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Cafe Calabash Cigar Bar
425 Western Ave, South Portland, ME 04106, United States
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Cafe Calabash Cigar Bar
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Bi
Review №1

This was truly a great experience. Food was awesome. The owner was very interactive. Prices were very good. This is a must for anyone visiting this area.

Ry
Review №2

Great humidor with great choice of cigars. Nice beer options, great double cappuccino. Staff friendly and helpful. Like the atmosphere too.

Na
Review №3

Amazing selection. Like no other store in New England

Je
Review №4

Always a great selection of cigars. Helpful staff and customers too!

An
Review №5

Clean, professional, and stocked. Great food and refreshments 10/10.

Dr
Review №6

Great cigar lounge and bar! Ónly advicé would be to dim the lighting and decorate more.

Le
Review №7

Very cool people and staff will definitely go back there

Ga
Review №8

Great place with lots of friendly locals. Crystal was there. Sweet girl.

Ja
Review №9

The food here is fantastic! I usually have the burger, but went for the steak salad tonight and man, what a great choice! Dont get me wrong, if put the Cali burger you against most in the area, but the quantity and quality of the steak tips with the salad was incredible! And yes, I said WITH because the salad was on half the plate and the steak filled the rest.The fact that you can enjoy excellent food, beer, wine AND a great cigar is amazing. Ali had been doing it right for MANY years! Keep up the great work!

J
Review №10

Welcoming Cigar lounge that will feed you, provide you a little drink and pamper you with a great selection of cigars. Great humidor at an excellent hydration level (dry enough to smell the delicious variety of tobaccos but moist enough to keep the integrity of a great cigar). On top of feeding you a frat meal- this place has a grade A level of hospitality. You will not find another cigar lounge like this one anywhere else in the state of Maine because there isn’t. Come and enjoy your meal, smoke and wine. There’s beer on tap too. Sorry No whiskey.Also, there’s a nail shop right next door, and Burlington factory neighbors this great place too. So if you wanna kick it while your lady does some shopping and get her nails done- this is the place that has it all.

Sc
Review №11

This is a awesome place. Great selection of cigars and lots of good people. I’m from out of town (Houston TX) and I felt right at home here. Please try the food you won’t be disappointed.

Br
Review №12

Just went for the first time even though Ive known about this place. I went to a monthly gathering of cigar afficianados. It was a set price which included dinner, 4 premium cigars, and free beer. It was a good time. See you next gathering. The owner is interactive and added to the fun. With 20 guys smoking cigars youd think you wouldnt be able to see much, but the smoke eaters work phenomenally.

Fo
Review №13

This place is the best place for having a coffee, some snack and enjoy the cigars. Friendly staff, friendly customers. I always come back for some good laugh.You have to come by!

Ja
Review №14

Great selection, friendly service, great atmosphere.

EA
Review №15

Best cigars shop, food, coffee, service all #1

Se
Review №16

I have been enjoying the Calabash for a number of years, on and off. I enjoy the atmosphere and really enjoy their Cigar dinners. Ali is a great owner and treats all of his customers as friends. They have a good menu and a really nice beer selection, with a few local craft beers. I would certainly recommend the Calabash!

Jo
Review №17

I’ve frequented the Calabash for a few years. The past two to three years have brought many positive changes. The cigar selection has added on many new higher end cigars to appease your tastes. Cigar dinners once a month have also done nothing but improve.The staff and owner are always friendly with a great sense of humor that brings a warm atmosphere to the place.All in all a great place to enjoy a cigar and good conversation. I highly recommend it.

JC
Review №18

Friendly local cigar lounge and bar. Enjoyed a couple of sticks and a cold beer. Will visit again, next time we are in town.

Ju
Review №19

Ive been back to the Calabash numerous times with various colleagues of mine. Typically, I will have one or two people with me who are inexperienced smokers and the staff is always eager to help them out with selection. Service is fantastic and the atmosphere is one of the chillest Ive seen in Portland, I highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for a nice cigar and a place to relax.

Sc
Review №20

I dont know what all the whining is about but the Calabash staff treats me and mine like royalty. If you buy your cigars direct of course you will find them cheaper. Ali has rent to pay and staff to support so of course theyre marked up. You obviously dont know how retail works. And as for the food goes I have never been disappointed. Always a good time and a huge stress reliever to hang out with the Calabash Gang!

Jo
Review №21

Ive been going to Calabash for many years and have always received great service. Everyone is friendly and knowledgeable, and points me in the right direction for a smoke that I will enjoy!

Jo
Review №22

What a great place to be. Ive been a regaular at the shop for years now and its the only cigar place Ill go. The owner and staff are friendly, funny, and happy to always help. Rain, or shine this place is open and offers a wide variety of cigars, food, pipes, accessories, and beer on tap.

Ch
Review №23

Cool place the incredible, not from this world waitress/bartender alone is way worth the price of admission. Add that to amazing food/drinks and tobacco n cigars and ya get an out of this world combination

Da
Review №24

While the cigars were a little pricey, the customer service was priceless. The 2 behind the counter treated us streamline well and were very friendly. We will definitely go back when were in the area.

