John handled both of my daughters' weddings and bridal showers. His work is exquisite, creative and flexible. For example there was a mix up (not his fault) as to the number of tables at the reception, he thought ahead, brought extra flowers and vases and was able to make up two more arrangements. He delivered all the way in Red Bank as well as Cape May. I can't express enough about how wonderful he and is staff are. Unfortunately, most of the pictures can't upload due to size. Thank you John! Tina H read more

John's Riverside Florist - Bridal bouquet - Florists Near Me - Toms River, New Jersey

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Underwhelmed! My daughter sent flowers on Mother's Day. When I sent her a photo of what I received, she sent me back a photo of what was ordered. I don't think any of the flowers in her photo were used in my arrangement. Furthermore, her photo showed a full bouquet. What arrived was skimpy and haphazardly arranged. They should have reached out to her to let her know the arrangement was not the one she was ordering so that she could approve the changes. read more

I ordered a specific arrangement, upgraded it to be sure it was nice. Total cost with tax and delivery was $95.00. The flowers received were completely different, and half-dead. I never received a call back. By the looks of the reviews here, this is business as usual for this florist. I don't know how they stay in business. They are purposely ripping people off. DO NOT BUY FROM THEM!! read more

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the flowers I ordered were NOTHING LIKE THE PICTURE! I was very disappointed when my sister sent me the picture of what she received. read more

John's Riverside Florist - This is what I ordered - Florists Near Me - Toms River, New Jersey

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I had Roses delivered 2/11/26 left on my porch since I wasn't home. They were all open and starting to wilt, I called next day they were replaced, plus again all already open. I questioned the driver about them being opened, he said that's the way they should be. Today is 2/17/26 the roses are wilting. I highly suggest not to use this florist. read more

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Completely unacceptable experience. I ordered an arrangement that clearly showed nearly 30 pink and red roses. What was delivered was a totally different product -- only 3 roses and a bunch of cheap filler flowers to make it look full. This was not a minor substitution. It was an entirely different item than what was advertised and paid for. If a shop cannot fulfill the product shown, they should contact the customer before delivery -- not send something drastically cheaper and hope it goes unnoticed. This felt misleading and extremely disappointing, especially for a special occasion. I would not recommend ordering from here if you expect to receive what you actually selected and paid for. Scammers read more

Along with so many others I found John's flower shop through Telaflora but I never order through them. I find the buisness's page and ordered from John's own website that he runs and puts his own photos of available arrangements on there. I live in Arkansas but my daughter lives and was having surgery in Jersey. I could not go be with her but I still wanted her to know I care and bring her some joy. I was grateful when she texted me how happy they made her. That's what I was hoping for. Mind you I picked a very specific bouquet because we used to watch Cougar Town and we both loved the look of Ellie's pink and light green decor everywhere. I actually made the order at 2 am on March 25th 2026 so only the next day had any availability to be delivered. Unfortunately Mar 26th was the day after her surgery. I called them as soon as they opened today just to see if they could deliver today and he acted like there were no other orders and had all the time for me. Not really friendly and a bit gruff then he suddenly rushed the call and hung up. No biggie since customer service is rough. Well then my daughter sent me a pic of what they delivered. I told her I'm glad she liked them but inside I was boiling! Finally I check the reviews and I can't believe this guy has been pulling this scam for at least 5 years in the same town without closing shop. It seems like he has a bunch of "arrangements" made ahead of time (from the flowers appearance at least 7 days ahead) then he just grabs one and drops it off and most of the time people don't know what someone actually sent from multiple states away. Easy money if you don't care about your customers or community. Only plus he gets is he's a speedy delivery guy but the arrangement was also speedily created. Wrong colors, flowers and vase. The arrangement I ordered is literally called Polka Dots and Posies! Instead it looks like they cleaned out the walk in and all the strays laying around got shoved into the boring vase we've all seen a million times at every thrift store and yard sale. The amount of flowers was about half I ordered (paid good money for) yet no greenery or even baby's breath to fill in the spaces. Looks like some tried to play a game of pick-up-sticks with them. I will be filing a complaint with the BBB and Telaflora. I never even called the florist to complain because everyone here says he promise to deliver a new one but doesn't show up and the times he does with flowers that are usually even worse. Lesson learned. Always check reviews first!! Not a complete waste since my baby girl smiled! read more

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Flowers ordered for 1/2 anniversary were delivered on 12/28. They were not arranged but just jammed in a vase. Most were dead by 12/30. Don't order from this place! read more

