Great place for some family fun time. They have a nice assortment of pottery and colors…read more Helpful staff. I plan on returning for some of the classes they offer.

I've gone to a few of these paint the ceramic stores and this was a bit of a fresh take…read more First, we didn't have a reservation, and with 6 adults that's a tall order on a Saturday. They cleared out "the party room" and gave us our own space. Also, it's BYOB and Specs is 3 doors down.. so we got a few beverages before beginning. The owner of this establishment, Lottie, is a former teacher and she really enjoys taking the time to help you pick the right colors and learn the techniques and understand the process. As a group we decided to draw names out of a hat and paint a mug for the name we drew. Good times. Each piece was under $20 and we were there for 3 hours painting. Honestly, it's one of the more inexpensive excursions a group of adults can do and being able to take something hand painted home from the day is a beautiful reminder of a moment of time. We never felt rushed to leave and any questions we had were answered immediately and in a way we could understand. I'm looking forward to seeing the final product.

This place is so much fun that I kind of want to gate keep it to myself so it doesn't get…read moreovercrowded the next time I visit, but I would be doing everyone and Mark (the owner) a disservice. I had a wonderful time painting and chatting here with my friends this past weekend. We came in during the evening time and stayed till a little past closing to finish our pieces, and Mark was absolutely amazing and so patient in helping us wrap up and clean up. I have been to other pottery painting places in the past, but this place by far has the best selection of items at a super reasonable price range. I found multiple items that I would've wanted to paint and take home. During the time there, Mark made sure that our group was well taken care of, understood the use of the brushes and tools, and shared fun stories and jokes while passing by us every once in a while. With the music in the background and the colorful walls surrounding you, this is a great space to channel your artistic talents and have a good time away from the hustle and bustle of life.

We love coming here for some quality time and creative outlets. Only thing I would improve is the…read moreplate and cup varieties offered. The music playlist is great and the owner and female employee are always kind and willing to help with any questions.

Fun for the whole family .went for a family date night and made pottery on the wheel.read more

I wanted to love this place but the sugar land location is so poorly run, I just can't. It's a…read moregreat concept but the horrible customer service makes it not worth it, and in the end they lost our pieces and didn't care. 1. From the beginning, I had a subpar experience because the employee helping us make our pieces was new (which is fine, nobody can help that) but instead of explaining how to create the work or having a more experienced employee shadow her training, she kept getting frustrated and would say "here, I'll just show you" and ended up basically making the pottery for us. She was sweet but lacked training and patience, so she didn't let us make our own pottery. She also kept bantering with her colleague while we sat there waiting to hear what to do next. 2. Then 6 weeks goes by and we didn't hear back about our piece, my husband and I kept calling and finally after a week, someone answered and said yes it's ready. 3. Now we have painted and sent them to the fire and we went to pick it up this evening. They are moving locations and everything was packed up. The employee said he can't find it and it was probably recycled. The most they can offer is 50% off a new pottery experience. Taken aback, I said hey that's really uncool, and kind of messed up. He said we should have picked it up within 2 weeks and it's been almost 60 days. It's been exactly 40 days, and we just had Xmas and New Years, AND they're only open Thursday through Sunday. Nonetheless that is my blunder, I recognize that. Still, they can call someone before throwing away their pieces. The employee said, "We used to do that, but it was bad for business." 4. The final straw was when the employee said, "I'll look through on Monday at the warehouse to see if it's there," and my husband asked, "and you'll call us?" The employee said Yeah. My husband said, "and you have our number on file?" which prompted him to check in front of us. HE DIDNT EVEN HAVE OUR NUMBER! The guy was never planning on calling us because I was upset about our pieces possibly being thrown away. So they can take six weeks to notify us our pieces are ready, but we can't take 4 weeks to pick it up? They should admit our stuff was thrown away or lost because they're moving locations, not because we took an extra 2 weeks to pick it up. Neither the email that said it was ready nor the employees at time of painting indicated that we HAD to pick it up in two weeks or else they'll recycle our pieces. Almost every employee at this location has zero customer service training (except one lady who helped us paint our pieces). I have never felt so strongly about an establishment that I wrote an extensive review. My advise is to take your $ elsewhere. Makes sense why this location isn't even on Google maps, only Apple Maps. They probably had awful reviews. I'm so disappointed in Smashed & genuinely sad at how I've been treated.

