Walgreens

Don’t go here for a passport photo. I’m an executive assistant and I sent my boss her because I needed her to get 2 copies of passport style photos for a business visa to India. We were unfortunately on a very tight time frame to get this visa submitted and I literally needed to get the application in the overnight that same day. So she goes to this Walgreens and is told it will take 5 minutes. 15 minutes go by and it turns out there was a shadow on the photo. Rather than fixing the flash and retaking the photo, they spend an inordinate amount of time trying to touch the photo up. The result was a very doctored looking photo, which isn’t going to fly on business visa application. She asked them to please just retake the photo several times and the associate as well as the manager stood united and just refused. WTF. Just fix the flash and retake the picture. Whats the big deal? Are you seriously concerned about loosing 5 cents to maybe a dollar in photo paper? She ended up going to CVS. I narrowly got all the documents into the overnight. If there were some legitimate reason for the inconveniences such as a problem with the camera, or shortage of staff in the store, I could maybe understand, but that was not the case. The staff and management of that store just refused the easiest and most obvious solution. If someone is coming in for a passport photo their is a pretty good chance that, that person may be in rush to get their passport or visa application submitted. Don’t say its going to take 5 minutes, then argue about retaking the picture, and then force the customer to go elsewhere.

It was fine. Nothing too significant to report. Turns out they don’t have corn starch– it was a shot in the dark anyways. Easy in-​easy out.

Stay away
Had a very bad experience.
Medication called in and there was no record of it in the computer.
The pharmacist was not nice or helpful.
This is the result of large chains taking over from the small neighborhood pharmacies.
Go to cvs or better Griebs in darien.

Awesome and a drive thru… who knew? I went to this Walgreens because not one other Walgreens in a 30 mile radius had my daughter’s medication. And a few of the stores that I called wouldn’t even tell me if they had it… they said I had to drive down and they could check. WTF?! Why the hell would I drive all over Connecticut hoping I can find medicine when you are there, have a phone and should be able to tell me what you have in stock. Come on is stupidity a requirement for working at Walgreens?!
Anyway, I called this location from Midtown Manhattan, asked if the medication was in stock and after finding out that it was I hightailed it back to CT. When I pulled up to the store I discovered not only covered parking, but a drive up window! Hallelujah!!! I dropped off the medication, was told to wait 20 minutes, got a text in 19 telling me to come back and I was on my way home in no time. I will use them again and again! Thanks :)

They need to hire new pharmacy staff. I went to the drive thru window to pick up a prescription and waited for about 15 minutes, rang the bell 5 times, and got no response. Not even an «I’ll be right with you» So my boyfriend went inside, a little angry obviously and found the guy was too busy taking pictures with his phone to actually help customers and when he finally got around to helping my boyfriend informed him that Walgreens isn’t Mcdonalds and that’s why no one was helping us at the window. I was so livid I even called corporate to complain and never heard anything back. Even CVS with it’s long lines has better customer service.

Not bad. I like that the parking is convenient, covered and seems fairly safe. I don’t think this is a great area so stay alert.

if you live near here i am sure this is convenient. but weird.
they came on the PA and told us they were closing so everyone in the store is trying to check out and only one register is open. in front of us a couple had them price check a basket full of items and then was deciding what they could afford to buy or needed, and the next woman needed rain checks for everything that was on sale and out of stock.
parking lot is under a building and sort of strange, neighborhood is a little sketchy (we went to auto zone across the street and they had an armed guard!)

This company has changed over the last few years. For the worst. Employees are obviously not treated well and the management is stressed out. Somehow I think that Walgreens thinks that they are making the company better and that longtime customers don’t see the difference. THIS long time customer does. I have taken my business to the new CVS on High Ridge Road until I can find an independent drugstore that actually WANTS my business and gives a damn.

One might think that this Walgreens would be dinky because of its ‘urban’ setting at the base of an apartment building, but it’s actually incredibly spacious and has all the departments one might find in more suburban locations: Photos and print-​your-​own, a wall of cosmetics, and light groceries. They just opened in April 2009. Some of their signs originally said that there would be a 24 hour drive-​thru pharmacy at this location; however they have either scrapped those plans or haven’t got the pharmacy running yet. Parking is available next to the store under the apartment building.