Art classes are excellent. Customer service and art supplies are the best in the city. Central…read morelocation as well :)

New painter here and took a road trip to shop at Kensington based on recommendations from my art…read moreteacher. They have a great selection of art supplies and fairly priced materials. (You won't find better prices on Amazon) Friendly, helpful staff and an all around great experience shopping at Kensington.

If I could rate this store a -5 stars I would. UNORGANISED and to top it off just plain RUDE RUDE…read moreRUDE. I presently work with an organization that does cultural events for youth in the city. One of my roles is to highlight youth in capacities of the arts and so therefore I am to oversee a huge art show at the Eau Claire market. Our organization is fairly high profile, we partner with the Glenbow Museum, the Public library and the Calgary Transit just to name a few. Our website gets 16,000 hits yearly. I needed around 30 art eisels and wanted to commission a carpenter to build them for me but I cancelled that contract when i found out that I could rent them at Swinton's for 6 dollars an eisel a day. Great deal So I called and booked 30 of them, and even called back two weeks later to confirm. The girl reassured me everything was fine twice,so I was calm about this event.. well .... until.... just a couple of weeks ago when I get a call from another staff member from the store and am told that someone had double booked me. Basically the eisels were not available and they had no idea who had taken my call and who had booked me when it was plain to see in thier calender that the eisels were already spoken for. I said how can a person reassure me twice about a date and a number on two totally different separate occasions and how can you not know which employee did this? A mystery still to this day and the irony is they dont have many employees. Go figure? This employee was very nice and was apologetic and he said he had at least 15 left and that the owner would be willing to cover the difference if I ordered from another store and kindly gave me two contacts. These contacts didn't pan so I told this employee that I would want what he had left and he suggested coming in to see other eisels they had that may compensate for the other ones. So I did today. The owner was not there but the co-owner his wife Donna was and she had no idea what I was talking about and yet again according to her calender I was not booked once again for the 15 eisels for that day. Again not only had they double booked me with the first request they had now overlooked me for the 15. I thought its okay people make mistakes but Donna's tone was so rude and bascially if she didnt know about it then obviously it didnt happen. We finally got her husband on the phone and low and behold he confirmed the negotiation but he was not advised by the second employee about the 15 eisels. At this point I am incredibly upset and I now only have weeks for my upcoming exposition. Donna says to me well "I have 15 do you want them or not?" in the most aggressive tone. I was so taken aback at her snappy tone so I then said, "listen your employees have made the mistake of double booking me and again I see I was overlooked yet a third time. I am irritated with all this , are you not going to help me your client? I also add I dont appreciate your tone right now and you are being incredibly rude". This does not even phase her with more zest she beligerantly carries on and answers " I have 15 take it or leave it" I am so in shock at the whole situation and this response and have never been treated so rudelyby a business ... but yet I say yes I will take them because the kids in the show need them and ask if she could please email me the two other options once again so that I can perhaps retry to find the other 15. It is now 7 hours after this request and I have heard nothing from her. Suprise suprise.... Tomorrow I will cancel the whole order simply out of principal. The staff obviously doesnt communicate to thier employers the follow ups, nor do they admit when they have made mistakes. The owner was trying to remedy this situation but his wife certainly needs to take a customer service seminar and perhaps deal with the public less. I still cant believe that this woman who is the owner of her store would treat a client in this way, doesnt she want business? Shouldn't she make ammends for the mistakes of her staff in a professional way? It still blows me away. I have reviewed over 700 businesses in this city and I have never been treated in such an ill mannered way. My board was not at all impressed with this store and we will never do business with them again plus she really picked the wrong person to lay her power trip on, the arts community certainly is going to hear about this...and needless to say so will the yelp community. So a big minus 5 stars for this woman and her non personal customer style and service. This yelper's favorite art supply store still stands, Mona Lisa's art supplies; educated staff, superb service and very nice owners... and why shouldn't you have friendly experiences and service... THIS is the norm.

Came here using Groupon's art sampler vouchers. I took both acrylic and oil sampler classes. Both…read morewere with Sue the instructor. Sue is GREAT! 5* for Sue! She's great at explaining and teaching, and is so patient! I had an awesome time at both sampler classes, and learned a lot and would recommend these classes to anyone. Are you bored at home with nothing to do? Go take a class!! Normally offered for $40 for 3 hrs and believe me... 3 hrs is definitely needed cuz they start by going over the basics and let you play around, then the real painting begins and you paint something that you end up taking home!! Being a beginner it's definitely a slower process haha. I'm not too familiar with art supplies, etc... but the store seems very big and pretty well stocked (but I really know nothing about supplies so can't really review much on that).

