Gaslamp Medical Center

This place is down the street from me. I was having a tough week and needed to come in. Fortunately they take Cigna. There was no wait and the doc really helped me out. Went in for a couple things. He gave me a couple suggestions on PT for my elbow. It’s really helped. Oh and the meds also helped of course.

Super slow unfriendly service, waiting room was 88 degrees. Go some other place you will be much happier.

The staff, the service, & Ron are great! Very fast and on point !! Thanks guys, keep up the good work!

Went last week after becoming concerned with a cold that moved to my chest. I was a walk in and knew that I could wait a long time. (I work in the medical field. This happens and I fully understand that a walk in is squeezed in between actual appointments) When I walked in Amanda was super nice explained the doctor may take lunch but allowed me to fill out paperwork and told me to come back within 45 minutes. To my surprise 15 minutes later Amanda calls me and says come back he didn’t take lunch. This was beyond awesome that she called me to let me know I really appreciated the extra effort because when I got there 2 people were already ahead of me and more were coming in so I would’ve been waiting a while… my nurse was phenomenal very sweet and made me feel comfortable. I don’t remember her name though. The doctor was a relief doctor (hey doctors need breaks and vacations!) so I won’t judge the place on him because he’s not a regular but he wasn’t that good and very impersonal didn’t even tell me what he thought I had or anything just wrote a script handed it to me and said bye… the other staff was kind and explained everything though! If I ever get sick i would feel hands down comfortable coming back!

Would give 0 stars if I could. Made an appointment, got there early to give my insurance info. Waited an hour in an overcrowded, dirty waiting room. No point in making an appointment as there is no sense of urgency. If you have insurance, go anywhere else.

Love this place. The DR is very nice and treat everyone equal. He listens to my medical needs and fix it. I will always go back.

Y’know that old George Carlin schtick, «Somewhere in the world is the world’s worst doctor. And what’s truly terrifying is that someone has an appointment with him tomorrow morning»? Yeah, it’s true. I have been to some pretty spectacular doctors in my time, but Dr. Jose Quinonez did not seem particularly qualified nor interested in really meeting patient needs.
Dr. Quinonez would accuse me of lying about my symptoms to his nurse, when in reality I’d been asked some questions that were not particularly helpful, and kept trying to convince me that a fever, not my chest pain, was my overriding symptom. It was uncomfortable.
At the end of it all, I left undiagnosed with a referral for a specialist who couldn’t see me for nearly 2 months. 2 days later at Kaiser, after my symptoms worsened, I had the whole thing cleared up in an evening.
Avoid if reasonably possible.

This is the absolute worst place, by far. The wait is ridiculous, the staff does not care. You could have a serious illness and they are rude. Wait time is no less than one hour. You need to wait about 2 hours to get a prescription refilled and once you are in they take no more than 5 min. The absolute worst service!

Honestly I was very upset with waiting time at the beginning. But the doctor is seriously the best I fell in love with him.

Arrived 15 minutes early for my 9am appointment, it is now 9:30 and still waiting… and it’s not even busy. The waiting room is very hot and it appears they don’t have or use an air co ditioning system for the comfort of the patients.
Update: 10am and nothing yet, I have seen a lot of the girls laughing, conversating, setting up Christmas decorations… the waiting room is now full !

If you don’t have insurance this place is where you need to go. The Doctor has always been nice and knowledgeable without making you feel like you are wasting his time (I’ve experienced my share of doctors who make you feel like you are not worthy of their time). I had to knock a star because the wait times like any other urgent care sometimes can be frustrating and how crowded it can get. There is a training program for medical assistant students which once in a while requires a little patience as they are having to learn how to enter your info and perform certain tasks pertaining to working in a medical office in all fairness we all have to start somewhere. I’d recommend this doctor if you need to see a doctor sooner than later, if you want a doctor that takes same day appointments/​walk-​ins, has the ability to be versatile in treatment areas due to all the Urgent Care conditions that require treatment, just make sure your expectations are realistic of any Urgent Care. Like I said before if you do not have insurance and need a doctor that you can see on a monthly basis or as needed this is an affordable asset. Plus they always have candy at the front

This place is horrible! I waited for 3 hours waiting for my name to be called! Absolutely the worst clinic ever. Hate it so much. Waiting time is RIDICULOUS.

