The Handpicked Home has a very welcoming spirit. You're made to feel at home. They have a lot of…read moreinteresting items which is great when you want to give a unique gift. There's never any pressure to buy but personally, I never walk out empty handed. It's where I got my favorite mug.

It was a bad experience. Enough for me to confidently say that I will not be returning…read more Fortunately, there were plenty of other stores that were happy to take my money and appreciate customers.

Love love love this store! The service is exceptionally friendly and the merchandise is so very…read morewell thought out. They are the also the only store that carries the AMAZING Reisenthel carry bags which have been a daily work day ( and weekend) necessity for myself and my teaching friends. It is also so much fun to wander the store and pick up unique and affordable hostess gifts that I stash away for those last minute invites. It is so refreshing to go into a store such as this, as they are quickly disappearing, and just enjoy the way things are so thoughtfully displayed and its overall feel is just delightful. I travel from Tsawwassen and it is worth the drive every time.

I love this store it has all the cutest little accessories for your home. Whenever I have time I…read morepop in here to grab some things to make my home a home. Always such sweet staff.

One line review: The ice cream was decent, but what they're selling is lots of choices…read more I'd probably give this place 3.5 stars if it were an option because the ice cream was fine but not special. But I'm going with 4 because it seemed like a decent value, and that matters to me. I ordered the twin cone (with two scoops served side-by-side rather than double-decker style). Fun to do at least once. I think I had pistachio and coffee almond fudge, but the fact that I can't remember is not a great sign. The service was friendly and masked, both of which I appreciate. Bottom line: I'd come here again for ice cream, but I expect that we'll try more of the many ice cream options in White Rock.

2.5 stars I think I…read more(and others) who are down near White Rock beach are drawn by the big sign on this store advertising 50 flavours of ice cream at the store even though there are a couple other ice cream shops within 100 metres on the same street. I wasn't particularly enthralled by my order of hedgehog gelato here. There was no hazelnut flavour and there were sporadic chunks of ice that ruined the smooth texture. The gelato just didn't seem to be particularly high quality. As I was returning to my car, I looked into some of the other ice cream shops I passed and their gelato displays looked more appetizing although with smaller flavour selections. Obviously, you can't judge a book solely by its cover, but I'll probably give the other ice cream shops on this strip a try before I return here again.

Love love love their ice cream! The shop is also really cute with great little gifts! Best ice…read morecream in White Rock in my opinion probably because it's made with love!

After dinner we wanted to grab a gelato and one of our friends suggested going here. It seemed a…read morebit odd that out of the many Icecream/gelato places along the board walk that this place was also some kind of eclectic gift shop. There was an older gentleman who appeared to be the owner who claimed "this is the best ice cream in town" and offered us with samples. I wasn't blown away but the flavors but we settled on chocolate raspberry cheesecake gelato in a cone. I thought it was decent but I was really disappointed by the crappy scoop. Anyone who appreciates gelato/icecream know what a proper scoop looks like- they would ensure there is actual gelato IN the actual cone. Instead they just plopped a small scoop (which wasn't even full by the way), you could see through the scoop (it's like when you barely have any ice cream left but you just want to ensure there is some shape but it was hallow inside). And even the waffle cone was chipped. They only reason why we bought the gelato because the owner seemed like a nice man. This was definitely a one time stop for gelato. The worker/owner should work on quality control on their product.

No tax shopping [Surrey, BC Canada]…read more On our way back to Washington we hung a Roger and did some shopping at the Duty Free shop in Surrey. This was a fairly big store compared to the one in Toronto. This store had plenty of souvenirs but they were pricy even with the Canadian dollar. Sections of fragrance and cosmetic products, watches, purses... then the huge area of alcohol, wine and spirits! We bought Icewine for gifting. We came across the chocolate, sweets, biscuits, chewing gum, gummy bears, maple syrup, tea, Canadian tea. We started our Christmas shopping LoL! The U.S. Customs Border Patrol did ask us if we did some shopping and what kinds of things we purchased which was mostly wine and chocolates. Travelers are allowed to bring up to $800 worth of merchandise back to the U.S. without having to pay taxes Exchange Rate 11/29/24: $1 USD = $1.40 CAD Review #3610

Before crossing the border, I asked my SO to stop here to buy some souvenirs like keychains and ref…read moremagnets for myself and for my friend who collects keychains. I wanted to surprise her. The store wasn't busy. I looked around freely and I haven't noticed any employee glued to me. I didn't care about the other products because I find it overly priced. I reached the area where the souvenir items are. I took my time in deciding what to buy. I paid what I wanted and I find the prices not bad.

Custom gifts and baskets made same day and delivered on time. Very reasonable prices and quality…read moreproducts.

I am upset about my experience and lack of response from the 'florist'. I called 5 days before the…read moreplanned delivery date to place a very special arrangement for parents celebrating their 60 year Diamond Anniversary. I attempted to send photos of my idea and ,also, verbalized in detail that I wanted a very uncluttered, zen, minimalist arrangement of two dozen roses (pink & white). I detailed that I wanted the stems to be neatly lined up, flowers all the same height, no filler,and a rectangular vase/with edges to enhance the aesthetic, maybe a simple silver ribbon wrapped around the vase. 'Uncluttered' was described. I had to call to ask for the status the day of the delivery because I hadn't received any receipt but saw the credit card charge the first day I called. When I called, the same gentleman answered and seemed frazzled and overwhelmed (as he was on the day I ordered this). During the call did re-sent the receipt (which I got no problem). He told me 'it's probably Comcast (my server) and seemed to blame me. He said he was working on it now and we reviewed my request. He said he never got any inspiration photos so I re-sent them again. I never got a call back after I resent photos of my directions for the order AGAIN. He did send me a email with a photo of what he did do, but the email had no attached photo. I responded right away that I hadn't gotten it, no photo was received. Nothing. To my horror, my parents received a really unacceptable arrangement- hideous, dripping diamonds out one end, all different heights, round cheap case- I was so disappointed. The worse part- $220 for what looked like the thing was literally thrown together last minute and arrived close to dinner time on my elderly parents' anniversary. The first photo is the design I had described and hope they could create (as he promised that he could, verbalizing he 'understood'). The second is what was sent to my parents. I felt taken advantage of, I felt ripped off and I would have give them negative stars if YELP would have allowed. Run from this business- it's a complete rip off and the artistic talent is clearly lackluster. HORRIFIC. Honestly, I would have not posted this but the owner chose to not respond after 24 hours. Completely terrible experience from start to finish. Business is poor on every level. Especially talent.

These folks make the MOST beautiful bouquets. My daughter uses them every year to send me bouquets…read morefor special occasions and she lives in the U.S. They use my favorite flower- Stargazer Lily- the fragrant kind. I don't buy flowers for myself unless they're fragrant. I know it's hard to get fragrant flowers these days because so many people have allergies but I'm so glad they still get them! Thanks for a lovely Mother's Day surprise.