Astoria Chemists

Always super quick to fill meds. Picked up my meds one day and it was the wrong medication. I called them and thought to myself wow they should drop off the right meds to my house since it was their error and sure enough the lead pharmacist offered to drop it off on his way home. Really pleasantly surprised!

I’ve had great experiences here. Strangely, what drew me in was the plain façade of the place. It seems as if a new pharmacy opens up every few seconds in Astoria, complete with LED window lights and signs galore to announce their arrival. This place was unassuming and seems to have been in the neighborhood for awhile, and I’ve decided that my pharmaceutical loyalty lies here!
One reason I love this place is because they are speedy! I don’t ever remember waiting more than 10 minutes for them to fill my prescription. Compare that to a place like Rite-​Aid, where I have to make a second trip back to pick up medications. I don’t know how limited their selections are, but I’ve had prescriptions for antibiotics and steroids filled here. The people working there are nice, as well.

If you like supporting locally owned, no-​frills small business with more friendly, personalized customer service, this is a pharmacy I would recommend.
They are also extremely fast. Literally took me less than 5 minutes to get my prescriptions filled and there were two other customers with me. The pharmacist also answered my questions about my prescriptions and didn’t get annoyed.
It’s not a big chain style drug store with lots of products, but if you just need medications try this place.

This place is awesome! I switched here after too many encounters with Duane Reade where they were just too judgmental when I filled the prescriptions. I initially called to see if they had the med in stock. they said they did and when i came it was my fault initially because I didn’t specify I wanted the brand which is cheaper with my insurance (I had called to ask if the brand was in stock, but didn’t specify when I got there). Anyway, they filled the generic and when I realized the mistake and told them they said they would order the brand because they didn’t’ have it and I could pick it up tomorrow. I was fine with that. Well, at around 8:30 pm that night, I get a call from the guy I spoke with earlier who said he wasn’t there when I came by and had put the medication aside for me! That’s why it wasn’t available anymore. I was sooo impressed they called me to tell me this that I will be using this pharmacy in the future to fill my prescriptions! Best pharmacy I have ever been to.

Very very fast and near my house :)

They are always fast!

I switched my pharmacy from Rite Aid to here. Here, if they have the prescription you need, they can get ready in 5 minutes. People are much nicer than Rite Aid.

I Googled Astoria Chemists to get their phone number and Unilocal came up as the first result. When I read the lukewarm reviews, I had to sign up with Unilocal to write one myself.
This is a GREAT pharmacy. As the name implies, it is a CHEMIST, not a convenience store. The pharmacists are knowledgeable and the staff will bend over backward to get you what you need. I was able to rent a wheelchair for $ 20/​week and they ordered crutches for me when the ones they had in stock weren’t just right for me and it came the next day. And they let me keep the ones that were not just right so I could get around meanwhile.
They will special order anything you want that they don’t have in stock. What I most like is they know ME when I go in there. I’m not a faceless Rx. That means a lot.

I used to live around the corner from here. I chose to use this pharmacy and pharmacists as opposed to the other drugstores in the neighborhood (which were a further walk) where mental defectives worked. Let me point out that this is really more of a pharmacy; they’re not going to stock the plethora of items that are usually found at a CVS or Duane Reade. In essence, it’s a little bare bones here. The Chemists are located directly across from the local hospital, which is helpful. They have most cold and allergy meds and pretty much anything for what ails you. The pharmacists I encountered were always very friendly and helpful if I needed to get a generic med, or something cheaper than what my doc prescribed.