John's Riverside Florist - Dead on arrival, I took these out of the bouquet (in my vase) . Will try to post picture of remaining live flowers. - Florists Near Me - Toms River, New Jersey

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I ordered a flower arrangement for my daughter 40th Birthday and she received a plant. i immediately called and got a voicemail. this was on Saturday Jan 31st. as of Monday Feb 2nd i still did not receive a return call. The Flowershoppc who i ordered them through said they are in contact with Johns Florist of Toms River and they will go pick up the plant and deliver the flowers. i said that will not work since her Birthday is now 2 days past and now i want a refund. I have not heard back from flowershopp.com and now found out they delivered the flowers and left them on my daughter porch in 28 degree weather. i do not recommend johns florist of toms river N.J read more

I just ordered flowers for my friend who lost her grandmother. What was delivered to her from Johns Riverside Florist looked absolutely nothing like the picture. He told me he could go back to my friends tomorrow and take the other flowers back and make her new ones. I'M SORRY?! For my friend who just lost her grandmother?!? Hey, let me have these back and I'll give you these new ones...... Customer service is a rare thing today! read more

Never again, will i use this florist. I placed a Sympathy order for a very close friend whom her husband just passed away. Placed order through Teleflora, they used this florist. First it was delivered to the wrong address which was on the same block as myself and the friend the arrangement was going to. I called Johns riverside florist several times, left messages. No one calls back! Next day, did the same, called, left messages! Finally, the 3 rd day, reached someone early on Monday morning, explained the situation, they said no. Problem, it would be out for delivery that morning. Person received flowers, not the arrangement i ordered! Not even close to it. And i spent a lot of money for what i ordered. Once again, i called them, no answer, left messages. I cannot believe a company can stay in business doing business the way they do. Very, Very disappointed!!!!!!! 1st picture is what was sent, 2nd picture is what was ordered! Do they look the same? Shame on you! JOHN's Riverside florist! Take advantage of to people during a time of losing someone dear to us. SHAME ON YOU!! read more

This business does have a reachable email address, or fax number available to customers. Only the landline phone number. Toms River Florist This is a quick note to express my disappointment with the apparent substitution of a vase assortment of flowers rather than the basket arrangement ordered. The summer arrangement was different from what I had expected, it was evident from the card requested that this was an anniversary gift, (56 years) I would have hoped a substitution would have been from that collection. (anniversary). Thank you for reading this note and allowing me to express my disappointment. read more

John's Riverside Florist - basket ordered - small vase recieved - Florists Near Me - Toms River, New Jersey

if I could give them less than 1 star I would..... this is the second arrangement that I have gotten from them in the past 4 months and one was worse than the other. I have to assume that they were ordered through telefloral or FTD which will be my next contact. People spend good money to send flowers for various reasons and should not be disappointed. The flowers I received today were half dead and in brown disgusting water.... My guess is you pick the oldest flowers in the case to send out. read more

The owner delivered flowers in intense heat instead of calling (and he had the phone number) or bringing them back and re delivering them later in the day. He left them. without notifying the recipient. I called four days in a row and left four messages never returned one. Finally spoke to him.He said he would deliver again to me on Monday, a week later I still have no flowers. These were ordered by a very special person who spent over a $100 on them and they were completely totally dead and he did not care at all. He was rude and he lied. He never sent flowers to replace them. My Friend should have just taken the money and thrown it out the window. Instead of giving it to him, he should be out of business. Apparently has never heard the phrase customer satisfaction!!! He's got a tremendous amount of very bad reviews.People should never use him. I will be filing a complaint with the BBB and 1800Flowers. SAVE YOUR MONEY DON'T USE JOHN'S RIVERSIDE FLORIST! read more

My niece ordered through Uber Eats a birthday floral arrangement at a cost of $95. What I received was a decaying arrangement with brown dirty water in the vase and decaying dried pink roses. It seems this arrangement was sitting for a week or more. John's Riverside Florist did not even bother to change the water in the glass vase before delivering it. This is unacceptable service for a Florist. The next day the pink roses were already dropping. This arrangement didn't last one day. Do not order from this florist. Fair warning. read more

