Walgreens

Their pharmacy department has the most incompetent staff. They confuse your orders, don’t have the prescriptions ready on time, cancel your prescriptions. The pharmacist even had the nerve to ask someone why they change insurance, as if it’s any of her business. Many of my friends have changed location. I’m doing the same even though it’s the closet Walgreens to my house. I prefer to go farther for better service.

This is a great Walgreens. The employees are always so nice and they handle long lines efficiently. Great place

This is the worst Walgreens! Not enough staff in the pharmacy. Every month I come to pick up the wait is 30 min. Not to mention inaccuracy on multiple occasions with my prescriptions. It’s worth it to go out of my way to go somewhere else.

This is the most disorganized pharmacy I have ever seen. No prescription is ever ready on time and if they cannot fill something due to an issue, such as they are out of the drug, they do not contact you to let you know. The staff are not knowledgeable about the drugs and have zero customer service skills, both the pharmacy and the store as a whole. Having to wade through panhandlers to get in and out of the store does not help. Recommend taking your business elsewhere.

Don’t count on the store opening on time. If you’re on your way to work and you stop here at 7, it won’t be open for another 10 minutes.

Now I remember why I cant stand Walgreens. Horriable customer service. None talkative employees. No smiles and everyone looks like they hate their job. Over an hour wait for a prescription… while a client is waiting seems crazy.

This review is for the pharmacy! The BEST pharmacy ever!!! The pharmacists here are outstandingly good at their job! They go above and beyond their jobs. Shout out to Jessica and Buchi (the two pharmacists who helped me today). I have never seen a pharmacy so slammed and so FAST. Not only are the fast, but they remember everyone who’s waiting. Wow! Very impressive. They all need big time raises! Walgreens, I hope you are listening to this review!

For pharmacy only!!!
Best. Pharmacy. Ever. Everyone is efficient, patient, knowledgeable, and very nice. They also have a sense of humor. They always want you to pay as little as possible for your prescription and will help you find programs that will do that.
I love everyone there. :)

The review is pharmacy only… seriously, otherwise I wouldn’t even walk in this place. I feel sorry for the people who work here. These are the worst customers I’ve ever had the displeasure of waiting in line behind. Every transaction seems to be fraught with confusion and tedious delay, rarely ever the cashier’s fault.
However, their pharmacy staff are AMAZING. I have never had a bad interaction with the staff here, ever. Recently, I had a problem with refilling a medication due to an error on my insurance’s part. Jessica resolved the problem quickly and efficiently since I was almost out of my medication completely. She even says, «Be well» to the customers, which I think is a nice gesture.
Love this pharmacy. But, I try never to go into the actual store. Unless you have a lot of time on your hands to wait in line behind 10 people, who are all borderline asylum level crazy and apparently get up to the register before deciding what they want to purchase. Never mind that they just spent 10 minutes in line waiting there turn, that time was not sufficient for their needs. You have been warned. Just try walking in to buy a soda. It will be the most tedious 15 minutes of your life!

Through location only, this Walgreens is awful. Literally within walking distance of a half dozen rehabs, psych wards, and nursing homes. The near dead zombie pace the aisles in a medicated haze. Its so odd and scary in here.
That being said, the staff is kind of amazing. I don’t know how they get most of these people to work here. Overly helpful, overly nice.
I saw a woman having a seizure at the check out one day. I was frozen and horrified. It was like the staff had «customer with a seizure training» that morning. They laid her down, called 911, calmed her son, cleaned her face, all while continuing to check people out. It was outstanding.
I would go to the location on western if possible. Clientele is scary. Staff is amazing.

I go here all the time because it is close to my house.
pros: the pharmacists have been super helpful and nice to me. Most of the techs are also great. The store is clean.
Glad they once again have liquor, beer and wine
cons:
Get rid of the beggars in front of the store! It drives me nuts to have grown men asking me for money as I try to go in and out.
Do not let your employees smoke in front of the store — really?
They put the liquor behind the check out due to thieves, you can’t figure out a better way to stop it? It’s really hard to see what you have and make a purchase there, people are always waiting behind you and it’s tough to see what you have.
— they need more workers in the pharmacy, it takes forever now to get a prescription filled

***The review is solely about the pharmacy***
I recently switched to this location for a prescription and needed to first call the pharmacist and then make a stop to pick up.
On the phone: The pharmacy tech was helpful, curteous and gave correct and specific information that I needed.
At the store: I drove up and noted the drive-​through for the pharmacy. The pharmacy tech was helpful, smiling, and very courteous.
The only real downside was the parking lot itself which is oddly shaped and makes for weird angles and turns when driving. The drive up is on the east side of the bldg.

Im not sure this place is A-​OK! But its better than it has been.
Friendlier Cashiers, Better Trash Pickup and Cleaner Store.
Better Cart pickup and Monitoring.
I have noticed a difference in the past few months.
If Unilocal reviews are super old and never have to be updated
well, they just dont mean as much.
This Walgreens doesnt get four or five stars because
its still a great place for cheap booze. Big Flats is apparently
the Walgreens house brand for cheap beer.
Very Strange.
Seema a bit hypocritical for a Pharmacy to also peddle cheap booze.
Its «premium» Lager you can buy for 2.99 a six pack.
Wow thats cheap, fifty cents a can.

I usually adore Walgreens. But a 2 hour wait on a prescription at 2pm seems really odd. Never again. Unfortunately, the doctor’s office I go to is not responsive, so relying upon the pharmacy to call doesn’t work. A store i n Lakeview, at Clark/​Diversey never got a response and after a while, didn’t follow up. Can’t say I blame them.
But this store just seems a bit off.

The bad things out way the very few good things about this Walgreens.
1. Store Management allows — very aggressive pan handlers to harass income and outgoing customers.
2. Store Employees are either rude or unfriendly
3. Store Pharmacy — has issues when filling correctly or completely online or automated prescriptions over the phone.
4. Only good thing is its close to my home, but rather go to the Walgreens on Western just off Howard.

They hardly seem to be busy so fast check out for me I dont have much to say since, well… its a Walgreens. What difference can there be.
They have liquor! yay.

I can tell you four things about this Walgreens:
1. Their parking lot is a blind-​turn nightmare.
2. They do not sell windshield washer fluid.
3. They sell yesterday’s newspapers, in case you want to be 36 hours behind the rest of the world.
4. Their electronic sign is very handy. At night it displays the address of the nearest 24-​hour pharmacy. During the day I have seen it display weather alerts such as «Flood advisory until April 30 8 am.» Kudos for the community service.

I do like this particular Walgreens. And they have a bathroom you can use if you ask. BIG PLUS!
I get my prescriptions here as well, and the staff is a bit overworked, but very helpful and friendly. They always answer my questions.
They have a pretty good selection of merchandise and I think they are going to be adding ink refills as well. I think I saw a sign on that when I was there recently.
Yep, there have been problems with panhandlers here. I just try to ignore them.
Very convenient local place.

I usually like this one; the pharmacists are generally really patient and nice. My one complaint is with the drive through. There are times when I have sat at the drive-​through window for 15 minutes without being helped.
Marc A. is right, there are lots of panhandlers here. Not too long ago, a crack ho started pounding on my window while I was at the drive-​through.

This particular Walgreens had for sale, a book about the history of Rogers Park.
I thought it was cool that Walgreens ordered this Rogers Park specific item.