Everything was old timey and full of culture. And of course, a bit pricey.

A step back in time...what a great store. It even has barrels of penny type candy. They have so many wonderful clothing items. Plus, great organic jams, honey etc.... We will go back again and again! Hey..there are numerous Christmas gift items!!

So glad that we stopped here passing through to go to Savannah. Super cute store with a lot of random goodies from shirts to bags to mugs, you name it honestly. Rebecca was super helpful with our dog and taking our basket of goodies while we were waiting in line. Would gladly stop by here again

I cant believe all these yrs living in the Columbia area, I finally went into the Mast General Store! Conveniently located down town on Main St, good luck with parking, its a hit or miss at times. But I do love hanging out DT and discovering new shops and places to eat, Columbia has a small time charm.The store is clean, packed and neatly organized, they have everything that you can think of, literally...Take your time and stroll, this isnt a store to rush thru, they have a upstairs and downstairs. You will miss something if your in a hurry! I actually found some cute sun dresses and ole timey candy in the back area! Kinda expensive but they do have sales all the time, so visit often as you can. Yes, this will be a store that I visit often thru the yrs.Customer service is excellent!

Love the variety inside the store (clothes, camping supplies, candy, and home goods). Rather expensive but cool place to stop in and browse.

Cute with a lot of nostalgic items from my childhood and older.

Always a great place to walk through and shop in. My favorite area is downstairs, where all the outdoor/camping equipment and clothing is. Theyve got a great selection and if I ever need to try something in person I go here to do it.

Unique one of a kind retail store offering fine reday-to-wear and footwear. Every need for outdoor adventures. Retro vintage household items and candy barrel old country store candies. Unique kitchen tools and beautiful pottery dinnerware. Stop in while visiting Soda City Market from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday. A must see for yourself farmers market featuring artisan craftsmen.

Interesting place with many unusual items that would be difficult to find anywhere else in Columbia. Check out the candy isle in the back of the store.

Had so much fun looking through all the barrels of candy. Left with a few bags of goodies. Great gifts and enjoyable people working there.

This has become a go-to place for me to find well-made clothing that wont look terrible after just a few washings. Thats remarkably hard to find these days!

Cute little store with a variety of items at decent prices. Would recommend making a trip here.

The staff is super friendly and helpful!We were able to find what we needed as well as put some shirts on hold in Greenville. You can always find something good here

I honestly come only for the first floor. The candy, soaps and home goods are always great. A great additional stop while im perusing Soda City Market.They are one of the few that have Life is good. Clothing and are great for particular gifts.

Looking for hiking equipment. Staff had knowledge of the brands and fit for backpacks, hiking socks and sun treated shirts. Very pleasant staff. Going back. Much bigger selection than our hiking store.

Beautiful cloths, great choices...but prices are so high!!!😯😲😳🥺

One of the coolest store I’ve ever been in —I just loved it. Unbelievable variety of high quality outdoor gear, all top brands and fantastic selection. Amazing look and feel to the store, which is something like 130 years old. Still intact squeaky floors and banisters, old memorabilia everywhere —very cool vibe. Extremely friendly, helpful and polite staff. Can’t wait to go back.

Just an Amazing place to visit if youre in Columbia!! We spent and hour + looking at all the cool things like child hood memories. Friendly stay and just a one stop shop place to visit. Very unique items.

Great nostalgia products and high quality current fashion.

Awesome place to get old time favorite candies. Great selection of outdoor stuff

Super cute, they have the old type of candy shopping with the bins. Clothing items are way to high for my budget but they are very cute

Quaint and timely. There’s nothing like it

My first time visiting a Mast General Store. It was very cool! Staff was friendly and so many neat items. Thoroughly enjoyed the old fashioned atmosphere of the store. Prices on many of the items seemed too high, but there were some good buys as well.

Mast is a great store! Lots of options s for clothing, gifts, food, and more

Love this place. I shop here for sorghum, dill pickles, hams and jellies. They have a great selection of old timey candies in barrels. There is a nice men/women clothing section. Great place to find gifts.

Lots of cool merchandise and clothing. Very helpful and friendly associates!

Love the store atmosphere and location.

A fantastic throwback store in the general store theme. A little bit of everything. Great theming, and a large variety of items to interest almost everyone. Fun to browse, and a great stopping point before hiking or camping.

