# Royal Smoke Shop, Arlington Heights IL: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/arlington-heights/royal-smoke-shop-arlington-heights-il. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-16.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/arlington-heights/royal-smoke-shop-arlington-heights-il

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## In short

Royal Smoke Shop is a smoke shop in Arlington Heights, IL. Its AI Score is 27 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Smoke shop |
| Address | 1746 Algonquin Rd, Arlington Heights, IL 60005, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 9 AM to 9 PM |
| Phone | (224) 398-8045 |
| Updated | September 16, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 1746 Algonquin Rd, Arlington Heights, IL 60005, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | We’re a locally owned smoke shop offering a wide selection of hemp products, tobacco products, vaping essentials, and smoking accessories. Our shop carries quality products for a variety of preferences, with a convenient location and friendly service. Stop by and explore our selection of hemp, tobacco, vapes, glassware, and other smoking accessories. We’re committed to providing a welcoming shopping experience and helpful customer service. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Royal Smoke Shop | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (224) 398-8045 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


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## Visiting Royal Smoke

Address: 1746 Algonquin Rd, Arlington Heights, IL 60005, USA. Phone: (224) 398-8045. Hours: Mon to Sun 9 AM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "We’re a locally owned smoke shop offering a wide selection of hemp products, tobacco products, vaping essentials, and smoking accessories. Our shop carries quality products for a variety of preferences, with a convenient location and friendly service. Stop by and explore our selection of hemp, tobacco, vapes, glassware, and other smoking accessories. We’re committed to providing a welcoming shopping experience and helpful customer service."


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Thlaco Taco Tijuanense #2 | Mexican restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Penang Malaysian Cuisine | Malaysian restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Meetch's Wings & Things | Restaurant | 3 min walk |
| Burger King | Fast food restaurant | 3 min walk |
| China 1 | Chinese restaurant | 4 min walk |
| Sorry Mommy Restaurant (Halal) | Halal restaurant | 4 min walk |


## Reputation

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### Press

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### Awards

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## Questions people ask


### anything good on Algonquin to kill time near the shop?


### what has Royal Smoke in Arlington Heights posted recently, I am not on Instagram


### best smoke shop in Arlington Heights


### Royal Smoke or Luxury Smoke?


### how much is a first visit around here


### anyone tell me what a first visit here involves


### On a budget in Arlington Heights, is Royal Smoke the one?


### do regulars get anything here


### any last minute slots at Royal Smoke?


## The AI Score: 27 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Arlington Heights smoke shops run 21 to 50. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Royal Smoke scores 27, below the Arlington Heights average of 33. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Royal Smoke |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | Does not apply | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. |  |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | Does not apply | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. |  |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | Does not apply | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. |  |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 78 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | Does not apply | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. |  |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | Does not apply | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. |  |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a smoke shop: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Royal Smoke |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Royal Smoke Shop | LocalBusiness | #business |  | Subject of this page |
| Arlington Heights, Illinois | City | #city |  | City Royal Smoke is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the smoke shops in Arlington Heights, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best smoke shops in Arlington Heights: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/arlington-heights/smoke-shop
- Best businesses in Arlington Heights: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/arlington-heights


### Nearby

- /chicago: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/chicago
- /schaumburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/schaumburg
- /elgin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/elgin
- /carol-stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream
- /lombard: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/lombard
- /aurora: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/aurora


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in Illinois: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJnfjd_xOxD4gRtPYsYx5QpXM (accessed Sep 16, 2026)