Houdini’s Magic Shop

No refund and no exchange on item we bough a minute ago!
Not the type of service you would expect in USA…

Me: «Hey that hummer card trick is amazing! Is this the standard one with nylon rope on your ear or a different variation???»
Clerk: «nope with this model you can loop the loops and nothing gets caught!»
Suckered me into buying it and upsold me on additional product bundle. $ 60 later I get home and find no this is the exact model with the goddamn nylon string!!! Thought maybe it was a magnetic variation.
Additionally the «spirit lights» that came with the package, only 1 of the 2 even lights up!
The «cut the rope trick without cutting the rope» trick he was boasting about? Requires you to cut the goddamn rope.
Really wanted to pick up some fun things to try after seeing Copperfield, and got conned by a jerk with a nylon string tied to his ear.
Beyond mad at this place

Yes, they are more expensive than other shops, but they have location and usually great customer service.
They have cheap gags to high dollar tricks. They present many of the tricks if you just ask and are knowledgeable about their products.
Pricing is higher than local shops but at least they are promoting the art.

This place is the biggest rip off in the world. Please dont stand for their over priced items just because you hear the name HOUDINI. This shop charges 30 dollars for a trick that i can get at my local magic shop or online for about 10 dollars at the most. The customer service sucks and they dont care about their customers at all. If you are really interested in magic go to a local magic shop or go online. This place is intended for dumb tourists thinking that this is real magic. It bothers the hell out of me to know that people buy from this place with their overpriced items.

Just spent about an hour chilling with Dan and Tyler in the shop. They’re the coolest, most awesome people ever!

I had a great time at Houdini’s Magic Shop. The clerk was very helpful and answered all of my questions. He was a practicing magician too which helped a lot. He really knew his stuff!

Stopped in here to get a fun toy as a souvenir gift — the woman work was a lot of help and showed me all sorts if tricks! Good place for a non-​traditional souvenir to bring home

I love magic shops. It reminds me of all the joy and wonder of my childhood. So, when I visited Vegas, I thought I’d bring a little of that home to my six year old. The magician at the counter assured me that my son could pull off the simple, yet impressive boxes of flowers in a bag trick. I was sold and they packaged up our sale. My son was so excited, until he opened the box. They gave us one that had been obviously used, and used a lot! The bag was already ripped in two places. The bottom of the boxes are all falling off, and the plastic is all dinged and scratched on the boxes. What a bummer. A twenty dollar bummer. Not cool. I really wanted to like these guys, but I feel like I got hustled. Had the product been new, I would have given them four stars, but since the whole core of our transaction was the product…1 star.

My daughter has recently shown an interest in magic, so we were happy to see this store while walking through the Venetian. I was impressed by the large selection of smaller sized tricks hanging on the wall, but was immediately approached by a worker that asked how old my daughter was. When I told him her age, he brought her to the counter and showed her three tricks. Now I know that their job is to make as many sales possible, but what turned into a trip where I had planned on spending $ 10 turned into a $ 60 trip as she was mesmerized by the tricks that he showed her. She pretty much spent her entire Vegas budget at this store thanks to the more than friendly cashier. Just a word of warning for you parents out there. It may be worth going in alone at first or making sure to ignore the cashiers call to your child so you won’t have to tell them «no» to the overpriced tricks they are showing.
We ended up buying the two of the tricks that were shown. The light trick he showed her is a bit hard for our daughter to do, even though he knew her age upfront. I’m guessing the $ 30 price was the main focus of him showing it to her. The bag with boxed roses trick is a bit easier for her, however, that night in the hotel room the bag had already started to rip despite the fact that my daughter was very careful with it. For $ 20 I would think that it would be a little more durable.
If you go in knowing how to avoid the real «tricks» of this place, you will see that it’s a fun little shop to poke around in.

Little hidden shop full of magic tricks ranging from $ 4 to over $ 100. Located inside the Venetian next to the food court. I ended up buying a kids set for my little one and some extra magic tricks that I saw and wanted. Helpful friendly staff very entertaining. Stop by for a free «show»!

I am not a connoisseur of magic shops but this one seemed pretty cool.
the guys working there were pretty friendly and entertaining.
i was just browsing, so cant really comment on the quality of the products.

Presto! Voila! Houdini’s was a nice little find for some unique souvenirs for my son. There’s a ton of magic tricks, booklets and books to choose from cheap to the more expensive. It was easy to put together a magic primer batch of a few cheesy tricks. And the tricks have little Skill Levels on them, so you know what you’re getting into!
The three guys working the counter here were goofy and having fun, which makes the store a relaxed visit. They were hands off, mostly, but quick to help when asked a question and friendly during checkout. Now, I wonder if I’ll have a li’l Houdini on my hands… I hope so!