Valentine

I stumbled upon this shop while walking through flushing and it’s one of the cutest stores ever! they have girly Asian fashion pieces. I bought cute bunny gloves and cute face masks. I can’t wait to earn more just to spend it here!

Super cute and bright store for stationary, plush toys, and slightly overpriced gifts for those young at heart. The guys here are very friendly and knowledgable on their items (even on the panda eye cream by the register).

I visited NY from CA this weekend for my cousin’s wedding and I had some free time to roam the streets of Flushing. the sparkly-​ness of the store caught my attention so I decided to take a look. I Love the wide selection of cute items from accessories, stationery, cloths, contact lens… I don’t plan to buy everything but just being in the store makes me happy.
I noticed that the 3 employees in the store were male, I joked with my mom that they are trying to attract customers!
As other review have mentioned, the employees do hover and make you feel watched. they would also stand on a chair near the counter on occasion. We asked them about it and they say that it is because they often have to deal with shoplifters, so the manager requires them to be watchful. Which is fairly understandable to me since it is a big store with lots of blind corners and small trinkets that could easily be stolen.
I liked this store, but still –1 star because I do not like being followed/​chased through the store.
but will visit again whenever I have the chance!

It was raining and I wasn’t finished with my holiday shopping. We ducked into this shop. It was cute. Reminded me of the stores in Korea. Girly and cute with a whole wide selection, from make up to clothes. This is a perfect gift shop for a teenaged girl. Hello Kitty socks, head bands, earrings, cellphone accessories, Tony Moly makeup, hats and scarves. It is hard to leave this store without buying something. We got a hat and some socks. Because it is the holiday season they offered gift wrapping. There weren’t too quick about it but the effort showed, because the gift was beautifully wrapped with a very pretty bow.
The cute girl who helped me definitely was a hard worker as she hopped around the store helping all of the customers find what they wanted.

People work here are spying on you once you enter in this store. They think everyone come here for stealing their stuffs. I felt insulted so be careful! When I was looking at hair clip the girl who works there constantly watching me like I was gonna steal it or what? That is very rude.

There is a funny but also kind of rude story behind my experience shopping here at Valentine. Alright, so I typically don’t go shopping in Flushing other than for groceries. But I was suddenly exposed to Korean beauty products and when I saw that they sold them here, I couldn’t help myself but go in and check it out. On this occasion, I also brought my very good guy friend with me, who happens to be Korean. He didn’t mind coming in with me but somehow, that kind of sent the wrong message to the sales associate, thinking we were a couple. I was doing my own perusing meanwhile my friend just pretty much followed me around. When I was about to pay, one of the female sales associate decided to grill my friend and said something in Korean that made my friend look bad. Essentially, she said something along the lines of why should he let his «girlfriend» pay since he’s a guy. blah blah blah. I think she eventually knew I didn’t understand what she was saying so she started to speak in English and pretty much said the same thing. I kind of laughed it off and gave her my money. But suddenly, her smile turned into a stern face and gave my friend the dirtiest and snobbiest look. We walked out of there laughing our hearts out but boy, it was a terrifying and awkward moment at the same time.

Valentine is such a cute gift shop. I come here once a year to get my scheduler/​planner. They have a very adorable collection which ranges from very plain and simple ones to ones with a lot of pictures or themed. What I love most is the stationary section of the shop. Expensive but it’s the only thing I’m willing to buy in this store.
What I find «okay» is the accessories and clothing section located in the back. The style of their products are very trendy and makes a statement. Though, I do not think it’s worth the price that you will be paying for. The hair accessories my friends get break very easily — I wouldn’t buy it here. My H&M ones even last longer.
Overall, it’s worth the visit if you are in the Flushing, Main Street area. Just be careful what you choose to buy. They do accept cards but will charge you extra (not sure what or why — a friend whose a regular told me). It’s recommended that you come here with a lot of cash instead.

i live in manhattan so flushing is pretty far from me, so i don’t get to come here often. when i do, it’s primarily to get my hair done, get kung fu bubble tea, and go to valentine’s. as an asian girl who loves hello kitty and basically anything pink, i like the store and what it sells, although the prices are a bit inflated. however, because they sell a variety of asian paraphernalia, i’ve gotten my friends and family graduation/​christmas/​birthday presents, and they even do nice gift wrapping! i also like their variety of stationery because, what can i say? it’s the asian in me and i just love looking at the cuteness of it all.
one thing that really bothers me about valentine is that no matter how many customers there are, no matter where you are in the store — there is ALWAYS a sales associate following you/​only a few feet away. it may be just me, but whenever i shop, i feel uncomfortable if there’s someone constantly checking my every move and, quite frankly, it makes me less likely to buy something. no i don’t steal nor do i plan to, but just the fact that they have someone monitoring your every move makes me feel uncomfortable, which is another reason why i have stopped coming here as often. i like to take my time if i’m trying to decide which pencil case i want or which earrings look better on me, but if there’s a sales associate constantly hovering, it makes me feel rushed and nervous.
other than that, valentine is what it is: doesn’t get much better, doesn’t get much worse.

