Chinese New Year Flower Fair

Sadly, the Chinese New Year Flower Fair has too much commercialization to appeal to me now. Of course the intent is to sell Chinese New Year theme items such as flowers and decorations but I saw hair dye, massage chairs, and herbal supplements. If I wanted to get any of these things, I would not buy them at a flower fair in Chinatown. Yes, there were some street performers but there were very few to see and not well placed as they tend to be tucked away in an alley. The streets are very dark colored and hence looks very dirty and the restless crowds make the entire place look very chaotic. They should try to sell Chinese food and have Chinese food trucks there to make the event feel and smell more festive. As it is, it just feels like vendors are trying to hawk cheap products. The orchids were very pretty and inexpensive but I don’t want to carry an orchid for two hours back to the East Bay…

HAGGLE HAGGLE HAGGLE! If they scoff at you or start waving their hands like crazy at you, that means you’re doing a good job! Keep at it.
I haven’t been to Chinatown for a very long time! It was fun! Full of culture and fun things to do/​see. AT&T had a booth and was taking people’s pictures for free. Um, don’t they know that Asians LOVE to take pics… line was hecka long. The older folks loved this booth. Saw a group of old people huddling so I decided to see what it was about… turned out they were comparing pictures. It was cute. =)

This festival in Chinatown is definitely worth checking out. So many vendors and people everywhere. It was crazy busy but super fun to check out. I got to stock up on some beautiful flowers to celebrate the Chinese New Year with! Yay!
And there’s lot of other vendors not just selling flowers at this fair. So you can get some yummy food, souvenirs, clothes, and check out the raffles and informational booths. And there were lots of people dressed up playing music and dragons roaming around. Very fun.
I thought this event was a lot of fun. Definitely check it out next year!

The fair got smaller. Just walk around for 30 minutes had to go to work so couldn’t get free stuff. Put i got a pen from Red Hawk Casino.

The BF and I were in Chinatown with his mom for some grocery shopping right before Lunar New Year and we checked out many of the flower stalls for the perfect set of flowers to bring home for the New Year.
There were tons of booths with giveaways or selling food or crafts. It was a great place to be a tourist and see how everyone is preparing for the New Year.
Good thing those freebies aren’t tempting me to stand in those long, long lines!

Came here and expecting a better showcase of flowers and food. We couldn’t find any food stall. and there was really nothing exciting but the orchids. Yeah, there were plenty of orchids and the prices are decent, could be better since we thought… it was Chinatown!

I use to love these fairs when I was younger. I don’t know if it’s me that grew up or if the fairs just went downhill. but when I was younger, the fairs were so much fun for me !! There seemed to be more booths, games, and free stuff. I still make a walk around the fair with my friends every year but it’s just not the same anymore. there’s like nothing now in the fair worth checking out.

Every time when it gets near to the Chinese New Year… The Chinese New Year Flower Fair is the one event that, I enjoyed going to every year!!! The one thing that, I like most about this event is the freebies that they give out and also they have free games to play for the kids and for the adults as well not only do they have games and freebies… The Chinese New Year Flower Fair also has free shows for the people to watch like martial arts, magic show and traditional chinese dancing from little kids and from women as well which is a really fun thing to watch…
The Chinese New Year Flower Fair is not only for the people of San Francisco it also attracts alot of people from other cities, states and some from out of other countries which is really good in a way it would boost up some businesses in the San Francisco Chinatown Area!!! The Chinese New Year Flower is a really fun event to bring your kids or your whole family at once for this two days event!!!