CVS

This CVS is in a crazy part of town at 5^th and C streets… the pharmacists deal with every kind of oddity of customer in a CRAZY part of town… the pharmacy is overwhelmed with this seriously diverse crowd of customers, many of them special needs/​disabled/​half crazy and taking up more time than the average customer… yet the people who work at this pharmacy handle all this with professionalism and grace… everyone I can think of who works here was polite and professional and friendly… most knowledgeable but if they didn’t know an answer they would find out… I actually enjoyed coming here as a customer for several months…
Then I moved to Sacramento and transferred my prescriptions to CVS Pharmacy and was treated well by one store at 17^th and K in Midtown Sac. but another store in Sacramento, the CVS Pharmacy at Marconi and Fulton was very rude to me every time I came in… so I transferred my prescriptions to a ghetto Rite Aid where so far I have received better service than that rude CVS at Marconi Ave@ Fulton…
But the CVS Pharmacy in San Diego was much better

I am a long time customer of CVS. I have been living with chronic pain for quite some time and have diligently been working with my primary care doctor and my OBGYN to figure out the problem. Last week my primary wrote me a prescription for a high mg Percocet. This is a very strong medication, and I can’t take it while I’m working. This morning I had an appointment with my OBGYN and told him that my primary had recently written me a prescription for Percocet, but that I couldn’t take it during the day time and asked him to write me a pain medication that was a lower strength. He prescribed me 5 mg Norco. I went to fill my Norco at the CVS this afternoon and the pharmacist, Vladi, berated me in front of a line of people. He refused to fill my prescription because I had the Percocet filled last week. He said to me, «If I called your doctor and told him you just got prescribed Percocet, he would probably void this prescription.» I explained that I had already informed my doctor about the Percocet (which he could see in my chart anyway because both doctors work for the same company) and that he was intentionally giving me a less strong pain medication. However, he still refused to fill it, and said, «The DEA wouldn’t see it that way.» I left the store in tears, mortified, and in pain. How sad that in addition to what I already have to go through on a monthly basis, I have now been accused of drug seeking by pharmacist in front of a store of people. I have had the same prescriptions refilled by the same two doctors at the same pharmacy for a while now. I wont be going to this CVS anymore.

If you work in the vicinity, this CVS has got you covered. Step inside into a world full of snacks and an enviable liquor and beer isle. Lots of product to chose from and employees to help you find them.
The outside may appear worn or rugged, but the inside is relatively tidy and well organized. Well, except for the line to purchase your products. But don’t fret, there are also three self serve checkout machines for your convenience. I use these since they tend to be fractionally faster than waiting in line.

I was visiting San Diego from Seattle and left my medication at home on accident. I called CVS pharmacy to see if they could have my prescription transferred over to them from my pharmacy. They were so helpful and provided excellent service! I got my medication transferred and filled within 1 hour. I was notified my prescription was ready via text. This was a life saver for me! Thank you thank you!!!

Home Run! This CVS store is perfectly situated between the parking lots and Petco Park. Pick up all your peanuts and crackerjacks before you head into the park. Much cheaper than inside so you can buy more drinks! They have all sorts of items available at reasonable prices. Parking is easy and there are several self checkout kiosks. You’re in and out in a flash!

Extra star for being opened earlier than normal for me (6am!). Allowed me to get my cough drops and Zicam before a big conference.
Just like your typical CVS, clean, staff was immediately available at the front counter. I thought the liquor aisle with it’s closing gates was neat! Maybe this is common in San Diego, but was new for me.
Nice part of town too.
Can’t speak about the pharmacy, but for my needs, their shelves were stocked!

As the reviews already indicate, this location and my pharmacist (Vladislav Davydov) are rubbish. Half the people in line were upset about something they had messed up. Including me. I got 40% less medicine for the same price I pay at my normal CVS pharmacy near my house. Shameful! I usually love CVS for it’s consistency and reach. I am extremely disappointed with this location and pharmacist.

The pharmacy is bad, one time the machines went down and I got upset (I was in pain) and asked if they could hand write the prescription and they said no due to them having to check the insurance, so I understood but then the pharmacist said «there are other people waiting for their medications as well you, you’re not the only one you know and their prescriptions are far more important». I could NOT believe what I heard! I asked them for help with finding cookies and I waited at least 15 minutes for someone’s help, they tried asking the manager if they even sold that kind at the store and he was too concerned about a self checkout machine that wasn’t working, and shushed the employee that was going to ask him. He was quite rude. The customer service is horrible. They ALWAYS MAKE YOU use the self checkout machines! I hate that! The security guard gets suspicious of EVERYBODY it seems like.

The place is great. Another amazing perk RO living downtown. The staff is awesome, super friendly, without going overboard. Now, if only had ice cream!

