Judds Chemist

I was in town at the Ace and had a great experience here. Very helpful pharmacist. Open until 1 on Saturday.

Listen, sometimes you want a drugstore/​pharmacy «experience.» You want to peruse makeup and skincare and lotions and potions and oddities and tooth whiteners, maybe even pick up some groceries or buy a fancy hair appliance whilst filling a prescription. For this you go to Boots.
And other times, you just want to get in, get your advice, get your stuff and get out. And for this, you visit a shop like Judds Chemist.
Judds is a super petite chemist shop on Pitfield Street (near Curious Yellow Kafe) that seriously could fit about 4 adults in it at one time. However, while small in stature they are big on satisfaction. They have a separate window for private consultations even! They have the essentials and can advise you on what ails you.
On this particular visit I needed a cream for my infant son’s skin and the chemist quickly suggested a generic of a certain cream, rung me up and I was on my way. Easy peasy, less than 2 minutes and only £4!
I’ll definitely be back when I need something close by, quick and efficient. They don’t have all the bits and bobs that Boots has, but let’s face it – do we really NEED all that stuff anyway?! I probably don’t!