Walgreens

Always a clean and organized store. The shelves are stocked and the employees are always quick to ask if you need help finding things. Most drugstores have a low threshold for quality so this one clearly is managed well. I enjoy dropping in here and I always find what I need. Thanks POWAY Walgreens!

Stopped on Tuesday afternoon for 2 sale items (from Sunday ad) and to get items from raincheck from prior sales ad, that they did not have my last trip there. Was greeted inside store by a neatly placed row of carts that were full of papers, garbage and used Kleenex. Not just one. I had to move 3 disgusting, Kleenex-​laden carts in order to just get to one that was empty. In the meantime, two employees are just standing at 2 registers with nothing to do, and another one roaming the aisles. Surely it is someone’s job to retrieve the carts from the parking lot and return them to the store. Perhaps that same person should be cleaning them out too. When I complained to the cashier about being greeted with disgusting carts, his exact answer was, «It’s not my fault that people in Poway are pigs.» Customer service at it’s finest.
Not one of the 3 items I made the special trip for were in stock. When I asked, first was told «vendors’ issue,» which is the standard shift of blame answer for all stores, when they have something on their ad for a week, and on Day 1, 2, or 3, not a sign of the item in the store.
Then told that if I want their sale items, I need to arrive early on Sunday mornings, when they first open, as there is always a long line outside to come in and then all the sale items are gone for the week. Or I can call the store with my list and they will «set them aside» for me. Seriously?
News flash, Walgreens. Your store is just not that special, nor your «in-​demand» sale items that great a deal, that I need to arrive early on Sunday mornings in order to be lucky enough to maybe get any of them.
The truth is that you have a stocking issue in your stores and always have. You put things on your ad when you know you will never have them.
That huge crowd of 2 in your store today was a perfect indication of what a great store you are to shop in. I tried twice. You failed both times. I won’t be back.

This is by FAR the best and last Pharmacy you will want to go to in North County SD. I go out of my way to get all RX here because of the friendliness and the often less than 10 min from submittal to pickup time. It’s amazing how so many put up with CVS (and so many others) 4hr wait times and incompetence in helping their customers. What really holds this place on top though has to be Pharmacy Manager David R. This guy can perform miracles when you think situations are hopeless. More than once he has been able to provide solutions I thought not possible. Particularly when complicated Rx issues have arose over the years. Issues stemming from from every corner of the Pharmaceutical world too (i.e. on vacation and forgot meds, insurance mis grading tier level, question Dr.‘s qty/​strength of one med when combined with another as a safety concern… it goes on).
I would think it would take a lot for most Unilocalers to write a review of a pharmacy. I am glad to finally get around to doing it. This one deserves high kudos.

This review is strictly for the pharmacy. I come here to fill prescriptions. This is like the «Cheers» of pharmacies. If you come here consistently, they will remember your face and eventually your name. They are super efficient here and always friendly. If I ever have issues with a prescription, this pharmacy will actually take the time to call me and also has made practical recommendations to me.
Come here for med refills & cheap movie theatre candy. Aside from that, go to Walmart across the way for everything else bc pretty much everything else is PRICEY here.
+5 for Dave @ pharmacy. The rest of you are pretty awesome too. +Thanks+

Yeah, I will never go to this Walgreens again. Thank gosh Walmart is right across the street. So I went here to get 3 pictures printed to make for posters for my husband’s homecoming. The pictures took a few minutes to print out, which was no problem. But then the girl showed me the pictures and one thing I immediately noticed was that one of the pictures was cut off. I asked the girl why it did that and she was very rude. Her tone was extremely impatient and she said it was my fault for editing it. I didn’t edit anything! My friend, who was with me, printed out 2 pictures before me and hers came out fine. I told the girl I didn’t edit anything and she just seemed to get more irritated with me. So in my head I just said fuck-​it and paid the $ 2 for the pictures. Then I get home and noticed another one was cut off even more worst than the other one. I didn’t notice it at the store because I was really wanting to just get away from this girl and her attitude, but I will never go back here again! Customer service is a huge thing to me and when it’s delivered very poorly, don’t expect people to want to return.

I called the pharmacy to see if they had a specific brand in for my daughters medication. I Sat on hold for over 52 minutes waiting for someone in the pharmacy to answer. I decided to drive the 20 minutes to go in to see if they were busy. When I got in To the pharmacy it was completely empty! They had one car in the drive through. 5 people in there and no one can answer the phone PATHETIC!

