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    As You Wish Pottery

    3.8 (90 reviews)
    Open 10:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Cat pumpkin
    Allison J.

    Not a bad place. Went here for my friend's birthday. It was enjoyable. The music was good. The pricing however for some of the pieces was rather questionable. It was 35 for a dragon statue but there was a cauldron that was bigger and cheaper??? Not sure how the pricing works but it's definitely not by size of the piece. They had a measuring cup set that was like 40+ dollars when compared to a coaster set that wasn't nearly that expensive. The pieces can take longer to do than others too. There's a 10 dollar service charge which is new from the last time I was at this place. I feel like 10 dollars is just an extra price when the pieces already costs kinda a lot by itself. Either make the pieces more expensive or something because if you get a small piece that's like 5 dollars the really tine magnet ones you're SOL so to speak. The cat pumpkin was 31 dollars. We were supposed to have 5 dollars off because there was a delivery man that came through and forced us to make room for him but I guess it wasn't communicated with the check out girl and I ended up paying the full charge. We actually all did (there were three of us)

    Birthday painting party
    Lacy K.

    We've enjoyed a few nights out making pottery with the kids, but this was the first time going for a birthday party. Ten 7 year olds with trays of paint had some chaotic moments, but they all had a blast. Each kid had their own canvas that was pre-traced. The host led the girls through each step of the painting and kept the millions of paint colors flowing. After the painting we had, not arguably the best part of any bday party, pizza and cake (not provided by the shop). I have one complaint/suggestion. A child showed up late, and the teacher had already started using the last canvas as a sample so now had to go in back and make another. It took a long time and the kids got rowdy and we had to continue the lesson. Another employee should have done the tracing while our host stayed For more AZ Adventures check out @msbusyblonde on Instagram

    Employees scraped the black paint off prior to firing
    Yana S.

    I really want to like this place but when I'm paying $40+ for a piece of pottery I expect it to look like it did when I handed it over to get fired. The black off my pumpkin was scraped off (no chipping) prior and all I was told is "did you scrape it off by accident?". No it definitely was not me. The care for your time and art is definitely not there. Disappointing and frustrating...

    Chipped artwork
    Dana B.

    We are not impressed with this location at all. We brought the kids here to do some art. One piece was lost/broken entirely and my daughters came home with 2 chips in it. They offer a store credit if your piece is damaged, but you have to pay for paint and a piece whenever you go in. Plus the kids are excited to see their work, so it is a let down when it is broken. We won't be coming back. We paid about $40 for this chipped piece of art.

    Cute date idea , my boyfriend and I enjoyed it and was such an easy activity to do. They were understanding of us being late and were still welcoming :)

    Made in 99 when I was pregnant with our first and had found out we were having a girl!
    Jessica S.

    As You Wish Pottery is so much fun! My first adventure here when they first opened for business in 95 in Scottsdale. They were one of the first paint your own pottery shops and now one of the most successful. It was my old stomping ground with the girls while in college. Between work and school I didn't really have much time so this was the my hang out. So satisfying and relaxing to kick back and escape the daily grind. When we had internal customers from other countries come to town from work this was a great place to take them. In 2003 I started taking my little one to the Deer Valley location. As she got older Desert Ridge was our hangout again. Dinner, coffee, As You Wish, live music and playing in the water in front of the giant fireplace. Our newest little ones are now old enough. Our first adventure was at thr Westgate location. We are scheduled here for a birthday adventure while we are staycationing in the area. The gals here are super friendly and there was no issues setting up a date for our needs. This is our favorite location because of all the other amenities we enjoy before and after!

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    Sandhya G.

    Racist people work at this place, we are people of color. We walked in at 1.20 pm on Sunday. They had 10 empty tables. We were told they had reservations at 2pm and we put our name down and we're told we will be texted to come back at if people don't show. We got a confirmation text and then when we went back to check later, same tables were still empty. When we asked we were again told people are coming at 3 pm. Pure Racism. We were told by worker Sam and then the manager repeated the same condescending and racist message.

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    Everybody here is so nice! The girls are so wonderful and this location is so convenient and fun to come to! We keep coming back

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    Very interesting experience if you want to feel creative. Think the only downside is the figures you get to paint are a little pricey.

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    The kids had an amazing time creating art pottery that would last for a long time as part of a birthday party!

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    This place is fun for the kids. The pottery gets pricey for sure though depending on what you pick out.

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    2 years ago

    Great indoor activity for kids. My 5 year old granddaughter LOVES this place and the staff is friendly and helpful.

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    4 years ago

    Everything was good except this one employee named krystal gave me attitude an was giving her other coworkers a hard time for no reason.

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    7 years ago

    SOOOOO much fun creating wonderful memories with my son... SOOOOO much fun!!! Did a snail and cup with his hands print was amazing

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