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By the reviews I have seen on here and many other sites I'm not surprised. I ordered flowers on the telaflora website for my best friends birthday to be delivered on 10/9/24. Doing an online order can be a hit or miss to be honest. I have worked in over 3 or 4 different florist shops and I have an understanding on how things go. I do understand that if the florist doesn't have what is in the photo they can substitute for equal value or more. Meaning the flowers or vases. When you send a piece out for delivery, you should always, ALWAYS have someone else check your work. In other florist shops I've worked at everyone would always check each others work to ensure that things aren't missing or just simply to make sure you have another pair of eyes to catch anything you did not. I don't care if you are a florist for 30 years or 1 year, a team ensures backup, opinions, insight, help, makes sure everyone is in check and that the piece you are sending out is the best it should be. A lot of people say it's all about the details. Even the smallest details. Im not a professional nor a perfectionist. But from what I've learned I think I have a right to be a little upset with what was delivered to my best friend. Especially since I paid for premium. I will be attaching pictures. One of the roses that was in the vase had brown on its petal, as a florist you should know that maybe water got into it while it was in the cooler and was sitting on it longer than expected but that means maybe you should pluck that petal out of the rose, meaning you should always check your roses. it was simple enough I made her feel the rose to ensure it's till hard and alive but also pluck that one petal. One of the lilies had its pollen removed from the center but a whole bunch of pollen spread on the white lily. You should also know if you take a pipe cleaner you can easily get the pollen off the lily petal with no problem... not just leaving it like it's ok. But then of course the other lilies in the piece still had pollen on them, not even looking like you tried to take it off. So it's pretty to take one off and leave a mess but leave the rest on? Not only that the piece had a good shape but one random gerber Daisy was sticking out all weird. Which I understand in transportation it can happen but your staff should be trained to be able to fix little things as such to ensure quality. Also asked for a silver or white ballon if possible. If you didn't have any type of those balloons you should have just called like any florist would to suggest a different ballon or not put one at all. We would always call customers if not sure, to better understand or to simple confirm with them. So not only did I have her and her boyfriend pluck the rotting rose petal, wipe off the Lily's, pluck the pollen from the lilys, fix the random position of the flower, and even more.... Is that really a birthday present? Having to fix your own present? All I'm saying is for $90-$97ish dollars of a premium flower vase piece you couldn't double check triple check or even just insure quality or some type of perfection before sending it out? I'm just disappointed. I'm not one to never judge or never complain or do confrontation but it's just like come on. But flowers are my passion and give people happiness in a different way, you should be willing to go above and beyond for the littlest things to make people happy. I requested akito, escimo, or tibet roses instead of crème roses which was done and I appreciate it. But one thing out of the whole piece, is it worth it? All I have to say is just disappointed. I'm sure anyone else would be upset as well. You are lucky my friend is so whole hearted and the sweetest person on the earth that will love anything you give to her. But she did not deserve this. Period. read more

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I ordered flowers (from For You Flowers) to be sent to a friend who's father passed away. I ordered the Southern Peach Bouquet in the Deluxe size, the cost with everything included was $72.48. The flowers were delivered this morning and my friend sent me a few photos to say thank you and I was absolutely shocked at the arrangement - it is nothing like what I ordered. I get that there can be substitutions and that there's a policy for this: Substitution Policy Substitutions may be necessary to ensure your arrangement is delivered in a timely manner. "The utmost care and attention is given to your order to ensure that it is as similar as possible to the requested item." Flowers "In arrangements of assorted flowers, the colors shown online will be used if at all possible, even if this means substituting other kinds of flowers of equal or greater value." For one-of-a-kind flower arrangements, such as all roses or all lilies, we will make every attempt to match the flower type, but may substitute with another color. "If the floral container shown online is not available, a similar container will be used." I'm not understanding the "utmost care and attention" part - what I ordered and what was sent are pretty much worlds apart. These were to be sympathy flowers and that was stated on the card so not unknown, and that is why I ordered soft, muted colors. What was sent were bright, vibrant colored flowers, like something you'd send for a birthday. And the vase, not even a close substitute and dare I say, I've rarely gone to a florist that didn't have a square cube. Honestly, I could have picked an arrangement like this up at the local grocery store for a fraction of what I paid and stuck it in a Dollar Store vase. I don't understand why, if basically none of the flowers that are stated to be included in this arrangement were available and so many significant substitutions had to be made, why I wasn't contacted before this was made and delivered? I could have chosen another arrangement; I could have directed the florist to do their best using all white flowers, or any flowers they had on hand that were pastel, muted colors. I feel like something could have been done to prevent a completely different arrangement being delivered. What I should have done was order from a local florist of MY choosing, rather than trust For You Flowers to properly vet the florists they use. That's another zero star review - don't use For You Flowers either! Zero stars for John's Riverside Florist - do not understand, based on all the negative reviews, how they are still in business. read more

