I used to love going to PaintNite and was excited when I saw the email where they were having in person events again and they had a deal $40 per pass if you bought 2! I bought it for my boyfriend's birthday since he had never done one before! Well then I went online to look for an event near us and NOT ONE SINGLE EVENT! All they have is virtual events!!! And they expect you to buy your own supplies! Way to dupe the public yaymaker/paintnite ... Save your $$$ people and stay away from this company! read more

Ever since the covid quarantine my daughter and I have been so excited to do a virtual paint night. I bought all of the supplies listed and signed up for a class only to have it cancelled which was a disappointment but they gave us a code to reschedule. When I went to reschedule I was told that the code was only going to be for in person classes. I figured we would use it after this quarantine is over....Still disappointed but I wasn't going to give up on doing a virtual class so I purchased another that my daughter chose the painting for. This morning I get an email that it's cancelled with another "code" to reschedule. I cannot get anyone on a phone and the contact is a bunch of FAQ. We won't be attending in person and I plan to dispute this on my cc. read more

I had so much expectations for this night. If it wasn't for the drinks, I would have given this review one star. First and Foremost you can have a good time, it is over all fun, I loved the energy but was disappointed in the way the event was lead. The room was packed and the artist made no effort to cover all grounds of the room entirely. He flew through each step and made no effort to go slower. He would be 4 steps ahead while many of the individual artist were still on the 1st or 2nd step. I just wished he would have made sure others were on the same page as he was. The assistant helped in restocking the paint for people majority of the time, but had no knowledge of helping you with the steps if you missed It or barely had any knowledge about painting. You would think that the assistant would know something from being around so many of them. They barely asked if we needed help or if we were good. A lot of frustration built up over the time as the teacher used a mic that had un bearing feed back 80 percent of the time and you were unable to hear him over the blaring rock and roll music the venue provided, and it didn't help you were seated in a bar with loud customers already, its was just a combination of noise on top of noise at that point. They didn't explain how to use each brush and some of the brushes were just worn out. At the end of the day I made the best out of It with there person i was with and over all I still had an amazing time and I love my painting. I will go again to probably a different location and hopefully the next setting is better. read more

This was our first paint nite and I really enjoyed it! The instructor, Michael was great! He took us step by step through the painting process. The booze were great (of course) and it was a fun painting group as well! I would recommend this to anyone. You will have a blast!! read more

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Had a great time. This was my first time ever going to a paint nite, and it was completely worth it. Natalie was great (at Coral Tree Cafe in Encino). I'm excited to do it again! read more

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Cancelled the event we signed up for a week in advance but wouldn't refund the ticket....only willing to reschedule another event which we weren't interested in. Read the fine print in their policies. Won't make the same mistake twice with this vendor. read more

The experience was fun but the customer service was a nightmare! My husband and two gfs of mine bought groupons for paint nite and finally decided on doing the Frida painting at El Torito for Thursday 1/26. We settled on El Torito because: -It was walking distance from my job and the train station -We wanted to AVOID rush hour traffic -El Torito is delicious and has great happy hour deals -We love margaritas and couldn't wait to spend our money there! But instead of our event being hosted where we originally booked and agreed.. We get an email 2 days prior saying that it must be relocated to Coral Tree Café... 6 MILES AWAY!!! In LA 6 miles after 5pm is the devil.. Then to add insult to injury, I sent two emails and reached out to their social media pages several times with no response. If you are going to change the venue of an event so last minute, you need to be prepared to be available bc the new changes may not work for everyone! They claim to respond within 24 hours but I have YET to get a response... (Update: I got a response an hour following this post) THEN, they sent another email confirmation the day of (I'm assuming it was automated) reminding us of our paint nite at EL TORITO.. the original venue they claimed the event was no longer being held at!! Like seriously...? We assumed it was a mistake, and luckily we assumed right, but that could have easily thrown anyone off! So anyways, the change threw a big wrench in our plans. We ultimately sat right in the middle of rush hour traffic for 45 mins... Which was yet another frustration: Why would you relocate to a venue in a completely different part of LA?? If we would have simply gotten responses and confirmations that we could reschedule, we would've. But with this being our first experience with this company, we didn't know if it would be a use-it-or lose-it situation so we opted to go as a precaution. We get there, metered parking is .10cents for every 3 mins and there is no free street parking whatsoever since everyone has the district permits. We had no choice but to pay $5 garage parking. So if you book an event at this Beverly Hills Coral Tree Café, keep that in mind. So all-in-all the event was definitely a good time. Our instructor Hannah was very experienced and always willing to lend a helping hand. I'm just conflicted with if I want to participate in this event again and risk a similar experience... I have a really hard time putting my money into unorganized businesses. read more

