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| - I've painted at several of these type venues in town. This one is by far the worst. Here's why:
- location is tiny. Think 2 car garage size. 40 or so people crammed around long tables facing 90 degrees away from the instructor, plus food, drinks, and paint. Messy and lots of spills, easels toppling over, etc.
- the platform for the instructor isn't high enough. YOU CAN'T SEE! There is a TV monitor on the ceiling, but there's a light in front of it creating a glare, plus the room is so small that it doesn't help. You either crane your neck to see around the person in front of you, or give yourself a headache trying to look up.
- no reserved seating, so you have to go early. Check-in was a complete mess because the staff got confused about which seats were already taken, so we just stood there for a while.
- no sinks or places to wash up. Want to know how you rinse your brushes? with a water cooler and a trash can.
- no places to store your purse or bag. You can't put it on the floor and there's no room to put it next to you because it's so cramped. There is a small shelf that looks like it's intended for bags, but staff didn't mention it, plus only the people sitting right next to it would be able to use it securely.
- no outside food or drinks. This place is more focused on selling food and drinks than painting. It was really distracting to have waitstaff running around constantly. There's nowhere to eat because it's so cramped. Also, how can you eat finger food like pizza and sandwiches when your hands are covered in paint?
- bathrooms were gross! put in a fan or at least clean them before the class starts.
- no helpers. Most painting venues have staff going around to give you more paint, paper towels, offer help, etc. I had to ask a waitstaff employee for paint since I ran out. He rolled his eyes and grabbed a plate from a no-show.
- poorly paced. Seriously, we spent 90 minutes taking breaks to eat and paint a background. When it got to the actual detail, the instructor rushed us and kept skipping ahead.
- worst of all, the instructor. I won't use her name but will call her S. I suppose some people think her sarcastic Cake Boss-esque humor is funny, but I found her rude and obnoxious. She would just say stuff like "paint a yellow line" whereas most instructors would say "mix 2 scoops of yellow and 1 scoop of orange, add 2 drops of water, and paint a line the width of a pencil about 6 inches long". I get that you're encouraged to be creative, but that's why we take the classes: to learn. We need that guidance. Maybe if she'd reduced the number of eye-rolling dirty jokes and spent more time guiding us with the actual painting experience, my painting wouldn't have wound up in the trash.
- The class started late, but she went over the top calling out a few people that came in late. She kept talking about wanting to go home on time. I don't think anyone was finished at the end. We were trying to finish but both S and the waitstaff started throwing away our paint.
- Perhaps most insulting was a canned email sent afterwards, inviting us to leave a positive review on Yelp and to address negative issues via email. Maybe that's why the reviews here are so positive.
I can give them 2 stars simply because the music level was reasonable, unlike some other venues that think they're a nightclub. Aside from a social media contest to give away a bottle of wine, they weren't too annoying with photos and social media like other venues.
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