Bartell Drugs

Pharmacy needs to get their act together. Their staff gave me incorrect information. Not sure who is right but if 3 different people gave me 3 different answers, it’s safe to say one of them is wrong.
These «pharmacists» handle people’s medication. Scary thought.
One of them actually even called me by the wrong name …

Bartell Drugs in Lower Queen Anne is awesome! There are some Unilocalers who gave this location low ratings because of their experiences with the pharmacy, but if you shop here because it’s a neighborhood convenience store that’s open 24 hours and don’t come in here to buy medications from the pharmacy, it’s a great store with a great staff!

The pharmacy is always so disorganized. It should be simple to fill a prescription sent directly from my doctor, but it never is. They are always scrambling through the computer, bins, bags… Shouldn’t the computer tell them if it has been filled and where it is located? Apparently not.

Useless pharmacist. She suggests seeing a doctor for everything. I hate to tell you miss pharmacist, we are not in Canada where health care is free for everyone.
You need a different career, perhaps something where you work behind the scenes and not deal with the public
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Shame on you.

Nothing amazing. but also no problems.

My favorite Bartells! 24hours and nice and big.
Great local store. Chinook Book coupon very generous.

This Bartell’s is a very nice store (clean, neat), but the pharmacy is very, very slow. I’ve learned to order my prescriptions at least a day in advance of when I need them, because that’s how long it takes to fill them past the scheduled time for pick-​up. To be fair, I wasn’t hugely impressed with the Bartell’s pharmacy in the Magnolia neighborhood either, but at least they tried to make things right when they couldn’t do what I needed right away. Despite pharmacy challenges, the staff are generally friendly. I switched to Bartell’s from Wallgreen’s because of the convenience of a closer location, but Wallgreen’s is much more proactive and reliable. I’ll likely switch back.

This Bartell’s is the fuckin bomb. It’s open 24 hours!!! The best prices on Emergen-​C. And the Ghiradelli Chocolate Chips are usually on sale at least like once a month. There is also very comforting about their red and white color scheme.

Pros:
~24/​7!
~Free parking
~Right above Metropolitan Market (²⁴⁄₇ grocery store)
~Good selection for snacks, cosmetics and random seasonal stuff
Cons:
~Pharmacy is super slow (It once took them 30 min. to process my insurance card…)
~40% of the time I had a rude cashier
This place is very good if you are just needing to buy a quick non-​prescription drug or a snack. It’s always open and never sketchy. However, I would recommend somewhere else for filling a prescription.

If I could do less than one star I would. Store is fine but I’m done with pharmacy! They gave me wrong dose, I noticed 30 days later and they didn’t apologize, nothing. I could go on and on about the multiple issues. If you have another pharmacy near you definitely stay away from this one!!!

Always friendly staff! They help you find what you need and did I mention the deals on wine?! I don’t mind a $ 6 Pinot! The location is great because they have parking. This location has the biggest selection I feel.

I shop Bartells because I support local businesses and I love the large selection of everything they have here… especially the candy & snack aisle! I remember going to Bartells as a child because of their cheap & varietal candy and I continue to enjoy it as an adult. This store has recently renovated the inside and it’s pretty swanky! They have great weekly deals on all sorts of goodies and are open 24hrs which is great. I’m taking one star off because they never seem to get my pharmacy order right and I’ve had to wait additional time even after my physician had faxed my order well ahead of time. So frustrating! Nevertheless, my favorite drugstore for most everything I need.

Love this place! Would be 5 stars if the night help didn’t move so damn slow. Love all the deals and they have cheap beer!

The actual store is great very nice, clean etc but I’m pretty much over the pharmacy. Here are my recent visits:
Nov: came in to get RX refilled AND gave insurance card, came back to pick up and then they tried to overcharge me b/​c they still had my old insurance on file and never loaded in new insurance
Jan 2: dropped off RX waited almost an hour before I gave up and left
Jan 8: came in to get previous Rx and tried to get Rx that was sent in by my dr, they never filled it.
Today jan 10: came back to get said Rx STILL NOT FILLED seriously this is your job, really not that hard.
Unless I’m have some medical emergency and I need a 24 place I think it’s time for me to go somewhere else… Or better yet switch to online pharmacy.

The only thing I really like is that this Bartell Drugs is close to home, making it a quick stop on the way home from work.
I want to like this place — I really do – but the pharmacy staff just doesn’t make that possible. Cranky!
I picked up an Rx recently, new insurance card in hand, and was charged the same price I was charged as uninsured. No explanation or clarification, no talk about generic vs brand names, just: ‘This is how much it is if you want it.’ I paid, and left pretty ticked off.
I had a much better experience getting clarification from the insurance company (when has anyone EVER said that?), which took about 3 minutes to say that said Rx was a Class 3 med, that there were generic options that were cheaper, and/​or here are a few other meds that do the same thing but are free — the same thing the pharmacist should have been able to say at the time I was there, instead of letting me leave upset without any explanation.
I’ll be transferring to a different pharmacy.

This is my go to place the normal stuff you get at a drug store. Just like all the other Bartell’s so I’m not going to say it’s anything special. But, the good part is it’s close to where I live, the staff is personable and it’s just above Metropolitan Market. Therefore, I can get everything here in one go and the peanut MM’s are ½ price what you’d pay at MM.
Extra tip is they have a display for FitBit and you can get one here without having to order online and wait for weeks.

This Bartell’s is always well stocked, especially the travel item section which is larger than most stores! They just received a renovation as well in the beauty section so it is looking really good these days!
My only complaint is the staff in the pharmacy are a bit cranky. Also, they ran out of a prescription I typically get so after two months of the ‘supplier being out of it’ I went down to QFC and they had it and had not had any shortage. Hm? I had to switch my pharmacy and ever since I did I have been happier because I don’t feel like I need to deal with attitude to get a simple prescription filled.
However, the location and prices of bath items keep me coming back to Bartell’s. Not to mention the free 30 minute parking is very convenient. Be sure not to exceed your time limit, they have people monitoring the lot and they will ticket you!

If you can help it, just know that the best time to come shop here is late at night. It’s great that the store is open for 24 hours. Reason mostly being that the private lot is fairly small, and people are terrible at driving there for some reason.
The side doors are closed late at night, so you’ll have to enter through the doors close to the escalators.
It’s relatively clean inside, and the shelves are always stocked with everything. The only thing that sucks is that there is always only ever one clerk at the register, which can be annoying when there’s 3 – 4 people waiting in line.

This Bartell Drugs in the best drugstore I’ve been to. This location has all sorts of great stuff and the staff is very helpful. They are also open 24 hours and there is a pharmacist on staff the entire time.
They have always been willing to help and I’ve never had a problem returning any products that don’t work quite right.

I have lived in Queen Anne for 7+ years. And Bartell Drugs is a place where the staff knows the regulars by name, and if you watch prices, can be very competitive with other businesses. While I cannot speak to the chain as a whole, I also like that I can get a prescription refilled at an alternative location… but this location being 24 hours that was only something I have needed once so far. I also like the self-​serve Photo Printing. They have standard Kodak kiosks that are open during customer service hours which are until about 8pm at night. Price and quality are reasonable enough that I have yet to buy a photo printer.
Overall, this is a well run corporate store that serves the neighborhood well… and did I mention they will price match with nearby Safeway Drug Store? I may be a little biased since I have been a customer such a long time, but I have been a customer such a long time because I make an excuse to go to other drug stores.
The one negative it has is it’s choice of music. Sometimes it is just grating.