This place refuse to catch crickets for you. You can only purchase pre packaged crickets, and most of them are dead. I don't want to have to buy 9 packs hoping to get 15 barely living crickets. If you're a reptile keeper, it's best to go elsewhere read more

I usually shop at petsmart and not once I've had a negative experience. The staff members in all different locations have all been extremely helpful. However I've been to Petco 3x in the past 3 years for specific emergency items that petsmart didn't carry and not once the staff were helpful or pleasant. Not sure why this location is still open! The shelves are always empty and out of stock, staff members are all rude and not helpful. I approached the manager as she was walking and simply said Good morning and instead of responding " Good morning how can I help you? " and if she was busy all she could've done is to say GM and mention I'll be right with you! But instead she ignores and passes me. It's a per store pet owners need help and guidance and true staff at this location are hired just to be cashiers. read more

Something is going on with this Petco, but the company itself must be asleep at the wheel. For YEARS this store has been in distress - they are chronically shorthanded and "haven't been able to stock anything." There's something awry. This photo of the cat care aisle is what every aisle looks like. You can't even shop in the back of the store because the walkways are full of pallets of boxes of unpacked merchandise, half empty boxes of merch and trash. It's a horror show. read more

Petco - Cat care aisle... - Pet Stores Near Me - Irvine, California

I can't shop here anymore. Too sad to see the birds individually trapped in a shoebox sized glass enclosure. Girl at the cash register said they never take out these birds "because it's too hard since they bite their hands." Well maybe the birds are sad and distressed?? Wear some gloves or just don't keep these birds if you can't be humane about it. It really feels cruel to me. I will be shopping exclusively through Chewy.com from now on. read more

Been bringing my pet to Vetco for their veterinarian check ups etc. and I like the vet and my cat is never traumatized after leaving that place which is def a good sign ! Before I've dealt with picking her up from places and she's freaked out . They'd def care about pets here :) read more

Visited this location over the summer with our little pug. It was 100 degrees outside and we wanted to find a pet store to stroll through and cool down. Upon entering, this location seemed very spacious. However, the lighting was extremely dim. It felt like a warehouse. The aisles seem a bit disorganized and there were areas where dust was just building. It was not the cleanest pet store. We honestly had an okay experience here. The dimmed lights made us feel a bit low in spirits so we left sooner than we had hoped. Again, this visit was from this past summer so we hope that there's been some improvements since. read more

Absolutely mind blowing how slow these humans are... Have you ever seen Zootopia? Yeah this place felt as if I was getting help from a sloth at the dmv. read more

Worst place ever known to pets stay away especially from their vet care I'm going to report the Dr to the board for her unethical practices and money gouging!!! I'm sure there's some OSHA violations as well considering how dirty it was I'm so disgusting with everything I don't need to bring my fur baby back she just had an exam about 4 months ! I'll let the board decide what's fair practice!!!! read more

This review is for the Vetco section only. I brought my cat to have her anal glands relieved and when I picked her up the liquid was all over her bottom and her hind legs. If anyone has smelt this smell you know how atrocious it is. It is also oily and has caked to her fur. It's been a week of trying to get it off to no avail. I will never bring my cat here and warn everyone to avoid this place at all costs. They will take your money gladly and provide the bare minimum of service. read more

This location is pretty big for being in a Plaza. Most Petco's are in a stand-alone building. It's located on the Irvine Center Dr. side of the Culver Plaza and easy to find once you get into the parking lot. The interior is clean and nicely laid out with plenty of room for pets to walk around (enough room for a horse to walk around in some of the aisles). Product can easily be located with signage and just looking around. The products are not stacked so high you can't see anywhere, which is a nice change compared to other pet stores. The staff were helpful and courteous. But the phone kept ringing for the groomer who was busy in the back. Oh! The groomers are located at the rear of the store and there was only 1 here the night we visited. This store carries fish, hamsters, cats, some dogs, and smaller animals, but no snakes or large dogs (go figure, right?). I've been to other Petcos and pet stores that have more variety and inventory of animals available, but for some reason, this store did not have much. Great place to visit if you need something for your pet. Great selection of products. Happy Pet Shopping and Fight On! read more

