One Dollar Only

Wow, I’ve been going here for years, and it’s just the best. Variety is even better than 99 Cents Only or Dollar Tree for many things (no fresh or frozen food), and thankfully, still a dollar. Again, best place ever.

The store needs more feminine products like the other chain dollar stores. The cashier’s need to be more considerate to customer’s especially Seniors! The poor lady had problems getting her coins out of her wallet I saw the cashier Asian lady Roll her eye’s at her!!. Really!!. Wait till you get to be her age!!. Just that moment I decided not to spend my money at this store. drove to a Dollar Tree at Daly City.

Nothing fancy. Straight forward. Needed something quick not exactly long lasting but accomplishes certain emergencies @ 8am. Needed some iron-​on patches, magnifying glass & other things for a lab class. A unique fun store even just to browse. Lots of low priced children’s party stuff. I think this used to be the old Woolworth store. Friendly service. Its got a lot of stuff. Glassware, party paper bags, balloons, table mats, etc. Not too many real Dollar stores left today. I can only think of another one in the city. Most are buck and half now. Thanks for keeping the prices low.

This place is great! I was pleasantly surprised at the range of goods they carry. If you want very inexpensive XMAS decorations, gift bags, etc., then this is the place to go!
We needed to buy 60 mugs for as a small gift for a party. We found decent holiday themed mugs. We asked if they had them boxed which they did and ended up buying two boxes for 72 mugs. A staff member wheeled them out to the car.
I’ll have to back when I’ve more time to check out all they carry.

This dollar store is the bomb. Now don’t expect high quality items but c’mon now its a dollar. They have decent painting supplies and a wide variety of cups and glasses. Throwing a party? This is the perfect place to find everything you need while saving a lot of money. The clerks may have limited english skills but they have way better customer service than the dollar tree in Daly City where they speak full english. I especially like going here for helium filled balloons. Only bad thing is the parking situation, but then again that is dverywhere. Now want some better quality items? Go to the $ 5 dollar store down the street on excelsior.

This is the best dollar store in the City. (Daiso and Ichiban Kan are really a different thing into themselves)
Large selection and the prices aren’t pumped up like those in the Mission where prices are often 50 to 100 percent more for the exact same item, package and all.

This location use to be on Excelsior street, but they probably moved for a larger building. Nonetheless, most of the stock here hasn’t changed since their inception.
They carry all sorts of off brand items and plastic cooking utensils that you’re otherwise pay up to three or four times at big box stores like Target or Safeway. Most of the snacks here can be hit or miss, but if you’ve had snacks from a brand you trust, it’s probably closer to the expiration day then you’d like it to be.
Most if the cashiers are very efficient and usually know where everything is. I’ve never had a problem finding what I need, but more than half the time, they don’t even have it.

The store is great, but the employees never pay attention to the customers. They use their cell phones for texting all the time. In addition, they did not give me the right amount of change, and I had to call the owner to get my money. I hope, the store owner does something about this.

the biggest drawback is there a fact that they have only pain parking whoever brings cents on them I don’t know you’re Mexican feel better anything else nice location and faxes in Daly City you know you get what you buy

One Dollar only is actually at 4550 mission st., not at the old address listed.
pretty big and clean store. different from other dollar stores in that mexican goods are stocked.
got the ususl: glasses and a sloppy joe (1)
–stores carry a limited number of my reading size (1.50) so i stock up wheneve i find a dollar store
–sloppy joe: gonna compare it with the $ 9 sloppy joe sammie i ate last week.
shopping notes:
–no checkout aisles, just 2 clerks at front counter.
–3 stars for now, deserves 4 stars. minor shortcomings.

Paid $ 20.02 on a $ 13.02 tab. The cashier never gave me my $ 7.00 change, and strongly claims she did. Thieves, rude employess (on their phones texting) while I’m waiting for them to ring up my order… Place is a half a star. Don’t waste your time here. Place is worse than the flea market… Hope the bi*** gets deported!!!

This bargain $ 1 store moved 2 blocks south to a larger building.
The old address was 4458 Mission. Now the new location’s address is 4550 Mission.
The variety is not as good as Daiso. And some people don’t realize that many things can be found at local supermarkets for under $ 1.
Only a few things seem like a good value. Like energy saving light bulbs, and some kitchen tools. For example, I bought a decent metal colander.
Avoid the large bags of chips, most are close to the expiration date and already rancid.
If u are addicted to Mexican Coke, this is the cheapest place in the city to buy it ($ 1).