Most awful experience I’ve ever had in a clinic. I just came to get the medical form from the DMV filled out to get my B driver’s license for my job. The doctor was on his cell phone THE ENTIRE TIME. He did not say a single word to me while I was in there. The only thing he said to me was «she’ll take care of the paperwork» as he was getting me out the clinic. Then they charged me $ 75 to fill out a f***ing piece of paper with little other than basic vital signs! And even when they were taking my pulse the machine stopped working halfway through! Then the nurse led me to a room and left me in there with the lights off! Literally left me in the dark until the doctor showed up talking on his cell phone. And all this was after making me wait for 3 HOURS!!! UNBELIEVABLE! The staff themselves are seriously obese and don’t look healthy at all themselves! From beginning to end HORRIBLE!

The office staff was helpful and pleasant to work with. The doctor who runs the clinic has terrible bedside manor and did a poor job examining me. I felt rushed and was told that he could not help my problem (which was easily diagnosed by a different doctor who I saw after.) Not impressed, I will not return and would recommend visiting a different location if you need to go to urgent care.

You’re going to wait an hour even with an appointment, there’s no patient organization at the front but nurses in the back are nice

In addition to my «quick tip», I’ll go ahead and provide a more elaborate review.
To recap: There are two separate listings for Gaslamp Medical, one has bad reviews and the other seems to have better reviews.
One way or the other, the negative reviews crack me up — the reviewers are outraged that they have to wait! Let me reiterate: This is a doc-​in-​the-​box. What do you expect? Appointments? WELL — he takes those too, if your care isn’t urgent. If it is — see above.
Sorry to have such circular reasoning, but if you expect concierge care at an urgent care center, who’s running who in circles around here?
Dr. Quinones and his staff have always been as responsive as they can be given their business model. Personally, I would rather my physician spend a little more time on me and will wait as long as I need for his patient care. Super nice and knowledgable doc running a solo practice in Downtown San Diego for over 15 years — give him some props. The fact that he has a smile on his face EVER is admirable enough. (For those who don’t know why or what I’m talking about — see Obamacare)
I agree with Jacklyn that given the «turn and burn» environment, the patient care and friendliness of staff makes a huge difference!

I highly don’t recommend this place on many counts. There are better more attentive doctors out there.

This place has got to be the most despicable doctor’s office I have even been to. The RN in the office, his name is Ron, he is a jerk and treats people as if they are lucky to be in his presence. They have a different intern in there every time to save money on paying an actual employee. They have all the free give away from the medicine companies. There will be 10 people waiting in the waiting room and a nice looking pharmaceutical sales women will walk in and the Doctor will see them (he needs the kick backs) it is a joke, he is a joke, his staff is a joke. They should be ashamed of themselves. It is dirty and gross.

If your looking for a new physician in the 92 101 or surrounding areas give them a shot. I love the convenience and the ability to walk in without an appointment and usually be seen within the hour.
They seem to accept all major insurance carriers and again I am a big fan because of the convenience. It’s nice to have a local spot you can walk to and not have to worry about making an appointment and waiting 3 weeks to be seen!
Sometimes they are a bit busy but that is expected. If you can go mid morning or later in the afternoon that seems to be the best time. Early morning Monday’s always seem to be very busy! :)

Doctor’s offices scare the crap out of me. It’s usually filled with crying kids, people coughing what I can only imagine is the second wave of the bubonic plague, unfriendly staff who are just waiting for the clock to hit the end of their 8 hour shift.
My manager has frequented this location on almost a day to day basis so it wasn’t much of a surprise that when I had needed to go to doctors for my procrastinated care on my UTI, I ran straight here.
The waiting room is very small, maybe 9 seats total. The receptionist at the desk isn’t overly friendly but she also doesn’t look like she hates her job. The longest I have had to wait (yes I have been there more than once) was 30 minutes top.
Once your name is called a friendly nurse takes your vitals, puts you in the room and it’s only another 10 minutes before the doctor comes into the room and examines you.
I have had two different doctors and both have been very nice. They prescribed me my medicine and advised drinking lots of water and cranberry juice to prevent this in the future. Super friendly, and seem to really care in what usually is a «turn and burn» enviroment.
I’m not quite sure of the parking situation, I believe they have a garage but you have to have them open it up. I’ve usually always have found street parking in front of it.