This is one of the better post offices around, which says a lot because I generally hate going to the post office. This location has plenty of parking and is not busy during off-peak hours, which makes a big difference. The staff has been efficient when I have come in, and I have noticed faster mail delivery compared to other nearby locations. It is never going to be my favorite errand, but as far as post offices go, this one is solid and reliable. read more

United States Postal Service - Mailbox - Post Offices Near Me - Costa Mesa, California

The service is always friendly and quick but that depends on the time of day/year. Easy place for passport photos. It is great for getting stamp booklets. read more

Either I got lucky today, or potential patrons are deterred by negative reviews...My experience here was phenomenal! No lines, no wait, and friendly, efficient service. I appreciate that two people were staffed at the front desk since the gentleman ahead of me would've taken a bit, and this ultimately saved me time. For now, I stamp this place with my approval, and will stick around. read more

Came back to get some passports as this is the closest location to me, and the lady that handles the passport applications was super friendly and explained the whole process in detail! Glad to see that she's here to provide good customer service. read more

mean postal worker at the 2nd window from the left. i hate going there. i needed a label printed but the machine was out of service. had to go to the window and talk to the 2nd window worker. the guy IS mean and rude. i hope the package gets there. if you can go to ANY OTHER location DO. read more

My mom went in for a passport appointment, was told there was no appointment written down, even with a confirmation in hand. My mom doesn't like confrontation, so ended up leaving. The worker was extremely rude and dismissive, not helpful at all. read more

Worst USP office I've ever had to deal with. Wish I could move. Two times they have doubted whether or not my package is in their office after they supposedly left a slip saying I wasn't home for signature. When I go in, BOTH TIMES, two different employees try to convince me I don't have a package without looking at my ID or the tracking info I have. They say, "as a favor I'll check for you." FAVOR Bro it's your job. And yep, both times they have my package, act like it was an inconvenience, and do not apologize for being rude. Don't act like I am a criminal picking up someone else's package before you even check. Pretentious and rude. read more

Earlier today I went to our neighborhood Post Office to apply for my Passport book... You first have to use the kiosk in the lobby to make your appointment... The process to do that was SO EASY... After making your appointment,,, you then bring all of your documents to your 15 min appointment... Well let me tell you that I was so stressed out having to do all of this that when I went to the window I was greeted by Kris,,, ( spelling might be wrong ) however upon being greeted so friendly like,,, by the end of my appointment I actually didn't want it to be over... She was an absolute doll and answered all of my questions and I even found out that we think alike on many topics... Kris deserves to be noticed... I believe that she deserves " Employee Of The Month " plus I vote that she also deserves her own " Parking Spot " as well!!! Thank you to our neighborly Costa Mesa Ca Post Office... You're AMAZING!!! read more

Worst!! Came for a 11:45 passport appt and was told the person who processes it just left for her lunch break. Waited 30 mins and had to leave so my daughter doesn't miss her next class. Wasted our time and my daughters lunch break. Poor Asian postal worker was running the whole place by himself while his colleagues took a long lunch break all at once. For at least 30 mins we were there he was alone. The line was out the door. Crazy! read more

I visited this post office last Friday for a passport appointment. Celeste worked with me and she was super helpful and thorough. She walked me through the process and answered every question I had. I was in and out within 10 minutes! I will definitely be recommending this post office location to others! read more

One of the friendliest post offices I've visited! I didn't have the documentation needed to pick up my package but the attendant was SO nice and said I could come back with it and she would help me out right away. Excellent service! read more

Go out of your way to the Newport Beach office. Avoid the Fairview location! I bought 3 pages of stamps and going out the door saw that one page had weird witchcraft symbols on the stamps. I quickly asked to exchange the one page and was denied! Even the other customers in line were shocked that they would not exchange them. He said I could toss them and buy a new page. read more

If I could give a 0 I seriously would. The customer service is horrible. The older lady is incredibly rude and opinionated. Seriously their service overall is pretty good but this lady brings it down to a 0. read more

Employees take joy in our suffering. First I call because I know this is USPS. I don't have a printer and want to know if I can print my shipping label there. Well, I get caught in a robot loop I decide to try my luck and just go in. I walk in with a package to return and a man behind the counter waves me up. Me: "Can I print my shipping label here?" Man: "Yeah. You need to tape that?" He salivates as he points to my untaped package. Me: "Oh, yes I do." No hesitation, he rings me up $3.99 for a roll of packaging tape. Now he starts to drool. Man: "Can I scan your shipping label?" I pull it up on my phone. He scans, then starts to sweat with excitement, his pores gushing out a mixture of government agency-induced sadism and a pent-up power trip that's been dying to escape since his last 15-minute break. Man: "You're going to need to print this. You have to go to a FedEx or a Kinko's if you don't have a printer at home." Me: "Really? There's nothing I can do here?" With one final orgasmic blow, a pool of saliva spews from his mouth and taunts me from the glass protector that separates us. Man: "No." Then I leave. TLDR 1: tape your stuff before you go (maybe this is common sense to you but I don't ship/return things very often). TLDR 2: despite answers from Google and it being almost 2023, USPS does not print. read more

