Really great local spot with lots of types of games in a great atmosphere with yummy food and friendly staff. Definitely recommend this place to hang out with friends.

Nice place to play Magic and other board games! I went here with some friends and the staff was really helpful picking a game that fit the group. They even helped us with some rules questions! I found out recently that the workers are unionizing, which is great. If the workers are supported, the store will remain my go to gaming cafe.

I’ve been a regular since 2021, great place for Magic the Gathering. The workers are great, serving good food and great drinks, plus there is always a helpful and knowledgeable person around — really important when you’re playing Commander and some weird rules question comes up. (It always does.) Great to know that the workers here and other Hex locations are **unionized**! They deserve fair treatment (or better). I highly recommend visiting for board games, D&D, whatever — you can have fun while standing shoulder to shoulder with members of a burgeoning labor movement!

Board game cafe, what a fantastic concept! Such a fun experience for only $10. I can't wait to come back again. Many many board games to choose from. You can stay as long or as little as you like. We ended up playing two board games in the nearly three hours we were there. Drinks are also offered, both alcoholic and nonalcoholic, on tap and in the fridge.

23 Feb 2023. A good place for having fun and some refreshments. It's an upbeat cafe offering hundreds of card and board games, espresso, coffee, draft beer, hotfood, light eats and maybe breakfast (not for lunch and dinner though), and complimentary wi-fi services. Then of course you can purchase games to bring the fun home

Favorite spot near Columbia. Staff is great, amazing game selection, and super affordable. Great spot for a coffee or to hangout with friends/meet new groups!

As cover charge. $10 per person is kinda pricey, but overall the variety of games is great, and the menu items tasty / interesting

I came here last when they were at the old place and let me tell you, they deserve this new place. It makes me so happy to see people having fun playing board games. Even though I'm an avid gamer, this is such an easy place to recommend. It's super fun, bring your friends or your family!

What a cool place. The amount of games was overwhelming for me and didn’t recognize most of them but it’s a pretty chill place. Beers and snacks. Perfect place to go with friends or on a date. I’ll be back

What a great place to have a birthday party! Our reservation was ready for us and the chai latte I had was delicious! I think all my friends will come back!

What a really cool idea! We visited from Maryland with our daughter and son in law and look forward to many more visits. The selection of board and card games is incredible, I would never have guessed there was that may games in the entire world! Must be thousands on their shelves to choose from to play while enjoying a beer with friends or family. I recommend NOT drinking until you find the game you really like and learn the rules of that game! Only after getting started should you go grab a beer. A little alcohol goes a long way to making the rules of a new game harder to understand!!! 😉 Price to play was inexpensive. Their beer selection is not huge but they have something for everyone, it is decent beer and well priced. They have food but it is not something to rave about. None of it was bad. Think of it as something to snack on while playing games. Pretzel Bites and chicken tenders were what we ordered. The atmosphere is loud and fun as everyone around you is having a great time. They also have games for sale if you find a game you really enjoyed. This is certainly a place to go if you like beer and board/card games.

Great place for board games!! I always have a great time with friends here. The games are in great condition and they have a large variety. You pay one fee and can stay as long as you want. They have beer on tap and snacks for you to enjoy as well. The staff is amazing and friendly. I left my purse there accidentally, and they kept it in their lost&found for over a week. Highly recommend!

I had a great time playing a murder mystery game with friends for over 4 hours! I recommend going on days when school are in-session to avoid extra noise or crowds, but even with the extra people, it was enjoyable. Great place to spend time - especially when the weather isn’t great outside!

A splendid local game store with games for everyone and support for MTG (drafts & commander). Need to pay entrance fee but if you are going to be there for a couple hours at least it’s worth it. Good beer selection too!

Neat spot! I came earlier in the morning around 9 and appreciated the gentle mood music playing overhead so that I could work on some things on my laptop. As the day progressed toward lunch time it seemed like the music got louder but maybe it was just the additional people that were visiting! Seems like a cool place to plat board games with friends. I would come again!

