Watanabe Floral, Inc.

e event. I should have picked up the flowers the day before the wedding instead because my flowers were dying especially since dalias were more delicate than others. The petals were literally falling apart the day I took them out the wine cellar which the lady said it was ok to put in.

u. She was always so quick to respond to my emails and/or phone calls, was very patient with me when I was being indecisive, and was extremely accommodating to my requests, even if they were last minute. The flowers we ordered were absolutely beautiful! Just what I wanted! We ordered a bouquet for me, 6 bouquets for my bridesmaids, a lei for my husband, and a Haku floral crown for my stepdaughter. I would definitely work with them again and would highly recommend them to anyone looking for a great florist!

they've ever seen. Thank you Watanabe!!

provided us. Dayna was amazing and so helpful throughout the planning process and communication was a breeze. All the flowers smelled incredible and made the day that much better!

Shaye over the phone letting her know what I wanted and color schemes. She is AMAZING! When we got to the island on the 9th we headed to the florist that Tuesday and made sure everything still was ready to go and correct plus we had to order leis for the moms. The customer service at the counter was rude but I'm going to say maybe she just wasn't having a good day . When the flowers arrived at the church ...BREATHTAKING ! the two centerpieces , the bouquets , the leis , everything was beautiful. Working with someone over the phone for a year and not seeing it till the day of is incredible in its own right but seeing your expectations be blown away was an amazing feeling. Thank you Shaye and thank you Watanabe Foral

river didn't drop off the flowers to my coordinators. To make the story short, this hiatus caused damages and some of my guests missed the ceremony because they have to arrange my reception tables.

tain amount. I was able to create 7 centerpiece arrangements, a large bouquet and 6 small vases for under $300. I used roses and tropical flowers. They have a great selection of proteas. FloraDec located nearby is a good place to pick up any extra supplies needed. I went to FloraDec for a good selection of glass vases, different sizes of floral wire, floral tape, etc. I'm so happy that I did business with Watanabe Floral! They are friendly folks with good prices.

ses, and willingness to give quotes, suggestions and help. Unfortunately, a flower in my bouquet ended up staining my dress, so I would hope they be more careful with dyes in the future. Their rates are quite standard for Hawaii.

perfect floral arrangements for us! I would highly recommend Watanabe Floral for all your wedding needs.

the centerpieces and the other flowers and Lei they provided. When one of the flowers arrived in a different color than what we had ordered they contacted me immediately to discuss our options and after the fact they offered me a discount on my order. They were very responsive and the flowers ended up being beautiful! I really appreciated working with a vendor that genuinely cared about my big day!

bridal bouquet, as well as centerpiece flowers. However, I was on a budget with flowers, and the leis and centerpiece flowers were too expensive. So, I ended up buying the centerpiece flowers at Home Depot (so much cheaper, and the flowers were just as beautiful!), and the leis at the airport Again, it was much more affordable and just as nice; the only problem with getting flowers myself was having to deal with transporting the flowers in a cooler/ storing them in a fridge overnight, which took up a lot of space and was a hassle, as well as transporting them to the wedding without them dying. Anyway, I told the woman I worked with at Watanabe that I didn't want to spend more than $100 on a bridal bouquet, which I know is low, but she was totally willing to work with that. I emailed her some pictures of my ideas and we went from there, whereas with other florists I felt judged for my low budget. Watanabe made me a small but beautiful purple and white rose bouquet with orchids, and made a white rose bouquet for my 5 bridesmaids. They were wrapped and pinned perfectly, and I didn't mind that they were small because we were all wearing leis. The only thing was that my bouquet was browning a little on the edges by the end of the night when the photographer wanted to take a picture of the rings in the bouquet, but I don't fault that on Watanabe-- my other had been transporting the bouquet and they were passed along a few hands on their way upstairs to our hotel room before the ceremony; in addition, I'd done the bouquet toss and had been dancing and photographing with it all day and night, and it was only at the very end of the night did it brown a little, which I didn't mind because I didn't plan on preserving it anyway. Professional, fast, and quality service! I also appreciated that Watanabe worked with me on a tight timeline, about 2 weeks before the wedding-- I wasn't kidding when I said I couldn't find anyone to work within my budget, but Watanabe did!

e wedding. Our bouquets and centerpieces were stunning; guests were asking to take them home (which of course was fine by us)! This was one of the easiest vendors we worked with and dollar for dollar they are by far the best on Oahu.

t I really wanted for the wedding. She answered all my questions, even gave suggestions which was great. Even down to the wire, I had requested some changes to the bouquets due to my budget, which she easily accommodated and made everything work out.

flowers for my wedding. They had a wide variety of flowers (though unfortunately most were not local) and they were able to deliver everything just as promised. Highly recommend!

ve them my wedding colors and the specific flowers that I wanted in my bridal bouquet, otherwise I trusted them to design the floral arrangements and I was so incredibly happy with the result! Everything from the bouquets, table arrangements, and lei's were beautiful and perfect! I gave them my budget, and they were actually able to do everything for a little under that!

ome blooms weren't in season they did their best to get the closest bloom. I ordered mums in white and off white, but they were only able to bring in white. They did a good job at giving us different options since we did not get our first choice of off white mums. Overall, they were very helpful and a pleasure to work with!

iful. One of the main reasons I chose them was for the price. By buying Watanabe gift cards at Costco, I immediately saved 20%, then by showing a UH ticket stub, I got another 10% off. My only complaint would be that my bridal bouquet ended up on the small side (same size as the bridesmaid bouquet). But that was a minor issue.

