Flowers by McDowell
Information about Flowers by McDowell
EH11 3AL, Edinburgh
Opening hours
- sunday: (closed)
- monday: (closed)
- tuesday: 8:30-16:30
- wednesday: 8:30-16:30
- thursday: 8:30-16:30
- friday: 8:30-16:30
- saturday: 8:30-12:30
Florist, opened in 1931, offering custom-made bouquets, gift sets and special occasion arrangements.
Our comment from Flowerspedia about Flowers by McDowell:
Flowers by McDowell is renowned for its exceptional floral arrangements and outstanding customer service. Customers consistently praise the shop for:
- Stunning Flower Arrangements: Many clients have expressed delight at the beauty and quality of the flowers, often stating that the arrangements exceed their expectations.
- Quick and Efficient Service: The company is noted for its speedy same-day delivery, with numerous reviews highlighting that flowers are delivered within hours of placing an order.
- Friendly and Helpful Staff: Clients frequently commend the staff for their helpfulness and expertise, often reporting that their input transforms their visions into beautiful floral designs.
- Broad Range of Options: From wedding bouquets to sympathy arrangements, Flowers by McDowell has shown versatility in catering to different occasions, ensuring that each client finds what they need.
Additionally, customers appreciate the user-friendly website, making ordering straightforward from anywhere, including overseas. With a focus on quality and customer satisfaction, Flowers by McDowell continues to be a popular choice for floral needs in the United Kingdom.
Flowers by McDowell: Reviews
Fantastic experience: Absolutly fantastic service&the most beautifulf flowers. Can order without seeing arrangments staff 100% get it right every time
Fantastic experience: Got a £4 and it was excellent quality, but it doesn't last that long. I suggest to only buy to give or fro presentation
Negative experience: Not a professional business at all!!! Avoid !!!
Fantastic experience: I went into the shop with not much of a clue to order flowers for my brother's funeral casket, all I knew was that I wanted autumnal flowers. Well, WOW..they were more than expected, they were beautiful, the florist picked up on what I had in my head and she brought it together. Thank you so much and I will be forever grateful to the beautiful arrangenent on a sad day x
Fantastic experience: User-friendly website, incredibly fast same-day delivery (like, 90 minutes from time of order), and an absolutely beautiful high-quality product. Highly recommend!
Fantastic experience: Sons wedding, flowers from here Bouquets, button holes and wedding flowers all beautiful. Still enjoying at home nearly two weeks on Staff fantastic and a great help Would definitely recommend
Fantastic experience: Ordered a 'Saltire pillow' online from Spain for my Dad's funeral and they arrived exactly exactly as per the picture on the website. Also the customer service was amazing, thank you team
Fantastic experience: very fast and good!
Fantastic experience: Ran by nice people!
Thank you
Fantastic experience: Ordered online, speedy delivery, beautiful flowers. 1st class!
Fantastic experience: I’ve bought from them several times and every time the flowers are just stunning.
Fantastic experience: Went in yesterday and arranged a delivery, friendly staff great choice and quick delivery. Thanks again.
Fantastic experience: Recently arranged floral arrangements for my Mother-in-law's funeral....absolutely beautiful, couldn't fault anything from the discussions/suggestions with Joanne to the arrangements, they were perfect. Thank you to Joanne and all at McDowells.
Fantastic experience: My mom loved the flowers! I'm always happy to support locally owned shops.
Fantastic experience: Only just order the flowers for my Daughter & Son-in-Law. So still awaiting their response! The Florist was most helpful.
Fantastic experience: Can’t recommend them enough! Bought a few bouquet‘s now and every one has been beautiful. Exceptional delivery aswell, flowers arrive amazing. Thanks guys!
Fantastic experience: Staff pleasant and patient. We have used them several times previously for wedding buttonholes but unfortunately this time it was funeral flowers. We had several requests for them but nothing was a problem. Flowers/colours can be changed in selected wreaths. The flowers were beautiful and the staff helped make a difficult task that,wee but easier
Fantastic experience: Absolutely brilliant service .They could not be more helpful.The flowers are stunning .I have used them often and gave not been disappointed.