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This was 100% worth it. I am not a painter and my best friend had it in her bucket list to do this. I bought the class for 2 and we went in. We were at a restaurant and the man that served us our drinks when we got there let us run a tab so we could pay for it when we were done. We planned to have lunch there after . The instructor was amazing. He put our first tine fears to rest and make it so much fun. I will do this again for sure. read more

I'm not a very creative person/artist but this just looked like a lot of fun so i took my boyfriend for a date night. Overall the instructor Gavin was really energetic and fun and made the experience great. The only thing was that my painting didn't really look like the model painting, which was a little disappointing. I wish she taught us how to make the effects more like the model. So, i guess just don't expect it to look the same. Also it's scheduled for 2 hours, but we were all there for 3 so expect to take more than the 2 hours. I would definitley do it again. Make sure you buy from Groupon or Living Social for a discount! read more

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Done two Paint Nites at 2 different locations. Both times were a lot of fun. The instructors were informative and patient. I have ZERO artistic skill and came out with two paintings I can be proud of. I think drinking while painting helps. read more

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Went to paint nite at Amalfi restaurant, painting the "easy" cherry blossom tree/night sky. Teacher saw how bad I was at painting and blatantly avoided me and offering any help until it was too late...meanwhile helping others with little intricacies. Very disappointed. After I got a couple drinks in me, I saw the potential for a boob in the mess I'd made trying to follow his directions to the class, so that's what I painted. Salvaged some fun out of it, but that was *in spite* of the teacher. read more

Went to our first Paint Nite at this particular location, the El Torito on Ocean Park. You pick the painting you want to learn to paint from the Paint Nite website and you are told the level of difficulty, instructor and location, then you pay for it. There's some fine print about cancellations and refunds, so make sure you read through all of that. We worked in a decent sized private room that the instructor had set up in advance. We arrived about 30 minutes early, went in and introduced ourselves. The instructor offered to save our seats for us and we sat at a long table that held about 20-ish. There were tables for 4, but we were a group of 3 and thought it might leave someone out of another group if we did. You sit very close to the next person, so prepare to be friendly :) Bar service in the bar area before the event was spotty - there was only 1 bartender, and he was covering the bar, people seated at tables at the bar, and of course serving the orders coming from the main restaurant. I ended up waiting 10 minutes for a $4 Coke and glass of wine and was late to the class. A server did make several rounds through our private room, but I think it would have been a pain to go through my purse for my credit card when my hands were full of paint - so be prepared and have a form of payment ready. Also, this was funny, but it also wasn't funny - the instructor gave us used red cups (come on, you KNOW these cups from frat parties, beer pong, etc.) to wash our brushes in - by habit I kept trying to drink out of the dirty water cup! Once or twice I almost didn't catch myself, and in the end I accidentally washed my brushes in my Coke glass because I was trying so hard not to drink the brush water - painter fail. You sit so close to the next person, your drink glass literally is next to the dirty water cup. There's definitely no space to eat if you think nibbles are an option, and again you will probably have some paint on your hands. Tips - wear clothes than can survive a few paint spatters (aprons are provided), allocate at least an hour to eat beforehand, save your seats beforehand, have some newspaper or a moving blanket to lay your painting on in your car if it's not completely dry otherwise it will shift around the back seat or trunk and get paint on your interior, don't be scared, don't try and be perfect. I was sad my painting looked like something I would paint, but you know for my first time mixing paint, painting and copying a design from across the room I think I did pretty darn well! Definitely will do again at a discount, but I guess you are getting a painting lesson, so full price isn't bad either. Regular prices are around $45, but they give you a discount code if you sign up on their mailing list. We used a Groupon that, with a mix of Groupon discount codes and good timing came out to, well, a really, really, really, good buy! read more

Extremely dissapointed in their services. Purchased a Groupon deal for two about 4-5 months ago and have been trying to make it to an event since. The first event I scheduled was cancelled without ANY notice. Really not fun showing up to a restaurant to surprise your BF with no event going on. I then scheduled two other events since and both times I received an email letting me know they had to cancel! this was due to not enough painters. I really love going to events like this and was looking forward to a date night painting. I really wanted to love Paint Nite but now I am not even going to bother trying. read more

