JR Cigar – Paramus

Great place for great selection of cigars. Great service always willing to offer suggestions and are a great help with selecting a great cigar. Nice area to sit and smoke your cigar.

JR Cigar in Paramus NJ has really upped their game as of February with new ventilation and a less crazy Humidor. The lounge looks cleaner but could still use a ft person to clean up ashtrays and seats. The humidor still has a great selection and you can now grab your own cigar without asking for help. They have private humidors for a monthly charge and the new Montecristo lounge is nice and seats about 30 ppl with ¾ big screen tv’s!!! They are open 7 days a week and that’s nice.

The lounge area is a bit bare-​boned but ventilation is great and its a great way to enjoy your own cigars or stop in their (connected) cigar shop that has an extensive selection. You may byob if you behave politely/​discreet.

Excellent cigar selection and the best your going to get in the area of price. I have been going to JR for years.
They have a great lounge in the front to sit and smoke your cigar. Large TVs have either the news or the ball game. This is a real attraction. The problem is that the free wifi tends not to work and no one in JR management seems to care. Get that Wifi going and you will attract more customers.

Cigar SuperStore.
So many cigars, so little time. Their walkin humidor is a small warehouse. Cigars everywhere. The guy says they carry 700 lines, and many sizes per line.
As I walk the aisle, I spot many rare and limited edition cigars. Behind the counters are the hot new releases. I found me some elusive Viage Skull and Bones. They even have Tat Blacks. Bottom line is. if you are looking for something special, they will most likely have it. Ask them for help to put together a rare pack for that cigar aficionado in your life.
The store has a cigar lounge. Its nice and comfy. I wished they’d hire someone to take better care of it. Give it some love and cleanup, and it’ll be a fantastic lounge for sure.
The folks that work behind the counter are very knowledgeable. They have seen just about every cigar out in the market and can advise you on your purchase.
Simply fantastic!

Really like this place it is great to just hang out and watch tv and of course with a cigar, the service is good to LARRY I particular like and he always give me advice as to which cigar to buy
I just wish they served beer and food

I like this place. A lot. Great selection good guys that work there. I give it 3 stars strictly because the one in Whippany is so much better with the bar/​restaurant.
It also has to abide by the ridiculous Bergen County Blue Laws which are absolutely stupid, so if you need a cutter, Humi pack or anything other then tobacco you are SOL. Bergen County needs to do away with this nonsense.

Great place and super helpful staff. So glad that the staff took consideration of my being on line and not allowing another customer to aggressively move ahead.
My husband was thrilled with his surprise and we look forward to coming back to our old neighborhood.

I thought I might have gotten a little more direction when I asked for an opinion, but I think that was my fault for going in to purchase cigars and not knowing what type of cigar the person liked.
I ended up purchasing a gift box of 10 different cigars, 2 sweeter, smaller cigars for myself, and a cutter and spent $ 63. Definitely not a bad price for the amount of cigars I purchased. They had a huge variety, I just wish I knew was I was looking for instead of just buying an random mixed box.

Great selection, fair prices but some of the staff are not too friendly. Some are. I love that they replaced the retail area with a big lounge to play hookey in. Great place to conduct business too, or just text reviews and check email. They have great prices on Fuentes, but make you feel uneducated on cigars if you buy them. I still love this place even if some of the employees growl at me a little.

This review really should be in two parts. The J&R humidor is awesome and rather imposing. What they lack in better & rare inventory they make up for in sheer ambience and volume. It’s massive, well-​stocked and visually interesting. It’s also really humid with two steam machines cranking out lots of mist to keep their inventory well humidified and fresh. Unfortunately, they don’t carry a whole lot of better inventory. For that I would rather go to Ridgewood Tobacco or just about anywhere in the City.
The other half of the store used to be well… a store. In addition to tobacco and supplies they sold clothing, perfume, hats and nick knacks all of which smelled very much like smoke. I guess that was to be expected being located in a cigar store.
They have closed the store portion and reclaimed the space as a cigar lounge. Not just a regular cigar lounge but a Montecristo premium cigar lounge. Unfortunately they missed the mark by a mile. Kindly advise who came up with this designation when they serve neither food nor liquor. By contrast, the Montecristo Lounge in Porterhouse in Montvale offers both as well as a far more visually striking interior. At J&R it’s more like a collection of leather chairs, tables a few TVs and not a whole hell of a lot more. Not sure what one needs to do in order to become a Montecristo Lounge but clearly, it’s not much. Sad because by allowing places like this to use the designation seriously dilutes their brand. This is more like a place you can go if you don’t want to stink up your man cave. I think they were better off selling shirts.

