The Pottery Piazza

YEAH! Love love love this place! I took my friend here to celebrate her birthday this past weekend and we both had a splendid experience! Friendly and helpful staff, shelf upon shelf of plain creations to choose from and option to BYOB/​food!!! I brought a bottle of wine and a light snack and we both created Day of the Dead style designs on our pottery! I picked a complicated design so it took me about 2 hours to draw my design on the pottery and then outline and paint it but my friend picked a simpler option and was done a lot faster than I was. It takes about a week for them to glaze so you won’t be able to take home your piece that night but it gives you something to look forward to! The place is very clean, the paint selection is glorious… they even have speckled paints… as close to glitter as you can get, stencils and design ideas! They also do mosaic art if you are not feeling the pottery. I am going to make it my mission to come back AT LEAST once a quarter.

Had a great time here with a friend last night. They have tons of pieces to choose from as well as a plethora of paint colors. My only suggestions would be if the staff was a little more involved in helping/​suggesting. Also, for a painting place I was very surprised they didn’t have aprons! Other than that I would recommend it and plan on going back!

Very fun way to spend a few hours. You choose a piece of pottery to paint; bowl, mug, plate, whimsical bank etc. Choose almost any glaze colors you want. You can BYOB and food while you hang out and work on your project. My only negative is that the cost of items is higher than what they must pay to purchase it from the catalog.

If there was a half star option I would really give the Pottery Piazza 3.5 stars. Having had a similar pottery painting experience before I would say that the Pottery Piazza is superior in terms of the sheer variety of supplies at the customer’s disposal. There are lots of pieces to choose from and just about every color paint you can imagine. The problem with the Pottery Piazza is that it’s family friendly but not at the same time. I’m a bit weird about personal space so I don’t really like how the tables are arranged. If you’re an adult, painting can be a great way to clear your head and relax. You would therefore probably be annoyed if you were seated right next to a family with kids. On the other hand if you are a parent who is there with your child you are going to feel a lot of angst trying to make sure they’re not bothering anyone both in terms of their messiness and noise level. I am a parent but I think there is something to be said for having separate adult and child areas at a place like this. It makes for a more optimal experience for everyone. Things like booster seats and smocks would enhance how family friendly it is for parents of small children and promotions like a BYO wine/​beer would signal the more adult oriented blocks of time. Finally, while I understand that it gets very busy, I’m all about instant gratification so I do wish there was a way to get your pieces the same day. I understand that that’s asking too much however.
As an aside I think it would also be helpful if they had a more rehearsed song and dance to explain the fine print to coupon customers as soon as you walk in, and before you have picked any pieces out. Something really straightforward letting you know which paints to use, the minimum value of the pieces that you may choose from and how long you can paint for. There was a really sweet young lady who cautiously attempted to explain the whole set up. I’m guessing they’ve had a hard time with Groupon customers in the past but all of that trepidation, hovering and hand wringing irked me. Spit it out already!
Overall a fun experience and we will definitely return and recommend to others.

The owner of Pottery Piazza issued a full refund when she realized that she and her employee were both in the wrong in the situation described in my last review. I appreciate her desire to make things right. We might even give them a second try now… The place does have a nice ambiance to it and, until being wrong and obstructive to a ridiculous fault at the end of our time there, the staff was very nice and helpful.