My 6 year old son has been coming here for about a year. Mrs Butler is extremely patient and works so well with him. I would recommend Monarch Music Academy for anyone interested in learning how to read music and play piano.
Best teacher I have ever had. Very good at motivating students. Teaches to the student. Studied for 4 years and plan to continue indefinitely.
An excellent teacher in incredible subjects, if your trying to learn piano in this area she is truly your best option.
2. Tim Goodman Music
Address: 200 Harbor Walk Dr, Punta Gorda, FL 33950 , Punta Gorda , Florida , United States
Most of these reviews are about buying pottery. I agree and have bought gorgeous pieces. While I was there, though, I decided to take lessons. I am reviewing the lessons. They are an excellent value. Jack and Suzanne are right there to teach and help at all levels of skills, without being restrictive (as in we are doing this today). You get to make whatever YOU want to make that is within your skill level. I am so pleased with the pieces I was able to make, almost immediately, with their excellent guidance. What a rewarding hobby thanks to great teachers!
Stopped by one day to inquire about lessons and found Susanne and Jack to be great instructors. Handling the clay was therapeutic not just for my mind but for my arthritic hands.
After giving both the wheel and hand building a try, Hand building became my choice of pottery and in time I was able to join one of the Gallery studios Jack has there.
The artists quickly became family! They are all very talented and unique in their style. Every piece handmade and unique! Love this studio, school and gallery!
Very good and relaxing Jack seems to be a good instructor
5. Dollar General
Address: 1300 Tamiami Trail, Punta Gorda, FL 33950 , Punta Gorda , Florida , United States
Everything isn’t a dollar but it isn’t awfully expensive either
Lots of good stuff. Found a fabulous heavy duty welcome home mat for $8.
This place has a ton of stuff for a dollar. Cleaners, glass cleaner, paper towels, candy and snacks. I could go on and on
Please open more registers when 3 or more people are waiting in line, ty
Nice people work there. Very helpful.
Better than traversing 18 miles thru Walmart
I went there today to by cigarettes which I have done several times and I was refused service because my ID was vertical even though its valid and I meet the age requirement. The two women working there are very rude and do not care about the customers.
Most of the other Dollar General stores I like. This one is always a mess. So much stuff in the isles it’s hard to get through with a cart. Can’t get any help, except from a vendor who was just stocking a shelf, came to my rescue to help, and was very nice. She didn’t even work there.
Messy store
6. Downtown Kava
Address: 1009 Taylor St, Punta Gorda, FL 33950 , Punta Gorda , Florida , United States
Such an incredibly comfortable environment with a history just as fabulous. But the staff is really what takes the Cake. I’ve never felt more at home and safe
Great Kava Bar in Punta Gorda. Everyone was so helpful and friendly. I had the peanut butter cup kava. Yummy! Great space inside and outside seating as well. I was able to bring my dog and sit outside on the patio and enjoy the evening. When I visited, there was a food truck too. Not sure if it’s there all the time or not. Highly recommend and we’ll definitely be back.
First time there with my daughter! Loved it especially the lavender lemonade with red! Cozy atmosphere and outside deck! Will be back. There is no food served there but they have food trucks that come certain days.
Parking: Plenty of parking
Wheelchair accessibility: There is a ramp.
Really enjoyed sitting outside with friends enjoying the moment. A little pricey but comfy.
Not a bad place to hang out for a drink.
I’m not sure if I missed the whole point of this place… maybe I did. Originally I came for the coffee and patio. The patio is great. It’s not a place you can work with a computer from as there doesn’t seem to be any outlets. Also the inside is more of a dark and gloomy vibe and I feel would be hard to work from there. My coffee was ok, I wouldn’t order it again. It was more milk with a shot of coffee. The only food options are muffins. I can see how this could be a vibe for some people, but it just isn’t for me.
<1>Let’s start of on a positive note ; the layout is nice and comfy if you are trying to rest
<2>The Boba used here is poor at best and not cooked properly
<3>The workers cuss and are not generous in any way
<4>The restrooms are located in such a poor placement
<5>Pricing is to high
Please contact me via email if you are interested
Walked in here for the first time to check it out. Maybe 8 to 10 people on a Friday night. Not really much going on. Looks like a music stand set up but nobody playing. I took a seat at the bar and waited. And waited. Two people walked in after me, sat at the bar and got waited on. That was enough. I just left. Too bad the woman behind the bar doesn’t know service. I’ll never go back. And the strong smell of weed in the parking lot was overwhelming.
RESPONSE TO OWNER: You failed to mention that the bartender never acknowledged me, even though there were only five people at the bar and maybe about 5 more seated elsewhere… 10 people in the entire establishment and this was on a weekend night!. I would’ve turned around and walked out at that moment. It seemed dreary but I wanted to give you a place a shot.