Fantastic experience: Arrangement for Wedding Anniversary, suffice to say that wife is absolutely delighted. Beautiful and colourful arrangement. Thank you very much.
Fantastic experience: Flowers arrived as arranged and my wife loved them. Third time I've used this florist and would definitely recommend
Fantastic experience: Beautiful flowers arranged for a funeral service ordered. Very professional and friendly staff. I really appreciate Joanne's assistance. They even have a laminator to laminate the card, which I was very appreciative. We all loved the double-ended oasis- a special order request. The delivery was on-time too. I wish I had a picture of the product for this review. The flowers were lovely. Thank you so much for the service.
Negative experience: Totally unprofessional, tried to place order via phone chap took details then hung up the phone. Tried to phone back but kept getting hung up on. His loss for £100+ funeral flowers.
Fantastic experience: Second time I have used this florist and they have delivered a beautiful bouquet of roses for my wife both times, very impressed by the freshness and presentation.
Fantastic experience: Supplied fabulous floral tributes for mum’s funeral.
Thank you Susan
Fantastic experience: Highly recommend McDowells. My wedding bouquets and button holes were absolutely beautiful and received brilliant service! Thank you again.
Fantastic experience: The roses I've ordered online from France were perfectly delivered to my cousin in Edinburgh on her birthday. Comme sur des roulettes, thank you very much.
Fantastic experience: I ordered flowers for my sister and her husband 60th wedding anniversary, and the flowers were exactly as I wanted the lady I dealt with on the phone was really helpful (sorry I did not get your name ) I live in Brisbane Australia so had to depend on the florist to deliver and they certainly did, thank you
Fantastic experience: Ordered flowers for my daughter's 20th birthday asked for something colourful and also in water.She received them today and they are stunning and she is so delighted. Thank you so much for everything from my telephone order to delivery. Would highly recommend and once again Thank.
Fantastic experience: The flowers I just had delivered are gorgeous. I’m really grateful for the care taken by McDowells Thank you
Fantastic experience: My friend loved her beautiful bouquet which was delivered today. Lovely fresh flowers and great customer service. My only tiny grumble is I think the delivery charge is quite expensive for local delivery. Highly recommend.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful flowers. Completely forgot I ordered them for collection, staff phoned promptly and left them in the hairdressers next door for me to collect. Very kind, amazing service.
Fantastic experience: I ordered a bouquet of flowers for my daughter on her graduation. The bouquet was truly exceptional. The flowers were perfect, all the colours delightful and the inclusion of a thistle was a winner! They were very fresh and are still going strong. The staff were fantastic, really listened to my request and made helpful suggestions. Thank you so very much. My daughter was chuffed to bits. Kind regards Mary
Fantastic experience: We ordered flowers for our daughter's wedding, they were beautiful, exactly what she wanted. Ordering at the shop was straightforward with helpful and informative advise which helped us make the right choices for the occasion. The delivery driver made sure the flowers arrived exactly on time. A really great, professional service, fabulous flowers we were really happy with everything. Highly recommended. Thank you
Fantastic experience: I rang and spoke to Joanne who arranged for a bouquet of flowers to be sent to family as they moved into their new home. A truly beautiful and stunning bouquet arrived as planned. Many thanks. Andrea Davidson
Fantastic experience: Incredible service so great to support locally
Thank you
Fantastic experience: I stopped by on my walk today and was greeted by a lovely man named David, he was incredibly kind and welcoming! He gave me honest advice on after care and some great tips and tricks to make them last longer. The flower selection (and some plants) were great, and the prices even better-definitely returning in the near future for more!
