Morning Glory

Category:	Stationery Store
Address:	136-77 Roosevelt Ave, Flushing, NY 11354, USA
Phone:	+1 718-961-1400
Rating:	3.9
Working:	10AM–9PM 10AM–9PM 10AM–9PM 10AM–9PM 10AM–9PM 10AM–9PM 11AM–8PM

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PB H

Adorable little Korean store that sells very cute Asian themed products such as bags, stuffed animals, umbrellas, contact lenses, makeup, lunchboxes, and stationary. With all the cuteness and cartoon prints (well featured are Hello Kitty, Totoro, and various other cartoon animals from Asia), it is obvious that this store targets children and teens. I visit the shop mostly to buy stationary. They have a nice selection of unique pens and pencils, mostly store-brand. Funny enough, I found replicas of the Pentel P200s there. Quality can be iffy, but they let you try them out so you know what you get. I am taking a star off for it being often a bit pricey without the adequate substance to back it up, not unlike most stores of its category. The prices are not significantly above market price here, but having visited China and seen how much they cost there, Id say the profit margin is generous. There is a store across the street called Banzai that is similar in theme. They sell around the same things, though Banzai has a smaller selection. Something to note is that they employ an unnecessary amount of good-looking young men and women to guard the shop. While they are very courteous, they watched me a LOT the first time I went there. My friend and I found it very intimidating being watched and surrounded by good looking people. They all dressed up to emulate Asian idols, so we felt like the ugly ducklings and left without doing much browsing. My subsequent visits were more comfortable though.

Christine Nigro

I grew up in Flushing during the late 70s to mid 80s. One of my favorite memories of walking down Roosevelt Ave was stopping at the Hallmark store and being mesmerized by the Sanrio section up front. All those delicately scented erasers, Hello Kitty pencils, diaries with lock and key, pencil cases... Most of the stores and eateries I remember are gone now. Morning Glory gives me a bit of that nostalgic feeling while satisfying me with Kawaii eye candy. While I love almost everything, theyre quite pricey. If youre an stationary junkie like me, you might not notice that there ARE stationary supplies and writing pads all the way in the back tucked into a corner. They have a decent selection of adorable writing pads for about $6 each. It might have been a good thing that they didnt carry many Hello Kitty x Tokidoki items lol I did buy their last mug and a notebook (and a few writing pads). Id give 5 stars if they shelved items at cheaper price points.

meng 恩

Ah... I remember those days: Blue Bear, Hello Kitty, Cinnamonroll, Badtz-Maru, etc,. Every prepubescent youths dream: cute stationary to show off to friends in school and cute plushies to cuddle with every night! Interestingly, I havent had problems with staff blatantly observing my every move as Im browsing, yet. Hopefully, that day will never have to come, lol. I used to buy mechanical pencils and korean notebooks from here. Now I only stop by when I need to buy a gift for any occasions. I like and appreciate that MG offers free gift-wrapping services. Its really convenient, saves time, and presents are always meticulously wrapped. Yay!

Sereda Leak

I wont be back. My daughter and I were followed around the store as we looked to purchase a secret Santa gift for one of her classmates that frequents this store. This area predominantly Asian, and I believe that we were targeted due to what we look like. There were other customers in the store at the same time, and none were followed like my daughter and I. I purchased my things anyway, but I will never return to this location. Its a shame my daughter had to experience this, but this is the world that we live in.

Leza Samuda

Loyal customer since my return to NY in 2007, when they were in the in-between side of the street opposite mcdonalds. they now have added a small beauty counter and clothing (which I cant fit, cause Im fat so I dont even look at it lmao). Still cute, but boy those prices went up!!! and so did the security! they follow even worse than when they did when I was in high school! its not cause Im black. a lot of the things they sell are easy targets for theft so I understand completely. I visit at least once a month.

George Tang

This store not even worth a star. This store worth NEGATIVE 5 stars!!!! I bought a Barbie Dreamtopia Rainbow Cove Doll Gift Set - 7 Pack for my nieces as Christmas Gift. I bought it from Morning Glory and this store charged me $67.99. I checked the price later on and found out this store doubled the price from Amazon and Toy R us. This is a really bad business practice and I wont go back again. I will share this message with everyone. Amazon price: $34.39, $ toy R us 37.99.

W Jae

Brought my daughter there to look around and find cute stuff for back to school. The selection was nice and the store was organized and well kept. There were "sales" people along the isles and they did not hover nor did they offer any assistance. The workers here are not friendly. The prices where pricey but that seems to be the m.o. for these types of stores. All in all its a fun and cute store to browse in.

YeNa Kil

I came into look at Photo albums and diaries... They dont have many samples out for me to see what it looks like inside, they the staff wont greet you (which I think helps for customers to feel welcomed) but instead I was given faces and stares from the staff. And they didnt have a lot of selections. So I wont be going back.

A Private User

LOVELOVELOVE this store! I love everything Morning Glory or Sanrio! All the stuff there is so cute! The prices are decent, which is good, and I totally recommend anyone coming to Flushing to drop by Morning Glory and look at their selection of Sanrio/Morning Glory items.

Chandelise Perez

As soon as I got to there the women working there hovered as close as they could to me and made me very uncomfortable without saying any kind of greeting. When Korean customers walked in they got a very cheerful loud greeting.....

Zumi Chang

Dont even want to give them a star at all. Im Korean & they were literally talking behind my back while I was trying to shop for my daughter. Dont come here. They will judge u like no other.

Justin Kramer-Ramirez

Cute little store with a good selection of stationary and the like. The staff members are reluctant to even speak to me, generally, but Im not Asian, so I get that a lot in Flushing.

Shannon Sha

Super fun pillows, pens, pencils, all kinds of backpacks, phone cases, w adorable characters on them. What a great Mecca for a present for someone, and enjoyable to walk around.

Reigning Dan

Omgggg I love everything about this store!! Honetyyyyyyy, great for people who are into kawaii aesthetics. They even sell back to school supplies, and has rare Pokémons lol ^_^

PunkJax

A bunch of great cute stuff like plushies and stationary! A bit pricey, but theyre mostly imported products so it makes sense. A great place to at least window-shop.

Vera Lin

Nice selection of small gift items. I believe that due to theft, employees will follow you around. Ruins the shopping experience a bit.

xue han

Nice selection of small gift items. I believe that due to theft, employees will follow you around. Ruins the shopping experience a bit.

Rick Cheng

Nice selection of small gift items. I believe that due to theft, employees will follow you around. Ruins the shopping experience a bit.

JESSIE ZHANG

It s a pretty cute store for little cute stuffs but dont like the employee s attitude they make you seem like you r not welcome....