Walgreens

This is by far the nicest Walgreens in SF; its spacious and clean with a helpful, polite staff. It’s definitely geared towards tourists with a lot of souvenirs and prepared foods, but I love it for the clean wide isles and the lack of locked up product. I guess tourists are more trustworthy customers than San Franciscans :-\
I left off two stars because they have had refrigeration issues ever since they opened. They have a huge wall of refrigerators and freezers but they seem to be under regular repair and everytime I’ve bought ice cream there in the last two years it has frostbite.

Great for tourist stuff, cheaper than other tourist traps. Grab some vino for the hotel room and anything you may have forgotten on your trip. There’s another Walgreens for locals 2 blocks away. I could see it from my hotel room but every time I left the hotel I wound up here. Magic.

Only for tourists. The only thing going for this place is that it is new and clean. I was so excited when it opened — closer to Russian Hill where I live and better than the nasty Walgreens on Bay in the Safeway shopping center.
However, if you need something besides grab-​and-​go food or souvenirs, you will often leave empty-​handed. Need some basic school supplies in August that every other Walgreens stocks? Forget it. Saw a deal in the weekly ad? Won’t be there. Need duct tape? No way. I have wasted so much time stopping here for something basic that I couldn’t find.
The Pharmacy is a joke. They don’t open until 9 or 10 a.m. and they take an hour for lunch in the middle of the day. Where am I? Spain? Seriously, if you need a prescription filled for a sick child or before you go to work, they can’t help you.
They should just call it «tourist central» as they have alienated everyone who might actually use it on a regular basis.

Time: 7:18pm
Purpose: Needed duct tape to hold down a loose piece of calking til I can get car to mechanic garage just lazy at the moment.
Staff: Some looks like they’re really working and some well there to collect a check with little or no work effort shown. Ask where duct tape are and salesperson just said over there without pointing. It can be anywhere in there that’s why I ask no brainer there.
Cleanliness: Store was clean your usual Walgreen’s goods since this location is smaller stuff can been seen shove above shelf’s as high as possible.
Products: Your everyday necessities and some more. They carry their house brand (Nice) a cheaper alternative to name brand if you prefer.
Expectations: Growing up here this corner held 3 businesses in the past. Tower Records, Amoebi music, dry cleaner or plant shop forgot which one it was. Location is within blocks of gallelio high school on bay/​van ness students might be an issue here they only allow a certain number in when its 3:15pm-4:30pm. This intersection is notorious is hitting pedestrians making right turn onto Columbus or rear end accidents.
Final Thoughts: Another chain open in parts of NB/​RH I’m starting to think starbux maybe related to Walgreen’s sprouting up everywhere when ever it has a chance.

Is that what shopping in the future looks like?
It’s clean… very clean… kind of sterile though.
A good selection of products. They also have ready-​made «grab-‘n’-go» sandwich and snack options.

This is a great new location for Walgreens. Yes, they have a location about 4 blocks away (at Northpoint Safeway center), but if you are like me you avoid that place at all costs unless you need groceries.
This location is well stocked, have a great clearance section full of goodies, and a nice large pharmacy area.
Minus one star for the access to this location. You have to make sure you are really specific with your street choice, or you can’t get in this place! Best way is to head South on Columbus or East on Bay. Then its zippy.

This is merely a one star rating for their photo services. I placed a photo order online hours prior to the pickup time. It was an order of 4xx photos.
When I actually got home and took a look at the photos, I noticed that a huge portion of the photos was missing. After counting the photos, there was only 1xx photos?! I called their photo service number right off the bat and no one picked up. However, I received a call from them 10 minutes later regarding the photo issue.
Did it really take them an hour something to realize their mistake? They said that they missed «a couple of photos» when it was «¾ of my 4xx photos». Their reason was «they ran out of media». They sure did handle their «out of media» situation terribly. I had to travel all the way back there just to get the rest of the photos.

Walgreen in San Fran. Russian hill to be exact. It took 16 minutes on hold to have someone answer!!’??. Also, the Unilocal app says they open at 8 am, not???

How have I been walking past this Walgreens for an entire semester and not have stopped in here once until today?! Shame on me.
This walgreens is impeccably clean and spacious. The floors are spotless, the items are very well organized, the staff is super friendly… I mean I would be too if I worked at the crème of the crop!
I stopped in before class to grab some almonds as a protein boost (finals have me whacked out to the max.), but I left with much better! Its not easy being a vegetarian (43 days in counting) but I found some meatless wraps that were absolutely delicious:
The variety of fruits and ready to go meals and treats have all other walgreens beat… you heard! BEAT!
Merry Xmas to meeeeeeeeee

I love this Walgreens, and I love that it’s only a few blocks away from my apartment. Über clean and modern, the staff is extremely friendly and accommodating and the pharmacy kicks butt. It’s a great place to go when in need of a few thangs.

This is one of the nicest Walgreens in San Francisco. They have new cash registers and everything, everyone in here is helpful! I love how they’re having a grand opening coupon if you spend $ 10 or more you get $ 3 off. how great is that! and the lady that works at the Cosmetics helps you get the most of out Walgreens coupon book. so make sure you don’t refuse her help when she asks. Their hours are perfect 8am-​12am! and its sweet how they have a small parking lot!

This Walgreens opened up recently in an area already saturated by Walgreens. Two blocks away north and there’s Jones and Jefferson Walgreens. Two blocks east and there’s the Bay Street Walgreens in the North Point Center.
This place is OK. Everything is new and shiny but it is on the small side a bit. There’s free parking in their tiny lot which is usually packed during daytime hours. I didn’t see any enforcement so I think many people just park there and go elsewhere.
Inside it’s Walgreens as usual. The pharmacy is up a few steps on a slightly higher level than the rest of the store. The entryway is strange. You can not enter on Columbus. You must walk into the parking lot and walk up the ramp. This must be some ADA regulation cuz it makes no sense. I usually jump the railing rather than walk all the way around. I don’t see why they don’t make some step on the columbus street side since the door is RIGHT THERE!
This location has more fresh food than the other locations but it’s not any food that I would like to eat. They don’t even look like they can handle fresh food.
I rather go the the one Walgreens on the Bay street in the North Point Center. That one has tons of free 90min validated parking in the Shopping Center lot. I never have to worry about a space there. Plus I can freely walk to the shopping center restroom without having to pester a staff member.
I don’t bother with the Jones street Walgreens because they don’t even have a pharmacy in there. Walgreens without a pharmacy is like a McDonalds without burgers. WTH?!?

Walking into here was like walking into a spaceship. I thought it was closed at first, but it was just the mood lighting. They had sushi. Not making any of this up.

This place just opened a couple days ago! a brand new Walgreens, I remember this used to be Tower Records for a long time in this same location, Im glad they built a Walgreens to take it’s place