The Mad Platter

Took my mom here and had a GREAT time! Helpful staff and so much to choose from. USC student discount too! I will be coming back.

its a great place to take the kids or just to go with some friends, had a lot of fun. what you waiting on just go an see for yourself.

We have been coming to this place for many years. It’s always so much fun. It’s a great place for kids through adults to come and create some artwork. There’s plenty of different ceramic items to choose from and create a masterpiece. The staff is very amazing and extremely patient. They’re always willing to help. Once you pick out which ceramic item you want to paint, you pick out the colors of paint you want to use. Once you’ve finished your painting it takes about 4 days to get the piece back. It always turns out better than you think it will. If you pick an item that you can’t finish in one visit, they’re always glad to hold it and you can return to finish.
It’s a great place to have birthday parties and other parties. At Valentines Day they even offer a couples session. Just bring a bottle of wine, and sit and have a romantic evening working together on a project.
I’ve been coming here since they opened and I’ll continue to come. It’s just a great place to come make special items and gifts. It’s a good stress reliever. If you’ve never tried it, you need to give it a try.

Mad Platter is one of the best activities here in Columbia! You can choose from a wide selection of ceramic items and be as creative as you like with painting. The staff is always so friendly and helps out any way they can. A day at mad platter can be a little pricey– $ 6 studio fee + your ceramic item + any special paints you choose, but they do Friday specials for college students. I think it’s worth the expense to visit every once in a while. I love displaying my creations around my place!

Nice place and a lot of fun! it is VERY reasonably priced too. just $ 6 to paint (which includes supplies like paint, brushes, stamps, sponges, etc… as well as the firing of your item in their kiln!) Then you pay for the item you are choosing to paint. There are TONS of items to choose from, so be patient and take your time. Items range from a couple $s to well over 50, but on average would say most are between $ 10 and $ 20.
The staff is VERY NICE and very informative and helpful. They will even help you with design and artistic advice too if you want to do a really good job! Well worth a visit and bring the kids. Great idea for gifts for them to make stuff for grandma or momma! Or maybe Dad’s office needs something artistic. :-)

My fiancé and I wanted to do something different and have fun. So, we ended up going to the Mad Platter. We loved it. This place was so cool. The staff were very informative and helpful.
They even allow you to host parties here. While we were there several middle age adults were just relaxing and drinking wine. v Its a atmosphere for everyone: kids, family, adults, and couples.
The price is reasonable too. They even have price specials most of the days of the week which is really nice.
They offer a lot of different items to get creative with ranging from crosses, kitchen china wear, gnomes, cars, pets, vases, ornaments, and etc. They have stencils and molds to decorate your items with. The have a wide variety of paint, they even let you splatter your items which was really cool. If you don’t want to do pottery you can do glass objects too.
The store: is big enough to hold maybe 75 people. The chairs were an odd assortment but it adds to the uniqueness of the place. Easy enough to navigate. Will definitely go again.
Parking: tight, very limited space.