Let me start off by saying that this review is for the employees that DONT WORK in the pharmacy. The pharmacist is extremely nice and helpful. He was more than willing to help me with my concerns.
As for the rest of the employees! After I finished at the pharmacy counter I needed some assistance to get my photos I ordered. Two employees were in front talking laughing playing on their phones. While the others were working. I figure a wait a few minutes to have them recognize me BUT no they didn’t. They continued laughing and giggling and not even notice other people around needed help. I was beyond irritated when they finally realized I was there which happen to be as I timed it 7 min and 38 sec! To stop screwing around and help. Very disappointed.

Nice, clean store. Kaela was so wonderfully helpful and has a great attitude. Overall great experience!

I love this Walgreens! This place is my savior! I buy Depends Diapers for my disabled dog and if it wasn’t for there brand and how well they fit my dog, I don’t know what I would do. There the only pharmacy that carries what I need and if they don’t have it they make sure they have it in stock for me!

I love this walgreens! The staff is always super friendly! I was looking for a specific item that I couldn’t find anywhere target, walmart, CVS nope… until I came to here I stocked up and was a happy camper thanks walgreens! Ps they always have little deals at the register if you have a rewards card and the points really add up on some items.

Shame on you Walgreens for disconnecting your Electric Car Charging station. For the last year I have been giving Walgreens my respect and my money for allowing electric cars to charge for free while shopping. Since they were spending their money to support the new technology and the environment I, in turn, was supporting them. My average charge cost them about $.50 while I would spend $ 30 to $ 50 on stuff I generally did not need. Sill I respected them and at least their marketing department for a great modern marketing tool. Today, I see the chargers are all card activated and the staff inside have no idea how to access them. They said the only reason it was free was that the company that installed them was giving it to Walgreens, and now that they are bankgrupt, that’s the end of the program. Nice to know that all of my support and money went to a company that could care less about the environment unless there is some kind of taxpayer subsidy to support it. Realy, Walgreens management? You could not figure out how to keep these going? Moving all my business back to CVS. I will say, the staff has always been polite and kind, and I always enjoyed going there.

This is very conveniently located for me. It is within walking distance. Easy for me to drop off my prescription and then pick it up later. They have a good selection of the pain relievers I was looking for and they also had the hot pad I needed to get for my low back. Overall a pretty decent drug store. On think I thought worth mentioning is that they have an electric car charger if you have an EV. I don’t but I have never seen this in a parking lot before.

Recently transferred all my prescription over on line and of course the most important Rx was not available when I went to pick up them up. Dave the pharmacist gave me a few to get by while they worked it out. The line wasn’t to crazy. My second time rx under maiden Name and Dave again keep searching and saved the day. view have coupons to transfer my prescription but I’ll stick with Dave and his crew for now. luv the 24 hr drive thru.

I went here just before Christmas looking for a particular small Christmas I had seen at the Burlingame, CA location. I described the tree to the associate and I even showed her the picture I had taken of the tree from Burlingame. The associate told me they didn’t have trees I was looking for. Very frustrated, I walked out, got into my car, and just before driving away, I saw the exact tree I was looking for on display in the top window. It’s very frustrating when the staff doesn’t know exactly what they carry.

Looking to pickup some generic over the counter medicine, and the pharmacy department was very nice and friendly, helping me look for what I wanted (which happened to be out of stock).
Always nice when people step out from behind the counter to personally help you out.

Conveniently located on a corner, but both driveways are right turn only.
Once inside, how does even a new store manage to feel like a trashy drugstore? They have a good selection and are open when I want them to be. But there is nothing special to see here.

I’m a senior with serious health complications. Their pharmacy staff is bar none the finest in the area. I’ve never waited longer than 15 minutes for a script when I just walk in and never had a wait at the drive through to pick up a called in refill. I have to fill a dozen or more different scripts in a month so I’m here a lot! To the lady complaining about a long drive through line that has never been my experience. But I wouldn’t pull up to a drive through intending to wait either.

cool place, friendly staff, lots of products, convenient, but kinda small… everything packed in…
the drink section and snack aisles are full and have a wide variety.
this location does not accept ebt cards yet.

Grand opening.
I stopped by for the grand opening today. They had vendors on site and kids entertainment out front. My favorite thing was the Coke Zero tent, but more importantly the lovely Coke Zero girls were there handing out free product.
The store itself seemed a little small on the inside. I’ve been going to CVS regularly so I had good idea of the inventory and prices for a comparison. It seemed as if Walgreens had more items on sale (though maybe it was just a grand opening promotion). What really caught my attention was the pediatric sections. CVS is out of stock on a lot of items and the selection is poor. Walgreens had everything.
They employees were also very friendly and helpful.
— Beats out CVS
— Boo hired union banner holders out front!