The Smitten Kitten

A clean, friendly, inviting place where you can shop for whatever you may need to have a fun and safe bedroom experience. This is not an underground shop– this is a well respected, highly curated shop in a popular part of town. I recommend it to everyone I know.

The staff was very knowledgable about products and I didn’t feel pressured to buy anything. Great selection and nothing obscene. When you’re walking past on the street the storefront doesn’t scream SEX STORE. You won’t find any sexy mannequins here.

Comfortable atmosphere, helpful and non judgmental staff, and amazing products, all of which are completely safe and non toxic (unlike those other places). Also offer great workshops and are great donors /​supporters of the community. Love.

I absolutely love this store its not like other sex shop where it makes you feel like a pervert. I love this store its very calm quiet environment. They have everything toys books games oils well everything! the employees so nice cool hip funky very informed and caring I love them!
I always buy something if I stop buy even if its batteries lol
I always suggest this store to people who are scared to go into a sex store thinking people would judge or run into weird ppl that you don’t want to run into! I don’t even think of it as a sex store more of promoting healthy pleasures there against having for explain lubes that numb you and cant feel pain because that your body telling you STOP! you can hurt yourself! which I really like they warn you and also educate you on your well being! not like other stores where they don’t care if you rip or break something lol! def go here if you thinking or driving by this is my go to place

Sex positive shop– great. I wish they were maybe a bit less friendly. Offer help once for sure but sometimes feels like they’re following you around the store-​I may just want time to browse. Also very pricey options. I guess poor people don’t use sex toys– I know they are going for safe, high quality but maybe they could work harder to find less expensive options– with the caveat you get what you pay for– but if you’re just experimenting maybe that’s ok. Book selection is comprehensive. They are often out of products online. Lots of info on disability and sex, intimacy, etc far better information than your MD likely has!

This place is a gem of an adult toy store. When I first walked in here I immediately noticed the ambiance. It wasn’t a skeezy might-​catch-​something kind of sex shop but rather a high class, intimate store in touch with its sex positive community. The prices are definitely up there but you are paying for quality and experience. Long story short this place belongs in Uptown and vice versa!

A small space but they have a wonderful variety of toys, learning materials, books, and assorted gear for sexy time. It manages to house all this stuff in a small store front without feeling cramped in the slightest. they have a fair supply of items for trans and genderqueer people but manage to feel totally at home for cisgender people too. Friendly and knowledgable staff.
A friend of mine who is in the know tells me that this is one of the better adult stores in the country and I am inclined to believe her

They have by far the most knowledgeable and friendly staff of any shop I’ve been in. They are always willing to help, but aren’t pushy and I’ve never felt uncomfortable asking a question, no matter how stupid I think it is. They have a number of products for the LGBTQ crowd I haven’t found elsewhere and can order a lot of other things if you just ask. If they don’t have personal experience with a product they always ask around and encourage shoppers to give them reviews of new products. Would highly recommend.

As I’m writing this, my palms are getting a bit sweaty…
After celebrating a special occasion at neighboring Szechuan Spice, my girlfriend and I accidentally walked over to Smitten Kitten looking for some incense. LOL! Instead of ending up at Eye of Horus, we found ourselves in an interesting adult store.
Now, I think the category «adult store» is a bit misleading, since Smitten Kitten is in a category of its own. The store promotes healthy, positive, and safe sex by, as Ronnie G eloquently stated, «taking a taboo topic and making it fun and easy to talk about.» It does this several ways:
–Atmosphere is welcoming. There aren’t any creepy peeps lingering around or violent videos playing on TVs above.
–They sell everything from informative reading material to eco-​friendly and non-​toxic «toys.»
–Space is very clean.
–Staff will answer any questions you may have without any judgment.
–Very organized!
Even though I didn’t buy anything –I didn’t see any incense– the store seems to offer products at various price ranges. (I think there’s a Unilocal check in that provides a % off your total purchase.)
As a person that’s slightly shy about talking about the nitty gritty of sex to strangers, I felt totally comfortable. Check it out for yourself!

Very educated staff! No toxic cheap quality merchandise. They host educational nights and can come to your house for parties where you get a discount for hosting.

Pretty cool store, good selection of fun things, and friendly, knowledgeable employees. The drawback is that it is way overpriced. Good place to check toys out though!

I’m not always a fan of going into sex shops, but Smitten Kitten is one I feel comfortable going into. It’s very cozy, the staff was friendly, and there was a good variety. Not sleezy or anything like that. They also had LGBTA+ targeted products, which is so great to see! I’m not local, but I would visit this place again. No doubt.

Every time that I have gone into Smitten Kitten, the staff is friendly, knowledgable of their products and they make you feel cool. I’m a Fan!

And the award goes to Smitten Kitten for having the world’s coolest staff. Each and every employee I’ve encountered has impressed me. They give great advice. Try this, you might like that, how about this… Also, try eaves-​dropping on their convos when you shop. Who knew you could be so intellectual about sex?
Smitten Kitten isn’t a huge store, but they have the most quality products. I’d pick this store over any other in the city. It’s inviting and fun. Check in on Unilocal for a discount also.