I think the owner remembers my face, which just shows how much I frequent here whenever I feel like taking a walk. Actually, come to think of it, I always drop by One Dollar Only right after I pick up my books from the Excelsior Branch library.
Things I repeatedly find myself purchasing: school supplies like college-​ruled notebooks, white-​out, a pack of ten different colored sharpies, and so forth.
I’ve gotten other random stuff in the past such as photo frames, a Spongebob Squarepants tin can piggy-​bank (I’m truly a kid at heart), cotton balls, the list just goes on and on. And true to its words, each item costs ONE DOLLA! (only)
Sure, there are times I get useless things that I later asks myself, «WHY?What were you thinking?», but I have no regrets.
They’ve recently moved. The new location is still on Mission, but a few blocks closer to Ocean Ave. They took over the failing furniture business, which was a store or two away from Payless.
There’s also another dollar store specifically named One Dollar Only in Daly City. The owner (same as the Mission one) saw me and said, «Hey, nice to see you at this location too»… Heck, I should totally ask him to give me a discount! LESS than ONE DOLLA =)
Thanks for making the Excelsior a better neighborhood.

February 16, they were still selling Valentine’s Day balloons– I still had to dish out 1 $ plus tax and some sort of helium fee. Okay. I had a little whiner with me, I would have paid 5 $.
1 $ pregnancy tests! Do they work? *shrugs* Heck, these pee sticks are at least 10 – 20 $ everywhere else.
Big bottles of liquid dish soap, party stuff and all kinds of other stuff… for a buck each. A good deal is a good deal.

Great dollar store. Lots of cheap things that people actually use in everyday life. Quality is hit and miss. I saw some things that are good quality and some are not that good like misshaped items but that is expected. Lots of office supplies, paint brushes, cups, vases, containers, soup, shampoos, even food and soda (although I wouldn’t want to try). They even have dvds (cheap knockoffs). Overall very happy with this store but 1 star off for parking since its in a fairly crowded area.

Great for a dollar store with much to offer. Many interesting items and all are so very affordable and convenient for a broke college pupil like myself! A downside may be that most of th estaff don’t speak English so basic spanish and hand motions are a must.

This is by far one of the best dollar stores around in San Francisco where everything is a dollar. One must use their discretion in making their purchases. If one comes here to find high quality items such a person is mistaken and should avoid going to any dollar stores.
They have a good variety of earrings, children’s crafts and coloring books, stationary, housewares, and knick knacks. They also have tons of plastic containers — make sure to read the labels on them because some of them contain lead.
They also carry many helium balloons and party needs. This is the place where you purchase random needs like shoelaces, gift bags, crayons, or dominoes

Blame my old roommate Jeff for turning me on to the dollar stores at 16^th & Mission when I lived down there a few years back. Since then, each time I move, I have to find the local dollar store. Having just moved back to SF and landed in Diamond Heights, I (of course) consulted Unilocal first. I found this place and it’s a pretty good one. It’s decent sized, parking’s not too bad on the street, the people who work there are very nice and there is good variety of products.
L.A. people will know the «99 Only Store,» the valhalla of the dollar/​99 stores. It’s not quite at that level but I found «One Dollar Only» to be pretty good.

I’m a sucker for Dollar stores — and this is one of my favorites. Again, located near my mama’s house, I can just walk down the busy mission street and see what they have. Parking is a biznach thou — so just be aware.
I’m also a sucker for Disney everything — and Disney things they have galore! I scored some really cute princess hand towels (that don’t look cheap) and some other trinkets for party favors.
Before buying anything at target, I make a quick stop here to see what they got first. For a buck, you aint got nothing to loose.

It has the makings of a new version of «West Side Story»…the Battle of the Dollar Stores. You have the kimono-​wearing Japanese gang wielding their plastic chopsticks from Daiso, and then you have the bandana-​headed Latino gang holding up their plastic Jesus figurines from One Dollar Only.
OK…so it may not have the cache of a Daiso or even an Ichiban Kan in Japantown, but this dollar store in the heart of the Excelsior district does have some great deals for the odds and ends you need to get for your house. It is interesting to see how different subcultures mold their versions of the dollar store.
Whereas Daiso has Japanese knick-​knacks that reflect the idiosyncrasies of that country’s natives (…and I should know since I was born in Tokyo), One Dollar Only caters to the more ethnically mixed neighborhood in the Outer Mission, especially the Latin community. You can tell from the vast number of religious artifacts they sell… and they have lots of cornmeal and chili sauce, too. They also have quite a collection of curtain swags and tiebacks accented with big plastic flowers.
But there are pleasures to be had here. One Dollar Only actually one-​ups Daiso in selling disposable plastic containers for a dollar. And they sell real packages of food — not just rice crackers and ramen — all for a dollar a piece. You can also get kitchen utensils, batteries and all the real day-​to-​day stuff you need to survive urban guerrilla warfare. Why, they even sell little signs with nasty messages that you can hold up when another car cuts you off on the freeway.
So take an adventure into this working-​class neighborhood and buy yourself a scented candle with the Biblical quotes printed on it. You deserve it.