A cute, fun and relaxing activity to do in Katy! There is a $10 entry fee for adults or $8 entry…read morefee for children. You choose your pottery piece and each piece is priced differently. The ranges I saw were $10-50 for a variety of ceramics. The space is clean and staff was great! They constantly were checking up on my table to make sure we had enough materials and if everything was okay. Loved my experience here!

Once we walked in, we were given instructions and allowed to choose our pieces to paint from the…read morewall of assortments - the bottom of each piece tells you the price so there's no surprises. Once we were given our selected paints, we painted to our heart's content. Pretty standard experience but the off putting part came after we left, we got no notification about our pieces being ready for pick up (glazed and dried) until we followed up (even had to call multiple times) after almost a month later. In my opinion, these kind of experience-based services should prioritize offering sublime customer service but this missed the mark for us. It doesn't make a lot of sense to take down our information just for us to have to actively follow up to get confirmation to pick up products we already paid for. I hope this was just a one off experience.

Came here the other weekend for a mini party and we loved it! The staff was incredibly friendly and…read morewas great to coordinate reserving a table for us. When we came in, the staff gave a brief introduction about how to get the best results for our pottery pieces. They even gave us snacks! The pieces turned out great too, I will definitely be back for a party again.

Amazing cozy place. The owners are sweet and kind. I've talked to the owner's wife-- Huge W.read more

We had SO much fun. I had been wanting to try pottery for years now and my husband and I finally…read moregot to try it out. The owners /instructors were very first timer friendly (she did explain very quickly so pay attention). You get to choose from 8 different things to make and they help you through every step. It is a 4 week process though. You come in to throw your piece of work and then you have to go back 2 weeks after to paint and fire your works of art! I'm so hooked now I want to sign up for their classes! Come wearing cloths you don't mind getting dirty and with a group of friends or solo! Also, just a heads up that their communication isn't the best.

Was our first time doing pottery here and it will be our last time going here, wasn't given clear…read moreinstructions on how long they would hold our items nor was it mentioned only that it would be ready in 2 weeks, It did take use a while to get them due to some of us going to college and working at the same time and hour wise was told to put my name down only for them to be under a different name. But thank you very much for finding our pottery !

Went here for pottery painting. The night before I looked up on their website to check if they…read moreaccepted walk-ins b/c when searching up on Google their name was listed as only "Cordovan Art School" (no pottery parlor). The website stated in bold letters "walk-ins always welcome". However, when I got to the store they had a sign posted on the door saying walk-ins were only allowed from 4:30 to 7:00. This was listed nowhere on the website. Quite inconvenient. As far as paint quality goes, pretty decent. They had a variety of brushes and tools for painting and they gave visuals of how each color bakes with 1, 2, and 3 coats so you have a good idea of how your piece will turn out. I was very disappointed with the finished product after glazing though. There were speckles of colors that I did not have anywhere in my piece and smudges (maybe from overcrowding the kiln? Not sure). Also, I believe they did not correctly glaze my piece as there appeared to be milky drips baked onto my piece that I assume to be extra glaze that dripped down and baked when firing. Quite disheartening as I took the entire 4:30-7:00 time to paint my piece and make it perfect only for it to be messed up during the firing process. The staff were fairly nice except for who I assume to be the owner. The day I went to paint with friends (unaware of the time rule because it wasn't on the website) we arrived at 3:30. The front of the store which featured tables, paint, and pottery pieces was completely empty. So, my friend decided just to ask if we could paint earlier since it was not too far from the walk-in hours (if not, no harm done. Just worth a shot to ask). The owner sharply responded with "No. Absolutely not." with some other explanations about camp. We were totally fine with being told no (again no harm done just worth a shot), but a nicer tone would have been appreciated. Another rude interaction was when I went to pick up my piece. My mother decided to come with me as she had been wanting to paint pottery and wanted to check out the studio. When the owner was asked about their opening hours by my mother (who is hard of sight and who did not get a chance to read the door since I opened it for her), she responded "It's on the door." (referring to the sign posted on printer paper) in a harsh, belittling tone. While I do get it can be frustrating to be asked a question when you have a sign, it does not take much effort to simply answer when asked. She also explained how the new hours were because the children were in camp and how pottery painters were not the priority (although pottery parlor is half of their name so a little misleading). Overall, not a great experience. Don't think I would revisit.

