Walgreens

This Walgreens deserves a review. It’s the nicest one I’ve ever been to with 2 stories built-​in to accommodate your shopping needs. Intimidating security guards are on active duty right by the front entrance, so be on your best behavior!
The first floor is spacious with a lot of offerings that a typical Walgreens store do not have! Going upstairs to 2^nd floor is where you’ll find the pharmacy, drugstore products, and beauty section. It is just as spacious and well organized on this second level too.
It can get busy and crowded but multiple cashiers are there, so long lines move fairly quick. This Walgreens was surprisingly really clean and organized despite the heavy foot traffic. Super friendly staff. Always a pleasure.

I’m a transgender male on HRT who moved here recently so I havent switched over pharmacies yet. I have gone to this Walgreens twice to get syringes and they kindly provided the proper syringes each time! Thanks for that! However, I went in today for the same reason and I was told that I cant get syringes without a prescription, after I clearly stated that I wanted to purchase them. I would appreciate some clarification on what the pharmacy clerks are allowed to sell to who because now I can honestly say I’m confused.

This place is conveniently located in downtown. It’s a large store, looked fairly clean. The patrons don’t necessarily all look so clean.
Came in just for water and some rubbing alcohol. The water — worked out great, bought a couple of gallon containers with handles so they could be carried around town getting back to the hotel. The bottle of rubbing alcohol — I have no idea how it costs around $ 3 for the same thing that is under a buck where I live. Is there an extra import cost on the west coast I’m not aware of?

I never had problems until they remodeled. Now they are out of stock on many things, always understaffed. Service is painfully slow… I’m not coming back! :-!

Words can’t express how thankful I am to this Walgreens store! Manager Chris Jackson helped me out so much with a last minute purchase I needed to make for an upcoming conference at The Westin Seattle! Thanks Chris for being so awesome at customer service. I’m so grateful!

Crappy, slow customer service.

Honestly… this was the strangest Walgreens I have ever seen in my life… it had me all like… WalWhattttttttt??? When I walked in the door as I seriously thought about swiftly running back out the door. Pros: Cheap prices, way cheaper than Target across the street. Good selection of snackies & necessities. Cons: Seems a bit icky & creepy right as you walk in the door. Certainly doesn’t send off a great vibe. Creepy, dirty looking people walking around in there, I guess shopping? The employees were decently nice thou for what I could comprehend of what they were saying with broken English… My little one & I survived nonetheless & I got to use my Walgreens discount, so that’s what really matters. Lol

for you who have nothing nice to say .god do’nt like ungly! and for the comment of the homeless and drug addits watch out you could be next afterall your in are store wallgreens go hawks !!

WHOOA. I would suggest walking around the corner to Target, or even Bartell’s, which was slightly better.
I’m a fan of Walgreens stores in general, but this one is small, very dirty, limited selection, and seems to be the hot spot on the street for buying booze.
If you need something basic, they’ll totally have it, but if you have options, pick another one.

Unfortunately this is my pharmacy, the location is just too damn close to work for me to take my business elsewhere.
Pros: convenient location, pharmacy staff is very nice and knowledgable, cheap snacks, excellent people watching (just don’t make eye contact with the tweakers/​crazies/​etc).
Cons: crackhead central, sometimes the staff is burnt out on dealing with said crackheads so they aren’t the friendliest (but can you blame them?!), always a long wait at the pharmacy.
It’s worth it if you’re in the mood for an adventure, perhaps not the best choice if you’re in a bad mood or feeling antisocial.

This particular location has a «bouncer”/security guard walking around the store who appeared to be «stalking» me and my mom around the store and asked us if we were «finding everything alright» 3 times in a row. My mom was standing in line for the check-​out and rather than stand with her I continued ‘window shopping’ for anything worth buying. The bouncer then approaches me and tells me I had to leave because I wasn’t buying anything. I was shocked and outraged. I’m a 34 year old male who was dressed in normal clothes and I don’t look like a homeless person so I have no idea why he was harassing me and my mom. The experience of being thrown out of Walgreens for no apparent reason is something I won’t soon forget. I will be filing a complaint with Walgreens and don’t plan on shopping there ever again.

I avoid this Walgreens like the plague due to the clientele that hang out right outside. It’s true and unfortunate but the other drug store in the area — Bartell’s — provides a much better shopping experience. In this Walgreens there are armed security guards around, which tells you something.
They recently renovated this store (as of August 2015). It looks much better now with the lights but there’s a lot to be said for the inventory here.
Crackhead clientele still present around the area unfortunately.

