Help! Are there any places in London left to smoke. I always made a point of stopping at Dunhill to smoke, now it's no more because of the smoking ban. Anybody know if there is someplace left to smoke there??? Thanks

I thought I read cigar stores that make the bulk of their revenue from tobacco sales could permit cigar sampling-- but no booze?

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Originally posted by MRM:
I thought I read cigar stores that make the bulk of their revenue from tobacco sales could permit cigar sampling-- but no booze?

There is an LCDH in Soho that allows smoking and has a bar, at least it did in Feb.

I just telephoned LCDH, London and they have in fact confrmed that you can go into their store and purhcase a cigar 'for sampling' and smoke it in their bar so that sounds to me like there is still a place in London where you can smoke a stick and have a drink! I will definately be there this week! For a guy from New York City living in London this will be a real treat! It will make me forget about having to pay $8.80 a gallon for gasoline!

Hank, let us know what the hours of operation are, please. It's nice to know there's still someplace in London town to have a smoke indoors.

I would like to know as well.. When I was there in October, I never could find a place. Frustrated the hell out of me.

Boisdales of Belgravia looks like a very nice place. I haven't been there myself but it's a very popular haunt with local cigar smokers. The owner is a big fan of Havanas.
It's a restaurant/bar so no smoking indoors however they have a heated, covered cigar terrace.
http://www.boisdale.co.uk/belgravia/cigar_terrrace.aspx

Not sure how many of these still allow smoking after the ban, I listed the numbers in case you wanted to ring them up.

La Casa Del Habano
100 Wardour Street, London, W1F 0TN - Tel 020 7314 4001

Blue Bar at the Berkeley Hotel
Wilton Place, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7RL - Tel 020 7235 6000

The Fumoir at Claridges
Brook Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 4HR - Tel 020 7629 8860

Sofitel St. James
6 Waterloo Place, London, SW1Y 4AN - Tel 0207747 2200

Fifth Floor Restaurant
Harvey Nichols, 109-125 Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7RJ - Tel - 020 7235 5250

Langham Hotel, London
1c Portland Place, Regent Street, London, W1N 4JA - Tel - 020 7636 1000

The Lanesborough
1 Lanesborough Place Hyde Park Corner SW1X 7TA 0207 259 5599

Athenaeum Hotel
116 Piccadilly W1J 7BJ 0207 499 3464

The Arts Club
40 Dover Street W1S 4NP 0207 499 8581

Sheraton Park Lane Hotel
Piccadilly W1X 7BJ 0207 499 6321

Sheraton Park Tower
101 Knightsbridge SW1X 7RN 0207 235 8050

Home House
20 Portman Square W1H 6LN 0207 670 2000

Boudin Blanc Ltd
5 Trebeck Street W1J 7LT 0207 499 3292

Hendon Gold Club
Ashley Walk, Devonshire Road Mill Hill NW7 1DG 0208 346 6023

Milk & Honey
61 Poland Street W1F 7NU 0207 734 0700

Soho House
40 Greek Street W1V 4EB 0207 734 5188

Zafferano Restaurant
15 Lowndes Street SW1X 9EY 0207 235 5800

Royal Automobile Club
89 Pall Mall SW1Y 5HS 0207 930 2345

Ritz Hotel
150 Piccadilly W1V 9DG 0207 493 8181

National Liberal Club
Whitehall Place SW1A 2HE 0207 930 9871

Thistle Royal Horseguards
2 Whitehall Court SW1A 2EJ 0207 839 3400

Goring Hotel Ltd
15 Beeston Place Grosvenor Gardens SW1W 0JW 0207 396 9000

Franco's
61 Jermyn Street SW1Y 6LX 0207 499 2211

Cecconi Restaurant
5a Burlington Gardens W1X 1LE 0207 434 1500

Hush
8 Lancashire Court Brook Street W1S 1EY 0207 659 1500

Chancery Court Hotel
Whetstone Park WC1V 7EN 0207 829 9888

The Lowndes Hotel
21 Lowndes Street SW1X 9ES 0207 823 1234

The Maddox Club
3-5 Mill Street W1S 2AY 0207 629 8877

No 5 ltd
6 Cavendish Square W1G 0PD 0207 079 5000

Stafford Hotel
16 St James's Place SW1A 1NJ 0207 493 0111

St Stephens Club
34 Queen Anne's Gate St James's Park SW1H 9AB 0207 222 1382

Crown Plaza Hotel Courtyard
Buckingham Gate SW1E 6EF 0207 834 6655

L'Atelier De Jole Robuchon
13-15 West Street WC2H 9NE 0207 010 8600

Corney & Barrow (Broadgate)
19 Broadgate Circle EC2M 2QZ 0207 628 1251

Corney & Barrow (Canary Wharf)
9 Cabot Square Canary Wharf E14 4EB 0207 512 0397

Corney & Barrow (Fleet Place)
3 Fleet Place Ludgate EC4M 7RD 0207 329 3141

Corney & Barrow (Exchange Square)
5 Exchange Square EC2A 2EH 0207 628 4367

Corney & Barrow (Lloyds)
1 Leadenhall Place EC3M 7DX 0207 621 9201

Corney & Barrow (Paternoster Sq)
10 Paternoster Square EC4M 7DX 0207 618 9520

Coq D'Argent
No1 Poultry EC2R 8EJ 0207 395 5000

Paternoster Chop House
7 Warwick Court Paternoster Square EC4N 7DX 02007 029 9400

The Puncheon
Unit 5, Cowcross Place Cowcross Street EC1M 6DQ 0207 250 3336

Davy's Exchange Square
2 Exchange Square EC2 0207 256 5962

Davy's & Canary Wharf
31-35 Fishermans Walk Canary Wharf E14 4DH 0207 363 6633

Gaucho Grill
5 Finsbury Avenue Broadgate EC2M 2PG 0207 392 7652

Aragon House
247-249 New Kings Road Fulham SW6 4XG 0207 731 7313

The Queens Head
13 Brook Green Hammersmith W6 5BL 0207 603 3174

Wyndham Conrad Hotel
Chelsea Harbour Chelsea SW10 0XG 0207 823 3000

Davy's of Plantation Place
Unit 8, Plantation Place Mincing Lane EC3R 7BD

Marriott Hotel (County Hall)
Westminster Bridge Road County Hall SE1 7PB 0207 928 5200

Riverbank Park Plaza
12-18 Albert Embankment SE1 7TJ 0207 958 8000

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The LDCH does, the Langham does not. I suspect none of the hotels or restaurants allow smoking inside. Many pubs have heated outdoor areas.

Not sure of the County Hall Marriott but I can tell you the Grovesanor Square one does not allow smoking,

After checking with my London source, the places listed above now offer some sort of comfortable outdoor smoking venue as a result of the UK ban going into effect. He mentioned that the LCdH falls under the exemption of being a Habanos specialist shop, which is why they continue to allow indoor smoking. Build a cigar shop inside a club and still get the exemption, sounds like a new business model!

The exemption to the law is if a business main income is from tobacco sales they can allow you to smoke a sample this only aplies to cigars or pipe tobacco.
The LCDH in London allows smoking but not in the bar/restaurant attached to it which is a shame cos its a bloody good resteraunt.

One fewer reason to go back to London, I'm afraid.

And now Bavaria is in on the act. Imagine. No smoking in Germany.