I'll keep this quick. I paid $339 for my daughter to go to one week of Cordovan's summer art camp…read moreto learn the fundamentals of drawing manga (anime comic books). She's 11 and very talented in drawing anime already, and I was hoping the class would broaden her horizons. After one week of camp, she brought home a total of THREE pictures - the mediums were paper, canvas, watercolor, pen, and pencil. They pretty much taught them to copy pictures of characters from Naruto, Dragon Ball Z, and Demon Slayer... drawing anime characters is not the same as drawing manga. My daughter also confirmed that they didn't learn a single thing about manga art. While I loved the artwork she brought back, it was very similar to things she produces at home. I cannot wrap my head around what I paid $339 for. She went to a different camp every week in the Summer of 2022, from volleyball to coding, and even another art camp at Sugar Land Art Center & Gallery that cost half as much. Cordovan was the most expensive camp we sent her to, but the least rewarding. I would not send her again.

My best friend and I came here for her birthday, and we had such a fun time! The atmosphere was…read morerelaxing, and painting pottery was the perfect and new way to celebrate. A special shout-out to Carrie for being so kind and welcoming. She made our experience even better! We'll definitely be back.

This place sucks. My daughter went here for a birthday party, when we received her finished…read moreproduct, the glaze had already been chipped off. She set it on the couch and turned it around, the glazed paint just popped off! We had never experienced this before at other pottery shops. I thought Mad Potter would be better since it's more popularized--What a disappointment. It's just expensive, terrible, and low quality.

I took my girlfriend here yesterday and we had a great time! The whole process was super easy. We…read morewalked in, were greeted right away, and they explained everything very clearly. You simply pick the pottery you want to paint, and the price is listed on the bottom of each piece, which makes it easy to choose. We spent about two hours painting and had a lot of fun with it. After you're finished, they keep the piece for about three days so it can be fired and cured in the kiln. Overall, it was a really fun and relaxing experience.

Stopped in at The Mad Potter for some painting!!…read more We called ahead to make reservations because the last time we tried to walk in, the place was packed and we would have had to wait for hours. The workers were polite and helpful when it came to taking our reservation and getting our table set up. I love that they have so many colors and pottery pieces to choose from. Whether it's something seasonal, something small or large, a flower pot, or a coffee mug they have something for everyone. They also advertise that you can host birthday parties there and bring your own food and drinks without a corkage fee, which is a nice option for celebrations. The space is a decent size, with tables and chairs that can accommodate both small and larger groups. However, there was a foul smell when we first walked through the door not a paint smell, but something I honestly can't describe. Toward the back of the building, there was also a strong urine smell that lingered. Overall, we had a great experience painting! Our finished pieces were ready in about 4 days, and they give you up to 3 months to pick them up, which is really convenient.

Liz and jade and Layla were nuts! First time here and the costumer services were amazing!! I was…read moregreeted with a smile and a welcoming voice, I enjoyed my time here, Liz walked me through the step by steps and helped me through my first time! Thank you! I 100% would come back

This was a really fun experience with good friends! We got to pick our pottery item and then paint…read moreit and decorate it how we wanted. They let us have food and alcohol there too since it was all pre-planned, and they had music playing too. They had a lot of color options too.