Walgreens

I was working down the street and wanted a Gatorade, I walked over here and had the decision between this location or a rite-​aid across the street. I chose Walgreens and wish I hadn’t bothered. It was messy and took me awhile to figure out where things were, there wasn’t much of a selection for drinks and I didn’t care for the store in general so I ended up just leaving and going across the street to rite-​aid. Now I know in the future just make the walk across the street.

I have to write a quick review for this location based on the outstanding customer service I received. I never get headaches, but I haven’t slept well lately and had one tonight that wouldn’t go away. Rite Aid didn’t have the travel packs, and I didn’t need a full bottle, because I have plenty at home. So, I went to Walgreens where they told me to hit Aisle 6 before Aisle 2. They had a crazy deal for two 100 tablet bottles of generic aspirin for $ 2! How could you turn down such a bargain?
They even paged someone to meet me in Aisle 6 to make sure I found the aspirin on sale, and when we couldn’t find them, the guy followed me to Aisle 2 with two bottles. There was a bit of a rush when I walked in, but the cashiers were so fast everyone was gone by the time I found my items and proceeded to checkout. You could tell the employees took great pride in their work.

I come to this Walgreen’s for minor items I need on the go and I must say its not too bad at all. Lines are sometimes long and few people at register but its not all that bad. The items on aisle’s are not out of place much here and the store is maintained pretty well. Prices are fair and always stuff on special. I would recommend this Walgreens if you are in the neighborhood and need a few things.
Staff here are friendly but at times its difficult finding help. The location is also good because it is on a main street. The other down side is that at often times you will have your homeless person hanging out in front of the store so it can get a little akward.

In the chaos of Downtown LA, this Walgreens seems to be keeping up and maintaining its location. Having said that, service can be slow at times.
Nearest Metro Station: Red/​Purple/​Blue/​Expo Lines at the 7^th Street Metro Station

This place just amazed me today. I went to purchase some vitamins, and before I left I realized that they charge me a higher price then what the vitamin was being advertise as. I hadn’t even left the store when I realized the charge. So I went back to speak with a manager, I even showed him that the price they were advertising the product was not the same price that I was charge. Well that’s all it took because all of a sudden he tells me that they can’t give me my money back because I didn’t have my driver license. Now the funny part is that when I paid for my products I used my credit card and they didn’t even ask me for my driver license. So I went to my car and grabbed my driver license, when I came back into the store I went to check to see the price and they had replace it with the higher price. At that point I just decided to return the product and get a refund. I wish I could have take a picture of the original price they had the product for and then the after part.
I understand you should always carry something to prove you Identification. However, if you are going to do that, then make sure you also check ID when someone pays with their credit cards. Especially since I’m sure if some steals credit cards they won’t be asking for a refund. So it makes no sense to only ask for your ID when you are requesting a refund. The thing that annoy me the most was the way the manager try to speak to me. Sorry to tell you but just because you are a manager at a Walgreens doesn’t make you special. You should try to have some better customer service.

The only really bad thing about this Walgreens is that there’s no parking lot, so it can be a real pain if you don’t live close by.
That being said, it’s super convenient for those of us who do live downtown and are willing to walk — I love that it’s right by the 7^th/​Metro metro stop! Friendly employees with your typical solid Walgreens selection. Worth the stop!

This review is only for the passport photo section. We got two sets here the other day and both were terrible quality — very pixilated. I don’t think these will be accepted by the passport authorities so I’m going to have to try somewhere else. I’m hoping I get my money back at Walgreens.

Long checkout lines! I don’t want to spend my lunch standing in line at Walgreens. And rite aid across the street was no better. Add a couple of cashiers!!!

I went into Walgreens a few days ago and was quite pleased with the employees. I saw a lot of employees that were kind of dressed like managers so I was assuming that this store is #1 like a corporate store. Being in the downtown area it must be crazy for employees having to deal with homeless people day and night trying to steal. But I like the way they work as a team and the cashiering is fast, friendly, speedy, and accurate with the transaction.

Not too long ago, I had visited the Walgreens store on Sunset and Vine which blew me away. While there, I had to stop and look a few times to make sure I was in Walgreens. Everything is organized and displayed in the best manner of a shoppers delight. Walgreens has transformed themselves and it shows from their staff to the isles and beyond. I reside downtown and have shopped at Rite Aide (which is a tragedy and most items there under lock and key) and noticed the Walgreens just across the street on 5^th and stopped in to see if what I experienced at the Sunset Vine location might be the same — it was! I hope that the Walgreens downtown location grows and expands as SV. I will finally say that the staff/​employees of Walgreens are A+. It can only get better. Whomever is launching this new face is to be commended.

I really don’t write reviews for big chains but it definitely needs to be known that you shouldn’t take your film here to get developed!
I came to have a throw away camera developed and they don’t do one hour photo (which is fine) and she said they need to send the negatives out to be scanned (also fine) but she said their policy is to not return your negatives. Yes Walgreens keeps your negatives! For what? Who knows.
I ended up taking my camera to Rite Aid on Wilshire and 6^th, who does develop and scan in a one hour turn around.

