CVS Pharmacy

CVS is great but this store is terrible. Open late and close early? No problem. Employees nowhere to be found when the store is busy? Who cares? Terrible customer service from indifferent employees? Great!
Walk down to Walgreens instead.

CVS is like a diversion away from Walgreen’s. I’m not a food fan of prepackaged sandwiches but one of the associates recommended the Chicken Pesto and it was the Bomb Tastiest I’ve ever had. I became a believer.

I like stopping at this location on my way to the movies. All the clerks I’ve met have good customer service — they say hello as soon as you walk in the door & are very friendly as you check out. They just always seem to be in a good mood. And they give you the benefit of the doubt on store sales if there’s a question.

Overall, the cashiers and pharmacy staff are helpful and friendly. I would like to see their overall store and product knowledge and training increase, as well as their customer service skills. They’re doing a good job nevertheless.

A great place that is very close to where I live, and a very attentive pharmacy. I had the pharmacist (Ms Kim) give me regular updates throughout the day about the insurance status of my medication and whether I’d be able to pick it up today, and when I got there she was very quick and responsive, answering all my questions. This is the best pharmacy in the city bar none, and I’ve been to a few (Wellmans Chinatown) Divisidero 24 hours, Walgreens at 1300 Bush. Very good RX hours in general, with most days being open to 9PM.
Also, as an added bonus, they have the best milk (Humboldt Organic) around within a few miles, that tastes better than even Clover, something I grew up on. I hope they don’t stop carrying it.
Finally, it’s one more chip that will hopefully break the Walgreens monopoly/​stranglehold they have over this city.
3/​3, All good, 5 stars!

The customer service here is a joke. Yes CVS has competitive prices compared to Walgreens, but so does Trader Joe’s and Super One Market down the street whose prices which are better than them all.
The manager couldn’t read the word «procedure». Is that the kind of place I want handling my money?
Obviously a rhetorical question.

ALERT ALERT ALERT Negative 5 Star ALERT!
I’ve been poilte but firm on my comments on this store. I like CVS more than Walgreen’s because they give you deals but at the same time they are growing fast in San Francisco and their staff turnover at this store has been huge.
Today I went in to buy an item I buy all of the time and the new people told me they did not have it (turns out it was on the counter with a discount tag from the shelf above hiding it). 0 Stars
Next the genius who helped me almost not find the item comes to the register and my total is $ 5 and change. I hand him at $ 20 and get $ 5 and change back.
THE CLOWN CHARGED ME THREE TIMES WHAT IT COST AND I CAUGHT HIM.
I told him you charged me three times the amount on the register basically he got the transaction backwards giving me the change for the purchase price and keeping the change from it (a difference of $ 15!).
So fellow Unilocalers watch your change at this place if you don’t want to get ripped off. I’m not certain how long this situation will last the guy will probably be district manager in a week and the rest of the staff resigned with new people there who migh even be worse than these people.
So If I could I’d give them negative 5 Starts!

Better Milk, Butter and Egg prices than Walgreens
Better staff too
Why go to Walgreens if you do not ever have to again.
That is unless Walgreens wants to respond by lowering their prices to match or beat the prices at CVS
Then Hell freezes over and Jesus returns

I’m a huge fan of CVS. Coming from the east coast CVS was always my go to even though Duane Reade/​Walgreens had a larger presence. When I found this CVS I was thrilled at the proximity to my apartment. The staff is so friendly, professional and helpful. Even though the pharmacy may sometimes be short staffed I never feel like my time is being wasted by waiting. I wish that there were more 24 hour CVS locations in San Francisco!

I’m a big fan of CVS. I use their ticker tape long coupons to get big discounts against the stuff I need anyway. You can actually save a lot of the items you purchase the most.
It’s convenient to me so anytime I forget something at home or need something on the go, I go to CVS. When I am feeling under the weather, hungry, ready for a Rockstar or want to stock the candy jar in the office, I come here.
Don’t forget to print out your coupons before you shop, instead of waiting to get them at the end. There is a machine by the front door.

Walking down Van Ness, on my way to meet a buddy for a movie, I realized I need some decently-​priced water to sneak into the theater w/​me
Enter CVS
This is a ginormous location w/​a ridiculously large variety of snacks — I could have gone totally overboard! But I decided that a nice slice from Village Pizzeria across the street was more my craving so I opted to stick to the water… this time
Cashier was nice as could be — we talked about TImbuk2 bags & how they’re now outsourcing their manufacturing (can’t confirm this or deny… just what this guy told me)
Overall, a fab 1^st visit & would definitely make it a stop when on my way to another movie

TIP #1: There are steps right at the entrance. Kind of an awkward way to enter, but the street slopes pretty steeply around there.
TIP #2: There is a small selection of grab-​and-​go lunch and snack items, like plastic-​wrapped sandwiches and yogurt.
This CVS is brand-​spanking new. I’ve spent nearly two years watching the building being built and I was expecting something grander to occupy the street-​level retail space. With that said, it’s clean and well-​organized inside. The building is new enough and far enough from south Van Ness to stay clean, too.
The employees are helpful without being mean or fake about it. They’ll actually talk to you while ringing you up or showing you where to find an item. It’s a smaller store, though, so the snack selection is a little lacking – it’s harder to find a single-​serving package of cookies, for example. But they’ve got all the basics stocked. Super convenient.

Aww I just love it when big-​box retailers open a new branch and the staff has to go through an «I’m-as-new-as-you» phase. It took 2 staff members and a good part of 5 minutes to find a measly hand soap for my bathroom, and frankly I think it’s quite adorable. I’m going to go ahead and call it a chainymoon.
Besides that, this CVS has quite a good selection of stuff for its size. I especially like that they stock several flavors of the Calbee Peasnaps snack (onion thyme anyone?) and quite a large selection of chocolate (which is why I step into a CVS in the first place)
The interior is spacious and clean; I thought it was a great use of the rather limited space. I just hope it stays this shiny for a while
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Distinguishing factor: nothing besides its convenient location and airy/​clear feel