My friend and I ordered smoothies. We waited about 20 minutes before asking for an update. The man at the kitchen had no idea about our order and once the cashier who took our order intervened they let us know that they were “working on it.” An hour and a half passes. Still no smoothies. We approached them, wanting to ask for a refund. They apologized and said they had made an announcement that they couldn’t make our smoothies because we hadn’t said what milk we wanted in them. We never heard this announcement. The place was really loud the whole time, we didn’t hear a thing. They could’ve easily found our table because the place is small, the back area was closed, and the cashier recognized my face and order from last time. They made no genuine effort to tell us they were not ever going to make our smoothies. If we hadn’t found them to ask for a refund, they would’ve just pocketed our money. This was so careless of them and a terrible lack of communication. And I can’t help but think this was racially coded and they wouldn’t have treated another type of customer with this kind of disrespect. Everyone else got their order, and the excuse they gave us was silly.

I definitely love this place! It’s cozy, nice,very interesting design. Everything was awesome 😎 definitely recommend it.

This chain is a great place to go to game with friends. Whether on a date, to hangout, or to do something with the kids, it is a fun spot with good games and kind staff. I didn't order anything to eat or drink, but they have a wide variety of game options and they create a great atmosphere to play in. I wholeheartedly recommend this place to those looking for a board game cafe, or even just a place to be with friends and family.

I’m a pretty regular patron of Hex and co and I’ve always had an excellent time due to the care and knowledge of the staff. They make us feel welcome and really know what makes the community tick to keep everyone happy and having fun. The only thing holding me back from recommending this store is the lack of support from ownership of the workers Union. They deserve to be recognized for their hard work and compensated appropriately for it.

I love Hex & Co, and I love the staff there. I appreciate how knowledgeable the staff are about a wide variety of games, including Magic, D&D, and board games. Definitely in support of the unionizing workers, and I will be into the store more if ownership supports workers needs during the Union organizing effort. This is a great store and great community location, and it will become even greater as workers are better supported.

Leaving this review so people who look like myself know they might not be as welcomed as other patrons here. I came here yesterday with my friend and asked if there was availability, and a worker went around the back, then came back to me at the front and shared that I should find anywhere back there to sit. There was only 1 area that wasn't occupied by friend groups, so we sat there. We enjoyed our game for an hour, then another worker said we need to move and that anyone would have had the sense to know to not sit at the large group seating. May I remind you, this was the only actual spot available when I came, and I was told by a worker to sit anywhere at the back. She scurried off after stating that last line, then another worker came instead. I made him know that she was highly disrespectful and should apologize, but he instead doubled down on being disrespectful (even said I should have seen the empty 6-seater, and go back up to the front and say 'actually, nothing seems to be available'..). Clearly, logic had no place here, but still, I said nothing disrespectful back, didn't shout, etc. even though it could have been justified. I decided that while I spent my money for my friend and I to be there, it wasn't worth it being subjected to this amount of disrespect by the staff. And as I left, I couldn't help but notice that there was an empty large group table at the other end of the backroom (and it did not have a reservation sign), so they could have used it and left us alone. Even still, I'd have no issue being asked to move, but the way the workers chose to be disrespectful to the black patrons will have myself and my peers second-guessing going to another Hex and Co location again. Unfortunate because we've enjoyed going to other locations (but honestly have spent too much $ in them for a board games spot), but if these are the kinds of workers Hex & Co is comfortable hiring, we should enjoy our evenings elsewhere. And apologies for the long read, I just know I'd want this kind of info shared to me so that I know where people like myself are and aren't welcomed. Also, please have a great day and I hope you're having an excellent start to 2024! A few Hex & Co workers aren't enough to derail our great year, and I do wish these individuals change for the better as this degree of hatred often resides in people who are very unhappy themselves.