four Roses bourbon, egg white, anise and lemon is $23, and the Cigar Club Negroni, made with coffee-infused Campari, is $25.

Whisky drinkers have a deep shelf to work through. A pour of Macallan 12 Sherry Cask is $30, Oban 14 is $36, and the menu even lists Macallan 25 by the half ounce at $90. Rum gets real attention too, with Flor de Caña running from the Blanco at $14 up through the 25-year expression at $80. Beer is simpler: Heineken is $8, while the local Jai Alai IPA and Maduro Brown Ale are each $9.

Not everyone wants a spirit with a cigar. Espresso is $5, a cappuccino is $7 and an Irish coffee is $12, which suits the late-morning crowd that comes in when the doors first open. The zero-proof list includes a Noir Lemonade mocktail of lemon, orgeat and anise for $10, an alcohol-free Malbec called Missing Thorn for $12 and Heineken 0.0 at $8.

The most useful page for a first-timer is the list of recommended pairings at the back of the menu. Macallan 18 Sherry Cask is matched with a Padrón 1926 Maduro, Woodford Reserve with an Oliva Serie V Melanio, and Johnnie Walker Double Black with an Arturo Fuente Don Carlos. On the cognac side, Rémy Martin XO goes with a Padrón 1964 Maduro. Rum drinkers get Flor de Caña 25 with Plasencia Alma Fuerte, and the Old Fashioned is paired with a Liga Privada No. 9.

If you are new to cigars, the lounge's advice is practical. Start from what you already drink, whether coffee, rum or whiskey, and go milder and smaller for a first smoke. Puff rather than inhale, and give yourself time, because even a modest cigar can last close to an hour. Setting a half-smoked cigar in the ashtray and letting it go out is normal here, and staff will make a recommendation if you describe what you like.

Cigar Club Miami does not sell tobacco to anyone under 21, and its website is gated to visitors 21 and over. Membership is optional. The FAQ answers the common question directly: everyone is welcome to visit the lounge, buy cigars and have a drink. Membership adds a monthly video guide from Smadja and private Zoom sessions with guests from the cigar trade, with invitations sent by email. Valet parking is available for guests.

The room also takes private bookings. The lounge lists birthdays, client dinners, cigar launches, tastings and pre- and after-parties during Miami's conference, art and race weeks. Hosts can name a signature cocktail after the event and add custom menus, a DJ or a jazz trio. Booking works in three steps: send the date, time window, guest count and occasion, then settle the date and a spending minimum with the team, then preview the cigars and spirits in person.

The quietest stretch is late morning and early afternoon on weekdays, when the doors have just opened and the bar is mostly serving coffee. After-work hours fill the stools with people from the surrounding office towers. The late shift on Friday and Saturday is the room's signature: most of downtown has gone quiet by midnight, and the jazz is still playing here. If you want an armchair for a group on a weekend night, arrive before the dinner crowd from nearby restaurants finishes.

The block is worth a few minutes before or after your cigar. The Seybold Building, the anchor of Miami's jewelry trade, is a few doors along NE 1st Street, and its ground-floor windows are full of watches and diamonds. Gesu Church, the oldest Catholic parish in the city, is around the corner on NE 2nd Street. A few blocks east, the Olympia Theater on Flagler Street still has its 1926 atmospheric auditorium, and Bayfront Park opens onto Biscayne Bay beyond Biscayne Boulevard.

Getting there is easy without a car. The Metromover's downtown loop stops within a couple of blocks, and the Government Center Metrorail station is a short walk west. If you do drive, the valet saves circling for a garage on a busy evening downtown.

Address: Cigar Club Miami, 106 NE 1st Street, Miami, FL 33132. Phone: (312) 206-4827. Email: management@cigarclubmiami.com. Hours: Monday to Thursday 11 am to 12 am, Friday and Saturday 11 am to 3 am, Sunday 12 pm to 12 am. Entry: open to the public with no membership needed, 21 and over for tobacco. Prices from the current drinks menu: espresso $5, signature cocktails $21 to $25, Macallan 12 Sherry Cask $30, Heineken $8. Parking: valet available.