This petco doesn't properly take care of their animals. I bought my bearded dragon two months ago the minute I got him I knew something was wrong. He had a major respiratory infection, I spent 500$ in vet fees for my lizard to just end up dying. I came back and checked on the rest of the bearded dragons and they all have trouble breathing and are probably sick. These animals need very persistent care and they barely have enough workers to accommodate every guest, let alone every animal. I hate leaving a bad review but it was horrible having to take care of a dying lizard. read more

Used to be a good store. Not sure what happened but selection is not what it used to be and employees seemingly don't care. Also they don't open until 11am... Awful read more

No complaints! Decent service and they have the food my dog likes. It's a pet supply store.

I've been getting all me pets stuff in this store. The other day , I met Nisrin at the store. She saw me carried two giant bags of dog food without cart. She was very nice and sweet to let me go through a short cut. At mean time. She and Albert who provided me with tech support to use possible points and coupon to see if I could save more. They are very thoughtful and sweet. Not sure how to pay them back with the same support but I want to say thank to them for everything they do. Nisrin is a very nice lady and motivated to learn more either from school or from her job. I'm very thankful to meet them the other day and received their help. Best experience ever from Petco so f read more

Petco - Pet Stores Near Me - Irvine, California

Love this store! The employees are helpful and accommodating and so courteous. I always find what I need and, if they run out of something, they order it for me read more

This store is convenient and I hope it stays here. However, while I was standing outisde the training area, the trainer Michelle said to me "Don't stare at the dog. What is wrong with you?" Nothing is wrong. I was shopping and stopped for about 2 minutes to listen to Michelle because she was saying something about how well her own dog behaves. I went to maybe impressed and thinking maybe I should bring my puppy here to - no, I don't want this personality to train my dog. Support the store for what they offer. Skip Michelle the trainer. read more

THIS IS FOR THE VETCO INSIDE DO NOT GO HERE! During my last visit, I encountered employees who were not just unhelpful but outright rude. It seemed as though answering questions or providing basic assistance was too much to ask for. The indifference and lack of empathy shown by the staff were shocking, to say the least. Such behavior is not only unprofessional but also creates a hostile environment for pet owners who are already stressed about their pets' health. Moreover, the customer service has hit rock bottom. Issues ranging from scheduling appointments to getting through on the phone have become tedious tasks. There seems to be a complete disregard for loyal customers, who, like myself, having brought another pet to be neutered not even three weeks before, entrust the health of our pets to their care. Perhaps most concerning is the noticeable decline in attention to the pets themselves. I felt that my pet was not given the care and attention they deserved. The front desk lady was extremely condescending and let it be known multiple times that our conversation was cutting into her lunch. A not even 30 second long conversation to check in my pet for his appointment of all things. Why not just grab someone else to assist then? This perceived negligence is deeply troubling and raises serious questions about the overall priorities and management of the clinic. read more

Jacob is a wonderful cashier. He cares so much about your animals, will always take the time to say hello to them. He did not rush me when I had questions about the puppy/dog training classes. Jacob suggested I sign up for the package deal and save some money. Michelle is a fantastic trainer. I have been in four of Michelle's classes (2 puppy and 2 adult dog). She understands dog behavior. I know that she is constantly going to conferences and learning the latest techniques. Michelle anticipates what's going to happen and is at least a few steps ahead. I highly recommend Michelle for puppy/dog training read more

DR. Kathy came in with attitude and man handled my 1lb puppy. She hurt my puppy in front me during an exam!!! He has been crying since leave that terrible place. Dr Kathy Is a monster!! she ripped open my little puppies ears, open it with her long fingernails and did not use the tool to look at his ears. He has an infection so he was crying she kept prying with her long dirty fingernails. Disgusting. Never again. Beware of this place read more

