Rite Aid

The staff here are horrible! Especially the pharmacy techs. Went in to get a prescription right after work for surgery I just had the week before and because I didn’t look like I «just had surgery» the pharmacy guy was being a total jerk about everything! It’s none of your business what happens to me medically and playing detective to see if I am lying. Get a life!

I never write online reviews, but I just had the most uncomfortable phone call with a pharmacist here that I was determined to go online to
and file a formal complaint against him. Some of the pharmacists there are nice, but thus guy is AWFUL. He asked me a bunch of inappropriate questions and treated me as if I were someone looking to score some heroin (for a medication I’ve been on for close to ten years). Disgusting. And he had the same haughty attitude that other reviewers have described on here. I’m filing a formal complaint against him. UPDATE: Just had yet ANOTHER horrible experience with this pharmacist, but this time in person, so I wrote his name down: Arman Musakhanyan. Awful. I filed a complaint with Rite Aid, and will not be going to their store anymore.

The employees at this location except for a dude named Jonathan are retarded, lazy, and on a constant low end power trip. There’s a Persian douchebag pharmacist who acts like he’s some M.D. Total jackass, unhelpful, treats you like a FEMA shelter refugee. Incompetent and completely useless. With all the other Rite-​AIDS around, no need to waste time on this ground zero weirdo hang out. Also serves as the local hot spot for transient hood rats. Superb.

Welcome to capitalism: egregious profit driving mechanism with too few cashiers (so as not to offset that mighty profit rate.). Thanks! Oh, why no scooped ice cream?

What is it with me and ice cream places? I walked in to get ice cream and walked straight to the ice cream like usual. I waited for about 10 minutes noticing the cash register line was getting longer and longer. After 10 minutes they begin to tell me that I have to get into line, pay for the ice cream and then I’ll get it. I respond with «couldn’t you have told me that 10 minutes ago» and they tell me they didn’t see me. How tf are you going to tell me to wait another 15 minutes in line for ice cream I’ve already waited 10 minutes for. I was unattended for 10 minutes and they decide to tell me to make line when the line is filled with at least 15 other people. Bullshit I tell you. I go to this rite aid every week if not every other week and I’ve never once had to pay for my ice cream at the register before its actually been served to me. Really unsatisfied. I left immediately and went to the Rite aid on La Brea where I was helped out immediately and AT THE ICE CREAM BAR!

This Rite Aid location is my least favorite because everyone is rushing around and the employees are friendly enough, but they look overwhelmed. It’s hard to get help because they seem short staffed. The Fairfax location is better. The company as a whole seems like it’s going through some big changes…

One of the parking spots in front of this Rite Aid has a 3 foot tall metal pillar located WITHIN the parking spot lines. And guess who backed into it… ME. For those that don’t have rear cameras on their cars, the pillar is impossible to see. I will never come to this Rite Aid again.

Came here to get a sandwich and vitamins. This location is more extensive as a full market including their own fro yo station inside. Customer service was really awful and rude.

The new remodel is beautiful! There is now a coffee bean café inside of Riteaid along with a yogurt self serve with fruit and toppings. The famous thrifty ice cream is also still there.
The café crew are always super nice and friendly, sometimes their lines get really busy, but they work efficiently.
Their breakfast panini sandwiches and breakfast burritos are delicious! They will toast and heat if up perfectly for you!
The store employees are also very friendly and nice, but be aware that this Riteaid can be VeRY busy, so there may not always be a lot of people on the actual sales floor to assist with your needs IF their lines are long.
Tip: As for parking, it CAN get really busy here because unfortunately the parking is shared with the griddle café, so select days, (and it’s not always all of these days each week), I’ve noticed some wed, Fridays, and weekends, they have the validation booth in the parking lot to keep account for the parking.
Tip: there’s unfortunately only 2 shopping carts for the entire Riteaid, so if you’re planning on shopping by the masses, be sure to look for a cart in the parking lot before you go in.

Now I always come here since it is right down the street from me, prices are great workers do what they can to take care of the customers just wish they had more help at night, all the crazies are out and only have 3 ppl in the store 2 running cashier an one on the floor can cause issues, besides that they are very friendly.

I love the selection here, but there aren’t nearly enough employees to help out customers. When I came in mid-​afternoon, there were two cashiers and a pharmacy worker and no one on the floor. It felt impossible to get help in a timely fashion.

Ive never left a Unilocal before. But, this applies to the pharmacy! i needed my medication ASAP and switched to this pharmacy as it was closer to my house. My doctor approved it and i went to pick it up for the first time at this location. Its now been 2 hours of back and forth with my doctors and rite aid all because one employee who is an Armenian fella with bug eyes has a chip on his shoulder. This guy should not be working with people. i gave him my ID and he said that my name was misspelled on the pharmacy order by one letter (it was obviously my name, just a missed key stroke), i confirmed with ease all of this other questions to verify my identity. With attitude and no bed side manner he was an ass about it all. Its not my fault that his personality sucks, but its become my problem that i can’t get my much needed medication because some prick hates his life. He should work in a laboratory somewhere in a basement so he doesn’t have to work with people. Rite Aid should seriously consider letting this employee go, what if this were an elderly person who needed medication which would’ve been life/​health altering if they didn’t have it. I will post his name when i get it because i think Rite Aid and their customers should not have to deal with someone like this.
And after all this, i still can’t get my medication.