The Columbia, SC location is the only Mast store I have visited. The employees are always more than helpful. They make sure that you know that they are there to help, but stay far enough away that they do not actually bug you. The clothing options are great. If youre in the mood for candy...this is the place to go for candy! Now that we are starting hiking more, I have a feeling that we will be back for hiking supplies. Keep up the fine work.

Big, well stocked store.

Adorable store! Friendly customer service with products for anyone.

Good gear! I got what I wanted

Pet friendly. Helpful and respectful staff. Free pocket knife sharpening. Highly recommended.

Worst experience ever. I regret coming to that store in the first place. Coming to that place was a huge mistake. >(

Fun shopping experience for clothes, household knick knacks, camping good and footwear.Special kids (and candy) corner too.

Love this store. One of the few stores I prefer in person to shopping online.

Fun place. Clothes to gag gifts. A bunch of real good candy.

Everyone was very nice and helpful. I will be sure to come back.

Candy for the grandkids very good

I got a great new jacket and a mask. I just love the atmosphere there.

Very interesting store!

Upper end mdse. And upper end prices. Excellent quality and assortment. Service was good.

I couldn’t believe it. Walking around Waynesville with my phone, no cash or cards. Mast does NOT accept any electric payments-NONE! How many other purchases are they losing?

Loved it! Cool place to visit, lots of goods!

Loved looking. Prices were to steep for me.

Had what I needed

Cute general store in downtown Columbia. Nice selection of items and fairly priced, great sales too! Will definitely return.

They had exactly what I needed! Everyone was friendly and knowledgeable!

Nice store and great to have them on Main street. Everyone very friendly and helpful.

I bought some great Christmas presents at Mast General Store. They have something for everyone!

Im a little overdue on this review because Ive visited it a few times over the past few years. I think that alot people just dont know how much is offered in this store that is located in the downtown of Columbia SC community. Its conveniently located on main street in Columbia and there is garage and street parking nearby. I usually visit this store whenever Im visiting other business on Main street or on Saturdays while I might be visiting the Soda City Market.This store is always clean and well maintained by the very professional staff. Currently the store is operating on limited capacity and within the COVID-19 pandemic precautions. All the staff and customers must wear face masks. The store is 2 floors and has pretty much anything you might need for any outdoor adventures. Im positive that i will be back in near future and Ill recommend them for friends and family members.

Love the selection here! Got a pair ON running shoes on this visit.

They have a little of everything!

Some of the best Organic and all natural products around ! Friendly staff as always !

A lot of neat gift items upstairs. Kind of like the store at The Cracker Barrel.

Mast General Store is a Columbia staple. Whether youre looking for clothes, shoes, camping supplies, housewares, or local foods, you can find some amazing choices here. Its dog friendly so dont be surprised if you see pups walking around with their humans. Plus theres a nice Gamecock selection. Its one of our favorite stops when were looking for gifts.

Cute little store! I got a barrel full of candy! 😃

To much to crave. Great store for outdoor merch

I ordered the dish cloths, my favorite! I always buy them at Mast General but havent traveled to Maggie Valley and after 5 years, maybe more then 5 years. I need news ones. I highly recommend the old fashioned 4 pack everyone! Thank you Leigh for the excellent service!

Fun nostalgia store mixed with a sort of low country feel. Good prices. Candy by the pound

The store has that old country store flavor

We went there because of a promotion they were running. I like Mast a lot, but parking is usually difficult to find. End of summer prices led me to purchase a pair of shorts and a polo. Mast is a great general store. Great place for outdoor products and wear. I suggest you look into the tailgate style rockers.

Always a fun stop

Fun store it has a lot of unique items

Always love going in here for the candy

One of my favorite places to shop from top to bottom. That place really gets me. 🧡💜

Fun place to shop on Main Street, camping supplies and good traveling clothes. Wish theyd discount the Life is Good shirts sometime though.

I love Mast General Store. It is such a great store. There are so many great things to choose from. You will feel like you are in an old fashioned store. My favorite part of the store is the candy section. All of my childhood favorites. The staff is also friendly I would recommend this place to everyone.

It was amazing great goods people were quite nice

Always a great selection and a great place to wander for a half hour or so

A big variety of various goods are sold here. Nice big bulk section of different candies, classic favorites and kid favorites along with newer candies. Lots of mast general themed foods like jams and sauces. Lots of clothes that are locally themed or generally southern themed! Definitely a good place to go for locals or tourists. Postcards magnets, stickers, and even seasonal things and toys.