The couple that came in after me arrived well after I was seated at the bar. The bartender went over to them and immediately and took their order. Obviously, regulars.
You may want to speak to the woman behind your bar about customer service, Ignoring a customer is not acceptable.
I expected to read an apology for the poor customer service from the management, not a condescending dig about allegedly not holding a door. Perhaps, you should count the small number of people that were in your establishment and why it was so.
You also never responded to the strong odor of marijuana I mentioned in my review. Evidently, it’s something that you allow… even though your coffee shop is not in Amsterdam.
if you had acknowledged and validated my concerns, I might have given you a second chance. Now, you’ve lost a customer for life. Good luck with that business model. Cheers!
Way over priced, and service is a little rude….. The food truck outside was definitely better than the actual kava bar
7. Copperfish Books
Address: 212 W Virginia Ave #112, Punta Gorda, FL 33950 , Punta Gorda , Florida , United States
Great book store. Well done kids area. Don’t forget to check out the discount cart.
I love this bookstore! Helpful, informed staff!
A little quaint bookstore that captures the true meaning of books & reading. Starting my grandson out the correct way. #readlearnlovevacationinflorida2020
Good selection. Friendly, helpful staff.
Cute place! Lots of books
Nice little book shop.
8. Indigo Records
Address: 4140 Whidden Blvd # B, Punta Gorda, FL 33980 , Punta Gorda , Florida , United States
Address: By Appointment Only at our Clients Residence Warehouse location at, 209 E Ann St, Punta Gorda, FL 33950 , Punta Gorda , Florida , United States
Fred and his wife were very helpful and delightful. His knowledge and expertise were much appreciated in our situation.
It was a pleasure today to meet Fred and his wife Nancy. Fred was very helpful and it was nice to meet someone who was willing to share his knowledge in reference to what we were looking to accomplish. He took the time to explain the market today and how it works and he was honest and fair. We would highly recommend them and look forward to working with them again. Loved sharing stories as well.
Five stars is NOT high enough!!
Not only was Mr Elliott courteous, but he was also prompt with his valuation and beyond helpful in explaining how he came to that conclusion. He even went so far as to offer shipping advice for my piece, which is something that a commercial storefront would not have taken the time to do.
I would ABSOLUTELY recommend his services to ANYONE who needs to know the answer to “I wonder if this is worthy anything?” and would DEFINITELY recommend that you get your item(s) appraised by his company for your insurance purposes.
Making the call to “New England Antiques of Punta Gorda” was something I should have done YEARS ago!!
Very knowledgeable and informative and quick to answer your questions and concerns.
Lot’s of nice things
10. Downtown Bait & Tackle Shop
Address: 120 Laishley Ct, Punta Gorda, FL 33950 , Punta Gorda , Florida , United States
Always a great experience when walking into this bait shop! Employees are very helpful and kind.
Grab a beer and sit under the shade and enjoy Charlotte Harbor it doesn’t get much better.
It was great had fun catching these fish!!!
Good bait store. Very fair quantity.
Best bait shop in town
Great selection
Will go to fishing franks nextime most of the live shrimp were dead within 2 min of putting in bait bubbler .commented to attendant that shrimp were inactive he said I. Can try another bait place if I want.
I will take his advice and and hope other people do the same
Never could find the place based on GPS. Sadly
The kid that was working was not helpful and seemed as though he really did not want to be there.
11. TAT2 music duo
Address: 10 Santarem Cir, Punta Gorda, FL 33983 , Punta Gorda , Florida , United States
Outstanding talent! They both have excellent voices with wide range of classic pop songs. Great audience repore
Vito is next to Elvis as my favorite singer. His personality and voice give me chills. A great performer and entertainer. TAT2 is the name of his tribute to Frankie Valli He sings Motown and a wide range from the sixties to now. Anyone out there, if you never saw him perform
You should look for his act. He is from Port Charlotte, FL
12. Starbucks
Address: 1001 Tamiami Trail, Punta Gorda, FL 33950 , Punta Gorda , Florida , United States
Love love love Starbucks. So glad we have one here in punta Gorda
Just came from there with a complicated order. However the music is enough to make you not go at all. I thought starbucks is suppose to be a coffee shop not a dance club?
Delish! Fast and friendly!
Always great… ordered frappichino, wasn’t as slushy as usual, a little too liquidy, I prefer it slushy
Love starbucks, but dont appreciate the yogo class on the patio sunday mornings. Like to enjoy the patio with my dog and its taken over by a yoga class!!!
Love the green tea lattes but just cost too much. Learned to make my own.
$27.00 for one sandwich one parfait one orange drink two coffees. Everything was small. Other words Starbucks sucked .
U can always find something. Wish door’s were automatic for handicapp on scooters wheelchairs.
Great quality. Great prices. Nice people.