Two girlfriends and I went into the shop because one needed to spice up her relationship. There were about 5 people in there, all young women. We found a certain item and were giggling and commenting on it. The male worker at the store came up to us and pretty much chastised us for laughing-​making a comment about not to «yuk at someone else’s yum.» In no way were we saying yuck, in fact, we were just wondering out loud how it would be used. That being said, I can guarantee the way he spoke to us was far more offensive than the way we were talking. He treated us like children and in the most condescending manner.
I am pretty confident that because we were all young professionals in after work attire, that he was turning his noise up at us for not being «cool or hipster» enough to appreciate the items.
I also wanted to be clear that we were planning on buying something until he treated us in such a condescending way. I understand wanting to avoid offending other patrons who might be into what we were laughing about, but what about chastising, offending, and being condescending to potentially paying patrons who then did not buy anything because of his behavior? I will never return there and I would not recommend anyone going there, unless you like being talked down to.

First off I have to start by saying I love to support this local sex positive shop in Uptown. The staff are very knowledgeable and supportive without being in your face. I like supporting this place, despite it’s rather pricey selection of gadgets and doodads. They usually have some sort of discount if you check in via Unilocal but not sure about other social media. They have a great selection of bulk condoms in various sizes (yeah large) and are usually priced half of what you’d pay another place.
Recently I went in to purchase a wedge like piece of furniture and had settled upon some sort of Liberator device. Unfortunately their selection was slim to non and I made an order despite being told it would be 3 – 4 weeks! Sheesh, I had already found cheaper faster free shipping via amazon but you know it’s amazon. After three weeks I came in to pick up my device and was disappointed to find that they had ordered the Axis hitachi and not the regular axis that I had wanted which was half as much but I went with it as I was not waiting any longer and I was able to get the price down with a 15% off Unilocal check in.
Con: Today I discovered that the Liberator website had the axis hitachi marked down 20% from $ 150 to $ 130. I was quated the #130 price, so got 15% off that which was cool; however, here’s the kicker. They also had the regular axis on clearance for $ 95 and then on top of it they where giving another 20% off the clearance prices and free 3 – 5 day shipping so I ended up paying twice as much for not exactly what I wanted. There is a no return policy on furniture also I see from my receipt :/​
I’d seriously consider ordering from Liberator directly in the future to ensure getting the best price and faster delivery as there is no reason in my mind that I should be have to wait so long to get something I ordered when I can go directly online and get it faster and significantly cheaper. For everything else I say go for it!

Smitten Kitten. This shop has done an incredible job taking a taboo topic and making it fun and easy to talk about. We stopped by after reading the rave reviews from my fellow Unilocalers.
Overall, the place is all about the experience. It’s clean, bright, and non-​seedy. It attracts people who don’t look like shady weird randoms. probably because they don’t have an extensive media section. That said, their offerings were very user friendly and I don’t think anybody could walk in here and be intimidated.
Nice job Smitten Kitten.

First off, I will say that my 2 star review is not reflective of the staff or the store setup, it is an issue with the prices. The good things about Smitten Kitten: Helpful staff, good selection of toys and whatnot in a non-​sketchy atmosphere.
The bad things: Prices… I found a bottle of lube I bought at smitten kitten for 30 dollars elsewhere for 15… I can understand a 10−20% markup on goods but a 50% markup is downright unacceptable hence why what was previously a 5 star review has been dropped down to a 2 star review.

Not a bad place, and it’s not like we had a bad experience — it was just kinda weird.
I felt like it was more of an S and M type shop w/​whips, etc galore.
It was well laid out, and not cluttered, etc

While spending a lonely week in town on business I made a special trip to check out this store. In one of those funny small-​world situations, the owner of the store went to high school with my best friend’s boyfriend way out in Portland, OR (meanwhile, myself and said BFF and her BF all live in Philly). When he heard I was coming to Minneapolis for the week he told me to go here and say hi to Clare for him.
I must say, this is the classiest adult store I’ve ever been in. Philly has a few decent adult stores that aren’t totally sleazy, but they’re really expensive, geared more toward BDSM, and their customer service isn’t the best. This little shop blows them all out of the water with its well-​curated selection of quality toys– not much junk sold here, a few cheapie vibrators but primarily good 100% silicone items. Their staff was really friendly and approached customers in the store to help find things and answer questions without being pushy. I overheard one guy give a customer a lube 101 intro and invited her to try out the samplers and test them for smell, taste, etc. They also have a large selection of ethically made adult videos and other items of kinky interest.
Without revealing more than a lady should, I didn’t leave empty-​handed. Clare did happen to be there and I said hi while ringing up my purchases. She was super nice and we had a little chat before I went on my way. Prices I felt were quite reasonable for the quality of items they carry and I’d recommend it to anyone in the Twin Cities looking to spice things up a bit.