Branford Hobbies - Branford, Connecticut

Julia Chamberlain

This is a very belated review, but I grew up on Branford Hill and spent a lot of my childhood in this store. I have so many fond memories of coming in here with my grandfather and buying all sorts of model WW2 planes, cars, and tons of trains. I had this beautiful B-52 my uncle bought me from this store and we spent hours building it together. Always loved to talking to Mark and his dad — incredibly kind and helpful guys. They had this adorable German Shepard that used to hang out in the store back in 1999 I think? Anyway, this store is top of the line and very rare nowadays — not many hobby shops left at all. Definitely recommend it, especially for kids and parents looking for something to do together.

chris carr

Great family owned business. Mark has been there since I was a kid he matches online prices. He is very friendly and knowledgeable. I recommend going here for any RC needs.

M. R.-H.

My kiddos love this place! So many cool things! Their favorite is the slot car track. The employees and owner (I presume) are some of the friendliest I’ve ever encountered. Come here for all your slot car, model train, RC, and model needs! We will be back!

Eric Bower

I’ve been going here because I like slot cars ?. Always looking for a new car and parts for my collection. Mark is excellent. He has been a great help to me and he’s very knowledgeable on everything in the store. Starting going there to race cars on Friday night and I plan on returning to race. A lot of fun. Great store.

Yep I said it

The owner Mark goes out of his way to make you happy. Looking to get back into the hobby and Mark got me in contact with people currently racing who shared their setups, ordered the parts and made sure price was competitive to what was on the internet. He also followed up with me and kept me posted about where my order parts were and when to expect them. Highly recommend to anyone looking for anything hobby related.

Jonathan D

Been in a lot of Hobby Shops from Charleston to Boston and this is definitely one of the best. You could tell how passionate the owner is about the hobby.

Steven Remetz

Great staff and owner who are not only passionate about a multitude of RC related hobbies, but are kind, understanding, and extremely knowledgeable. Truly a great store for both beginners testing the waters and experts who are looking to get increase the rigs and skills further.

Emma P

Went there to check the place out after coming here once before and ended finding a few things that we wanted to get and walked up to the checkout counter, the first major red flag was the owner started quizzing me and my significant other and testing us about the items we were buying which is exactly what you don’t want when buying something. He claimed prices were negotiable but then continued to belittle us when we tried to make a fair offer and tried to get as much money out of us as possible, I suggested an offer and then he just acted like I was dumb and like my significant other was too. We tried to pass on everything and was just going to leave but instead he kept pressuring us and kept saying it’s a toy store you’re supposed to be happy but continued to keep trying to get us to buy the items. When he came to his senses and we agreed on a price his mood changed slightly and lit up a little or so we thought. My significant other mentioned how he just got out of the service and shared some of his experiences and he then continued to belittle his service and his 4 years spent in the army and then mentioned all the things his dad did in the service and acting like he has served himself while continuing to belittle him and ignore his experiences, at that point we were just trying to check out when also he continued to make some weird what I thought kind of sexist comment to me out of nowhere saying he wants to add a wine and cheese bar and calling me beautiful to my significant other. At that point we had paid and he ended up taking a phone call so we just walked out.

Will not be coming back, please go anywhere else.