Today I watched employee Celeste have like 5 of the worst human interactions I've ever seen in real life with guests. I almost spoke up after seeing her berate a family for being 5min late to a passport appointment and I wish I did. I stood in line hoping I did not get hurt when it was my turn and thankfully got the guy next to her who was great and helpful. It's one thing to be firm, but her attitude is unacceptable. She's rude and her behavior is honestly so bizarre and off-putting she is not fit to work in any customer facing role. Get this woman a serious therapist and get her out of this position. read more

Worst customer service experience ever! I went in to renew my passport and the older lady who sits to the right with curly hair was very unhelpful and rude. I came into my appointment prepared having read through everything and brought all my documents. Right away she refused to collect my paperwork and said I didn't have what I needed to proceed. Also, she criticized my passport photo. I literally had to tell her to process my paperwork and now I have my passport in hand. She was very weird and should not be working in customer service. read more

the tall guy thats younger at the front office is always very rude and not helpful at all but everyone else at the office is so nice it sucks that he has to ruin it read more

My father lost his PO BOX because he hadn't been in there in months and in return failed to pay for another year. I went in today and Nathan went above and beyond to help me. Nathan offers great service and is an excellent multitasker, they should hire more staff like him. My father has had the same PO BOX for 40 years and Nathan was able to get me the same one after another employee complained about us wanting the same box and refused to help me. I'd also like to note, Horacio is extremely rude and condescending. Apparently they have him there because he's bilingual, yet he treats Spanish only speaking customers horribly. A lady who was waiting to be attended by him due to the language barrier was complaining to me about him, yet he's the only one there who can help her so she has to put up with his rotten attitude. I was in there long enough to know he should be fired by his lack of tactfulness when speaking to customers. read more

I can't stand this post office. They have the most unhelpful and rude man named Tan he's the small Asian man. I have dealt with him too many times. He should not be working with anyone. He yelled at this little 88year old lady and myself as we were explaining that we needed help and that we used the machine to make an appointment. Even showed my screenshot to him. He then yelled and said what do you want me to do about it kicked the machine and said WHAT THE HELL how dear you! Looks back and us and said there I did something you happy. I'm in shock he's lucky he hasn't gotten a lawsuit. I strongly believe he should be fired. He's very aggressive with his customers. WOW Sam is one of the managers and he was very helpful. He tried to do everything in his power to help and I appreciated that. I will be doing a follow up with this and will continue with this matter. This is not a game, you don't treat people like this. read more

I visit this Post Office location every week, 1-2 xs per week. I appreciate the Team, the patience and the calm resolve this dedicated team displays. Fir the thousands of citizens who walk through their doors on a weekly basis, this Team represents our UNSUNG HEROS within the United States Postal System. I extend a heartfelt THANK YOU, for the millions of letters; the thousands of customers served and for their dedication to keep the world connected through this much valued service!!! read more

Just experienced a disturbing incident. The employee Tam Threw a fit and exploded at an elderly lady that looked like she was in her late 80's! She was with a kind younger person helping her trying to get her passport. He blew up for no reason, walked over to the appointment machine and started kicking it then said there, I did something, you happy now? So unprofessional and I don't feel safe there. read more

I was pleasantly surprised to see the negative reviews for this post office because I received top-tier customer service. I went in to apply for a new passport and my sales associate, Chris, took her time to make sure I was taken care of. She was extremely helpful, detail-oriented, and was just a sweet lady to talk to. Definitely recommend going to this post office especially for passport applications. read more

Home to the MEANEST postal worker. Each time I come here and he happens to be the person to "help" me he makes assumptions as to what info I need to provide. Today I went to pick up mail that was on hold so I tell him that, take out my ID and tell him I have a confirmation #. He says I need to give him the address so I go to hand my ID. And he says no you need to say it. So, I do in the same tone he was giving me. Fast forward he says I need to go to the post office on Adams. So I do and I get there and do the same process except this time I begin to state my address and no joke this postal worker tells me , no just hand me your ID. Don't assume I know how to do your job. I'm surprised I am even saying that because I'm sure it's super annoying when people claim to know how to do your job. Go to the post office on Adams. Really it's only a block away. It didn't ruin my day but it sure made the time very frustrating. The first time he made it difficult for me to send something to my husband who is deployed in the army. I just got back in line and a very friendly female postal worker was patient enough to help me. Not everyone is mean but he's always there. This mean postal worker should go work at the DMV. Surprisingly though I have yet to have a negative experience there. read more