Fantastic experience: Popped in today for a last minute bouquet of flowers for a gift. The man serving was very helpful and quickly made a bunch of flowers up for me to meet what I was looking for and to my budget. Lovely flowers and good value for money.
Fantastic experience: So happy that I contacted Flowers by McDowell. I’m in Australia and needed to arrange some flowers for a funeral. When I rang, the gentleman I spoke to was very helpful and friendly. The flowers were so beautiful, thank you so much.
Fantastic experience: Friendly service and very helpful giid value for money.
Thank you Gordon
Fantastic experience: Lovely place, great service, lovely flowers
Thank you Mark
Fantastic experience: Ordered a Florist's Choice handtie as a last minute surprise for a friend's special occasion. The owner was very helpful in making recommendations and it was delivered on the same day. Gorgeous mix of colours, and my friend was incredibly pleased with what she received.
Fantastic experience: I would highly recommend. I ordered over the phone where the customer service was wonderful, so helpful and understanding. The spray that I ordered was absolutely beautiful.
Negative experience: i went into shop around 2.30 pm the day before my wifes birthday to order flowers eventually a lady appeared from the back of the shop i explained i wanted flower i was asked when i wanted them for i said the next day she responded by telling me she didn't have time as she was starving and needed to have lunch, i asked if i could call back later on in the afternoon but again i wastold she didn't know how long she needed for lunch break i then asked if i could get them delivered the next day and her reply again was i am starving and can't guarantee to have a delivery done before the next day at which point i told her to forget it. very rude
Fantastic experience: The most amazing experience-ordered a large bunch of 'halloween coloured florals' to be delivered to a relative as I live in Essex and the lady on the phone completely understood what I wanted because I was sent a photo and they were perfect! Amazing customer service!
Fantastic experience: Hi there just to say that the florist Mc Dowall.s they are all excelllent and lovely customer.
Fantastic experience: I (blindly) ordered a £35 seasonal bouquet for same day delivery. I placed the order at 1245pm and they arrived shortly after 4pm, the quality of the bouquet was exceptional. Great value and great service.
Fantastic experience: Ordered a large autumn bouquet for my mother in law's 90th Birthday. The recipient was delighted as was I. The flowers were beautiful and so well presented. This florist did my wedding flowers in 1982 so are definitely doing something right! Thank you.
Fantastic experience: Easy to order. Excellent flowers, bright and fresh. Good communication from florist.
Fantastic experience: I really can't fault this florists: I phoned from France and ordered same day delivery and they were very friendly and organised. The flowers arrived at my mum's by early afternoon and are, judging by the photo she sent, much larger and more beautiful than the photo on their website. One very happy mum: thank you!
Fantastic experience: I always use mcdowells for if I am needing flowers. Today I was at my dear friend Roses funeral you made such a beautiful posie with red roses and purple flowers.
Positive experience: Very helpful staff flowers are always nicely made up
Thank you
Fantastic experience: Ordered flowers online, very easy and quick to do. Went in to collect in and out in 2 minutes. They flowers were absolutely beautiful, my mum was thrilled with them for her birthday. Will definitely order from you again. Thank you so much.
Fantastic experience: Very recently got a Scottish wreath and a large posy … both of which were fresh, beautiful and delivered on time .. I also get every month a flat bouquet for mother in law and they are always beautiful and plentiful, the staff are lovely and accommodate any changes that need made , would definitely recommend
Fantastic experience: Great flower shop very friendly and helpfull.very reasonably priced flowers very good quality... I would highly recommend them if its quality your after.
Fantastic experience: Highly highly recommend their service. My friend was having a bad day and I ordered it at 5am, and they had it ready on the same day 830am. It made her day, and the florist gave her a hug - which means so much to me because I'm in another country and I can't physically be there for my friend. The flowers were really beautiful as well.
Fantastic experience: Fabulous flowers and service, staff are lovely
Fantastic experience: Beautiful flowers delivered on time and have lasted very well so I would highly recommend Flowers by McDowell and definitely use them again.
