Takashimaya
New York, NY 10022-3164
Phone: (212) 350-0100
- Cross Street:
- Between 54th Street and 55th Street
- Directions:
- E, V at 5th Ave
- Best of Citysearch:
- Offbeat Store 2006
- Hours:
- Mon-Sat 10am-7pm, Sun 12pm-5pm
Editorial Review for Takashimaya – by Jennifer Howze
The Scene
This Osaka-based retailer's store is compact, assertively stylish and loaded with neat stuff. Six floors, stocked with everything from green seaweed flakes to chic clothing to fresh flowers, keep browsers rapt for hours. First-floor art installations reinforce the idea of store as cultural experience.
The Goods
Gadget freaks gravitate toward the second-floor array of shiny cameras and trendy sunglasses, while beauty aficionados swoon over prestige brands like Czech & Speake nestled up against off-beat products like Eau de Botot (billed as the world's first mouthwash, invented in 1755). Survey the lifestyle you so richly deserve on the home furnishings floor. Then pop down to the basement to buy tea accessories and take refreshment at the Tea Box Cafe.
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Insider Tips
The ExtrasCheck out the Tea Box Cafe in the basement, where diners can enjoy bento boxes filled with Eastern and Western delicacies.
User Reviews for Takashimaya
05/02/2006 Posted by lilybart80
Exquisite merchandising - each floor different and equally as beautiful. Who needs to buy when you can window shop here! And don't miss the tea room in the basement. Expensive, but glorious food in a soothing atomosphere.
Pros: Exquisite, Elegant, Unusual
Cons: Expensive
02/15/2006 Posted by jennyj78
My Boyfriend ordered roses and paid nearly $300 on Feb. 13th for V-day. On the 14th at 4:45pm they called and said that my BF had ordered flowers and their delivery guy was very close and begged me to wait for him. I sat in my office waiting and he didn't arrive, so I left the office at 6pm. The roses didn't arrive until the 15th at 3:30pm. My boyfriend was so upset and he told them that he would be paying for the flowers, I ended up getting an arrangement that was not even half the size it was supposed to be. He ordered from Takashimaya because of their reputation for high quality flowers, and beautiful and unusual arrnagements. Takashimaya is now the unreliable company that ruined my Valentines Day and sent me a dissapointing arrangement a day late.
Cons: Unreliable- expensive, Low quality flowers, Bad Customer service
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