Pretty chaotic and therefore seems disorganized and ick. Probably because of the downtown location, but I only come here if I abso need to.

It’s Walgreens, you’re a fool to go in expexting even Target service. Walgreens is in this world for convience. With that being said, I have had to deal with long lines, but so do I in almost any similar store in downtown Seattle. I find if you’re nice to the staff they are nice to. Smile, say thank you and they will appricate you. Working in this part of downtown in a store like that I am sure they deal with a lot of crap. You wouldn’t be a joy of sunshine either, give them a break and at least attempt to brighten someones day.
Now that I am done with my counter reactions to most reviews at this location let me point out what I do love. They keep coupons at the register and they ask if you have your rewards card. Walgreens is wanky in the sense that you need both a card and a physical coupon for sales. But when you walk up with a smile they are more than happy to make sure you get the sale even if you don’t ask! I like that.

An experience, but not the good kind.
Went in for a passport photo – long line, loud blaring music at the register (like, obnoxious loud), super slow service 9or lack thereof). Passport picture system was confusing; apparently you have to wait in line, buy a code, then print it out and go through the line again? Who knows. I’m not a rocket surgeon, but my reading comprehension is pretty good and I didn’t know WHAT the heck it was talking about. But I wasn’t going to wait in that stationary line to find out. Avoid.

This place has horrible service. Every time I’m in here there’s long lines and the cashiers are never happy. I only go in here because it’s in such a good spot near everyhting and they close the latest (10pm).
Oftentimes, I find myself putting something back because I don’t want to wait in their longgg lines. Sometimes things are out of stock.

They have an above-​average selection of munchies!
I’m used to seeing Popcorn, Indiana and/​or Dale Thomas Popcorn on shelves, but they also had this new one I’ve not seen before called «Chip’ins». Definitely sounded like a healthier [and LIGHTER] snack! You have your potato chips, baked chips, pop chips and now chip’ins! Cool. They also had a POPchips shelf up front with a good deal — and for flavors I’ve also not seen before, haha.
Still is what it is.
Service can be weird.

I am giving this Walgreens 5 Stars because of one employee I was watching when I was waiting for a return. Her name was Terry and while I was waiting there for the guy to come refund my money for a purchase I was observing Terry. I have to say that I have never before seen anything like it. She wasn’t like the average cashier who yells: «NEXT»! when her customer left and the next customer in line was up. She was like: «Next! Hello Beautiful!». «Hi Sweetheart!» etc. Like she was living in some sort of weird happy world the rest of us couldn’t see.
She even tried to flirt with someone’s baby in a stroller and the kid was not impressed. «Hello little miss piggy!» (the kid had her hair in pig tails). Now, when I try and make babies laugh I take it very personally when they do not. Not Terry! She just shrugged, laughed it off, looked up to see who was next, and called out «Next! Hello Gorgeous!»
Oh my god. Terry should be a concierge. She lifted my spirits just observing her.
«Next! Hey Darlin’!»
PS– I’m pretty sure the name is Terry, but it was something that ended in a «y» and I thought it was peculiar that it did not end in an «i». Anyway, give Terry a raise.

Yep long lines and weird service at the register. I wanted to buy a pack of Big Red gum and at the register the lady argued with me about my gum. She said I should buy Stride because it’s on sale and I would save 60something cents. She said she wanted to save me money but I just wanted Big Red!
Then she kept touching my pack of gum and the stride gum that was next to her. I thought she was going to swap out my gum and force me to by Stride. Ahhh. But she gave up in the end and as I walked away she asked the next person if they wanted to buy some Stride.
Where the hell was I? It’s like Mexico where kids are selling you chiclets. except here it’s old ladies at walgreens with stride.

Even though Walgreens was my favorite drugstore back home, I try to avoid this Walgreens cause it’s small, the checkout line takes forever, most of the cashiers range from robotic to surly, and it’s ghetto. Like there’s always a police officer in the store — ghetto. But this store is right by my bus stop so if I need something in a hurry on the way to/​from work sometimes I gotta go in here. And a friend says the people at the pharmacy are real nice too. I do like that Walgreens always has a separate cosmetics register which can help you avoid the long checkout line. I do not like that over the last couple years the cashiers are required to ask you if you want whatever special (usually a crappy food item) they are featuring that week. This is on the bottom of my preferred drugstore list but I end up here once every few months or so. 2 Stars for the store plus one for location.
On many bus lines; good for people watching; smaller selection that other Walgreens; enter at your own risk.