Fantastic experience: Great selection, beautiful people to deal with
Fantastic experience: Used flowers by mcdowell a few times now for my wife and they always do a spectacular job
Fantastic experience: David and the crew at McDowell's are brilliant. Had to get some flower's to a friends mothers funeral quick smart and they made it happen with no fuss. McDowell's are first class and I would highly recommend.
Fantastic experience: Owner was kind and he explained how to take care of the plant I bought
Thank you Sheena
Fantastic experience: Excellent service; the flowers were beautiful and delivered on time. Ordered online slightly later than ideal, but everything was carried out as per instructions. Thank you so much.
Fantastic experience: Outstanding service and flowers last fir many weeks. Wouldn't go anywhere else.
you Jason
Fantastic experience: It was my first time ordering the flowers delivery and they did it in the best way!
Fantastic experience: Bought online and next day delivered, my friend was so pleased with them. First time used this shop, first class service and will use again. Thank you Another delivery today for my mum, and she is thrilled, sent me a photo and they are absolutely gorgeous thank Mcdowalls Flowers. 1st class
Fantastic experience: Michelle helped me out at the last minute and the orchids they delivered to my friend were stunning. Highly recommended and I'll use them again.
Fantastic experience: Excellent service and the flowers were absolutely beautiful.Highly recommended!
Fantastic experience: Super fast same day delivery and the flowers were beautiful! Highly recommend!
Fantastic experience: Great place, price and service over many years.
Fantastic experience: Amazing lovely flowers great staff
Fantastic experience: Friendly and reasonable prices worth a look!
Fantastic experience: I used McDowell for my wedding flowers and made a last minute (2 days prior) order for two small flower arrangements with delivery and I was not disappointed, they were amazing!! I was absolutely delighted with them. Brilliant service - the picture are the flowers 3days after the wedding! Highly recommend McDowell services and delivery
Fantastic experience: Handy to have a florist nearby, for making memorable dates all the more special. The staff are super friendly and have a wide variety of plants, flowers and other gifts.
Fantastic experience: Our daughters wedding was held at the outstanding Rowantree and the flowers were provided by McDowell. We could not have been happier with them. They were so beautiful and fresh and presented in individual boxes, absolutely stunning. Communication was excellent and colours were exactly what we had requested. Thank you so much. I would highly recommend Flowere by McDowell..
Fantastic experience: Last minute urgent bouquet required. Staff very pleasant and helpful. Beautiful and healthy selection used. Fantastic service and value.
Fantastic experience: Really great experience. Friendly staff and quality flowers as advertised. Even went back to re deliver free of charge when no reply at door. Friend loved the flowers. Thank you.
Fantastic experience: Flowers had been ordered by friends but I was 250 miles away with work. A card was left but I was not back for a couple of days, however flowers were delivered today and not dead as I had imagined. Great service, great colourful and fragrant flowers. Thank you
Fantastic experience: Used for many years always excellent quality and well presented, such variety and David always seems to suggest the right bouquet for the occasion.
Fantastic experience: I will always use flowers by mcdowell, cannot fault them in any way, very professional the way they work , much better value for money than any where else, girlfriend was so happy
Fantastic experience: Beautiful bouquet for a very special ladies birthday. She was delighted as they were stunning.
Fantastic experience: Placed an order for a basket of flowers for Mother's Day which arrived very speedily. Mum was really pleased to receive such lovely flowers and praising how fresh they were with their lovely flowery fragrance. Glad to have chosen florists choice which resulted in a beautiful arrangement and the basket was also nicer than expected. Also, they included the emoji smiley face in my message which made me chuckle when my mum sent photos. Would definitely recommend and order from them again.
