Toby's Candles is a family-owned business located in Old Town San Diego since 1992, with roots going back to 1981. The shop offers a variety of homemade candles and bath and body products, many made by local family businesses. Visitors can enjoy three different candle-making options, allowing them to create their own candles on-site, making it a fun and interactive experience suitable for groups, including outings for scouts, birthdays, and bachelorette parties. Customers have praised the shop for its cute and welcoming atmosphere, mentioning how enjoyable it is to smell and choose scented and colored wax cubes to make personalized candles. The store also sells a range of bath salts, fizzy bath bombs, and other bath products in various scents, often with good prices and pleasant smells. Staff members are described as friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful, making the experience more enjoyable. Many customers appreciate the opportunity to create meaningful keepsakes for special occasions like weddings, and the store's seasonal candles are popular for their festive scents. Overall, Toby's Candles is a charming, family-friendly spot perfect for DIY gifts, holiday preparations, or just a fun outing with friends and family.
Our kids loved making candles, it was a lot of fun. We also like the incense sticks, they are great.
September 2025
This is that candle, bath salts and shower steamer shop! The shower steamers are one of the best steamers I have ever used. The small shop has a large section of merchandise. There are several deals on merchandise. The service in the store is warm.
November 2023
There are candles, but bath products, especially sea salts for bathing, are sold in various scents. The staff are very friendly. You can add various salts of your choice into the bottle.