This post office is making it easier and easier to hate it. I don't mean the staff - which can be a hit or miss depending on who is working the counter that day (some of them act and look like they are counting the days until retirement, while others courteously treat their customers and are helpful) - but the biggest pet peeve is how they keep changing the lobby hours. This used to be a 24/7 lobby - meaning PO Box customers can access their box even when the counter wasn't closed. This also meant that if you needed to ship a package, you can use the automated machine to do so if you go after-hours. Then, over the past year, they reduced the 24 hour availability to having the lobby open only from 7am to 7pm. Okay, sucks for those of us that work night shifts, but still manageable somewhat. Sometime over the past two months, they further reduced the lobby hours to being just when the counter is staffed, half day on Saturday, and completely closed on Sunday. I'm not sure if this was a decision from the head office, but if this was something done at the management level local to this office, I think those individuals need to be replaced. Sunday used to be my post office day where I can ship out my packages using the self-service machine, but I can't even access the lobby anymore since it's not open at all on Sunday. They should just shut this location down and expand the bigger USPS over off of Adams Avenue/Harbor. read more

This location has the worst employees I have ever encountered... every single time I have come in they all have terrible attitudes and talk to you like you're stupid... they are not helpful at all. Do not recommend going here, I have not once left this location satisfied read more

Given the fact that there are many horrid reviews of this particular post office, I feel an investigation should take place and have the higher ups review video footage with the volume on. Chris, a lady who appeared to be in her late 50's was extremely rude and not helpful whatsoever. It felt like she didn't want to be there and technically shouldn't be working as a postal clerk with the lazy confrontational attitude she exhibited today, not just with me but I witnessed it with other customers too. People like her should not be interacting with customers. Yes a complaint was filed on the USPS website with a call back requested. read more

1. I only waited in line for 10m, right at closing 2. They sell individual stamps and envelopes here 3. The staff are all friendly and funny. Thanks Nathan! 4. If your packages are already paid for and ready to go, you can just skip the line and give it to the worker in front to scan-in 5. I will definitely come again I am a college kid that knows ABSOLUTELY nothing about mail. The internet is full of so much mixed information, I didn't even know what to do. I just showed up with some tax forms that I needed to send to the IRS and expected to be yelled at, scolded, or honestly straight up miss my tax deadline. To my surprise, the staff were extremely helpful, kind, and funny too! Nathan helped me out so much and made the experience easy and actually enjoyable. I literally only had the forms in my hand and he walked me through all my options and his recommendations: regular vs priority vs certified, etc. For those of you like me with no experience, they do in fact sell individual envelopes and stamps at this post office which I purchased. I honestly don't know why their star rating is so low because it was one of the best post office experiences I've ever had. read more

Super helpful postal workers! Chris & Celeste are the best... my go to local post office

Very helpful place they help me send a package to Canada and we're not rude at all usually some post offices have rude workers but these workers were nice! read more

They constantly misdeliver mail that contains sensitive information. When you initiate an investigation with the Costa Mesa post office, they say that there's no way of finding out what happened to your mail without a tracking number. I SO want another way to receive mail as I feel this government agency misdelivers mail to encourage paying a certified mail charge for important documents containing sensitive information when they should DO THEIR JOB without that extra fee! Hugely disappointed and wish there were something I could do to actually get mail carriers and sorters to care about their customers mail! read more

I wish I could give them 0 stars. The lady at the passport desk (Chris) was the rudest post office worker I have ever encountered. An older woman with short brown hair. We went to go got one of our passports renewed and we were missing some forms. She then proceeded to be very rude to my mother and berate her for not having the right forms. She would not answer our questions and grew continually frustrated when we tried to clarify any information. Completely unprofessional, so rude, so upsetting. Never coming here again. I hope Chris learns to be a better person and not take her problems out on her customers. She gives post office workers a bad reputation. Rude. Rude. Rude. read more

Authentically this is the worst post office I have ever been to. Not only are the lines exceptionally long but the people that work there including management are complete jerks. The personnel here needs to be retrained from a director's standpoint because their customer service is nonexistent and fully dismissed. I walked in on a man dismissing a woman and two young children and her husband because they were within five minutes after one of their appointments. The Latino manager was chuckling about the situation. I personally had another man that was standing in the back of the post office not spend more than two seconds I'm trying to help me find a package in the back. I miss hb office, I love the mail personal over there. read more