I was very excited to bring my puppy here for her first haircut, the lady Kayla was very nice and offered me to bring my puppy to have the students practice on her. I was okay with this because I totally believe students need to practice in order to become good. The thing that upset me was when I went to pick my puppy up she had a very noticeable cut on her inner thigh, I immediately said something and Kayla asked the students what had happened.... the students denied cutting her and said this was due to my dog biting herself.... this clearly was not true because it was not there before nor does it look like a bite. I even had my vet check it out when I brought her in for her checkup and he confirmed it was not self inflicted and it in fact was due to the haircut. I wouldn't have minded the cut if they had admitted to it, because I'm a very understanding person and I know she's a puppy and they are students so yes accidents happen and it's okay. The fact that they denied it and tried to blame it on the puppy, is what frustrates me the most and I regret having spent my money there. Kayla did try to reach me a few weeks later via telephone to follow up and see how my puppy was doing, which I appreciate. But still would've wished they could've owned up to their mistake instead of trying to cover it up. read more

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Has bad service with Robert Kim Told him 2 time about refills and he try to argue with me . You guys need to improve your customer service read more

The absolute worst. A bunch of young, inexperienced kids that don't know how to actually do hard work for your pet. Would rather make excuses than actually problem solve. Go to a professional. read more

if i could rate this place a 0 i would. i tried to put my dog for a grooming but they just simply refused saying they couldn't because his fur was tangled when literally I've seen other dogs with tangled fur get admitted and treated very well with kisses and stuff from the staff. the main groomer/stylist (i think she's the manager) always looked at my dog very annoyingly like she wished we didn't come here. petco might say that they always strive for the best customer service or whatever blah blah blah but that's just words. their service is clearly not up to par. i really hope they change their staff soon because i cannot put up with that one groomer. and another thing too, after being refused service, i tried to book an appointment at another petco and they refused me by saying that the irvine petco called them in advance and said not to give us service because our dog was misbehaving. so now, i don't have anywhere to groom my dog. thanks a lot petco read more

I went to Petco to purchase a plaype for my puppy. I also purchased a few toys, grooming supplies, and a few other item. when I looked around there was no one to be seen other than the young woman at the cash register. I was able to find a young man that was willing to help me with the playpens and he was kind and very helpful. he brought the item to the front for me and then I went to check out, paid, asked for assistance in loading the playpen in my cart, and the young lady laughed and said "no, I'm sorry I have a line." being that I have little to no mobility in my right arm and hand and is clearly visible this was disturbing to say the least. Do better! read more

Thank you Daniel T. for helping us find everything we need for our new foster dog! Daniel T. is an invaluable and indispensable employee who demonstrates exceptional leadership skills. He took the opportunity and initiative to help us. Daniel T. not only provided us was informative product information, but he also brought our larger items to the checkout and to our vehicle after purchase. If Daniel T. was not working today, then I truly believe we wouldn't have completed our purchase. Thanks again Daniel T. for noticing the family struggling to find what they need. read more

Extremely rude attitude and bad customer service Which store not able to pull up transaction if customer lost the receipt and didn't put in the phone number when checking out? Ways to search by the card transactions and even told them the exact date of transaction happening, still refuse to help to return It's the worst store ever! Don't go there read more

I have been to this store probably a handful of times... When I try to get errands done on my lunch break during the week. They have a decent amount of cat toys, which my cat never NEEDS, but always gets. Today, I bought two big boxes of cat litter and the cashier offered to help me to my car, which I appreciated. It seemed like that annoyed what I think was his manager, but its awesome customer service and I appreciated it! I asked if they accepted queen size comforters as donations, since I had two in my trunk that the shelter wouldnt take. They did, so when he helped me out with the litter, I gave him the bag of donations. It makes me happy some kitties will get to snuggle and be warm and comfy on my bedding I no longer need. The staff is generally friendly in this store, and it is convenient to stop in whenever I need some kitty stuff. read more

Petco - Star Wars toys! - Pet Stores Near Me - Irvine, California

Understaffed, assistance is minimal with long waiting periods. Instead of helping a customer with a cricket's purchase, the manager found it more important to tend to a display setup, having the cashier leave his station to retrieve the crcrickets, waiting time 15 minutes. On another visit, the manager refused to take out a snake to be held by a prospective buyer, stating she would only take it out on a sale. Otherwise, she wouldn't disturb the animals. read more