Best place to shop
Great customer service! Helped me find things.
Decent selection of items and items are reasonably priced.
Not too well organized, but ok
I know they do good work but be aware when purchasing appliances. Purchased an inexpensive washer & dryer that were supposed to be working and they did not work at all. Rented a truck to bring them home.
More money wasted. Called the store numerous times and no one ever would give me an answer about a store credit or taking them back. I finally was told, two weeks later, to set them out with my trash because
someone would probably pick them up. Very disappointing.
Uncomfortable, lady say same thing every time as if her doing her job bugs her.. you work for habitat your not the owner of a thift shop. SMH just do your job..
Extremely expensive!the employees save items for themselves and will nit sell it to customers had a very bad experience with that!
Friendly Puro Place, a must stop when visiting Punta Gorda
Tom was behind the bar pouring a tasty Guinness for everyone. Good selection of cigars along with a spacious atmosphere to enjoy the evening.
Pleasant environment inside. But it’s located in a shabby little shopping center with a bail bondsman next door. Outside parking is narrow and very difficult to navigate in and out of.
No other place in Punta Gorda better than this one!
Friendly, comfortable atmosphere. Good selection of cigars. The only place in town to be.
You expect a cigar bar to be smoky, but not stifling due to no apparent ventilation. Staff ignored us repeatedly as they served customers at tables each side of us, who purchased their cigars, but, staff was helpful in choosing wine. Band was excellent but cannot recommend for return visit due to staff service.
Humidor extremely small
18. Woody’s Pawn
Address: 5218 Duncan Rd, Punta Gorda, FL 33982 , Punta Gorda , Florida , United States
Did a gun transfer today the guys were friendly and very helpful
I will go back again
Great and friendly staff.. Excellent selection of weapons for being a small
Bought a gold ring for my wife. The jeweler was able to resize the same day and both the salesman and jeweler were very professional and courteous which is a rarity at Pawn Shops in general (for this area). I will gladly do business with them again.
To be honest the old man owner straight up lied to be me about the current retail value of the tools I was trying to pawn so he could get a better deal. I only wanted a $60 loan against $400 worth of tools and thats the current resale value! Retail is even more. He could obviously see I was down on my luck and tried to take advantage of me in hopes that I wouldnt come back from my tools. Greedy unreasonable crook!
So pricey and very rude
Shady scumbag. I went on Friday to sell an item and they made me an offer. I told them I would like to decide over the weekend and asked if the offer would be good Monday. The guy jokes saying the offer is good forever (EXACT words)
I came back on Monday and was offered $150 less. They admitted to remembering offering me a certain amount on Friday and said they made a mistake.
SCUM
19. The Salvation Army Family Store
Address: 1048 Tamiami Trail, Punta Gorda, FL 33950 , Punta Gorda , Florida , United States
This particular location has a very clean and well organized store. There is always a large and diverse selection, including many books, lots of kitchen items, often appliances.
Nice variety of everything.First time there.
Good lot of stuff
Horrible Pricing , place was clean though. Most items were priced close to retail.. I travel all around florida to thrift and very ridiculous especially for things they get donated to them for free. good luck getting rid of the inventory..
Prices are a little high for my taste but overall they have a great selection!
Large assortment of goods.
RIDICULOUS PRICING!!! DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME,
What a shame the Salvation Army, such a good organization, has joined the bandwagon of price gouging. $8.50 for a visibly worn out t-shirt from Walmart? Really??? Will NEVER return to another Salvation Army. Went down the street to Goodwill which I don’t like to support because the CEO pays himself a ridiculous salary while employees make minimum wage and it has raised prices, but at least I can afford one of their $3.99 average priced women’s tops.
$10 for a simple dress, $8 for a t-shirt too much! Felt like I was wading in nic knack stuffed on shelves walking in. A frequent shopper at Salvation Army, this one will be low on my list to visit. Rugs, furniture and bedding overpriced.
I used to have really nice things. But these days everything looks old and worn
20. O’Reilly Auto Parts
Address: 1202 Tamiami Trail, Punta Gorda, FL 33950 , Punta Gorda , Florida , United States
Great service and the willingness to go the extra mile.
Very nice store,Mike is very helpful and knowledgable. Should be management instead of just a.counter person. Great asset to the company.
Nice store the help is friendly and knowledgeable good pricing good selection
Big shout out to Michael at O’Reilly in Punta Gorda for fixing my taillight issue for the second time!Your a life saver!!
Friendly staff, always looking to help
Just stopped in to ask if they stock trailer brakes. Response was a staring through you “No…gotta a call earlier today and I said no.” That may be but I’m not the one who called and your rude one word response wasn’t helpful or appreciated. Most stores try to help you out. Really disappointed in this location.
Worst store ever. Staff is unprofessional and very rude and judgemental.