I won J&R’s «Cigar School» prize at a golf outing last year. The prize was for five of my friends and I to experience a light, pre-​ordered dinner with soft drinks and then a relaxed time lounging in their parlor sitting in big comfy leather chairs. It’s a nice setting to hear their experts, Jim and Paul, describe most every aspect of cigar making, cigar selecting, cigar tips (how to properly cut and light a cigar, for example) and just overall cool stuff you’d never know about cigars otherwise. Really unique weeknight with friends. They provide you and your buddies with three cigars each of their choosing — mild, medium and bold — and from there it’s just «Chill». Very relaxed, very cool experience, even for someone like me who’ll only enjoy a cigar during a special occasion (I’m not a smoker). The prize certificate said it was a «$ 225.00» value ~ &38/​person. Well worth it for something different on guys night out! Thanks Paul for setting us all up and, Jim, for your immense knowledge of the world of cigar making. Have a great 2015!
Only reason for not awarding five stars is because they don’t have a liquor license (hard to come by in Bergen County).

awesome lounge, good crowd. bad service, staff very unattentitve. i love JR Cigars but 3 stars for very poor ventilation. no fans, no moving air. very smoky.

Wow! Did we just get asked to leave? The idea of the lounge is great but closing at 9pm on Saturday is nuts!!!
How does this guy think that this is good service and smart for business?
Great selection of cigars; the idea of adding the lounge was smart. Only place around. This guy could make cash hand over fist. But I guess running home is more important.

Was excited to finally check out JR’s huge humidor (it really is the largest humidor I’ve ever seen!) I wanted to get some great cigars at a good price. They do have a huge selection but none of the «rare» cigars I can get in NYC. No Liga Privada’s (they did have the undercrowns), no Opus x’s…
The workers weren’t very amicable, but whatever they weren’t rude.
I bought 2 padron maduro’s and an AF Hemingway. Wanted to pick up a stick of MY Uzi weighs a ton, but they only had 10packs available.
Smoked a padron in the lounge, nice comfortable couches with a few tables in the middle, and a 40″ tv. The merchandise section is pretty big as well.
If your looking to buy a box or 5 pack in a hurry, I’d say stop here and you can’t go wrong. But you could probably find a better deal online.
The lounge is a good place to relax, grab a coffee or soda and have a smoke, haven’t checked out the restaurant.

I usually find some interesting and fun accessories there besides cigars at JR. I have bought tee shirts, wine accessories, candy, toys, plus other odd items that they have sometimes. They re-​arranged their store which really utilizes their space much better. Near the back of the store near their humidified room is now set up with leather couches and flat screen T. V where cigar smokers can enjoy their cigars and socialize which is a great idea. Now the bad, everything that I bought smelled like cigar smoke. I guess whatever I buy I will have to air everything out and spray febreze, no big deal.

I went to JR Cigars today to buy some cigars for a gift to my cousin,
it is gross in there,
all the employees are smoking cigars,
and they all look crazy,
like sophisticated hillbillies.

4 words:
Great selection, low prices!

I like to indulge in a flavored cigar every so often, much to the dismay of my family. It’s my only vice, so come off it!
J-R’s Paramus location offers an insane selection of all types of cigars, from popular to relatively unknown brands. They have everything from handmade cigars to domestic cigars, including J-​R «alternatives» if you will. J-R’s is like walking into a huge humidor, which is great, but it’s not so great if you want to keep your hair silky straight. I have a 15 minute window of time to pick something out before the humidity wrecks my blowout.
I was dying for my favorite coffee-​infused cigar — Tabak Especial. Smooth as a cup of java. Much to my dismay, they were sold out of them. WHAT THE F?! Guess the secret is out. I opted for two new options from the CAO Flavours Collection — Eileen’s Dream (white chocolate and Irish whiskey flavor) and Caramelo Joe (espresso, cream, and caramel flavor). They’re «girlie» cigars (i.e. — skinny and small) but I figured they would do the trick. The Caramelo Joe possessed better flavor than the Eileen’s Dream. J-​R seems to carry a lot more flavored cigars than they used to. Their selection used to be slim, but now it’s quite nice.
The staff is very knowledgeable and very friendly. They never pooh-​pooh me nor make me feel like I don’t know what I want (nor what I am taking about) because I do, dammit. Even when I go in there alone, they don’t treat me like a clueless broad.
So ladies, if your man likes indulging in cigars, then please go ahead and visit J-R’s for a gift for him. The staff will help you pick out something amazing and they will not rip you off in the process.

While you read this quick review, I’d like you to keep in mind that I’ve been going to this place when they served soup… remember those days?!
JR is a pretty awesome place, they have some knick knacks, candy and pet goods when you first walk in. If you happen to be a football fan, or know someone that is, they usually have some pretty fantastic selections of clothing in the Fall. Also on that note, if you need some décor for the man cave, they have a few things for that too!
The gem of this whole outing is their huge walk in humidor. A place where people can actually smoke inside! The staff is knowledgeable about what you might be looking for, or something different. Cigars are definitely an art, and they know how to bring it out.
I would give this place five stars, but we have to save that for their Parsippany store that serves cocktails!