You’re thinking, «Really?, review for a Walgreens?»
It is not customary for me to review convenience stores, supermarkets or the likes. I like Unilocal for restaurant reviews, but I had such a good experience here at the pharmacy and at the front cashier that I was compelled to share with the Unilocal community.
I was exhausted from a long international flight, had a quick minute to pick up a prescription and move on with my day being stuck in downtown. I was in no mood for disgruntle workers or long wait times. To my surprise the staff was super friendly and efficient. The pharmacy tech voluntarily found all sorts of discounts for me and punched in a club card and got me out of there quickly and with a warm smile.
I couldn’t be happier with my experience at this Walgreens. 5 star customer service. Thank you for making my day better!

I am in out of DTLA all the time, so I endup going to Walgreens quite often. The employes there always greet me with a warm smile and a helpful hand to answer any of my questions so that I can get what I need; and not waste time.
Thank You, for your Service.

The Walgreens is so convenient if you are a downtown resident! Yes, you often times see homeless people inside buying a soda or bag of chips but hey… HOMELESS PEOPLE NEED FOOD TOO! This is your standard Walgreens though– nothing fancy about this place. They have a good snack isle. which is where you’ll usually find me at! Ok fine… it’s the snack isle or the cat food isle… one or the other. The lines move last, although there is always a long one building. The service is quick and impersonal, which is fine. Sometimes you just want to go in and out… no time for small talk! byeeeee!

If you are looking for the watermelon hard mexican candy with chili powder coating, you can totally buy it here! 7 – 11 and Rite Aid didn’t have any, but Walgreens totally did!

This place is much nicer than the Rite-​aid across the street.

I was in a bind and used
to print a poster a a few 8×10s. It was the easiest thing for me to do with the time I had. When I arrived it took them 20 minutes to even find my order. The 8×10s were really bad quality but I thought to myself, hey it’s Walgreens…
Then they handed me the poster… I ordered a 11×14 poster on board and they handed me a 16×20 board with my image floating in the center. I had to ask what’s this? He said oh they can’t cut it because he can’t cut straight and the machine breaks. He laughed and seriously thought it was all good. I told them no I need it cut to 11×14. Again he explained to me that scissors don’t work well and it could be wrecked but he’ll try. I was so confused… Even the manger thought it made sense. WTF
I said fine just print me a 11×14 photo, no board.
34 minutes later he let me know that they ran out of paper and the larger paper he tried isn’t working on the machine.
Out of time and desperate. I’m cutting the stupid board myself that cost full price and wasted my time. Once I was finished cutting out my image myself I discovered it wasn’t even 11×14 in the first place…
I won’t make this mistake again by using the their photo center.

Very slow customer service.
Every time I come down here to get a photo taken for a passport or visa application, it’s a 20 – 30 minute ordeal. I would go elsewhere but nowhere else close enough I can go to during my lunch break to do this.
Also the aisles are normally messy and unkept with items strewn on the wrong shelves or on the floor. Not quite Walmart bad but it’s getting pretty close.
The staff are friendly but they are slow in their service and this location isn’t particularly busy at any time.

I live nearest to the ghetto Rite-​Aid on Broadway, but yesterday I had my umpteenth horrible experience (let’s just say cashier staff was so unhelpful and blatantly rude that I decided to put the items on the counter and walk out without them rather than give another penny to that store.)
So today I went three times as far to check out this Walgreens (which is across from another, less awful, but decidedly mediocre Rite-​Aid.) I’d ducked in here once or twice before for a bottle of water, or something convenience-​oriented, but this was the first time I’d gone there as a destination for shopping.
Smooth sailing. Cashiers were pleasant, there was a line, but it was lunchtime and even so, it moved quickly. Cashiers SMILED and said hello. (This is nearly unheard of at my local Rite-​Aid.) The store was clean (granted, it’s newer and its customers are better behaved, but still, it was night-​and-​day different.)
They had everything I needed, and several of the things were BOGO or buy-​one-​get-​50% off (most of which had not been at Rite-​Aid.) So I left feeling:
1) I got my things cheaper than I would’ve at Rite-​Aid.
2) The store I gave my money to was polite and courteous to me.
3) I didn’t have to ask for 3 things to be pulled out of key-​only security cases
4) I didn’t need a shower after my visit
My only complaint was that the aisle and product layouts seemed counter-​intuitive. I had to wander a bit to find everything. For example, vitamins were nowhere near medicine. Witch hazel was with bandages rather than isopropyl alcohol and hydrogen peroxide. Travel-​size toiletries were hidden away randomly in the back corner of the store. I know it’s a store where I won’t be able to remember where things are, because the layout doesn’t make logical sense (at least not to me.) So I suspect that every time I go, I’ll end up wandering a bit.
The hell with my local Rite-​Aid. I bet that I can walk the extra 4 blocks to Walgreens in the length of time it would take me just to check out at Rite-​Aid.
Adiós, Rite-​Aid. Hasta luego, Walgreens!

This Walgreens is located conveniently close to my apartment so I can just walk on over there. Excellent. They have pretty much anything that I need in terms of drugs, cleaning supplies, fem products, etc. Service has been pretty good too. This place is also clean and well-​organized. I like coming here and will do so in the future.
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