Love the old fashioned feel of this store. Staff is always friendly. It has a great variety of items. Clean bathrooms! My kids LOVE the candy barrels filled with all the hard-to-find candies (the kinds I grew up on!). Higher end clothing & shoe brands downstairs. Awesome place to just peruse around even if youre not looking for anything in particular, youll find something that you love!

It was a nice little place. It had an old fashion theme to it.

No visit to Main St. is complete without visiting Mast General Store. For the uninitiated, Mast is the destination shopping experience for classic American toys, kitchen wares, and barrel candy of yesteryear. The department store features a broad selection of apparel for everyday and the outdoor enthusiast. Stop in before visiting Lake Murray or camping at Congaree for your outdoor supplies. Excellent customer service with knowledgeable staff.

Love to visit this place. Great variety of things to choose from. I especially like the fact that they sell the worlds best ginger ale, Blenheims!! 2😍😍😍😍

Very good experience. Great sales people.

Awesome store. They have a little bit of everything but the old style candy barrels and the toys from 20+ years ago really makes you nostalgic! Great service as well.

This place is a bit of a tourist trap but you can get a lot of things here. It is chocked full of very cool things that means very good gifts for people. They got everything from kitchen gadgets to rare candies. Yes the place is large and it is a chain but I really have never had a bad experience going to one of these places

THE BEST customer service. I lost a receipt from a few years ago that I needed and they were able to recover it. Every time I come in, folks are friendly and have good recommendations. Thanks for all your help!

Fun shopping experience!

Very helpful employees.

The first time I went to visit this store. They have many great bargains, I saw a few nice items I would like to buy. I enjoyed seeing the barrels filled with candy. I will be going back.

Place is great. A little pricey

I was looking for a store with a good selection of hiking supplies. I live an hour away and had never heard of General Mast. Today, I was in town for another appointment and decided to visit. WOW! I was greeted as soon as I walked in and given a quick tutorial on the layout of the store. Then, I was directed downstairs to the bottom floor which is entirely devoted to quality, highly rated outdoor gear. Once again, I was immediately greeted by Ashlin. She was amazing. She was so patient and detailed helping me select everything from boots to socks! She really knew the products well. I price checked against Amazon while there. I paid only $8 more for boots (well worth the expertise and convenience) and the other items were priced the same as Amazon. I was so absorbed, two hours literally flew by and I didnt even get to check out to first floor! Cant wait to go back!

Nice store with everything you could need. Shirts, candy, home decor, candy, shoes, candy, and they also have tons of barrels of candy.

Whenever we find a mast general store we have to explore!

Great place to shop and to work! I’ve always really liked shopping at the Mast General Store because they have a lot of unique and cool stuff. I will also forever appreciate them for my brief time working there. I was a teacher’s aide and needed a summer job. A lot of places turned me away despite ten years of retail experience, but Mast was happy to hire me, even knowing it was temporary. It is a very positive and friendly work environment, just like my shopping experiences always had been. The popcorn is great and (speaking as both a customer and former employee) they’ll pop a fresh batch whenever. Try the birch beer or the Blenheim’s ginger ale.

Nice place to shop.

It just give you the feeling that you have stepped back in time and the staff is so friendly too.

Very cool store

Great selection of the top brands for outdoor gear and clothing. Old country store feel. Staff is very helpful and never pushy.

Very popular place where you can find items that you wont see in most stores. Has the feel of shopping in the past. Its worth checking out.

Very friendly staff. Great selection

Great store to just walk around and look at all the cool stuff! Usually take out of town guests to this store because its super cool. Very surprised because I feel like this is better than most of the outdoors/mountain-wear type stores I see in the actual mountains.

Cant stop in without buying mixed candy by the pound....

Great place to get your outdoor clothing.

I always enjoy going there. They have unique things. Its a bit pricey but they usually have good deals in the sale section.Its dog friendly as well.

This is a great place there is something for everyone. Stop here everytime we are in Columbia. This trip found a bacon flavored ketchup looking forward to making an egg sandwich this weekend

Cool place. They have a bunch of candies you cant find in a normal candy store. Theyve got lots of nice clothes and good sales. Theres also a bunch of old games and toys. Its a fun shop to visit

Love the candy. Good sale on end of season items. Wide variety of mens, womens and childrens items (and those who may not identify as any of those)