Paint nite was amazing! I got a groupon deal that was only $25. You can paint at different locations, but the place I went to was the Bar and Grill in Burbank. The place was pretty cool and gave a good vibe. If you get there before 7 pm. you can order food and drinks off the happy hour menu. They even give you a code for $20 off a Lyft ride, just in case you drink too much. I am the worst at anything that has to do with drawing, so painting was going to be a challenge. The instructor was amazing, he went through each step and went around to help. At the end I was pretty proud of how my artwork turned out. I am definitely going to take another class. read more

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This is a great date night, birthday or girls night out. The one was held in the El Torito banquet room with fun Mexican themed music. Our teacher, Liz, was great at walking us through all the steps to end up with a painting I actually plan to hang on my wall. Her instructions were easy to follow and she came by to help if you needed assistance individually. The two hour class flew by fast. Liz said she's emailing a promo code for a discount on the next Paint nite. I'll be back again soon. read more

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I had so much fun at plant nite with my boyfriend! It was a cute little date night. The ONLY downside was how pricey it was.I paid 52 dollars for the groupon alone, and THEN I had to pay an additional 24 dollars for supplies or whatever. A total of 76 dollars for two people, which is definitely a reach. It was fun and a lot of options are provided, but they should definitely consider at LEAST providing us with one drink per person or SOMETHING to make us feel like we got our moneys worth. It is such a great idea and fun event, but not everyone can afford something so pricey. I feel like they would accommodate a wider range of people if they provided a drink or made it more affordable. As much as I would love to do it again, it is out of my budget range to spend another 76 bucks, and I probably will go buy my own supplies to make one and a 6 pack of beer to drink as I do it. but if you have 80 dollars, and you're dying to try this, I really do recommend it regardless. read more

I have written 7 emails to Paint Nite. They took my money but cancelled my Paint Nite. I wanted a simple call back because I found 2 paint Nites I could attend in June by the time I received an email mail back the 2 venues I could go to were full. Well, they found one for us to go to, finally, and we went . It was WONDERFUL. Rico Riveria was the teacher and he was even more WONDERFUL. And are paintings weren't that bad either. read more

The instructor was okay, though, he should've given more brushes and provided more instruction but he was nice enough. the paint nite itself was a decent experience but the paint nite took place outside and it was in the 50s. Even with heating lamps it was still cold. I'm glad I had a large coat in my car or I would have probably had to leave. I wouldnt come to another paint nite at this location. read more

Went with my friend to Paint Nite at Bowlmor Lanes in Pasadena last night. We had a great time! Shelly, our instructor, was a sweetheart. She lead the group through a painting called "Fireflies", a Van Gogh inspired piece with lots of blue, green, and yellow. I enjoyed the vibe of the event...you were encouraged to just have fun, not worry about perfection, and enjoy exploring your creative side! I liked how you could order a house wine or a variety of appetizers for $5/each. I ordered some pita with hummus and it was yummy. So cool to be munching while painting at the same time! They held a raffle where you could win a free "Paint Nite" t-shirt (I came so close to winning, just one digit off....arghhh!) But it was a fun touch. I had always wanted to try this and I'm so glad I did. Everyone seemed to have a great time...there was a group of ladies there for a girl's night out, lots of couples, and like me, folks who came with a buddy. Even if you haven't painted since grade school, you will still have a fun time and leave with a pretty piece of art you can proudly say you did yourself:) Tip: get there at least 15 minutes early to get a good seat, order your drink/food, and get settled in. read more

So much fun! I came in with a friend and left making a new one! The food is great (the location is in a full restaurant!)! The music is of varying styles (hey, whatever gets you to your Bob Ross moment, right?). The atmosphere is very welcoming. My painting (Sea Turtle) was downright terrible (read: NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE painting) but it hangs on my wall as a reminder of fun times. Some people are totally pro painters. Don't be intimidated by them (drink up!). Elizabeth is very clear giving instructions. No one will judge you. Everyone + their painting gets photographed at the end and put up on the website regardless of skill level. Highly, highly recommend!!! read more

