I'm not usually one to be intrigued by aesthetics, but when passing this shop I couldn't help but…read morego in. Firstly, the smell of the flowers was amazing and this was aided by the simplistic, warming exterior that brought a sparkle of colour to an otherwise dull part of Ormiston Terrace. Upon entering the shop, you find yourself travelling down a channel of pristinely arranged bouquets leading down to the service counter. The staff are extremely helpful and responded to all my queries with a cheerful mannerism and without any hesitation. The range of services available is vast, as mentioned in the previous review, and the staff are more than happy to give you advice on what would be most appropriate for your intended purpose. Unfortunately due to my budget constraints, I left with the smallest rose available... but a pleasant experience nonetheless.

This shop is beautifully laid out and filled with helpful staff to boot. Placing made to order…read moredisplays aand bouquets in the shop front allows the customer to see exactly what they could be buying without having to overwork their imagination! On request, bouquets can be constructed from the value of £5 to upwards of £100 and any variety of flowers, ribbons, bows, vases and baskets can be included in your gift! As well as bouquets, Flower Bomb sells plants and garden paraphenalia; I purchased an orchid a few months ago now and you will be pleased to hear it is lasting well! This florist not only caters to your flower and gardening needs, but does so on for the customer on a budget or willing to splurge! A winner!

I recently ordered a bouquet of flowers for a birthday from this florist and they were absolutely…read moregorgeous. I gave the florist some idea of the colours that I wanted and I was not disappointed. The detail and design of the bouquet was of a high standard and I would not hesitate ordering from here again!

I bought a lovely christmas tree from this florist in tollcross and was very happy wiith it and the…read moreprice was very reasonable around £ 25.

Beautifully balanced and creative hand tied bouquet from pollination. Highly recommended- and I…read moresend a lot of flowers! Best bouquet I've ever sent and reasonably priced too!

I've been shopping here for years and they have never let me down. The flowers are always…read moreindividual and they often bring out things I've never seen before and often cant pronounce! I'd recomend anyone in or out of Edinburgh to try Pollination!

I had a brilliant service with Stems florist. They had a large variety of beautiful flowers and…read moreadvised me on the best look for the venue. I was very impressed by their professionalism and attention.

Can I give 10 stars?!!! Stems of Edinburgh definitely deserves the BEST rating possible!! I found…read moreout about a funeral of a family friend on very short notice ... just the evening before. Being in Chicago I had to google in the middle of the night to try to find a florist who might be able to send flowers from us for that same day in Edinburgh, and Valentine's Day too no less! Google said "Open 24 hours" with a 5-star rating. Well, true to their word, Katrina answered the phone at 4:30 in the morning, half asleep and guaranteed that she would not disappoint us. Within just hours, on the busiest day of the florist business, Katrina delivered!!! Wow, I've never experienced customer service like that before!!! The flowers were perfect and stunning.

After visiting loads of sites for a particular colour and style, settled on McDowells. Absolutely…read morestunning!!!!!! The Timeless White hand tied is the most beautiful ever, my sister was over the moon!! Lots of perfect flowers, all her favourite. I messed up with the chocolates, more were sent right away though. I wouldn't use any other florist now, far superior compared to other, more well known florists. Delighted, thank you!

I would definately recommend ordering flowers from Mcdowells, the flowers i ordered for my mother…read morewere beautiful and have lasted a good while and came in a lovely basket. Both my mother and I were very happy. Will definately use Mcdowells again.

You only get a true measure of a business when something goes wrong. I had originally ordered some…read moreflowers (same day for collection) - but when I arrived to collect, nobody could remember taking my order. The manager and staff, to their credit, immediately rallied around and put together the most beautiful bouquet. The significant other loves her gift and I will definitely be coming back. Next time I'll do better and give them more time to prepare!

If you ever need chocolate or flowers. This is the place to come!…read more Harvest Garden has been in Morningside, for forever it seems. They do beautiful displays of flowers immediately outside the shop, and in the windows. For me, the reason to go here. Chocolate! Harvest Garden is the only Scottish, if not UK stockist of Laura Secord. These are gorgeous chocolates that I first had in Canada. Beware, these are not cheap! In season, they sell chocolate figs. These are handmade in someone's house in Spain. Basically, it is a fresh fig that has chocolate fondant in the middle, then they are foil wrapped. That description could never do them justice though. I am always guaranteed to find what I want here for birthdays, christmas etc. There is a good range of chocolate stocked, and a price to suit all pockets. I haven't made it to the handmade chocolate counter yet though.....

Buyer be ware. Bought my friend roses for her birthday and sent them via interFlora. She received…read morethem and two days later they were dead. She contacted Williamsons in Corstorphine who apologised and said they would replace the flowers. The following morning a new hand tie arrived only to find three of the roses were dead. My friend contacted Williamsons once again who sent three roses and left them on her doorstep. Very angry she called them again and they apologised and said they would replace the hand tie bouquet. For the third time a new hand tied bouquet arrived and again the roses were soft and lasted two days. She called the chief executive of Williamsons who give her all this rubbish about plunging roses into hot water daily for 10 minutes and cutting two inches of the stem every day because roses of the hardest flower to manage. Having owned my own florist this is nonsense the flowers are not fresh and had not been conditioned properly. Do not touch this rogue florist you'll waste your money. My other friend had a bad experience With her fathers funeral flowers which were just as mentioned above dead on arrival at the crematorium. I have left a picture of these roses on the day they arrived at my friends. Please do not allow Interflora do use Williamsons if you use this service.

I have had a very disappointing experience with this florist. My 2 young sons had organised a…read moreMother's Day bouquet to be delivered (via Interflora) to me while they were away in Thailand. I am going through Chemo at the moment and they wanted to be sure that I had a beautiful bouquet from them. Anyway, it was delivered one day late and half dead - I called to complain saying that it would be going in the bin on the Thursday and the lovely lady on the phone arranged a "like for like" pick up and drop off for the next day. Well the delivery was dully made and this bouquet was a 1/3 of the size of the original - again, I'm not happy. I call again to explain the situation and another helpful lady promised me a call from the MD of the company the following day, saying that if he didn't call, then she certainly would. No call from either of them. I have also emailed (no response). Very shoddy service.

This is the florist that we use for all our family occasions, happy and sad. Demi is good at her…read moretrade and her arrangements are always beautiful. I've always found her pricing reasonable and if you want something to match a hat or handbag for a wedding she can be very creative. Her winter sale is good, this a great opportunity to get things like headresses and tiaras. My sister even bought a few for her daughter to dress up with as they were so reasonable. This shop even runs flower arranging classes which sound fun, but I never have the time.

I decided to buy some flowers as a gift for a friend. The shops seem to have endless sales on so…read morenothing gift wise was sticking out amongst the junk. Normally I like M&S flowers or Waitrose by delivery as they last and are good quality but M&S flowers were looking poor today. I remembered Arkadius on Rose Street. I had a peek in and liked the flowers I saw - they all looked fresh and bright and not at all scabby. My request was simple, £20 worth of flowers in water and the colours were to be pinks and purples. The bouquet made up was lovely. Roses, Gerberas, Carnations, lisianthus and a couple of other types I don't know the name for. Lots of flowers and a nice balance of greenery. My bouquet was made up right away and is a decent size. I would use Arkadius again - lovely flowers to suit my budget (with no attempt to make me spend more than my student budget allows) so well worth a visit.

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