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ith me through the entire planning process and emailed me pictures of different ideas that we could do. She was very responsive to all my emails and was able to help me pick a bouquet and leis that would keep us under our flower budget. I would recommend Watanabe to other Hawaii brides.

received a phone call with a quote so I ended up looking elsewhere.

! AND i got our leis here too. I ordered a pikake lei ahead of time and they came through with a beautiful fresh five strand lei. :-)

me on how to cut costs so that I could have the look I was going for without overspending. I REALLY appreciated this aspect of her service. She kept in constant touch with me and made changes where necessary and the flowers were gorgeous! On a side note - Costco offers discounted gift cards for Watanabe and you can use them to pay for your entire order. This saved me 20% on flowers!!! Excellent service and value.

all the colors that I wanted in my bouquet. Thanks to Watanabe Floral for delivering such beautiful flowers. Sincerely, Jesse and Cindy Garcia

the lei were beautiful and ready for pick up when we asked for them.

ver the phone. Everything I ordered was perfect.

e ready on time and were of good quality. The staff was courteous, but no one went above and beyond to help me. I had a few questions about what the best flowers to use would be and I didn't get the best answers. I felt like the staff didn't really care to help me out if I wasn't having them make the bouquets. All in all though, the flowers were of pretty good quality, and okay price, and they were ready on time.

back to me until 1 week later.

re the wedding) and had no idea what I wanted. The nicest girl who worked there totally helped us out. Even though they couldn't make the bouquets for us (one of my bridesmaids was really good with flowers) she totally talked to me about what would and wouldn't work. She had cute style and totally knew what I wanted. I got a lot of babies breath, snowball mums, white orchids and Eucalyptus. For about $600 I had 13 centerpieces and 8 bouquets and bootineers as well as 10 nice leis. We picked them up the night before the wedding and all my bridesmaids sat around and helped make bouquets and talk wedding. Very fun and cheap!

hat they made beautiful arrangements and bouquets and they stuck to my budget of $2000 ($55 per centerpiece)!

s to create my special bouquets. They color matched ribbons to perfectly match my bridesmaids dresses. This attention to detail is astounding, very much appreciated.

re we got everything we needed and still stayed within my budget. We even bought lei for the out of town guests!

t prices and good consultations.

yellow plumerias lined the aisle and were used in the "flower shower," a couplet of beautiful yellow cymbium orhids with greenery decorated the aisle chairs, amazing bouquet of yellow cymbidiums and yellow calla lilies really popped in the pictures. Centerpieces made of tropical greens and yellow and pink cymbium orchids on a monkeypod plate were fought over at the tables and were very reasonably priced compared with other floral centerpieces. Highly recommend!

were also used for the centerpieces and other décor. My bridal bouquet was unlike any bridal bouquet I've ever seen. I know every bride thinks her bouquet is the best, but this bouquet was out of this world. Even the florists were raving about how gorgeous it was. The leis my husband and his groomsmen wore were awesome, and the mothers' corsages were a perfect accent to their dresses/my centerpieces. I LOVED my flowers.

hose cases. In the end, we had beautiful and matching flowers for all pieces for the bride and groom.

our questions was great. We went back for a second time to actually order the flowers because the service there the first time was great , but unfortunately the actual Consultant for ordering the Wedding flowers wasn't as pleasant as the woman that helped us on our first visit every question we asked got answered with an attitude and rolling eyes it was my first time ever ordering a flowers I didn't know what was what and she wasn't even willing to help or give advice she never smiled and constantly talked with an attitude. so when we asked for prices of our bridesmaids flowers she said it was 34$ which was only three orchids wrapped in ribbon nothing fancy it was the same prices as our groomsmens leis, our family friend said she could probably make one cheaper so we ordered everything that day except for the bridesmaids flowers , things changed so we had to go back for a 3rd time to order the bridesmaids flowers I was hoping that consultant would have a day off when we went again but when we went she was there with the same Attitude and rolling eyes we asked if the price was still 34$ for orchids and she said with the meanest face " what ? It's not 34 is $100 ) I told her about our conversation the last time and she rolled her eyes and said she would never say it was that price she was not friendly at all . So we didn't order our bridmaids flowers from them . My bouquet turned out beautiful and the lei were gorgeous the quality is excellent the service of " ONE " was Horrible she is the only one in cahrge for the orders of wedding flowers so if you plan on ordering from there BEWARE of her and her Attitude!