Shibi R.
Yelp
I really really wanted to like Cebolla fine flowers. I hired them to create bouquets, boutineers, and a floral hairpiece for my wedding, and I really wish I had gone with another florist.
The trouble with Cebolla started very soon after I met with them. I really enjoyed meeting Mark seeing his studio, and he assured me that he would be able to work with 4 weeks notice for my wedding. But after I left I couldn't get ahold of him for a week. I emailed twice with no response, and eventually had to actually call the store number and have the employee literally go find him. Insultingly, Mark explained his lack of communication was due to a larger order that was placed recently. In addition, he hadn't read the email I sent with details for my flowers (he was the one who asked me to send him that email). It made me feel quite neglected. Nonetheless I decided to hire Cebolla flowers because I didn't have the days off to go to Dallas again and meet with more florists, and Mark seemed genuinely contrite. However over the next few weeks, I could not get ahold of Mark unless I called the store and waited for an employee to find him. I had to do this to pay my deposit and the final number. But the week before my wedding, even that didn't work and I had to just hope that he hadn't bailed on flowers because I already paid him.
The week of the wedding, I was hopeful that the bouquets would be stunning. I paid over 200 dollars for the bridal bouquet, 85 for each bridesmaid, and 90 for the hair piece. This was considerably more than the other quotes I received but my initial meeting with Mark had made me hopeful he was going to make the arrangements worth the price. The bridesmaid bouquets were nice, although not really what we had discussed. The bridal bouquet really upset me. The bridal bouquet only had 1 more orchid, and a few more bundled flowers than the bridesmaids bouquets. It was certainly not worth over double the cost. In addition, the color of the bouquet clashed so badly with my wedding dress (I sent him numerous pictures of the dress in my emails with him) that the photographer actually told me she didn't want to use it in my bridal shoot. The hair piece was supposed to be a strand of small, elegant flowers that circled my bun (pictures of what I wanted were sent). The flowers he gave me were too big to make sense in my hair, and the near 100 dollar arrangement was re-purposed for a flower girl crown.
Bouquets don't really make or break a wedding. But I was looking forward to a beautiful arrangement I could hold, and that just did not happen. I won't use Cebolla flowers again.