I went in to get some eye wash this morning because I had been driving for hours. I asked for the bathroom when I was paying and they said the dreaded «it’s out of order» which translates to «we don’t give a crap about customers and we’re too lazy to have to clean the bathroom so fuck you». So I said the same thing and told them I’d rather give my business to a drug store that cares about customers and left them with an unpurchased product. I wonder if corporate knows they don’t let customers use their bathroom.

This review is for their graveyard shift employee, Matt, who was especially helpful when I came in (having a mini crisis) and made sure I got everything I needed before leaving.

Doctor ordered a critical drug an hour ago and drug not ready.
Were really busy isn’t the right answer.
Rite aide get more staff.

The people here are generally in a good mood. The stores a bit of a mess. But! They do money orders 24! Unlike most places that stop after 6 or 7. It’s convenient and even when there was a long line Irene went through that line ringing people up like a pro! And I didn’t feel rushed or brushed off at all:)

This Rite Aid is pretty much like any other Rite Aid you’ll come across. So as far as reviewing a «Rite Aid», just expect what you would expect and you’ll be fine. I’ve never used the pharmacy itself so I can’t speak to that either. They have pretty much everything that you would need from a drugstore although they do have a bad habit of sometimes not restocking the name brand items right away which leaves you with only the Rite Aid option. Sometimes, they also won’t carry the name brand item for something that you were looking for so your only choice is the Rite Aid item.
HOWEVER, for this particular location there are a few things that I CAN speak to, again, not about Rite Aid in general. But about THIS Rite Aid.
First, the parking lot is both a blessing and a curse. Especially in this part of Hollywood any location that has its own big parking is a big bonus! However the lot itself is very poorly laid out, and it is shared by every other location in the little «Gower Gulch» strip mall. So oftentimes you will have trouble finding a spot, and even when there are spots the lot itself is so tight and poorly laid out that you’re going to end up having to wait for some other car to try to do a 36-​point-​turn to get out of their space. On that note, this lot does seemingly have the magically influence on people of making them COMPLETELY FORGET HOW TO OPERATE THEIR VEHICLES! I have seen some vehicular manuevers in this parking lot that defy explanation. But I digress…
Another problem with this location is that there are 4 (maybe 5?) built in registers inside the store, however there is only ever one open at any given time. I have never been in the store when they had more than one register open. This creates a couple of problems.
1) There is really no clearly defined «waiting», or «line» area so a lot of times different people will come from different parts of the store and just stand around up near the register. And since there’s only one register this ends up with a lot of confusion about who was in line first and where the line actually is.
2) Long wait times. Sometimes it isn’t that bad, but the majority of the times that I have been there I usually have to wait for a while to get to the register itself. Which can be really frustrating if you’re just there to buy toothpaste.
So yeah, it’s a Rite Aid. I don’t know what you want other than that. But, this location does have its pluses and minuses. In all honesty, if you really have a choice, go to the Walgreens on Sunset and Vine.

What makes an average chain drug store deserve an above average rating? Location, location, location!
Located in Hollywood just a couple of blocks from the Walk of Fame, this might be the ONLY store in the area where one can purchase ‘normal’ goods at ‘normal’ prices. Seriously, it felt like I was getting an amazing deal when I walked out of this store with a couple of cold beverages for under $ 3. Also, they have drugs.

Just like it says: Meh. I’ve experienced better.
I’ve gone to this Rite Aid on occasion purely because it was convenient. I don’t have negative comments about rude people or dirtiness or anything like that, but I don’t have anything particularly good to say either. Employees are pretty aloof. They’ve somehow managed to create the most inconvenient one-​line-​per-​all-​registers. Which may make more sense if there were actually multiple registers open, but every time I’ve gone there has only been one open (with abundant other employees wandering around NOT helping). But like I said, the best thing it’s got going for it is convenience (granted, you have to live near it or be driving by it for this to be the case).

Circus Animal Cookie Ice Cream!!! Yummmmmmm
This is my day time Rite Aid loca, right down the street from my office.
They seem to have whatever I’ve needed to head in there for in an emergency. Tampons, greeting card, ice, decent selection of the cute Revlon lipsticks etc.
The neighborhood itself seems a little sketch to me but then it again it is Hollywood.
I’m sure I’d feel a little weird filling any rx drugs at this pharmacy so I stick to my neck of woods for that sort of thing
but this location is fine in a pinch.