Os
Review №25

Spectacular food and loads of leather chairs good conversations and if course stogies

Ry
Review №26

I have been to the calabash a few times and I have to say this is probably one of the worst cigar lounges ever. Terrible pricing for horrendously treated cigars. On top of that they will even charge you $8 if you just want a place to smoke your own cigar! They boast how they have beer and wine on their website yet all you get to choose from is 4 beers. If a new cigar lounge opened up that actually knew how to run a business calabash would be done for in a year.

Ge
Review №27

Great selection of smokes...Great draft selection and the only place ive foud in Maine where you get a comfy place to enjoy both.Love CCCB!

Al
Review №28

A great place to spend hours, great cigars and great people, staff and customers. One of the few places of its kind in Maine...

Jo
Review №29

Fair selection alot of sitting room to enjoy your cigar any time of year

Ma
Review №30

Great little hidden gem

La
Review №31

Great neighborhood cigar bar with well stocked humidor and terrific employees.

To
Review №32

Whats not to love?

Ph
Review №33

Great staff, friendly. Food and drinks plus good selection of cigars.

To
Review №34

Comfortable and casual cigar smoking environment with great service. Wish we had a place like this locally

Da
Review №35

Best cigar bar in Maine...Owner Ali is a gracious host...can get a beer or wine and smoke a stogie inside while its freezing outside...awesome idea

Th
Review №36

Very enjoyable. Steak wraps were very good. As was the service. The Camacho Triple Maduro was excellent and well priced.

Pa
Review №37

This place is great, good food, great cigars and wonderful people!

Ru
Review №38

It bothers me how little this place knows about cigars and the basic science around it, especially considering its niche is a cigar lounge in the Portland area. First, Id like to say that if you ever have smoked a cigar bought from this place, and claimed it was the best youve ever had, youre literally smoking the bottom of the barrel. Its not that their selection is bad, its that they let all their expensive product go bad. Ever notice how the cigars are horribly dry, and tend to flake a lot? The first error they make is in their extremely terrible humador that doesnt even qualify as one. Their humador isnt keeping the cigars fresh, not only because it doesnt maintain the humidity, but its even exposed to the elements through a window in the humador (seriously? Who thought it was a good idea to put your product next to a window where the light and changes in temperature significantly damage your product?). If you want to see a real humador, go to any cigar shop in the Old Port. A real humidor maintains a specific humidity to keep the cigars from going bad. Every single smoke Ive had at this place completely pales in comparison to many other lounges nationwide Ive had the opportunity to purchase a cigar at. Its a shame, because the place has a lot of potential it never even bothers trying to take advantage of. With the ridiculous mark up on the cigars there (which, by the way, marking your stale cigars up by more than half the base price is ludicrous and is hurting the potential profit in your company), Im assuming the owner is very greedy deep down, considering he doesnt want to provide a good quality product to his customers even though he marks up the prices insanely. To be honest, his prices for the same cigar rank within the top 5% most expensive prices for that cigar. You should feel ripped off for the poor quality of product here. This is also only the beginning.... Second, their staff and foodservice is horrendous at best. Trying to conform to still being a cafe and serving food is fine, but your menu is lackluster, your staff is tiring, and your final product is something I could make better myself in less amount of time. The staff slog throughout their day, and sloppily perform their job even though all aspects of it are done in front of the customer (thats right! Even food prep and the kitchen resides behind the bar). The menu needs updating and the staff needs to receive training on specific, quick pub style fare they can serve their customers. More people would flock here if the food was actually edible. To make matters worse, dont expect to get an educated opinion on cigars here. The staff do not know much about the products they sell, how cigars are made, the processes the leaves go through, blends, and how all these things make each cigar unique. I honestly feel bad for them, because the staff, besides the owner, is what makes Callabash great. They are friendly, down to earth people that if they had training in a renovated menu, and product knowledge, they would grow Callabash into a great success. If you are still planning on going to this dump expect terrible stale cigars, a try hard lounge atmosphere that attempts to mask their greedy prices, and wonderful staff to get you through the pain of having to smoke a stale cigar and eat that ham sandwich they haphazardly threw you together in the poor kitchen. This lounge stays afloat by being frequented with regulars that dont mind burning their money and buying stale product in exchange for the friendly camaraderie provided by the personable staff. Callabash is in a critical time where it needs to gain focus, and reinnovate its image otherwise it risks losing its company financially and gets washed out with time or competition.

Da
Review №39

Awesome 👍

br
Review №40

Great product.

Br
Review №41

Awesome place.

Go
Review №42

Went out to Cabelas to pay my wifes bill ended up looking around quite a bit of things that you could use check it out

An
Review №43

Awesome experience.

Ry
Review №44

Great place,Great employees

Do
Review №45

Great cigars, beer and staff!!!!!!

Na
Review №46

The only place in Portland to go

Le
Review №47

Relaxing

ta
Review №48

Large selection

Sa
Review №49

Great establishment. Great staff, friendly, food is good. Beer is good, cigars are good!!

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4.6 Rating
  • Address:425 Western Ave, South Portland, ME 04106, United States
  • Phone:+1 207-774-8673
Categories
  • Cigar shop
Working hours
  • Monday:9AM–7PM
  • Tuesday:9AM–7PM
  • Wednesday:9AM–7PM
  • Thursday:9AM–7PM
  • Friday:9AM–7PM
  • Saturday:11AM–5PM
  • Sunday:9AM–7PM
Service options
  • In-store shopping:Yes
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible entrance:Yes
Planning
  • Quick visit:Yes
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