Isari Flower Studio

I am writing this review in utter shock of how little Isari flower studio provided for my friends wedding day.
It was my first time going to a wedding in about 8 years and I was super excited! It was also my first time going to a Traditional Thai wedding as well. I’ve heard that traditional Thai flowers, and arrangements are suppose to be beautiful. I was also ecstatic that my friend was finally having her big day!
Now the location of the wedding was beautiful in itself. However, when I went to the wedding I barely noticed the sparse arrangement of flowers. Everyone at the wedding thought that the flower arrangements was already part of the location, as in small potted plants, and a few bouquets. Everyone, including myself, was very disappointed and sad that my friend only had the small arrangements for her wedding.
I am just so disappointed in Isari’s flower studio and hopefully any other Unilocalers reading this will be forewarned and saved from being disappointed, ripped off, and utterly let down.

I am writing to you a long and overdue review about this place. For the 2^nd time.
I previously wrote about how this place isn’t the «premium» standard of what a flower shop is. To put it simple, Isari ripped us off. Now the reason for taking down the first post is BECAUSE she called us the next day asking for us to take the review down and in return would receive our money back.
5000 $ is a lot to return back, and I didn’t assume she would refund us all of it back. However we took our post down because we give people chances to redeem themselves. And with this chance you would assume she would take it whether it’s giving us something, a basket of fruit, chocolates, whatever it is you would use our 5000 $ for.
It’s been over two months and nothing.
So again. I am writing to you out of the bottom of my heart, do not do business with liars. And again as stated in my previous message, we had to buy our own flowers because she didn’t provide 5000 $ worth of flowers. It was more like 950 $ and that’s pushing it.
Just to mention as well we were looking for a flower shop to help us do my cousin Thai Wedding. Now before you jump to conclusions that Thai weddings are culturally difficult to do flowers in, it’s not, look it up on google.
What makes it worse is that the Isari owner is Thai, and literally gave us the most basic crap you’ll ever see.
Even a local flower shop recommended us to you, what kind of business are you running.
Isari do not bother to write us or contact us or even try to find someway to write yourself out of this one. The pictures are proof enough.
I dare you to comment on this. I know you’ve aggressively contact and emailed clients in a negative way so please again whoever is reading this. I CAN RECOMMEND YOU MUCH BETTER SHOPS!

Isari’s team of designers and florists are extremely talented! Their work is picturesque! I did my research prior to choosing a florist. I interview 6 other studios. I choose this team based on their talent, their excitement about my vision, and our personalities just clicked. When working with them it felt like working with a best friend and your fun aunt. Not only did I opt in for floral but I also got a month of planner and their styling team. I wanted to do something really out of the box and I knew they would be able to knock it out of the park! It was stunning! They got everything I wanted down to the out of season pomegranates for our table arrangements. They made it work and in my budget! Their planner Marina was amazing! Not only was she super personable, easy to work with, and super talented, but she had my back! The day of the wedding the weather was threating to rain and with everything else going on that day I could not handle on more thing. Marina saved the day and had a tent on back up! I was a very organized bride but this I could not have orchestrated as well as she did! She was prepared, calm, and got a great deal last min for them. I could not have done it with out her. I would recommend this team any day!

It’s a leap of faith when you are ordering a floral arrangement remotely. Isari delivered :-) What a gorgeous bouquet. Thank you!

I am from out of town and this florist was so helpful with my needs and even sent me pictures of the finished product. They were so beautiful! Thanks so much.

Isari Florals made our wedding day so special! What an amazing cute studio they have in the heart of Solana Beach! After getting engaged I made an appointment to come to this flower studio and met with the manager Tam. She was extremely helpful and very honest with me. She gave me realistic expectations which I greatly appreciated because it’s so easy to go overboard when it comes to wedding planning. I told her my colors/​theme and let her run with it and create her vision of our day. She had a preview of our flowers about a month before the big day and we were in LOVE with what was created. The staff showed up right on time and came to break down everything later in the evening and donate it to local hospitals/​cancer centers. I would highly recommend Isari Flower Studio to those individuals getting married who want something a little more unique. You will not be disappointed :)

My husband and I loved working with Tam and her entire team at Isari Flower Studio. It was an absolute dream to work with them for our Wedding !
All of our married friends told us that «flowers» would be the tough part of wedding planning. «Too many? Too little? Your florist may not understand your overall theme?» Our married friends should have used Isari Flower Studio. From the moment we met Tam we instantly fell in love. She listened to our desires and creatively executed them in an outstanding way.
My husband and I got married on a beach and had a reception at a private estate a few blocks away. As my father and I sat in the car I watched Tam smooth out the sand before I entered. There are no words to describe the emotion this brought me. I will always remember and be forever grateful for that kind gesture.
Our flowers at our wedding were an absolute dream. Our guests continue to talk about how gorgeous the arrangements were that beautiful day.
We cannot recommend Isari Flower Studio enough. You will be in the best hands!
All our love forever to Tam & the entire Isari Flower Studio Team !!

