Alternatives a Health Collective

I’ve been a loyal patient for several years, but this place has seriously gone down hill. The budtenders are rude. They lack the knowledge or understanding to help patients. This place used to have a friendly atmosphere, but that is gone now too. It is clear to me that Karen (the owner) is hiring low-​quality people. The old adage applies… you get what you pay for. The quality of the bud has dropped too. I got some that had molded, and the prices have increased. Take my advice! Go somewhere else!

I am now writing this while there is four minutes left to this store being open. I have never written a review before but for this I will. It says open till 7 and nowhere does it say anything regarding an exception for new patients. I was not allowed in because I did not arrive within half an hour of closing as a new patient. Therefore wasting over 20 minutes driving to the dispensary, which I tried explaining to them, they didn’t care much. Thoroughly disappointed, and also they then closed a whole five minutes early, and saw this guy get locked out, someone who was a patient. I was just looking for a quick edible and decided to help the guy out with my personal stash, cause this business obviously doesn’t keep to its word.

My friend referred me here, nice friendly people got a pre-​roll for it being my first time there and my friend got one for referring me. Good choices, next time I’ll have someone go over everything so I don’t seem like a deer in the headlights. Nice and local come support!

Today was my first time in the club, the guy showed me what was what and gave me a free pre-​rolled joint. I also received a free sample of 4 Love Oil when I asked about it. After smelling most of the jars of flower I settled on a gram Dutch Treat. I spent $ 15 and got 3 products and left a happy customer. The Dutch Treat is great

Super friendly and knowledgeable staff! They make you feel comfortable and they have always kept great conversation with me and other costumers!

I drive here from Healdsburg. They carry quality I can’t find elsewhere. Thanks David and staff for helping me with Daydreamers!

I love Alternatives! I’ve been going here exclusively for almost 2 years. The staff are all very friendly and knowledgeable, they have a great selection of flowers, wax, edibles, clones and more products. Even the inside of the building has a cool vibe with an area to sit and read and they have a neat little library where you can take a book or two to read if you’d like to. I highly recommend Alternatives for all of your maijusnna medicinal needs!

Have always had a good experience here, knowledgeable staff, good product and nice community concern. There are plenty of new items available with reasonable and affordable prices. I have enjoyed the various celebrations put on for the benefit of the patient. Very patient friendly.

I came here when I was visiting the Russian River Brewery because it was a couple of miles away. When I got there I couldn’t find the door at first but some people showed me the right door. I went in and filled out a quick form and was admitted right away. There was no wait or lines so that made me happy. Prices are reasonable. Pretty average so I couldn’t complain. Also, you get a free gift for being a first time patient. That’s awesome because a lot of clubs stopped doing things like that. I would say I had a good experience at this collective and if I am ever in the ate again, I will probably visit.

Love this club! The people are so friendly and the medicine is top quality.
Pre rolls are my personal favorite and the ones they roll are fatties! Hands down best club in town

With other options like organicann or redwood herbal alliance, I can tell you coming to alternatives is a waste of money. You can find the same quality (and better) for 25 an eighth other places, but here they’ll charge you 35 – 60. The quality weed for those prices is a rip off when you can get three times as much better quality somewhere else. I give them one star because the staff is amazing and I would give another star for the edibles, (they have a decent selection) but you can find them anywhere else for the same price
Definitely go somewhere else if you want hash or concentrates. They also have a points system but the way they work it is not even worth spending money there to rack up points. If your looking to save money, look into other dispensaries!

Nice staff… Good medicine. Its a bit dark in there and Id love for them to expand their selection a bit more… Other than that– decent club!

I’ve stopped by Alternatives a few times over the last few years. Each time I’ve been impressed. In between, I’ve been impressed by their continued activism and outreach for patient access.
Today I was helped by Liz, who was very patient and knowledgeable while I perused a hundred different things. My pops and I both got first timer prerolls (even though technically I wasn’t) which I generously coated with residue from the Ghost Train Haze concentrate we purchased. Trainwreck flavor all day.
I didn’t try any flowers this time but the terpene profiles on a lot of the strains were on point.
I’d love to see residual solvent analyses on the concentrates and more full melts, but you really don’t see those most places yet so its okay for now in my opinion.

The service there is great very knowledgeable staff.
Even though my first times going to this certain location, (I was a returning customer from their previous location on Santa Rosa ave.) the service there was shitty but after going back a few times they seem to acknowledge me as a customer.

If you enjoy a more personal experience when buying your medicine, this is the place to go. I’ve only ever seen two employees working, and one is the owner, which tends the buds. This is actually incredibly cool as the guy can answer pretty much anything you want to know about anything in the store and then some.
Haven’t tried any of the flowers here, but did sample some of the concentrates. Not the largest selection, but the ones I tried were good. Everything is on commission so what sells is what stays.
I should check this place out again sometime.

Nice digs tucked in off Sebastopol Ave near Stonypoint. (Stony get it?) Wide selection of medz, clones, knowledgeable staff.

Keep having an awesome experience every time I go in to Alternatives. Concentrates are outta this world and the new loyalty program is fun and interactive.

This is the third time I’ve written a review for this place. The last two were removed. Idk why? So I’ll keep this short and simple.
1. Price vs quality doesn’t match
2. Staff seems very inexperienced.
3. Location is in a dangerous part of Santa Rosa and they have no outside surveillance assuring you safety walking to your car.
4. Only place I’ve seen that didn’t ask for verification. Mine was expired and he just let me in.
5. This place needs help. I don’t know who is managing but they are doing a poor job. I used to like this place.
Unfortunately I have to give this place 1 star as they had disappointed me severely in service and safety. I’m not asking for security (which is non existent here) just better surveillance. The location is a little scary. I really hope this review goes through. One thing that disturbed me was the fact that the person checking people in was rolling joints in the waiting area. I really think this place is getting away with a lot considering how strict state regulations are. They seem to be asking to get raided.

Very wonderful medicine & staff. They always have fresh edible samples! They even offer a 30 min free massages to all patients on Tues & Wednesdays. Jim gives the massages & is absolutely amazing with his hands! My back felt so relaxed & free of all pain after the massage! I cannot wait for next weeks session! The medical staff is so nice & positive whenever I visit. I Love the edibles they have too. The candies are my fave!

I was happy to see a new club open in SR…
here’s one star for each of my disappointing visits.
miss labeled overpriced meds.
stale eats.
mostly stoned (baked!) young neverknews behind the counter.
they’re new, maybe they’ll improve?
until then im going up the street to club fort knox on E Todd, unless i’m near sebastopol then its peace in medicine…
check this out, on my 3^rd and last visit today they had a «cannabis farmers mkt»
whole sale prices were promised, among other things and I’ve been looking forward to it for a couple weeks. HERB SALE!!!
The place was packed and loud. The staff seemed aggro. One of the venders had 1/​8s of decent looking sour D for $ 50. Another offered g’s of shwagy trim for $ 10. Containers were like 10% off. Eats $ 10.
WHOLESALE? WHERE?!
I spun the wheel of fortune for $ 2, hoping to win a cookie.
I hit the 10% off coupon. I gave it away in the parking lot before I drove up the street and scored a fruity ¹⁄₈ of my old fave lambsbread for only $ 35.
sight brotha seen rastafari.
bloodclot.