Worse place I have ever shopped, the FIVE STARS will only be for the lady name Nisrin who is very very helpful. I had an online order, waited inside the store for 4 hours and no one touched it. I picked up my online order myself and Nisrin helped me at the register as well as the night before. She is the only good person which works so hard. Rest don't even care. Thank you Nisrin. I won't be there anymore unless I see her in the store. Don't do ONLINE ORDER. read more

This is the laziest Petco store in the entire planet. Please fire the store manager. Everyone closes at 9pm and this store even though advertises that they open until 9pm the employees control when they want to close the store. A few time we get there before 8pm and they lock the doors and tell us business is slow so they decided to close earlier. So less and less angry customers go to the store and they can close earlier and earlier. They might as well close the store if they do not want to work. These people have no work ethics and make a bad name for the store. Please close store according to your advertised schedule. Update your hours on Yelp, google and everywhere and stick to your official schedule and don't disappoint more customers. read more

I have never had the urge to write a yelp review before but the customer service here is absolutely horrendous. I was there to get feeders for my fish and reptile and there was never help to be found .. even stood in line to get some help and it did nothing. My expected 5 minute Petco visit turned into a 20+ minute waiting fest. Before I sought out another worker walking by, I was just about to put the feeders in a bag myself. I should've checked all of the other 1 star reviews prior to entering this location and saved the time and money (I have $35 in points according to my app that I wanted to use, but the worker said he couldn't find anything under my phone number?!) I'll take my business back to PetSmart read more

Wow, BROOKE (store manager). I want to say worst customer service ever but I guess I have had worse. Regardless, came into the store to get a copy of a receipt for reimbursement purposes. Called in advance but no one ever answers here and if they do, they hang up right away (understaffed or rude?). So I asked if they can print a receipt from a previous purchase 4 weeks earlier. The first person (not Brooke) tried to help but didn't have authority to look back so far. So he called Brooke. She said she recognized me from making many purchases before...this was my second time in this store to buy something. Anyway when I told her I needed a copy of my receipt she says "so you lost your receipt?" With the tone of ..."so because of you, I have to do work". Then she looked at the computer to find my purchase but was unable to. I asked what the issue might be as to why she couldn't locate it... at which point she said, "it looks like fraud"...implying a stole something! Wow. She seemed to have a difficult time understanding things. So I asked how I could get my receipt and she said "you can call corporate". So I asked for their number and she then said (again with that lovely attitude) ..."well, you can look it up on google". Wow again. So pretty poor attitude there, Brooke. Poor service, Brooke. How does one of such poor character get to be manager? Petco, you can do better. Maybe some training about customer service for this lame excuse for a manager (or any employee). I'll be ordering online from now on unless there is better customer service. read more

I was here this morning for my dog vet I appt. ( Vetco ), so when me and my husband enter He took a cart so we put our dogs in the cart and there were two workers by the cashier working on something, one man and a woman, I saw the woman looking at us when we put our dog in the cart but She did not say anything, I saw Her and the guy went in the back of store I think they put away something, then this lady worker came back to the front and went to me straight and said we can not put the dog in the cart without cover pad or anything ( lady you should have said that the moment you saw me when we enter the store putting the dog in the cart ) so I said we always come in this store and never heard any worker telling us that there should be a cover to be able to put the dogs in the cart , we started arguing and She said why am I upset it's just for my dogs protection and I heard Her say a lot of times that She is the one that run that store, well you are not a good worker to run that store because none of the workers know about that policy, everybody should know about that policy that you are talking about ( put cover in the cart ) , like what I said I've been to different stores Petco or Petsmart none of the workers approach us and said to put cover like a pad in the cart to be able to put or dog inside the cart, if this is really a company policy like what this worker said to me Her name was Dana anyway , all employees should be on the same page, not only this one worker, I get what you are trying to say that it's for my dogs protection but my point is why is it that only you know about this company policy? and not other workers? Ive been coming here for years and other Petco locations as well as Petsmart and I always put my dogs inside the cart and never heard anything from employees of these pet stores first time, I guess She has nothing else to do because they are not that busy, She has to keep Herself busy and pick on me, I was going to shop for dog food but decided no to anymore , this lady messed up my day, rules are rules policies are policies but hey, you should all be on the same page not only you Dana is the name !!! read more

