The Side Deck - Gaming Café - Lexington, South Carolina

Nicole K.

As someone traveling in from out of town I love checking out local game stores in new areas. A few specific things I really enjoyed about stopping in to The Side Deck was the spacious but cozy environment. There is such a large area for play, but due to the merchandising and layout of the store it doesn't feel as empty as some of the stores in my area. The staff were friendly and willing to help. I stopped in a couple times throughout my time in town and even when the shop was busy the staff made sure to address the people in line and thanking us for our patience. While I typically enjoy the card store experience where I get to look through their stock of cards, the online catalog was helpful in getting a handful of cards I needed for my Pokemon master sets. Additionally, even though most of their stock was online, they did have a handful of binders to look through which catered to my overall experience and card store preferences. As someone who has been to many events where The Side Deck was present at it was a pleasure to get to stop by the retail store as well. While I didn’t get to try anything from the cafe side on this visit, I hope to next time.

James R.

These guys were salt of the earth people. Fantastic first Pokémon tournament experience.
Wide variety of games good prices. Again, a great experience.
Bo, Sean, and others went out of their way to help us have a great first time.

Thanks guys!

mac P.

Had a really good experience here today! Sold some old cards for decent prices and was able to get some cards and packs! The small amount of staff made a little wait but I didn’t mind! Everyone I talked to were very kind and helpful! Does suck about some cards not being there but that’s the biz or whatevea hope to visit again soon! Thank you

Steven M.

My kids love this store. The people who work there are always so patient with them while they pick out Pokémon cards. They have a really good selection of Pokémon card singles. Some rare and desirable ones on display up front, and they have a larger inventory in the back. They price their cards based on TCGplayer.

There’s always events and tournaments going on there for other card games and board games too. Lots of tables for people to play. It’s just a friendly, fun place to go.

Ian M.

Went there for the first time with my wife. We are new to the area. Staff was super helpful and friendly. The cafe made great drinks. And prices were good to boot! Definitely planning on stopping by more often

Sam F.

The go to stop for my Pokemon cards. The staff is always extremely helpful and willing to answer any questions. They seem to really be against scalping, and I'm always able to find reasonably priced packs, bundles, and singles.

slasher I. T. V.

Very decent card shop(though not as big as other shops), they still get a great crowd for almost every tabletop game you can think of. They hold yugioh tournaments, pokemon, magic, DragonBall, one-piece, and many other tcg events. Fair price for trade-ins. They sell cards for almost every card game, whatever gets traded in. They have a fair selection of tabletop games for sale or demo. They sell warhammer figures and paint. They have a vast variety of items to potentially purchase for board games as well. Their coffee bar isn't that bad either, many tasty drinks, and they make what you want, from the items they have in stock, fairly inexpensive to. They just redid their store it will surprise you when you see it, new floors and they moved all tables and shelves. They're still changing. They're now getting custom wooden tables, which look fantastic and very sleek, but they're not so wheelchair friendly, had an acquaintance show up to play, and they weren't really able to pull up close to the tables.

Kofeii

Edit: After now coming to this location multiple times I feel the need to add on how great the employees are! Each time I’ve gone in they have all been so helpful and polite; especially one named Michael I believe was his name; he gave us the entire run down for MTG so enthusiastically it literally got us into the card game officially. 🙂

Original review: Wonderful little hobby and card game shop. Think of Firefly but smaller and more familiar. Polite staff and informative.