What cigar lounges charge for memberships and lockers

39 of 50 lounges we looked at publish real membership prices. Here's what they charge, what comes with it, and the pricing ideas worth borrowing. Every price links to the lounge's own page, so you can check it.

The numbers owners ask about first

Typical prices, meaning the middle of what lounges charge, so one $10,000 lifetime membership doesn't throw the number off.

$100/mo
Typical starting membership, paid monthly. From the 22 lounges that list one.
$600/yr
Typical starting membership, paid yearly. From the 23 lounges that list one.
~$1,280/yr
Typical cheapest way to get a locker. Most lounges charge between $900 and $2,400.
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Lounges that publish a labeled initiation or signup fee. Most charge dues only.

An everyday lounge and a private club are different businesses.

Don't price a corner lounge off a club with a private entrance and a four-course dinner. Here's the split.

TypeLoungesMonthly entryAnnual entryCheapest with a locker, per year
Everyday lounge 16 $80
$24 to $100, 9 lounges
$349
$100 to $600, 9 lounges
$960
$300 to $2,160, 15 lounges
Upscale lounge or private club 18 $150
$75 to $300, 11 lounges
$1,100
$250 to $2,000, 9 lounges
$2,000
$850 to $10,500, 17 lounges
Hotel, restaurant or steakhouse 5 Too few $1,000
$240 to $1,500, 5 lounges
Too few

The big number is the typical price. Under it: the full range, and how many lounges list that price. From each venue's own site, read September 14, 2026.

Parlor starts at $149 a month for up to 150 members, plus a one-time setup fee. See the full pricing.

How lounges price the locker itself

There are three common ways, and they land at very different numbers.

  • The locker is the reason for the upper tier

    The most common setup. The price gap between otherwise identical tiers shows what the locker is really worth: +$120 a year at Viso Cigar Lounge, +$400 at Four9 Cigars, +$1,140 on the annual plan at 111 Madison in Memphis.

  • The locker as an add-on

    Typically $240 a year, across 5 lounges. From $10 a month at The Hideout in Pennsylvania to $600 a year at Tabanero Cigars in Tampa. Cheap on purpose: the membership is the real product.

  • The locker sold on its own

    Typically about $1,190 a year, across 8 lounges. The locker is the whole membership at a lounge that's otherwise open to the public. BURN by Rocky Patel charges $2,000 the first year and $1,850 to renew. Long Island Cigar sells a small locker for $450 a year and a double for $850.

The perks almost everyone offers, and the ones that stand out

Share of the 39 lounges that state each perk on their membership page.

Cigar discount82%
Usually 10% on singles, 15 to 20% on boxes
Member events72%
Tastings, brand nights, annual dinners
Guest privileges59%
A few lounges charge $5 to $15 per guest
Dues returned as credit26%
Part or all of the fee comes back to spend
24/7 or after-hours access18%
Usually with a fob, app or passcode
Free cigars monthly15%
Or new releases placed in the locker
BYOB or corkage terms13%
Depends heavily on the local license

Five pricing ideas worth borrowing

Ideas that show up again and again on lounges' own membership pages, with the lounges that use them.

1. Dues that come back as credit

Burns Tobacconist in Chattanooga returns 100% of dues as store credit that rolls over. Brennan's in St. Louis gives back 50 to 70%. SMōK in Las Vegas gives $100 back on a $180 membership. The headline price reads high, and a good chunk of it is really prepaid cigars.

2. The locker as the whole membership

BURN, Long Island Cigar, Silver Leaf and Cigar Life sell a locker, not a club. It's the simplest thing to explain and it doesn't require you to run members-only anything.

3. A founders tier with a hard cap

The Bay Cigar Lounge sells its first 50 founders at $3,000 for year one, then $1,000 a year for life, and shows how many spots are left. The Drawing Room in Pittsburgh ties a limited-run engraved locker to its founding tier.

4. A big first year, cheaper renewals

The 130 Club in New Jersey charges $10,000 to $15,000 up front and renews at half. Capital Club in Helena flips it: $85 a month with a $500 signup fee. Both reward members who stay.

5. Lockers priced by size or position

Viso charges $480 a year for the top-row lockers and $360 for the rest, and the top rows have a waitlist. Grand Cathedral in Tampa sizes lockers by how many boxes they hold. If one row is always full, it's underpriced.

All 39 lounges, with sources

Prices as each lounge publishes them, simplified to fit. Click through for the details, because they change.