Very professional and the arrangements all have a beautiful, unique style. You won my heart over with several amazing floral pieces which were delivered to my work. Thank you.

Isari Studio and owner Tam made our wedding literally a dream come true. We interviewed several florists and fell in love with their studio. We have a very specific budget (Under $ 2k) and she was able to deliver floral and tablescape options that really fit our look. She even did a gorgeous starfish and burlap ribbon décor down the aisle. It was perfect with the water backdrop we had. We were married at a yacht club and had a vintage vibe to the décor. They delivered the bridal party flowers to the hotel we were getting ready at and then went to the reception site to set up the reception, cocktail hour and ceremony flowers. We met with them twice, once for the initial consult and the second time to see an example of the décor. They showed up exactly on time even with battling with Mission Bay tourist traffic on a perfectly sunny Saturday. The flowers were beyond anything we had imagined. We will recommend them for any wedding large or small! Thanks Tam and Team!

This experience actually compelled me to write a review. Ordered Valentine’s Day flowers which came out to be a completely different arrangement from what I ordered. When I contacted the vendor, they really had a bad attitude. I completely understand you can’t have the same exact flowers due to availability but this was night and day.
The manager Carol said she’d make it right and foolishly I trusted her. She delivered new flowers that evening (and picked up the old ones) literally on delivery telling the recipient they were leftover flowers! Who does that!!! AND the new flowers WILTED by the next morning, and upon inspection were held up by rubber bands, they truly were leftovers. The manager really had attitude and left the recipient feeling very vunerable. DO NOT BUY from these people if you want customer service and your flower recipient to feel happy and pleased. Customer service is not their forte.

Really? Are you joking me I still have the *especially* degrading email from her to prove the fact that she is a selfish victimized, dramatic person! My Wedding is Feb 21… too bad, We Love their work too!

love this place
Beautiful modern designs!
Very classy.
They get it… beautiful taste.

What a perfect place to order a floral arrangement!
Thank you for always coming through for last minute delivery requests!
My clients love it!

My wedding planner suggested that I go with Isari Flower Studio for my wedding and I am so glad that I did! We interviewed a few other flower studios and Tam at Isari really understood what I wanted. She created romantic dripping bouquets, sculptural boutonnieres, and flowers springing out of props like gramophones, trophies, candelabras, and large terrariums. Isari Studio also decorated our chuppah/​archway for the ceremony. They used the types of flowers I wanted (I think they were also in season) and I was overjoyed. Every single detail was so delicate, yet sculptural and powerful.
If you have a floral vision, trust in Tam at Isari will execute it to perfection.

I used Isari Flowers for my bouquets and boutonnieres. I had known I had expensive taste and was willing to change out my favorites for more cost efficient choices but Isari provided the best quote with the ones I was after. The bouquets were beautiful and what I had pictured. Isari took the time to get to know what the vision of my wedding was they asked for pictures of my dress, bridesmaid dresses, suits… because of their attention to detail, even just in doing bouquets, I had great confidence in them. Would highly recommend them for weddings I was not disappointed on any point! Thank you so much!

Tam seemed so friendly and eager to be apart of our November «spanish affair» wedding. She quote– «Promise that your wedding would come alive with a rich textural feast for the eyes, transporting guests to an enchanting land of unrivaled magic. Would be a challenge and not your typical wedding. She wanted to be apart of this romantic spanish influenced sexiness.» For goodness sake Tam had even printed out pages from my wedding flower pinterest board before our initial consultation.
DONT be deceived.
I should have seen the warning after we received our first proposal. It was way above our budget, (1000s more) and which we had made very clear from the beginning before meeting. Again I should have known something was amiss that when it came time to make the final payment the contract which we had agreed upon months ago was very very different. For example us having a «Spanish» themed wedding Michael had came up with the idea for Turkish or Moroccan lamps. In fact when we were still interviewing wedding florists we had gone to HomeGoods and on Amazon and purchased numerous Moroccan lamps to fit our theme for the ceremony and courtyard. You know as brides when ur soon to be husband has an idea for your wedding (and it’s a good one) you 110% support it. On our first consultation Tam instructed us to absolutely return all the lamps. She had so many in her epic warehouse we could have our pick and rent from her. And after signing the contract of course that’s what we did. When I received one of the first proposals though the lamps were not in the contract. Besides the lamps there were additional other mishaps from the first signed contract to the last final one like the cocktail tables’ flowers, men boutonnieres etc. It was a little strange being how passionate Tam always seemed. I really thought in my heart this woman loves what she does and more importantly that my wedding matters to her. Out of all our venders she was the only mistake we made. Moroccan Lamps were not to be seen nor present at our wedding although we had definitely paid for them. The bridesmaids bouquets were disappointing and everyone agreed even more so after realizing they were 65 a pop. Our sweetheart tables decorations were flimsy and on the ground more than they were on our table decorating. There was absolutely no flowers nor decorations outside the ballroom on the terrace because «they forgot» the lamps.
When we returned home to San Diego from our honeymoon I emailed Isari voicing my concerns. Their emails back are exactly why I’m giving them this review now. Savannah her assistant emailed me asking to give her time to look into it, stating that her and Tam were not present that weekend and needed to check with the crew. Hmm we were never made aware that Tam wouldn’t be involved the day of. Then 10 days later I received an email where Savannah apologized and almost dismissively thanked us for being so understanding and stated they hoped we would use Isari in the future. It was copy and paste. Not only will I never use Isari but I will make sure none of my engaged friends will either. Savannah simply asked where to send our money for refund of the lamps. Sorry but the Moroccan lanterns were an essential part of our themed wedding, I have emails to prove it but neither of you were present that day and reply with the suggested remedy «Don’t worry we’ll just refund you.» Are you kidding me? Then when I responded w my «That’s it» email?! She quickly emailed back that we could have free tickets for me and a friend to attend one of their flower design classes. Omg. I more recently received an email from another Isari asst apologizing again and writing that everyone was sick w the flu. Right. Still haven’t hear a peep from Tam.
Doesn’t matter — a key part of our theme was missing and I don’t feel like they cared that it was. A refund does not replace lost memories. Vendors like this are held to a higher responsibility because the don’t sell flowers, they sell cherished memories that would not be possible when they fail to meet the contract. My refund falls short of that.

Tam & crew are amazing. I knew the minute I stepped into the shop I was in good hands. I didn’t want to spend a fortune on flowers but still wanted the personal flowers and venue to look beautiful. Tam and crew were full of cost saving suggestions and Isari’s designs exceeded my expectations even on my small wedding budget. I squealed with delight when I saw my bouquet & arch piece. Perfection.

Isari exceeded my vision. Tam has her own amazing style, but can also bring your own vision alive. She got our vision in the very first meeting. Her studio says it all…
I am in the wedding business. I have done hundreds of weddings and I have seen it all! I wanted Isari. (I do hair and makeup.) I think Tam Ashworth at Isari is a phenomenal at what she does. she brings aesthetic look to every she does.
Her and her team can make any event come alive. We could of not been happier with our flowers for our wedding.
If you are looking for a breath taking floweriest, this is your place!

So many businesses in the wedding industry tend to pump out the same old stuff. Not Tam! She GETS themes. ANY theme. Every single wedding I saw was absolutely unique and different… and they were all classy, gorgeous and breath taking! She really is special in her ability to create and design. We had a medieval theme — and were really looking for something beyond the norm… we didn’t even have wedding colors.
She nailed it. She transformed the whole environment into a lush and magical garden fit for «royal» party. My bridesmaids had breathtakingly beautiful and delicate floral wreaths for their hair (each girls was different!). She was even able to provide amazing gold goblets for the head table! Her countless candles, tea lights and candelabras were breathtaking and it transported the whole environment… it was like a fairy land. And it was CLASSY — not tacky.
Also, I really liked what she did with our ceremony arch — she made it look like the natural scenery was simply overflowing with greenery — you couldn’t even tell that a «florist» had «decorated the arch, yet it was spectacular. SO classy. SO unique.
Beyond her actual product — she was the epitome of professionalism. She went out to our venue immediately — she even invited the woman who runs it over to her studio. She addressed every concern or question that came up in my endless phone calls and e-​mails. She also made me feel very safe by keeping a meticulous file with ALL of my inspiration phones, dresses, venue etc etc. And even though my budget was modest, she stuck to it and still made me feel like she was working her hardest and I was a priority customer.
And finally… I really TRUSTED her. She is very swift, decisive and assertive — which normally would be alarming for me (I am a complete control freak and micro-​manager) except I really trusted and valued her opinion — I knew she was a talented designer and would not steer me wrong. The wedding would not have been the same without her.

Gorgeous arrangements. Beautiful fresh flowers. My new favorite florist!