Fantastic experience: Just ordered a bouquet of flowers for valentines day, they were delivered on the day and i must say the flowers were absolutely gorgeous and the mrs was delighted with them. Will 100% be coming here from now on. Thanks very much
Fantastic experience: Got flowers delivered for a birthday gift but I was not 100% sure what I wanted and asked for recommendations and what stunning flowers were delivered in a box. Highly recommended. Thank you
Fantastic experience: Mum received an exquisitely beautiful bouquet today, sent by her friend who ordered them via “Flowers by McDowell”. I’ve driven past the little shop 100s of times over the years but never used them in the past as it’s sometimes tricky to park nearby. That said, next time It’s someone’s birthday, I’ll definitely make a special effort to use this florist. The quality of the flowers was second to none. No broken stems or semi-withered buds...they couldn’t have been fresher or more well-selected for colour and style. Top marks!
Fantastic experience: Fabulous and friendly service! Called out of country to deliver flowers and they were so prompt and courteous!! Thank you!!!
Fantastic experience: Ordered flowers for my Daughter, to be delivered the following day. I was able to ask if they could be delivered in the morni g as she doesn't work in the afternoon. They were able to assure me they would be delivered before 12noon. My daughter received the most beautiful bouquet with an array of colourful flowers. She was really delighted and thrilled when they were delivered. Great service and I would definately use them again. Thank you
Fantastic experience: Bought two beautiful bouquets of hand tied flowers this week. Absolutely gorgeous flowers and gorgeous arrangement....100% recommend Rowena Ewen
Fantastic experience: Beautiful flowers, recipient very happy.
Fantastic experience: Ordered at 9am and delivered same day at lunchtime - amazing large bunch of summer flowers. 5* service. Recommmended. Better than the local Corstorphine florist by a mile!
Fantastic experience: I ordered some flowers for my mum's birthday just after 9.00am and they were delivered by 12 noon. My mum was absolutely delighted with the 'hat box' flowers I chose and said they were absolutely beautiful! Would highly recommend - thank you so much.
Fantastic experience: Speed of service/delivery and quality of flowers is second to none! Highly recommend this florist - simply the best!
Negative experience: I made the order online and i did not received any email confirming receipt. At 12am of the day scheduled , thr delivery was not yet happened. I had to call from abroad to find out the delivery status. The outside deck is totally different from the one requested. Deeply disappointed because it was a gift for someone special. Absolutely not recommended. The worst service i ever had. I answer here: I have been sent photos of the flowers received. Lilies aside, there is more paper than flowers. It absolutely does not come close to what is seen on the site
Fantastic experience: The fowers were beautiful..just as they looked on the website.. I would highly recomend this florist x
Thank you Caroline
Fantastic experience: Ordered last minute same day delievery, the flowers were beautiful! One off the nicest bouquet ive seen! Worth every penny and great prices
Fantastic experience: I like this site and always buy flowers from them. What I purchased was better than the picture and were well received by the recipient. Another satisfied customer.
Fantastic experience: Really fast delivery and beautiful flowers!
Fantastic experience: A last minute effort to send flowers to someone important and delivered right on time. An absolutely beautifully colourful, fresh bouquet of flowers lovingly pulled together. Better than I could have hoped for in these times and totally did the trick. Highly recommended. Thanks guys!!!
Fantastic experience: This company delivered a lovely bouquet of flowers, brilliantly presented and arranged, to a grieving relative in very difficult circumstances. Thank you.
Negative experience: Found their customer service skills to be severely lacking. If I was asked for three words to sum up my phone call it would be dismissive, uninterested and condescending. They also may want to update their opening hours as they’re advertised incorrectly. Planning a wedding can be a stressful time, it doesn’t cost anything to be polite and courteous especially to a potential customer.
Fantastic experience: I am very happy with the bouquet they arranged for my order. They were very responsive and happy to swap out some flowers based on my preferences. Fresh, colorful, and fragrant flowers packaged beautifully. The best part was the message on the card was written down in a very nice hand-writing and they also illustrated some of the emojis I had put down with care. I did not expect that : ) ... I would highly recommend Flowers By McDowell ... Thank you so much !
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