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If I could give no stars I would. On June 10th I went in person to the store on Rt 37 and ordered Roses and a balloon for our 20 year anniversary for my wife. I even pre tipped the driver. On the day of our anniversary I arrived home at 2:20pm and nothing was delivered. I walk in and I received the worst look from my wife thinking I forgot our anniversary. I called the florist and spoke to a female she said they are out for delivery. I explained to tell her that I came home and thought the flowers would have been delivered already. Her excuse was we had a funeral today. But they are in the truck and should be by you soon. Now I go on the website and all I see is 1 star. I didn't see this or know this when walking in. It's now 4:13pm and still no flowers delivered. I called again and spoke to the owner John and he said they should be here soon they are on the truck for delivery. I said you close at 5pm you keep saying they are on the truck for delivery and still nothing. I said please credit my credit card back. He said I can credit you but you will still receive the flowers. Now I'm not off to stop n shop to buy flowers. We leave for dinner at 5:15pm and come home and 8pm and still no delivery. This place is ridiculous and so unprofessional. read more

Please be aware that this review I am sharing is from my mom. If I could give this florist a zero rating I would. When my bell rang I went to answer the door. The delivery man was already gone. I looked down on the floor and saw a vase with a big balloon attached. I am 80 years old and walk with a cane and had to bend down hoping not to fall to pick up the vase. Well, while doing this, I ruined the flowers by spilling the arrangement. Where I live, it is a 55 and older community. Most people that live here have some sort of disability-handicap.Common sense would be to wait a little bit as a courtesy for people receiving an arrangement. I called to complain that day and got no where. They promised to send more flowers the next day and nothing was delivered. read more

did not contact prior to delivery left at door not in box or any wrapping Arrived home at 7Pm for wilted half dead flowers I would have requested next day or later I called twice and left messages and reading all other comments they just don't care do not use them!! read more

AWFUL!!!! I wish I had read the reviews before I ordered from this garbage place! Had flowers sent to my dear cousin for her 50th....paid for an upgrade. Photos are what I ordered compared to what was sent. What a scam!!!! No integrity.....what nerve!!!! read more

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Terrible service. Fruit in the basket was all brown and rotten. The bananas had a paid sticker on them from Shop Rite and the basket was broken. read more

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John's Riverside Florist made the most beautiful spray for my niece's funeral they didn't think they would be able to put the bells of Ireland in it and they were going to substitute eucalyptus but when I went to the funeral yesterday I was very surprised to see they did find the bells of Ireland for me and they made the most gorgeous breathtaking spray thank you again Johns Riverside Florist for you're beautiful work read more

John's Riverside Florist - Florists Near Me - Toms River, New Jersey

Delivered one dozen red roses. Some of the roses looked old. The petals started falling from the roses in a few hours. I'm sure my husband paid a lot for these roses. I certainly DO NOT recommend this florist. read more

First picture is what I ordered (paid extra for an upgrade). Second picture is what was delivered. They're not even remotely close. Not even the Vase. I can understand if certain items weren't available but this is completely unprofessional. If the recipient hadn't sent me a picture, I would never have known how they tried to cheat me. read more

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Amazing florist!!! Saved me at the last minute with the most beautiful corsage. Kind and reasonable. Highly recommend.

Just received my Mother's Day Flowers - 2 days after Mother's Day - I would not have minded if they didn't arrive brown and in horrible condition - this is not acceptable- I called the manager but gone for the day before lunch time - hopefully receive a call back and I will note on Yelp - I am awaiting the delivery to pick up this old disappointing arrangement- the reviews on yelp ate extremely poor - it is a shame because I am a flower person and do enjoy receiving flowers - Please spend time in your business - it is a shame for Brick Business read more

I ordered a Christmas centerpiece from a photo on their website for $80. It was supposed to have red and white roses, two candles and lots of pretty greens and other flowers. When I went to pick it up, I was so disappointed when I saw it. There were no roses just some carnations and it was much smaller than it was supposed to be. I took it and as I was driving home, I got madder and madder that I spent so much money on this ugly thing. I called and expressed how unhappy I was and that there were no roses. They said to it would only have a few roses if they had put them in. I said I paid for red and white roses. So after some back and forth they said to bring it back and they will exchange it. The new arrangement had a few red roses that were already open but no white ones. It was bigger than the original one and definately nicer but in two days it was almost all dead. What a waste of money. I sure feel like I was ripped off and will never go back there. read more

