# Botany, New Westminster BC: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/bc/new-westminster/botany-new-westminster-bc. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-28.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/bc/new-westminster/botany-new-westminster-bc

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## In short

Botany is a cannabis dispensary in New Westminster, BC. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Cannabis dispensary |
| Address | 320 6th St #102, New Westminster, BC V3L 3A8, Canada |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 10 AM to 11 PM |
| Phone | (604) 544-2074 |
| Rating | 4.5 across 154 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 28, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 320 6th St #102, New Westminster, BC V3L 3A8, Canada | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Our new local dispensary in the heart of New Westminster, where we prioritize educating our customers, excellent customer service, and a seamless purchase experience. Just as a botanist nurtures plants, we aim to nurture our community's knowledge and experience, ensuring that every customer feels informed and confident in their choices. We offer a curated selection of high-quality products, all tailored to meet diverse preferences and needs. With a friendly and knowledgeable staff ready to assist, we aim to create a welcoming environment where you can explore, learn, and enjoy while fostering a thriving community around the holistic benefits of cannabis. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Botany | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (604) 544-2074 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Links | Website | https://newwestbotany.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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## The team

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## Visiting Botany

Address: 320 6th St #102, New Westminster, BC V3L 3A8, Canada. Phone: (604) 544-2074. Hours: Mon to Sun 10 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Our new local dispensary in the heart of New Westminster, where we prioritize educating our customers, excellent customer service, and a seamless purchase experience. Just as a botanist nurtures plants, we aim to nurture our community's knowledge and experience, ensuring that every customer feels informed and confident in their choices. We offer a curated selection of high-quality products, all tailored to meet diverse preferences and needs. With a friendly and knowledgeable staff ready to assist, we aim to create a welcoming environment where you can explore, learn, and enjoy while fostering a thriving community around the holistic benefits of cannabis."


### Parking and getting in

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## Reputation

4.5 average across 154 reviews: Google 154. (Confirmed, read October 28, 2026.)

The dispensary is noted for its knowledgeable staff but faces criticism for high prices and pushy sales tactics. (AI guess, from 154 reviews.)


### What people like

- Good selection of products
- Knowledgeable staff
- Helpful customer service


### What people do not like

- Pushy sales tactics
- High prices compared to competitors
- Inconsistent product quality


### Press

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## Questions people ask


### first visit at Botany, what do I need to bring?


### is this place shut any day of the week


### opening hours at Botany in New Westminster, what are they these days?


### Whereabouts is this place?


### who should I ask for at Botany?


### how do I reach Botany to sort something out?


### anyone had trouble parking round here?


### people keep recommending Botany, what for?


### any last minute slots here?


### the good stuff about Botany, what is it?


### do regulars get anything here


### are prices in New Westminster higher than everywhere else


### when is this place actually dead?


### new to this place, anything I should know before I walk in?


### budget options in New Westminster, what is decent


### booking ahead here, how far do people go?


### Botany or Maple Leaf?


### what has this place posted recently, I am not on Instagram


### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?


### best cannabis dispensary in New Westminster, BC


## The AI Score: 26 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. New Westminster cannabis dispensaries run 26 to 42. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Botany scores 26, below the New Westminster average of 36. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Botany |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 75 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 51 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 63 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 54 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a cannabis dispensary: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Botany |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Botany | LocalBusiness | #business | https://newwestbotany.com/ | Subject of this page |
| New Westminster, British Columbia | City | #city |  | City Botany is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the cannabis dispensaries in New Westminster, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best cannabis dispensaries in New Westminster: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/bc/new-westminster/cannabis-dispensary
- Best businesses in New Westminster: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/bc/new-westminster


### Nearby

- /surrey: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/bc/surrey
- /burnaby: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/bc/burnaby
- /delta: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/bc/delta
- /abbotsford: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/bc/abbotsford
- /port-coquitlam: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/bc/port-coquitlam
- /mission: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/bc/mission


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in British Columbia: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/bc


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJt5l2mLvZhVQRwtO17jQZgVY (accessed Oct 28, 2026)