LoungeTypeMembership pricingLockerSource
Luxe Cigar Lounge
North Charleston, SC
Upscale lounge VIP Locker $200/mo; Elite $350/mo; out-of-state $100/mo Included Their page
Outman Cigars
Greenville, SC
Everyday lounge $300/yr Included Their page
FD Cigar Co.
Waxhaw, NC
Everyday lounge $100, $250 or $500/yr Top tier only Their page
The Vintage Whiskey & Cigar Bar
Charlotte, NC
Upscale lounge $250 to $4,000/yr $2,000/yr tier and up Their page
Burns Tobacconist, Room101
Chattanooga, TN
Everyday lounge $100, $175 or $250/mo, returned as store credit (page dated 2023) Included Their page
111 Madison (One11 Cigar)
Memphis, TN
Hotel or steakhouse $1,200/yr without locker; $2,340/yr with Locker tiers Their page
Viso Cigar Lounge
McKinney, TX
Everyday lounge $240/yr lounge; $360 or $480/yr with locker Two sizes, premium waitlisted Their page
Four9 Cigars
San Antonio, TX
Everyday lounge $350 or $750/yr $750 tier only Their page
Silver Leaf Cigar Lounge
Fort Worth, TX
Everyday lounge $99/mo locker membership The product Their page
Chamberlain's Steak & Fish
Dallas, TX
Hotel or steakhouse $20/mo or $240/yr; locker club unpriced Upper tier Their page
Cigar City Club
Atlanta, GA
Upscale lounge $100/mo; $900/yr without locker Locker tier (price unclear on page) Their page
Prime Cigar
Atlanta, GA
Upscale lounge $1,100 to $10,500/yr Top level only Their page
BURN by Rocky Patel
Naples, FL
Upscale lounge $2,000 first year, $1,850 renewal The product Their page
Tabanero Cigars
Tampa, FL
Everyday lounge $99/mo; $199/mo by invitation Add-on, $600/yr Their page
Grand Cathedral Cigars
Tampa, FL
Upscale lounge $1,500, $2,500 or $5,000/yr Sized by box count Their page
The Vault Cigar Lounge
Riviera Beach, FL
Upscale lounge $300/mo; $800/mo for three Included Their page
Dapper D's Cigars
Jacksonville, FL
Everyday lounge $50/mo or $600/yr, up to $200/mo Included, 12 x 12 in. Their page
Cigar Life
Lakeland, FL
Everyday lounge $32/mo or $349/yr The product Their page
The Drawing Room
Pittsburgh, PA
Private club $150/mo + $2,000 initiation; $200/mo + $5,000 founding Included Their page
Smoke Rings
Hazleton, PA
Everyday lounge From $100/mo with $75/mo credit Included Their page
The Hideout Cigar Shop & Lounge
Upper Chichester, PA
Everyday lounge $55, $75 or $140/mo with store credit $10/mo add-on or included Their page
The Metropolitan Society
Fairfield, NJ
Private club $103.50/mo Add-on, $126.48/yr Their page
The 130 Club
Tenafly, NJ
Private club $10,000 to $15,000, renews at 50% Included Their page
The Stork Club by Landmark
NJ and PA hotels
Hotel or steakhouse $1,000/yr cigar tier Included Their page
Long Island Cigar
Bohemia, NY
Everyday lounge $450/yr small; $850/yr double The product Their page
Buffalo Cigar Club
Amherst, NY
Everyday lounge $150/yr Leased, unpriced Their page
The Smokin' Gentleman
Port Jefferson, NY
Everyday lounge $80/mo locker membership Included Their page
Byrd's Cigar Lounge
Detroit, MI
Private club $100/mo to $2,000/yr; $10,000 lifetime $1,500/yr tier and up Their page
La Casa Cigars & Lounge
Detroit, MI
Upscale lounge $1,200/yr Included, holds 10 boxes Their page
The Comfort Zone
Lansing, MI
Upscale lounge $75/mo or $850/yr Included Their page
Sticks Lounge at Cork
Michigan
Hotel or steakhouse $250/yr cigar locker The product Their page
The Bay Cigar Lounge
Clarksville, IN
Upscale lounge $250 or $300/mo; founders $3,000 then $1,000/yr Free first year, then $500/yr Their page
Brennan's Cigar Lounge
St. Louis, MO
Hotel or steakhouse $1,500 to $5,000/yr, half or more back as credit Included Their page
Capital Cigar Lounge
Lincoln, NE
Private club $750/quarter Included Their page
Capital Club Cigar Lounge
Helena, MT
Private club $85/mo + $500 signup fee $20/mo add-on Their page
Fat Buddha Cigar Club
Scottsdale, AZ
Private club $150/mo, billed annually (page dated 2019) Included Their page
SMōK Cigar Lounge
Las Vegas, NV
Everyday lounge $180/mo with $100/mo gift card The product Their page
Tap N' Ash Social Club
Las Vegas, NV
Private club $300/mo, $100 counted against cigar purchases Included Their page
The Shop Cigar Lounge
Kansas City, KS
Everyday lounge $350 or $1,000/yr $1,000 tier only Their page

Read from each venue's own website on September 14, 2026. Prices change, so check the source before you quote one.

How this was put together

This covers 50 US cigar lounges and private cigar clubs, checked in September 2026. It only counts prices a venue publishes itself, on its own website. No quotes, guesses or secondhand numbers.

39 of the 50 publish prices. The other 11 say some version of "inquire," including three in Greenville and Fort Mill. Because the search looked for pages with prices on them, lounges that publish are overrepresented here. Treat this as what publishing lounges charge, not the whole industry.

A few rows need an asterisk. Two pages carry older copyright dates (2019 and 2023) and may be stale. One Atlanta locker price is printed "per month" at a number that looks like it means per year, so it's left out of the monthly figures. A Ritz-Carlton cigar club was left out entirely because the only price available was from 2020.

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Pricing questions

How much does a cigar lounge membership cost?

Among 39 US lounges that publish their prices, a typical starting membership is $100 a month or $600 a year. Everyday owner-run lounges charge less (typically $80 a month), and upscale lounges and private clubs charge more (typically $150 a month).

How much is a cigar locker?

The cheapest way to get a locker at those lounges is typically about $1,280 a year, and most charge between $900 and $2,400. Where a lounge sells the locker as an add-on to a membership, the add-on is typically $240 a year.

Do cigar lounges charge an initiation fee?

Rarely. Only 4 of the 39 lounges publish a clearly labeled initiation or signup fee, and they are mostly private clubs. Most lounges charge dues only, sometimes with a $10 to $15 key fob deposit.

What do cigar lounge memberships usually include?

A cigar discount is nearly universal (82% of lounges in the sample), usually 10% on singles and 15 to 20% on boxes. Member events (72%) and guest privileges (59%) are next. About a quarter give part of the dues back as monthly store credit.

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