Beyond rude clerks there - in particular the older Asian gentleman and a white older woman named Chris. I mean what does it take to smile and be pleasurable? Not much. Every single time I had to make a passport renewal appt, I had the unfortunate opportunity to interact with Chris. She is rude, condescending, and clearly gets off on the "power" she has in approving or denying passport applications for submission. She doesn't help you whatsoever and will make snippet comments or glance at her "Jesus Loves you" poster nearby. read more

Rudest fucking bitch. I walked in and all I asked was if I can get my package shipped that it was prepaid already Didn't even get the chance to say anything else! Before that rude ass fucking worker started getting angry over nothing. A customer helped me INSTEAD! She needs to be FIRED! Fucking bitch has a stick up her ass. read more

I wish there was an option to give half a star or no stars at all. Terrible customer service! I arrived for my passport appointment a few minutes late. The next passport appointment was scheduled 20 minutes later and they refused to help me. I said the passport appointments are scheduled every 15 minutes we have 20 I don't understand why you can't help me and they said because I was late I will have to make another appointment..go to USPS.com and make a new appointment is what they told me. The supervisor Dwayne was so rude and should not be in the customer service business at all!! read more

I have had 3 pieces of mail stolen on 3 different occasions by a mailman that delivers on my regular mailman's day off. I have informed delivery where the post office takes a picture of mail that is addressed to me. 2 of the times there were 2 pieces of mail but I only received one of the 2. And the pieces that were stolen were ones that had monetary value. This last time was a birthday card that was sent to me from Newport Coast and I am in costa mesa. I have called the Adams office only to be laughed at, hung up on and told they would call me back after they investigated. It has been over a month since I called and no call back. I called the 800 number and all they gave were excuses and told that you never get it the same day. YES I HAVE ALWAYS GOTTEN MY INFORMED DELIVERY MAIL THE SAME DAY!!! They have thieves working in the post office and will not do anything about it. I was also told to insure all my mail, how stupid its that. They protect their own even if they are breaking the law. HOW IS IT I CAN NOT TRUST THE US POSTAL SERVISE TO DELIVER MY MAIL?? BECAREFUL THEY WILL STEAL YOURS IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY. read more

Alright, I am giving it a 2 star. Because of the convenient location next to my house. But after the next time I'm here, I'll have to revisit the review. I dunno, I have had so many better experiences at other post offices, yet still continue to come here. Mainly because of my laziness. It is right on the way home or to the office. And every time I come here, I regret it. The workers here are so sullen, devoid of emotion, and just cold. I have a lot of boxes I ship out and they're damn heavy. And every time I need to grab new boxes, they never seem to have them in stock. And good luck asking 'em to check in the back. I also really enjoy the Inquisition I get from the workers. Angry usps worker: What do you have in this media mail box? Me: They're old used books. Angry usps worker: (shoots me a questioning glance). Old used books, eh? Me: Yes, used books. Angry usps worker: You're sure? That's it? Me: (starting to get really annoyed at this point) Yes, they are old books, I send them to US soldiers who are abroad. And once I collect a lot of them, I ship them directly and to others who "adpot" soldiers so they can choose which books to send. Angry usps worker: Ok. (still giving me the stink eye) I mean, come on, you are questioning me on what I'm shipping? Hot dammit, buddy, why are you giving me such a hard time? I just want to ship my stuff and get out of this life sucking place. Dammit. I just realized I have to go to the post office again next week to ship out lots of boxes. Maybe this time I'll be non-lazy and actually go to a post office where there are not zombies. read more

Always amicable when i come in. Never a worry to stand a few short minutes in line. I am pleased and not feeling like i will be there forever.... read more

Sent an important letter with some cashiers checks and usb drive to family. Sent certified to make sure I know they receive it.. I sent on Dec 10th, 2020. Today is Dec 29th and still haven't been delivered. It's no we're near where it's destination is!! WTF. I could have drove to deliver myself and would have took me 45 minute not 20plus days.. read more

Old Asian man named Long, was extremely rude. I was showing him what my work gave me to send out by mail, a code and a label. I showed him the code, he immediately said that didn't work, asked me to step aside, called the next customer as I was showing him the label. I kindly said, "excuse me, I'm not done being helped, you need to wait till I'm done." With anger, he quickly responded saying."no! I don't wait for you, you wait for me!" He immediately turned around while saying, " then you stay there and how yourself, I will not help you!!" Went to the back and got a different employee to tell me to move but instead the other employee was very kind and offered me assistance, he helped me and I went about my day. It's so sad that this post reviews keeping posted on the regular, and nothing has been done about it, especially when it is a government Postal Service. People should be treated with respect, they speak loud volumes about America. read more