Anniversary flowers in Tampa

Almost every Tampa anniversary order comes down to one question the buyer has not settled yet: does the arrangement meet the couple at the hotel, or does it wait for them at home? Tampa now makes the hotel answer easy, because the Water Street district rebuilt the whole southeast corner of downtown into walkable hotel blocks. The Tampa EDITION on Channelside Drive and the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street sit within a block of each other, with the Tampa Marriott Water Street on the convention-center side and the Hilton Tampa Downtown a few streets north on N Tampa Street. Le Méridien Tampa occupies the restored federal courthouse on N Florida Avenue — marble corridors, old courtroom bones — and is a favorite for couples who want the room itself to be the gesture. Over in SoHo, the Epicurean Hotel sits on S Howard Avenue directly across from Bern's Steak House, which has anchored Tampa anniversary dinners since the 1950s with its enormous wine list and the Harry Waugh Dessert Room upstairs. Hotel Haya puts you inside Ybor City on E 7th Avenue, a short walk from the Columbia Restaurant, which opened in 1905 and is the oldest restaurant in Florida. Across the Courtney Campbell corridor, the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay, The Godfrey Hotel and Cabanas and the Current Hotel put a room on the water at Rocky Point, while Renaissance Tampa International Plaza, Tampa Marriott Westshore and the airport hotels cover the Westshore side. Suite drops all work the same way: the concierge or front desk accepts and holds the arrangement, then places it before the couple reaches the room. What the studio needs is the hotel, the reservation name, the check-in time and a phone number — not the room number, which nobody has yet. Order for delivery at least two hours before check-in, and tell us if you want the piece staged in the room rather than handed over at the desk.