Avva Cigars & Wine

I had an excellent experience here. This place is exactly what I look for in a good tobacco shop. Excellent selection of quality cigars and pipe tobacco, friendly and very knowledgeable staff, competitive pricing, and a large comfortable smoking lounge. I will definitely be shopping here again, and I recommend that you do to.

Nice place to hang out. The guys who are routine are very friendly. Talked it up like they knew me forever. The owner himself, had a quick chat. Good guy. Only bad thing, it’s bring your own food and non-​alcohol drink, but that isn’t the shops fault. I will stop here every time I’m in Salem.

Hubs started exploring cigars a few years ago, and recently I joined in the fun. Avva is a nice place to come for a few of the finer things in life: wine and cigars. The walk in humidor had a lot to choose from, and we’ve found things we love and things we’re glad we’ve tried, but won’t bother with a again, as you would expect from any large selection.
The service has always been good — I’ve gone in with him, or by myself, and always get fast, friendly service whether it be needing to blow out my high end lighter because I mistakenly put crap fuel into it (and yes, I did buy some good stuff while there), or asking for a suggestion of something to try.
The staff varies from a man who I assume is the owner (older, a little suave) to some young men to some rougher looking characters, but all have been pleasant and helpful.
We’ve never used the smoking lounge as we have a nice little system worked out at home (either a smoking lounge on the porch, or a system of moving air from my husband’s office that minimizes smell in the house), but it looks nice enough if you need that space!

One of the few nice spots in Oregon to sit back relax and get a premium cigar at an affordable price. Very welcoming and by far my favorite spot when visiting from Los Angeles to come and have a cigar, keep up the good work Avva Cigars!

Avva Cigars has the biggest and best-​stocked humidor between Portland and CA. It is a literal walk-​in room, filled with great cigars. Want brand new Tatuaje’s? Avva has them. Want classic Padron’s? Avva has them! And now the smoking lounge is open, so you can smoke your favorite stick in a comfy leather chair and watch TV. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable, and their prices are pretty competitive. Oh, they have great local (and hard to find) wines too.

iv been smoking cigars for about 10 years now and i love going to a good cigar shop with alot to pick from…
the people at avva cigars are very nice and helpfull. i got 3 very good cigars and a new lighter.
i live up in tigard and it is well worth the drive down to salem for there cigars. iv been to a few cigar shops in portland and they are ok but this one in salem is the best one in oregon by far

I have smoked pipes for about fifteen years. I bought my first pipe from a small shop that is no longer in business not too far from here. I moved across the country for about fifteen years and just recently moved back. Most of my pipe and tobacco education has come from trial and error or from the internet. After discovering Avva and letting them know what I was looking for in a good pipe smoke I was shown several different tobaccos with an incredible explanation of the origins of each and how it smoked. It was nice to buy from someone closer to my own age and where I didn’t feel like an idiot if I asked a question. I learned more in the ten minutes talking to the guy working there (and unfortunately don’t remember his name) than I have in the last fifteen years. When I got home and fired up the bowl I had the best smoke I have ever had. This place is small but with the great selection of tobaccos (and seemingly well stocked humidor) I don’t see a need to go anywhere else. Who really needs to buy canes or chessboards or other junk at a tobacco shop? This is my new favorite place around Salem.

Avva is THE place to go for cigars in the Salem area. The selection is outstanding and the prices are fairly good. They carry a lot of my favorites, including a decent selection of La Flor (esp. Air Bender, Coronado and the Double Ligero line) and Padron (2000 – 5000 and the anniversary series). I’m not that experimental most of the time, so that’s really nice.
However, once in a while I do want something new. I like spicy and strong cigars and I’ve talked to all three employees (including the owners /​managers). Two of the three have exceptional recommendation records. (The one whose taste doesn’t seem to be anything like mine is the older, white guy with salt and pepper hair and facial hair. I don’t know if he recommends what he likes or is just trying to move product, but so far he’s 0 for 5).
They also have various bargains, like b3g1 on select brands. That’s how I found out I like Camancho’s ⁶⁰⁄₆ line, and how I discovered Perdomos aren’t my thing. The customer service is great, although I will admit that the silver-​black haired guy insists too strongly on his recommendations, which I’m already wary of. (I don’t mean to pick on him, because he’s nice enough, but that’s just my experience.)
In any case, I’ve been to dozens of cigar places around the US and this is definitely one of the best. They also sell wine, if that’s your thing.

I work in the Lancaster Mall and used to purchase cigars for my husband at T Whittaker’s and wine at the Made in Oregon. When both closed, I was excited to see a wine/​cigar shop open in the mall. I gave them 2 stars because they do have good stuff there, everything I needed. If not, I wouldn’t have given them any. The first time I went in, right after they first opened, I was there for 5 minutes without anyone greeting me. Since I was just there to look around and check out the new store, I left. The man behind the counter was reading a newspaper and ignored me.
The second time I waited patiently in front of the counter while the lady talked to someone else, obviously an acquaintance, not a customer, until finally I interrupted them to ask for a specific brand of cigar. She found them for me and rang me up pleasantly enough. That was my best experience there.
The last time I shopped, I requested a specific Oregon wine, and the associate vaguely pointed to the wine section and said «the pinots are over there» I looked for about 5 minutes and didn’t see it, so I drove to Made in Oregon.
Probably won’t bother again.

A REAL cigar store in Salem! They are helpful and have a great selection, what more can I ask for, except maybe some Cubans :)
I’ve bought a number of cigars there as well as a new torch and have been happy with everything so far. As long as I’m in Salem, this is where I’ll get my cigars!