Walgreens

I live in the neighborhood so this Walgreens was a natural «go to» for my drugstore type purchases. EVERY EMPLOYEE at the store is friendly, knowledgeable, and accommodating. Kudos to the store management for obviously putting a major emphasis on quality customer service. A special shout out to the very competent and professional pharmacy staff (especially Farisa, Crystal, and Nick) — although they all are professional, helpful, courteous, and give a major boost to the Walgreens brand through their competence, compassion, and extensive knowledge! Visit this excellent Walgreens — you will not be disappointed, and you will walk out feeling like you have received outstanding value for your money, EXTRAORDINARY customer service, and a friendly neighborhood-​like feeling from all of the staff.

I swore I would not use this store when I saw it was being built at this location (I was dedicated to CVS). Well I went in one time to get a medication filled because CVS had a long wait and I needed it immediately. The Walgreens was bright, clean, well organized, employees friendly, but it was the pharmacy and the pharmacists who won me over and are the reason I keep coming back. The pharmacists are so friendly, knowledgeable, organized, quick and when they say they will call you and follow up in a specific amount of time they really do. They say 15 minutes to get a prescription filled and the longest I have waited is maybe 10 minutes. They really are wonderful.

I LOVE YOU, WALGREENS!!! For some reason, it seems as if this chain is a bit hard to find around here; they were quite plentiful back in the Midwest (understandably, as it was founded in Chicago back in 1901)! I am not a fan of its ‘competitor,’ as I have found numerous times that there is a lack of service, especially from their pharmacists/​pharm techs. T_​_​_​T I have been sick for a while, and the doc prescribed me a specific medication that seemed to not be readily in-​stock — I went to two different of its competitor’s location (out of convenience), and the pharmacist/​pharm techs at both locations refused to assist (not sure what the purpose for their ‘Pharm Consultation’ window was for!!!), answer questions, and/​or put an order in (!!!). I was confused and not happy, as all the staff just kept saying over and over in how ‘busy’ they were (no one was waiting (!)) and them filling out a med order was just too much of a ‘hassle’ for them. All of a sudden, I remembered there being a Walgreens in the Del Ray neighborhood! I called, and the pharmacist picked up right away, explaining everything to me — she stated that they didn’t have the specific med, but it wouldn’t be a problem putting in the order that day. She told me the pharm hours, and I made my way over there. This Walgreens feels like neighborhood drug store — the place seemed to have been recently-​renovated — it was so clean & sterile, bright, cheery, and well-​organized. The pharmacy towards the western part of the place was in immaculate condition; the pharmacist that handled everything was just so UNBELIEVABLE. She made sure that all my questions were answered, put in the order, asked if I would like text messaging for prescription updates, and was just so professional and kind. I LOVE HER!!! I do not know why I have strayed, Walgreens, but no more! This location is slightly out of the way, but it is totally worth it! :D
+great pharmacy: D
+best pharmacist everrrrrrrrrrrrrrr: D
+best customer service everrrrrrrrrrrrrrr: D
+free lot for parking: D

I thought that I had already written a review… in fact, I am shocked that I have yet to…
and I believe when asked if I was the one to write a review for this location, I may have even said, yes…:/
Firstly, I am a Walgreens fanatic. It is true. But that doesn’t make me biased… I gave a less than stellar review for one location :)
However, I have to say that this location is one of the best ones. The staff is friendly, but not follow-​you-​around and ask you if you need anything over and over again friendly (thankfully). They have a great selection of products, the store is bright and clean, the pharmacy fills prescriptions quickly, and parking is a breeze.
The manager of the pharmacy is probably the nicest pharmacist I have come in contact with, aside from one other at their Rt1 location. I did have one encounter at this location with a really rude pharmacist, but I am chalking it up to him having a bad day. Otherwise, I highly recommend this location.
It beats CVS any day of the week. I only wish that this location (store and pharmacy) was open 24 hours a day.

I never thought that I’d give a Walgreens 4 stars, but here I am… (Just as surprised as you are.) This Walgreens is about a thousand-​fold improvement from the CVS right down the street. Where CVS is cramped and crowded, Walgreens is large and open. Seriously, though. It’s at least double the size of the CVS and way more stocked.
I can always find what I’m looking for here. (And oftentimes I find myself buying more than I need to here. It’s like Target’s little brother or something.) They have a well stocked food/​snacks section, as well as a great cosmetics selection. If you’ve been to any drug store before, you’ll know that these are standard prices.
The employees here are really nice. However, I only ever go here at night, so I don’t see many workers around. There’s always only one register open and I’ll be lucky to catch someone walking around the aisles. It feels like a zombie-​apocalypse and I’m scrounging for supplies the farther into the store I go. The farther back I go, the less people I see and the quieter and creepier it gets.
I don’t like how early they close, though. I believe the closing time is 10 or 11 PM. Please step up and become 24 hours, like the CVS is! Even Giant closes later than you do sometimes! And the blinding white of this place coupled with the harsh lighting doesn’t generally make for a good shopping trip. (Unless you’re trying to get people in and out as quickly as possible. If that’s the case, you’re succeeding stupendously!)
The way I’ve been raving about this place almost compels me to open up a Walgreens card. It’s definitely my go-​to quick stop store in the area.

This Walgreens is a definite step up from the crappy CVS down the street and is a much more practical use of this space than the business that were there before.
The store is large, new, and clean. It’s well organized and has a lot of stuff to offer, including a more involved food and drink selection than you’d typically expect at such a store. The employees are friendly and the parking is ample. I’m very happy to have a good pharmacy option in my neighborhood.
I don’t miss the old stores at all. The antique stores were quaint but run down, and I only do so much shopping at antique stores (once a year, maybe) vs. weekly visits to the drugstore.
The hardware store that was there was terrible — its poor selection and high prices I could forgive given that it is local, but the rudeness of the staff I could not forgive. So I spent the extra time to drive to Home Depot anyway and thus the departure of that other hardware store is good riddance as far as I am concerned.
Laundromat and such were just not relevant to me. I’m happy that this corner is now worth visiting for me.
The problem with this store is the neighborhood’s foolish reaction to it. I heard that the sandwich store across the street (Mancini’s) has banned the Walgreens employees from getting food there, which is about as small-​minded and ridiculous as one could imagine. And people in Del Ray seem to think they will just vote with their wallets by not shopping at this Walgreens. The Walgreens is here, people, so you might as well live with it. You don’t want Del Ray to get a reputation as a neighborhood where a reasonable business can’t function because the locals are petulant children. That will not lure other businesses, and then you’ll be stuck with places like that crap CVS and that crap Giant.

Nice new store, friendly employees, learning curve for staff is steep but they’re doing their best I imagine. Greeters are genuine. Store is clean. FAR cry from the Soviet Bloc looking CVS next door.