Such a fun store Curious Goods is one of my favorite shops in Raleigh for incense & candles, cool tshirts, posters & tapestries, unique gifts, great prices and an awesome selection of legal thc products. read more

I love this store! Excellent variety of interesting products and really nice and helpful folks working here. I am in here all the time.

Curious Goods carries exactly what the name implies. Lots of glass, lots of hippie stuff, lots of rock tees, lots of weird little tchotchkes. As far as glass goes, their selection isn't bad, but there are better places to go in the area (not many, granted, but a few). This place will do in a pinch. They carry mostly ROOR; not a whole lot of local glass. But, you know, I'm more or less from Asheville, and that's what we're accustomed to. Locally owned and operated since 1991 just across Hillsborough from NC State, they give 15% discounts to students (not just Wolfpackers, either), as well as discounts to those in the service industry and active military. The staff are just chilling and are funny as hell. I like the atmosphere here for sure. They regularly update their facebook page about new arrivals and sales, so be sure to "like" them. read more

I just moved to Raleigh so I did some research on Yelp & found Curious Goods. They had exactly what I was looking for and they're home to a selection of items within a price range that everyone can enjoy. I initially attempted to make my purchase with a card but didn't have my photo ID. So, I was really bummed when the lady working the register informed me that electronic purchases without ID aren't permitted. However, without missing a beat, she directed me to the ATM next door where I was able to withdraw cash. This place has excellent customer service, great products, and it smells fantastic. read more

Rude to my partner with disability to the point that she had a breakdown in the parking lot. The place already had lost the feeling it had from its original location. May your luck be better but, despite going there for many years, I don't plan on ever returning after this. read more

A really unique gift shop that I've dropped into before a show at The Brewery, this store has a nice selection of vintage clothing and accessories. I found a cool suiting vest here for only $8, so I keep coming back looking for good deals. The sad part is that they keep extremely strange hours, being open at some times and closed at others, even on the same day of the week. read more

Great selection and the girls were so helpful. You can't beat 15% student discount on top of great prices!

Extremely helpful and nice! Love this shop and love supporting local business and artists :)

Great Store. Been in here 3 or 4 times since I moved down to NC. The people are friendly and can offer advice to your needs. Only place I bring my business to. read more

Awesome place and awesome customer service. I believer her name was Kim but she went out of her way to help my wife and I. We called before coming in and she was inviting and gave great customer service. We will be back. read more

This place is awesome. Super helpful. Great selection. Great customer service. The people giving anything less than 5 stars need to retract. This is the best smoke shop in the area. read more

I've gone to Curious Goods on Hillsborough Street in Raleigh probably over two-dozen times. 95% of the time you will see the owner at cashier from their open hours of 11am to 7pm Mon-Sat. It is a very tiny one-room shop where you can find t-shirts, incense, posters, tobacco 'alternatives' as well as pipes, bongs, vaporizers and hookas. The atmosphere is laid-back and casual given the spacey employees who will usually wait to be confronted before assisting you. As I said, I have been here probably over 2-3 dozen times and each time, save when I went on maybe three consecutive days, I was ID'd before purchase by the same person. That's fine, but basically, this means that although I was a regular customer - I was never recognized as such. One time I was given a discount and not ID'd, but unless your a daily-visible face, you will not be able to receive a break from the steep prices*. I am referring mainly to their pipes, bongs, etc - that are around 30-50% higher than necessary. I ended up purchasing a tiny 3-4 inch pipe that isn't very thick and whose designs are really quite simplistic - for $54. In my opinion, it should have been no more than $25-$30 on the high end. Most of the pipes, which are all decent, are grossly and seemingly almost rather greedily overpriced, ranging from $55-250 for what is very standard-issue. Their bongs and the very few vaporizers they have are similarly and quite ridiculously overly expensive. (*) They do offer a discount for college students and active military I believe. -- I was asked again for my ID by the owner the other day when I went the last time and although it was my Birthday the very next day, (today), that went unnoticed, as well as the fact that I've been there countless times before and spent hundreds of dollars in total. As a consequence, I was left paying a good 50% more for a piece than I feel I should have - inflated prices and lack of any possible discount factored in to this. (My choice of course, just sayin'). I understand why the prices are so high - it's a business after all, one that attracts mostly cloudy-eyed college stundents and stoner-esk clientele. It would seem to me, however, that with the lack of consistent customer support and the overall high end prices on nearly exclusively standard and sub-par glasswork - that there may well be better avenues in finding that unique one-in-a-million piece you've been looking for lately. -- I'd recommend visiting the place for yourself though - it's a very non intimidating and casual place where they do offer a heavy niche which is unfortunately rare in this area of the state. Just be sure to purchase something other than their pipes for a little while - until they get the point and start to lower the prices at least a bit. ;-) Have a great day and thanks for reading! -Joseph (05-21-2012) read more

I went to curious goods for the first time a while ago - I called in to ask when the store was closing and it was supposed to close in 5 minutes but the shopkeeper kept the store open just for me so I could buy a present for my friend! They have really great quality stuff there for really good prices - I would one hundred percent recommend this place! read more