Texas Capitol Gift Shop — Local services in Austin

I visited this store today around 1:45 PM with a few friends. The store itself is really nice – lots of variety, good prices, and honestly, it’s the kind of place where you feel like buying everything. My friends were enjoying it too and even picked up some magnets.

But things went downhill because of one person (looked like the owner, an older guy). I picked up something I liked and walked over to show it to my friend in another corner. He came up to me and pretty rudely told me that there are already packed items and I should grab one of those instead. The way he said it, plus the very weird face he made while saying it, just felt so unnecessary. My friends saw it too, and they also didn’t like his attitude.

I felt embarrassed enough to put the item back and just leave. The store itself is nice, but that one interaction completely ruined the visit. One star only...

Be very careful of mail orders. I ordered 2 of this years ornaments. They were shoved into a too small envelope that the gift shop must have paid at least a nickel for the awful envelope. The bubbles inside the envelope would not protect anything. The ornaments arrived OK but both boxes were destroyed. Not UPS's fault but awful lack of care and packaging of gift shop. If you want something nice for a gift, make the trip to Austin and keep from being disappointed by their lack of...

If you're like me, you followed the pin on Google Maps and you're walking around the building outside and lo and behold, you're right at the pin spot and the gift shop ain't there! SO, pro tip: this gift shop is underground 😉 Go inside the capitol building, then take the elevators down to level E1! PS, they have masks for sale (as of January 2022 aka...