I checked out Groth Music because I love music and this is a music store. It also is a Minnesota…read moreinstitution. I wanted to meet cool employees, have great conversations about music, and honestly, I wanted to buy something. I have a lot of money (well, not really) and I am genuinely in the market for... music stuff. Groth Music has guitars, but guitar is not its primary focus. Instead, Groth is the spot to go to when you want to find sheet music. I think there's still a lot of value in this despite e-commerce. A lot of times, the quality of sheet music isn't clear, especially for pop music. It's very useful to be able to look at the pages for yourself. I'm rating Groth 3 stars because no employee felt like greeting me. I was especially disappointed that the guy in the guitar section simply sat at his desk without even trying to engage me at all. He semi-grumpily said "let me know if you have any questions." I genuinely could've bought something, even a guitar, if he took the second to chat with me like many local music shop workers often do. Instead, I got Guitar Center-level service.

Sent me a used ocarina at new price, and it was damaged with scratches and pen marks all over it…read more Mailed in envelope with songbook already in soft case, no printed box or formed space. Currently trying to get refund and return, company ignoring my emails. Fuck Groth.

Great shop! Brought my son's brand new bike here via a recommendation from AI of all things. His…read morederailleur was bent (from going off jumps with the other neighborhood boys) and we got a few quotes, all the way up to $120 and a three week lead time. I told him he'd have to work off the fees at $10/hr., but due to this shop's low prices and quality work, plus quick turn (just a few days), we got very little labor out of him. He was thrilled and wants to take his bike there for regular service.

I rented a Uhaul from Cars Bike Shop and I didn't realize that it was a contactless pickup at the…read moretime of booking so that is my bad! If I had, I would've rented from elsewhere. But I also didn't cancel cause the location was convenient and I figured it would be nice to support this small business! The contactless pickup ended up working ok. It took me a bit to figure it out but I ended up getting what I needed which was a Uhaul truck. I did order additional equipment: furniture pads and dollys. They were not loaded into the truck and there was no indication of how I could retrieve them since they were closed. Again, I got what I needed which was a Uhaul truck but I was basing how much help I needed on having 2 dollies so to not have them was an inconvenience. After returning my truck and noting that the equipment was not present, I received a receipt the next day with a refund for only a portion of the missing additional equipment. I'm glad that they recognized and did not charge me entirely for the missing equipment but there was not indication of why I wasn't given a full refund of that equipment. I reached out to them to simply ask why and I did not receive a response. Overall I would not recommend renting Uhaul equipment from this shop. Not sure how they are as a bike shop but I'm not willing to find out!

Klash drums is an amazing establishment. The staff is top notch and accommodating to all people and…read moreages. They have a great setup and I highly recommend their lessons!

Love this store. I just bought my first ever drum kit at Klash, and I can't recommend it enough…read more They have a great selection of used drums, which is what I was planning to buy. Jeremy, the owner, was super-helpful and friendly and got me all set up with a Premier set. But when I saw the Klash drums, made right there, I decided to splurge and buy local. It is so worth it. my set is beautiful, sounds amazing, and is bullet proof. Buy local, people. It FEELS good. Jeremy, thanks for your help!

Do not trust this company to ship anything and absolutely don't use Paypal with them. If something…read moregoes wrong (such a lost guitar during shipping in my case) they will hold your funds hostage. Use a more trustworthy company like Sweetwater, or hell, even Amazon as they stand behind their shipping and returns. Maybe they are fine in person, but never order on web. EDIT: 10/3/2017 - 2 months to the day, the missing guitar 'turned up' at my door. Have amended my review, but I standby my "don't order online" recommendation.

This is a review of their mail-order business…read more SPECTACULAR. Great selection, great prices, always good emails on gear - and they don't spam the hell out of my inbox. I live in Los Angeles and have access to LOTS of great guitar shops...that said, I've ordered THREE guitars from RC over the past couple years just because they gave me great deals, shipped quickly and do a great (generic) seetup on my g-tars. Cannot praise highly enough on their responsiveness and all-around great service and pricing. TY Riff City - I'll be back again soon!

This business seems to be badly managed. Messaged twice about lessons but have never heard anything…read moreback. Tried to order an attachment for my violin. They placed the order, never heard anything. Really wanted to like this business as it is local to me and I love music. Won't go to a business that clearly doesn't want mine.

Last year we were "thrilled" to find out our 10 year old wanted to play the saxaphone in the school…read moreband. We stopped into Cadenza and had the best experience. We rented an alto sax and the nicest guy ever explained what my son would need. When you rent an instrument for the school year, you pay in full up front. The guy made it clear that you won't pay a penalty if it's past the May deadline because schools have end of the year concerts etc. Near the end of the year we got a card in the mail telling us if we paid for next years rental we could keep the instrument over the summer for free. We did that. Also, a rental includes a yearly "tune up". While the sax was in the shop, our son announced he needed it TODAY for school. Of course. I called the store and talked to the woman who was repairing it. "Oh I'm working on it now, I could have it for you in 20 mins." Perfect