# Nitro Star Vape and Smoke, Wheaton IL: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/wheaton/nitro-star-vape-and-smoke-wheaton-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/wheaton/nitro-star-vape-and-smoke-wheaton-il ## Photos - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmu488lyq0essye75s3kitbov%2F0.jpg) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmu488lyq0essye75s3kitbov%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmu488lyq0essye75s3kitbov%2F2.jpg) - ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmu488lyq0essye75s3kitbov%2F3.jpg) - ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmu488lyq0essye75s3kitbov%2F4.jpg) ## In short Nitro Star Vape and Smoke is a smoke shop in Wheaton, IL. Its AI Score is 20 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 | 1801 E Roosevelt Rd, Wheaton, IL 60187, USA | | Hours | Mon to Sat 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Sun 10 AM to 8 PM | | Phone | (630) 644-0176 | | Rating | 4.6 across 38 reviews on Google | | Quietest time | Saturday | | 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 | 1801 E Roosevelt Rd, Wheaton, IL 60187, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | 1801 E Roosevelt Rd, Wheaton, IL 60187 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Sat 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Sun 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Nitro Star Vape and Smoke | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (630) 644-0176 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Team | Roosevelt Rd, IL | | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices Add your services so AI can say what you offer ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team 1 person is named on this page. ### Roosevelt Rd, IL | Field | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | ## Visiting Nitro Star Address: 1801 E Roosevelt Rd, Wheaton, IL 60187, USA. Phone: (630) 644-0176. Hours: Mon to Sat 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Sun 10 AM to 8 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### When to go Quietest day: Saturday. Busiest day: Friday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Roosevelt Rd & Lorraine Rd | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Roosevelt/Lorraine | Transit station | 1 min walk | | Roosevelt Rd & Lorraine Rd | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Taqueria San Miguel | Mexican restaurant | 2 min walk | | Lorraine Rd & Pershing Ave | Bus stop | 4 min walk | | Chicken Salad Chick | Chicken restaurant | 4 min walk | ## Reputation 4.6 average across 38 reviews: Google 38. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.) Nitro Star Vape and Smoke stands out for its extensive product range and customer service, despite facing some serious complaints about pricing and store conditions. (AI guess, from 38 reviews.) ### What people like - Wide selection of vapes and smoking accessories - Friendly and helpful staff ### What people do not like - Store conditions uncomfortably cold - Claims of overcharging on products - Allegations of card scams ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### address for the shop, anyone have it? ### what do people usually buy there ### torn between Nitro Star and Wheaton Smoke? ### opening hours at Nitro Star in Wheaton, what are they these days? ### quietest day to hit Nitro Star? ### genuinely, what is good about this one ### bad experiences here, anyone? ### best smoke shop in Wheaton ### anyone tell me what a first visit here involves ### anything new from Nitro Star lately? ### points or member pricing at Nitro Star, worth signing up? ### what else is on Roosevelt around Nitro Star? ### any last minute slots at Nitro Star? ### going rate for shops locally, any idea ### is Wheaton expensive for this, or is it just here ## The AI Score: 20 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Wheaton smoke shops run 20 to 46. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Nitro Star scores 20, below the Wheaton average of 33. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Nitro Star | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | 10 | 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 | 67 | 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. | Good | | 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 Nitro Star | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Nitro Star Vape and Smoke | LocalBusiness | #business | | Subject of this page | | Roosevelt Rd, IL | Person | #team-roosevelt-rd | | | | Wheaton, Illinois | City | #city | | City Nitro Star 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 Wheaton, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best smoke shops in Wheaton: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/wheaton/smoke-shop - Best businesses in Wheaton: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/wheaton ### 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:ChIJs6I-igJTDogRkr4Ww-aSIEk (accessed Sep 16, 2026)