Blooming Couture Flowers — Local services in New York

Fourth update: Spring 2025. The staff here are the most helpful for customers, and I mean not just for me, but for everyone who comes into the store. Suggestions on top of more suggestions about how to produce a spectacular arrangement geared for the circunstances of your needs. Mine have been varied, and they always come through. They seem to always have something for someone. How does this small flower/plant store keep what seems to be bottomless stock of incredibly fresh flowers, orchids, plants, dried arrangements, cactus plants, seasonal plants, and then through magical imaginative designs produce the volume of phenomenal arrangements? This continues to be my favorite upper west side commercial establishment that merits all the accolades. This time their efforts produced the most wonderful arrangement for a prom that wowed everyone. A+, and still highly recommended!

Third Update: 2024 brings another stunning custom arrangement, this time with Frankie taking individual colorful cactus plants and creating a tabletop centerpiece for a very special event. See the attached image.

Second Update: 2023 has seen this well-established UWS floral arrangement store get even better, if that were even possible. Frankie has refined his floral artistic arrangements by mixing and matching the freshest flowers and exotics for special occasions. Orchids last for weeks! See today’s amazing arrangement. Anyone contemplating ordering flowers or plants will be fortunate to patronize here. Again, highly recommended.

Update: it’s now 2 years later. Stores have closed on the UWS. No more Tumi, Brooks Brothers, and other stores that have vacated. Thankfully, Blooming Couture Flowers is going strong! Franky continues to turn out gorgeous inventive fresh exotic flowers and arrangements which last! Their inventory would have you believe there had never been a pandemic! Orchids, spring flowers, flowering cactus, dried floral arrangements, outdoor flower pots for planting, and more! Franky prepared an outrageously beautiful arrangement for a dinner party just recently that wowed all the guests.

My review of two years ago stands: “An Upper West Side gem for incredibly fresh flowers, especially unusual Phalaenopsis Orchids. Family-owned and managed, we have had orchids purchased here that last for months. Highly...

Unfortunately I cannot write a glowing review. I walked into Blooming Couture Flowers today 5/5/22 around 1:45 pm. I was interested in either an orchid or a jade plant. Their orchid assortment is lovely and I saw jade plants semi-hidden on the floor. Inside were three people: one gentleman at a flower table, a woman arguing about pricing and another gentleman. I made eye contact with the gentleman at the flower table. He nodded and continued making an arrangement. The discussion/argument continued with the person in the back and the lady waiving an invoice (or some other yellow paper). I listened to the argument/ discussion about pricing/competitor pricing for at least 5 minutes. Another customer came in behind me and asked if I was waiting. I loudly responded that, “yes, I was waiting and no one had acknowledged my presence.” The gentlemen in the back, being reprimanded by the woman with the invoice, immediately started towards the new customer who was holding a cactus plant from outside. The new customer indicated verbally that I was waiting and had been there first. The gentlemen looked at me and asked what I wanted. I said I was interested in the jade and he dismissively stated it was over there (indicating the floor where I had seen it). In the meantime he took the other customer’s cactus and started wrapping it while answering her inquiry about payment options. I asked him several questions about jade plant care which he answered while taking care of the other customer. The lady with the invoice continued her argument/discussion and the person at the flower table continued with his arrangement. I decided to walk out. While they have a wonderful selection of plants and vibrant flowers with very good pricing, I found their customer service lacking. Had the second customer not entered I doubt I would have been acknowledged. Work on greeting all customers who enter the store. If everyone is busy acknowledge the customer with a greeting and a phrase like , “ we will be with you shortly.” Do not keep a customer waiting for a long period of time without some sort of verbal...

I'm writing this review for 2 reasons even though I havent been to this place yet but my GF loves coming here and shes really into flowers.. so today shes there and buying another arrangement and sent me photos of all the flowers, such a beautiful assortment!

First reason Im writing this review is because the negative reviews on google seem like such BS... one review is negative because the man asked if the flowers are cat friendly... wtf are you talking about dude. Its a flower shop not a veterinarian.. you should know which flowers are good or not since you're the cat owner.

Second reason is because of bs reviews about customer service. Both reviewers seemed to think they're the only people to exist and that the shop owner needs to bow before them.. Give me a break, they're a busy flower shop and they were helping other people... allowing you to look at the options until you come and tell them what you want. Stop being babys and then running to google reviews and trying to hurt a small business.

5 stars all the way for being straight up New Yorkers and having...