Shoppers Drug Mart

Absolutely the worst pharmacy I have been to so far. I was told that the wait was 20 minutes, so I decided to wait for my prescription. Most locations are pretty fast, and there were three people behind the counter, so I figured it should be pretty quick. After waiting OVER AN HOUR I finally go up to the counter to see if the prescription is ready, and I’m told that they had just started working on it. Keep in mind, I had just picked up groceries and had items that needed to be frozen and refrigerated, and there was nobody else sitting in the designated waiting area. They finally call me up, and tell me that they couldn’t fill my entire prescription because they didn’t have enough in stock. I asked if I could be charged for what they DID have in stock, and the pharmacy co-​owner said that he wanted me to pay the full amount and come back TOMORROW for the rest of it. I obviously refused and insisted they give me half and only charge me for half, and said that the least they could do for wasting my time was waive the dispensing fee, which they didn’t do. Suhail seemed incompetent and I feel like filling my prescription might have taken longer than whatever online pharmacy course he took to get that job.
Thumbs WAY down.

I will never understand why it takes 20−30mins to count 30tabs.
The pharmacy assistant is outstanding! She always remembers my name. She’s quick, efficient, I’m yet to catch a mistake.
The pharmacist however seems like a complete scatterbrained waste. You can hand her a prescription for 10 tabs of an antibiotic and she will react like you handed her a ransom note! I think there is something wrong with that woman?
The good things.
They almost always have every drug in stock. They are quick to call your doctor if you don’t have a refill. The iphone app to repeat prescriptions works (for the most part).
There is free parking. A lot of stock of non prescription things, groceries, nicknacks to help you kill time while you wait for them to prepare your meds.

This place is very similar to CVS or Walgreens in the U.S. there is a full-​service pharmacy, along with a range of health care, beauty, food, and household products.
I have made a few visits here. The pharmacists have always been helpful, the place is generally clean, and the prices, while not great, are what you could expect at such a place.