We had two chairs reupholstered by this company. Borrowing sample books was fine. I chose fabric…read moreand everything went smoothly until I received the end product. There was an issue with the work done. The owner's disposition completely changed. He was rude, patronizing, difficult, and immature. I would not recommend this business to anyone. The customer service was atrocious.

Stay far away from this business! Run don't walk. This review is solely about our experience with…read morethis company's poor quality service. They ruined two mid-century Danish chairs which they said they could reupholster. The owner kept our chairs for over three months after promising that they would be done in two weeks. David, the owner, specifically answered my question and stated that he had experience with this type of chair. This turned out to be a complete falsehood. After several weeks I requested the chairs be returned in their original condition suspecting that they had not started work. He refused to bring the chairs back saying that they had been started. When we did get them back after three months and several threats to call in lawyers and the sheriff they were so bad that they were a joke. They had added on roughly 40 lbs of glued, screwed and stapled wood, strapping, foam and leather to these originally elegant and comfortable chairs. They actually also cut into the original molded chairs and created numerous holes in their pathetic attempt to finish the chairs. These antique chairs now need structural work as well because of their wrongful actions in cutting and putting holes in the fabreglass shells. The chairs were a complete mess. We could only laugh otherwise we would cry. They did this without asking our approval or authorization. Upon getting the chairs back, I immediately stripped them back to their original state (or now ruined state) as they had also force bolted pieces of plywood to the seat and backs. This company should have simply told us that they did not have the expertise to complete the job and returned our chairs when we asked for them back. The owners of this company did not respect our wishes or the furniture that we entrusted to their care. They lied about their experience. They did not deliver on time. They did not deliver quality. They ruined our chairs. They ripped us off. The whole experience was a joke. I paid them... just to keep them away. I would sue them except for the fact that they would then be in our lives even longer. I never want to speak to them, hear from them or deal with these people again. But ...Quite frankly, I will certainly continue to let others know of our experience so that they do not expose themselves to a similar unfortunate treatment and ridiculous outcome. We have our chairs back and will now be finding a reputable furniture upholstering / refinishing company. We would not recommend this company based on the absolutely miserable experience, service and treatment that we endured. Do not go here. I would give them zero stars if I could.

Your review on Cozymeal: We had a wonderful evening at our…read moreprivate dinner sushi lesson with Chef Paul. He taught us all about the best quality of sushi rice and precise knife skills for properly preparing our ingredients for sushi rolls. As well as lots of chef tips for how to create neater rolls and of course the amazing chefs blow torch which was so much fun to use and made the sushi taste even better! This was a Christmas gift for my husband and it was truly a relaxing evening and an opportunity to enjoy learning and making the food in great company with such a patient and knowledgeable chef. We really enjoyed ourselves and each dish was delectible and more than we could finish so we ended up with a full fancy roll to take home plus one extra dessert. I don't think you could get learn this much and focus so well in a larger class. I highly recommend the experience and you will leave with better sushi making skills plus recipes! Amazing for a date night and I'm sure the in house lesson for 5 + would also be a blast!

From the owner: Cozymeal is an award-winning provider of cooking classes, private chef services, food tours and…read moreteam building activities with local chefs and food tour guides in Calgary. Consumers as well as small and large companies use us regularly for all their culinary needs, from couples cooking classes to team building activities to bachelorette parties to private dinners.

We have had 3 pieces of art framed here and we are extremely impressed with their advice and their…read moreskill. Framing is expensive and it can make or break the aesthetics of your art piece. David's extensive knowledge of his inventory allowed me to select framing that really accented our art. The finished results were fabulous and we are very satisfied with their workmanship.

If you ever need ANYTHING framed and framed beautifully, go to"It's Worth Framing". I have just had…read morea jigsaw puzzle framed. That sounds easy but with so many frames to choose from, it can be a little overwhelming for many of us. David helped me select the most perfect frame for the piece. Something else we are all interested in.....COST. It was reasonable and beautiful. A formula that can't be beat. Glenda S.

They answer their phone! Very convenient. Thank you... and ... they also replace watch batteries.read more

These people are so rude. They added an arbitrary charge to an already expensive purchase and made…read moreme feel like I was inconveniencing them with my business.