Someone ordered an arrangement that was sent to me and the flowers were old and the water was very dirty. When I called to complain she didn't seem to care that such a bad example of their work was sent out. Too bad. read more

Reading the reviews wasn't an option for me since I used a service who had this scheister fill my order. If you're buying direct, this isn't your guy. I wouldn't recommend this place as joke to someone who did me dirty. The first photo is what I ordered and the second is a careless mishmash arrangement of flowers that don't even come close to what I paid for. They took the creative license of "substitutions ok" to the basement level and delivered a bouquet that looked like an angry 5yr old did. Just shoved into a vase, broken stems, falling petals and browned edges. They didn't even pretend to care and just insisted this $20 shoprite misery bunch was an equivalent arrangement to what I paid for. I contacted the service who gave them the business to send them the photos and recommended they check out the reviews here and discontinue doing business through this florist as they do a disservice to the idea of quality read more

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I placed an order through telaflora. I selected a beautiful arrangement and vase. Not only did I receive the delivery on the wrong day , the arrangement delivered was absolute garbage. I paid extra for more flowers (premium) most of the arrangement delivered were greens and a couple of old bruised lilys. They did not call me to tell me they did no have what I ordered for a substitution. I'm more than disappointed I'm pissed off. Thanks for nothing. read more

0! Rating. How embarrassing to send funeral flowers and show up to this garbage. Even added ribbon I didn't order to make up for all the flowers-missing! What a disgrace. The company I went thru chose this florist. Another mistake! read more

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I order a Christmas centerpiece in early December. What I thought I paid for was a classic 2 candle centerpiece.... I even upgraded to deluxe!!!!' Ha...... what my family received was a cheap Xmas ball vase with a couple of carnations! Can't begin to tell you how disappointed I was. I asked my family not to put it on the table as a centerpiece. I would never use this florist again this is the second time. read more

I specifically made arrangements to have flowers sent to my father's funeral at the church, to spare the family the trouble of moving the flowers from the funeral home to the church. I gave the date, the address, and the time, I also made NO mention of the funeral home to avoid all confusion about where to deliver. I also called the church prior to ordering to make sure no special arrangements for delivery were required. The Owner of this florist took it upon himself to deliver the flowers to a different address on a different date without asking or notifying me. There was plenty of time ahead of delivery to make such a request. His excuse was that I went through the online site for ordering. I went through the online site so that it would all be in writing and to avoid all confusion. It is me who is now confused as to why I thought this could work out...... read more

Ordered flowers through an online service who sub contracted out this florist. Paid for expedited service to be delivered by 12 noon as the recipient was leaving at 1. The flowers did not show up on time. I called the service who attempted multiple times to get in touch with this florist and no answer. Then hours later I get an email saying that flowers are delivered. Called the recipient and nope, no flowers delivered. Called the service who again could not reach the this florist. THEN hours and hours later the flowers get delivered it COMPLETELY different then the $100 order I placed! What we got was grocery store quality and didn't even remotely resemble what I ordered. I ordered mostly roses and paid for the largest size. DO NoT use this florist- they are scammer read more

The worst florist ever and extremely rude to customers!!!! There arrangements are absolutely awful nothing like pics on website ( he said there photo shopped) really !!!! So your paying premium money for and arrangement that looks nothing like what you ordered wanted & uses fake succulents. read more

ZERO STARS. Ordered flowers for delivery on Valentine's Day (today) and they never came. I tried calling at least 10 times before they closed to try to speak to someone about the whereabouts of my flowers, the phone number just says "this call cannot be completed at this time". Completely got ripped off, the bouquets were paid for in advance and never showed. read more

They are rude. I placed an order for Mother's Day. They never called to delivered in a terrible rain storm. I called a weird number I guess it's a cell phone unable to get through a day after they should have been delivered. had to wait 2 days to speak to someone and complain and the woman was rude didn't apologize for the issue and hung up on me. Will never order from again very unprofessional read more

This place is fantastic - I stopped in this morning for the first time to get my mom flowers for her 88th birthday - I was blown away by how thoughtful and kind and considerate these folks were, but mostly the bouquet of flowers was fresh, fragrant and absolutely beautiful. Highly recommend. read more

Pathetic job after ordering on 1800 Flowers. Delivered wrong arrangement I paid $122 for forgot the Teddy Bear. Called customer service about it, the next day they delivered the wrong arrangement again that was worth half of my original order! And they took the original flowers. All this for my girlfriend with Leukemia and Lupus!!! Just trying to make her feel better, turned it into a fiasco. Will never use them again!!!!!! read more