Gallery of Flowers

My co-​worker received a bouquet of flowers today & was quite disappointed to see that many of the flowers were old & dried out. When she called Gallery of Flowers to see if the flowers could be replaced, the man on the phone never asked for her name & told her that this was how the flowers look & that a person like her would never be satisfied. He could not replace the flowers & only offered a refund for the flowers. He was incredibly rude to her & she would not recommend this florist to anyone.

When I needed a simple floral arrangement and had prior arrangements done well, Omar showed up, drunk and drinking on the job. He first claimed that he would not sell any flowers for less than «$ 100,000». He then lowered that to $ 100. He then stated that for any purchase of less than $ 100, one should go to Grand Central Station. So I did and got great service and if I ever want to spend $ 100 or $ 1,000 or $ 10,000 on flowers, I would go any place other than Gallery of Flowers.
The owners need to fire Omar if they are serious about running a business.

This is a great spot for a quick and cheap bouquet. I spoke with Bernard who was extremely friend and held a great conversation while putting together a beautiful bouquet in the price range I specified. In my opinion it was a good deal for my money. I would highly recommend this service and will be visiting again.

I really wanted this review to be four stars especially since Omar is a friend of a friend.
I asked Omar to create bouquets for my wedding. I had brought pictures of the bouquets that I wanted and showed him pictures of boutonnière for the men. I had asked for blush pink peony bouquets for myself and deep pink peony bouquets for my bridesmaids and flower girls. What I got were white peonies sprayed with floral paint in bright neon pink. The same floral paint was used on the flowers of immediate family members and the spray rose boutonnieres for the groom, groomsmen, ring bearers were wilting.
I wanted to cry because everything was going wrong at that point and the flowers were just a disaster. I had so much faith in Omar and he let me down. I called Omar trying hard to hold back my tears. I told him that the flowers looked nothing like the pictures I showed him. That I couldn’t use them for my wedding because they looked terrible. There was no time for him to commute from the city to Queens to fix my flowers. I asked him for a refund because the flowers were wilting and the petals were starting to fall off. He called my husband later and told him that he would give us a full refund.
We were lucky to find a florist inside the mall next to our wedding studio. They had to throw away 75% of the peonies and replaced them with their own. They did a fantastic job but my bouquet did not look anything like the pictures. I did get a full refund from Omar after the wedding. He’s a good florist but I would not suggest you go to him for a big wedding. My peonies had to be ordered directly from a wholesaler but he did not order them in time and picked up white peonies from a local flower market the day before and he sprayed them pink the night before.

Omar is a gem, hands down. I went to him to do the flowers for my wedding and was thrilled with his professionalism, artistry, eye for detail and his overall wonderful, gentle energy. I didn’t have a very large budget to work with, but he gave me a very reasonable price and, I have to say, really worked some magic in what he was able to create for me — this included my bouquet, attendants’ bouquets, groom’s/ groomsmen’s boutonnieres (an example of his attention to detail: he gave my husband’s boutonnière a different type of ivy from the others so that it would match the ivy of my bouquet), flowers for the moms of the bride and groom; floral arrangements for the church (he oversaw their placement) and a headpiece for me that he delivered himself on the morning of the wedding. Finding him was a true gift. I’ve been back to his store many times since then and he’s always put together gorgeous and creative arrangements. And his shop is always gorgeously and amazingly decorated– a riot of of color and fragrance, with many of his own artworks peeking out from the foliage. I really can’t praise him enough.
Edited to add: I just realized that this shop still has another listing on Unilocal under the store’s old name — Allan’s Florists — with some great reviews there as well. Just fyi…