This downtown CVS location is perfect for those who work or live down here and don’t want to drive for basic necessities. It’s one of the cleaner stores around in the area too. They have everything from band-​aids to ice cream. I’ve been known to buy the random things like Easter peeps and heartburn meds! I really like the refrigerated sections when I’ve forgotten to bring lunch.
The pharmacy is also great! They are fast, friendly, and efficient! Check out lines are never long especially with the self checkout lines. I always am able to find a clerk to help find what I need.
This location does have beer, wine and liquor just in case you are throwing a pre-​party before going out downtown!

This CVS is the best I’ve been to. Always fully stocked and the staff s great. The GM has a great southern accent that reminds me of home. They go out of their way to make sure you find what you are looking for. A+++

This location is small and the isles are crowded together. The grocery section is small and I cannot ever find anything on my list of staples.
The atmosphere is uptight and I feel like suspicious eyes are constantly upon me while I browse around the store.
The self checkout staff are very friendly and the wait is minimal.

Clean and well-​stocked (compared to the one on Market Street) but uptight to a comical degree. I’m a manual wheelchair user so I wear gloves while rolling around town to protect my hands. Shortly after entering, I slipped them off and stashed them in a net beneath my chair. Security was on me in twenty seconds making sure I hadn’t just stolen something. To the female employee’s credit, she asked me a in a respectful manner what it was I had just stuck in there but the expressionless it-rubs-the-lotion-on-it’s-skin-then-it-places-it-in-the-basket.or-else-it-gets-the-hose-again-security guard was a little off putting.
In addition, I was here a few years ago with my wife. It was a hot day and, after buying some water inside the store we waited for the trolley outside, basking in the shade. A CVS security guard came up and asked us to move closer to the trolley area to avoid confusion. Wasn’t a big deal until he radioed HQ to inform that he had just removed two transients! Sheesh!

This is my favorite CVS. It’s high traffic, so there is usually a line, but the helpful security guards (got my teeth whitening stuff out of the locked cabinet) and very friendly staff (a young lady named Cassandra provides EXCELLENT customer service) keep me coming back to this location.
They help speed up the self service checkouts and keep the lines moving along. Very nice.

I come into the store on average 2 – 3 times a week.
The store is always well clean, well stocked, and great selection. The employees are helpful without harassing you.
The Pharmacy has always been on time for me and very well informed about any medication questions I may have
Plus they have Vanilla Coke?!

Clean, large stock, nice staff, and speedy self check out. The prices were good and they had a lot more to choose from than the Rite Aid across the street.

I like this location, cause they have a really good selection of cosmetology stuff, while Rite Aid and Cvs in Horton does half of the variety. And I like that employees here don’t bother you with million questions.

I like this cvs location because it has more to offer than the rite aide across the street. There is a chase ATM, self checkout and large greeting card section. They have a great seasonal holiday section. They have frozen foods and lots of candy.
A lot bigger than it looks from the outside.

I hate drugstores and I always will. Something about them grates me the wrong way and I cringe every time I have to walk into one. Don’t ask me why because I seriously don’t know. When my insurance kicks in next month I will get some hypnotherapy treatment and then I’ll let you know what we find out.
What I’m really impressed with is how they know what really keeps them in business and that is unhealthy, sick people. So when you first walk in you are bombarded with displays selling processed junk food which will reek havoc on your immune system, therefore requiring you to go and get a prescription of some kind. Brilliant.
We went in for some poster board and markers through and they had it so an extra star for that. And in true drugstore fashion they only had one cashier up in the front and 12,833,487,837,675 customers waiting. Thank the Lord for self check-​out.

This CVS pharmacy was very rude to me after they messed up my order.
I normally use the CVS in PB, but because they were out of my medicine, I decided to use this CVS instead. First I called ahead and asked if they had the medication I needed. The person on the phone said yes they did, without going to check. I then transferred the prescription through the online refill system. Well, when I went to pick up the prescriptions, they were not filled.
They told me that since my insurance didn’t cover them, they didn’t fill them. Well, I knew that my insurance didn’t cover them; they are over the counter medications that I have prescriptions for so I can pay for them with flexible spending. (Also, they were refills and they had never been covered. But did they think to check that? Of course not.)
So I was told I would have to wait. I went to sit down, and about fifteen minutes later, they call me up. Are my prescriptions ready? No! They are out of the medication. The same medication the person on the phone told me they had!
Well, I am annoyed by this and I tell them about my phone call. Rather than simply apologize, and hopefully in the future learn to actually check to make sure they have something before assuming they do, they turned confrontational on me. The pharmacist told me that the only two people that had been there that morning were him and this one other woman. They both said they didn’t talk to me. (And not nicely either, very snotty). Then they suggested that maybe I had not called the pharmacy, but the store. I told them that was only possible if pressing 4 to speak to a pharmacy employee didn’t go to the pharmacy. (Somewhat snotty myself at this point).
As I was leaving, I realized that I had said I called «this morning.» But actually, I had called at around noon. So probably someone else was working then. But either way, all they had to do was say, oh I’m sorry about that instead of being jerks.
In the future, I will not be going to this CVS pharmacy, although I will probably still go to the rest of the store, which I have never had any trouble with. There is a Rite Aid across the street where they have better service in the pharmacy.