I went out of my way to go to this store and left having to seek another pet supply store. Thank you to Rachel and her rude demeanor. The store was not that busy. I walked up to get feeder fish. Without saying a word to her she snarks at me that there are a two people before me and she is alone. I said no problem. She helps someone with a snail. Then proceeds to the floor. Instead of coming back to help me she starts helping other people. Then tells me in another rude tone, sorry about that. I told her no worries, I'm going somewhere else. Rachel might want to seek another job not dealing with customer service. I get we all have rough days, but you should never make it someone else's problem. read more

Jenn did my dog hair cut! And I'm so unhappy and disappointed with the result! It's a too short and inconsistent haircut, and to be honest, I couldn't recognize my dog when I got her from grooming salon!:( read more

Petco - Jenn did my dog haircut and I'm so unhappy and desalinated with the result! It's too short and inconsistent haircut! :( - Pet Stores Near Me - Irvine, California

This is the third Petco I've been to with poor customer service. Employees are teenagers and don't care if they retain customers. The employees are busy gossiping and socializing with each other. Girls seemed put off when I dared to ask a question. I really like the food I buy for my dog there. But I feel like a jerk for spending my money at this business. read more

I want to like this store, the employees are really helpful but the faucet in the restrooms to wash your hands fails miserably. The water is low flow. Fine, we got to save water but within a few seconds of washing it gets really hot. So how are you to wash your hands clean? And the sign on the mirror in the restrooms telling you to wash your hands clean must be joke or they really couldn't care less if you're healthy. read more

Petco - Pet Stores Near Me - Irvine, California

Terrible service at the cashier machine. No greeting, but it's alright. Who cares? right ? When the cashier scanned all the products, she left all my stuff around her table without even asking whether we needed a bag. When I requested for a bag, she gives zero eye contact, not bothering to reply anything. She grabbed a bag without saying yes or no. Then she handed me the plastic bag without eye contact. It was a skinny tall women with glasses and messy long dark blond hair. This colonel meow looks like she just got out of her bed. Have you ever seen service from Petsmart? or Pet supply? Please train your staff to be more professional. read more

Petco's these days are hit or miss, I usually go to the Santa Ana (Bristol) location but wanted to try another one out. Taryn helped us in aquatics and the fish we wanted got his fin stuck in the net while she was trying to take him out for us. He was so delicate that she couldn't get the fin out and she was trying for a good 15-20 minutes. She was being so gentle and careful not to damage him but nothing was working. Then all of a sudden we hear loudly from the front of the store a lady yell "Taryn I need you in the front, if they want a specific fish they can come back tomorrow!". Um this seemed a bit aggressive and rude. Taryn said hold on and continued to try to free the fish. At this point we were invested and it was almost like watching fish surgery to try to free him, but she finally got him out! At the front I made sure to mention how nice and patient Taryn was but Star, the manager who yelled, didn't seem to care. All she cared about was asking Taryn to get some crickets that she was too lazy to get herself. She was extremely rude and dismissive and clearly doesn't care for the stores animals/fish or her employees. Kudos to Taryn for going above and beyond to help save this little catfish. I would've rated this 1-star based solely on my poor interaction with Star, but Taryn earned a couple more stars (no pun intended). Ironically, the catfish was a pictus catfish and ate all our guppies in a few days so we ended up having to return him (Petco should disclose that and not call them "community" fish because they're known to eat smaller fish, which we had no idea...) read more

Saturday at 10:30 and I can't get a rep to help me out. Waited over ten mins for someone, no wonder why people buy from Chewy.