Paint Nite at Maggiano's takes place on the back terrace. It is a beautiful setting with 1/2 price apps and 20% off drinks. Elizabeth the instructor had a variety of music playing to keep the party going. There was some drunk girl drama at the beginning of the session, but things went well after that. Everyone seemed to have a great time, including groups, couples and singletons. They supply the apron, canvas on an easel , paper plate with primary colors, small brush, wide brush, glass of water for ringing brush and a paper towel for dabbing the brush dry. Elizabeth gave me tip on my tree limbs that significantly improved the look of the picture. There was an assistant who was very nice and offered encouragement. They gave away two free paint night coupons! It is geared toward people who have never painted and want to have some fun discovering any possible talent, or not!!!! Fun evening! read more

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DRINK CREATIVELY......that's my new Motto. Wonderful experience last night! It was well organized and super fun. Never in my life would I think I could paint something like that. I cant even draw straight stick figures for crying out loud!. Our instructor/host was awesome and helpful. The place was small and a little cramp but we all made do. He walked around to each person and made sure we didn't have any problems. Our instructor was Otman and he mentioned that this was his second time teaching in the Whittier area, because he noticed that there was no paint nite in that area. Thank you for doing this as this was CLOSE to home and having to come home from work and make it for a 7pm event! Our event started on time and ended on time. Ours was held at Mimi's Café so they have the all day $5 Wine. So even after 3-4 glasses of wine and our painting still came out good! *pat on the back* We are already deciding which painting we want to do next..... read more

This sort of activity is perfect for a date night or a girls night. Being able to relax and enjoy the opportunity of creating something that you can physically keep us awesome. I found a great deal on Groupon for 50% off of the already reasonable price. The cool thing that I enjoyed most about this company is that they rent out different restaurants or bar spaces to host classes. So as a guest student you can pre-select where you like to take the class and hopefully the painting you want to do is being done there. Although I'm not a painter by creative nature, the experience is worthy of 5 stars because it allowed me to learn something new and giving results of my labor. Cool activity that everyone should try at least once. read more

Fun night with friends. Great for when you want to be crafty, but without the hassle. Look out for coupons online. Sometimes, at certain locations, you also get a percentage off for a meal/drinks at the restaurant/bar where the Paint Nite is being held, if you'd like to stay after. read more

Just finished a Paint Nite in Burbank with Ryan as the host and José as assistant...They were great! Easy to follow along, funny and also VERY helpful with "fix-it" ideas and solutions. We had a big crowd in a semi - cramped space and they rolled with the punches with ease. Definitely a fun night! Thanks guys! read more

I heard about paint nite for a while now and finally decided to go with my boyfriend and his mom. It was so much fun! The instructor was amazing, she gave step by step instructions and made the painting part easy. It was also fun that were able to order drinks while painting. Great experience. We will be back. read more

Another great girls night out!! This is something we have been wanting to do and it was a very entertaining time. I can't wait to come back with my hubby. Our paint nite was held at BJ's in Downey with instructor Otman Perez. He was a great hostess and instructor. He will assist you along the way with lots of encouragement, and make you feel like Van Gogh. In addition to alcohol you can also order food while your painting. The class is about two hours so there is time for snacking and drinking in between. It was great to share laughs with other people who are also laughing at their own paintings, but in the end your picture comes together nice and it is your original anyway. Great times with fun people. read more

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What a fun experience ! Did this event for a girlfriends birthday and it definitely did the trick. We all had a fun time, the birthday girl enjoyed herself, and we got to "sip our creativity". The instructor, Elizabeth G, was really fun and helpful. All in all a night well spent and a great option for a fun night with friends or loved ones ! read more

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I have done a few paint nights with this company (pre-Covid) and loved it. But then I bought a paint night shortly before the whole Covid situation started and was cancelled because of the pandemic. Instead of refunding money they just gave a gift certificate for a later date. It's been a year. The gift card is still sitting there. I could do on online class but number #1 I'm not all that interested in doing a class online and #2 I would lose money because online classes cost less than in person classes and that money does not carry over to another night. Even when the day comes that they start doing in person again, I'm not sure I'm going to be comfortable participating in a class crammed in with a bunch of strangers for awhile. I could be holding on to this certificate for a long time. I don't know if I will ever end up using it at this point. I'd rather just have my money back. read more

Plant nite was super informative. I don't really have a green thumb so the info at the beginning of the activity was really helpful. My plants have doubled in size! read more

Me and my boyfriend been to two paint nite events and love it every time we go. It's so easy to follow along with the instructor Or you can also do your own painting. The classes sale out FAST! So I always try to look for classes weeks ahead. There is also groupon deals very often as well. If you want to go out with your friends or better half, have a drink & just have fun this is the perfect activity! read more