It’s a store filled with very cute things. They have stationary, cell phone cases, stickers, hats, sunglasses, bracelets, circle lenses, necklaces, jewelry, promise rings, clothes, etc. Sanrio and San-​X fans, you would like what they have here.
I took away two stars because of how expensive a lot of the things are. There was this pretty bracelet there for $ 45 made up of bows and imitation pearls. I found the same exact bracelet in Busy Mall for $ 15! So if you really like something in Valentine, I suggest you check other stores to see if they would sell it at a cheaper price.

Valentine sells many cute products from Sanrio with Hello kitty and such, it’s very similar to morning glory and Banzai. The service is great but the employees tend to follow you around a bit which made me uncomfortable. I go there for all the cute Hair accessories they have, but they can be pretty expensive. The prices ranged from $ 3-​$ 30! They also have cute school supplies, jewelry, some clothes and cosmetics but I have yet to check those out.

I love Valentine! I can find all my Hello Kitty, Little Twin Star stuff as well as really cute hair accessories and jewelry.
My mom found really good quality Korean foundation which she swears by. I highly recommend this place.
Plus its really close to Paris Baguette shop for food!!!

Two of my friends and I wandered into this store during a trip to Flushing last weekend. My roller derby team has Queens in the name, so I am always looking for crown items. You’d be surprised how hard it can be to find costume jewelry and other accessories with crowns or tiaras on them, but I struck gold here! Valentine had a variety of bobby pins, barrettes, hair chopsticks, and iPhone cases adorned with crowns.
My only complaint is that it’s expensive, but the items do seem like they are decent quality, so I’m happy for now, and I would come back here again if I was looking for another special accessory.

I have never felt so uncomfortable shopping in a store ever in my life. The employees stalk you and watch you but offer no help. They follow you as if you are ready to steal everything in site. Everything was ten times overpriced for what one would normally pay.
This store caters to rich or people who are willing to spend blindly. If you are not Korean you may feel uncomfortable shopping there as well. It made me sick to see how those people worked there and the prices they had.
Never the less after being stalked instead of helped we lingered around some more to see how much more they would follow us (which they did and humored us a bit) and then left without buying a thing.

I like Valentine for what it is… a store for the Korean part of Flushing to purchase goods straight from Korea for a price that includes the importation of them. These things are much less in Korea but if you want something with a Korean flair they’ll probably have it.
Its fun and girly and meant for the ladies and the guys who want to buy couple rings and dangling earrings… no homo its fashionable in Korea.

First time venturing into Flushing and my daughter and I love the look of this store. We actually visited the day before Valentine’s Day so most of the customers were men. This store is comprised of different «stores»: a gift and school supply shop, jewelry and hair accessories, korean clothing, and asian makeup. My little girl got sucked into the jewelry and hair part which I know takes credit card. They also did on-​request gift wrapping (maybe only for V-​day?).
I really loved their selection… costume jewelry with a lot of bling. I felt it was a bit expensive with some pretty simple bling necklaces going for $ 20 to $ 30. Maybe ’cause I know it’s made in Korea, it should be more around $ 5 – 10. They even had some necklaces and rings around $ 70 – 90. But if you love those Japanese fashion magazines and wonder where to get those cute pearl cross earrings and lots of pearls and ribbons necklaces that are better looking than JCrew… this is the place to go. If items were priced $ 10 less, I probably would be going crazy in this store. But though the prices are high, I don’t really see this selection in «American» stores say like Claire’s.
Also, I’m a big fan of those cloth-​made, fancy hairbands usually of Hello Kitty. The most I paid for it is around $ 8 – 10 (bought one in L.A., and another in Bryant Park). Their headbands cost $ 13! But I got suckered in because it was so darn cute and totally original. I know no one at my girl’s school would have it so I drank the kool-​aid and paid up.
I casually glanced at the clothing section… seemed pretty hip. I liked the shoes at a glance. I’m a big Secret Garden fan of the moment, and the shoes kinda reminded me of the show. I think the shop is a hit because I noticed a lot of guys in this section buying stuff for their girls.
I probably would have given 4 stars if not for our treatment trying to buy our purchase. The Korean girl who looked really cool was very helpful and spoke English well explained to me how the store work (certain sections she knew took CC and some only cash) and which counter to go to. But as I was standing in line with my cute little girl waiting patiently with her basket of goodies, we had one K-​girl cut us and then another man who obviously bought more than us cut us again. The store clerks acknowledge it by saying sorry but if we were waiting in line, pls. tend to us accordingly. Since I’m not Korean, I do tend to be cautious going inside and experiences like that make me think twice before entering.
We were going to buy 2 Hello Kitty necklaces and a hairband =$ 55. I didn’t realize one of the necklaces she chose was $ 20 so I told her to choose one and she ended up picking the expensive one which went down to $ 35. Maybe I would have dropped $ 55 if we were treated better, maybe not. but spending that much on little bitty stuff after being cut in front of twice didn’t sit well with me.
Anyways, I would like to come back again to see the other parts of the store without my boys waiting outside for us to finish. The store is super cute, super original and the cool Korean girl who was nice to us in the beginning is enough to lure me back despite what happened… and maybe give this store 4 stars if the service changes.