Northbay Alternative Healing

Limited Parking. Very rude and threatening customers. Limited selection. At one time the best in town but it has deteriorated and others who are much nicer with wider selection have opened. Become more gang-​like. You don’t need to go here when you have better choices just a few blocks away.

First off, SKETCHY AS HELL. (Note, I’m a seasoned white female hipster-​cracker from Oakland, I know how to hold my own)
I know, I know, it’s Vallejo, where isn’t it sketchy as hell? I wanted to trip up here because it’s the closest one to me; despite EBPA being my favorite, I wanted to find some closer alternatives.
It’s the unmarked yellow house. Go up the ramp and a guy will open the door for you. You go into the «living» room and sit on the couch while the BT helps the person before you. When its your turn you head into the «dining room» and you can take a gander at their messy white board for prices. No buds are in the glass case which separate you and the BT. They are all in jars with Sharpie writing on the lid labeling each strain. I wanted to make my trip fast, my BT seemed annoyed or tired, so I asked for the fruitiest he had.
The place overall seemed VERY amateur, the buds cut very poorly; a la «I’m growing these in the closet behind me», but YAY for stimulating the local economy?
Despite their weaknesses, NBAH has very decent prices. I’ll give them that much. This particular place just isn’t my thing. Maybe it’s yours?

UPDATE 2: It’s been a couple months and I’ve been back a couple times now and they’ve really gotten better. More strains to select from, better pricing, and they added a great line of edibles. Still not as polished and nice as a lot of the other clubs I’ve been in, but it’s totally doable when in the neighborhood. Moving my rating up from 2 stars to 3 stars.
UPDATE: After receiving a kind response from the Office Mgr (see below), I took my chances and headed back in to see what they could do for me. They were able to provide me with a better strain that was pretty good, and he gave me about an extra half gram or gram to make up a little for the money I wasted on the previous bag… which is okay I suppose.
So I moved my rating to 2 stars from 1 because they aren’t awful… just mediocre I suppose. Every other club I been to in Sac, Berkeley, SF, everywhere has at least twice as many strains and they are all capped at 50. So, to be fair, I’ll probably go back if it’s inconvenient to get to another club, but not as a regular meds provider.
A would recommend the following to the managers:
1. Try and get a least a couple more good, potent strains with a balance between indicas and sativas.
2. Offer some of these high grade strains at more affordable prices to compete with other clubs. At least have 2 good strains set at 50 at all time, not 55 or more.
3. Turn the scale! I feel a little strange not knowing what my bag weighs, especially when I get home and find there are huge stems taking up a lot of the weight. Every other club I’ve been to has the scale turn to the side so both the dispenser and the customer can see… this would seem more professional to me if you could do that.
[BEFORE: Avoid this place at all costs. They have the worst variety of medicine of any dispensary I’ve ever been to. The quality of most of the medicine if mediocre to TERRIBLE, and they still charge as if it’s high grade. I’ve been there a few times out of desperation, but never again.
The last medicine I got was total shwag that didn’t even help my chronic pain, and the dispensary just prices and sells it to as if it was A-​grade. Then they have a huge sign inside that says, No Refund, No Return. Lame. If you can drive to Berkeley or Sacramento you’ll have a much better experience and get way better medicine at the same or cheaper prices.]

first time to this club today. right off the main street. finally a club close by, instead of driving to sf.
bud quality and quanity was premo. very helpful and nice.
it about time a club opened up in this area. lets just hope the dea leaves it alone.

This is a cool little spot located in the V. It’s only been open for a few months. The place is kinda small, basically two small rooms. The first room is just a little waiting area with a TV. I don’t think you medicate on-​site.
The next room is with the budtender. The menu is up on the wall with the current selection that day. They have flowers, concentrates, edibles, and clones.
Last night I picked a gram of some Granddaddy, which is absolutely killer. It’s a bit on the moist side, but each hit definitely packs a punch. I also picked up a gram of Bubba kush. I had a bowl of both the granddaddy and bubba kush, and oh man, was I on another level.
This place has improved a bit since I was last here, it doesn’t look too rundown anymore. The budtender was cool and easy to talk to. This place is located right next door to a smoke shop, so it’s convenient to be able to buy some papers right there.