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Yaymaker is a thief and a waste of time. I have yet to see my $57.27 The paint class i paid for in March was canceled during the pandemic. I didn't cancel or not show up they canceled with good reason. It has been reported to BBB and will now go against the company. They will not answer my constant emails. They just reply with virtual parties. I paid for a sit down experience at a brewery while painting. If I can't have what I paid for I want my money back. That is the only professional thing to do since they canceled on me. They will cancel on you and steal your hard earned money. They don't even deserve one star. read more

I came here with my mom, and we had the best time. Our instructor was Michael and he was so funny. We were at El Torito, so we had drinks before we started our class. It was really cool how my mom and I were seated next to each other and our painting s were so different. I could totally see this being a great thing to do for a date night or a night out just with friends. We bought ours on Groupon and got a great deal, too! read more

Had so much fun. My boyfriend and I wanted to do something different. Gail was awesome! And the group we were with were fun as well. Definitely will do again read more

Paint nite is a fun experience. I've done it twice, both in burbank. At the burbank bar and grille and sardos. Great instructor, very relaxing, great food and drinks. read more

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The only reason I had good time and didn't cancel while I was at the event, was my friends visiting, and this was part of our getting together... I spent lots of time to find the cool painting for my friends and I to enjoy, and it was "bridge under the cherry blossom"... However, when we walked in and saw the sample that was presented for that nights to draw, it was remotely similar to what was advertised online (pictures attached). To my question what happened to the painting we signup for, "artist" (I can't call him a real artist at all) answered that he went more gory way... Seriously?!?!?!?? Am I the only one who spends time to choose the painting I want to work on, and expect the SAME painting to be presented at the event????? I don't think so!!! Nevertheless, I have pointed out that painting that we suppose to work called "bridge under CHERRY BLOSSOMS", and that I don't see any blossoms on his painting... he said he'll add them at the end.... as you can see on the pictures, he didn't add anything, he did exactly what he placed as example (again, not what was advertised)..... his painting looked like a child's painting!!!! I understand if ours would come out that way since we are NOT PROFESSIONALS, but not from the "artist" who is taking money for this!!! I used Paint Nite services only ones, and going to stay away from them as far as possible, and will advise my friends to do the same!!! Maybe it was only one so called artist there ( I can't find his name on the website anymore... Ryan something...), maybe not, but I am not going to try to find out.... read more

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I liked the Mimi's cafe staff BUT I hated , Saye Gbatu, the extremely unprofessional "nite" artist who DISCRIMINATES!!!! I paid two handsome fees for "Paint Nite " session with this horrible, PREJUDICE artist! I DID NOT sign up for painting on my own and watching Saye Gbatu's back for 85% of the time. Around me there were outspoken attendees who also expressed their discontentments! 85% of the time we could not see Saye Gbatu and his painting at all! Afterwards, he only asked his preferred group of African American group for pictures. The rest of us were invisible. It is so sad to experience painting for the first time and experience DISCRIMINATION at its highest !!!!!! I will never paint at "Paint Nite" again. I will not support organizations that hire discriminate paint artist! I will give other hard working artist some credits that this one so destroyed!!!! My session was at Mimi Cafe on Saturday, 6/30/18 @ 7pm of of the 405 fwy (exit PCH highway) read more

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Great with friends or for date night. Casual atmosphere, drinks and creativity combine to make a fun evening. read more

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Had paintnite at society kitchen here with idk her name . Was pretty excited but then we got there and we saw the set up. Had a large group of girls that were loud and a little rude but that is not paintnites problem. Only two of them were there out of the 8 and they took up and reserved spaces for all their people before hand. Which made it hard for us to get seating. Also the lady didn't have enough seats for all the people and had to reorganize which worked out and we all sat together. Only issue is the venue was small and half of the people had to sit facing the opposite way of the instructor and some people were in weird corners. The instructor spent too much time on parts that didn't need a lot of time and not enough time on the harder areas. Other than that it was fun. read more

I bought Yaymaker to go with my 16 year old daughter. The couple expire in 2 weeks and they keep cancelling the event we are signed up for. I contacted customer service to see if I can extend my coupons since they have cancelled twice on us and no one responded. So I basically just wasted my money. It's a shame because I really wanted to do it with my daughter. read more