diff --git a/test/data/test_tensor_frame.py b/test/data/test_tensor_frame.py
index a399ce20f..a713fde7f 100644
--- a/test/data/test_tensor_frame.py
+++ b/test/data/test_tensor_frame.py
@@ -206,3 +206,27 @@ def test_get_col_feat(get_fake_tensor_frame):
         else:
             assert torch.allclose(torch.cat(feat_list, dim=1),
                                   tf.feat_dict[stype])
+
+
+def test_custom_tf_get_col_feat():
+    col_names_dict = {
+        'categorical': ['cat_1', 'cat_2', 'cat_3'],
+        'numerical': ['num_1', 'num_2'],
+    }
+    feat_dict = {
+        'categorical': torch.randint(0, 3, size=(10, 3)),
+        'numerical': torch.randn(10, 2),
+    }
+
+    tf = TensorFrame(feat_dict=feat_dict, col_names_dict=col_names_dict)
+
+    feat = tf.get_col_feat('cat_1')
+    assert torch.equal(feat, feat_dict['categorical'][:, 0:1])
+    feat = tf.get_col_feat('cat_2')
+    assert torch.equal(feat, feat_dict['categorical'][:, 1:2])
+    feat = tf.get_col_feat('cat_3')
+    assert torch.equal(feat, feat_dict['categorical'][:, 2:3])
+    feat = tf.get_col_feat('num_1')
+    assert torch.equal(feat, feat_dict['numerical'][:, 0:1])
+    feat = tf.get_col_feat('num_2')
+    assert torch.equal(feat, feat_dict['numerical'][:, 1:2])
diff --git a/torch_frame/data/tensor_frame.py b/torch_frame/data/tensor_frame.py
index c9946b37a..3d5788b13 100644
--- a/torch_frame/data/tensor_frame.py
+++ b/torch_frame/data/tensor_frame.py
@@ -141,25 +141,24 @@ def get_col_feat(self, col_name: str) -> TensorData:
                 is :obj:`[num_rows, 1, *]`.
         """
         if col_name not in self._col_to_stype_idx:
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"{col_name} is not available in the TensorFrame object.")
+            raise ValueError(f"'{col_name}' is not available in the "
+                             f"'{self.__class__.__name__}' object")
+
         stype_name, idx = self._col_to_stype_idx[col_name]
+
         feat = self.feat_dict[stype_name]
-        if stype_name.use_dict_multi_nested_tensor:
-            assert isinstance(feat, dict)
+        if isinstance(feat, dict):
             col_feat: dict[str, MultiNestedTensor] = {}
             for key, mnt in feat.items():
                 value = mnt[:, idx]
                 assert isinstance(value, MultiNestedTensor)
                 col_feat[key] = value
             return col_feat
+        elif isinstance(feat, _MultiTensor):
+            return feat[:, idx]
         else:
-            if stype_name.use_multi_tensor:
-                assert isinstance(feat, _MultiTensor)
-                return feat[:, idx]
-            else:
-                assert isinstance(feat, Tensor)
-                return feat[:, idx].unsqueeze(1)
+            assert isinstance(feat, Tensor)
+            return feat[:, idx].unsqueeze(1)
 
     @property
     def stypes(self) -> list[torch_frame.stype]: