Gift shop? Flower shop? Or café? It's certainly quite hard to actually define Garlands.
Considering the name you'd believe that Garlands primarily focuses on flowers, but I was actually quite unimpressed by their flower selection. You can certainly buy some nice simple flowers to perhaps brighten up the house, but I wouldn't recommend them if you're after something more special (I would not be pleased if my boyfriend gave me flowers from here).
But flowers aside, Garlands is simply wonderful if you're after a gift, but don't quite know what to buy. They sell a wide variety of items including; posh crockery, vases, photo frames, clocks, toiletries etc... all of which are highly unique. As Cardiff is sadly lacking a Cath Kidston, I was most pleased to discover that Garlands stocked a small range of this brand, which is better than nothing.
I have never eaten in the café so don't feel I can really pass judgment, but as for the décor it was quite simple.
So don't get your flowers from here, but absolutely check out the gifts, as you won't find anything else like them in Cardiff. read more